Concessionary Travel - Expenditure, Average Fares and Reimbursement Factors

Dear S Hogarth

I refer to the request, which you have made under the Freedom of
Information Act 2000 for records held by this department.

Acknowledgement

Your request dated 29 January 2012 was received by this department on 30
January 2012. The officer handling your request is the Information
Rights Officer. She may be contacted by telephone on number 0191 433
2170 should you have any questions or concerns about your request.

A final decision on your request would normally be sent to you within 20
working days of receipt of your request. This means that you can expect
to receive your decision by 27 February 2012.

There are some limited situations under the Freedom of Information Act,
which could mean that the period for a final decision may be longer than
the normal 20 working days. If this occurs in your request, we will
promptly advise you in writing.

Should our final decision not reach you on time, please feel free to
call the contact officer named above to discuss any problems that may
have arisen.

Non reply by us deemed to be a refusal

If you have not heard from us once the allotted time has expired, you
are automatically entitled to appeal to this department for a review of
the matter. This review is a full and new examination of the matter, and
is carried out by a more senior member of staff of this department.

In the event that you need to make such an appeal, you can do so by
writing to Dawn Parker of this department at the email address given.
You should state that you are appealing because an initial decision was
not sent to you within the time permitted. In that event, you would
normally have 40 days (after the original decision should have been sent
to you) in which time to make the appeal.

Yours sincerely
Dawn Parker

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Dear Mr Hogarth

I refer to the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and to your email to this
department dated 29 January 2012.

In accordance with the Freedom of Information Act, we have formally
decided to grant access to the records requested and accordingly they
are as follows:

You asked:
Would you please tell me the amount of money paid to bus operators
in the 2010/11 financial year and the projected spend in the
2011/12 financial year as part of the English National
Concessionary Travel Scheme.

Would you please tell me also the average fare and reimbursement
factor for each operator.

Gateshead Council does not hold this information. Please contact Nexus
(the local Passenger Transport Executive) as they are the concessionary
travel authority for Tyne and Wear rather than the individual district
councils.

The information provided in response to your request is copyright
Gateshead Council unless otherwise endorsed. Granting access to this
information under the Freedom of Information Act does not permit you to
re-use the information provided for commercial purposes, for
photocopying or reproduction in any form. If you wish to re-use the
information you need to apply for a Licence. You can do this by writing
to Tanya Rossington, Information Rights Officer, Legal and Corporate
Services, 1st Floor, Civic Centre, Regent Street, Gateshead, NE8 1HH.
You may be required to pay a fee or comply with conditions for permitted
re-use.

Should you have any queries regarding the contents of this letter,
please contact Dawn Parker on 0191 433 2170.
Yours faithfully
Dawn Parker

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