Home-to-School Transport expenditure in Staffordshire

S. Hale made this Freedom of Information request to Staffordshire County Council

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From: S. Hale

27 June 2010

Dear Staffordshire County Council,

Please could I have the figures for the last financial year of the
costs of home-to-school transport across the county. I would like:

1) The current cost of providing of providing return transport per
child per year by each type of transport (i.e. Bus, Private taxi),
as well as the total costs and total number of young people using
each service.
2) The total expenditure on each transport service
3) The total number of children using each service.

Yours faithfully,

Sam Hale

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From: Stibbs, Lian (L&G)
Staffordshire County Council

8 July 2010

Attachment Copy of summary transport costs 2008 09 FOI version.xls
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Dear S Hale,

Please find attached our response to your request for information.

If you have any queries or require any further information please do not
hesitate to contact me.

In the first instance if you have any comments relating to how your
request has been handled by our authority, please contact Philip Jones,
Head of Information Governance, Information Governance Unit, 1a Bailey
Street, Stafford, ST17 4BG.

If you have any further comments relating to how your request has been
handled by our authority, please contact the Information Commissioner,
Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF.

Yours Sincerely,

Lian Stibbs

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From: S. Hale

8 July 2010

Dear Stibbs, Lian (L&G),

Under Expenditure, you list 'contracts' as £5.7 million. Please
could I have this item broken down into how much is spent on bus
companies, taxis, and other types of transport, as well as how many
young people are served by each service.

Yours sincerely,

Sam Hale

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From: Stibbs, Lian (L&G)
Staffordshire County Council

20 July 2010

Dear S Hale,

Of the £5.7m total annual contract cost the figure for taxis (up to 8
passenger seats) is approximately £425,600p.a. and for minibuses
(9-18seats) £719,934p.a.

This relates to 59 taxi contracts and 56 minibus contracts.

If you have any queries or require any further information please do not
hesitate to contact me.

In the first instance if you have any comments relating to how your
request has been handled by our authority, please contact Philip Jones,
Head of Information Governance, Information Governance Unit, 1a Bailey
Street, Stafford, ST17 4BG.

If you have any further comments relating to how your request has been
handled by our authority, please contact the Information Commissioner,
Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF.

Yours Sincerely,

Lian Stibbs

Access to Information Officer

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From: S. Hale

20 July 2010

Dear Stibbs, Lian (L&G),
Many thanks. Could I also please have an approximate number of
young people who each both services.

Many thanks.

Yours sincerely,

S. Hale

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From: Stibbs, Lian (L&G)
Staffordshire County Council

21 July 2010

Dear S Hale,

Based on a 10% sample the average occupancy of a taxi (all vehicles up to
8 seats) would be about 4 whereas the average occupancy of a minibus (9 to
18 seats) would be about 12. Pro rata this would equate to approximately
236 pupils using taxis and 672 on minibuses.

Yours sincerely,

Lian Stibbs

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