Bus service cuts

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Dear Bridgend County Borough Council,

How many bus services have been cut since 2010?

Please provide % and number.

Yours faithfully,

[Name Removed]

foi, Bridgend County Borough Council

Dear [Name Removed]

 

FOI REQUEST FOI001-3954 Bus Services

 

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foi, Bridgend County Borough Council

Dear [Name Removed]

 

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION REQUEST FOI001-3954

 

We refer to your email dated 11 March 2022 which contained a request for
information as set out in italics below.  Following consideration of your
request, in accordance with the Freedom of Information Act 2000, I respond
to each point as follows:

 

How many bus services have been cut since 2010?

 

Please provide % and number.

 

The table below shows the number of bus service contracts funded by BCBC
since 2010, to the present year.

 

Year Bus Service Contracts – Funded by BCBC Reduced by -/+ (%)
2010/11 30  
2011/12 31 +1 (3.3 increase)
2012/13 28 -3  (9.6% decrease)
2013/14 28 0
2014/15 28 0
2015/16 19 -9 (32.1% decrease)
2016/17 18 -1 (5.3% decrease)
2017/18 18 0
2018/19 12 -6 (33.3% decrease)
2019/20 3 -9 (75% decrease)
2020/21 3 0
2021/22 3 0
2022/23 3 0

 

 

How many reasonable adjustments have you made to bus stops?

 

Information not held. Works to bus stops are carried out as and when
required.

 

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the handling of the request, under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 you
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Monitoring Officer

Bridgend County Borough Council

Civic Offices,

Angel Street

Bridgend, CF31 4WB

 

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Yours sincerely

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Freedom of Information Office

Bridgend County Borough Council

Level 4, Civic Offices

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Bridgend

CF31 4WB

Tel: 01656 643565

Email: [4][Bridgend County Borough Council request email]

 

 

 

 

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