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Dear Gloucestershire County Council,
I would appreciate it if you could provide me with the total number of children receiving transport support to receive an education.

Could you also provide the total number of children who receive transport under discretionary grounds due to exceptional circumstances.
Thank you .

Yours faithfully

P . Trow

Gloucestershire CC, Gloucestershire County Council

Information request
Our reference: 17681180

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Dear ‎P Trow‏
 
Request for Information (Reference: 17681180 )
 
Thank you for your request for information, received on 30 April 2020.
 
Request summary:
I would appreciate it if you could provide me with the total number of
children receiving transport support to receive an education.
Could you also provide the total number of children who receive transport
under discretionary grounds due to exceptional circumstances.
 
Due to the ongoing uncertainty of the full impact of COVID-19 there are
likely to be disruptions to our services. At the moment, we are focussing
on high priority work and the remainder will be subject to delays. We
appreciate your patience during these unprecedented times.
 
We aim to respond to your request no later than midnight on 28 May
2020 (the statutory timescale of 20 working days, starting on the working
day following receipt of your request). We may need to contact you if the
request needs to be clarified; this is to ensure we provide you with the
information you require.
 
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we will inform you of this so that you can contact them directly.
 
Gloucestershire County Council is committed to the principles of
information disclosure and will, wherever possible, provide all
information requested. However, some information you have requested may
not be provided to you; this will only be information that can be withheld
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Yours faithfully
Nicola Bridges
Request Support Assistant
Information Management Services

01452 324000

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Dear ‎P Trow‏,

Gloucestershire County Council Freedom of Information request 17681180

On the 30^th March 2020 you sent a letter constituting a request under the
Freedom of Information Act asking the following:

 1.  provide me with the total number of children receiving transport
support to receive an education.

 2. Could you also provide the total number of children who receive
transport under discretionary grounds due to exceptional
circumstances.

 

Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 s1, I can confirm that
Gloucestershire County Council holds some relevant information.

 1. As of 29^th June 2020, 389 students are receiving home to school
transport.
 2. 35 of these are discretionary due to exceptions circumstance.

Please note:  This is a dynamic figure that continually changes and
therefore is only valid on the date mentioned above.

Please accept my apologies for the delay in responding to your request. 
Due to Covid19 we are running a virtual service which is causing delaying
in obtaining information in order to respond to requests.

If you are unhappy with my response, you can complain or ask for a review
of your request by writing to us within 40 working days of receiving this
response. The full procedure is on our website at
[1]http://www.gloucestershire.gov.uk/foi.

This should be addressed to Shire Hall, Westgate Street ,Gloucester,GL1
2TG or email [email address]

We would like to hear your views on our service. If you'd like to tell us
how we did, you can complete our feedback form online at
[2]http://www.gloucestershire.gov.uk/foifee...

I will now close your request as of this date.

‎Yours faithfully 

‎Jo Baynes-Kubiak‏
‎IMS Team Manager (Requests)‏

 

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