SEND and ASC transport spend
Dear Durham County Council,
We are doing some research into the value of council / authority Special Education Needs & Disability and Adult Social Care transport contracts operated by private hire operators. To this end, could we please request your assistance in obtaining the information below, for your council / authority, under the Freedom of Information Act 2000:
Data request:
For the last 3 financial years (by year), and latest financial year (estimated):
1. Spend on Special Education Needs & Disability [SEND] transport i.e. taking children with SEND to and from school
2. Number of SEND passengers transported
3. Value of all council / authority SEND transport contracts awarded to taxi operators (PHV) (excluding coach hire)
4. Spend on Adult Social Care [ASC] transport i.e. taking elderly passengers to and from day centres
5. Number of ASC passengers transported
6. Value of all council / authority ASC transport contracts awarded to taxi operators (PHV) or taxi operators (excluding coach hire)
If actual figures aren’t available, is it possible to provide estimates instead? If yes, we would be grateful if you could indicate which figures are estimated.
By ‘contract awarded’ we mean in all contracts regardless of contracting approach e.g. open tender, framework, dps, or other.
Format: Please send through data in whichever format is easiest for you.
Clarification: If the request is unclear, please accept our apologies and let us know what clarification is needed. Similarly if it is not possible to provide the information requested due to it exceeding the cost of compliance limits, we would be grateful if you could advise as to how we might refine our request accordingly.
Thank you for your time and we look forward to your response.
Many thanks,
Tracey Vickers on behalf of HCT Group
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Dear Tracey Vickers,
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Dear Freedom of Information,
Thank you for your email and apology, I look forward to receiving your response.
Yours sincerely,
Tracey Vickers, on behalf of HCT Group
Dear Ms Vickers
Freedom of Information Act 2000 - Response to request for information - FOI20187028TV
Thank you for your request for information. Please see our response attached.
Yours sincerely
Christine Paciorek BA(Hons) PC foi and dp
Freedom of Information and Data Protection Officer
Transformation and Partnerships
Durham County Council
County Hall
Durham
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Dear Christine,
Thank you very much for your response. I would be grateful if you could go back to the relevant department with regards to Q2 and Q5 - they have given the number of passenger journeys and we would like the number of passengers (pupils who receive transport for Q2 and adults who use social care transport regardless of the number of days for Q5).
Thank you very much for your help, I am grateful for your time.
Yours sincerely,
Tracey Vickers, on behalf of HCT Group
Our new reference number: IR20187274TV
Dear Tracey Vickers,
Following your email below, we will now carry out an Internal Review for the above request. To allow us to track your internal review more easily and provide a timely response, we have logged it under a new reference number, as above. A response from the review will be provided within 20 working days or no later than 40 working days in accordance with the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
The case officer dealing with your request is:
Julie Johnson Tel 03000 268073.
Yours sincerely,
Information Management Team
Durham County Council
Dear Julie,
We are still awaiting correction of the answers to Q2 and Q5 of our original FOI request from 25th June. Please can you provide an update?
Thank you for your help.
Yours sincerely,
Tracey Vickers, on behalf of HCT Group
Dear Tracey Vickers
Please see attached response to your request for an internal review of your freedom of information request.
Yours faithfully
Julie Johnson
FOI & DP Officer
Information Management Team
Transformation and Partnerships
Durham County Council
County Hall
Room 143-148 4th Floor
Durham County Council
DH1 5UF
Direct 03000 268073
Dear Julie,
Thank you very much for providing the outstanding information, I am grateful for your time.
Yours sincerely,
Tracey Vickers, on behalf of HCT Group
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