Bus service provision

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Campaign for Better Transport

Dear Conwy County Borough Council,

I am gathering information on bus and public transport provision as part of the Save our Buses campaign, which maps cuts to bus services across the country. We know that the Government has made deep cuts to local authority budgets, and that this is having an effect on the provision of local bus services. We would like to gather a national picture of bus cuts, so that we can explain to central Government exactly how their decisions are having an impact across the country.

My questions are as follows, in each case only with respect to Conwy Council:

1. What is the total budget for supported bus services in the fiscal year 2016/17?

2. What was total budget for supported bus services in the fiscal year 2015/16?

Note: This refers to the Department for Transport’s definition of a supported bus service as: “one where a local transport authority has invited tenders for the operation of a service (not e.g. seats on a bus or subsidised tickets etc), and a contract exists as a result of that tender”. Please, exclude extra sources of funding such as Section 106/developer funding, Community Infrastructure Levy, local authority staffing and publicity, RTPI expenditure and revenue, the Bus Service Operators Grant (BSOG), Local Education Authority funding for home to school transport, NHS-funded non-emergency patient transport, social services transport, voluntary transport and other central and national government grants or income streams.

3. What is the fiscal year 2016/17 budget for supported bus services as a percentage of the total transport budget?

Note: For the purposes of this request 'transport' includes highway maintenance, home to school/college transport; adult social care transport; demand responsive transport; special educational need transport and voluntary driver schemes, cycling and walking, roads spending, supported bus services and fares. Please include the council’s contributions to projects jointly funded by multiple organisations, but exclude contributions from those other organisations and funding streams, such as Local Enterprise Partnerships, private sector contributions, Local Growth Fund, Department for Transport contributions to Local Authority Major Projects, Local Sustainable Transport Fund etc.

4. What proportion of total council expenditure (capital and current) is constituted by local bus funding?

5. How many and which supported routes have had cuts in services in the fiscal year 2016/17 (for example loss of weekend or evening services)?

6. How many and which supported routes have been completely withdrawn in the fiscal year 2016/17?

7. Does your council provide free school transport to nearest or catchment school, or to nearest school only? If nearest school only, please indicate if this is a change since Jan 2012.

Our campaign also seeks to promote examples of councils which have protected bus services, sometimes in innovative ways. Please do feel free to share any information you feel is relevant on how your council has protected bus services.

Thank you.

Yours faithfully,

Lianna Etkind
Campaign For Better Transport

Uned Llyw-Gwyb / Info-Gov Unit, Conwy County Borough Council

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Uned Llyw-Gwyb / Info-Gov Unit, Conwy County Borough Council

9622-16

 

Dear Sir/Madam

 

Please find below information in response to your Freedom of Information
request.

 

1. What is the total budget for supported bus services in the fiscal year
2016/17?

 

£372,755

 

2. What was total budget for supported bus services in the fiscal year
2015/16?

 

£531,085

 

Note: This refers to the Department for Transport’s definition of a
supported bus service as: “one where a local transport authority has
invited tenders for the operation of a service (not e.g. seats on a bus or
subsidised tickets etc), and a contract exists as a result of that
tender”. Please, exclude extra sources of funding such as Section
106/developer funding, Community Infrastructure Levy, local authority
staffing and publicity, RTPI expenditure and revenue, the Bus Service
Operators Grant (BSOG), Local Education Authority funding for home to
school transport, NHS-funded non-emergency patient transport, social
services transport, voluntary transport and other central and national
government grants or income streams.

 

3. What is the fiscal year 2016/17 budget for supported bus services as a
percentage of the total transport budget?

 

5.16%

 

Note: For the purposes of this request 'transport' includes highway
maintenance, home to school/college transport; adult social care
transport; demand responsive transport; special educational need transport
and voluntary driver schemes, cycling and walking, roads spending,
supported bus services and fares. Please include the council’s
contributions to projects jointly funded by multiple organisations, but
exclude contributions from those other organisations and funding streams,
such as Local Enterprise Partnerships, private sector contributions, Local
Growth Fund, Department for Transport contributions to Local Authority
Major Projects, Local Sustainable Transport Fund etc.

 

4. What proportion of total council expenditure (capital and current) is
constituted by local bus funding?

 

0.86%

 

5. How many and which supported routes have had cuts in services in the
fiscal year 2016/17 (for example loss of weekend or evening services)?

 

None

 

6. How many and which supported routes have been completely withdrawn in
the fiscal year 2016/17?

 

None

 

7. Does your council provide free school transport to nearest or catchment
school, or to nearest school only? If nearest school only, please indicate
if this is a change since Jan 2012.

 

Question 7 still awaiting an answer, response will be forwarded shortly.

 

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If you are not content with the outcome of the internal review, or if you
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Commissioner’s Office – Wales, 2nd Floor, Churchill House, Churchill Way,
Cardiff, CF10 2HH.

 

Uned Llywodraethu Gwybodaeth/ Information Governance Unit

Cyngor Bwrdeistref Sirol CONWY County Borough Council

E-Bost / E-Mail: [2][Conwy Council request email]

 

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Derek O'Connor, Conwy County Borough Council

9622-16

 

Dear Sir/Madam

 

In response to Q7 he Council’s Home to School transport policy is
available from the Authority’s website via this
[1]http://www.conwy.gov.uk/upload/public/at...

 

The policy explains the provisions for transport of pupils to school.

 

Uned Llywodraethu Gwybodaeth/ Information Governance Unit

Cyngor Bwrdeistref Sirol CONWY County Borough Council

E-Bost / E-Mail: [2][Conwy Council request email]

 

 

 

From: Uned Llyw-Gwyb / Info-Gov Unit
Sent: 20 December 2016 09:54
To: '[FOI #373327 email]'
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Subject: RESPONSE (part) 9622-16 FW: Freedom of Information request - Bus
service provision

 

9622-16

 

Dear Sir/Madam

 

Please find below information in response to your Freedom of Information
request.

 

1. What is the total budget for supported bus services in the fiscal year
2016/17?

 

£372,755

 

2. What was total budget for supported bus services in the fiscal year
2015/16?

 

£531,085

 

Note: This refers to the Department for Transport’s definition of a
supported bus service as: “one where a local transport authority has
invited tenders for the operation of a service (not e.g. seats on a bus or
subsidised tickets etc), and a contract exists as a result of that
tender”. Please, exclude extra sources of funding such as Section
106/developer funding, Community Infrastructure Levy, local authority
staffing and publicity, RTPI expenditure and revenue, the Bus Service
Operators Grant (BSOG), Local Education Authority funding for home to
school transport, NHS-funded non-emergency patient transport, social
services transport, voluntary transport and other central and national
government grants or income streams.

 

3. What is the fiscal year 2016/17 budget for supported bus services as a
percentage of the total transport budget?

 

5.16%

 

Note: For the purposes of this request 'transport' includes highway
maintenance, home to school/college transport; adult social care
transport; demand responsive transport; special educational need transport
and voluntary driver schemes, cycling and walking, roads spending,
supported bus services and fares. Please include the council’s
contributions to projects jointly funded by multiple organisations, but
exclude contributions from those other organisations and funding streams,
such as Local Enterprise Partnerships, private sector contributions, Local
Growth Fund, Department for Transport contributions to Local Authority
Major Projects, Local Sustainable Transport Fund etc.

 

4. What proportion of total council expenditure (capital and current) is
constituted by local bus funding?

 

0.86%

 

5. How many and which supported routes have had cuts in services in the
fiscal year 2016/17 (for example loss of weekend or evening services)?

 

None

 

6. How many and which supported routes have been completely withdrawn in
the fiscal year 2016/17?

 

None

 

7. Does your council provide free school transport to nearest or catchment
school, or to nearest school only? If nearest school only, please indicate
if this is a change since Jan 2012.

 

Question 7 still awaiting an answer, response will be forwarded shortly.

 

If you are dissatisfied with the handling of your request, you have the
right to ask for an internal review. Internal review requests should be
submitted within two months of the date of receipt of this response and
should be sent to the address below.

 

Please ensure all email correspondence is sent to the
[3][Conwy Council request email] email address.

 

If you are not content with the outcome of the internal review, or if you
are unhappy with this response you may appeal to the Information
Commissioner’s Office – Wales, 2nd Floor, Churchill House, Churchill Way,
Cardiff, CF10 2HH.

 

Uned Llywodraethu Gwybodaeth/ Information Governance Unit

Cyngor Bwrdeistref Sirol CONWY County Borough Council

E-Bost / E-Mail: [4][Conwy Council request email]

 

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