Bus service provision
Dear West Yorkshire Combined Authority,
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 I am only after the information for your authority):
1. What is the agreed total budget for supported bus services in the fiscal year 2018/19
2. What was the total spend for supported bus services in the fiscal year 2017/18?
3. What was the total spend for supported bus services in the fiscal year 2016/17?
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.
4. How many and which supported routes are likely to have cuts in services in the fiscal year 2018/19 (for example loss of weekend or evening services)?
5. How many and which supported routes have had cuts in services in the fiscal years 2016/17 and 2017/18 (for example loss of weekend or evening services), listed for each year?
6. How many and which supported routes are likely to be completely withdrawn in the fiscal year 2018/19?
7. How many and which supported routes have been completely withdrawn in the fiscal years 2016/17 and 2017/18, listed for each year?
8. How many and which of the previously supported routes have been taken on commercially?
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,
Chris Todd
Campaign for Better Transport
Dear Mr Todd
Thank you for your email of 22 March 2018 requesting information regarding
the above matter.
Your request is being dealt with under the terms of the Freedom of
Information Act 2000 and will be answered within 20 working days of 22
March 2018.
If you have any queries about this request do not hesitate to contact me.
Regards,
Angie Shearon | Information Officer
West Yorkshire Combined Authority | Leeds City Region Enterprise
Partnership (the LEP)
Wellington House | 40-50 Wellington Street | Leeds | LS1 2DE
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Dear Mr Todd,
Please find attached a response in respect of your recent Freedom of
Information request regarding the above matter.
Yours sincerely,
Angie Shearon | Information Officer
West Yorkshire Combined Authority | Leeds City Region Enterprise
Partnership (the LEP)
Wellington House | 40-50 Wellington Street | Leeds | LS1 2DE
Tel: (+44) 0113 251 7220 | [1][email address]
[2]www.westyorks-ca.gov.uk | [3]www.the-lep.com
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Dear Angie,
Thank you for the information. Could you please check the financial figures you gave me as I suspect they contain elements we ask for to be excluded such as home to school transport. (This happened last time and the figures appear to be similar whcih is why I'm asking).
Many thanks.
Yours sincerely,
Chris Todd
Dear Mr Todd,
Thank you for your email.
Please accept my apologies for the oversight; I have included the amended
figures below.
Q1 - £20.536 million
Q2 - £20.699 million
Q3 - £19.867 million
Kind Regards
Angie Shearon | Information Officer
West Yorkshire Combined Authority | Leeds City Region Enterprise
Partnership (the LEP)
Wellington House | 40-50 Wellington Street | Leeds | LS1 2DE
Tel: (+44) 0113 251 7220 | [1][email address]
[2]www.westyorks-ca.gov.uk | [3]www.the-lep.com
Follow the West Yorkshire Combined Authority on [4]Twitter | Follow the
LEP on [5]Twitter or on [6]Linked In
Metro is the transport network of the West Yorkshire Combined Authority.
Find local travel information at [7]www.wymetro.com, [8]Twitter and
[9]Facebook
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