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Campaign for Better Transport

Dear Darlington Borough Council,

I am writing to you to request the following information:

1. What was the total net spend for supported bus services in the fiscal year 2018/19?*

2. What was the total net spend for supported bus services in the fiscal year 2009/10?*

*Note: These refer 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. How many and which supported routes have had cuts in services in the fiscal year 2018/19 and (for example loss of weekend or evening services)? Please state if these are partial (the numbered service still runs but on fewer times) or total (the numbered service is completely withdrawn) cuts.

4. How many and which of the previously supported routes have been taken on commercially?

5a. What was the total net spend on free school transport (11-16yr olds in mainstream education) in 2018/19?

5b. How many pupils was this for?

6a. What was the total net spend on free school transport (11-16yr olds in mainstream education) in 2013/14?

6b. How many pupils was this for?

The information provided will be used as part of a national picture of the effect of changes to central Government funding has had on the provision of local bus services. In each case we are only requesting information related to your local authority.

Our work also seeks to promote examples of local authorities that 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.

Yours faithfully,

Chris Todd

Campaign for Better Transport

Darlington Borough Council

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Dear Mr Todd

 

Thank you for your request for information, received 23 April 2019. 

 

We are processing your request in accordance with our Freedom of
Information and Environmental Information Request Procedure, which you can
find on our [2]website.

 

If we need more information in order to process your request, we will
contact you in due course.

 

You can expect a full response to your request within 20 working days.

 

Yours sincerely

 

 

Diana Willsher

Complaints & Information Governance Assistant

(01325) 406777

 

 

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Campaign for Better Transport

Dear Darlington Borough Council,

Please could update me as to how this request is progressing? The requested information is now 2 weeks overdue.

Many thanks,

Yours sincerely,

Chris Todd

Campaign for Better Transport

Complaints, Darlington Borough Council

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Dear Chris,

Please accept my apologies for the delay in responding to your request,.

I have contacted the department responsible for providing this information and have asked that they do so as a matter of urgency.

Regards,

Diana

Diana Willsher
Complaints and Information Governance Assistant
Complaints and Information Governance Team
Neighbourhood Services and Resources Group
Darlington Borough Council
Town Hall, Darlington, DL1 5QT
Tel: 01325 406777
www.darlington.gov.uk

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Darlington Borough Council

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Dear Sir./Madam.

 

Request reference number: DBC-0388-19

 

Please find attached the Council’s response to your request for
information.

 

Kind regards

 

 

Diana Willsher

Complaints & Information Governance Assistant

(01325) 406777

 

 

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