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Campaign for Better Transport

Dear Southampton City 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if these are partial (the numbered service still runs but on fewer times) or total (the numbered service is completely withdrawn) cuts.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

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Dear Chris Todd,

 

Thank you for your Freedom of Information request received on 23/04/2019.
It has been determined that you have requested 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 (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?

 

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Dear Chris Todd,

 

I refer to your Freedom of Information request of 23^rd April 2019 in
relation to Supported Bus Services

 

Please find attached the Council’s response to your recent Freedom of
Information Act request.

 

 

Kind Regards

 

Angella

Business Support Service

Southampton City Council

 

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Dear Angella,

Thanks for the information.

Yours sincerely,

Chris Todd

Campaign for Better Transport

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