Bus Services
Campaign for Better Transport made this Freedom of Information request to North Yorkshire Council This request has been closed to new correspondence. Contact us if you think it should be reopened.
Dear North Yorkshire County Council,
I hereby submit this Freedom of Information request for the following facts and figures regarding bus and public transport provision in North Yorkshire. We are gathering this information as part of the Save Our Buses campaign. We know that the Government has made very deep cuts to local authority budgets and that local authorities have been struggling to keep their bus networks intact while finding savings. What we want to gather is a national picture of bus cuts, so that we can explain to central Government exactly how their decisions are likely to impact the country.
We would be grateful for clarification on the following points:
•What is North Yorkshire County Council's total budget for supported bus services in 2013/14?
•What is the budget for supported bus services as a percentage of the total transport budget?
•How many and which supported routes have had cuts in services in the fiscal year 2013/14 (for example loss of weekend or evening services)?
•How many and which supported routes have been completely withdrawn
in the fiscal year 2013/14?
•What changes have been made to non-statutory concessionary fare
schemes in the fiscal year 2013/14?
Thank you for your assistance in this matter.
Yours faithfully,
Martin Abrams
Campaign For Better Transport
Dear Mr Abrams
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Kind regards
Paul Atkinson, for
Data Management Officer
North Yorkshire County Council
01609 533219 [email address]
Your request asks What is the budget for supported bus services as a percentage of the total transport budget? Could you clarify what your definition of "Total Transport Budget" includes.
Richard Owens
Assistant Director
01609 535660
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North Yorkshire County Council.
Dear Richard Owens,
For the purposes of this request 'transport' is highway
maintenance, school bus services, cycling and walking, roads
spending and supported bus services.
Please let me know if I need to provide further clarification.
Yours sincerely,
Martin Abrams
Thank you for your FOI request relating to expenditure on bus services. I
have set out below my response
What is North Yorkshire County Council's total budget for supported bus
services in 2013/14?
£5070550
•What is the budget for supported bus services as a percentage of the
total transport budget?
18.3%
•How many and which supported routes have had cuts in services in the
fiscal year 2013/14 (for example loss of weekend or evening services)?
Service changes through contract management 2013/14
Service Number Route Description Change Date Change to Reason
Service
The 1825hrs Regularly
71 Low Bradley - 14 April journey carried 3 or
Steeton & Silsdon 2013 withdrawn less
passengers
Journeys
Saturday regularly
services and carried 3 or
1415hrs North less
14 April Duffield to passengers
1 Holme - Selby 2013 Selby and/or
withdrawn, now exceeded
operates maximum
Monday to subsidy per
Friday only. passenger
journey
The 1435hrs The timetable
Selby to Drax has been
8 Selby - Drax - 14 April and 0927hrs rationalised
Goole 2013 Drax to Selby to better
withdrawn utilise
resource.
Journeys
regularly
carried 3 or
less
14 April All journeys passengers
79 Cowling - Skipton 2013 withdrawn and/or
exceeded
maximum
subsidy per
passenger
journey
24 August 0730 & 1820hrs Journeys
Settle - Kirkby 2013 journeys from regularly
581 Lonsdale Kirkby carried 3 or
Lonsdale less
withdrawn passengers
•How many and which supported routes have been completely withdrawn in the
fiscal year 2013/14?
Service 79 as above.
•What changes have been made to non-statutory concessionary fare schemes
in the fiscal year 2013/14?
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