Our Ref: 5556049

                          

                                                                                                              
21-APR-11

Dear Mr Hedley,

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT – REQUEST FOR INFORMATION

I acknowledge your request for regarding free concessionary travel
received on 20-APR-2011.

Your request is currently being considered and if the information
requested is held by the County Council it will be sent to you within the
statutory timescale of 20 working days as defined by the Freedom of
Information Act 2000, subject to the information not being exempt or
containing a reference to a third party.

If appropriate, the information will be provided in paper copy, normal
font size.   If you require alternative formats, e.g. language, audio,
large print, etc. then please let me know.

For your information, the Act defines a number of exemptions that may
prevent release of the information you have requested. There will be an
assessment and if any of the exemption categories apply then the exempt
information will not be released. You will be informed if this is the
case, including your rights of appeal.

If the information you request contains reference to a third party then
they may be consulted prior to a decision being taken on whether or not to
release the information to you.

There may a fee payable for this information to cover photocopying,
postage and any other production costs. This will be considered and you
will be informed if a fee is payable. In this event the fee must be paid
before the information is processed and released. The 20 working day time
limit for responses is suspended until receipt of the payment.

In line with the Information Commissioner’s directive on the disclosure of
information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 your request will
form part of our disclosure log. Therefore, a version of our response
which will protect your anonymity will be posted on Durham County Council
website.

If you have any queries or concerns then please contact:

The Information Management Team

Durham County Council

Assistant Chief Executive’s Office

Room 4/140

County Hall

Durham

DH1 5UF

Tel. 0191 372 8371

Email: [email address]

Further information is also available from the Information Commissioner
at:

Information Commissioner's Office

Wycliffe House

Water Lane

Wilmslow

Cheshire

SK9 5AF

Telephone: 01625 545 745

Fax: 01625 524 510

Email: [email address]

www.informationcommissioner.gov.uk

Yours sincerely,

                                                                                                                          

Neale Boswell

Information Management

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Our Ref: 5556049

                          

                                                                                                              
28-JUN-11

Dear Mr Hedley

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT – REQUEST FOR INFORMATION

Your request for information on Detailed information regarding free
concessionary travel, received on 20-APR-2011, has been considered. 
Please accept our sincere apologises for this late response.

Please find enclosed the requested information.

Your Request: I require a detailed information of what reimbursment has
been given to commercial operators, under the DfT's free concessionary

     travel scheme. Please could this information be provided in the
following format:

    

     * I require this information for the following periods (or

     equivilent). 2006-07, 2007-08, 2008-09, 2009-10, 2010-11

     * Operator Name

     * Total number of concessionary fares issued

     * Value of the Average Equivalent Cash Fare (AECF) per ticket

     issued

     * Total reimbursement

    

     In addition, could you please provide the details you have received
from each commercial operator within your area, on how they

     calculate their AECF?

Our Response: Please find attached reimbursment figures which has been
given to commercial operators, under the DfT's free concessionary

travel scheme. We are unable to provide the total number of concessionary
fares issued for 2006-7 and 2007-2008 as this was not recorded at this
time.  We do not have any details on how each commercial operators 
calculate their ACEF.

I hope that this information is of assistance, however, if you are
dissatisfied with the handling of your request please contact:

The Information Management Team

Durham County Council

Assistant Chief Executive’s Office

Room 4/140

County Hall

Durham

DH1 5UF

Tel: 0191 372 8371

Email: [1][email address]

After you have exhausted our internal appeals procedure you also have a
right of appeal to the Information Commissioner at:

Information Commissioner's Office

Wycliffe House

Water Lane

Wilmslow

Cheshire

SK9 5AF

Telephone: 01625 545 745

Fax: 01625 524 510

Email: [email address]

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Information Act requests will be subject to copyright protection.  In most
cases the copyright will be owned by Durham County Council.  The copyright
in other documents may be owned by another person or organisation, as
indicated on the documents themselves.

You are free to use any documents supplied for your own use, including for
non-commercial research purposes.  The documents may also be used for the
purposes of news reporting.  However, any other type of re-use, for
example, by publishing the documents or issuing copies to the public will
require the permission of the copyright owner.

For documents where the copyright is owned by Durham County Council,
please contact me for details of the conditions on re-use.

For documents where the copyright is owned by another person or
organisation, you would need to apply to the copyright owner to obtain
their permission.

Yours sincerely

                                   

Tracy Millmore

Information Management Assistant - Assistant Chief Executive's

[2]Information Management Team

Room: 4/410

Durham County Council

County Hall

Durham DH1 5UF

Tel: 0191 372 8376 VPN: 7777 8376

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