SEND and ASC transport spend

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Dear Worcestershire County Council,

We are doing some research into the value of council / authority Special Education Needs & Disability and Adult Social Care transport contracts operated by private hire operators. To this end, could we please request your assistance in obtaining the information below, for your council / authority, under the Freedom of Information Act 2000:

Data request:
For the last 3 financial years (by year), and latest financial year (estimated):
1. Spend on Special Education Needs & Disability [SEND] transport i.e. taking children with SEND to and from school
2. Number of SEND passengers transported
3. Value of all council / authority SEND transport contracts awarded to taxi operators (PHV) (excluding coach hire)

4. Spend on Adult Social Care [ASC] transport i.e. taking elderly passengers to and from day centres
5. Number of ASC passengers transported
6. Value of all council / authority ASC transport contracts awarded to taxi operators (PHV) or taxi operators (excluding coach hire)

If actual figures aren’t available, is it possible to provide estimates instead? If yes, we would be grateful if you could indicate which figures are estimated.

By ‘contract awarded’ we mean in all contracts regardless of contracting approach e.g. open tender, framework, dps, or other.

Format: Please send through data in whichever format is easiest for you.

Clarification: If the request is unclear, please accept our apologies and let us know what clarification is needed. Similarly if it is not possible to provide the information requested due to it exceeding the cost of compliance limits, we would be grateful if you could advise as to how we might refine our request accordingly.

Thank you for your time and we look forward to your response.

Many thanks,
Tracey Vickers on behalf of HCT Group

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Request For Information #500322

Dear Tracey Vickers

Request for Information – Freedom of Information Act 2000 / Environmental
Information Regulations 2004 

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Worcestershire County Council
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Dear Worcestershire County Council,

We have not yet received your reply, please can you update us. Thank you.

Yours sincerely,

HCT Group

Worcestershire County Council

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FOI Request #500322: Further Information Required

Dear Tracey Vickers,

Thank you for your FOI Request. In order to resolve the request, we need
to seek further clarification from you. Please see what information we
require and respond using the link below.

[1]Question to Customer

If no response is received within 3 calendar months, this enquiry will be
closed.

Regards,
Hanley-Keeley, Jeremy

Worcestershire County Council 

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Richard Taylor left an annotation ()

Bizarrely the council have sent a link to a webpage which states:

"Please accept our apologies for not completing your Freedom of Information request within the 20 working day time limit. Due to an IT error your request has yet to be answered. If you would like us to continue with your request, please let us know. If you wish to resubmit your request for Special Education Needs & Disability and Adult Social Care transport contracts then let our team know by responding to this email."

Dear Worcestershire County Council,

I have followed the link and submitted a response to ask that you continue with our original request.

Yours faithfully,

Tracey Vickers, on behalf of HCT Group

Worcestershire County Council

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FOI Request Response

 
Dear Tracey Vickers

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 2000 - INFORMATION REQUEST REGARDING:  Enquiry
into the value of council / authority Special Education Needs & Disability
and Adult Social Care transport contracts operated by private hire
operators.

We have completed our response to this Freedom of Information Request,
please see the letter attached for further information.

Yours sincerely,
Young, Justine
 

Worcestershire County Council

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Dear Worcestershire County Council,

Thank you very much for your full response to our request. I am very grateful for your time.

Yours faithfully,

Tracey Vickers, on behalf of HCT Group