SEND and ASC transport spend

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Dear Peterborough City 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

FOI Team, Peterborough City Council

Dear HCT Group 
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"FOI Team" <foi@peterborough.gov.uk>, Peterborough City Council

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION REQUEST  CRN1804431709     

 

Dear Sir / Madam,

 

Your request for information, with reference number CRN1804431709 has
now been considered and the information requested is given below.

Information 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.
 

        

Our Response:

Request and Response
 
For the last 3 financial years (by year), and latest financial year
(estimated):
 
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.

1. Spend on Special Education Needs & Disability [SEND] transport
i.e. taking children with SEND to and from school
 
2017/18            £2,265,235
2016/17            £2,315,411
2015/16            £2,139,400
2014/15            £2,162,338

2. Number of SEND passengers transported
 
2017/18           698      Average over academic year
2016/17           708      Average over academic year
2015/16           649      Average over academic year
2014/15           655      Average over academic year

3. Value of all council / authority SEND transport contracts awarded
to taxi operators (PHV) (excluding coach hire)
 
2017/18           £1,314,026.04
2016/17           £1,283,519.00
2015/16           £1,249,006.00
2014/15           £1,324,926.16

4. Spend on Adult Social Care [ASC] transport i.e. taking elderly
passengers to and from day centres
 
c£90k per annum (unchanged in past 3 years) - includes minibus/fuel
and driver costs (does not include PHV costs, as this is reported in
question 3)

5. Number of ASC passengers transported
 
2015/16: An estimated 3,939 passenger journeys to daycare were made.
2016/17: An estimated 3,627 passenger journeys to daycare were made.
2017/18: An estimated 3,380 passenger journeys to daycare were made
2018/19: Data not yet available.
 

6. Value of all council / authority ASC transport contracts awarded
to taxi operators (PHV) or taxi operators (excluding coach hire)
 
2015/16: £6,607.95
2016/17: £12,505.80
2017/18: £12,505.80
2018/19: Data not yet available.
  

 

       

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