Supported Bus Services

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To whom it may concern,

I am making this request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. I am gathering information on bus and public transport provision in Bracknell Forest Borough Council to chart which bus services would be lost without local government funding.

Please can you provide a full list of all supported bus services in the fiscal year 2015/16? Please include the service name and route summary.

This refers 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 or support 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 scheme-specific central and national government grants or income streams, such as funding received from Local Enterprise Partnerships, the Local Growth Fund, Local Sustainable Transport Fund etc.

Faithfully,
Andrew Allen
Campaign For Better Transport

Information Compliance-Officer, Bracknell Forest Borough Council

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Dear Andrew Allen

Thank you for your request for information, below, which was received by the Council on 11/09/2015 and I will deal with under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. The FOI Act obliges us to respond to requests promptly, and in any case no later than 20 working days (by 09/10/2015) unless it is necessary to consider the public interest, in
which case a full response must be provided within such a time as is reasonable in the circumstances and I will write to you again if this occurs.

If you have any queries about this letter, please contact me. Please remember to quote the reference number above in any future correspondence.

Yours sincerely

Information Compliance Team
Legal Services
Corporate Services Department
Bracknell Forest Council
Tel: 01344 352000
Email: [Bracknell Forest Borough Council request email]
Web: www.bracknell-forest.gov.uk

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Information Compliance-Officer, Bracknell Forest Borough Council

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From: [email address]>

 

Sent: 7^th October 2015

 

Dear Andrew Allen

 

I am writing to confirm that the council has completed the processing of
your request for information which was received on 10^th September 2015.

 

Please find below a copy of your request, followed by the Council’s
response.

 

REQUEST

 

I am making this request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. I am
gathering information on bus and public transport provision in Bracknell
Forest Borough Council to chart which bus services would be lost without
local government funding.

 

Please can you provide a full list of all supported bus services in the
fiscal year 2015/16? Please include the service name and route summary.

 

This refers 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 or support 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 scheme-specific central and national
government grants or income streams, such as funding received from Local
Enterprise Partnerships, the Local Growth Fund, Local Sustainable
Transport Fund etc.

 

RESPONSE

 

The list of supported bus services in the fiscal year 2015/16 is as
follows:

 

53

108

150

151

151A

156

157

158

162

162A

299

 

All these services are operated by Courtney Buses and details of the
routes can be found on the Courtney Buses website at
[1]www.courtneybuses.com or on the Traveline website at
[2]www.travelinesoutheast.org.uk

 

If you have any queries about this matter please contact me. Please
remember to quote the reference number above in any future communications.

 

 

If you are unhappy with the service you have received in relation to your
request and wish to make a complaint or request a review of our decision,
you should use the Comments, Compliments and Complaints procedure which
can be found at

http://www.bracknell-forest.gov.uk/comme....

 

If you are not content with the outcome of your complaint, you may apply
directly to the Information Commissioner for a decision. Generally, the
ICO cannot make a decision unless you have exhausted the complaints
procedure provided by the Council. The Information Commission can be
contacted at: The Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water
Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire SK9 5AF.

 

Yours sincerely

 

 

Sent on behalf of;

Simon Heard

Solicitor

Information Compliance Team

Legal Services

Easthampstead House

Town Square

Bracknell

Berks

RG12 1AQ

 

Tel: 01344 352000

DD Tel: 01344 353107

 

Email: [Bracknell Forest Borough Council request email]

www.bracknell-forest.gov.uk

 

 

 

 

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References

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1. http://www.courtneybuses.com/
2. http://www.travelinesoutheast.org.uk/