Tendered Bus Services

Dear Mark Smith,
 
Your request for information regarding the following has been
received: Tendered Bus Services.
 
Many Thanks,
Information Governance Team
Shropshire Council
Shirehall
Abbey Foregate
SHREWSBURY
SY2 6ND
 
Tel:                  01743 252179 or 252774
Email:             [Shropshire Council request email]

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Dear Mr Smith

Thank you for your freedom of information request dated 8^th December
2023, relating to Tendered Bus Services, our response is below.

 1. Please can you provide a table listing all services which are fully
subsidised by yourself detailing the route number, where the service
runs from and to, the current operator of the service, the cost of the
tender per annum, the monthly or 4 weekly passenger and revenue
numbers for the past 20 months and the minimum seating capacity as
specified in the tender.

Please see the link below which we hope is helpful & provides the
information requested.

[1]https://next.shropshire.gov.uk/roads-tra...

 2. Secondly, Can you also please provide a list of all services which are
partly subsidised by yourself. This should state the route number,
where it runs to/from, the reason for funding the service, the cost
per annum and if possible, can you provide monthly or 4 weekly
passenger numbers for the past 20 months.

Please see the link below which we hope is helpful & provides the
information requested

[2]https://next.shropshire.gov.uk/roads-tra...

 3. Thirdly, can you please provide a list of all services which are
funded via Section 106 funding. Can I again have the route number,
where the route runs to/from and also the reason for the funding. If
you are to provide monthly or 4 weekly passenger numbers for the past
20 months, that would be appreciated.

Please note that this is information for all services which you (or S106)
have subsidised within the past 20 months and so previous contracts which
are no longer operating, would be included in this.

               N/A

 4. Finally, can you please provide details of all school routes which the
council procured or funded in any way. Details should include the
operator, school served and route of the bus, capacity of the bus or
where applicable, number of seats bought on the bus.

We have concerns providing these details which raises issues and concerns
about school pupil movement around the county from a safeguarding
viewpoint.  

Kind regards

Passenger Transport Group

Shropshire Council

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Mark Smith [3][FOI #1055938 email] Due Date:
10/01/2024
Tendered Bus Services

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Dear Mr Smith

Thank you for your email. We are sorry that you do not feel that the
response answers your questions. We will carry out an internal review of
your request and respond in due course. The due date for completing this
is 6 February 2024.

Yours sincerely

Information Governance Team

Legal and Governance

Resources Directorate

Shropshire Council

Shirehall

Abbey Foregate

Shrewsbury

SY2 6ND

Tel:         01743 252179

Email:     [1][Shropshire Council request email]

Web:       [2]www.shropshire.gov.uk

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Dear Mr Smith

Following your request for information received on 4 December 2023, a
response was provided on 9 January 2024. You but you felt that the
information requested was not supplied.

We have looked into this and a revised response is provided below and
attached.

Question 1 & 2

For ease, please see the attached spreadsheet and the link below which is
available on the website

 [1]https://next.shropshire.gov.uk/media/2js...

Question 3  -  The Council does request s106 funds from developers but no
current bus services are currently being funded from this   

Question 4: you asked for details of all school routes which the  council
procured or funded in any way to include the operator, school served and
route of the bus, capacity of the bus or  where applicable, number of
seats bought on the bus.

We are providing general statistics about these routes as shown below.

•             4600+ pupils travel on dedicated mainstream school transport
contracts.

•             247 dedicated school transport contracts / 95 primary and
152 secondary  / 94 taxis and 153 minibuses & coaches

•             Currently serve 78 mainstream schools

•             162 operators on our approved framework

However, details identifying individual school routes is exempt from
disclosure under Section 38 of the Freedom of Information Act- Health &
Safety.  We consider that releasing this information could have a
detrimental impact on children using these services. Restricting
information about the locations of specific enables a certain amount of
anonymity for the children using these routes.

In accordance with the Freedom of Information Act 2000 this letter is a
part refusal notice to your request. If you are unhappy with the way your
request has been handled, you may ask for an internal review. If you would
like to do this, please contact the Information Governance Team within 40
working days from receiving your original response on [2][Shropshire
Council request email] or by post at Information Governance Team Legal and
Governance, Resources Directorate, Shropshire Council, Shirehall,
Shrewsbury, SY2 6ND. 

If you are not content with the outcome of the internal review, you have
the right to apply directly to the Information Commissioner for a
decision.  Details on how to make a complaint to the ICO can be found on
their website: Make a complaint | ICO.

Yours sincerely

Heather Jones

Information Governance Team

Shropshire Council

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