Transport for disabled children

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Dear Somerset County Council,

1. What user charges do you apply to specialist transport for disabled children?
2. Please provide information on changes to user charges to specialist transport for disabled children in 2012/13, 2013/14 and 2014/15?
3. How many disabled children accessed these services in 2012/13, 2013/14, 2014/15?
4. How has the eligibility criteria for these services changed between 2012/13, 2013/14, 2014/15?

Yours faithfully,

Emma Pullar

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Information Request, Somerset Council

 

Somerset Direct Reference: 2852639

Internal Reference: 140599

Date request received: 21/05/2014

Date response due: 18/06/2014

 

Dear Ms Pullar,

 

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Dear Ms Pullar,

 

Please find attached our response to your recent request for information.

 

Yours Sincerely,

 

Victoria Baxter

Information Request Team

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