SEND and ASC transport spend

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Dear Birmingham 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

Birmingham City Council

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Your reference: [FOI #493282 email]

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Information request
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Dear Birmingham City Council,

Thank you very much for your response to our request.

Please can I clarify the answer to Q1 as the spend is extremely low in comparison to the number of young people transported. Are the numbers provided in '000's?

Thank you for your help.

Yours sincerely,

Tracey Vickers, on behalf of HCT Group

Birmingham City Council

Dear Tracey
 
We will seek clarification and respond in due course.
Yours sincerely
Strategic Services

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Dear Birmingham City Council,

Thank you very much for your response to our request.

Please can I clarify the answer to Q1 as the spend is extremely low in
comparison to the number of young people transported. Are the numbers
provided in '000's?

Thank you for your help.

Yours sincerely,

Tracey Vickers, on behalf of HCT Group

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Dear Birmingham City Council,

Thank you very much for your help.

Yours sincerely,

Tracey Vickers, on behalf of HCT Group

Birmingham City Council

Dear Tracey
 
Please accept our apologies - having checked the numbers with the service
area, please see below correct figures.

 1. Spend on Special Education Needs & Disability [SEND] transport i.e.
taking children with SEND to and from school ' 2016/2016 =
£16,792,354; 2016/2017 = £18,302,493 ; 2017/2018 = £20,537,880 (these
figures include administration costs)

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Dear Birmingham City Council,

Thank you very much for your help.

Yours sincerely,

Tracey Vickers, on behalf of HCT Group

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Dear Birmingham City Council,

Brilliant, thank you for the correct figures and for your time.

Yours sincerely,

Tracey Vickers, on behalf of HCT Group