SEND and ASC transport spend

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Dear Walsall Metropolitan Borough 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

InformationRights, Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council

Dear Miss Vickers,

 

Thank you for your request for information about SEND and ASC Transport
Spend, which was received on 27 June 2018.

 

In accordance with provisions within Freedom of Information Act 2000, the
council will respond to your request within 20 working days, saying
whether we have the information that you want, and if there will be any
charges. 

 

If, for any reason, we cannot provide you with the information, we will
tell you why. If we need to clarify your request, we will contact you
again.

 

In the meantime, if you need to contact me about your request, please do
so quoting the above reference number.

 

Yours sincerely

 

 

Julie Noble

 

 

 

 

Dear Julie,

We have not received your response in the time scale required by law, please could we have an update as to when the request will be fulfilled?

Thank you for your help.

Yours sincerely,

Tracey Vickers, on behalf of HCT Group

InformationRights, Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council

Good morning, I am sorry that you have not yet received your response to the freedom of information request

I can confirm that we are awaiting a response to question 6 and I have sent a reminder to the service today for his to be provided. As soon as all the information is in I will of course send this to you

Kind regards

Yvonne Jackson
Assurance Officer
Assurance Team, Resources and Transformation
Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council
3rd Floor (HR Suite), Civic Centre, Darwall Street, Walsall, WS1 1DG
Tel: 01922 65 0487
Text-phone: 0845 111 2910
Free-phone: 0800 085 6018
SMS: Text Walsall SCC to 60003           
Web: www.walsall.gov.uk
 
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Dear Yvonne,

Thank you for prompting the relevant service, I look forward to your response.

Yours sincerely,

Tracey Vickers, on behalf of HCT Group

InformationRights, Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council

Good afternoon,

I have now escalated this request to the lead Assurance Officer as we are still awaiting the response to question 6 of your request. Please accept my apologies for the continued delay but I am trying to obtain the information from the service
Kind regards

Yvonne Jackson
Assurance Officer
Assurance Team, Resources and Transformation
Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council
3rd Floor (HR Suite), Civic Centre, Darwall Street, Walsall, WS1 1DG
Tel: 01922 65 0487
Text-phone: 0845 111 2910
Free-phone: 0800 085 6018
SMS: Text Walsall SCC to 60003           
Web: www.walsall.gov.uk
 
 Disclaimer: IF THIS EMAIL IS MARKED PRIVATE OR CONFIDENTIAL - PLEASE RESPECT THAT AND DO NOT FORWARD IT TO ANYONE ELSE WITHOUT THE EXPRESS PERMISSION OF THE AUTHOR. The information in this message should be regarded as confidential and is intended for the addressee only unless explicitly stated.  If you have received this message in error it must be deleted and the sender notified.  The views expressed in this message are personal and not necessarily those of Walsall MBC unless explicitly stated.  E-mails sent or received from Walsall MBC may be intercepted and read by the Council.  Interception will only occur to ensure compliance with Council policies or procedures or regulatory obligations, to prevent or deter crime, or for the purposes of essential maintenance or support of the e-mail system. You should also be aware that any email may be subject of a request under Data Protection, Freedom of Information or Environmental Information legislation and therefore could be disclosed to third parties.

E-mail Security: Communication by internet email is not secure as messages can be intercepted and read by someone else. Therefore we strongly advise you not to email any information, which if disclosed to unrelated third parties would be likely to cause you distress. If you have an enquiry of this nature please provide a postal address to allow us to communicate with you in a more secure way. If you want us to respond by email you must realise that there can be no guarantee of privacy.

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Dear Yvonne,

Thank you for escalating this request, I am grateful for your time.

Yours sincerely,

Tracey Vickers, on behalf of HCT Group

Yvonne Jackson, Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council

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Good morning Ms Vickers, please find your response attached for your freedom of information request. One again apologies for the delays incurred in sending this to you
Kind regards

Yvonne Jackson
Assurance Officer
Assurance Team, Resources and Transformation
Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council
3rd Floor (HR Suite), Civic Centre, Darwall Street, Walsall, WS1 1DG
Tel: 01922 65 0487
Text-phone: 0845 111 2910
Free-phone: 0800 085 6018
SMS: Text Walsall SCC to 60003           
Email: [email address]
Web: www.walsall.gov.uk
 
 Disclaimer: IF THIS EMAIL IS MARKED PRIVATE OR CONFIDENTIAL - PLEASE RESPECT THAT AND DO NOT FORWARD IT TO ANYONE ELSE WITHOUT THE EXPRESS PERMISSION OF THE AUTHOR. The information in this message should be regarded as confidential and is intended for the addressee only unless explicitly stated.  If you have received this message in error it must be deleted and the sender notified.  The views expressed in this message are personal and not necessarily those of Walsall MBC unless explicitly stated.  E-mails sent or received from Walsall MBC may be intercepted and read by the Council.  Interception will only occur to ensure compliance with Council policies or procedures or regulatory obligations, to prevent or deter crime, or for the purposes of essential maintenance or support of the e-mail system. You should also be aware that any email may be subject of a request under Data Protection, Freedom of Information or Environmental Information legislation and therefore could be disclosed to third parties.

E-mail Security: Communication by internet email is not secure as messages can be intercepted and read by someone else. Therefore we strongly advise you not to email any information, which if disclosed to unrelated third parties would be likely to cause you distress. If you have an enquiry of this nature please provide a postal address to allow us to communicate with you in a more secure way. If you want us to respond by email you must realise that there can be no guarantee of privacy.

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Dear Yvonne,

Thank you very much for your help.

Yours sincerely,

Tracey Vickers, on behalf of HCT Group