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30th December 2024
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Free school transport scheme
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All of the following questions refer to taxi costs for children in the last financial year 2023/24 under the free school transport scheme. If an answer is not known, please move on to the next question.
1. In the last complete financial year how much did the council spend on providing taxis to bring children to and from school and what was the total number of children?
• 654 children on taxis (including wheelchair accessible vehicles and minibuses) in March 2024
• £6,417,664.45 spent on the above children for 23/24 financial year
2. In the last complete financial year, how many children without SEND (special educational needs and disabilities) relied on a taxi provided by the council to bring them to school and what was the total cost for the council?
• 191 children in March 2024 (including wheelchair accessible vehicles and minibuses)
• £980,719.92 spent on the above children for the 23/24 financial year
3. For children without SEND, how many of these children were the sole traveller in the taxi, i.e. it was not shared with another child?
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4. For children without SEND what was the most expensive individual contract for a child’s travel and what was the approximate distance in miles of the journey?
• £78.00 daily rate was the most expensive sole transport route.
• 12.4 miles for the full 4-way journey
5. For children without SEND, what was the shortest journey in miles completed by a taxi to bring a child to school?
This information is not available
