1. The total number of children that the Council funded transport from home to school in the financial year 2022/23 and the total cost for all such children.
Because students are added and removed from routes throughout the year, it is not possible to give the total number of individual students. However, the peak number of students eligible for home to school transport assistance at any particular time point is 954 students
The total cost of transporting these students was £5,778,759.

2. The total number of children that the Council funded transport from home to school in the financial year 2022/23 and the total cost for children in foster care.
2 Children were transported as children in Looked After Care, with a total annual cost of £10,653.78

3. The total number of children that the Council funded transport from home to school in the financial year 2022/23 and the total cost for children with Special Educational Needs.
Because students are added and removed from routes throughout the year, it is not possible to give the total number of individual students. However, a peak number of 496 students were identified as having SEND. The total annual cost of this transport category was £4,280,985.00

4. The total number of children that the Council funded transport from home to school in the financial year 2022/23 and the total cost for children whose nearest suitable school is beyond two miles (if below the age of eight) or beyond three miles (if aged between eight and 16).
Because students are added and removed from routes throughout the year, it is not possible to give the total number of individual students. However, the peak number of 272 mainstream students were identified as receiving transportation as their nearest available school was over the minimum walking distance from their home address. It is not possible to include SEND children within this data set as the reasons for awarded transport for SEND students is not recorded within the CTU team.
The annual cost in 22/23 for this category of mainstream students was £778,301.72

5. The highest daily cost of home to school for any individual pupil in the financial year 2022/23
The highest daily cost for an individual student in the financial year 2022/23 was £259.00.