Transport routes for which the destination falls outside of the council area - Find a freedom of information request

1. Does the council currently operate any transport routes for which the destination falls outside of the council area in either of the following categories (YES/NO)

a) Special Education Needs (SEN) Transport

b) Home to School

c) Taxi Services

d) Transport for Adult Care

2  If yes - can the council state - for each category, how many individual journeys have been made to out-of-council destinations in this financial year to date (2023-2024). Please also supply the number of individual journeys broken down by the previous two financial years (2022-2023 and 2021-2022)

a) SEN Transport

b) Home to School

c) Taxi Services

d) Transport for Adult Care

3. In each of the following categories, can the council provide the longest individual journey carried out this current financial year (2023-2024). Please also supply that figure going back the two previous financial years (2022-2023 and 2021-2022).

a) SEN Transport

b) Home to School

c) Taxi Services

d) Transport for Adult Care

1.

a) SEN Transport - YES

b) Home to School - YES

c) Taxi Services - Taxi contracts come under either SEN Transport or Home to School.

d) Transport for Adult Care - YES

2. Figures are based the number of times each individual has travelled throughout the year. This does not account for shared journeys where several individuals travel on the same contract.

Home to school includes Post 16 journeys

a) SEN Transport - 45,462 (2023/2024), 41,034 (2022/2023), 40,997 (2021/2022)

b) Home to School - 151,518 (2023/2024), 185,498 (2022/2023), 201,339 (2021/2022)

c) Taxi Services – Not applicable.

d) Transport for Adult Care - 115 (2023/2024), 81 (2022/2023), none (2021/2022)

3.

a) SEN Transport - 124 miles (2023/2024), 241 miles (2022/2023), 240 miles (2021/2022)

b) Home to School - 81 miles (2023/2024), 69 miles (2022/2023), 69 miles (2021/2022)

c) Taxi Services – not applicable.

d) Transport for Adult Care - 33 miles (2023/2024), 33 mile (2022/2023), none (2021/2022)