School Transportation by Taxi Service for Children and Young People. - Find a freedom of information request

I am writing to ask for information under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) 2000.

1) For each of the tax years 2022/23, 2023/24 and 2024/5 (actuals for prior years and forecast for current year), please provide the following information for council funded school transportation by taxi service for children and young people.

a) Total number of children whom the council funded school transportation taxi services - breakdown by both SEN and non-SEN taxi transport for each period

b) Total spend on taxi services for child transportation - breakdown by both SEN and non-SEN taxi transport for each period

c) Names of all taxi supplier(s) used to provide this service and volume of work provided to each - breakdown by both SEN and non-SEN taxi transport for each period

d) Since when have you used with these suppliers for this purpose?

e) If you have contracts in place with these suppliers when do they expire?

f) If you publish the terms of these contracts, please share a website link

g) In addition to the transportation of children to and from school what are they key requirements you have of these suppliers (e.g. safeguarding, reporting, integration with systems etc.) - if you used a tendering document, please share

I can confirm that the information requested is held by Lincolnshire County Council. I have detailed below the information that is being released to you.

1a. Please see below table.

1b. Please see below table.

2024-2025 has not been provided as this is information is not held until the end of the financial year. Forecasts are not accurate data.

​1c. Contract information is published via the Contracts Register which can be found at:

Link: https://procontract.due-north.com/ContractsRegister/Index?resetFilter=True&applyFilter=True&p=527b4bbd-5c58-e511-80ef-000c29c9ba21&v=1

Lincolnshire County Council have operated a Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) since February 2022; all suppliers on the DPS are able to submit bids for Education, Social Care, Public Transport and Demand Responsive Transport.

A list of suppliers can be found attached.

Should you require the attachment mentioned above please contact customerinformationservice@lincolnshire.gov.uk with the below reference number and this can be provided.

1d. This information is not held.

1e. Individual contracts have their own expiry date.  Contract lengths can range from a few months up to the end of the DPS. Individual contract information is available via the Contracts Register (please the see link above).

1f. This information can be found at:

Link: https://procontract.due-north.com/ContractsRegister/Index?resetFilter=True&applyFilter=True&p=527b4bbd-5c58-e511-80ef-000c29c9ba21&v=1

1g. DPS Information can be found via:

Link: https://procontract.due-north.com/Login/Index?ReturnUrl=%2fProjectManagement%2fProjectDashboard%3fprojectId%3d81c3c699-0184-ec11-8110-005056b64545&projectId=81c3c699-0184-ec11-8110-005056b64545