FI15037

Request

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.

  1. Total number of children whom the council funded school transportation taxi services - breakdown by both SEN and non-SEN taxi transport for each period
  2. Total spend on taxi services for child transportation - breakdown by both SEN and non-SEN taxi transport for each period
  3. 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
  4. Since when have you used with these suppliers for this purpose?
  5. If you have contracts in place with these suppliers when do they expire?
  6. If you publish the terms of these contracts, please share a website link
  7. 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

Response

Dover District Council does not hold the information you are seeking. The education authority within our District is Kent County Council, who should be able to assist you and can be contacted at the following address: freedomofinformation@kent.gov.uk.