Children receiving SEND home to school transport from 2018/2019 - 2023/2024
Case reference FOI2024/00149
Published 14 February 2024
Request
I am writing under the Freedom of Information Act to request the following information:
1. How many children have received SEND home to school transport every year since 2018/19 including the present year 2023/24 (please break down by year)
2. What was your annual total spend on SEND home to school transport every year since 2018/19 (please break down by year). Please also provide your forecast spend for 2023/24.
3. How much is the single most expensive daily SEND home to school transport round trip journey you are currently funding?
4. How far is the single most expensive daily SEND home to school transport round trip journey you are currently funding?
Response
I am writing under the Freedom of Information Act to request the following information:
1. How many children have received SEND home to school transport every year since 2018/19 including the present year 2023/24 (please break down by year)
2018/19: 343
2019/20: 343
2020/21: 356
2021/22: 361
2022/23: 428
2023/24: 479
2. What was your annual total spend on SEND home to school transport every year since 2018/19 (please break down by year). Please also provide your forecast spend for 2023/24.
2018/19: £1,400,835.29
2019/20: £1,555,424.63
2020/21: £1,850,735.60
2021/22: £1,878,000.08
2022/23: £2,779,468.95
2023/24 (forecast): £4.7m
3. How much is the single most expensive daily SEND home to school transport round trip journey you are currently funding?
£330.30 per day.
4. How far is the single most expensive daily SEND home to school transport round trip journey you are currently funding?
242 mile roundtrip
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