“In your last financial year, how much in total was spent by your local authority on:-
- Training taxi drivers and passenger assistants (or variation on wording of transport professionals) to transport children to and from school.
- Training taxi drivers and passenger assistants (or variation on wording of transport professionals) to transport children with special educational needs, additional needs and disabilities to and from school.
The total spend on the above was £25,041.03. There is no distinction made between the two categories.
- Employees involved in providing or co-ordinating training for transport professionals.
The total spend on the above was £24,016.64
In your last financial year, how much in total was budgeted by your local authority on:-
- Training transport professionals who transport children with Special Educational Needs
- Training offered in support of transporting children to and from school provided by you.”
The budget for 2016/17 was £11,000 which excludes salary costs for those co-ordinating the training and attending.