For the last 3 financial years (by year), and latest financial year (estimated):
Spend on Special Education Needs & Disability [SEND] transport i.e. taking children with SEND to and from school
2014/15: Transport for SEN in this year was not a separate budget and was included in the total Education transport budget of £21,401,699. The estimated SEN cost was in the region of £7.8million
2015/16: £8,138,044
2016/17: £9,835,224
2017/18: £10,501,387
Number of SEND passengers transported
Number per school day
2014/15: 1536
2015/16: 1549
2016/17: 1551
2017/18: 1463 (reflects change in Post 16 policy from September 2017 with figure no longer including Post 16 SEN travelling independently)
Number per school day
Value of all council / authority SEND transport contracts awarded to private hire or taxi operators (excluding coach hire)
2014/15: £2,845,682 (Note: Only includes costs of taxi transport to special schools and not other establishments due to way budget was divided)
2015/16: £4,677,216
2016/17: £4,473,464
2017/18: £4,901,560
Spend on Adult Social Care [ASC] transport i.e. taking elderly passengers to and from day centres
2014/15: £965,954
2015/16: £1,124,971
2016/17: £1,223,008
2017/18: £1,179,532 (Position as at month 10)
Figures are total for all commissioned Adult Social Care Transport. Transport is not defined by purpose (for example day care)
Excludes internal fleet costs
Number of ASC passengers transported
2014/15: An average of 1367 passenger trips per week
2015/16: An average of 1440 passenger trips per week
2016/17: An average of 1205 passenger trips per week
2017/18: An average of 938 passenger trips per week
These numbers only reflect passengers booked direct via the transport unit – many contracts are procured on the basis of a vehicle only with the centre, unit or social care managers managing the loadings. This are not included in the totals above
Value of all council / authority ASC transport contracts awarded to private hire (PHV) or taxi operators (excluding coach hire)
2014/15: £493,918.08
2015/16: £566,904.78
2016/17: £723,544.61 (increase reflects change due to the closure of many internal day centres and reduction in the number of internal fleet vehicles allocated to work
2017/18: £705,668.78 (Position as at month 11)