- Request
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LCC Transport DPS:
https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/91dcf6b5-4d84-4c68-9d85-6c802f9915f8
The details we require are:
Contract Details
1. Please provide the following information regarding the current contract:
a. current expiry date;
b. remaining extension options and whether the authority currently expects to exercise them; c. anticipated commencement date for the next procurement exercise; d. anticipated tender/contract notice publication date, if known; and e. Where the arrangement is a framework/DPS, whether and when it will next be open to new suppliers.
2. Please provide the name and job title of the senior officer (outside of procurement/FOI) who acts as the operational lead or contract manager for the different Lots (SEND transport, Adult social care etc.)
Organisation-wide taxi spend
1. For the last 2 most complete financial years, please provide the total expenditure recorded by the organisation on taxi/private-hire services.
2. Where held, please provide separately the expenditure through contracted taxi/private-hire suppliers and expenditure outside the organisation's contracted arrangements.
3. Where identifiable, please indicate further categorisation of the expenditure above that relates to:
a. SEND taxi-transport - no care assistant b. SEND taxi-transport - with care assistant c. Adult social care taxi-transport; d. Children's social care taxi-transport; e. Staff Taxi services; f. Other taxi services
4. Please provide the names of suppliers to whom taxi/private-hire expenditure was paid during each of the two financial years and the total amount paid to each supplier.
Personal Travel Budgets
1. How many parents have you offered Personal Travel Budgets to? And what is the total expenditure?
2. What is the Council's policy on Personal Travel Budgets? Are you looking to extend or reduce the programme? - Decision
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Response to questions 1, 2, 3 and 3a below: these are the costs in association with journeys procured by the transport services team within LCC.
Transport Services - Taxi Spend
2024/25 net
2025/26 net
Taxi/private-hire expenditure
£39,255,885.22
£47,721,626.00
Category
2024/25 net
2025/26 net
SEND taxi-transport
£26,440,657.63
£31,544,981.01
Social care taxi-transport
£841,234.67
£2,440,524.07
Other taxi services including Home to School
£11,973,992.92
£13,736,120.92
4. Please provide the names of suppliers to whom taxi/private-hire expenditure was paid during each of the two financial years and the total amount paid to each supplier.
Supplier expenditure is attached.
Personal Travel Budgets
- How many parents have you offered Personal Travel Budgets to? And what is the total expenditure?
Personal Travel Budget
2024/25
2025/26
Unique named paid recipients (proxy, not offers)
326
427
Net expenditure
£722,525.14
£940,637.79
2. What is the Council's policy on Personal Travel Budgets? Are you looking to extend or reduce the programme?
School and college transport queries – Personal travel budget - Lincolnshire County Council
Should you require the attachment mentioned above please contact customerinformationservice@lincolnshire.gov.uk with the below reference number and this can be provided.
- Reference number
- FOI 18090705
- Date request received
- 17/09/26
- Date of decision
- 02/10/26