Home to School Transport Services Involving Passengers not Entitled to Free Transport

Concerning home-to-school transport services involving passengers not entitled to free transport:

1. Exempt Vehicle Usage

When was the last time a PSVAR-exempt vehicle was used on such services? Please specify provider, route(s), and date.

2. Eliminating Exempt Vehicles

What contractual measures or guidance have you implemented to ensure exempt vehicles are no longer used on these particular trips?

3. PSVAR-Compliant Fleet Share

Of the vehicles deployed on these specific non-entitled passenger services, how many (number and percentage) are fully PSVAR-compliant?

How do you ensure that companies providing home to school services have the requisite number and proportion of fully PSVAR compliant vehicles as required from 1st August 2025 depending on their fleet size?

4. Monitoring & Enforcement

How is compliance monitored? What are the consequences or remediation steps if providers fail to meet no-use or compliance obligations?

5. Related Documentation

Please forward any policy documents, guidance, risk assessments, correspondence with providers, or exemption requests related to PSVAR compliance for this category of school tran

I have detailed below the information that is held.  

1. Vehicle allocation is done by the operator and not Lincolnshire County Council (LCC), information not held

2. Operators are responsible for ensuring vehicle compliance

3. Information not held by LCC.

4. Information not held by LCC, responsibility falls to the operators

5. No additional documentation, PSV regs2000 apply to all closed-door home to school contracts.