SEN and Mainstream home to school transport commissioned by the council

Please provide the following information relating to SEN and Mainstream home to school transport commissioned by the council.

Please provide data for the academic years 2022/23, 2023/24, 2024/25, and the current academic year to date where available.

I am requesting aggregated and anonymised data only. Where exact figures cannot be disclosed for reasons of commercial sensitivity or personal data, please provide the information in summary or banded form.

(1) The total annual spend on SEN and Mainstream home to school transport.

(2) The total number of pupils receiving SEN and Mainstream home-to-school transport.

(3) The total number of SEN and Mainstream transport routes/journeys commissioned.

(4) The number of pupils or routes that are solo transport versus shared transport.

(5) The number of pupils or routes requiring passenger assistants/escorts.

(6) The number of routes or pupils by vehicle type, for example saloon, MPV, WAV, minibus, or other

(7) The average route mileage and average route duration.

(8) The number of routes in mileage bands: 0-5, 5-10, 10-15, 15-20, and 20+ miles.

(9) The average cost per route/journey.

(10) The average cost by mileage band.

(11) The average cost for solo routes versus shared routes.

(12) The average cost for routes with escorts versus routes without escorts.

(13) The highest, median, and lowest annual route cost.

(14) The number of active operators used for SEN and Mainstream home-to-school transport.

(15) The number of SEN and Mainstream routes tendered each year.

(16) The average number of bids received per route or tender

(17) .The number of routes receiving no bids, one bid only, and two or more bids.

(18) The number of routes re-tendered or handed back by operators.

(19) The spend on temporary or emergency SEN and Mainstream transport arrangements.

(20) The number of transported pupils or routes by destination school, and by pickup postcode district or ward.

(21) What month do most contracts get awarded.

(22) What month do most contracts get rewarded due to lack of oversight e.g. buyers cannot fulfil them.

1-2) See tables attached 

3) See table below (figures exclude Personal Travel Budget Agreements)

4) The number of pupils or routes that are solo transport versus shared transport is 423 (Information relates to pupils authorised to travel on their own - only information for the current Financial Year can be provided, as information is not stored historically.)

5) The only information for the current Financial Year can be provided, as information is not stored historically 3887 pupils require a Passenger Assistant.

6) See table below for breakdown of held vehicle types

7) Route mileage is not able to be provided due to variations to contracts and mileage is not a static record. Route duration can vary based on a number of factors ranging from 1 week to 5 years.

8) See question 7, information is not available

9) Weekly costs as at 23 Mar 26 are attached

10) Information is not available

11) Breakdown of contracts as at 23 Mar 26 is attached

12) See table attached

13) Breakdown of contracts as at 23 Mar 26 attached

14) 337 suppliers, as at 23 Mar 26

15) See table attached

16) 11

17) This information is not recorded

18) This information is not recorded

19) Temporary contracts are included in the breakdown of contracts as at 23 Mar 26 (see questions 9 & 11)

20) Not available

21) Award date not recorded, higher number April – July for September commencement.

22) None

Should you require the attachments mentioned above please contact customerinformationservice@lincolnshire.gov.uk with the below reference number and these can be provided.