FOI Request -Transport Providers

Request 101002518875

1) Please provide me with the amount of money your local authority has given to transport providers to be spent on school transport from March 23 to the present day, in total and broken down by calendar month.

2) Please also provide me with any recorded communications between your local authority and local transport providers relating to school transport arrangements in the light of schools closing as a result of Covid 19.

3) Please also provide any projected payments between now and the projected school opening date of 11 August.

Response 06-08-2020

1) 23-31 March - £53688
1-30 April - £193425
1-31 May - £183737
1 -30 June/1/2Jul - £234775

2) We can advise that the requested information is exempt from disclosure in accordance section 36(1)b of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 (confidentiality).

3) In accordance with section 17 of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 we can confirm that this information is not held.

[Please note this response was amended 20-08-2020 to correct the description of exemption 36(1)(b)]