FOI Request - School Bus Transport for Buckie High

Request 101003430320

1.  How many council funded school buses transport students to and from Buckie High every day.

2. What are the routes of those buses? 

3a) for each bus and bus route, what is the capacity of the bus running that route

 b) or each bus and bus route, what is the capacity of the bus running that route; how many school students are on the bus at the present time? 

4. What is the total cost for council funded school bus transport for Buckie High?

Response 06-12-2023

1. 8 contracts

2. Portgordon area – BHS
Cullen area – BHS
Lintmill and Cullen area – BHS
Portknockie – BHS
Findochty – BHS
Clochan/Drybridge – BHS
Portgordon/Buckie – BHS
Findochty/Portknockie – BHS

3a) Portgordon area – BHS 60 seats
Cullen area – BHS 70 seats
Lintmill and Cullen area – BHS 16 seats
Portknockie – BHS 70 seats
Findochty – BHS 70 seats
Clochan/Drybridge – BHS 15 seats
Portgordon/Buckie – BHS 12 seats
Findochty/Portknockie – BHS 5 seats

b) Portgordon area – BHS 46 on list
Cullen area – BHS 64 on list
Lintmill and Cullen area – BHS 14 on list
Portknockie – BHS 66 on list
Findochty – BHS 57 on list
Clochan/Drybridge – BHS 12 on list
Portgordon/Buckie – BHS 9 on list
Findochty/Portknockie – BHS 2 on list

4. This is considered commercially sensitive information and is therefore exempt under Section 33(1)(b) of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002- Commercial Sensitivity, where disclosure would be likely to prejudice substantially the commercial interests of any person.