FOI Request - Taxi School Transport
Request 101003616665
For each of the tax years 2022/23, 2023/24 and 2024/5 (actuals for prior years and forecast for current year), please provide the following information for council funded school transportation by taxi service for children and young people.
1. Total number of children whom the council funded school transportation taxi services - breakdown by both SEN and non-SEN taxi transport for each period
2. Total spend on taxi services for child transportation - breakdown by both SEN and non-SEN taxi transport for each period
3. Names of all taxi supplier(s) used to provide this service and volume of work provided to each - breakdown by both SEN and non-SEN taxi transport for each period
4. Since when have you used with these suppliers for this purpose?
5. If you have contracts in place with these suppliers when do they expire?
6. If you publish the terms of these contracts, please share a website link
7. In addition to the transportation of children to and from school what are they key requirements you have of these suppliers (e.g. safeguarding, reporting, integration with systems etc.) - if you used a tendering document, please share
Response 28-08-2024
Please note: This response just covers taxi suppliers, who may supply an MPV, minibus or private hire vehicle as well as a hackney vehicle. The Council are not able to sift that down further. The request specifies taxis, so no bus or coach operators are included.
1. This is a constantly moving total which we are not able to supply.
2. See table below:
| 2022-23 | 2023-24 | 2024-25 to date | |
| ASN | £665.520.00 | £752.374.00 | £266,739.00 |
| Non ASN | £474.632.00 | £454.193.00 | £188,519.00 |
3. See table below:
| 2022-23 | 2022-23 | 2023-24 | 2023-24 | 2024-25 | 2024-25 | |
| ASN | Non ASN | ASN | Non ASN | ASN | Non ASN | |
| A2B Taxis | 11 | <5* | 11 | <5* | 11 | <5* |
| ACE Taxis | 0 | <5* | 0 | <5* | <5* | <5* |
| CRM Facilitators | <5* | <5* | <5* | <5* | <5* | <5* |
| CU There Taxis | <5* | <5* | <5* | <5* | <5* | <5* |
| Grays Contract Hire | <5* | 0 | <5* | 0 | <5* | 0 |
| Mundole Taxis | <5* | <5* | <5* | <5* | <5* | <5* |
| Portknockie Contract Hire | <5* | 12 | <5* | 12 | <5* | 12 |
| Ritchie Contract Hire | <5* | <5* | <5* | <5* | <5* | <5* |
| Spot On Taxis | <5* | <5* | <5* | <5* | <5* | <5* |
** Numbers of 5 or less have been redacted, as low numbers may lead to the identification of individuals.
This information is therefore exempt under Section 38(1)(b) of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 -
Personal Information.
4. 01/04/2019. All have worked the authority on previous tender rounds
5. 31.03.2026.
6. & 7. Contract Terms and Conditions have been sent to requester directly.