1. How much money has been received via S106 Agreements for the Tavistock 89 bus service?
£392,766.66
2. Please provide details of payments made from the S106 moneys to the following providers in respect of the original 89 bus service:
* February 2010 to September 2015: First Western National
* September 2015 to February 2018: Stagecoach
* February 2018 to February 2019: Target Travel
* February 2019 to 2023: Stagecoach
Please refer to the table below. Dates relate to financial years.
| WD/89 2010/2011 | £46,726 |
| WD/89 2011/2012 | £50,928 |
| WD/89 2012/2013 | £1,821 |
| WD/89 2012/2013 | £50,636 |
| WD/89 2013/2014 | £54,190 |
| WD/89 2014/2015 | £55,115 |
| WD/89 2015/2016 | £63,440 |
| WD/89 2016/2017 | £60,377 |
| WD/89 2017/2018 | £47,401 |
| WD/89 2018/2019 | £40,539 |
| WD/89 2019/2020 | £47,232 |
| WD/89 2020/2021 | £0 |
| WD/89 2021/2022 | £0 |
| WD/89 2022/2023 | £0 |
3. How much of the money committed to the 89 bus service by S106 Agreements, remains unspent and available to subsidise the service?
£588,100 (prior to new 89/86 service starting Sept 2023).
4. Please provide the actual subsidies for the original service 89 for the years 2021/2, 2022/3 and 2023/4 and projections for subsidies to the 86 and 89 services for the years 2023/4 and 2024/5. Please differentiate between subsidies paid from S106 funds and those paid by Devon County Council.
2021/22: £52,106
2022/23: £53,049
2023/24: £24,392
All of the above subsidies came from Devon County Council (DCC)
2023/24: DCC – £32052. S106 – £61,193
2024/25: DCC – £55,454. S106 – £105,750
5. Please provide the results of any passenger survey work carried out on:
* the previous 89 service in 2022/23
* the new 86 service in 2023
* the new 89 service in 2023
No passenger surveys have been carried out.
6. Please provide copies of correspondence between Devon County Council and Stagecoach relating to the substitution of Service 89 by services 86 and 89.
Please refer to this collated correspondence document.
Please note, redactions have been made in line with the provisions of Section 40(2) of the Freedom of Information Act (Personal Data). Devon County Council cannot disclose personal information, if releasing it would contravene any of the provisions in the Data Protection Act 2018. In this instance we believe that the release of this information would contravene the first data protection principle and therefore Section 40(2) is applied.