Please provide:
1) The number of children transported from home to their educational settings in transportation paid for by the local authority. Please provide the numbers per financial year for the following years: 2022/3, 2023/4 and 2024/5
For example: in 2023/4 , 150 under 16s were transported to school in taxis paid for by the council.
2) How many of these individuals were assessed as having special educational needs and/ or disabilities (SEND)? Please provide the numbers per financial year for the following years: 2022/3, 2023/4 and 2024/5
For example: in 2023/4 , 150 under 16s were transported to school in taxis paid for by the council. 50 of these individuals were assessed as having SEND
3) The amount spent on transporting children from their home to their educational settings. Please provide the numbers per financial year for the following years: 2022/3, 2023/4 and 2024/5
In response to all three questions, please see the table below.
Please be advised that while total spend is the full amount for the year, passenger numbers change on a weekly if not daily basis. The numbers provided are based on reporting on a specific date within that year (indicated in the financial year date column):
| Financial Year | Under 16’s | SEN (not attending mainstream further education (FE)) | Total Spend |
| 2022/23 (March 2023) | 14,972 | 2224 | £39,781,721.00 |
| 2023/24 (March 2024) | 14,932 | 2299 | £43,633,130.00 |
| 2024/25 (March 2025) | 14,937 | 2851 | £49,453,878.00 |
Please further note:
Under 16’s excludes those attending mainstream FE but will include pupils of post 16 age attending specialist provision.
‘SEN not attending FE’ figures include pupils of post 16 age with SEN attending specialist provision.
Total spend includes all spend including that incurred for Post 16 transport arrangements.