Supported Bus Services Budget 2018/19

What is the agreed total budget for supported bus services in the fiscal year 2018/19

The agreed budget for supported bus services in the fiscal year 2018/2019 is £5,231,112

What was the total spend for supported bus services in the fiscal year 2017/18?  

The total spend for supported bus services in the fiscal year 2017/2018 was £5,199,752

What was the total spend for supported bus services in the fiscal year 2016/17?  

The total spend for supported bus services in the fiscal year 2016/2017 was £4,647,745

Note: This refers to the Department for Transport’s definition of a supported bus service as: “one where a local transport authority has invited tenders for the operation of a service (not e.g. seats on a bus or subsidised tickets etc), and a contract exists as a result of that tender”. Please, exclude extra sources of funding such as Section 106/developer funding, Community Infrastructure Levy, local authority staffing and publicity, RTPI expenditure and revenue, the Bus Service Operators Grant (BSOG), Local Education Authority funding for home to school transport, NHS-funded non-emergency patient transport, social services transport, voluntary transport and other central and national government grants or income streams.

How many and which supported routes are likely to have cuts in services in the fiscal year 2018/19 (for example loss of weekend or evening services)? 

There are currently no plans for any budget-led cuts to supported services in the fiscal year 2018/2019.

How many and which supported routes have had cuts in services in the fiscal years 2016/17 and 2017/18 (for example loss of weekend or evening services), listed for each year?

In the fiscal year 2016/2017, cuts were made to the following services:

33: Ilfracombe – Berrynarbor

34: Ilfracombe High Street – The Shields

35: Ilfracombe – Lee Bay

36: Ilfracombe High Street – Fern Way

There were no Devon County Council budget-led cuts to supported services in the fiscal year 2017/2018.

How many and which supported routes are likely to be completely withdrawn in the fiscal year 2018/19?

There are currently no plans for any Devon County Council budget-led complete withdrawals of supported services in the fiscal year 2018/2019.

How many and which supported routes have been completely withdrawn in the fiscal years 2016/17 and 2017/18, listed for each year?

There were no budget-led complete withdrawals of supported services in either fiscal year 2016/2017 or 2017/2018.

How many and which of the previously supported routes have been taken on commercially? 

None.