If data is not held in the exact format requested, please provide the closest aggregated format available.
For question 1-3 please provide data for each of the last three completed financial years (2023/24–2025/26), broken down into: SEND, PRU & Mainstream.
(If 2025/26 is not available please provide 2022/23 - 2024/25)
Where the requested SEND / PRU / Mainstream breakdown is not held, please provide the total figure in the format held and briefly state the basis used.

1. The total gross spend on home-to-school transport.

2. The total number of pupils transported.

3. The total number of transport routes operated. (If routes are not categorised, please provide a total route count with clarification.)

4. Procurement Route
Please state the primary procurement route(s) used (e.g. DPS, framework, open tender) and, where held, the approximate proportion of spend by route.

5. Contract Register / Award Structure
Please provide one of the following:
• A link to your public contract register covering home-to-school transport, or
• Confirmation that contracts are awarded at individual route level (e.g. via DPS) and are not held as a single consolidated contract.

6. Digital Systems - Please list the main systems used for home-to-school transport, for example:
• Procurement / tendering (e.g. In-tend)
• Route planning (e.g. QRoutes, Trapeze)
• Operations / case management / invoicing (e.g. MRI)
• Compliance or driver checks (e.g. in-house compliance modules, DBS checking systems, licensing or badge management systems)
For each system or process, please provide:
•System name
• Whether it is in-house or third-party
•Aggregated costs

7. Staffing - Please provide the total number of council staff involved in the end-to-end delivery of the home-to-school transport service, together with the aggregated annual salary cost for those staff. This should include, where applicable, staff involved in:
• commissioning
• procurement
• route planning
• service management
• administration
• client transport / licensing
• compliance
• operational delivery
And separately:
• in-house drivers
• in-house passenger assistants / escorts

8. Winning Bid Prices (Aggregated) - For the last three completed financial years, please provide one of the following, whichever is most readily available:
• Average winning day rate for home-to-school transport routes
• Minimum and maximum winning day rate, or
• Winning day-rate bandings (e.g. £50–£75, £75–£100, £100–£125, etc.)

9. Award Method - please confirm:
• Whether routes are typically awarded to the lowest priced compliant bid, or
• Whether other factors are routinely applied (e.g. quality weighting).

10. Route Level Data - Please provide the following fields in an Excel, CSV or any other structured format.
• Route reference or number
• Contract start date
• Contract end date
• Winning bid price (day rate or equivalent)
• Route mileage
• Vehicle type (high-level category if held i.e 4-8 Seater, WAV, Minibus, Bus etc.)
• Whether a passenger assistant is required (Y/N)
• Number of passengers (if held)

We are not requesting any commercially sensitive details.

11. Delivery Model - At a high level, please confirm whether routes are typically delivered by:
• Operators employing drivers
• Self-employed drivers contracting directly
• A mix of both