Purpose

Post-consultation findings and recommendations
on proposed changes to:
- Home to School Transport Policy,
- Post-16 Transport Policy Statement 2023/24
- School bus ticket charges - Spare Seat Scheme Fees for adoption
from 2023/24

Content

The
Leader:
 

1.     
AGREED that future school bus ticket charges
under the Spare Seat scheme will be based on the recommended flat
fee structure and to agree a flat fee set at £868 for
Buckinghamshire residents and £1200 for non-Buckinghamshire
residents for the 2023-24 academic year; both to be applied
regardless of the distance travelled.

 

2.     
AGREED the annual fee for Council organised
transport element for post-16 SEND students be set at £954
for the 2023-24 academic year, and the reduced annual fee for
demonstrated financial hardship be set at £636 for the
2023-24 academic year.

 

3.     
AGREED the draft Home to School Transport Policy
at Appendix 1 and associated draft Post-16 Transport Policy
Statement 2023-24 at Appendix 2 having considered the consultation
findings.