Request
I am requesting information about contracted home-to-school transport services when journeys are cancelled because a school closes unexpectedly, for example, due to severe weather or another emergency.
For the academic years 2024/25 and 2025/26, please provide:
1. The number of occasions on which contracted home-to-school transport services were cancelled because a school closed unexpectedly due to adverse weather or another emergency.
2. Of these cancelled services, where recorded, how many resulted in:
* the operator receiving the full contracted payment;
* the operator receiving a partial payment; and
* the operator receiving no payment.
3. Where partial payments were made, please provide the average percentage of the normal contracted rate paid to operators 4. Under your current standard home-to-school transport contract terms, what payment is normally due to an operator when a school closes unexpectedly and:
* the operator is informed before the vehicle has set off; and
* the vehicle or driver has already begun the journey?
Response
Dover District Council does not hold the information you are seeking. The education authority within our District is Kent County Council, who should be able to assist you and can be contacted at the following address: freedomofinformation@kent.gov.uk.