Home to School Transport consultation
Lartington Parish Council
We’d like to make you aware of a Home to School Transport Consultation being undertaken by Durham County Council. The consultation is taking place following a review of the Service in 2021, which made a number of recommendations, as well as substantially increasing expenditure levels on the Service over recent years.
The consultation is seeking the views of all key stakeholders on the priorities below:
- Review the provision of Durham County Council’s Concessionary Schemes;
- Consider how the Council can more effectively and efficiently support the provision of journeys and passenger assistants on transport;
- Promote independence skills of young people through travel training and other opportunities;
- Introduce a simplified process for providing personal travel budgets for parents/carers of pupils with SEN and those living in remote rural areas;
- Review unsafe walking routes and existing travel routes across the County and;
- Review potential procurement options for home to school transport services in relation to impact on value for money and whilst ensuring a sustainable market.
The consultation runs from 27th February 2023 to 12th April 2023, after which all feedback will be considered and the outcome reported to the Council’s Cabinet in Summer 2023.
https://www.durham.gov.uk/article/29099/Have-your-say-on-the-review-of-home-to-school-transport
Contact Information
Jackie Donnelly
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Lartington, Lartington, Barnard Castle, Durham, DL12