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Dept for Education and Skills

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Mr. Andrew Turner: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what the cost (a) in total and (b) per child of school transport on the Isle of Wight was in each of the last five years; and what the figures are for other authorities in the Audit Commission's relevant family of local education authorities. [192724] Mr. Stephen Twigg :[holding answer 19 October 2004]: The total cost of home to school transport in the Isle of Wight and other local education authorities (LEAs) in the Audit Commission's relevant family of LEAs for each of the last five years is shown in the following tables. Data on the number of pupils using home to school transport are not collected, so it is not possible to provide a per child cost for the last five years. However, a joint DfES/Confed survey collected these data for 2002/03 and is also included in the tables. Cost of home to school transport 1,2 since 1998-99. As reported by LEAs. As at 19 October 2004 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1998-99 1999-2000 Home to school/college transport 2 Home to school/college transport 2 LEA number LEA name Gross Income Net Gross Income Net 921 Isle of Wight 1,378,000 65,000 1,313,000 1,433,686 86,416 1,347,270 813 North 1,650,000 61,000 1,589,000 2,925,093 52,110 2,872,983 Lincolnshire 816 York 1,362,000 0 1,362,000 1,449,078 15,986 1,433,092 880 Torbay 1,146,000 39,000 1,107,000 1,209,956 28,957 1,180,999 841 Darlington 1,010,000 0 1,010,000 1,031,291 575 1,030,716 381 Calderdale 1,356,000 0 1,356,000 1,574,547 0 1,574,547 887 Medway 3,013,000 0 3,013,000 3,035,200 0 3,035,200 893 Shropshire 5,056,000 0 5,056,000 5,469,215 97,243 5,371,972 884 Herefordshire 3,181,000 87,000 3,094,000 3,989,270 86,541 3,902,729 877 Warrington 2,069,000 4,000 2,065,000 2,258,508 0 2,258,508 811 East Riding 5,172,000 0 5,172,000 5,397,287 0 5,397,287 of Yorkshire 2000-01 2001-02 Home to school/college Home to school/college LEA number LEA name Gross Income Net Gross Income Net 921 Isle of Wight 1,598,868 77,373 1,521,495 1,624,172 75,376 1,548,796 813 North 2,400,819 54,992 2,345,827 2,124,881 0 2,124,881 Lincolnshire 816 York 1,572,375 0 1,572,375 1,746,245 0 1,746,245 880 Torbay 1,379,735 50,077 1,329,658 1,465,045 14,800 1,450,245 841 Darlington 1,000,623 1,526 999,097 1,020,137 405 1,019,732 381 Calderdale 1,862,563 0 1,862,563 1,898,695 0 1,898,695 887 Medway 3,007,800 159,200 2,848,600 3,054,500 92,700 2,961,800 893 Shropshire 5,689,211 0 5,689,211 5,979,817 0 5,979,817 884 Herefordshire 4,795,665 0 4,795,665 4,579,671 124,378 4,455,293 877 Warrington 2,229,500 0 2,229,500 2,375,358 0 2,375,358 811 East Riding 5,818,687 23,186 5,795,501 6,032,387 37,931 5,994,456 of Yorkshire 2002-03 2002-03 LEA LEA Gross Income Net Pupils3 Net Gross Income Net name cost per pupil 921 Isle of 1,936,681 71,926 1,864,755 3,271 570 1,480,344 28,982 1,451,362 Wight 813 North 3,425,537 555,224 2,870,313 5,055 568 3,149,218 526,041 2,623,177 Lincolnshi re 816 York 2,081,595 19,960 2,061,635 2,111 977 2,032,158 19,960 2,012,198 880 Torbay 1,904,087 92,625 1,811,462 -- -- 1,672,604 52,815 1,619,789 841 Darlington 1,210,908 6,809 1,204,099 1,954 616 1,140,560 5,777 1,134,783 381 Calderdale 1,411,841 2,218 1,409,623 2,149 656 1,411,841 2,218 1,409,623 887 Medway 3,430,655 168,100 3,262,555 3,860 845 3,204,104 103,900 3,100,204 893 Shropshire 7,125,733 0 7,125,733 8,475 841 6,842,843 0 6,842,843 884 Herefordsh 5,518,285 152,143 5,366,142 5,961 900 5,000,591 47,157 4,953,434 ire 877 Warrington 2,604,368 0 2,604,368 3,295 790 1,999,939 0 1,999,939 811 East 7,894,709 97,708 7,797,001 8,065 967 7,630,381 97,708 7,532,673 Riding of Yorkshire _________________________________________________________________________________________________. `--' Not available 1 The gross expenditure and income figures for 1998-99 to 2001-02 are taken from the home to school/college transport and the transport related parental contribution lines of the section 52 Outturn Statement Table 3 (1998-99 figures are from the corresponding lines of the R01 form submitted to the ODPM) respectively. In 2002-03 home to school transport was recorded separately from home to college transport for the first time and consequently both home to school transport and the combined home to school/college transport figures are provided. 2002-03 figures are taken from the respective gross, income and net columns of the section 52 Outturn Statement Table A. 2 Total transport income and expenditure includes that incurred in relation to pre-primary, primary, secondary and special school education as well as in education out of school, continuing education and the management and support elements. 3 The DfES do not collect data on the number of pupils using home to school transport and as such we are unable to calculate the cost of home to school transport per child . However in 2002-03 the Department conducted a survey with Confed which provided a snapshot of the number of pupils using home to school transport (including sixth form) and these have been used to provide a unit cost for 2002-03.

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Written question

Reference

425 c1362-4W; 192724

Session

2003-04

Subjects

Costs Buses Isle of Wight Local education authorities Schools Transport Per capita costs

Contains statistics

Yes

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