Freedom of information response

1. CYPTS budget for 2021/22, 2022/23 and 2023/24 Financial Year(s):-

2. Overall spend for the 2021/22 and 2022/23 Financial Years(s) – As above chart.
3. Number of YP known to service – 1145 
4. Number of YP that accessed the service – same as previous response. The same number of young people known to the service are also accessing the service
5. Average cost per pupil – £25.50 per day
6. Average cost of taxis – under 5 miles – information not held by number of miles
7. Average cost of taxis - over 10 miles – information not held by number of miles
8. Top 10 taxi spend including miles*, number of YP and price - 

9. What was PTB offer – This is usually for 4 journeys each school day, there and back in the morning, and again in the afternoon. We work out the distance between the child's home and school to calculate the amount we pay. This is paid upfront and then checked against the child’s attendance record from their school for the previous month.
10. average cost of PTB’s i.e., petrol allowance, Health care assistants, carers etc –  Fuel reimbursement £9.71 per day; PTB £16.13 per day
11. Travel Training, cost per YP, number of trainers, length of programme – information not held – currently researching travel training and options.
12. Nominated lead within each area with contact details (email and telephone number) – Admissions and Transport Manager. Email: childrenstransport@thurrock.gov.uk Telephone: 01375 652883

Apologies for the delay in providing this information

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