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Record Ref : FOI 12024
Date Received : 06/03/2026
Date Completed : 01/04/2026
Organisation : The News Letter
Application Type : Media
Category : Travel and Bus Passes
Question
1. Cost
a) What is the total cost to the council of ALN home-to-school transport (HTST)?
b) What is the total cost to the council of single-occupancy vehicles (i.e. vehicles which are transporting only one pupil) used for HTST?
2. Pupil Numbers
a) In total, how many pupils with ALN receive HTST?
b) Of those, how many travel in single-occupancy vehicles?
3. Distance and Journey Times
a) How many pupils with HTST arrangements have a journey from home to school (and/or vice versa) that exceeds 75 minutes?
b) How many pupils with HTST arrangements in single-occupancy vehicles have a journey from home to school (and/or vice versa) that exceeds 75 minutes?
c) What is the longest distance (in miles) currently being travelled from home to school (and/or vice versa) by a pupil with HTST arrangements in single-occupancy vehicles?
d) How many times a week is this journey (answer 3c) made? If fewer than once a week, please specify how many times a month.
e) What was the cost of an individual instance of this journey (answer 3c)?
Answer
1. Cost
a) What is the total cost to the council of ALN home-to-school transport (HTST)?
b) What is the total cost to the council of single-occupancy vehicles (i.e. vehicles which are transporting only one pupil) used for HTST?
1a. Estimated £2,308,000 for financial year 2025/2026
1b. £171,860.00 based in 190 academic days
2.
a) In total, how many pupils with ALN receive HTST? Pupil Numbers 2a. 344
b) Of those, how many travel in single-occupancy vehicles? 9
3. Distance and Journey Times
a) How many pupils with HTST arrangements have a journey from home to school (and/or vice versa) that exceeds 75 minutes? Nil
b) How many pupils with HTST arrangements in single-occupancy vehicles have a journey from home to school (and/or vice versa) that exceeds 75 minutes? Nil
c) What is the longest distance (in miles) currently being travelled from home to school (and/or vice versa) by a pupil with HTST arrangements in single-occupancy vehicles? 32 miles, one way
d) How many times a week is this journey (answer 3c) made? If fewer than once a week, please specify how many times a month. 5 days a week
e) What was the cost of an individual instance of this journey (answer 3c)? £180.14 per day