Reference
E/PM2/2/3
Title
File on concessionary fares for school transport, including correspondence on the following issues:
Date free text
1981 - 1986
Production date
From: 1981 To: 1986
Scope and Content
- introduction of a £13 per term charge for children provided with concessionary transport and correspondence with Eastern Traffic Commissioners’ on necessity for, conditions of and process of application for road service licences (1981-1986);
- lists of routes operated, giving code number, operator, details of route, number of pupils and number of concessions (1981);
- list of requirements for road service licence, giving each operator, route number, journey details and number of concessionary pupils (1981);
- diagrams of route plans in the following areas: Sharnbrook (Area Q); Bedford (Area N); Biggleswade (Area M); Harlington (Area K); Shefford (Area J): Sandy (Area F); Leighton Buzzard (Area E); Wootton (Area C); Dunstable (Area B); Ampthill (Area A) (1981);
- letters to parents and headteachers regardign introduction, monitoring etc. concessionary charge (1981-1982);
- example of application for licences for new services (1981);
- accounting instructions for the issue and control of concessionary transport tickets (1981);
- comparison of sixteen Local Education Authorities policy on concessionary fares (including Bedfordshire) (1983);
- lack of spare seating capacity on vehicles serving Aspley Guise and Woburn, travelling to Leighton Buzzard schools and vehicles serving Sandy, Mogerhanger and Willington travelling to Alban Middle School, Great Barford, meaning non-availability of concessionary passes (1983).
Level of description
item