AQW 2856/16-21

Ms Kellie Armstrong
Alliance Party
Strangford

Tabled Date: 12/09/2016
Answered On Date: 26/09/2016
Priority Written: No

Question:
To ask the Minister of Education (i) to detail how many contracts for Home to School Transport from 2014 were awarded to private companies; (ii) whether his Department incurred additional costs as a result.

Answer:

The Education Authority (EA) has advised that the number of contracts for Home to School Transport awarded in the 2014/15 and 2015/16 financial years was as follows:

2014/15 - 306

2015/16 - 184

The EA has confirmed that no additional costs were incurred as a result of using private companies.