Brummie Cabbie wrote:
More than £11m of taxpayers' money has been spent ferrying Lincolnshire children to school and back in taxis – in just one year.
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| Author: | Brummie Cabbie [ Fri Sep 12, 2008 12:09 am ] |
| Post subject: | School Taxi Fares Clock Up £11m of Taxpayers' Cash |
School Taxi Fares Clock Up £11m of Taxpayers' Cash 10th September 2008 More than £11m of taxpayers' money has been spent ferrying Lincolnshire children to school and back in taxis – in just one year. Most of the bill – which works out at over £32,000 a day – was spent transporting children with special needs to the few specialist schools in the county that can cater for them. The total of £11,707,962 makes up more than a third of the overall bill for public school transport in Lincolnshire. And the figures – released under the Freedom of Information Act – highlight the burden the county's size places on transport bills that the taxpayer must fund. The highest individual taxi fare was £251 and paid for three children and a supervisor to travel on a return journey from Lincoln to Belper in Derbyshire. Lincolnshire County Council bosses insist that such fares are very rare. David Robinson, schools services manager at the council, said: "It costs a lot of money, but Lincolnshire is the fourth biggest county and has limited public infrastructure. "We have a pile of claims for people who want taxis, but I don't give them unless there's an overriding reason to." Yet not everyone is convinced the bill is justified. Matthew Elliott, chief executive of the TaxPayers' Alliance, said: "The simple fact is that this isn't fair on taxpayers or the children in question – this money is meant to go towards education, not vast taxi fares." Source; thisislincolnshire.co.uk |
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| Author: | Sussex [ Fri Sep 12, 2008 5:58 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: School Taxi Fares Clock Up £11m of Taxpayers' Cash |
Brummie Cabbie wrote: More than £11m of taxpayers' money has been spent ferrying Lincolnshire children to school and back in taxis – in just one year.
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| Author: | captain cab [ Fri Sep 12, 2008 6:36 pm ] |
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Quote: Matthew Elliott, chief executive of the TaxPayers' Alliance, said: "The simple fact is that this isn't fair on taxpayers or the children in question – this money is meant to go towards education, not vast taxi fares."
Good idea....why dont you bring back those school buses....social services buses and employ thousands of people for more than £11 million. 
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