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Hampshire County Council

Executive Member - Environment: South Hampshire and Resource Management

26 July 2005

Bus Subsidies 2005/06 Budget

Report of the Director of Environment

Item 1 (amended decision sheet)

Contact: Keith Willcox, ext 6997 email: [email protected]

1. Summary

1.1 The following decisions are sought:

(i) That, in order to manage the 2005/06 cost pressures on the bus subsidy budget, the following sequence be followed in maintaining the optimum deployment of resources:

(a) maintaining services which require a subsidy of £2.50 per passenger journey or less;

(b) maintaining the better performing Sunday and evening services which require a subsidy of £2.00 per passenger journey or less;

(d) implementing the programme of changes set out in the attached appendix, subject to the outcome of consultation with District Councils and Parish Councils and negotiation with operators.

(ii) That, as a temporary measure pending the outcome of investigations into school transport services for those not statutorily supported, services not be withdrawn which are over £2.50 criteria, but more than 1,000 passenger journeys per annum and include a substantial number of school children.

2. Reason

2.1 This decision supports Aim 1 (Maximising Life Opportunities) of the Corporate Strategy by prioritising support for public transport services for people to access employment, education, shopping and medical facilities according to the level passenger subsidy per journey.

2.2 The Environment Policy Review Committee considered this item on 22 July 2005 and Members' comments will be reported orally at the meeting.

3. Other Options Considered and Rejected

3.1 Some school specials (public service vehicles that are predominantly used by school children) for non-entitled children could be candidates for withdrawal. Whilst over criteria it is better to retain these services for the time being and make economies elsewhere.

4. Conflicts of Interest Declared by the Decision Maker or Other Executive Member Consulted - None.

5. Dispensation granted by the Standards Committee - Not applicable.

6. Reason(s) for the Matter being dealt with if Urgent - Not applicable.

Approved by: Date:

Councillor T G Knight

465Decn/KAW

APPENDIX

SERVICES WHICH ARE PROPOSED FOR WITHDRAWAL

Single Contracts

Operator and service number	Service	Proposed economy	Annual saving	Annual passengers affected	Subsidy per Passenger
Wilts & Dorset 121	Service from Neacroft (Mondays)	Withdraw service		200	£10.00
Wilts & Dorset 123	Lymington-New Milton-Bournemouth) Fri/Sat evenings	Withdraw selected journeys		1,330	£8.27
Solent Blue Line 44A	Eastleigh-Hiltingbury (Mon-Sat evenings)	Withdraw service except Thursday		2,850	£8.42
Solent Blue Line X9	Southampton-Exbury-Beaulieu (Summer Holidays)	Not to be provided in 2005		840	£8.33
Stagecoach 75	Fleet-Pondtail-Crookham (Mon-Sat)	Withdraw Service		4,080	£7.35
Solent Blue Line X9	Hythe-Fawley/Langley (Sat evenings)	Withdraw service		1,270	£6.30
First 16	Butlocks Heath diversion	Withdraw service		2,240	£6.25
Hayling Ferry Bus Shuttle	Hayling sea front service (daily in summer school holidays)	Not to be provided in 2005		1,400	£5.00
Stagecoach 62	Winchester-Easton-Avington	Withdraw service		610	£4.92
Wilts & Dorset X34	Southampton-Ringwood- Bournemouth (Sundays)	Withdraw service		3,240	£4.63
Stagecoach 86	Winchester-South Wonston (Thu/Fri/Sat late bus)	Withdraw service		1,090	£4.59
Stagecoach 25	Eversley-Yateley-Camberley-Farnborough (Mon-Fri)	Withdraw service		3,160	£4.43

Operator and service number	Service	Proposed economy	Annual saving	Annual passengers affected	Subsidy per Passenger
Solent Blue Line 9/26B	Southampton-Hedge End-Eastleigh (Sunday eves)	Withdraw service		3,910	£4.09
Weavaway Travel 120	Whitchurch-Overton-Ashford Hill-Newbury	Withdraw service		1,630	£3.68
Solent Blue Line 8,43,44,49	Various (Mon-Sat)	Early evening economies		3,050	£3.61
Stagecoach 66	Winchester-Romsey (Sundays)	Withdraw service		3,080	£3.57
Marchwood Motorways 12	Chilworth-Nursling-Romsey (Fridays)	Withdraw service		918	£3.27
Total			£187,000	34,888	£5.36

Combination Contracts

The services concerned within combination contracts are as follows:

Operator and Service Number	Service	Proposed Economy	Annual Saving	Annual Passengers Affected	Subsidy per Passenger
Solent Blue Line 44A	Eastleigh-Chandlers Ford-Hiltingbury (Sundays)	Withdraw service		4,988	£5.16
Stagecoach 27	Winchester-Littleton	Withdraw service		6,720	£3.55
Stagecoach 7A	Winchester-Teg Down-Sparsholt (evenings)	Withdraw service		5,661	£3.34
Total			Note (1) £68,044	17,369	£3.92

Note (1) This total is the estimated value of these services. All are part of combination contracts and negotiations will be required with operators to establish the `actual' savings.

Evening and Sunday Service Contracts

Operator & Service Number	Service	Proposed Economy	Annual Saving £	Annual Passengers Affected	Subsidy per passenger £	Justifi-cation (Rec (i))
Wilts & Dorset 56	Lymington-Lyndhurst-Southampton (Mon-Sat)	Withdraw evening journeys		3,264 (HCC+ SCC)	2.08	(b)
Wilts & Dorset X71	Southampton-West Wellow-Salisbury (Sundays)	Withdraw service		4,490 (HCC+SCC+WCC)	2.45	(b)
First, 29 & 30 (interworked)	Gosport-Haslar-Alverstoke circular, Mon-Sat evenings (29: anticlockwise; 30: clockwise)	Cut round trips at 1830, 1935 and 2035		3,310	2.49	(b)
First X40	Catherington-Portsmouth (Mon-Fri peak hour)	Cut 1730 & 1805 ex Portsmouth		4,045	2.05	(b)
Stagecoach 39	Havant-Waterlooville-Wecock Farm circular (Sun evenings)	Cut last 3 round trips at 2020, 2120 and 2220		1,100	2.27	(b)
Stagecoach 6	Winchester-Kings Worthy-Springvale (Mon-Sat evenings)	Withdraw 2233 & 2333		1,428	2.10	(b)
Stagecoach 1	Harestock-City Centre-Stanmore (Mon-Sat evenings)	Reduce to hourly frequency		16,800	1.05	(c)
Stagecoach 5	Winnall-City Centre-Badger Farm-Olivers Battery (Mon-Sat evenings)	Reduce to hourly frequency		8,568	0.79	(c)
Stagecoach 7	Basingstoke-Black Dam (Mon-Sat evenings)	withdraw		4,160	2.40	(b)
Stagecoach 26/76/86	Andover-Winchester-Basingstoke(Sundays)	Withdraw		14,500	2.11	(b)
Wilts & Dorset 121	Lymington-Hordle-New Milton-Bournemouth	Withdraw Sunday service		7,824	2.07	(b)
		Totals	114,285	69,489	1.64

Key: (b) Proposed withdrawal of services which are the poorer performing evening and Sunday services

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