Agenda item

To give further consideration to the final report and recommendations on Home to School Transport Services approved at the Committees meeting held on 27 February 2007. Any additional comments made at the Scrutiny Management Committee on 26 March will be reported at the meeting.

Members gave further consideration to the final report and recommendations on Home to School Transport Services approved at the Committees meeting held on 27 February 2007.

The Scrutiny Officer confirmed that Scrutiny Management Committee had considered this Committees final report on Home to School Transport Services at their meeting held on 26 March. She reported that they had supported the Scrutiny Committees recommendations and had suggested that the Executive may also wish to consider the provision of seat belts on transport buses used by secondary school pupils. It was pointed out that this Committees remit had only referred to primary schools and had not extended to secondary schools.

Members further considered the final report at Annex A, they confirmed that Recommendation 2 ensured that contractors would not be able to switch vehicles for home to school transport and agreed the following amendments:

Recommendation 2

In part c) rewording to state: Contractors to ensure that all drivers have had a CRB check no later than 3 years before commencing this work and thereafter in line with current Council policy.

Recommendation 5

The deletion of the final words “wherever possible” of this recommendation.

RESOLVED:             That, subject to the above amendments, the report be approved for submission to the Executive as the final report of the Education Scrutiny Committee on home to school transport.

REASON:                  So that the final report reflects Members’ views and to enable the Committee’s recommendations to be referred to the Executive.