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Transport for children with special needs.
The Proposal.
Put a limit on the amount we will pay for taxis to get children with special needs to school.
We transport around 3,700children with special educational needs to school every day,which costs £17million per year. Currently each child is taken individivually via taxi from home to school and back again. Each year taxi companies increase the prices they charge to us.
The saving on this Proposal would be £2million per year.
The Proposal is
(1) Parents or carers already doing the "School run" from similar start and end destinations could also take a child currently travelling by taxi.
(2)If children were to be transported in shared taxis it would reduce the amount of taxis required, resulting in financial saving,less congestion and carbon emissions.
(3) Should it be a parents responsibility to get their children to school.
Against the proposal
(1) Some feel that children with Special Educational needs should be entitled to attend the best school for their needs regardless of its location,and their transport there and back should be funded.
(2)Limiting the amount we pay to taxi firms may mean they refuse to provide the service beyond the minimal distance which could leave vulnerable children without transport.
(3)Children with special needs cannot access alternative forms of transport as easily as other children and need supervision.
I think there is a saving to be made here,By taxis picking more up ,I feel there is no need to have one taxi for each child.
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