Home-to-school transport services
Concerning home-to-school transport services involving passengers not entitled to free transport: 1. Exempt Vehicle Usage When was the last time a PSVAR-exempt vehicle was used on such services? Please specify provider, route(s), and date. 2. Eliminating Exempt Vehicles What contractual measures or guidance have you implemented to ensure exempt vehicles are no longer used on these particular trips? 3. PSVAR-Compliant Fleet Share Of the vehicles deployed on these specific non-entitled passenger services, how many (number and percentage) are fully PSVAR-compliant? How do you ensure that companies providing home to school services have the requisite number and proportion of fully PSVAR compliant vehicles as required from 1st August 2025 depending on their fleet size? 4. Monitoring & Enforcement How is compliance monitored? What are the consequences or remediation steps if providers fail to meet no-use or compliance obligations? 5. Related Documentation Please forward any policy documents, guidance, risk assessments, correspondence with providers, or exemption requests related to PSVAR compliance for this category of school transport. If records are held by contractors on your behalf, please confirm whether they are subject to FOI and how responses would be coordinated. For any refusal or redactions, please cite relevant exemptions and internal review procedures.