FOI Ref: 0148FOI201

4th February 2021

Freedom of Information Act 2000 – Request for Information

We are pleased to respond to your request for information and our response is set out below:

Request /Response

This is an FOI request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. We are seeking to be provided with some information with regards to the historical use of non-emergency patient transport services within the CCG.

Our FOI request is the following:

Q1. Who was your previous operator(s) of non-emergency patient transport services? (operator that you used before your current operator) Note: If you had multiple operators please provide all names that are available.

Previous operators of NEPTS were Yorkshire Ambulance Service, Arriva Transport and City Taxis for Renal patients’ transport.

Q2. What were the start and end date(s) of the contract(s) with your previous operators of non-emergency patient transport services?

Yorkshire Ambulance Service            01.04.2016 – 31.08.2017

Arriva Transport                                   01.04.2016 – 31.08.2017

City Taxis                                              01.07.2011 – 31.03.2017

Q3. How many patient journeys were undertaken over the course of your previous contract(s)? Note: If you had more than one operator please give the approximate split of journeys or contract value if possible.

Operator	Year	Journeys	Contract Value
Yorkshire Ambulance Service	2016/17	94,735	£2,153,903
Arriva Transport	2016/17	22,272	£1,090,483
City Taxis	2012/13	91,750	£1,503,382
	2013/14	103,225	£1,519,271
	2014/15	107,400	£1,677,147
	2015/16	108,384	£1,724,375
	2016/17	110,951	£1,978,702