I've just been reading through the DCC cabinet paper for this, and was quite shocked that they have over 1,000 individual contracts for H2S transport. So a review, preferably by someone with experience of designing services, would probably be beneficial. I wonder how many schools in a similar area, for example, all have individual buses? Most operating no where near capacity, when instead you could have one bus serving say three schools.

I think one thing they'll be looking at very closely again, is the statutory walking limits from the Education Act 1995. This will either be to remove some H2S transport or to factor in a more significant walk to/from a bus stop, to allow the number of services to be reduced. They say as much in one of the consultation points that they've outlined, looking at H2S being more a connection to other public transport, rather than the current door to door service.