Section A: Background and contacts
Q1. What is your local transport authority name?
London Borough of Enfield.
Q2. Name of the reporting officer:
Andrew Demehin.
Q3. Contact phone number of the reporting officer:
+44 20 8148 4362
Q4. Email address of the reporting officer:
Section B: Tendered bus network
Q5. What have you used the Bus Service Operators Grant (BSOG) funds for? Please exclude any other funding provided through the local authority. If there has been no spend on a particular element, please enter 0.
| What BSOG funds have been used for | £ |
|---|---|
| A. Maintaining current tendered services | 18,897 |
| B. Increasing level of tendered services | 0 |
| C. Investing in alternative services (for example, community transport and taxi buses) | 0 |
| D. Investing in supporting bus infrastructure provision | 0 |
| E. Other – bus | 0 |
| F. Non bus | 0 |
| Total | 18,897 |
Q6. If you provided an amount for A, B or C in Q5, did you place specific requirements on operators as a condition of payment (for example, setting a minimum standard of emissions requirement which needed to be met)?
No.
Q8. Please provide details of which parts of your existing bus service you would not be able to deliver without the financial assistance from BSOG.
If you did not spend any of your BSOG on maintaining current tendered services, please enter N/A.
The reduction of the grant would result in an overspend. The service would not be able to run a full service.
Q9. If you have used BSOG to increase the level of tendered services, please indicate how this has been spent.
Other (please specify): maintaining existing routes within an inflationary environment.
Q10. Please provide an estimate of the number of tendered routes supported by BSOG in your LA.
8.
Q11. In addition to BSOG did your transport authority spend other financial resources on supporting bus services?
Yes.
If yes, please state the amount spent:
750,000.
Q12. If you answered yes to question 11, please explain how money over and above BSOG was spent.
If there has been no spend on a particular element, please enter 0.
| How money over and above BSOG was spent | £ |
|---|---|
| A. Maintaining current tendered services | 18,897 |
| B. Increasing level of tendered services | 0 |
| C. Investing in alternative services (for example, community transport and taxi buses) | 0 |
| D. Community transport run under a section 19 permit | 0 |
| E. Network redesign and reconfiguration | 0 |
| F. Bus stops and shelters | 0 |
| G. Bus lanes | 0 |
| H. Real time journey information | 0 |
| I. Other | 0 |
| Total | 18,897 |
Q13. Did you spend all of your allocated BSOG 2024 to 2025 grant? *
Yes.
Section C: Additional survey questions
Q14. Do you measure outcomes that have resulted from your use of BSOG?
No.
Q15. If yes, what measurable outcomes have resulted from your use of LA BSOG? (Increased patronage, reduced journey times, improved reliability, modal shift or emissions reductions)
We use the grant to enable a full service.
Q16. How have you ensured value for money in the use of BSOG funding? (Competitive tendering, performance-based contracts or partnership arrangements)
We actioned benchmarking exercises comparing outsourced service to in-house provisions. The in-house provision came out cheaper.
Q17. How have local bus operators been involved in decisions about the use of BSOG funding in your area?
No involvement.
Q18. How does your use of BSOG align with your Local Transport Plan objectives or Bus Service Improvement Plan (BSIP; if in reception of BSIP)?
n/a
Q19. Are there any specific barriers preventing you from using BSOG more effectively or innovatively?
No
Q20. Has BSOG funding helped you support services that benefit areas with high levels of deprivation or poor public transport accessibility?
Yes
View the Bus Service Operators Grant 2024 to 2025 response date (PDF, 113.38 KB).