Private rent-outs of Bus Vannin buses and minibuses in 2024

Summary

The request sought statistics on private hires of Bus Vannin vehicles and drivers in 2024, including breakdowns by day of the week. The Department of Infrastructure disclosed a full dataset showing 310 total hires involving 375 buses, 22 minibuses, and 397 drivers, with Saturdays being the busiest day.

Key Facts

• Bus Vannin completed 310 private hires in 2024.
• A total of 375 buses and 22 minibuses were used for these private events.
• 397 drivers were involved in operating the hired vehicles.
• Saturdays had the highest number of hires with 89 events.
• Wednesdays recorded zero minibus hires.

Data Disclosed

• 310
• 375
• 22
• 397
• 25
• 16
• 22
• 37
• 70
• 89
• 51
• 2024
• 2025-01-07
• 2025-01-31
• 4346235

Original Request

Could the DoI please let me know how many of Bus Vannin's buses and how many of their minibuses were hired for private events in 2024 (f.e. weddings and similar events)? How many bus drivers were involved driving these buses? On what days of the week were the buses mainly required? Thank you very much

Data Tables (1)

Full Response Text

Department of Infrastructure Sea Terminal Building, Douglas, Isle of Man, IM1 2RF

Contact: FOI Response Team Telephone: (01624) 686785 Email: dpo-doi@gov.im

Our ref: 4346235 14 January 2025

Dear ###

We write further to your request, received 7 January 2025, which states:

"Could the DoI please let me know how many of Bus Vannin's buses and how many of their minibuses were hired for private events in 2024 (f.e. weddings and similar events)? How many bus drivers were involved driving these buses? On what days of the week were the buses mainly required?

Thank you very much"

Our response to your request is as follows: I have detailed below the information that is being released to you.

The table below depicts the number of hires received by Bus Vannin in 2024 with the number of buses, minibuses and drivers used.

OVERALL Hires Buses Minibus Drivers Monday 25 33 4 37 Tuesday 16 21 1 22 Wednesday 22 29 0 29 Thursday 37 55 9 64 Friday 70 73 2 75 Saturday 89 115 3 118 Sunday 51 49 3 52 Total 310 375 22 397

Please quote the reference number 4346235 in any future communications.

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