Freedom of information (FOI) releases from Guildford
This is a disclosure log of Guildford Council's responses to freedom of information (FOI) or environmental information regulations (EIR) requests that might be of wider public interest.
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427 disclosures
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How many press officers your organisation employs, and your spending on speeches. This is for years 2016-17, 2017-18 and 2018-19. Please note, if your organisation has taken part in a merger with any other local authority since the relevant timeframe, please include the relevant data for that 'legacy council'. Please include the following information: How many members of staff work as press officers in each of 2016-17, 2017-18 and 2018-19?
How much was spent on speeches and presentations with outside bodies in each of 2016-17, 2017-18 and 2018-19? The figure should include any members of staff whose main duty is press relations, public relations, communications and social media. Your response should include both full-time and part-time members of staff, as well as any on any irregular contracts, such as consultants. Speeches and presentations with outside bodies includes, but is not limited to, firms who provide strategic communications, public affairs, advertising and consultancy services. The speeches and presentations includes only those that were commissioned by your authority, with the intention of your authority's staff delivering the speech or presentation.
Published: 14 August 2019
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This request is in 2 parts. We ask that you answer all of the questions in the first section whether or not you have any licences issued under the Dangerous Wild Animals (DWAAA) Act. If there are any current DWAAA licences for primates in your area, please also complete all of the questions in the second section. As of 25th February 2019:
PART 1
1) How many DWAA licences are currently issued in your area?
2) How many of these DWAA licences are issued for primates (monkeys, apes or prosimians such as lemurs)?
3) How many applications for licences to keep primates under the DWAA Act have been refused in your area in the last 12 months?
On what grounds were they refused?
4) What is the cost of obtaining a DWAA licence in your area (please indicate whether this includes any veterinary fees incurred)?
5) What is the cost of "renewing" a DWAA licence in your area (please indicate whether this includes any veterinary fees incurred)?
6) Are you aware of any breeders or dealers of primates in your area?
If yes how many? And are they licensed under the Pet Animals Act?
7) If a member of the public is aware of a breach of the Animal Welfare Act with regards to a primate, who do they contact in your area? 8) In order to be granted DWAA licences for primates, must applicants demonstrate that they meet the conditions laid out in the Code of Practice for the Welfare of Privately Kept Non-human Primates?
9) If a DWAA licence is not renewed, do you contact previous licence holders to establish why it has not been renewed?
10) Would you investigate what has happened to primates that were licensed in your area but are no longer licensed?
Published: 14 August 2019
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Do you use national procurement frameworks to procure consultancy?
a. If so, which frameworks do you use, and what proportion of your consultancy spend over the last 12 months has been on each of the frameworks you are part of.
2. Do you use third party neutral vendors/procurement solution providers (eg ESPO, Bloom, Procurement hub) to procure consultancy? a. If so which do you use, and what proportion of your consultancy spend over the last 12 months has been on each of the vendors you use.
3. Do you use internal frameworks to procure consultancy? (IE frameworks that are not national, that you administer yourselves or share with a small number of other local authorities) a. If so what proportion of your consultancy spend over the last 12 months has been on each of the frameworks you have and when will they expire/re-open for applications.
4. Have you procured consultancy services through your own unique, project specific tender processes? (for example advertising a tender for a specific consultancy piece of work) a. If so what proportion of your consultancy spend was procured through this route, and where do you advertise such opportunities?
5. Have you procured consultancy services through any other mechanisms in the last 12 months? (for example direct awards). If so what proportion of your consultancy spend was this for.
Published: 8 August 2019
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- Can you confirm as to whether your local authority has a Statement of Community Involvement?
- Can you confirm when the authority has published the Statement of Community Involvement?
- When is your next expected consultation / update of the Statement of Community Involvement?
- Do you have a publicly available link to the Statement of Community Involvement?
- Is the local civic society or civic trust identified by the local planning authority as a consultee (whether statutory or non-statutory) in the planning system within the Statement of Community Involvement?
Published: 8 August 2019
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Please can you provide details on all the website/portals your authority uses to tender any works? Please can the information be provided with the URL to websites/portals shown?
Published: 6 August 2019
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FOI request: FOI to councils across the UK
Q1. How many planning applications did you receive relating to residential properties in the following time frames? 2017 2018 2019 Total number of applications received
Q2. How many objections did you receive from residents relating to requests for planning permission in the following timeframes? 2017 2018 2019 Total number of objections received from residents relating to planning permission
Q3. Please state the highest number of objections related to planning permission that were received for a single development in the following timeframes: 2017 2018 20119 Largest number of complaints for a single development
Published: 6 August 2019
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I would like some information about your authority's use of Public Spaces Protection Order (PSPO) and Community Protection Notice (CPN) powers, since October 2015. Public Spaces Protection Orders (PSPOs) 1. Has your local authority brought through any Public Spaces Protection Orders (PSPOs) since October 2015? If so, please give details of the PSPOs (please provide the text of the order(s), and if possible a map of the area affected).
2. Please state the council body or official who enacted the PSPO (eg, was the PSPO passed by a designated council officer, a designated committee, or full council?).
3. How have your council's existing PSPOs been enforced since October 2015? For example, please give the number of on-the-spot fines or prosecutions for violation of any PSPO; or any other available statistics regarding enforcement, for example alcohol confiscations.
4. Are you planning or consulting on a PSPO to bring through in the future? If so, please give details: the text of the order and the planned date of consultation/enactment.
5. Please state the number of council officers with powers to enforce PSPOs (for example, to issue warnings or fines for violations of the PSPO). If possible, please give the position of these officers (eg, street wardens, dog control officers, environmental officers). Community Protection Notices (CPNs): 1. Please state the number of Community Protection Notices (CPNs) that you have issued in the year between 1 November 2015 - 31 October 2016. Please indicate the subject of these CPNs (eg, messy gardens, feeding the birds, busking, or begging). If possible, please provide the text of these notices. 2. Please state the number of council officers with powers to issue CPNs. Please also state the number of council officers with the power to enforce CPNs (for example, to issue warnings or fines for violations of CPNs). In both cases, if possible, please give the position of these officers (eg, street wardens, dog control officers, environmental officers). Of course, please state if your authority does not have the power to enact PSPOs or CPNs.
Published: 5 August 2019
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1. Section 106 payments, expenditure and balances at March 2019 (see excel doc, tab 1)
2. 2018/19 section 106 expenditure by category (see excel doc, tab 2)
3. A copy of the council report for 2018/19 s106 allocated expenditure by category. Please provide the response to questions 1 and 2 in the table attached.
Published: 5 August 2019
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1. Have you socially housed any individual or group to a residence that is outside your area of authority since 2013?
2. If yes, has the Council placed any individual or group in social housing accommodation within Harlow, Nazeing, Roydon, Matching, Hastingwood or Sheering (Essex)?
3. If so, have these individuals/groups been housed in commercial properties converted into residential dwellings under permitted development rights legislation?
4. If so, would you please detail which converted office buildings these groups been housed in?
5. How many A. Adults B. Children from your area of authority are being socially housed in converted office buildings in the above towns/villages?
Published: 5 August 2019
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How many business miles have been travelled by council employees using their own car (greyfleet) in the last 12 months?
How much money has been reimbursed back to employees for those business miles for greyfleet in the last 12 months? -
How much does the council reimburse its employees per mile?
How many miles did council employees drive in the last 12 months in any type of vehicle e.g. greyfleet, council owned, car rental, car club etc.?
Does the council have an employee travel policy for business travel, which may include other additional modes of transport such as train, car rental etc.
Published: 5 August 2019