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

1. Homelessness Reduction Act

   1. How many people have approached the local authority stating that they are threatened with homelessness since 1 April 2018?

   
   2. How many people have been owed the prevention duty since 1 April 2018?

   
   3. How many people have the local authority prevented the person being homeless?

   
   4. How many people have approached the local authority stating that they are homeless since 1 April 2018?

   5. How many people have been owed the relief duty since 1 April 2018?

   
   6. How many people have the local authority relieved of being homeless?

   
   7. How much money has been allocated to the local authority for financial year 2018/19 to enable the local authority to comply with their new homeless reduction act duties?

   Published: 18 March 2019

2. Environmental Health inspections & investigations in 2017 (including food hygiene and workplace accidents)

   Please could advise of the following in relation to the Environmental Health department at Guildford Borough Council:

   1. The number of food hygiene inspections undertaken by Guildford Borough Council in the 2017 calendar year;

   2. The number of food poisoning complaints received by Guildford Borough Council in the 2017 calendar year;

   3. The number of foreign body complaints received by Guildford Borough Council in the 2017 calendar year;

   4. The number of workplace Health & Safety inspections undertaken by Guildford Borough Council in the 2017 calendar year;

   5. The number of workplace accidents investigated by Guildford Borough Council in the 2017 calendar year; and

   6. The number of Health & Safety complaints received by Guildford Borough Council in the 2017 calendar year.

   Published: 14 March 2019

3. Parking fines (Penalty Charge Notices)

   1. Number of PCNs issued by your council in 2018 (or in the last twelve-month period for which data exists, since 2015)

   2. Number of PCNs from the above category which were challenged

   3. Number of the above challenges which were made online, by post, or by other means (itemised)

   4. Number of the above challenged PCNs in each category which were upheld by the Council, and the number of the above challenged PCNs in which category which were not upheld/cancelled by the Council

   Published: 13 March 2019

4. Fixed Penalty Notices for littering, 2014-19

   1) I would like to be told the number of Fixed Penalty Notices issued by the council for littering for the following years: :: 2014/15 :: 2015/16 :: 2016/17 :: 2017/18 :: 2018/19 - to the most recent available figures.

   2) What was the revenue to the council from the issuing of FPNs for littering for the following years: :: 2014/15 :: 2015/16 :: 2016/17 :: 2017/18 :: 2018/19 - to the most recent available figures.

   3) Could you please specify what the council consider 'littering'? - ie are there separate penalties for dog mess or cigarette butts or do these all come under 'littering'? If there is a breakdown of what constitutes 'littering' please provide it.

   4) How much is the fine of Fixed Penalty Notices you issue?

   5) Who patrols areas and issues FPN's for littering on behalf of the council? Are officers directly employed by the council or is monitoring litter subcontracted to a private company? If so, which one?

   6) What was the revenue to a private company, if any, for issuing FPNs for littering on behalf of the council for the following years: :: 2014/15 :: 2015/16 :: 2016/17 :: 2017/18 :: 2018/19 - to the most recent available figures.

   Published: 13 March 2019

5. Engineers Drawing of New Traffic Junction at Blackwell Farm/Hog's Back

   Please send me a copy of the engineer's drawing of the proposed new traffic junction connecting the development at Blackwell Farm with the A31 on the Hog's Back. I believe this was submitted to the Public Hearing on the Local Plan last June (2018).

   Published: 13 March 2019

6. Directly employed Groundskeepers

   I would like to know how many Groundskeepers the council currently directly employs to maintain sports pitches in its area?

   Published: 11 March 2019

7. Childrens Playgrounds

   1. How many children's playgrounds were managed by the local authority in each year from 2009-10?

   2. How many children's playgrounds (existing or planned) have been closed or cancelled because of cuts to the local authority's budget in each year since 2009-10?

   3. How much local authority money has been spent on children's playgrounds in each year since 2009-10?

   4. How many children's playgrounds are proposed for closure within the next year?

   5. Has the local authority charged for the use of any children's playgrounds under its control and, if so, when this charge was introduced, how much was this charge introduced and how many children's play areas the charge has applied to in each year since 2009-10?

   Published: 11 March 2019

8. Homeless people on average are using your SWEP provision each night

   Please confirm how many homeless people on average are using your Severe Weather Emergency Protocol (SWEP) provision each night so far this winter(2018/19).

   Please also provide the same information for the previous two years (winter 2016/17 and winter 2017/18).

   Published: 11 March 2019

9. Amount spent on website

   I would like to know how much the Council has spent on the GBC website.

   Published: 11 March 2019

10. Statistics on refused Housing Applications

    I wish to request, under the Freedom of Information Act, that you supply me with the following:

    a) housing planning applications refused

    b) the percentage of housing planning applications refused

    c) the percentage granted every year since and including 2016?

    Published: 11 March 2019