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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  1. Cost of Christmas Decorations/Lights 2015-19

    Please could you provide the costs incurred by the council, where relevant, for the following across the authority.

    1. Christmas lights

    2. Christmas decorations

    3. Installation of lights and decorations

    4. Light switch on events, including celebrity appearances

    5. Christmas events Please provide all this information for the following years 1. Christmas 2015 2. Christmas 2016 3. Christmas 2017 4. Christmas 2018 5. Christmas 2019

    Published: 11 December 2019

  2. Air Pollution Permits

    1. I am writing to request details of LA-PPC and LA-IPPC processes regulated by Guildford Council under the Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2016.

    We would like to request details of all A2 installations and Part B permits in your area, including the following information if available:

    your reference for the permit, the name and address of the permit holder, the address for which the permit is granted, the grid reference, the date of issue, the process undertaken, and the current status of the permit.

    2. In addition, we would also like to request details of any enforcement notices issued relating to breaches of the terms of the above permits since 1st January 2018. Where none have been issued we would be grateful if you could confirm as such.

    Published: 11 December 2019

  3. Money for clothing allowance FOI request

    1) Can you please tell me if any of your councillors or Lord Mayor are eligible to claim money back for items of clothing?

    2) If yes, could you please tell me which ones and how much they are eligible for?

    3) Could you tell me how much was claimed by them for clothing allowance for 2017/18 and 2018/19?

    4) Finally could you give me a list of items purchased with the clothing allowance budget? In each case, please list the claims and the name of the councillor claiming it.

    Published: 10 December 2019

  4. Fixed Penalty Notices

    1. Can you please confirm if your organisation issued FPN's for any of the following services during 2018/19? a) Littering b) Dog fouling c) Graffiti d) Fly-posting e) Fly-tipping

    2. Can you please confirm how many FPN's your organisation issued in 2018/19 for the following offences? a) Littering b) Dog fouling c) Graffiti d) Fly-posting e) Fly-tipping f) Car parking offences

    Published: 6 December 2019

  5. Temporary Accomodation

    1) Number of people in temporary accommodation -Singles -Doubles -Families

    2) Number of people using bed and breakfasts

    3) Number of people in disabled units

    4) The cost to your council of temporary accommodation

    5) Number of people waiting for temporary accommodation

    6) How many people have your council assisted to settle into private homes

    7) How many leases does your council hold for temporary accommodation I would really appreciate if you could release this information over to me for the last 5 years 2014-2019 (3 years at least)

    Published: 5 December 2019

  6. Ownership of Trees

    1. Do you conduct an audit or have figures relating to the number of trees that your authority has responsibility for? If so please provide me with a figure for the number of trees at the nearest date you have to (a) 1.4.19 and (b) 1.4.16.

    2. How many trees that you have responsibility for were felled by either your employees or contractors working on behalf of your authority in (a) 2016-17, (b) 2017-18 and (c) 2018-19?

    3. How many trees for which you have responsibility were planted by your employees or contractors working on behalf of your authority in (a) 2016-17, (b) 2017-18 and (c) 2018-19?

    4. How many trees in your authority were subject to a Tree Preservation Order as at (a) 1.4.19, and (b) 1.4.16?

    5. How many trees subject to a Tree Preservation Order were felled in the 18-19 financial year? Please provide me with a list showing the number of each species involved.

    Published: 4 December 2019

  7. Refuse & Recycling Collection

    1. The total number (or nearest estimate) of residential recycling bins.

    2. The total number of residents for which you organise refuse collection.

    3. The total number of residential properties for which no recycling collection is offered.

    4. What enforcement action do you have at your disposal if residents place rubbish in the incorrect bin, for example but not limited to, non-recyclable rubbish in the recycling bin?

    5. How many incidents of using the enforcement action described in point 4 have there been in the 12 months leading up to September 30th 2019.

    6. Please provide details of each enforcement action listed in response to point 5. If the action is a fine, please include the amount fined, and whether this has been paid. If required please assign each action an anonymous reference number for data protection purposes.

    7. Do you have a "timed waste collection" system? For the purposes of this FOI "timed waste collection" means specific times during the day when bins are collected, and it is not permitted for bins to be placed outside out of this time.

    8. What enforcement action do you have at your disposal if residents place rubbish outside for collection at the incorrect time within a day (if applicable), or day?

    9. How many incidents of using the enforcement action described in point 8 have there been in for each month in the 12 months leading up to September 30th 2019.

    Published: 4 December 2019

  8. Housing families and children

    1. Please provide the total number of households to whom the local authority accepted a duty to accommodate under sections 188, 190, 193 or 200 of the Housing Act 1996 in the period(s): 2014/15 - 2015/16 - 2016/17 - 2017/18 - 2018/19 (to date) -

    And of those: 1. Which local authority areas were the recipients of the individuals/families? : 2. How many these included families with children? : 3. Where any of the people housed out of area subject to any checks on criminal background? :

    2. Please provide a copy of your authority's policy or policies in respect of the relocation of homeless households with temporary accommodation both inside and outside of the borough.

    3. Please provide a copy of your authority's policy on the procurement of temporary accommodation in respect of your homelessness duties.

    4. Please provide details, including name, address and contact details, of any organisation that you use in either the actual relocation, or assistance in the relocation of, homeless households outside of borough.

    Published: 4 December 2019

  9. Street Cleansing

    Please can you provide me with details of the following information in relation to street cleaning in your authority for the financial year 2018/19:-

    (See below)

    Published: 3 December 2019

  10. Council Vehicles

    1. How many passenger cars, buses and coaches (including minibuses), light goods vehicles, and heavy goods vehicles does your council operate? Please break this data down by vehicle type.

    2. How many of the vehicles operated by your council run on diesel? Please break this down according to class of vehicle, if possible.

    3. How many of the vehicles operated by your council run on petrol? Please break this down according to class of vehicle, if possible.

    4. How many 'pure' electric vehicles (IE battery electric, no internal combustion engine) does your council operate? Please break this down according to class of vehicle, if possible.

    5. How many plug-in hybrid vehicles (including range extender hybrids) does your council operate? Please break this down according to class of vehicle, if possible.

    6. If possible, please inform me how many vehicles in each emission class are operated by your council, breaking this data down by vehicle type - ie number of Euro 6 cars, number of Euro 5 cars, number of Euro 4 cars etc; number of Euro VI buses, number of Euro V buses, number of Euro IV buses etc Same emission-class data for light commercial vehicles and heavy goods vehicles, please.

    If you do not hold data for question 6, please provide me with the year of first registration of all vehicles operated by your council, broken down by vehicle class - ie Number of 2019-registered cars, number of 2018-registered cars, number of 2017-registered cars etc Number of 2019-registered buses, number of 2018-registered buses, number of 2017-registered buses etc. Same registration-date data for light commercial vehicles and heavy goods vehicles, please.

    Published: 19 November 2019