9273
|
Please could you provide the name of all state
funded schools in your area (including community, LA, academy and
free-schools) which have all or part of their site within land that
has a formal planning protection (e.g. Green Belt, Metropolitan
Open Land, National Park, etc.) in addition to its Use Class
designation D1.
|
Thank you for your recent enquiry for
information held by the Council. Your request has been
considered under the Environmental Information Regulations
2004.
Response: Nil return.
|
21/7/16
|
9274
|
I would like to make a request under the
Freedom of Information Act for details relating to how your
organisation deals with recycling of materials collected from
households and businesses. Including what particular types of
materials are recycled and which are not.
Could you please also provide information
about your recycling strategy and policy, and how the recycling
scheme is communicated to the public (along with details of any
associated communications plan/strategy), and education regarding
recycling provided to schools/public.
|
Thank you for your request for information
about recycling which we received on 17 July 2015. Your request has
been considered under the Environmental Information Regulations
2004.
Could you please also provide information
about your recycling strategy and policy, and how the recycling
scheme is communicated to the public (along with details of any
associated communications plan/strategy), and education regarding
recycling provided to schools/public.
Recycling strategy/policy – A copy of the policy is located on the
website
A copy of the Waste
and Recycling Operational Policy can be found here
|
21/7/16
|
9275
|
I would like to know details of anyone who has
died with no known next of kin from 1/2/2016 to the day of your
reply. If there are any new cases where the person died prior to
1/2/2016, but that were only dealt with after this
date, please also include details.
This should include deaths of any clients
whose affairs are managed by the Councils Safeguarding or
Deputy-ship Teams, where applicable.
Please also supply a list of any Public Health
Act Funerals carried out from the above date (also known as Welfare
or Environmental Health Act funerals) if this does not form part of
your reply to the above. This should include funerals carried out
by the council or on behalf of any third party.
If this information is now provided on your
website, please send the hyperlink.
Please include as much of the following
information as you are able to:
1. the deceased's full
names
2. the date they died
3. the approximate value of
their estate
4. their date and place of
birth or age at death
5. whether or not they were
married, divorced, single, or widowed
6. the maiden surnames of
married females or widows
7. their address at
death
8. the date when a referral
was made of this estate to any other 3rd party or body to research
or administer and the name of the 3rd party concerned.
9. If a referral to a 3rd
party or body has not yet been made could you advise of the
case details as above too.
10. If a case referral to a 3rd party or
body is still undecided or awaiting referral, please also
advise of details of the case as above.
|
I confirm that the information you requested is held under
the Freedom of Information Act 2000. However, the Council, for the
reasons that follow, declines to disclose the information
requested.
Pursuant to Section 17 (1) of the Act the Council
1. States that the above is exempt information.
2.Specifies, that the exemption in question is the subject of an
absolute exemption contained within Section 21(Information
accessible to applicant by other means) Please see link below
Please click here for the link on
Public Helath Funeral
|
2/8/16
|
9276
|
Please find a public information request
under the Freedom of Information Act
Please can you provide me with the
following information:-
- Who is the current supplier of your
municipal vehicle fleet including the following vehicles: Road
Sweepers, Gully Emptiers, RCV’s etc?
- When do these contracts expire?
- Which department manages these
vehicles and their procurement, please include contact names,
emails and numbers?
|
Under the provisions of the Freedom of
Information Act, the authority must state whether or not the
information exists and I confirm that we do hold the information
you requested.
Ø Who is the current supplier of your
municipal vehicle fleet including the following vehicles: Road
Sweepers, Gully Emptiers, RCV’s etc? – Over the last three years
Bedford Borough Council have gone out to tender for the purchase of
Road Sweepers purchased from Johnston Road Sweepers, Gully emptiers
from Econ/Whale being a multipurpose vehicle used for winter
maintenance as well as gully work and RCV’s from Heil Farid and
Dennis Eagle.
Ø When do these contracts expire?
Contracts were awarded on a vehicle supply basis only with the
Johnston compact sweepers due for replacement in 2018/19 and the
large sweepers in 2020/21, Gully emptiers are due for replacement
in 2023/24 and the RCV’s between 2019 and 2023
Ø Which department manages these
vehicles and their procurement, please include contact names,
emails and numbers? The main contact for the vehicle replacement
programme is Steve Waring, tel no 01234 228115, steve.waring@bedford.gov.uk
|
26/7/16
|
9277
|
Please accept this email as a request for the
following information, in relation to the property known at:
Ryswick Road Kempston
Bedford
Access is required to records containing the
information necessary to answer the following questions of the
CON29R form:
3.1 – Highways Development Control Department,
Bedford Borough Council
3.2 – Highways Development Control Department,
Bedford Borough Council
3.7 (b) – Environmental Health Department,
Bedford Borough Council
3.7 (c) – Environmental Health Department,
Bedford Borough Council
3.7 (d) – Environmental Health Department,
Bedford Borough Council
3.7 (e) – Highways Development Control
Department, Bedford Borough Council
3.7 (f) – Environmental Health Department,
Bedford Borough Council
3.7 (g) – Environmental Health Department,
Bedford Borough Council
3.9 (a)-(n) - Planning Department, Bedford
Borough Council
3.11 – Environmental Health Department,
Bedford Borough Council
3.13 - Environmental Health
Department, Bedford Borough Council
|
Your request has been considered under the Environmental
Information Regulations 2004.
I attach the information you requested from Environmental Health
& Trading Standards department. Regarding the questions
relating to planning, the Planning department advise that all
information relating to planning applications is available on our
website at the following link:
view application plans
For a copy of the environmental information please contact:
mailto:freedomofinformation@bedford.gov.uk
|
22/7/16
|
9278
|
Please accept this email as a request for the
following information, in relation to the property known at:
King Street Kempston
Bedford
Access is required to records containing the
information necessary to answer the following questions of the
CON29R form:
3.1 – Highways Development Control Department,
Bedford Borough Council
3.2 – Highways Development Control Department,
Bedford Borough Council
3.7 (b) – Environmental Health Department,
Bedford Borough Council
3.7 (c) – Environmental Health Department,
Bedford Borough Council
3.7 (d) – Environmental Health Department,
Bedford Borough Council
3.7 (e) – Highways Development Control
Department, Bedford Borough Council
3.7 (f) – Environmental Health Department,
Bedford Borough Council
3.7 (g) – Environmental Health Department,
Bedford Borough Council
3.9 (a)-(n) - Planning Department, Bedford
Borough Council
3.11 – Environmental Health Department,
Bedford Borough Council
3.13 - Environmental Health
Department, Bedford Borough Council
|
Your request has been considered under the Environmental
Information Regulations 2004.
I attach the information you requested from Environmental Health
& Trading Standards department. Regarding the questions
relating to planning, the Planning department advise that all
information relating to planning applications is available on our
website at the following link:
view application plans
For a copy of the environmental information please contact:
mailto:freedomofinformation@bedford.gov.uk
|
22/7/16
|
9279
|
I would like to make a request for
information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
1) Please could you advise the
organisations policy on advertising external businesses on public
buildings, properties and sites
2) Please can you advise the organisations
policy on advertising external websites on the council's web
site
3) Please can you advise the amount of
revenue the organisation receives from marketing/ advertising on
its public platforms (i.e. Website, public premises etc)
4) please can you advise the organisations
policy on promoting, developing and supporting small businesses
|
I refer to your recent enquiry for information
held by the Council.
Under the provisions of the Freedom of
Information Act, the authority must state whether or not the
information exists and I confirm that we do hold the information
you requested.
Please contact freedomofinformation@bedford.gov.uk
for a copy
|
10/8/16
|
9280
|
Please send me the high level financial
breakdown of the River Festival. I would like to know broadly
whether or not it makes money and where the money flows from and
to.
|
Further to your request for information dated
18 July 2016, I can confirm that the information you requested is
held under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. However, the
Council, for the reasons that follow, declines to disclose the
information requested.
Pursuant to Section 17 (1) of the Act
the Council
- States that the information requested is
exempt information.
- Specifies, that the exemption in question is contained within
Section 22 (Information intended for future publication) of the FOI
Act (FOIA).
The data to provide this information is
not fully available yet and we will send you a response as soon as
it is. We believe the data should be available by 30 September and
I will bring forward your request so I can provide you with a
response.
|
2/8/16
|
9281
|
1)a) How many unregistered schools have been
discovered in your local authority in the last 3 years, 2014, 2015,
2016?
b) How many children under 16 have been
removed from an unregistered school?
2)
a) How many School Attendance Orders on
parents who fail to satisfy the local authority that their child is
receiving suitable education (section 437 (3) of the Education Act
1996) have you issued in 2014, 2015, 2016 to date? Please could you
also provide an ethnic breakdown if possible of
those who received an SAO.
b) How many parents have been prosecuted who
did not comply with an SAO in 2014, 2015, 2016?
|
I refer to your recent enquiry for information
held by the Council.
Under the provisions of the Freedom of
Information Act, the authority must state whether or not the
information exists and I confirm that we do hold the information
you requested.
Please find the information you requested
enclosed.
1)a) How many unregistered schools have been
discovered in your local authority in the last 3 years, 2014, 2015,
2016?
Answer: None
b) How many children under 16 have been
removed from an unregistered school?
Answer: None
2)a) How many School Attendance Orders on
parents who fail to satisfy the local authority that their child is
receiving suitable education (section 437 (3) of the Education Act
1996) have you issued in 2014, 2015, 2016 to date? Please could you
also provide an ethnic breakdown if possible of
those who received an SAO.
Answer:
2014: 0
2015: Less than 5*
2016: 0
b) How many parents have been prosecuted who
did not comply with an SAO in 2014, 2015, 2016?
Answer:
2014: 0
2015: Less than 5*
2016: 0
*Pursuant to Section 17 (1) of the Act
the Council
1. States
that this is exempt information.
2.
Specifies, that the exemption in question is the subject of
an absolute exemption contained within Section 40 (Personal
Information) of the FOI Act (FOIA).
An explanation as
follows:
We are unable to provide exact figures
due to low numbers and the possibility of the individuals being
identifiable
|
8/8/16
|
9282
|
1)a) How many children were recorded as
missing from education in the last 3 years (2014, 2015, 2016 to
date). If possible can I have the figures broken down by academic
year, or however you hold this information.
b) Can I have an ethnic and religious
breakdown on the children in 1(a)
c) How many children in 1a) did your council
manage to trace/track down and how many are still
missing?
d) Out of the children that have returned to
school, what reasons have been given for their absence?
e) How many of the children in 1a) who have
not been tracked down, have been removed from the schools
admissions registers?
2) a) How many children under 16 who were
in full time education have been removed from council records/
schools admissions registers in the last 3 years? 2014, 2015, 2016
to date?
b) Of those children under 16 removed
from schools register, how many have a recorded
destination/location?
c) Of those children under 16 removed from
schools register, how many are deemed children missing in
education?
3) How many investigations into cases of a
child who has stopped attending schools have been completed to
ensure that child is receiving a suitable education in 2014,
2015 and 2016 to date?
|
Under the provisions of the Freedom of
Information Act, the authority must state whether or not the
information exists and I confirm that we do hold the information
you requested.
Please find the information you requested
enclosed.
1)a) How many children were recorded as
missing from education in the last 3 years (2014, 2015, 2016 to
date). If possible can I have the figures broken down by academic
year, or however you hold this information.
Answer:
September 2013 to August 2014 =
161
September 2014 to August 2014 =
157
September 2015 to today = no report
currently exist
b) Can I have an ethnic and religious
breakdown on the children in 1(a)
Answer:
We do not collect religion on the
school census.
The database system was transferred to
a hosted provider this year. The original report writing software
was changed/upgraded. We have not yet reproduced the annual reports
which include ethnicity with the new software.
c) How many children in 1a) did your council
manage to trace/track down and how many are still
missing?
Answer:
September 2013 to August 2014 = 161
all traced
September 2014 to August 2014 =
157 140 were traced and 17 were placed on our missing data
base
September 2015 to today = no report
currently exists
d) Out of the children that have returned to
school, what reasons have been given for their absence?
Answer:
Medical issues
Refusing to go to school
Term time Holiday
Excluded
Going on to EHE
e) How many of the children in 1a) who have
not been tracked down, have been removed from the schools
admissions registers?
Answer: Schools admissions
registers are not held in the LA
2) a) How many children under 16 who were in
full time education have been removed from council records/ schools
admissions registers in the last 3 years? 2014, 2015, 2016 to
date?
Answer: No children are removed from
Council records and we do not hold school admissions registers are
not held in the LA
b) Of those children under 16 removed
from schools register, how many have a recorded
destination/location?
Answer: All children are tracked
and location is always recorded, however those not tracked will
remain on our missing database
c) Of those children under 16 removed from
schools register, how many are deemed children missing in
education? Answer: 51 and this is a rolling figure it
is not year specific. Children are placed on the missing data base
and are not removed until they are found or are no longer of
statutory school age.
3) How many investigations into cases of a
child who has stopped attending schools have been completed to
ensure that child is receiving a suitable education in 2014, 2015
and 2016 to date?
Answer:
2014:
270
2015: 319
2016 to date: 441
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10/8/16
|
9283
|
Please accept this email as a request for the
following information, in relation to the property known at:
Humber Avenue
Bedford
Access is required to records containing the
information necessary to answer the following questions of the
CON29R form:
3.1 – Highways Development Control Department,
Bedford Borough Council
3.2 – Highways Development Control Department,
Bedford Borough Council
3.7 (b) – Environmental Health Department,
Bedford Borough Council
3.7 (c) – Environmental Health Department,
Bedford Borough Council
3.7 (d) – Environmental Health Department,
Bedford Borough Council
3.7 (e) – Highways Development Control
Department, Bedford Borough Council
3.7 (f) – Environmental Health Department,
Bedford Borough Council
3.7 (g) – Environmental Health Department,
Bedford Borough Council
3.9 (a)-(n) - Planning Department, Bedford
Borough Council
3.11 – Environmental Health Department,
Bedford Borough Council
3.13 - Environmental Health
Department, Bedford Borough Council
|
Your request has been considered under the Environmental
Information Regulations 2004.
I attach the information you requested from Environmental Health
& Trading Standards department. Regarding the questions
relating to planning, the Planning department advise that all
information relating to planning applications is available on our
website at the following link:
view application plans
For a copy of the environmental information please contact:
mailto:freedomofinformation@bedford.gov.uk
|
22/7/16
|
9284
|
Your local authority website states that the council keeps a
register of Food Businesses which is available to the general
public.
Please could you send me a list of all business that have
registered in the last 60 days?
|
Thank you for your request for
information about food businesses registered in the
last 60 days which we received on 20th
July 2016. Your request has been
considered under the Environmental
Information Regulations 2004.
I enclose a copy of the information
you requested:
Please contact freedomofinformation@bedford.gov.uk
for a copy
|
15/8/16
|
9285
|
How many ASB cases have you had in the last 12
months?
How many ASB cases have you prosecuted in the last 12 months?
Do you debt profile tenants in rent arrears?
Do you try to trace tenants who have absconded?
Fraud Investigation Team
Do you have a dedicated fraud investigation team?
How many fraud investigators do you have?
How many housing officers do you have?
Do you provide investigation & prosecution services to other
housing providers?
Fraud Case Management System
Do you use a fraud case management system?
Was it developed in-house?
Have you purchased a product?
Who supplies your current fraud case mangement system?
Memberships
Are you a member of the Tenancy Fraud Forum?
Are you a Member of NAFN - National Anti Fraud Network?
Are you a member of TEICCAFF
Are you a member of LAIOG?
Are you a member of CIH?
Contact Details
Who is responsible for fraud investigation at your
organisation?
|
I refer to your recent enquiry for information
held by the Council.
Under the provisions of the Freedom of
Information Act, the authority must state whether or not the
information exists and I confirm that we do hold the information
you requested and this is enclosed.
Please contact freedomofinformation@bedford.gov.uk
for a copy
|
25/7/16
|
9286
|
Please could you provide me with a list of all
vehicles in use by Bedford Council?
For each vehicle please include the
following:
· Make and model of vehicle
· If the vehicle is owned or leased
· Which team or department the vehicle
is primarily used by
· Which location the vehicle is
primarily based at
· When the procurement contract for each
vehicle is set to expire or be renewed.
Please can you also confirm when the next
cycle of vehicle procurement will begin or if this is an ongoing
process.
|
Under the provisions of the Freedom of
Information Act, the authority must state whether or not the
information exists and I confirm that we do hold the information
you requested.
Please find the information you requested
attached as an excel spreadsheet of the current Fleet list.
Please contact freedomofinformation@bedford.gov.uk
for a copy
|
26/7/16
|
9287
|
I am writing to ask if you could please provide
the name, job title and email address for the following
roles:
For the Children with Disabilities
Team
·
Directors/Senior Managers
·
Commissioners
· Team
Managers
· Social
Workers
· Care
Managers
·
Community Nurses
·
Community Learning Disabilities Team
For the Adults Learning Disabilities
Team
·
Directors/Senior Managers
·
Commissioners
· Team
Managers
· Social
Workers
· Care
Managers
·
Community Nurses
·
Community Learning Disabilities Team
|
Under the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act,
the authority must state whether or not the information exists and
I confirm that we do hold the information you requested. However,
the Council, for the reasons that follow, declines to disclose some
of the information requested.
Pursuant to Section 17 (1) of the Act
the Council
1. States that employee names are
exempt information.
2. Specifies, that the exemption in
question is contained within Section 40(2) by virtue of 40(3)(a)(i)
of the FOI Act (FOIA) as it comprises personal data and disclosure
would be unfair.
Employee names amount to ‘personal
data’ under the Data Protection Act 1998 (DPA). As you may know, s.
40(2) FOIA provides for an absolute exemption in respect of
personal data where the disclosure of that data under FOIA would
contravene one of the data protection principles contained in
schedule 1 to the DPA. The question which the Council must
address in response to your request is whether disclosure of the
personal data in the format you requested would contravene in
particular the first data protection principle. That principle
requires that any processing of personal data must be fair and
lawful and must otherwise meet one of the conditions provided for
in schedule 2 to the DPA. The schedule 2 condition which is most
likely to be relevant in this context is that provided for in
paragraph 6(1) of schedule 2.
The Council considers that disclosure
of information that would identify individuals is unwarranted
because of the disproportionate adverse effect on the legitimate
interests of the individuals concerned namely that they would
expect that personal information would remain confidential and not
be disclosed by the Council.
The Council has carefully considered
whether the weight of the public interest arguments and the
benefits in favour of disclosure would outweigh the harmful
consequences of disclosure. It has concluded that it would
not.
Therefore please find below contact
details for the relevant areas:
Children with Disabilities
Team
Director of Children’s & Adults
Services - Kevin Crompton - Kevin.Crompton@bedford.gov.uk
Assistant Director Chief Social
Worker- Darryl Freeman -
Darryl.Freeman@bedford.gov.uk
Head of Service Social Work - Alexander
Kubeyinje mailto:-%20Alex.Kubeyinje@bedford.gov.uk
Adult Learning Disabilities
Team
Director of Children’s & Adults
Services - Kevin Crompton - Kevin.Crompton@bedford.gov.uk
Assistant Director (Community Care
Services (Adults & OP) - Catherine (Kate)
Walker- Kate.Walker@bedford.gov.uk
Head of Older People & Physical
Disability - Jodi Simpson - Jodi.Simpson@bedford.gov.uk
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5/8/16
|
9288
|
All current Rateable Value assessments and
which accounts are, and which are not, subject to some form
rate relief (eg. Small Business Rate Relief (SBRR), charitable,
empty relief, retail relief). Please include the following columns
insofar as possible.
- Full Postal Address
- Rating Description (e.g. offices, workshop etc.)
- Correspondence Address (if different from Full Postal
Address)
- Account Name
- Account No./Ref.
- Property Ref
- RV 2010
- RV 2005
- SBRR (discount, not multiplier) – yes or
no
- Retail Rate – yes or no
- Vacant – yes or no
- Other relief (e.g. charity, hardship, rural, community &
amateur sports clubs etc.) – yes or
no
- Current liability start date if post 1/4/2010 –
dd/mm/yy
|
Further to your request for information, I can confirm
that the information you requested is held under the Freedom of
Information Act 2000. However, the Council, for the reasons
that follow, declines to disclose the information requested.
You requested information on Business rates as stated in your
e-mail below.
Pursuant to Section 17 (1) of the Act the Council
1.States that the Business Rates data sets information requested is
exempt information.
2.Specifies, that the exemption in question is the subject of an
absolute exemption contained within Section 21 of the FOI Act
(FOIA).
An explanation follows below:
The Business Rates data sets are now
published on the website.
As a rule these will be updated as
follows:
Business Rates Data Sets – Monthly
Balances
Written on and off – At least quarterly
(possibly six monthly)
Credit Balances – Bi-monthly
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25/7/16
|
9289
|
How many fines were handed to parents in the
last academic year for taking their children on holiday during term
time?
How much do these financial penalties
total?
How much money has the council spent in
pursuing term-time holiday fines?
How many parents were charged more than £120
for failure to pay?
How many parents appealed a term time holiday
fine?
How many parents successfully appealed a term
time holiday fine?
|
I refer to your recent enquiry for information
held by the Council.
Under the provisions of the Freedom of
Information Act, the authority must state whether or not the
information exists and I confirm that we do hold the information
you requested.
How many fines were handed to parents in the
last academic year for taking their children on holiday during term
time?
Answer: 680
How much do these financial penalties
total?
Answer: £29,820 so far
How much money has the council spent in
pursuing term-time holiday fines?
Answer: The costs of collecting fines
is largely related to the time of Education Welfare service , legal
and other support services and it is not possible to disaggregate
time spent collecting fines from their other duties.
How many parents were charged more than £120
for failure to pay?Answer: None
How many parents appealed a term time holiday
fine?Answer: None
How many parents successfully appealed a term
time holiday fine?
Answer: None
|
16/8/16
|
9290
|
How many term time fines were issued to
parents in the last academic year?
Please list the data by individual schools,
showing the amount that was paid in each offence.
|
Further to your email of 7 September 2016 I
have now had opportunity to consider the Council’s internal review
into the response you received to your information request of 20
July 2016 (FOI reference 9290).
I am now in a position to provide you with the
following information:
· The number of fines issued in the
last academic year to parents for term time absences, listed by
individual school
· The total these fines amount
to
The information can be found as
attached
Please contact freedomofinformation@bedford.gov.uk
for a copy
Where data is of a sensitive nature and relates to children or
young people the Department for Education ‘Statistical Policy
Statement on Confidentiality’ recommends supressing the data where
the numbers are small (in this case less than 3).
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7/10/16
|
9291
|
I can see in the report pack for the corporate
services meeting tonight an item dealing with debts owed to the
council. The main types are business rate, over paid housing
benefits and council tax. P49 of the reports pack lays out the
collectable debt the council is owed- £69.9m in business rates,
£94.5m in council tax, £184.4 m in sundry debts and £5.8m in over
paid housing benefits.
-Please could you provide details of when they
debts date to- can you provide the date of the longest standing
debt in each category please?
-Can you please tell me how much debt has been
recovered in each category by bailiffs?
-How much debt has been recovered through
forced house sales?
-How much of the housing benefit debt has been
identified as a result of fraud?
-Is it possible to break the £184.4m sundry
debts into type- the categories outlined in the report include
trade waste, commercial rents, home care and residential care.
|
I refer to your recent enquiry for information
held by the Council.
Under the provisions of the Freedom of
Information Act, the authority must state whether or not the
information exists and I confirm that we do hold most of the
information you requested and this is enclosed.
Please contact freedomofinformation@bedford.gov.uk
for a copy
|
17/8/16
|
9292
|
How many planning permission applications were
approved by Bedford Borough Council subject to a S106 agreement in
the last five years?
How many S106 agreements have been amended or
discharged by Bedford Borough Council in the last five years, and
how many of these applications constituted ‘major development’?
How many planning permission applications were
approved by Bedford Borough Council in the last five years?
|
Thank you for your request for information
about S106 agreements which we received on 20 July 2015. Your
request has been considered under the Environmental Information
Regulations 2004.
The information
you requested is available on the authority’s website and can be
located at here
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21/7/16
|
9293
|
I am after information relating to land
identified as On the North East Side of Cardington Road
Bedford. Under a Land Registry search I believe this holds
the Title Number of BD223103. The OS Grid Reference is
approximately TL 06459 48982. The registry shows the land is
being freehold belonging to Bedford Borough Council. Please
could you provide me with the following information:
1) Is the land leased to a third party.
2) If the land is leased what are the
terms
3) If the land is leased what is the
monetary value paid.
4) The land is showing a covenant. What
does this entail.
5) Are there any restrictions on the use of
this land.
6) Is there anything specific that would
prevent this land being developed on in any way.
7) Is there a restriction on the type of
use being changed for this land.
|
Thank you for your request for information
regarding land on the north east side of Cardington Road, Bedford,
which we received on 20 July 2016. Your request has been considered
under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004.
Information relating to land identified as
On the North East Side of Cardington Road Bedford. Under a
Land Registry search I believe this holds the Title Number of
BD223103. The OS Grid Reference is approximately TL 06459
48982. The registry shows the land is being freehold
belonging to Bedford Borough Council. Please could you
provide me with the following information:
1) Is the land leased to
a third party?
There is a third party in
occupation of the land.
2) If the land is leased
what are the terms?
The land is occupied for grazing
but it is currently an informal arrangement so we are unable to
state the terms or any rent paid.
3) If the land is leased
what is the monetary value paid?
As above.
4) The land is showing a
covenant. What does this entail?
The original conveyance of BD223103
to the Council does not contain covenants. However, there
have been subsequent grants for utility wayleaves and the wayleaves
contain covenants.
The covenants stipulated within the
wayleaves are to protect the utility routes (pipes, cables etc.)
from being infringed upon or damaged by any works or construction
on the land by the landowner. There are also covenants to
ensure the utility companies reinstate any disturbed land or
property as a result of works conducted to lay or maintain the
utility routes.
5) Are there any
restrictions on the use of this land?
The original conveyance to the
Council of BD223103 does not detail a restriction on use stating
what the land must be used for. However please refer to
answers for questions 6 and 7 (below) for whether planning
restrictions may be present on the land.
6) Is there anything
specific that would prevent this land being developed on in any
way?
The information is
available on the authority’s website. If you click on the
link here
and then click on ‘Map Search’ to identify planning
constraints.
7) Is there a restriction on
the type of use being changed for this land?
The
information is available on the authority’s website. If you
click on the link here
and then click on ‘How to Guide’ No
10 for a history search to ascertain the use and any possible
restrictions conditioned on a planning permission
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8/8/16
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9294
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I would like to have few more information with
reference to the current number of PHO, PHV and Black cabs which
currently operate in this borough.
- Number of Private Hire Vehicles
- Number of Hackney Carriage Vehicles
- Number of Hackney Drivers
- Number of Private Hire Operators
- Number of Private Hire Drivers
- Volumes of Rides per day by PHV and
Hackney Carriage
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Under the provisions of the Freedom of
Information Act, the authority must state whether or not the
information exists and I confirm that we do hold the information
you requested. You requested:
Number of Private Hire Vehicles
687
Number of Hackney Carriage Vehicles 70
– Restricted Numbers of Hackney Carriage Licences in
Borough
Number of Hackney Drivers
54
Number of Private Hire
Operators 50
Number of Private Hire Drivers
748
Volumes of Rides per day by PHV and
Hackney Carriage not information held by licensing
authority
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22/7/16
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9295
|
Please accept this email as a request for the
following information, in relation to the property known at
Westfield Road
Bedford
Access is required to records containing the
information necessary to answer the following questions of the
CON29R form:
3.1 – Highways Development Control Department,
Bedford Borough Council
3.2 – Highways Development Control Department,
Bedford Borough Council
3.7 (b) – Environmental Health Department,
Bedford Borough Council
3.7 (c) – Environmental Health Department,
Bedford Borough Council
3.7 (d) – Environmental Health Department,
Bedford Borough Council
3.7 (e) – Highways Development Control
Department, Bedford Borough Council
3.7 (f) – Environmental Health Department,
Bedford Borough Council
3.7 (g) – Environmental Health Department,
Bedford Borough Council
3.9 (a)-(n) - Planning Department, Bedford
Borough Council
3.10 – Planning Department, Bedford Borough
Council
3.12 – Environmental Health Department,
Bedford Borough Council
3.14 - Environmental Health
Department, Bedford Borough Council
3.15 – Planning Department, Bedford Borough
Council
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Your request has been considered under the Environmental
Information Regulations 2004.
I attach the information you requested from Environmental Health
& Trading Standards department. Regarding the questions
relating to planning, the Planning department advise that all
information relating to planning applications is available on our
website at the following link:
view application plans
For a copy of the environmental information please contact:
mailto:freedomofinformation@bedford.gov.uk
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25/7/16
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9296
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Please find below FOI Request.
1. Do you
manage your own parking enforcement or do you outsource it?
1a. If you outsource it, who to? When is this
contract due to finish?
2. What is
the approximate value of your Enforcement Software Contract?
3. How
many Civil Enforcement Officers do you employ?
4. Do you
manage the administration of parking appeals yourself or have you
outsourced it?
4a. If you outsource it, who to? When is this
contract due to finish?
5. How
many PCN's do you issue per Annum?
6. How
many Parking Permits do you issue per Annum?
7. Please
can you tell me what system you use for the case management of your
PCN’s and parking appeals?
8. Please
can you tell me when the contract for that system comes to an end
and likely procurement timescales if you are re-procure?
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Under the provisions of the Freedom of
Information Act, the authority must state whether or not the
information exists and I confirm that we do hold the information
you requested.
Do you manage your own parking enforcement or
do you outsource it?
We manage our own parking enforcement
team.
If you outsource it, who to? When is this
contract due to finish?
Not applicable
What is the approximate value of your
Enforcement Software Contract?
Approximately £40,000.
How many Civil Enforcement Officers do you
employ?
25 Civil Enforcement Officers.
Do you manage the administration of parking
appeals yourself or have you outsourced it?
We manage the administration of parking
appeals.
If you outsource it, who to? When is this
contract due to finish?
Not applicable.
How many PCN's do you issue per Annum?
Approximately 35000.
How many Parking Permits do you issue per
Annum?
Approximately 1492.
Please can you tell me what system you use for
the case management of your PCN’s and parking appeals?
Parking Gateway
Please can you tell me when the contract for
that system comes to an end and likely procurement timescales if
you are re-procure?
August 2019.
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22/7/16
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9297
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For persons benefitting from local authority
funding, what is the fee to be paid by the council for elderly
persons placed within independent sector care homes during the
financial year 2016/2017 for the following categories of care?
1.
Elderly Residential Care
2.
Elderly Dementia Residential Care
3.
Elderly Nursing Care*
4.
Elderly Dementia Nursing Care*
*Please state fee exclusive of the Free
Nursing Care payment for 3 and 4.
What were the corresponding fees for the
financial year 2015/2016?
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I refer to your recent enquiry for information held by the
Council.
Under the provisions of the Freedom of
Information Act, the authority must state whether or not the
information exists and I can confirm that we do hold the
information you requested
Please see below new banding rates from the 1st April 2016 for
care homes within Bedford Borough.
Existing
1st April 2016
Residential Low £470.40 £476.99
Residential Medium £510 £517.14
Residential
High £560
£567.84
Nursing £560 + RNCC
£567.84 + RNCC
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26/7/16
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9298
|
Please could you forward the results of the camera
survey that was carried out earlier this year in relation to
traffic congestion in Goldington Ave I appreciate any data and
recommendations that have been made
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I understand from my colleagues that the
information in respect of a survey carried out in relation to
traffic congestion in Goldington Ave which we received on 22/7/16
has sent by Cllr Vann as attached.
Please contact freedomofinformation@bedford.gov.uk
for a copy
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17/8/16
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9299
|
1.Do you randomly breath test your staff on
work premises for alcohol? YES / NO
If YES – please answer the following
questions;
2.Upon what legislation, regulation or framework are you using
to conduct such alcohol breath tests on staff?
3. If staff are found to be over the limit (35 micro-grammes per
litre of breath 35mg/L) – what is the procedure for dealing with
that member of staff?
4. f staff are found to be less than the limit (35
micro-grammes per litre of breath 35mg/L) but greater than 0mg/L –
what is the procedure for dealing with that member of staff?
5. Do you also test staff members that are working from
home?
6. Who signed off the alcohol testing policy? i.e. Members,
C.E.O
7.Please send a copy of your alcohol testing policy.
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I refer to your recent enquiry for information
held by the Council.
Under the provisions of the Freedom of
Information Act, the authority must state whether or not the
information exists and I confirm that we do hold the information
you requested.
Please find the information you requested
below:
1.
No
2-7. N/A
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1/8/16
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9300
|
Last year you kindly provided information in
respect of fee levels being paid by the council to care home
providers for the following categories of care:
· Residential elderly Low, Medium
& High – 470,510,560
· Nursing elderly (excl.
FNC) - 560
Please would you be able to advise what
the councils standard fee levels are for the current financial
year?
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Under the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act,
the authority must state whether or not the information exists and
I can confirm that we do hold the information you requested.
Please see below new banding rates from the 1st April 2016 for care
homes within Bedford Borough.
Existing
1st April 2016
Residential
Low £470.40
£476.99
Residential
Medium £510
£517.14
Residential
High £560
£567.84
Nursing £560 + RNCC
£567.84 + RNCC
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26/7/16
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9301
|
Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000,
please can you provide me with the age distribution of those who
have registered to vote between December 2015 and May 2016 in your
Local Authority.
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I am writing in respect of your recent enquiry
for information held by the Council under the provisions of the
Freedom of Information Act 2000. Under the Freedom of
Information Act the authority must state whether or not the
information exists and I confirm that we do not hold this
information a subsequent email will be sent as the request has been
referred to the Acting Returning/Counting Officer
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16/8/16
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9302
|
Would like information about past local
taxation for my property.
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Under the provisions of the Freedom of
Information Act, the authority must state whether or not the
information exists and I confirm that we do hold the information
you requested.
Please contact freedomofinformation@bedford.gov.uk
for a copy
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19/8/16
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9303
|
How many motorists, since January 2015, have
stated that their Sat Nav directed them to go over the Shortstown
roundabout towards the bus lane.
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Thank you for your request for information
about Shortstown Bus Lane which we received on 2nd
August 2016.
Following careful consideration, I regret to
inform you that we have decided not to disclose this information.
The information you requested is being withheld as it falls under
the exception(s) in Regulation 12(4)(b) of the Environmental
Information Regulations 2004 which relates to manifestly
unreasonable
You have asked how many motorists, since
January 2015, have stated that their Sat Nav directed them to go
over the Shortstown roundabout towards the bus lane.
Since January 2015 we have issued 7,299
Penalty Charge Notices (PCNs) and to identify how many motorists
have stated, within their PCN, that it was due to their Sat Nav,
this would involve manually going through each PCN
individually. To go through one PCN can take approximately 5
minutes, so by calculation it would take 608 hours or 84 working
days to complete this task. It is for this reason why the
Council considers this request to be manifestly unreasonable.
The Council also considers that the balance of
the public interest lies in not disclosing such information.
Dealing with manifestly unreasonable requests places a considerable
burden on the Council in terms of resources and it is considered
that such burden is disproportionate and prevents the Council from
providing its core services.
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10/8/16
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9304
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Please accept this email as a request for the
following information, in relation to the property known at:
Dog Farm Barns
Bedford Road
Cople
Access is required to records containing the
information necessary to answer the following questions of the
CON29R form:
3.1 – Highways Development Control Department,
Bedford Borough Council
3.2 – Highways Development Control Department,
Bedford Borough Council
3.7 (b) – Environmental Health Department,
Bedford Borough Council
3.7 (c) – Environmental Health Department,
Bedford Borough Council
3.7 (d) – Environmental Health Department,
Bedford Borough Council
3.7 (e) – Highways Development Control
Department, Bedford Borough Council
3.7 (f) – Environmental Health Department,
Bedford Borough Council
3.7 (g) – Environmental Health Department,
Bedford Borough Council
3.9 (a)-(n) - Planning Department, Bedford
Borough Council
3.10 – Planning Department, Bedford Borough
Council
3.12 – Environmental Health Department,
Bedford Borough Council
3.14 - Environmental Health
Department, Bedford Borough Council
3.15 – Planning Department, Bedford Borough Council
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Your request has been considered under the Environmental
Information Regulations 2004.
I attach the information you requested from Environmental Health
& Trading Standards department. Regarding the questions
relating to planning, the Planning department advise that all
information relating to planning applications is available on our
website at the following link:
view application plans
For a copy of the environmental information please contact:
mailto:freedomofinformation@bedford.gov.uk
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3/8/16
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9305
|
I am writing to you to request information on
staff pay and conditions at Bedford council.
1) Did the local authority pay the April 2016
England, Wales & Northern Ireland NJC (Green Book) pay
settlement (£900 increase for spine points 6-10, £300
increase for spine points 10-11, £250 increase for spine points
13-14, £200 increase for spine points 15-16, £175 increase for
spine point 17, and 1% for spine points 18 and above)?
2a) Does the local authority use the national
pay spine or are local pay rates in operation?
2b) If the local authority uses the national
pay spine are there variations, eg some spine points paid at a
different rate to the national scale?
3) Does the local authority have an agreement
to pay employees at least the Living Wage Foundation living wage of
£8.25ph?
4) For the following job roles:-
a. Cleaner
b. Teaching assistant
c. Higher level
teaching assistant
d. Domiciliary care
assistant
e. Refuse
operative
f. Environmental
health officer
g. Trading standards
officer
If the national pay spine is in use, what are
the current minimum and maximum spine points for each job
role?
If the national pay spine is not in use, what
are the current minimum and maximum salaries for each job role?
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Under the provisions of the Freedom of
Information Act, the authority must state whether or not the
information exists and I confirm that we do hold the information
you requested.
Please find the information you requested
below:
1) Yes
2a) Yes up to scale point
49
2b) No
3) Bedford Borough pays a living wage
supplement to equal payment of £8.25 per hour. This is a
discretionary payment reviewed in an annual basis.
4)
a)
6-13
b)
6-21
c)
21-28
d)
11-13
e)
14-17
f)
37-40
g)
37-40
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29/7/16
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9306
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I am writing to request information under the
Freedom of Information Act. Could you please tell me:
1) How many individuals in your local
authority area were in receipt of the Independent
Living Fund (ILF) at the point of its closure on 30th June
2015?
2) Since 30th June 2015, how many of
these former ILF recipients have had their care packages
reduced?
3) How many former ILF recipients have had reductions in levels of
care package funding and/or support of:
a) Less than 10%?
b) Between 10% & 25%?
b) Between 25% & 50%?
c) More than 50%?
4) How many of these former ILF recipients are still
awaiting a community care assessment?
5) What was the average spend on social care per ILF recipient
in your local authority
area between 30th June 2014 &
30th June 2015?
6) What was the average spend on social care per former
ILF recipient in your local authority area between 1st
July 2015 & 1st July 2016?
7) Has the monies transferred from the closure of the ILF
in July 2015 to your local authority been ring fenced to ILF
recipients in your area?
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Under the provisions of the Freedom of
Information Act, the authority must state whether or not the
information exists and I confirm that we do hold the information
you requested and this is enclosed.
Please contact freedomofinformation@bedford.gov.uk
for a copy
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15/8/16
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9307
|
Please provide me with the following
information.
1. The amount of money your council paid out
during the financial year 14/15 in compensation and/or damages
and/or other payments to settle civil claims relating to historical
child sexual abuse. Please give a breakdown stating a) the number
of claims b) the date range of the incidents the civil claims
relate to, from the earliest to the most recent
2. The total legal costs incurred by the
council during the financial year 14/15 as a result of civil claims
relating to historical child sexual abuse.
3. The amount of money your council paid out
during the financial year 15/16 in compensation and/or damages
and/or to settle civil claims relating to historical child sexual
abuse. Please give a breakdown stating a) the number of claims b)
the date range of the incidents the civil claims relate to, from
the earliest to the most recent.
4. The total legal costs incurred by the
council during the financial year 15/16 as a result of civil claims
relating to historical child sexual abuse.
5. The amount of money the council has set
aside / allocated / budgeted for the year financial year 16/17 for
compensation and/or damages and/or to settle civil claims relating
to historical child sexual abuse.
6. The council's child protection /
safeguarding or equivalent budget for 16/17.
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Under the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act, the
authority must state whether or not the information exists and I
confirm that we do hold the information you requested and this is
detailed below:
1. The amount of money your council paid out during the
financial year 14/15 in compensation and/or damages and/or other
payments to settle civil claims relating to historical child sexual
abuse. Please give a breakdown stating a) the number of claims b)
the date range of the incidents the civil claims relate to, from
the earliest to the most recent £0
2. The total legal costs incurred by the council during the
financial year 14/15 as a result of civil claims relating to
historical child sexual abuse. £0
3. The amount of money your council paid out during the
financial year 15/16 in compensation and/or damages and/or to
settle civil claims relating to historical child sexual abuse.
Please give a breakdown stating a) the number of claims b) the date
range of the incidents the civil claims relate to, from the
earliest to the most recent. £0
4. The total legal costs incurred by the council during the
financial year 15/16 as a result of civil claims relating to
historical child sexual abuse. £0
5. The amount of money the council has set aside / allocated /
budgeted for the year financial year 16/17 for compensation and/or
damages and/or to settle civil claims relating to historical child
sexual abuse. There is no specific amount set aside – if payments
relating to a claim had to be made during 2016/17 these would be
met by the relevant external insurer(s), at the time of the alleged
abuse, and the Council’s Insurance Fund.
6. The council's child protection / safeguarding or equivalent
budget for 16/17. Please see table below
SAFEGUARDING CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE'S
SERVICES
3.3.1 Social work (including LA functions in relation to child
protection) £3,613,540
3.3.2 Commissioning and Children's Services
Strategy £2,869,772
3.3.3 Local Safeguarding Children’s
Board £229,930
3.3.4 Total Safeguarding Children and Young People's
Services £6,713,242
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10/8/16
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9308
|
Under the Freedom of Information Act, I would like to request
the following information regarding Looked After Children (also
referred to as LAC, children in care, or children looked after by a
local authority).
1. Please could you supply the name, job title, email address and
telephone number of the commissioner with responsibility for Looked
After Children and/or placements in children’s care homes.
For questions 2 through 11, please supply the following information
for the financial years 2012/13 to 2015/16, and where possible, the
budget or most up to date snapshot available for 2016/17.
2. Please provide the total number of children looked after by the
local authority.
3. Please provide the local authority’s total expenditure on
placements for looked after children (q.2).
4. Of the total number of children looked after by the local
authority (q.2) please provide the number of placements in
children’s homes (not including secure units or hostels).
5. Please provide the local authority’s expenditure on looked after
children’s placements in children’s homes (q.4).
6. Of the number of children looked after by the local authority in
children’s homes (q.4) please provide the number placed inside the
local authority boundary (in area) and the number placed outside
the local authority boundary (out of area).
7. Please provide the local authority’s expenditure on placements
for children looked after by the local authority in children’s
homes inside the local authority boundary and in children’s homes
outside the local authority boundary (q.6).
8. Please provide the number of children looked after by the local
authority in:
• In placements inside the local authority boundary, in ‘own
provision’ children’s homes (children’s homes operated by the local
authority)
• In placements outside the local authority boundary, in ‘own
provision’ children’s homes (children’s homes operated by the local
authority)
• In placements inside the local authority boundary, in ‘private
provision’ children’s homes (children’s homes operated by the
independent sector)
• In placements outside the local authority boundary, in ‘private
provision’ children’s homes (children’s homes operated by the
independent sector)
9. Please provide the local authority’s expenditure on placements
for looked after children in:
• In placements inside the local authority boundary, in ‘own
provision’ children’s homes (children’s homes operated by the local
authority)
• In placements outside the local authority boundary, in ‘own
provision’ children’s homes (children’s homes operated by the local
authority)
• In placements inside the local authority boundary, in ‘private
provision’ children’s homes (children’s homes operated by the
independent sector)
• In placements outside the local authority boundary, in ‘private
provision’ children’s homes (children’s homes operated by the
independent sector)
10. Please provide the number of children looked after by the local
authority with Emotional and Behavioural Difficulties (also known
as EBD; Behavioural, Emotional and Social Difficulties; BESD;
Behavioural and Emotional Disorders) in:
• In placements inside the local authority boundary, in ‘own
provision’ children’s homes (children’s homes operated by the local
authority)
• In placements outside the local authority boundary, in ‘own
provision’ children’s homes (children’s homes operated by the local
authority)
• In placements inside the local authority boundary, in ‘private
provision’ children’s homes (children’s homes operated by the
independent sector)
• In placements outside the local authority boundary, in ‘private
provision’ children’s homes (children’s homes operated by the
independent sector)
11. Please provide the local authority’s expenditure on placements
for looked after children with Emotional and Behavioural
Difficulties (also known as EBD; Behavioural, Emotional and Social
Difficulties; BESD; Behavioural and Emotional Disorders) in:
• In placements inside the local authority boundary, in ‘own
provision’ children’s homes (children’s homes operated by the local
authority)
• In placements outside the local authority boundary, in ‘own
provision’ children’s homes (children’s homes operated by the local
authority)
• In placements inside the local authority boundary, in ‘private
provision’ children’s homes (children’s homes operated by the
independent sector)
• In placements outside the local authority boundary, in ‘private
provision’ children’s homes (children’s homes operated by the
independent sector)
Revised request
Many thanks. Please could I shorten my
request to bring down the associated cost?
Please could I have the following information
for the financial years 2012/13 to 2015/16. Please provide this as
either a snapshot at the end of the financial year or the total
year (according to how data is collected by the Local Authority).
Where possible, please also provide the budget or most up to date
snapshot available for 2016/17.
1. Please could you provide the number of
placements in children’s homes (not including secure units or
hostels).
2. Please provide the local authority’s
expenditure on looked after children’s placements in children’s
homes (not including secure units or hostels).
3. What is
the highest rate the local authority
paid per week for a looked after children's placement in a
children's home?
4. What is
the lowest rate the local authority paid
per week for a looked after children's placement in a children's
home?
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Further to your request for information, I can confirm
that the information you requested is held under the Freedom of
Information Act 2000. However, the Freedom of
Information Act 2000 does not oblige the Council to comply with a
request for information if it estimates that the cost of complying
with the request would exceed the “appropriate limit.”
This appropriate limit has been set in the
Freedom of Information and Data Protection (Appropriate Limit and
Fees) Regulations 2004 which provides that for a local authority
the appropriate limit is £450. This is calculated by reference to a
maximum of 18 hours being taken and the cost of staff time being
set in the Regulations as £25 per hour. The Regulations also
say that In calculating the amount the Council may, “for the
purpose of its estimate, take account only of the costs it
reasonably expects to incur in relation to the request in: (a)
determining whether it holds the information, (b) locating the
information, or a document which may contain the information, (c)
retrieving the information, or a document which may contain the
information, and (d) extracting the information from a document
containing it.”
The Council has therefore decided to refuse
your request with regards to Questions 2-11.
You requested:
1. Please could
you supply the name, job title, email address and telephone number
of the commissioner with responsibility for Looked After Children
and/or placements in children’s care homes.
Response: Martin Purbrick - Head
of Looked After Children, Email: martin.purbrick@bedford.gov.uk,
Tel: 01234 228017
For questions 2 through 11, please supply
the following information for the financial years 2012/13 to
2015/16, and where possible, the budget or most up to date snapshot
available for 2016/17.
2. Please
provide the total number of children looked after by the local
authority.
3. Please
provide the local authority’s total expenditure on placements for
looked after children (q.2).
4. Of the total
number of children looked after by the local authority (q.2) please
provide the number of placements in children’s homes (not including
secure units or hostels).
5. Please
provide the local authority’s expenditure on looked after
children’s placements in children’s homes (q.4).
6. Of the
number of children looked after by the local authority in
children’s homes (q.4) please provide the number placed inside the
local authority boundary (in area) and the number placed outside
the local authority boundary (out of area).
7. Please
provide the local authority’s expenditure on placements for
children looked after by the local authority in children’s homes
inside the local authority boundary and in children’s homes outside
the local authority boundary (q.6).
8. Please
provide the number of children looked after by the local authority
in:
·
In placements inside the local authority boundary, in ‘own
provision’ children’s homes (children’s homes operated by the local
authority)
·
In placements outside the local authority boundary, in ‘own
provision’ children’s homes (children’s homes operated by the local
authority)
·
In placements inside the local authority boundary, in ‘private
provision’ children’s homes (children’s homes operated by the
independent sector)
·
In placements outside the local authority boundary, in ‘private
provision’ children’s homes (children’s homes operated by the
independent sector)
9. Please
provide the local authority’s expenditure on placements for looked
after children in:
·
In placements inside the local authority boundary, in ‘own
provision’ children’s homes (children’s homes operated by the local
authority)
·
In placements outside the local authority boundary, in ‘own
provision’ children’s homes (children’s homes operated by the local
authority)
·
In placements inside the local authority boundary, in ‘private
provision’ children’s homes (children’s homes operated by the
independent sector)
·
In placements outside the local authority boundary, in ‘private
provision’ children’s homes (children’s homes operated by the
independent sector)
10. Please provide the number of
children looked after by the local authority with Emotional and
Behavioural Difficulties (also known as EBD; Behavioural, Emotional
and Social Difficulties; BESD; Behavioural and Emotional Disorders)
in:
·
In placements inside the local authority boundary, in ‘own
provision’ children’s homes (children’s homes operated by the local
authority)
·
In placements outside the local authority boundary, in ‘own
provision’ children’s homes (children’s homes operated by the local
authority)
·
In placements inside the local authority boundary, in ‘private
provision’ children’s homes (children’s homes operated by the
independent sector)
·
In placements outside the local authority boundary, in ‘private
provision’ children’s homes (children’s homes operated by the
independent sector)
11. Please provide the local
authority’s expenditure on placements for looked after children
with Emotional and Behavioural Difficulties (also known as EBD;
Behavioural, Emotional and Social Difficulties; BESD; Behavioural
and Emotional Disorders) in:
·
In placements inside the local authority boundary, in ‘own
provision’ children’s homes (children’s homes operated by the local
authority)
·
In placements outside the local authority boundary, in ‘own
provision’ children’s homes (children’s homes operated by the local
authority)
·
In placements inside the local authority boundary, in ‘private
provision’ children’s homes (children’s homes operated by the
independent sector)
·
In placements outside the local authority boundary, in ‘private
provision’ children’s homes (children’s homes operated by the
independent sector)
Response Q2-11: There are 100 data
items requested which would take us over the 18 hour threshold to
complete.
Revised response
Under the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act, the
authority must state whether or not the information exists and I
confirm that we do hold the information you requested.
Please could I have the following information for the financial
years 2012/13 to 2015/16. Please provide this as either a snapshot
at the end of the financial year or the total year (according to
how data is collected by the Local Authority). Where possible,
please also provide the budget or most up to date snapshot
available for 2016/17.
1. Please could you provide the number of placements in
children’s homes (not including secure units or hostels).
Answer: This relates to the relevant 31st March snapshot.
2012/13 = 23
2013/14 = 26
2014/15 = 28
2015/16 = 23
2016/17 as at 30th June 2016 = 22
2. Please provide the local authority’s expenditure on looked after
children’s placements in children’s homes (not including secure
units or hostels).
Answer:
2012-2013 - £2,699,134.59 - Expenditure
2013-2014 - £3,315,587.86 - Expenditure
2014-2015 - £2,902,302.50 - Expenditure
2015-2016 - £3,324,602.59 - Expenditure
2016-2017 - £3,027,530.00 - Budget
2. What is the highest rate the local authority paid per week
for a looked after children's placement in a children's home?
Answer: £4,564.39 (as at 31.3.16)
4. What is the lowest rate the local authority paid per week for a
looked after children's placement in a children's home?
Answer: £1,680 (as at 31.3.16)
|
16/8/16
|
9309
|
Pease can I get the following information?
- What is the consultancy expenditure across all council
directorates for the period April 2015 to April 2016? Please can
you provide this information by total spend and directorate
spend.
- What is the interim management expenditure across all council
directorates for the period April 2015 to April 2016? Please can
you provide this information by total spend and directorate
spend.
|
I refer to your recent enquiry for information held by the
Council.
Under the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act, the
authority must state whether or not the information exists and I
confirm that we do hold the information you requested and this is
detailed below:
1. Consultancy expenditure
2015/2016
Adults & Children's £190,000
Chief Executive’s £447,000
Environment
£533,000
Total £1,170,000
2. Interim Management Expenditure
2015/2016
Adults &
Children's £429,000
Chief Executive’s £34,000
Environment £0
Total £463,000
|
22/8/16
|
9310
|
The following questions relate to applications
for Discretionary Housing Payments (DHPs) for assistance with the
impact of the April 2013 Housing Benefit changes for social rented
sector tenants, during the current financial year.1) How many
disabled applicants successfully received DHP monies in each year
since the financial year 2010/11?
2) What is the total number of DHP
applications received to date (disabled and non-disabled)
3) How many applicants have been
awarded a DHP to date (disabled and non-disabled)?
4) How many applicants have been refused
a DHP to date (disabled and non-disabled)?
5) How many DHP applications are still being
processed (disabled and non-disabled)?
6) On average, how long does processing
a DHP application take, from receiving the application to providing
the final decision to the applicant?
7) What is the most common reason that
your council is refusing a DHP?
8) Do you include a person’s Disability
Living Allowance as part of their household income?
9) What figure has the Government given
for your DHP fund in each financial year since 2010/11?
10) What is the shortest period of time you
have awarded a DHP for?
11) How many repeat DHP applicants
have you administered funding to?
10) How much money from DHP is being used
for DFG money?
|
|
|
9311
|
Could you please provide me with the following
information:
1. How many fines were imposed by your
authority for unauthorised absences from school for the last
academic year 2015/2016?
2. Has your authority changed its practice of
imposing fines following the recent test case of May 2016?
3. If your practice DID change how many
unauthorized absences were reported during this period from May
2016 but did not result in fines?
|
Under the provisions of the Freedom of
Information Act, the authority must state whether or not the
information exists and I confirm that we do hold the information
you requested.
1. Answer:
781
2. Answer:
No
3.
Answer: Not applicable
|
22/8/16
|
9312
|
Could you please provide me with the
following information relating to the provision of e-learning
training for members of your organisation’s adults and children’s
social care departments:
· A list of any e-learning solutions and
Learning Management Systems that are being supplied
· The name of the company (if not
provided internally) supplying the e-learning solution/LMS
· The contract expiry date of each
e-learning solution/LMS supplied
· The cost of each e-learning solution/LMS supplied
and the date range the cost applies to (annually or full term of
contract
|
Under the provisions of the Freedom of
Information Act, the authority must state whether or not the
information exists and I confirm that we do hold the information
you requested.
1) Supporting the
implementation of the Care Act 2014 e-Learning portfolio of
courses. Contract provides unlimited User Licences for BBC
employees.
2) Me Learning
3) 31/3/2017
4) £16,200 for full term of
contract (2 years)
|
19/8/16
|
9313
|
Please accept this email as a request for the
following information, in relation to the property known at:
High Street
Carlton
Bedford
Access is required to records containing the
information necessary to answer the following questions of the
CON29R form:
3.1 – Highways Development Control Department,
Bedford Borough Council
3.2 – Highways Development Control Department,
Bedford Borough Council
3.7 (b) – Environmental Health Department,
Bedford Borough Council
3.7 (c) – Environmental Health Department,
Bedford Borough Council
3.7 (d) – Environmental Health Department,
Bedford Borough Council
3.7 (e) – Highways Development Control
Department, Bedford Borough Council
3.7 (f) – Environmental Health Department,
Bedford Borough Council
3.7 (g) – Environmental Health Department,
Bedford Borough Council
3.9 (a)-(n) - Planning Department, Bedford
Borough Council
3.10 – Planning Department, Bedford Borough
Council
3.12 – Environmental Health Department,
Bedford Borough Council
3.14 - Environmental Health
Department, Bedford Borough Council
3.15 – Planning Department, Bedford Borough
Council
|
Your request has been considered under the Environmental
Information Regulations 2004.
I attach the information you requested from Environmental Health
& Trading Standards department. Regarding the questions
relating to planning, the Planning department advise that all
information relating to planning applications is available on our
website at the following link:
view application plans
For a copy of the environmental information please contact:
mailto:freedomofinformation@bedford.gov.uk
|
3/8/16
|
9314
|
I am requesting the following information
under the freedom of information act.
How many children are registered as being
homeschooled in Bedford Borough?
How many children were registered as being
homeschooled in Bedford Borough 12 months ago?
|
Under the provisions of the Freedom of
Information Act, the authority must state whether or not the
information exists and I confirm that we do hold the information
you requested.
Answer:
There were 79 Bedford Borough known to
be Electively Home Educated 12 months ago. With a further 76
on PLACE.
We are currently aware of 75 Bedford
Borough pupils known to be currently Electively Home Educated with
a further 74 on PLACE.
Numbers appear to be down as year 11’s
that have just left have not been counted in the
numbers.
|
17/8/16
|
9315
|
Please tell me if the council has had to accommodate any
elderly people who require social care (between 4 and 16 hours a
week) in alternative accommodation such as a residential home or
B&B accommodation, because there is no room in independent
living schemes in the area?
Please provide figures for the number of people housed in
alternative accommodation in 2013/14, 2014/15 and 2015/16.
|
Under the provisions of the Freedom of
Information Act, the authority must state whether or not the
information exists and I can confirm that we do hold the
information you requested.
Number of Independent Residential &
Nursing Placements During the Following Periods:
2013/2014 – 34
2014/2015 – 35
2015/2016 – 20
|
23/8/16
|
9316
|
The information that I am seeking is as
follows:
1. The spending budget for the overall
Public Library service year-on-year in the six-year period between
2010/11 and 2015/16. Secondly, a breakdown of how this budget was
allocated, for example between staffing costs, book budgets, and
other resources. When providing the book budget, please
provide the different budgets for general resources or books aimed
at adults and those aimed at children between the ages of 0-16.
2. The number of library staff employed
year-on-year in the six-year period between 2010/11 and 2015/16.
Secondly, a breakdown of the numbers of library staff employed as
children’s librarians/library assistants.
3. The opening hours for the overall
library service, year-on-year in the six-year period between
2010/11 and 2015/16 and, if this differs, any further information
on opening hours for children’s library services.
|
Under the provisions of the Freedom of
Information Act, the authority must state whether or not the
information exists and I confirm that we do hold the information
you requested.
Please find the information you requested
attached.
Please contact freedomofinformation@bedford.gov.uk
for a copy
|
19/8/16
|
9317
|
Please tell me:
- In the last academic year (2015/16), how many partially-taken
free school meals (defined as when a pupil purchases items which
have a total cost less than the allocated free school meal
allowance) were recorded for all secondary schools within your
local authority area, including maintained, academy-status, free
and independent schools?
- What is the financial value in British pounds of the untaken
element of the partially-taken free school meals, as outlined in
Question 1?
- How many schools within your local authority use a cashless
system for pupils to pay for school meals?
|
Under the provisions of the Freedom of
Information Act, the authority must state whether or not the
information exists and I confirm that we do hold the information
you requested.
1 and 2 Answer: The Authority
does not give schools a free school meal allowance as this is no
longer allowable within the Schools and Early Years Finance
Regulations.
3 Answer: We do not hold this information, you
would need to contact each individual school for this
information. Please find attached a copy of the Bedford
Borough School Directory for your information
|
16/8/16
|
9318
|
Please may I have a copy of the bid recently
submitted to SEMLEP for £5.1M for the Ampthill Road Southern
Gateway and a copy of the drawings for the proposed scheme to
substantiate the bid
|
I refer to your recent enquiry for
information held by the Council.
Under the provisions of the Freedom of
Information Act, the authority must state whether or not the
information exists and I confirm that we do hold the information
you requested.The information you requested is attached.
Please contact freedomofinformation@bedford.gov.uk
for a copy
|
12/8/16
|
9319
|
I understand that the Mayor now accepts
that the decision to approve the new footbridge connecting St
Mary's Gardens with the Riverside North Development was approved by
Council officers in error. He is also quoted as saying that
he expects the situation to be remedied. What action does the
Mayor now expect to be taken to remove the bridge, to consider a
revised planning application and to censure the officers who
approved the present structure?.
Can the Mayor also confirm that he was not consulted by the
officers before they took the delegated decision on the present
structure
|
Thank you for your request for information
about the Riverside North footbridge which we received on 27 July
2016.
Your request has been considered under the
Environmental Information Regulations 2004. I can confirm we
do hold the information requested and that this has been provided
in the Mayor’s e-mail to you dated 19 August 2016.
|
22/8/16
|
9320
|
I am looking to be provided with the
consultee comments for planning application 16/01382/MAF.
The following show as being consulted but
do not show the responses online:
-Kempston Town Council
Consultation Date: Mon 23 May 2016
-Kempston Rural Parish Council
Consultation Date: Mon 23 May 2016
-HECS (Env Health & Trading
Standards)
Consultation Date: Mon 23 May 2016
-Access Officer
Consultation Date: Mon 23 May 2016
-Policy Section
Consultation Date: Mon 23 May 2016
-Drainage Engineer
Consultation Date: Mon 23 May 2016
-Waste Services Manager
Consultation Date: Mon 23 May 2016
-Highways (Development Control) Officer
Consultation Date: Mon 23 May 2016
-Police Architectural Liaison Officer
Consultation Date: Mon 23 May 2016
|
Thank you for your request for information
about consultee comments for planning application 16/01382/MAF
which we received on 27 July 2016. Your request has been considered
under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004.
The information you requested is part of
the public file and is available for public inspection at the
Customer Service Centre. The address is 2 Horne Lane,
Bedford, MK40 1RA and the opening hours are Monday to Thursday:
8.45am to 5pm and Friday: 8.45am to 4.45pm. The
information will appear online once the officer has written his
report.
|
1/8/16
|
9321
|
What is the total amount of money this Council has
spent on all Transportation (including but not limited to taxi
cabs, mini bus's, mini van's and escort services) for SEN children
to and from their schools? Please can I have the total amount spent
in 2015 and the total spend in 2016 so far.
|
Under the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act,
the authority must state whether or not the information exists and
I confirm that we do hold the information you requested and this is
detailed below:
Response:
Fiscal Year 2015/2016: £1,431,770
Fiscal Year 2016/2017 so far (1 April 2016 – 31 July 2016):
£381,061
|
22/8/16
|
9322
|
RE: Oliver Close, Kempston, Bedford
Please could you supply the following Con29 information as relates
to the above property/ies, pursuant to the Environmental
Information Regulations:
Con29 3.3 Drainage is the property served by sustainable urban
drainage system/ Are there any SuDs featured within the boundary of
the property? If yes, is the owner responsible for
maintenance?
Con29 3.7 Do any statutory notices which relate to the following
matters exist in relation to the property other than those revealed
in a response to any other enquiry herein:
b) environment;(c) health and safety; (d) housing; (e) highways;
(f) public health or (g)flood and costal erosion risk
management?
Con29 3.11 Has any enforceable order or decision been made to
compulsorily purchase or acquire the property?
Con29 3.12 Do any of the following apply (including any relating to
land adjacent to or adjoining the property which has been
identified as contaminated land because it is in such a condition
that harm or pollution of controlled waters might be caused on the
property) –
(a) a contaminated land notice;
(b) in relation to a register maintained under section 78R of the
Environmental Protection Act 1990(5) –
(i) a decision to make an entry; or
(ii) an entry; or
(c) consultation with the owner or occupier of the property
conducted under section 78G(3) of the Environmental Protection Act
1990(6) before the service of a remediation notice?
|
Your request has been considered under the Environmental
Information Regulations 2004.
I attach the information you requested from Environmental Health
& Trading Standards department. Regarding the questions
relating to planning, the Planning department advise that all
information relating to planning applications is available on our
website at the following link:
view application plans
For a copy of the environmental information please contact:
mailto:freedomofinformation@bedford.gov.uk
|
3/8/16
|
9323
|
1. Whether the council has fallen victim to a ransomware
virus scam or has been made aware that it has transmitted a
ransomware virus scan from its email server, between 1 January 2014
and 31 July 2016 inclusive, in whichever format is easiest to
supply; and
2. If the answer to question 1) is "yes", how many times the
council has fallen victim;
3. If the answer to question 1) is "yes", how many machines (PCs or
laptops) were affected, and what happened to them; and
4. If the answer to question 1) is “yes”, whether the council
paid the ransom, and if so, how much it paid in pounds sterling, in
whichever format is easiest to supply.
|
I refer to your recent enquiry for information
held by the Council. Under the provisions of the Freedom of
Information Act, the authority must state whether or not the
information exists and I confirm that we do hold the information
you requested.
1. Whether the council has fallen victim
to a ransomware virus scam or has
been made aware that it has transmitted a ransomware virus scan from its email server,
between 1 January 2014 and 31 July 2016 inclusive, in whichever
format is easiest to supply; Yes
2. If the answer to question 1) is
"yes", how many times the council has fallen victim; Once
3. If the answer to question 1) is
"yes", how many machines (PCs or laptops) were affected, and what
happened to them; One. The device was rebuilt and the data
restored from backup
4. If the answer to question 1) is
“yes”, whether the council paid the ransom, and if so, how much it
paid in pounds sterling, in whichever format is easiest to supply.
No, we did not pay anything
|
18/8/16
|
9324
|
I would like to request answers for the
following…
Q1: Does your local authority issue
guidance to those who work on their own?
Q2: Approximately, how many employees
of your local authority are now classed as lone workers? As a
percentage of total number of employees?Q3: Are
those employees who undertake lone working provided any form of
specialised training, such as conflict avoidance or De-escalation
techniques?
Q4: Are lone workers issued any PPE
safety equipment or means for signalling an emergency (i.e.
personal alarms, pagers, mobile phones?)
Q5: Does the Local Authority provide
this equipment / service or is it outsourced to private sector
companies? If so, whom?
Q6: How many assaults were reported by
staff to the Local Authority in 2015 (if no stats known, then for
the year 2014).
Q7: Please provide the name and job
titles of the person(s) responsible for the safety of your local
authority’s lone workers or lone worker policy and lone working
risk assessments (health and safety manager?)
Q8: Please list the contact details
(phone, email) of these person(s) responsible.
|
Under the provisions of the Freedom of
Information Act, the authority must state whether or not the
information exists and I confirm that we do hold the information
you requested.
Q1: Does your local authority issue guidance
to those who work on their own? - Yes.
Q2: Approximately, how many employees of your
local authority are now classed as lone workers? As a percentage of
total number of employees? - Approximately 35% of employees
are classed as lone workers.
Q3: Are those employees who undertake lone
working provided any form of specialised training, such as conflict
avoidance or De-escalation techniques? -
Yes.
Q4: Are lone workers issued any PPE safety
equipment or means for signalling an emergency (i.e. personal
alarms, pagers, mobile phones?) - Yes.
Q5: Does the Local Authority provide this
equipment / service or is it outsourced to private sector
companies? If so, whom? - The Local Authority provide the
equipment.
Q6: How many assaults were reported by staff
to the Local Authority in 2015 (if no stats known, then for the
year 2014). - 8 incidents of physical violence towards
Council staff were reported during 2015.
Q7: Please provide the name and job titles of
the person(s) responsible for the safety of your local authority’s
lone workers or lone worker policy and lone working risk
assessments (health and safety manager?) - Responsibility
for the safety of loneworkers and the risk assessment of lone
worker activities is undertaken by the relevant service
area/directorate. Corporate guidance and policy on
loneworking is the responsibility of the Corporate Safety
service.
Q8: Please list the contact details (phone,
email) of these person(s) responsible.
Head of Regulatory Services: John
Molyneux, 01234 718099, john.molyneux@bedford.gov.uk
|
22/8/16
|
9325
|
Can you please let me know the following:
1. What was the turnover for the council in
the financial year 2014 - 2015.
2. How many members of staff were employed by
the council on the 31st December 2015.
3. What was the total amount paid to staff on
the PAYE by the council for the financial year 2014 -
2015.
|
I refer to your recent enquiry for information held by the
Council.
Under the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act, the
authority must state whether or not the information exists and I
confirm that we do hold the information you requested and this is
detailed below:
1. What was the turnover for the council in the financial year
2014 - 2015.
This information is available on the
Council’s website via the following link here 2. How many
members of staff were employed by the council on the 31st December
2015.
2113 (please note this does not include casual staff)
3. What was the total amount paid to staff on the PAYE by the
council for the financial year 2014 - 2015.
£49,633,000 (excluding schools)
|
30/8/16
|
9326
|
1) Does your council use 240 litre bins, or a
smaller size? If it's a smaller size, when did the changeover
happen?2) Does your council collect waste weekly? If it's
bi-weekly, or tri-weekly, when did the changeover happen
|
Thank you for your request for information
about bin size and collection time which we received on 28 July
2016. Your request has been considered under the Environmental
Information Regulations 2004. The information you requested
is as follows:
Does your council use 240 litre bins,
or a smaller size? If it's a smaller size, when did the changeover
happen?
The majority of Bedford has 240 litre
bins. However, any lost or stolen refuse bins are changed to
180 litre.
Does your council collect waste
weekly? If it's bi-weekly, or tri-weekly, when did the changeover
happen?
Bedford Borough Council collect weekly refuse
and alternate weekly recycling. However, there is a Report
going to Executive later this year with options on moving to
alternate weekly collection for all bins.
|
19/8/16
|
9327
|
RE: CAVES LANE, BEDFORD
Please could you supply the following Con29 information as relates
to the above property/ies, pursuant to the Environmental
Information Regulations:
Con29 3.3 Drainage is the property served by sustainable urban
drainage system/ Are there any SuDs featured within the boundary of
the property? If yes, is the owner responsible for
maintenance?
Con29 3.7 Do any statutory notices which relate to the following
matters exist in relation to the property other than those revealed
in a response to any other enquiry herein:
b) environment;(c) health and safety; (d) housing; (e) highways;
(f) public health or (g)flood and costal erosion risk
management?
Con29 3.11 Has any enforceable order or decision been made to
compulsorily purchase or acquire the property?
Con29 3.12 Do any of the following apply (including any relating to
land adjacent to or adjoining the property which has been
identified as contaminated land because it is in such a condition
that harm or pollution of controlled waters might be caused on the
property) –
(a) a contaminated land notice;
(b) in relation to a register maintained under section 78R of the
Environmental Protection Act 1990(5) –
(i) a decision to make an entry; or
(ii) an entry; or
(c) consultation with the owner or occupier of the property
conducted under section 78G(3) of the Environmental Protection Act
1990(6) before the service of a remediation notice
|
Your request has been considered under the Environmental
Information Regulations 2004.
I attach the information you requested from Environmental Health
& Trading Standards department. Regarding the questions
relating to planning, the Planning department advise that all
information relating to planning applications is available on our
website at the following link:
view application plans
For a copy of the environmental information please contact:
mailto:freedomofinformation@bedford.gov.uk
|
3/8/16
|
9328
|
How many people are employed in your contact
centre(s)?
What are your opening
hours?
Number of telephone calls per months for the past two years (and
monthly average over this
period)
Average handling
time?
First point of contact resolution
rate?
Average cost per contact and how this is
calculated?
What is the total annual cost of your contact centres(s), including
staff?
Do you outsource the contact
centre(s)?
What services do you provide in your contact centre(s) and to which
level? (see separate tabs for
completion)
How is your contact centre (s)
funded?
What is the ratio of part-time to full-time
employees?
Which CRM system do you
use?
How many systems do your call handlers
use?
How many systems do you have full integration with through your
CRM?
What type of Council are you (rural, city, district
etc.)?
How many residents do you
have?
I would also be grateful if you could provide the Top 10 reasons
for people contacting your organisation across all
channels
|
I refer to your recent enquiry for information held
by the Council.
Under the provisions of the Freedom of
Information Act, the authority must state whether or not the
information exists and I confirm that we do hold the information
you requested.The information you requested is attached.
Please contact freedomofinformation@bedford.gov.uk
for a copy
|
9/8/16
|
9329
|
RE:Bakers Close, Turvey, Bedford
The result of the environmental search has been designated for
Further Action due to the landfill site.
|
Thank you for your request for information about Bakers
Close, Turvey sent on the 20th July 2016. Your request
has been considered under the Environmental Information Regulations
2004.
By virtue of Part
IIA of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 the Council was
required to formulate a Strategy to detail how it plans to meet its
duty to inspect land in its area and identify contaminated land
under sections 78B and C of the Act.
Bakers Close has
been identified as either forming part, or directly adjacent to a
former landfill site. Our records show the site closed in 1993 and
took inert and household waste.
The site has been
identified as a high risk site under our inspection strategy. It is
not possible to say at this time, when the site may be
investigated.
The risk status/ priority for inspection of
this site may change should new information come to light.
|
17/8/16
|
9330
|
Under the Freedom of Information Act, please
could you provide me with the following information:
· The number of businesses registered with the
council as food businesses in 2013/14, 2014/15 and in 2015/16
respectively, broken down by type of food business registered
· A list of the trading names of all
businesses registered in 2015/16 as the following types:
o Restaurant/Café/snack bar
o Moveable establishment
o Takeaway
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Under the provisions of the Freedom of
Information Act, the authority must state whether or
not the information exists and I
confirm that we do hold the information you requested.
Please find the information you
requested enclosed with this letter at Appendix 1.
Please contact freedomofinformation@bedford.gov.uk
for a copy
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19/8/16
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9331
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I would like information on people dying
with no next of kin being known at the time of death from 1/2/16 to
the day of your response to this request. If someone died before
1/2/16 but the case has only come to your attention since,
could you please also include details, as follows:
- Surnames and forenames or initials
- Dates of death
- Age at death or date of birth
- Place of birth
- Marital status
- Maiden surnames of married or widowed women
- Usual address at time of death
- Approx. value of their estate if known
- The date you sent information to the Government Legal
Department (or, if in Lancashire, the Duchy of Lancaster, or,
if in Cornwall, the Duchy of Cornwall), or confirmation that
this action was not applicable.
- If you have yet to send the information on, as per 9
above, or a decision has not yet been made whether or not to do so,
please also advise of this.
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I confirm that the information you requested is held under
the Freedom of Information Act 2000. However, the Council, for the
reasons that follow, declines to disclose the information
requested.
Pursuant to Section 17 (1) of the Act the Council
1. States that the above is exempt information.
2.Specifies, that the exemption in question is the subject of an
absolute exemption contained within Section 21(Information
accessible to applicant by other means) Please see link below
Please click here for the link on
Public Helath Funeral
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25/8/16
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9332
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1. How many students were excluded at local
state runs schools over the most recent 5 year period (e.g.
2011-2016) (both fixed period and permanent)?
2. Of those students how many were excluded
for violent behaviour?
3. How many teachers have been physically
attacked by a pupil at school over the most recent 5 year period
?
4. Of those who were attacked, what types of
violence did they experience?
5. Were any teachers attacked with a
weapon?
6. Of those who were attacked with a weapon,
what was the type of weapon?
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I refer to your recent enquiry for information held
by the Council.
Under the provisions of the Freedom of
Information Act, the authority must state whether or not the
information exists and I confirm that we do hold some of the
information you requested and this is enclosed.
Please contact freedomofinformation@bedford.gov.uk
for a copy
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18/8/16
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