Request reference: 9008
Issue date: 02.05.23
Request received:
Please see the below request. Responses to consider Human Resources, Payroll, Learning & Development and Health and Safety functions at your Council: 1. What is your current structure chart for these functions? (Please include job title, reporting lines, grade, headcount, number of FTE) 2. What vacancies do you currently have within your structure (Please include job title, reporting lines, grade, headcount, number of FTE) 3. In the last 5 financial years, broken down by year, what was your annual budget for staffing costs for these function areas? 4. In the last 5 financial years, broken down by year, what is your annual budget for training? 5. In the last 5 financial years, broken down by year, how much money have you spent on external mediation services? 6. Do you currently outsource or buy in services for any aspect of the function areas listed? If yes, what and what was your spend? 7. What is both the headcount and total FTE of your Council?
Response provided:
1. Applicant provided with two structure charts which are available upon request, with all personal data redacted and also directed to the Council's website where Senior Officer Salaries are published 2. One vacancy in HR -part time Health and Safety Officer, 1 headcount 0.5 FTE. Reports into Head of Organisational Development. Salary is pay band 7, SCP 23-30 £30,151-£36,298 3. Salary costs - Payroll 2022/23 £62,699 2021/22 £61,293 2020/21 £54,310 2019/20 £63,362 2018/19 £60,941 Salary Budget for HR (total) 2022/23 £145,978 2012/22 £211,432 (Including 50% of Health and Safety post £24,969) 2020/21 £208,231 (Including 50% of Health and Safety post £25,390) 2019/20 £176,053 2018/19 £162,117 (Including 50% of Health and Safety post £19,174) 4. Training - £500 per year for all 5 years (estimate based on number of FTE's held in one area) 5. Nil spent on external mediation 6. External Bureau costs (to support payroll) 2022/23 £6,547.04 2012/22 £6,547.04 2020/21 £4,910.25 (support started Q2 of 20/21) 2019/20 £0 2018/19 £0 7. As at 31st March 2023 = headcount is 426. FTE is 350
Exemptions/Exceptions:
Section 40 of Act
Request reference: 9017
Issue date: 09.05.23
Request received:
The following data from 1 April 2012 to 31 March 2023: 1. Total number of RIDDOR reports processed each month, broken down as follows: o the number of RIDDOR reports received which were: - confirmed as RIDDOR reportable once reviewed - confirmed as not RIDDOR reportable once reviewed - recorded as unknown or left blank on your database 2. For the RIDDOR reports above which were confirmed as RIDDOR reportable once reviewed (for a given month), please specify how many of those resulted in the following actions: o Investigation/decision to investigate o No investigation/decision not to investigate o Total notices served, also specifying their breakdown - Improvement notice served - Prohibition notice served o Total cautions and prosecutions, also specifying their breakdown - Simple caution issued - Prosecution sought 3. Total number of active businesses in your local authority for each year i.e, the total number of businesses which were actively operating in your jurisdiction (i e, anyone trading in goods or services, to whom RIDDOR Regulations apply to, including schools, hospital, sole traders, etc) as of 31 March each year. This information will most likely be held by your business rates team
Response provided:
Applicant provided with the Council's response to 1 and 2 within an Excel spreadsheet which is available upon request 3. The Revenues team confirms that they do not record this information
Exemptions/Exceptions:
None
Request reference: 9023
Issue date: 17.05.23
Request received:
The following information about how the organisation is enabling staff to reduce their emissions through sustainable transport, and more specifically, cycling 1. Over the past five years, broken down by year a) How many staff members used the Cycle to Work scheme? b) What percentage of staff was this? c) What was the average value of the vouchers claimed on the scheme? d) What was the number of those who took up the scheme, who then failed to complete, leaving the organisation with costs? 2. What tools does the organisation use to encourage cycling for their staff a) on a work basis b) on a leisure/health basis 3. with regards to staff, does the organisation a) have any monitoring for what modes of transport staff use; i) for their journey to work ii) for journeys during work time b) and if this data is recorded, I request a copy of such data as detailed as it can be reasonably given, while still protecting personal data rights 4. how many of the following does the organisation have available for staff use; a) pedal cycles b) electric bikes c) motorbikes d) internal combustion cars e) electric or hybrid cars f) internal combustion vans g) electric or hybrid vans h) heavy trucks 5. does the organisation mileage scheme clearly state the claim rate for cycling 6. how many cycling miles have been claimed by the organisation's staff in the past five years 7. Regarding your current cycle to work scheme a) what scheme is currently in place b) what is the maximum limit on the cost of a bike, if a limit is currently in place
Response provided:
1. Information to follow once the Council's Accountancy team has completed this part of the request (delayed due to the production of the Statement of Account due by 31 May 2023) 2. a) Cycle to work scheme allows purchase of ebikes, our main office has no safe cycle route access so cycling is for experienced, confident riders only. Promote general cycle to work through Devon County Council's regular campaigns b) Promote through Devon County Council's regular campaigns 3. a i) None a ii) mileage claims 3. b) see below: Grey Fleet Mileage; 2021/22: Month Total Miles April 6,238 May 7,375 June 5,408 July 7,805 August 8,218 September 8,323 October 6,609 November 9,104 December 7,391 January 5,845 February 8,851 March 8,136 Total 89,303 4.a) b) and c) None d) Unknown e) None f) 35 on fleet list, these are hired in and not all are used g) None h) 42 on fleet list, these are hired in and not all are used 5. 20 pence per mile 6. Applicant referred to the response provided for 1. above (once it has been received and forwarded onto them) for this information 7. a) Cyclescheme Ltd b) The policy says: Our scheme does not have an upper limit as long as you can afford the monthly payments. This is to ensure you can get the exact bike you need to improve your commute, for example: · you may need an e-bike to beat the hills or arrive at work sweat-free, or PROCEDURE & RULES OF CYCLE SCHEME Page 3 Cycle Scheme May 2021 · you might need a hard-wearing bike with a titanium frame to support you cycling all the time, or · you might need a specialist bike that suits your body type or any disabilities you have
Exemptions/Exceptions:
None
Request reference: 9025
Issue date: 03.05.23
Request received:
Copy of Pre-Application Enquiry(ies) and NDC response(s) regarding a parcel of 3.25 Acres Investment Land Swimbridge, Barnstaple, Devon, EX32 0PZ
Response provided:
Information provided to the applicant with the consent of the applicant who made the pre-application enquiry
Exemptions/Exceptions:
None
Request reference: 9028
Issue date: 09.05.23
Request received:
1. How many personal injury claims were made against the council during 17 April 2022 to 17 April 2023? 2. What were the causes of these claims, for example, potholes and slips, trips and falls? 3. How much did the council pay out in compensation in personal injury claims during this time?
Response provided:
1. One on the 28/03/2022 2. Third party tripped over a pot hole in a Council car park 3. Claim still on going
Exemptions/Exceptions:
None
Request reference: 9029
Issue date:
Request received:
1. The current total of your General Fund debt 2. The total interest payments on your General Fund debt paid in the financial year 2022/23 3. The total revenue you obtained from the sale of General Fund assets, including buildings and land, in the financial year 2022/23 4. The estimate (if any) you have on the number of new homes that have been built or are due to be built on the land and buildings that you sold from your General Fund assets in the financial year 2022/23
Response provided:
£3m £60,363.74 Zero Zero
Exemptions/Exceptions:
None
Request reference: 9031
Issue date: 02.05.23
Request received:
The Local Government Association offer guidance on good practice for licensing authorities in response to spiking. Our inquiries relate to the extent to which your licensing authority implements these recommendations, specifically: 1. Do you explicitly reference spiking prevention in your statement of licensing policy? 2. Have you run a communications campaign to clearly demonstrate that your council takes a zero-tolerance approach to spiking 3. Which of the following partnership schemes are training packages are referenced in your statement of licensing policy? · Pubwatch · Best Bar None · Purple Flag · Community Alcohol Partnerships · Street Pastors · The Welfare and Vulnerability Engagement (WAVE) initiative · 'Ask for Angela' 4. Has your licensing authority followed the recommendation of the Home Affairs Select Committee to consider the prevalence, prevention and reporting of sexual harassment and misconduct and gender-based violence in statements of licensing policy 5. For the previous 5 calendar years please provide the number of venues which have had their licence suspended, revoked, or/and had conditions added to the licence, as a result of spiking incidents within the venue. Please could you provide this data broken down by year: a) 2018 b) 2019 c) 2020 d) 2021 e) 2022 f) 2023 (including latest available data) 7. How many incidents of alleged spiking have been recorded by the licensing authority in the past five years? Please break down by year a) 2018 b) 2019 c) 2020 d) 2021 e) 2022 f) 2023 (including latest available data) 7. Please provide details of the three most recent cases where a venue has had its licence suspended, revoked or/and had conditions added, as a result of spiking incidents
Response provided:
1. Not at present. The Council's Licensing Act 2003 Policy was approved by Council, 21 November 2018 and is due for review this June, some of the best data and information pertaining to spiking has been issued of late and therefore there is an intention to include this by way of our next policy review Licensing Act 2003 Policy - January 2019 2. No, however communications surrounding the utilisation of the Safer Streets Funding and the ongoing 'Safer Barnstaple' project will encompass this. Anti-drink spike training for frontline staff including street pastors, taxi drivers, bar staff, managers of licenced premises, door staff and persons associated with the night-time economy is being rolled out as part of the 'Safer Barnstaple project' 3. Best Bar None, Purple Flag and Community Alcohol Partnerships are referenced. Moreover, it should be noted that the Council is currently in the process of rolling out a licensed premises accreditation scheme in Barnstaple, specific to Barnstaple. This is a tailored scheme which differs to that provided by Best Bar None by way of example, and detail will be provided by way of the June 2023 policy review As part of the current Safer Barnstaple project, there is work ongoing to directly support and enable street pastors to double their capacity by way of a recruiting campaign. The funding gained covers recruitment, training, equipment etc, for additional new pastors. In addition, the pastors will set up a new 'safe space in every Saturday evening The first Pub Watch meeting in Barnstaple was facilitated by North Devon Council on the 17 April 2023. A commitment to Chair this meeting was given from a DPS at a licensed premises, and therefore the Policy will include detail pertaining to this newly formed Pub Watch in going forward 4. To be encompassed in 2023 review which will commence in June 2023 5. a) 2018 - 0 b) 2019 - 0 c) 2020 - 0 d) 2021 - 0 e) 2022 - 0 f) 2023 (including latest available data) - 0 6. a) 2018 - 0 b) 2019 - 0 c) 2020 - 0 d) 2021 - 0 e) 2022 - 0 f) 2023 (including latest available data) - 0 7. Not Applicable
Exemptions/Exceptions:
None
Request reference: 9032
Issue date: 15.05.23
Request received:
1. The total number of people currently on the waiting list for council housing properties, broken down by bedroom number? 2. The number of people currently on the waiting list for housing in each area of the council, broken down by property bedroom number? 3. The anticipated waiting time for council accommodation, broken down by bedroom number 4. The anticipated waiting time for council accommodation in each geographical area, broken down by bedroom property number 5. The average waiting time for council accommodation, broken down by bedroom number, in each of the last ten years 6. The average waiting time for council accommodation in each geographical area, broken down by bedroom number, in each of the last ten years
Response provided:
Applicant advised that North Devon is part of the Devon Home Choice and holds a housing register as a partner local authority. The Devon Home Choice Policy can be viewed on the Devon Home Choice is a choice based letting scheme covering the whole of Devon The Policy explains how local authority and housing association homes across Devon will be let. The Policy sets out how to apply for housing, who is eligible for housing and how applicants will be assessed and prioritised. Devon Home Choice is a partnership between the 10 Devon local authorities and housing associations working in Devon. Usually the local authority where the applicant lives will 'manage' the application. All applicants are assessed in the same way, using the rules set out in the policy to ensure fairness and consistency. The aims of Devon Home Choice are to provide (i) choice for people seeking housing and the ability to move within Devon (ii) a common scheme across Devon that is transparent, easy to understand and accessible to all. Under Devon Home Choice there is a common application form, housing register, approach to assessing housing need and awarding priority, and approach to advertising available properties 1 and 2 are both covered by the data on the provided spreadsheet (available upon request) on Sheet 1 - which shows the number of households on the North Devon register by bedroom need and the North Devon 'area' (by 'parish') that each household currently live in. Applicants registered on the North Devon register and living in areas of Devon outside of the North Devon District Council area and those living outside the Devon area are also detailed in the table The Council does not hold information relating to points 3 and 4 (because North Devon Council does not hold any 'council stock'), as this was transferred to North Devon Homes Ltd, 21 February 2000 5 and 6 are covered by the data in the table on the provided spreadsheet - Sheet 2 - which shows the average waiting time (in days from band start date to let date) for each calendar year since 2015 (as far back as we hold records) by area and size of property (row 2)
Exemptions/Exceptions:
None
Request reference: 9034
Issue date: 05.05.23
Request received:
CON29 information relating to a property at EX18 7BH
Response provided:
Applicant provided with the information, where held and also directed to the Council's website for some of the information
Exemptions/Exceptions:
None
Request reference: 9035
Issue date: 18.05.23
Request received:
1. How many business miles have been travelled by your employees using their own car (grey fleet) in the financial year 2021-2022? 2. How many business miles have been travelled by your employees using their own car (grey fleet) in the financial year 2022-2023? 3. How much money has been re reimbursed back to employees for those business miles for grey fleet in the financial year 2021-2022? 4. How much money has been reimbursed back to employees for those business miles for grey fleet in the financial year 2022-2023? 5. How much does your organisation reimburse its employees per mile? 6. Does your organisation have an employee travel policy for business travel, which may include other additional modes of transport such as train, car rental etc.? If so, can it please be attached to this response
Response provided:
1. 85,837 miles 2. 92,758 miles 3. £34,981 4. £38,030 5. Casual rate 52p per mile and Essential 40.9p per mile 6. Applicant provided with a copy of the Council's Expenses policy and referred to the relevant page providing this information
Exemptions/Exceptions:
None
Request reference: 9036
Issue date: 03.05.23
Request received:
How many planning applications have been filed with your council between 01/01/23 and the day this request is processed with regard to a new intensive poultry farm (if you need a specific capacity, I define intensive in the same way as the Environment Agency, that is, >40,000 birds)? How many of these applications have you approved to date? For each approved application, please provide a brief summary of the new intensive poultry farm, including (where possible) the farm's capacity, acreage, ownership details, address and Eastings and Northings For all approved farms, I would also like to request any planning application documents (including any environmental assessments submitted to the Council) and any approval documents sent from the Council to the applicants
Response provided:
The Council can confirm that there have been no applications made to North Devon Council for an intensive (over 40,000 birds) poultry farm from 1 January 2023 to and including the date of this response
Exemptions/Exceptions:
None
Request reference: 9038
Issue date: 17.05.23
Request received:
1. Confirm who reseller was when the Council initially migrated to Office 365 in 2015 2. Unless the Council already holds a copy of its latest Microsoft Licensing Statement (MLS), the applicant requested that it reach out to its Microsoft reseller and obtain its most recent MLS
Response provided:
1. Phoenix Software Limited, Blenheim House, York Road, Pocklington, York, YO42 1NS 2. The Council and Phoenix Software Limited do not hold not a copy of the latest Microsoft Licensing Statement (MLS) for North Devon Council It would require the Council to pay anywhere between £30 - £50 for a copy from Microsoft (via the services of Phoenix). Furthermore, it is understood that the raw data applicable to the authority would not already be held by Microsoft in a ready to go statement and so it would require them to run reports and then collate all of the applicable data applicable into a statement format. The Council is not party to any current contract arrangements that it is aware of that could be considered that Microsoft is holding the latest MLS on its behalf Therefore the Council is content in its consideration of ICO guidance that it does not already hold the MLS for the purposes of the Act and that there is no obligation on the Council's part under the terms of the FOI to proactively request the latest MLS for a fee in order to be able to satisfy this part of the request
Exemptions/Exceptions:
None
Request reference: 9040
Issue date: 17.05.23
Request received:
The public register for all licensees in the North Devon local authority area and confirm if the Licensing team are implementing any restrictions on ABV on certain category types? For example on beer and cider
Response provided:
Information provided to applicant in Excel format and further confirmed that it has no blanket policy with regards to restrictions on ABV on certain category types
Exemptions/Exceptions:
None
Request reference: 9042
Issue date: 03.05.23
Request received:
1. How many buildings are your responsible for that are 18 meters in height or over 7 storeys? 2. Have you started to register these buildings with the new Building Safety Regulator? 3. Will you manage these buildings yourselves or use an external provider? 4. What is the name of the individual within your organisation that will be deemed the accountable person and principal accountable person in relation to the building safety Act 2022? 5. Do you own or manage any buildings with external cladding systems attached to them? 6. Do you have an asset management system in place to record your tall building information? 7. What is the name of the asset management system in place to record your tall building information?
Response provided:
1. None 2. N/A 3. N/A 4. The Council's Building Control Manager, however the ultimate responsibility sits with the Council's Chief Executive. NMD Building Control is a partnership between North Devon and Mid Devon District Councils 5. No 6. N/A 7. N/A
Exemptions/Exceptions:
None
Request reference: 9043
Issue date: 18.05.23
Request received:
The use of pay supplements (market supplements, incentives) for council job roles as of 1 January 2023
Response provided:
Response provided in Excel format
Exemptions/Exceptions:
None
Request reference: 9044
Issue date: 11.05.23
Request received:
Details of all Non Domestic Rates Completion Notices served in the borough since 01 April 2017 to 27 April 2023 date. Please can the information be provided in excel format showing the below information - Name of person or organisation notice served on (excluding sole traders) - Date notice served - Completion Date - Hereditament address
Response provided:
Information provided to the applicant in an Excel spreadsheet (save for any personal data) which is available upon request
Exemptions/Exceptions:
Section 40 of Act
Request reference: 9045
Issue date: 18.05.23
Request received:
Littering Fine Value: 1. Do you issue fines for littering? 2. If so, at what level do you levy fines? 3. The Government said in March 2023 that they are increasing the upper limit on fines for littering to £500 a. Will you be levying fines at this level? b. If not, at what level will you levy fines for littering? Enforcement and Statistics: 4. Do you use an in-house team or private enforcement company to issue fines for littering? 5. How many fines (FPNs) for littering were issued in your council area in 2021/2022? 6. How many fines (FPNs) for car parking were issued in your council area in 2021/2022? Litter Bins: 7. How many litter bins do you have in your council area now? 8. How many litter bins did you have 10 years ago? 9. Have you removed any litter bins in the past 10 years, and if so, how many? Litter Clearance Costs: 10. What was your annual spend on litter clearance 2021/2022 and how does this compare to 2011/2012?
Response provided:
1. Yes 2. £100, reduced to £80 if paid within one week 3. a) Unknown at this time b) N/A 4. In house 5. Four for Littering in financial year 2021/22, plus a further 12 for Littering from a vehicle) 6. This information is published in dataset format per calendar year: Parking Enforcement and Penalty Charge Notices 7. 580 8. No records are kept, therefore this information is not held 9. As 8 above 10. Annual budget for litter clearance, litter bin emptying and road sweepers is combined: 2021/22 - £696,508.00 2011/12 - £751,278.00
Exemptions/Exceptions:
None
Request reference: 9046
Issue date: 10.05.23
Request received:
CON29 information relating to a property at EX16 8DX
Response provided:
Applicant provided with the information, where held and also directed to the Council's website for some of the information
Exemptions/Exceptions:
None
Request reference: 9047
Issue date: 02.05.23
Request received:
The name of the Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system used to support the following areas to include the date of purchase - Core financials (GL, AP, AR, FA) - Reporting and BI - Planning, Budgeting and Forecasting, Financial Planning and Analysis - Procurement - Operational Asset Management/Enterprise Asset Management - Strategic Asset Management - Payroll and timesheets - Human Resource Management/Human Capital Management/Talent Management - Rating, Revenue, Regulatory, and Request Management, Affordable/Social/Community Housing, Social/Community Services
Response provided:
The Council confirmed to the applicant that it does not have an Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system
Exemptions/Exceptions:
None
Request reference: 9048
Issue date: 22.05.23
Request received:
How many trees have been chopped down by the council since the start of 2017, broken down by year After the council has received a request from an insurance company, how many trees have they chopped down because of this?
Response provided:
Applicant provided with the data in Excel format and advised the Council's Parks team does not record of number of trees have they chopped down because of a request from an insurance company
Exemptions/Exceptions:
None
Request reference: 9049
Issue date: 23.05.23
Request received:
1. The average frequency with which you repaint the exterior of the homes that you own 2. The number of homes that you own that you repainted the exterior of in the financial year 2022/23 3. The number of homes that you own that you repainted the exterior of in the financial year 2022/23 using graphene paint 4. The number of homes that you own that you repainted the exterior of in the financial year 2022/23 with fungicidal anti-damp paints other than graphene 5. The number of homes that you own that you repainted the exterior of in the financial year 2022/23 using conventional paint 6. The expenditure on repainting the exterior of the homes that you own in the financial year 2022/23 including (if recorded) a breakdown of the cost of paint, labour and scaffolding 7. The expenditure on remedying or treating damp and/or mould in the homes that you own in the financial year 2022/23
Response provided:
1. Frequency will depend on location and condition of external walls. But 8 to 10 years would be normal 2 through 7. Zero Applicant advised that North Devon Council transferred its housing stock to North Devon Homes in February 2000. The response relates to temporary accommodation properties that are held by North Devon Council
Exemptions/Exceptions:
None
Request reference: 9050
Issue date: 12.05.23
Request received:
CON29 information relating to a property at EX32 0FH
Response provided:
Applicant provided with the information, where held and also directed to the Council's website for some of the information
Exemptions/Exceptions:
None
Request reference: 9051
Issue date: 03.05.23
Request received:
Information regarding the current parking services management arrangements in your jurisdiction: 1. How many Penalty Charge Notices (PCNs) did you issue in the calendar year 2022? 2. Who is responsible for the parking services management? (Name, job title) 3. Do you outsource your current parking services management? If you DO outsource: 1. What is the total size of the contract in terms of costs paid? (If this is broken down into smaller parts of the contract, please provide details) 2. What contract type do you currently have? Management (i e site is owned by you but managed by a third-party) or Concession (site is owned and managed by third-party) 3. Do you have separate contracts for off-street vs on-street parking? Or are they bundled into one contract? 4. What services are required as part of the contract? (e g wardens/revenue collection, security staff, backend services) 5. Is there future potential for capacity increase or the addition of further services? 6. Who is your current parking provider? 7. Which other providers have you used in the last 20 years, if any? (Please provide details of recent contracts and providers, with dates) 8. When did your current contract start? When does the contract end? Is there an extension period, and if so how long is it? 9. When going out to tender, do you use a framework or is it an open tender? 10. Do you usually engage with the market before the tender? If so, how? If you DO NOT outsource: 1. Would you consider outsourcing the parking asset management to an external provider in the future? 2. If so, under which conditions?
Response provided:
1. This information is published in dataset format on an annual basis: Parking Penalty Charge Notices Issued by Location 2022 In accordance with Section 21(1) of the Act, the Council is not obliged to provide information that is already in the public domain. However, it does have a duty under Section 16(1) to provide all applicants advice and assistance in order to assist with locating the information, which the Council has done in providing the link to the dataset above 2. Lena Iliffe, Parking Manager 3. No 4. This would be a decision that Council members and the Chief Executive would make. There are currently no known plans to outsource
Exemptions/Exceptions:
Sections 16 and 21 of Act
Request reference: 9052
Issue date: 11.05.23
Request received:
1. As of 3rd May 2023 (or the most recently available date), how many private and council homes have been vacant in your authority for the following numbers of financial years*: a. Less than one year (i e current financial year) b. One year c. Two years d. Three years e. Four years f. Five years g. Six years h. Seven years i. Eight years j. Nine years k. Ten years l. 11 - 19 years m. 20 or more years *Please treat 'years' as financial years. If a home has been listed as empty within the current financial year, I would expect this to be listed as 'less than one year' Please could you break this information down by: Column a) The 'number of years' Column b) 'Private' or 'council' home - a separate count for private, and council, if available Column c) The number of vacant homes 2) For the financial years (2016/2017 - 2021/2022 and any data available for 2022/2023), how much money has your council raised from charging extra council tax on homes that have been vacant for two or more years? Please could you break this information down by: Column a) The year Column b) The amount raised via council tax paid on vacant dwellings If time or cost restraints are an issue with this request, please can you prioritise the questions in this order: 1, 2 The preferred format of your response: machine readable/Excel/Google Sheets
Response provided:
1. The Council's Empty Homes Housing Officer advises that the empty homes list comes from Council Tax data however the empty date is not a reliable indicator as to how long a property has been continuously empty for and so they are unable to provide all of the information. However, the latest empty homes list at the beginning of May 2023 shows 775 empty homes with the Council's area and of these: ' 85 have a standard levy applied indicating that they have been empty for more than 2 years and less than 5 years ' 19 have a levy 5 applied (more than 5 years empty and less than 10) ' 14 have a levy 10 (over 10 years empty) ' 657 on the list have been empty for less than 2 years These figures do not includes second homes that are furnished and unoccupied as they are not classified as empty homes 2. The Council's Revenues team confirms that they are unable to determine the amount raised from charging extra council tax on properties that have been vacant for two or more years. They can only provide the full amount charge for properties homes that have been vacant for two or more years. Applicant asked if they would like to receive this alternative information
Exemptions/Exceptions:
None
Request reference: 9053
Issue date: 17.05.23
Request received:
Motor Vehicles registered for public hire i e Taxi/Private Hire/Hackney Carriage that were either issued a new or renewal licence in the period 1st February 2023 to 30th April 2023 Specifically, I would like to know: Vehicle registration number Manufacturer (Make) Model Licence issue date Licence expiry date We would like this information provided in an excel spreadsheet please
Response provided:
Information provided to applicant in Excel format
Exemptions/Exceptions:
None
Request reference: 9054
Issue date: 26.05.23
Request received:
The total number of complaints about noise that could be a 'statutory nuisance' under the Environmental Protection Act 1990, made between April 1st 2018 and April 1st 2023 in the district The reason for each of the above complaints, for example noise from intruder alarms, noise from construction work etc
Response provided:
Information provided to the applicant in Excel format, which is available upon request
Exemptions/Exceptions:
None
Request reference: 9056
Issue date: 26.05.23
Request received:
CON29 information relating to a property at EX35 6AA
Response provided:
Applicant provided with the information, where held and also directed to the Council's website for some of the information
Exemptions/Exceptions:
None
Request reference: 9057
Issue date: 16.05.23
Request received:
1. How many parking PCNs in total were issued for the following years: a) 1 January 2018- 31 December 2018 b) 1 January 2019 - 31 December 2019 c) 1 January 2020 - 31 December 2020 d) 1 January 2021 - 31 December 2021 e) 1 January 2022 - 31 December 2022 2. How many parking PCNs were issued where the driver used a parking app for the following years? a) 1 January 2018- 31 December 2018 b) 1 January 2019 - 31 December 2019 c) 1 January 2020 - 31 December 2020 d) 1 January 2021 - 31 December 2021 e) 1 January 2022 - 31 December 2022 3. How many parking PCNs were issued by a civil enforcement officer for the following years: a) 1 January 2018- 31 December 2018 b) 1 January 2019 - 31 December 2019 c) 1 January 2020 - 31 December 2020 d) 1 January 2021 - 31 December 2021 e) 1 January 2022 - 31 December 2022 4. Where a parking PCN was issued and the driver used a parking app, how many parking PCNs were appealed for the following years: a) 1 January 2018- 31 December 2018 b) 1 January 2019 - 31 December 2019 c) 1 January 2020 - 31 December 2020 d) 1 January 2021 - 31 December 2021 e) 1 January 2022 - 31 December 2022 5. Where a parking PCN was issued and the driver used a parking app, how many parking PCNs were appealed and then cancelled for the following years: a) 1 January 2018- 31 December 2018 b) 1 January 2019 - 31 December 2019 c) 1 January 2020 - 31 December 2020 d) 1 January 2021 - 31 December 2021 e) 1 January 2022 - 31 December 2022 6. Where a parking PCN was issued by a civil enforcement officer, how many parking PCNs were appealed for the following years? a) 1 January 2018- 31 December 2018 b) 1 January 2019 - 31 December 2019 c) 1 January 2020 - 31 December 2020 d) 1 January 2021 - 31 December 2021 e) 1 January 2022 - 31 December 2022 7. Where a parking PCN was issued by a civil enforcement officer, how many parking PCNs were appealed and then cancelled for the following years? a) 1 January 2018- 31 December 2018 b) 1 January 2019 - 31 December 2019 c) 1 January 2020 - 31 December 2020 d) 1 January 2021 - 31 December 2021 e) 1 January 2022 - 31 December 2022
Response provided:
1 and 3 This information is published on the Council's website under Parking enforcement and penalty charge notices 2, 4 5, 6 and 7 The information is not held in a way that will allow the Parking team to easily provide this. It would require them to manually go through each case and check and then retrieve and collate into a spreadsheet. 34,705 PCN's were issued during the time period requested and each case would take approximately 3 minutes to be gone through Section 12 of the Act makes provision for public authorities to refuse requests for information where the cost of dealing with them would exceed the appropriate limit, which for Local Authorities is set at £450 by the Freedom of Information and Data Protection (Appropriate Limit and Fees) Regulations 2004. This represents the estimated cost of one person spending 18 hours at £25 per hour in determining whether the Council holds the information, locating, retrieving and collating the information It has been estimated by the Parking team that it would take approximately 1,735 hours to provide the requested information. The procedure would cause serious disruption to the day to day working of the Parking Office and unfortunately there is no other means of providing this information; therefore we are unable to process these parts of the request any further. As set out in the previous paragraph, the Council has the right to refuse to provide the information in accordance with Section 12 of the Act
Exemptions/Exceptions:
Section 12 of Act
Request reference: 9059
Issue date: 25.05.23
Request received:
1. Total number of Council Tax Liability Orders the council has up to the 1st May 2023 2. The value (£) of the total liability orders up to the 1st May 2023 3. What is the number of domestic properties within your council? 4. Is your Revenues and Benefits service currently outsourced? If yes who is running the service on your behalf? 5. Is your sundry debt collection currently outsourced? If yes who to 6. What is the total value (£) of sundry debts currently held by the council?
Response provided:
1. Applicant advised that the Council publishes this information within an annual dataset on its website which was recently updated with the 2022/23 figure: Non-payment of Council Tax: 2014/15 to 2022/23 2. Number Value Council Tax 8,305 £5,057,374.10 Non Domestic Rates 185 £ 645,377.70 3. The Council publishes this information within an annual dataset on its website which was recently updated: All Council Tax Properties as at 04.04.2023 4. No, it is provided in-house 5. No 6. As at 31.03.2023 = £1.5m
Exemptions/Exceptions:
None
Request reference: 9060
Issue date: 15.05.23
Request received:
1. How many applicants are currently on the Council's housing waiting list/housing register? 2. What is the average waiting time over the latest three years of available data for an applicant on the housing waiting list/housing register to be assigned a property? 3. Of the current applicants for social/affordable rented properties: a. How many have requested a 1-bedroom property? b. How many have requested a 2-bedroom property? c. How many have requested a 3-bedroom property? d. How many have requested a 4+-bedroom property? 4. How many applicants currently on the list would qualify for/ have expressed an interest in an affordable home ownership property (as their sole suitable tenure or in addition to other tenures)? 5. Of the current applicants for affordable home ownership properties: a. How many would qualify for a 1-bedroom property? b. How many would qualify for a 2-bedroom property? c. How many would qualify for a 3-bedroom property? d. How many would qualify for a 4+-bedroom property? 6. How many new applicants to the Council's housing waiting list were there in the following periods: a. 2011-2012 b. 2012-2013 c. 2013-2014 d. 2014-2015 e. 2015-2016 f. 2016-2017 g. 2017-2018 h. 2018-2019 i. 2019-2020 j. 2020-2021 k. 2021-2022 7. Out of all current applicants, how many would be first time buyers or renters (if known)? 8. Out of all current applicants, how many have a requirement or have expressed a preference to live within the parish of North Molton?
Response provided:
North Devon Council holds one register as part of the Devon Home Choice (DHC) Partnership which is a partnership between the 10 Devon local authorities and housing associations (also known as registered providers) working in Devon. Usually the local authority where the applicant currently lives will 'manage' their application and is responsible for managing the register for that area. DHC is a Choice Based Lettings scheme to access affordable 'rented' accommodation in Devon. The Devon Home Choice Policy can be viewed via the website The Policy explains how local authority and housing association homes across Devon will be let. The Policy sets out how to apply for housing, who is eligible for housing and how applicants will be assessed and prioritised. All applicants are assessed in the same way, using the rules set out in the policy to ensure fairness and consistency. The aims of Devon Home Choice are to provide (i) choice for people seeking housing and the ability to move within Devon (ii) a common scheme across Devon that is transparent, easy to understand and accessible to all. Under Devon Home Choice there is a common application form, housing register, approach to assessing housing need and awarding priority, and approach to advertising available properties 1. 2,205 2. 751 days 3. a. 1,099 b. 619 c. 354 d. 133 4. Zero, The DHC register is for people seeking social rented housing 5. Not known and not applicable. We do not hold this information 6. a. 2011-2012 -data not available b. 2012-2013 -data not available c. 2013-2014 - data not available d. 2014-2015 - data not available e. 2015-2016 - 942 f. 2016-2017 - 1,026 g. 2017-2018 - 900 h. 2018-2019 - 896 i. 2019-2020 - 902 j. 2020-2021 - 908 k. 2021-2022 - 895 7. We do not request or hold this data 8. We do not have this data, we no longer ask for a preferred area We do know there are 20 applicants on the North Devon housing register (as at 10.5.23) who currently live in North Molton parish. Please note that this does not detail whether those persons want to remain in the parish in which they are registered. Local connection is not confirmed -this is done at a later stage. Not all households tend to register themselves on the housing register as they don't think that they will have the opportunity to be housed, so the figures are often significantly higher than those stated. Equally, the data does not count those people who hold a local connection to the parish, but live in a different parish or out of North Devon. Those are the sort of caveats that would be picked up in a housing needs survey. It does, however, at least give an idea as to numbers A Housing Needs Survey for North Molton was completed in July 2019 (considered valid for 5 years) which shows a need for 8 affordable homes in the Parish for local people living or working in the parish and those wishing to return (6 x affordable housing for rent, 2 low cost home ownership). The Housing Needs Survey is the intellectual property of Devon Communities Together (https://www.devoncommunities.org.uk/) should you wish to contact them for further details
Exemptions/Exceptions:
None
Request reference: 9062
Issue date: 26.05.23
Request received:
CON29 information relating to a property at EX31 2EN
Response provided:
Applicant provided with the information, where held and also directed to the Council's website for some of the information
Exemptions/Exceptions:
None
Request reference: 9065
Issue date: 15.05.23
Request received:
1. How many people were turned away for not having a form of valid ID to vote at local elections on May 4th by clerks inside polling stations? 2. How many people were turned away for not having a form of valid ID to vote at local elections on May 4th by greeters outside/on the door at polling stations? 3. How many people returned to polling stations with a valid form of ID after being turned away for not having one?
Response provided:
1. This information is not recorded 2. This information is not recorded 3. As follows; The total number of polling station electors who applied for, but at least initially were not issued with, a ballot paper (VIDEF 4a + 5a) = 66 The total number of polling station electors who were not issued with a ballot paper and who later returned with accepted ID and were issued with a ballot paper (VIDEF 4d + 5e) = 40 The number of polling station electors who applied for but were not issued with a ballot paper by close of poll = 26 The total number of electors who were eligible to vote in person at the polling stations = 65029 The total number of voters issued with a ballot paper at polling stations = 17247 The percentage of electors eligible to vote in person at the polling stations who voted = 26.5% Percentage attended the polling station and were able to vote on 4 May = 99.8% Percentage who applied for but were refused a ballot paper by the close of poll = 0.2% The percentage of electors who applied for, but were initially refused, a ballot paper = 0.4% Of the electors initially refused a ballot paper, the percentage who later returned with accepted ID and were issued with a ballot paper = 60.6%
Exemptions/Exceptions:
None
Request reference: 9067
Issue date: 15.05.23
Request received:
The Council's ICT Budget for 2023/24
Response provided:
The Council can confirm that the ICT budget for 2023/24 is £512,000 which includes telephony, printers and all general ICT costs, including software and hardware
Exemptions/Exceptions:
None
Request reference: 9068
Issue date: 26.05.23
Request received:
CON29 information relating to a property at EX34 9AB
Response provided:
Applicant provided with the information, where held and also directed to the Council's website for some of the information
Exemptions/Exceptions:
None
Request reference: 9069
Issue date: 26.05.23
Request received:
CON29 information relating to a property at EX31 1HR
Response provided:
Applicant provided with the information, where held and also directed to the Council's website for some of the information
Exemptions/Exceptions:
None
Request reference: 9070
Issue date: 16.05.23
Request received:
1. Whether or not the council has been in contact with Liz Watts, a PhD student from the University of West of England and chief executive of SCDC, regarding a four-day working week trial 2. If so, please provide the following details: who contacted whom first, why contact was made, what was the outcome of the discussion?. In particular: did Liz Watts ask the council if they would be willing to run a four-day working week trial, or did the council offer to run a four-day working week trial? If the former, what was the council's response to the request? 3. If possible, please provide copies of all emails between the council and Ms Watts
Response provided:
No Not Applicable Not Applicable
Exemptions/Exceptions:
Request reference: 9072
Issue date: 31.05.23
Request received:
Housing Register 1. The total number of households on the Council's Housing Register at 31 March 2023 2. The average waiting times at 31 March 2023 for the following types of affordable property across the Authority 1-bed affordable dwelling 2-bed affordable dwelling 3-bed affordable dwelling A 4 plus bed affordable dwelling 3. The average waiting times at 31 March 2022 for the following types of affordable property across the Authority 1-bed affordable dwelling 2-bed affordable dwelling 3-bed affordable dwelling A 4 plus bed affordable dwelling 4. The total number of households on the Council's Housing Register at 31 March 2023 specifying the following locations as their preferred choice of location 5. The average number of bids per property over the 2022/23 monitoring period for the following types of affordable property in the locations listed below: 1-bed affordable dwelling 2-bed affordable dwelling 3-bed affordable dwelling A 4 plus bed affordable dwelling 6. Any changes the Council has made to its Housing Register Allocations Policy since 2011 including: ' The date they occurred ' What they entailed ' Copies of the respective documents Social Housing Stock 7. The total number of social housing dwelling stock at 31 March 2023 in the Fremington Civil Parish Social Housing Lettings 8. The number of social housing lettings in the period between 1 April 2021 and 31 March 2022; and between 1 April 2022 and 31 March 2023 in the Fremington Civil Parish Temporary Accommodation 9. The number of households on the Housing Register housed in temporary accommodation within and outside the North Devon District Council region as at 31.03.22 and 31.03.23 - Households Housed within North Devon - Households Housed outside North Devon - Total Households Housing Completions 10. The number of NET housing completions in the North Devon District Council region broken down on a per annum basis for the period between 2000/01 and 2022/23 11. The number of NET affordable housing completions in the North Devon District Council region broken down on a per annum basis for the period between 2000/01 and 2022/23 12. The number of NET housing completions in Fremington Civil Parish broken down on a per annum basis for the period between 2000/01 and 2022/23 13. The number of NET affordable housing completions in Fremington Civil Parish broken down on a per annum basis for the period between 2000/01and 2022/23
Response provided:
1. 2,244 at 03.04.23 2. Figures not available for 31.03.23, figures below are current waiting time of applicants on the register from band start date as of 25.05.23 1-bed affordable dwelling = 527 days 2-bed affordable dwelling = 464 days 3-bed affordable dwelling = 474 days A 4 plus bed affordable dwelling = 453 days 3. These figures are not available 4. We do not have this data, we no longer ask for a preferred area We do know there are 135 applicants on the North Devon housing register (as at 10.5.23) who currently live in Fremington parish. Please note that this does not detail whether those persons want to remain in the parish in which they are registered. Local connection is not confirmed -this is done at a later stage. Not all households tend to register themselves on the housing register as they don't think that they will have the opportunity to be housed, so the figures are often significantly higher than those stated. Equally, the data does not count those people who hold a local connection to the parish, but live in a different parish or out of North Devon. Those are the sort of caveats that would be picked up in a Parish housing needs survey. It does, however, at least give an idea as to numbers 5. 1-bed affordable dwelling = 175 2-bed affordable dwelling = 150 3-bed affordable dwelling = 222 A 4 plus bed affordable dwelling = 270 6. The referred to documents are available upon request which were supplied via WeTransfer - The date they occurred = Applicant provided with copies of the policy - What they entailed = This is not possible, applicant referred to summary of main changes below and documents provided by WeTransfer - Copies of the respective documents = Provided by WeTransfer ' A policy review is carried out annually and until 2019 agreed changes applied from 1st January From 2020 the changes are applied from 1st April ' August 2012 -updates made relating to members and former members of the armed forces ' May 2015 -updates applied relating to Right to Move guidance ' July 2016 -Exeter City Council no longer register applicants in Band E ' April 2018 -updates following introduction of Homelessness Reduction Act ' June 2020 -updates due to Domestic Abuse Act ' LHA rates quoted in the policy have been updated as required ' Eligibility rules relating to EU withdrawal have been updated as required 7. 96 from details held by the Council 8. 01.04.21 -31.03.22 = 9 01.04.22 -31.03.23 = 14 9. As follows: 31.03.22 Households Housed within North Devon = 59 Households Housed outside North Devon = 3 Total Households = 62 31.03.23 Households Housed within North Devon = 72 Households Housed outside North Devon = 1 Total Households = 73 The response to questions 10 through and including 13 was provided within an Excel spreadsheet which is available upon request
Exemptions/Exceptions:
None
Request reference: 9074
Issue date: 16.05.23
Request received:
1. What IT Service management (ITSM) platform are you currently using? (e g ServiceNow, BMC, Freshworks, 4ME, Hornbill, ManageEngine, etc) Please provide the platform name 2. When is your current ITSM platform contract due for renewal? Please provide month/year 3. Who (if there is one) is your current supplier of professional and managed services for your ITSM platform? 4. How many user licences do you have for your ITSM platform? 5. Who is the principal contact for IT Services within your organisation? i e Director of IT or Head of Service Delivery. Please provide Linkedin or available contact details (where appropriate)
Response provided:
TOPdesk May 2026 TOPdesk 12 Andrew Tapp, ICT Manager
Exemptions/Exceptions:
None
Request reference: 9076
Issue date: 31.05.23
Request received:
CON29 information relating to a property at EX32 9EA
Response provided:
Applicant provided with the information, where held and also directed to the Council's website for some of the information
Exemptions/Exceptions:
None
Request reference: 9077
Issue date: 31.05.23
Request received:
CON29 information relating to a property at EX33 1PE
Response provided:
Applicant provided with the information, where held and also directed to the Council's website for some of the information
Exemptions/Exceptions:
None
Request reference: 9086
Issue date: 26.05.23
Request received:
Information Required Accrued NNDR National Non Domestic Rates credit balances and write on's (credits that you have been unable to trace recipients for and have therefore wrote into your accounts, leaving an outward appearance of a zero balance) In an Excel spreadsheet, a breakdown of credit balances accrued remaining unclaimed since your earliest records, for the amounts owing to all `incorporated companies or public bodies (not individuals/private individuals) within any local authorities billing area, including: - The name of each business in respect of which Non Domestic Rate credit balances remain payable - The value of overpayment in each case with remains unclaimed - The years(s) in which the overpayment was made - The hereditament address, and - Account Number or billing hereditament reference
Response provided:
Applicant advised that the Council does hold this information, however it would require the manual checking of all accounts that had a 'write on' to ensure it had not been reversed The Revenues department would need to do this to validate the accuracy of the accounts identified in the 'write on' report. To identify the cases they would need to run a transaction report for each individual year (going back to 1 April 1993, which is as far back as the information is held) and the accounts on each report would have to be checked manually The transaction report only gives details of the account number and the amount of the write on/off so once the relevant accounts had been identified the company name, address and amount of credit would have to be entered manually into a spreadsheet which again would require looking at each account individually Section 12 of the Act makes provision for public authorities to refuse requests for information where the cost of dealing with them would exceed the appropriate limit, which for Local Authorities is set at £450 by the Freedom of Information and Data protection (Appropriate Limit and Fees) Regulations 2004. This represents the estimated cost of one person spending 18 hours at £25 per hour in determining whether the Council holds the information, locating, retrieving and extracting the information It has been estimated by the Revenues department that it would take in excess of 1,500 hours to go through each transaction report going back to 1993 and identify, locate, retrieve and collate the information. The procedure would seriously disrupt the day to day working and operation of the Revenues department and therefore it has been decided that your request should not be processed further, as set out in the previous paragraph, the Council has the right to refuse to take the matter further by virtue of Section 12 of the Act
Exemptions/Exceptions:
Section 12 of Act
Request reference: 9087
Issue date: 31.05.23
Request received:
i) Whether the authority had personnel stationed either outside or inside polling stations on 4th May 2023 for the purpose of reminding potential voters that they need to have valid photo ID ii) Whether any potential voters who decided not to continue to enter the polling station as a result of this interaction were counted towards the total number of voters refused a ballot/turned away due to the new Voter ID regulations and iii) Whether this figure will be published?
Response provided:
i) No ii) N/A iii) No
Exemptions/Exceptions:
None
Request reference: 9090
Issue date: 26.05.23
Request received:
A copy of the most recent Credit report/Credit write on reports relating to all Non Domestic Rates accounts, excluding any personal information
Response provided:
The Council has made the decision to no longer publish or provide the details of individual business rates credits on request. Following careful consideration of the ICO decision for Wandsworth Council (FS50619844) and discussions with the Council's Revenues team which holds this data, the Council considers that the continued publication of this data would be likely to prejudice the prevention and detection of crime and therefore the Council considers that this data is now exempt from disclosure under Section 31(1)(a) When applying this exemption, the Council is required to carry out a Public Interest Test which considers the factors that favour disclosure and the withholding of the data: Factors in favour of disclosure ' Withholding the information could be perceived as the council attempting to retain monies that belong to the public ' It is in the public interest to be open and transparent about its use of public funds ' It is also in the public interest to be transparent regarding the records held in respect of the administration of business rates. This could be of interest to the minority of people who are due a refund, but have somehow failed to receive the notifications that money is owed to them Factors in favour of withholding ' There is a public interest in ensuring that monies from the public purse, such as rebates on business accounts, are not fraudulently claimed and also a public interest in not making it easier for fraud to be committed ' The Council' current verification procedure for refund claims is simple and cost effective however the Council cannot be certain as to whether some claimants are who they really say they are for every refund processed. If the Council were to continue to publish this data then this would ultimately result in additional verification processes needing to be implemented by the Revenues team at additional cost to the public, which would be disproportionate to the benefits that would accrue from disclosure. The additional verification procedures would also be likely to slow the verification process, resulting in detriment to the genuine ratepayer in that it would take longer for their credit to be refunded to them ' In relation to any new verification processes that might be needed, these would be likely to require the production of additional documents by those claiming a rebate which would place a new administrative burden on the majority of those legitimate claimants that did not currently exist. This would be compounded by the fact that the level of scrutiny of those documents would be higher than at present, given the increased suspicion that some of the claims (and associated documents) might well be fraudulent. The result would be that a new verification process would be likely to slow the rate at which credit balance claims could be considered and refunded, causing delay in all refunds and the likelihood of complaints, which would further burden the Council's limited resources ' Disclosure of the requested information would result in the need to implement disproportionate steps and additional expense to the Council to counter an increased fraud risk The cost consequences of a successful fraudulent claim would: ' have incurred the cost of paying out to the fraudster ' remain liable to the legitimate rate payer for an equivalent amount, raising the prospect of paying out twice; and ' be faced with the cost (legal and incurrence of internal management time) of seeking to recover the funds wrongly paid to the fraudster It would not be in the public interest to expose it to such potential costs and expenses, given that they would be funded from the public purse It is considered that the greater public interest, therefore, lies in no longer publishing the data. In coming to that conclusion, the public interest in providing the information has been carefully weighed against any prejudice to the public interest that might arise from withholding the information; in all the circumstances of the case, the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information The Council has publishes a dataset on a quarterly basis that provides: ' the total amount of credit refunded ' the number of refunds ' the total amount of outstanding credit ' the number of outstanding refunds All NDR Credit Balances: total amount refunded, number of refunds, total amount of outstanding credit and number of outstanding refunds This dataset will be updated again in July 2023, together with the other datasets currently published
Exemptions/Exceptions:
Section 31 of Act
Request reference: 9094
Issue date: 31.05.23
Request received:
The following information - each broken down by calendar year (1 January to 31 December inclusive) for the following years: 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 1. The number of Public Health Funerals that occurred in your local authority area, for each calendar year specified above 2. Of these, the number of these Public Health Funerals that were a) Burials and b) Cremations, for each calendar year specified above 3. The total cost of Public Health Funerals in your local authority area that were Burials, for each calendar year specified above 4. The total cost of Public Health Funerals in your local authority area that were Cremations, for each calendar year specified above 5. The total sum recouped by the local authority from the estate of deceased persons receiving a Public Health Funeral (burial or cremation), for each calendar year specified above 6. In the case of cremations, if this data is held, the number of ashes remains that were not collected by a next of kin, and thus left for the local authority to arrange the disposal of, again for each calendar year specified above
Response provided:
Applicant advised that the information is not held or recorded by Calendar Year and so it is only able to respond per Financial Year: 1. 2012/13 = 21 2013/14 = 21 2014/15 = 24 2015/16 = 28 2016/17 = 27 2017/18 = 24 2018/19 = 31 2019/20 = 17 2020/21 = 25 2021/22 = 21 2. 2012/13 = a) 0 b) 21 2013/14 = a) 0 b) 21 2014/15 = a) 0 b) 24 2015/16 = a) 3 b) 25 2016/17 = a) 2 b) 25 2017/18 = a) 1 b) 23 2018/19 = a) 1 b) 30 2019/20 = a) 1 b) 16 2020/21 = a) 0 b) 25 2021/22 = a) 0 b) 21 3. 2012/13 = Not Applicable 2013/14 = Not Applicable 2014/15 = Not Applicable 2015/16 = £3,075.00 2016/17 = £3,413.00 2017/18 = £1,385.00 2018/19 = £1,273.00 2019/20 = £1,292.00 2020/21 = Not Applicable 2021/22 = Not Applicable 4. 2012/13 = £22,276.00 2013/14 = £21,659.00 2014/15 = £25,246.00 2015/16 = £29,082.00 2016/17 = £34,432.30 2017/18 = £34,631.00 2018/19 = £45,178.00 2019/20 = £22,656.00 2020/21 = £35,310.00 2021/22 = £31,844.00 5. 2012/13 = £22,276.00 2013/14 = £21,659.00 2014/15 = £25,246.00 2015/16 = £29,082.00 2016/17 = £34,432.30 2017/18 = Not Held 2018/19 = *£21,002.00 2019/20 = *£ 9,474.00 2020/21 = *£21,609.00 2021/22 = *£21,983.00 6. This information is not recorded by the Council *The Council only started recording the information requested under part 5 (which is an approximate total) from the start of 2018/19
Exemptions/Exceptions:
None
Request reference: 9095
Issue date: 31.05.23
Request received:
This is a request for information on local authority trading companies/ arms-length organisations (LATCs/ AMLOs) under the Freedom of Information Act 1. Please could you list any local authority trading companies and/or arms-length organisations owned (partly or wholly) by the council 2. Name the principal activity of each entity 3. Do they employ staff? If so, what is the headcount? 4. Do you wholly or partly own them? If you jointly own the entity, please list the other owners 5. What year were they founded? 6. How many staff were TUPE'd over on setting up the company? 7. If you hold the information, please could you supply the pay grading structure for the companies? Do the LATCs/AMLOs participate in the local government pension scheme? 8. If you do not hold this information, please could you pass on the relevant Foi email addresses for the companies so that they can be contacted directly
Response provided:
North Devon Plus Ltd Business support Yes -Current headcount = 5 Jointly owned with Torridge District Council 2007 Not known No pay grading structure included, staff are in the local authority pension scheme info@northdevonplus.co.uk
Exemptions/Exceptions:
Request reference: 9096
Issue date:
Request received:
1. Please provide details of the number of T Level industry placements that have been provided in the following academic years (August-July): 2020/21 2021/22 2. Please also provide the number of T Level industry placements that have been a) provided and b) are planned to be provided in the academic year 2022/23
Response provided:
2020/21 = Zero 2021/22 = Zero No planned number but the Council is exploring the possibilities
Exemptions/Exceptions:
None
Request reference: 9097
Issue date: 31.05.23
Request received:
These questions relate to new homes built by the council: 1) In the 2022/23 financial year (1 April 2022 to 31 March 2023) how many new homes of any tenure did the council complete? 1) a) Please can you provide a breakdown of those new build completions, by tenure (for example, how many were social rent, shared ownership, market sale, temporary accommodation, etc) 2) If the council has a council-owned housing company, in the 2022/23 financial year (1 April 2022 to 31 March 2023) how many new homes of any tenure did the company complete? 2) a) Please can you provide a breakdown of those completions, by tenure (for example, how many were social rent, shared ownership, market sale, temporary accommodation, etc) 3) How many homes does the council expect to build in the next five years (from April 2023-March 2028) 4) If the council has a council-owned housing company, how many homes does it expect to build in the next five years (April 2023 -March 2028)
Response provided:
Zero a) N/A N/A a) N/A Unknown Unknown
Exemptions/Exceptions:
None