Dog Control Orders

Dear Mr Figg

Please see below response to your three recent requests for information
via email.

1. CRM reference number iw09/9/17334 .

For ease if understanding, I have answered each of your questions as laid
out in your request below;

I would like to request a breakdown of the full costs incurred by the
council of holding the last public consultation, prior the introduction of
the Dog Control Orders in May 2008.

Including:
1. Formulating the proposals.

We do not hold information relevant to this request.

2. Advertising, and other means of informing the public that a
consultation was taking place.

Advertising costs for informing the public were £125.

3. Analysing the responses received and responding accordingly.

We do not hold information relevant to this request.

4. Re-formulating the proposals and repeating the process.

We do not hold information relevant to this request.

5. Introducing the finalised proposals (erecting signage, employing and
training dog wardens etc)

No costs were incurred employing or training dog wardens, the cost of
erecting new signage was £150.

In relation to your final paragraph;

In addition, given the short period that has elapsed since the completion
of the last process for introducing the Dog Control Orders, I also would
like to be supplied with the evidence that warrants the need for this
further consultation and shows it to be a fair and proportionate response
to existing problems.

We do not hold information relevant to this request.

2. CRM reference number iw09/9/13193.

In answer to your first question which is not numbered, there have been a
total of 11 Fixed Penalty Notices for the offence of dog fouling under The
Fouling of Land by Dogs (Isle of Wight) Order 2008 issued in the time
period 07/09/08-07/09/09.

For ease of understanding for your questions numbered 1. and 2. I have
inserted a table below which depicts the answers to your request for
information.

Fixed Penalty Specific Location Contested Outcome
Notice
1 Outside of Appley Park, Ryde No Notice Paid
2 Outside of toilets in Appley, No Notice Paid
Ryde
3 By the side of Ryde Harbour wall No Notice Paid
4 Simeon Street, Ryde recreation No Notice Paid
ground
5 La Falaise car park, Ventnor No Notice Paid
6 Big Meade, Shanklin No Notice Paid
7 Seaview end of Duver, on beach No Notice Paid
8 Lower part of Ventnor park No Notice Paid
9 Cycle path from Cowes to Newport No Notice Paid
10 Northwood Park, Cowes No Notice Paid
11 Simeon Street, Ryde Yes Dealt with in
Magistrates court

In answer to your question numbered 3. There has been one prosecution
brought by the Isle of Wight Council for dog fouling, for a first time
offence.

In answer to your question numbered 4. One Fixed Penalty Notice went
unpaid, subsequently the prosecution went to the magistrates court where
the defendant was found not guilty of the offence dog fouling under The
Fouling of Land by Dogs (Isle of Wight) Order 2008 .

Finally, in response to your additional question, the Council employs a
contractor to collect and dispose of the waste generated from dog bins.
Currently it is disposed of at Standen Heath landfill site.

3. CRM reference number iw09/9/ 26812.

For ease if understanding, I have answered each of your questions as laid
out in your request below;

The names of the two dog wardens concerned;

Under Section 40 of The Freedom of Information Act 2000, any information
to which a request for information relates is exempt information if it
constitutes personal data. Subsequently, the IOW Council will not be
disclosing these details.

The number of dog wardens employed by the council on 06.05.09;

Five

The number of dog wardens employed by the council on 17.06.09;

Five

The number of dog wardens presently employed by the council;

Five

I believe that this letter deals fully with all the matters you have
raised. If you remain dissatisfied with the responses given to your
requests for information, please write to the Corporate Information Unit
at County Hall, or complete the on-line appeals form that can be found at
www.iwight.com/information. If your complaint is not resolved to your
complete satisfaction, you have the ultimate right, once you have
exhausted the internal appeals process, to appeal to the Information
Commissioner.

If we do not hear further within two weeks of receipt of this letter then
we will assume that you are happy for the matters to be considered closed.

Yours sincerely

Dan Rowling| Operations Coordinator | Community Safety Services
Isle of Wight Council | 14 St Thomas's Square | Charter House | Newport |
Isle of Wight | PO30 1SL
Tel: (01983) 821000
Email: [email address] | Web: [1]www.iwight.com

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Dear Mr Figg

Please find attached a reply to your request for an internal review of your request ref. iw09/9/17334.

Yours sincerely

Vanda Niemiec (Miss) | Information Manager | Legal Services | Isle of Wight Council | County Hall | Newport | Isle of Wight | PO30 1UD
Tel: (01983) 823803 | Internal: 3803
Email: [email address] | Web: www.iwight.com

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Dear Mr Figg

The Freedom of Information Act provides a right of access to recorded information held by public bodies. The paragraph you refer to below, was included in our reply to explain that council officers also engage with members of the public, elected members, and other officers, verbally. The Act does not provide access to such discussions and conversations, unless they have been documented. As explained, full searches of our records have been undertaken, and all relevant information has been provided to you.

This request has now been through the internal appeals process. If you remain dissatisfied with the way the request and appeal have been dealt with, you have the right of further appeal to the Information Commissioners Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF.

Yours sincerely

Vanda Niemiec (Miss) | Information Manager | Legal Services | Isle of Wight Council | County Hall | Newport | Isle of Wight | PO30 1UD
Tel: (01983) 823803 | Internal: 3803
Email: [email address] | Web: www.iwight.com

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