Dear Sir or Madam,

Please advise how many Multi Use Game Area's have been purchased in
the last five years and to which constituencies and wards they have
been placed within? Have any of these facilities been taken down
within the last fives years and if so where and at what cost to
store them or have they been sold on?

Yours faithfully,

Paul Burke

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Dear Mr Burke

Freedom of Information Act 2000 – Request for Information Reference Number
2322

I am writing in respect of your recent enquiry for information regarding
the following information held by the Authority under the provisions of
the Freedom of Information Act 2000. :
Please advise how many Multi Use Game Area's have been purchased in the
last five years and to which constituencies and wards they have been
placed within?
Answer : See attachment below.

Have any of these facilities been taken down within the last five years
and if so where and at what cost to store them or have they been sold on?
Answer: The only games court which has been removed was at Kingstanding LC
(2006)
It was subsequently taken for storage to an existing Parks storage site at
no additional cost to the Parks Service.

Whilst we have undertaken a thorough search of the information held by
Birmingham City Council, it may be that, due to the size and amount of
information held by Birmingham City Council, some information may have
been inadvertently missed.

If you have any information which may assist us in determining or locating
any missed information, we would be grateful if you would contact us with
details of this information, so that we can conduct a further search.

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The Information Commissioner
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Yours sincerely,

Ray Holmes
Information Governance Officer
Development and Culture
PO Box 2122 Telephone: 0121 303 6676
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Birmingham
B1 1TZ

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