Public Parks Expenditure

Dear Mr Tebbs

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION REQUEST

Thank you for the e mail you sent earlier today requesting information
under the Freedom of Information Act.

As you are aware, under the terms of the Act we are required to respond
fully to your request within twenty working days of receipt. We will
therefore respond to your request on or before 24 July 2008.

Lynda Gibbs
Customer Relations Officer

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Good morning Mr Tebbs
Thank you for your recent request for information under the terms of the
Freedom of Information Act and I am pleased to respond as follows.
As a service, Parks and Countryside manage the City's parks on a
geographical basis rather than in terms of individual parks. Details of
maintenance expenditure for each of the four parks you mention is
therefore not available.
I enclose a copy of the Council***s compliments and complaints policy
should you wish to complain about the handling of your request for
information.
As required by s17 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000, I would also
notify you that you may apply to the Information Commissioner for a
decision whether, in any specified respect, your request for information
has been dealt with in accordance with the requirements of Part 1 of the
Act. The commissioner is not obliged to make a decision unless you have
exhausted the Councils complaints procedure.
The contact details for the Commissioner are F01/EIR Complaints
Resolution, Information Commissioner***s Office, Wycliffe House, Water
Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire SK9 5AF or e-mail [email address].

Lynda Gibbs
Customer Relations Officer
0113 2478226

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good afternoon Mr Tebbs

I am in receipt of your mid-day e mail and am working to obtain the
further information you have requested.
I shall be in touch again as soon as possible.

Lynda Gibbs
0113 2478226

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Dear Mr Tebbs

I am sorry you have not received a response to your request, our reference
2287. I have forwarded your message on to the department that is dealing
with it.

Yours sincerely

Hilary Clarke
Assistant Information Officer
Performance, Planning and Information
Legal, Licensing and Registration
Civic Hall
Leeds
LS1 1UR

Tel: 0113 3950584
Fax: 0113 3950475
e-mail: [Leeds City Council request email]
www.leeds.gov.uk

Barry Tebbs To FOI requests at Leeds City Council
<[FOI #911 email]> <[Leeds City Council request email]>
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14/08/2008 10:41 Subject Freedom of Information request - Public
Parks Expenditure

Dear Sir or Madam, Under the Freedom of Information Act they should
have replied to my request for information by now, and therefor you
are breaking the law.

Yours sincerely, B.Tebbs

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Dear Sir,
Please accept our apologies for the delay in responding
to your query.The lady responsible for dealing with F.O.I. request's is on
holiday until 1st September.We will ensure that a response is forthcoming
w/c 01/09/08..
Graham Mellor
Assistant Finance Manager
Parks & Countryside
Learning & Leisure

0113 3957457

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Dear Mr Tebbs

Thank you for your follow up e mail dated 15 July in reply to our Freedom
of Information response. I apologise for the delay in responding to your
further enquiry which is an oversight on my part as I have been on annual
leave.

The information you asked for is detailed below and I am asked to advise
you that the two geographical areas Parks and Countryside work to are West
and North West plus East, North East and South. Detailed below are the
gross expenditure budgets for 2003/4 to 2008/9 for these areas. However,
it is impossible to disaggregate the specific maintenance costs for Parks
from these figures as they are inclusive of all horticultural maintenance
costs for the City (including works undertaken on behalf of Social
Services, Education etc).

East, North East and South West and North West
2008/9 7,239,000 4,512,170
2007/8 6,599,130 3,685,480
2006/7 6,452,130 3,304,200
2005/6 6,803,420 3,819,810
2004/5 6,936,480 3,236,340
2003/4 5,566,540 2,968,500

Unfortunately, we do not have the software needed to enable us to access
information pre 2003 which has been archived.

I hope you find this further information useful and once again may I offer
my apologies for the delay in responding.

Lynda Gibbs
Customer Relations Officer
0113 2478226

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