The amount of money spent by Gloucestershire County Council to clear roadkill

Dear Mr Hassam

Request for Information (Reference 10/FOI/2090)

Thank you for your request for information for money spent on clearing
roadkill, received on 18 March 2010.

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Gloucestershire County Council

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Dear Mr Hassam

Request for Information (Reference 10/FOI/2090)

I am writing in response to your request for information received on 18
March 2010.

Your request has been investigated but I have to inform you that we do not
hold the information you have requested.

The information you have requested is available from the district councils
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Cheltenham Borough Council

Municipal Offices

Promenade

Cheltenham

Gloucestershire

GL50 9SA

Telephone: 01242 264350

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Forest of Dean District Council

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Gloucester City Council

Policy and Communications Department
Gloucester City Council
North Warehouse
The Docks
Gloucester GL1 2EP

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Stroud District Council

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Stroud District Council

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Ebley

Stroud

Gloucestershire, GL5 4UB

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Tewkesbury Borough Council

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Tewkesbury Borough Council

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Tewkesbury, GL20 5TT

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Gloucestershire County Council

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Gloucester

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Dear Mr Hassam

Re: Freedom of Information Act 2000 - Request for Information

Thank you for your request for information under the Freedom of
Information Act, which I received today.

We are dealing with your enquiry and aim to respond to your request within
20 working days of receipt.

Yours sincerely,

Wendy Jones (Miss)
Customer Services Manager
Customer Services

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Dear James,

Thank you for your email enquiry. Your request for information has been
logged FOI ref 1155 and you will receive a response within 20 working
days.

Yours sincerely

Emily Adams
Technical Assistant
Policy & Performance
Municipal Offices
Cheltenham Borough Council
Tel 01242 774931
E-mail [email address]

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Mrs. L. Williams

Legal Office Manager

Tel 01594 812511

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Dear Mr Hassam

I have been passed your FOI of the above in light of the responsibilities
Stroud District Council has in respect to the collection of dead animals
from public highways (Roadkill)

Your email to Teresa was as follows:-

Dear Gloucestershire County Council,

I would like to make a request under the Freedom Of Information Act
to determine:

How much the Council spent during 2009 on clearing roadkill from
roads in Gloucestershire;

How much the Council allocated in the 2010 budget for clearing
roadkill from roads in Gloucestershire;

Whether any funds allocated to the clearing of roadkill during
either 2009 or 2010 were diverted to fund repairs to potholes on
the county's roads and, if so, how much?

Yours faithfully,

James Hassam
BBC Points West
Bristol

I can confirm that Stroud District Council collected a total of 205 dead
animals during 2009 was 205. Collection costs totalled £2761.35.

I trust this answers Stroud District Council's part of your FOI request to
Gloucestershire County Council. I hope you find this information of use;
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information have been dealt with, please write to the Council's monitoring
officer. Should you remain dissatisfied, you may write to the Information
Commissioner for a review.

Carlos Novoth
Public Space Manager

Stroud District Council
Ebley Mill
Stroud GL5 4UB

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Dear James,

The information that the Council holds in relation to your freedom of
information request ref 1155 is below:

How much the Council spent during 2009 on clearing roadkill from
roads in Gloucestershire;
Information not held (a separate cost is not kept for this as it
is so little)

How much the Council allocated in the 2010 budget for clearing
roadkill from roads in Gloucestershire;
Nil (a separate cost is not kept for this as it is so little)

Whether any funds allocated to the clearing of roadkill during
either 2009 or 2010 were diverted to fund repairs to potholes on
the county's roads and, if so, how much?
N/A (Gloucestershire Highways manage and maintain Cheltenham's
roads)

Please note: If you are dissatisfied with the Council's response you have
a right of appeal. In the first instance please forward your appeal to
Karen Watson, Customer Relations and Research Manager, Cheltenham Borough
Council, Municipal Offices, Promenade, Cheltenham, GL50 1PP.

Your appeal will be considered and a response sent to you within 10
working days.

If you are still not happy with this decision you have a further right of
appeal to the Information Commissioner, Wycliffe House, Water Lane,
Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF.

Yours sincerely

Emily Adams
Customer Relations and Research Officer
Room 9, Ground Floor
Municipal Offices
Cheltenham Borough Council
Tel 01242 774931
E-mail [email address]

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Dear Mr Hassam,

Thank you for your request for information received on 3^rd March 2010
concerning clearing road kill from Gloucester roads.

Your request is being handled under the Freedom of Information Act 2000
(FOIA).

Firstly, let me begin by apologising for the delay in responding to your
FOI request. Please see below for the information you have requested:

1. How much the Council spent during 2009 on clearing road kill from
roads in Gloucestershire?

Clearing road kill from all Gloucestershire streets is not the
responsibility of Gloucester City Council. Instead the city Council is
only responsibly for road kill across the City.

In regards to road kill from the City's streets, Gloucester City Council
operates this service as part of our street care responsibilities and, as
such, the costs of clearing road kill as not separately identified in the
street care service budget.

2. How much the Council allocated in the 2010 budget for clearing road
kill from roads in Gloucestershire?

Again, as clearing road kill is not allocated a separate budget from
overall street care, the specific budget for road kill cannot be provided.

3. Whether any funds allocated to the clearing of road kill during
either 2009 or 2010 were diverted to fund repairs to potholes on the
county's roads and, if so, how much?

As detailed above, the Council is unable to provide information on the
specific costs of clearing road kill from the City's streets and so are
unable to provide information relating to whether any budget was diverted
from other services. Repairs to potholes is not the City's councils
responsibility but instead the responsibility of Gloucestershire County
Council Highways Agency.

If you are unhappy with the way your request for information has been
handled, you can request a review by contacting the Council at:

* E-mail [email address]
( Telephone 01452 396 967
+ Post Freedom of Information

Gloucester City Council

Herbert Warehouse

The Docks

Gloucester

GL1 2EQ

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There is no charge for making an appeal.

Fozia Yamin
Policy and Information Officer

( 01452 396967 Policy &
Information Service

* [1][email address] Gloucester City Council
: www.gloucester.gov.uk North Warehouse,
The Docks

Gloucester. GL1 2EP

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