Costs and types of Gardening Aid provided by the Council

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Dear North Ayrshire Council,

Could you please advise regarding Gardening Aid (free gardening) provided by the Council, current/latest available figures:

1. How many visits a year each eligible person gets:
a. Grass cuts
b. Hedge Trims
c. Other (weedkilling etc)

2. How many people receive Gardening Aid?
3. What are eligibility criteria (over certain age, on benefits, etc) and their % split.
4. Total spend per annum on free Gardening Aid.

Thank you!

Yours faithfully,

Mark Smith

Jordan Calderwood, North Ayrshire Council

Dear Mark Smith

Subject :  FOI Request

Thank you for your email dated 16/02/2017, which was received by North
Ayrshire Council on 17/02/2017, requesting information about gardening
aid.

North Ayrshire Council acknowledges receipt of your request and confirms
that it will respond to you within the time scales of 20 working days as
required by the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002. We will
contact you if we require any further information.

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If you need further help please telephone Jordan Calderwood on 01294
324825.

Yours sincerely

Jordan Calderwood
FOI Co-ordinator

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Name: Mark Smith

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Steven Ward, North Ayrshire Council

Dear Mark Smith

Subject : Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002

Thank you for your request for information dated 17/02/2017, which was
received by North Ayrshire Council on 17/02/2017.

We have now completed our research for the information you request and the
responses to the questions submitted are listed below.

Q1. Provide link to Garden Tidy advert.
Q2. Approximately 450.
Q3. Provide link to advert. We don't monitor the % split .
Q4. The Garden Tidy scheme isn't free.

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If you need further help please telephone Steven Ward on 01294 324798.

Yours sincerely

Steven Ward
FOI Co-ordinator

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Name: Mark Smith

Address:
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Dear Steven Ward,

Thanks for your response.
Could you please provide links, as your message is missing them.
Also, could you please advise how much user and Council pay for this service.

Yours sincerely,

Mark Smith

Steven Ward, North Ayrshire Council

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Hi Mark

Please see additional information attached

(See attached file: Garden Tidy notice.pdf)

The cost for this service is £61 inclusive of VAT.

The Council subsidises this by £84,000 per year.

Thanks

Steven Ward
North Ayrshire Council
Business Support
Cunninghame House
01294 324798

From: Mark Smith <[FOI #390124 email]>
To: Steven Ward <[email address]>
Date: 07/03/2017 14:46
Subject: Re: Information Request - Our Ref : NAC/16233/2017 [OFFICIAL]

Dear Steven Ward,

Thanks for your response.
Could you please provide links, as your message is missing them.
Also, could you please advise how much user and Council pay for this
service.

Yours sincerely,

Mark Smith

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