Information Request regarding Council Vehicle Fleet

Cris Lehmann made this Freedom of Information request to Bedford Borough Council This request has been closed to new correspondence. Contact us if you think it should be reopened.

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Dear Bedford Borough Council,

I'd be grateful if you can provide me with the following information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

1. A list of vehicles owned or leased to the council. Please include; registration mark, fleet number (if used), make & model and body type.

2. Identify which vehicles are owned and which are leased.

3. Name, position and email address of the staff responsible for these vehicles.

4. The estimated amount of spend (£) on diesel/petrol per annum and the cost split between owned and leased vehicles.

I trust all is in order and thank you in advance for your help.

Yours faithfully,

Cris Lehmann

Freedom of Information, Bedford Borough Council

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Andrea Bechtle, Bedford Borough Council

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Dear Cris Lehmann

 

Request pursuant to Freedom of Information Act 2000 – Request No.15330

 

I refer to your recent enquiry for information held by the Council under
the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 concerning Council
fleet vehicles. Under the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act,
the authority must state whether or not the information exists and I can
confirm that we do hold the information you requested which has been
answered below. 

 

Please find attached the fleet information as requested. In the last
twelve months we have spent a total of £868,471 on the purchasing of
diesel.

As all of our vehicles are diesel, we have not purchased any petrol during
this period. All of our vehicles are owned the above spend on diesel
relates to solely owned vehicles.

 

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further information regarding Re-use of Public Sector information please
see link below.  If for whatever reason you are unhappy with our response
to your application you are entitled to pursue any dissatisfaction through
the Council's Internal Review Procedure.  Pursuant to Section 17 (7) of
the Act the procedure provided by the Council for dealing with complaints
about the determination of this request for information is the Council’s
FOI Complaints Procedure, a copy of which can be obtained on request or is
set out at:

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Yours sincerely,

 

Andrea Bechtle

FOI & EIR Officer - Environment & Enabling Services
Archives Records

Bedford Borough Council

Borough Hall, Cauldwell Street

Bedford, MK42 9AP

 

 

 

 

 

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