Dear Mr Cameron

Thank you for your information request dated 11 December 2019 (received by Angus Council that same day).

If we are unable to provide you with a response within 20 working days, we will advise you of this in writing.

Please refer to the information below which explains your right to complain if you are unhappy with how the Council is dealing with your request.

If you have any queries, please ask for me on 01307 491752 or email [Angus Council request email]

Yours sincerely
Brenda Angus
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Brenda Angus | Business Support Assistant | HR, Digital Enablement, IT & Business Support| Angus Council | Angus House | Orchardbank Business Park | Forfar | DD8 1AN | Tel: 01307 491752 |DX 530678 FORFAR|Email: [email address] ; [Angus Council request email]

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION (SCOTLAND) ACT 2002
ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION (SCOTLAND) REGULATIONS 2004
INSPIRE (SCOTLAND) REGULATIONS 2009

Your Right to Request a Review by the Council

If you are dissatisfied with the way in which Angus Council has dealt with your request for information under any of the above statutory instruments, you have a right to ask the council to review its actions and/or decisions regarding your request. If you wish to do this, you should make your request to the Director of Legal & Democratic Services, Angus Council, Angus House, Orchardbank Business Park, Forfar DD8 1AN or e-mail [Angus Council request email] within 40 working days.

Your request must:
be in writing (or recordable format);
give your name and address for correspondence;
give details of the information which you originally requested from the council; and
give the reasons why you are dissatisfied with the way in which your application for information has been dealt with.

Your application for review will then be considered by the council’s review panel. The review panel will write to you informing you of its decision not later than 20 working days after receipt of your request for a review. The review panel will also provide you with a statement of its reasons for arriving at the decision it has made.

Your Right to Appeal to the Scottish Information Commissioner

If you are dissatisfied with a decision of the council's review panel (or where the review panel has not provided you with a response), you have the right to apply to the Scottish Information Commissioner for a decision as to whether your request for information has been dealt with by the council in accordance with the above statutory instruments.

Your application to the Scottish Information Commissioner must:
be in a recordable format (letter, e-mail, audio tape etc);
give your name and address for correspondence.
give details of the request for information which you originally requested from the council;
give details of why you were dissatisfied with the council’s response to your original request;
give details of why you were dissatisfied with the decision of the council's review panel.

In the case of an EIR or FOI request your application to the Scottish Information Commissioner must be made within 6 months of receipt of the decision of the council’s review panel (or within 6 months of the date that the review panel should have responded). No such time limit applies under the 2009 Regulations.

Appeals to the Commissioner can be lodged online through the following hyperlink:
http://www.itspublicknowledge.info/YourR... or by contacting:

Scottish Information Commissioner, Kinburn Castle, Doubledykes Road, St Andrews, Fife, KY16 9BS; Telephone - 01334 464610; Fax - 01334 464611; Email - [email address]

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Dear Mr Cameron

Request for Information

Thank you for your request for information dated 11 December 2019
(received by the Council that same day) which has been passed to me for
attention. 

I would preface our response by stating that the information provided to
you in the following does not cover the entire time period of your
request.  It relates to the financial years 2015/16, 2016/17, 2017/18 and
2018/19 only.  For this reason we will provide you with the outstanding
information under separate cover as soon as possible.  I apologise for the
delay.

You have requested the following information:

•             How many call outs has there been to schools in the council
area due to pest issues? Please break this down by school where possible
and the type of pests reported

See attached spreadsheets

•             How many call outs has there been to council-owned
properties due to pest issues? Please give a breakdown stating which
council building (just state council housing if it’s a rented home) and
the type of pests reported

NO OF
NO OF RAT NO OF MICE NO OF WASP INSECT
YEAR TREATMENTS TREATMENTS TREATMENTS TREATMENTS TOTALS
2018/19 8 27 61 64 160
2017/18 17 22 20 63 122
2016/17 4 23 53 77 157
2015/16 10 31 30 58 129

•             How much money has been spent by the council dealing with
pest call outs for each of the five past financial years

YEAR SPEND
2018/19 £11,332.68
2017/18 £6,884.02
2016/17 £7,026.48
2015/16 £6,699.79

I hope that this information is of some help to you. Please note that the
information contained in this reply is believed to be accurate as of
today's date (unless otherwise indicated) but no warranty is given.
Further, Angus Council does not accept liability for any loss, injury or
damage which arises from the use of the information contained in this
reply either by you or by any other party. Please refer to the information
set out below which explains your right to complain if you are unhappy
with how the Council has dealt with your request. If you have any queries,
please contact me on 01307 491992 or e-mail
[1][Angus Council request email]

Yours sincerely

Martin Friedrich

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Martin Friedrich | Paralegal-FOI | Legal & Democratic| Angus Council
|Angus House | Orchardbank Business Park | Forfar | DD8 1AN | DX 530678

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Dear Mr Cameron

Request for Information

I refer to your request for information dated 11 December 2019 (received
by the Council that same day) and the council’s response of yesterday’s
date.  As advised yesterday there was still some information outstanding
which I am now in a position to provide.  This is information which
relates to the financial year 2014/15.

You have requested the following information:

•             How many call outs has there been to schools in the council
area due to pest issues? Please break this down by school where possible
and the type of pests reported

See attached spreadsheets

•             How many call outs has there been to council-owned
properties due to pest issues? Please give a breakdown stating which
council building (just state council housing if it’s a rented home) and
the type of pests reported

NO OF
NO OF RAT NO OF MICE NO OF WASP INSECT
YEAR TREATMENTS TREATMENTS TREATMENTS TREATMENTS TOTALS
2018/19 8 27 61 64 160
2017/18 17 22 20 63 122
2016/17 4 23 53 77 157
2015/16 10 31 30 58 129
2014/15 7 36 54 76 173

•             How much money has been spent by the council dealing with
pest call outs for each of the five past financial years

YEAR SPEND
2018/19 £11,332.68
2017/18 £6,884.02
2016/17 £7,026.48
2015/16 £6,699.79
2014/15 £9,381.37

I hope that this information is of some help to you. Please note that the
information contained in this reply is believed to be accurate as of
today's date (unless otherwise indicated) but no warranty is given.
Further, Angus Council does not accept liability for any loss, injury or
damage which arises from the use of the information contained in this
reply either by you or by any other party. Please refer to the information
set out below which explains your right to complain if you are unhappy
with how the Council has dealt with your request. If you have any queries,
please contact me on 01307 491992 or e-mail
[1][Angus Council request email]

Yours sincerely

Martin Friedrich

___________________________________________

Martin Friedrich | Paralegal-FOI | Legal & Democratic| Angus Council
|Angus House | Orchardbank Business Park | Forfar | DD8 1AN | DX 530678

From: FriedrichM
Sent: 14 January 2020 16:39
To: '[FOI #626729 email]'
<[FOI #626729 email]>
Subject: FOI Request 1302/19: Pest control

Dear Mr Cameron

Request for Information

Thank you for your request for information dated 11 December 2019
(received by the Council that same day) which has been passed to me for
attention. 

I would preface our response by stating that the information provided to
you in the following does not cover the entire time period of your
request.  It relates to the financial years 2015/16, 2016/17, 2017/18 and
2018/19 only.  For this reason we will provide you with the outstanding
information under separate cover as soon as possible.  I apologise for the
delay.

You have requested the following information:

•             How many call outs has there been to schools in the council
area due to pest issues? Please break this down by school where possible
and the type of pests reported

See attached spreadsheets

•             How many call outs has there been to council-owned
properties due to pest issues? Please give a breakdown stating which
council building (just state council housing if it’s a rented home) and
the type of pests reported

NO OF
NO OF RAT NO OF MICE NO OF WASP INSECT
YEAR TREATMENTS TREATMENTS TREATMENTS TREATMENTS TOTALS
2018/19 8 27 61 64 160
2017/18 17 22 20 63 122
2016/17 4 23 53 77 157
2015/16 10 31 30 58 129

•             How much money has been spent by the council dealing with
pest call outs for each of the five past financial years

YEAR SPEND
2018/19 £11,332.68
2017/18 £6,884.02
2016/17 £7,026.48
2015/16 £6,699.79

I hope that this information is of some help to you. Please note that the
information contained in this reply is believed to be accurate as of
today's date (unless otherwise indicated) but no warranty is given.
Further, Angus Council does not accept liability for any loss, injury or
damage which arises from the use of the information contained in this
reply either by you or by any other party. Please refer to the information
set out below which explains your right to complain if you are unhappy
with how the Council has dealt with your request. If you have any queries,
please contact me on 01307 491992 or e-mail
[2][Angus Council request email]

Yours sincerely

Martin Friedrich

___________________________________________

Martin Friedrich | Paralegal-FOI | Legal & Democratic| Angus Council
|Angus House | Orchardbank Business Park | Forfar | DD8 1AN | DX 530678

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