Spending on Mayoral Cars

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Hello,

I'd be grateful if you can provide me with the following information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 in regards to vehicles used to transport the Mayor of your Local authority.

1) A list of all vehicles owned or leased to the council for the use of transporting the Mayor of your Local authority and:
a) The make and model of each vehicle?
b) The cost of purchasing each vehicle (if not leased) since 2018?
c) The cost of leasing each vehicle (if not purchased) since 2018?
d) The cost of fuel for each vehicle since 2018?
e)The costs associated with maintaining each vehicle since 2018?
f) The cost of insuring each vehicle since 2018?
g) The costs of any parking fees and / or fines / PCNs issued to each vehicle since 2018?

Please provide cost per annum if possible for questions 1b-1g.

2) How many days a week on average is each vehicle used?

3) Is transporting the mayor the primary use of the vehicle? If not, please list other uses?

I look forward to receiving a response from you and I am happy to provide any additional information you require.

Yours faithfully
Akwesi Osei

Braintree District Council

Dear Akwesi Osei,

 

I am writing regarding your information request received by Braintree
District Council on the 25/07/2022, case reference 6264.

 

Your request for information has been processed under the Freedom of
Information Act (FOIA). The Act enables access to information held by the
Council, subject to exemptions contained within the Act. The Act does not
require the Council to create information to respond to a request if the
requested information is not held, nor to give an opinion or comment.

 

Please find our response to your request below:

 

I'd be grateful if you can provide me with the following information under
the Freedom of Information Act 2000 in regards to vehicles used to
transport the Mayor of your Local authority.

 

We do not have a Mayor and therefore hold no information. 

 

1) A list of all vehicles owned or leased to the council for the use of
transporting the Mayor of your Local authority and:

a) The make and model of each vehicle?

b) The cost of purchasing each vehicle (if not leased) since 2018?

c) The cost of leasing each vehicle (if not purchased) since 2018?

d) The cost of fuel for each vehicle since 2018?

e)The costs associated with maintaining each vehicle since 2018?

f) The cost of insuring each vehicle since 2018?

g) The costs of any parking fees and / or fines / PCNs issued to each
vehicle since 2018?

 

Please provide cost per annum if possible for questions 1b-1g.

 

2) How many days a week on average is each vehicle used?

 

3) Is transporting the mayor the primary use of the vehicle? If not,
please list other uses?

    

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your request please contact us in writing, within 40 days of the receipt
of a full response, at: Emma Wisbey Governance and Member Manager,
Braintree District Council, Causeway House, Bocking End, Braintree, Essex,
CM7 9HB. Or e-mail: [1][Braintree District Council request email]

 

Right to appeal: Should you remain dissatisfied with the outcome of any
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Information Act to appeal against the decision by contacting the
Information Commissioner, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow SK9 5AF. Or
e-mail: [2][email address]

 

 

Kind regards,

 

Lucy Day

Performance & Improvement Assistant

Braintree District Council | Causeway House, Bocking End, Braintree, CM7
9HB

 01376 552525| www.braintree.gov.uk

 

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