Mr George Tsigarides,
Crystal Norbert
Via email
Corporate Information Governance Officer
request-604109-
Information Team
xxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx
Information Governance
xxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxx.xxx.xx
Date: 09 October 2019
Ref:1188695
Dear Mr G Tsigarides
Re: Information request
Thank you for your request for information, which we received on the 22 September 2019.
Your Request:
Please confirm if bin collections are funded from the collection of Council Tax.
Our Response:
The Council receives a number of funding streams, government grant, Council Tax
and Business Rates plus other specific grants.
The attached Council Tax booklet for 2019/20 gives further information on income and
expenditure. This can be found on the following link:
https://www.southwark.gov.uk/assets/attach/1069/CT_2019_FINAL_1.pdf
This information is being provided as a statutory obligation under the Freedom of Information
Act 2000 and the Data Protection Act 2018.
Please note that under the Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) Regulations
2003 Southwark Council ask not to receive unsolicited marketing communications.
You are free to use the information provided for your own purposes, including any non-
commercial research you are doing and for the purposes of news reporting. Any other re-use,
for example commercial publication, requires the permission of the copyright holder. If you
have any queries or concerns then please contact us using the above details.
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If you are unhappy with the service you have received in relation to your request and wish to
make an appeal for a review of our decision, you should contact us
at
xxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxx.xxx.xx, quoting the reference number above.
If you are not content with the outcome of your appeal you may apply directly to the
Information Commissioner for a decision. Generally, the Information Commissioner cannot
make a decision unless you have first exhausted our internal appeal procedure and you
should contact her within 2 months of the outcome of your internal appeal. Further information
on the Freedom of Information Act is available through the Information Commissioner
at
www.ico.org.uk.
Yours sincerely
Crystal Norbert
Corporate Information Governance Officer
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