Please ask for: Mollie Redford
Reference: 21497753
Email:
xxx.xxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxx.xxxxxxxxx.xxx
Date: 17 May 2021
Dear Mr Torbica
Thank you for your request for information made under the Freedom of Information Act
(FOIA) 2000 relating to vending machines. Please see the response provided below:
How many third party contractors operate vending machines that dispense
confectionery and beverages on Kent County Council premises?
All of the vending machines are operated by an independent contractor outside of
KCC’s Total Facilities Management contract. The sites are as follows:
West Kent
Four sites has a vending machines, as follows:
Worrall House
Tonbridge AEC
Sevenoaks AEC
Gravesend AEC
East Kent
Six sites have vending machines, as follows:
Saint Peter’s House
Ramsgate Library
Thistley Hill
Brook House
Sittingbourne AEC
Canterbury AEC
Mid Kent
Five sites have vending machines
Ashford Highways,
Kroner House,
Aylesford Highways,
Invicta House
Sessions House
If you are unhappy with this response, and believe KCC has not complied with
legislation, you have 40 working days from the date of this response to ask for a review.
You can do this by following our complaints process; details can be found at this link
https://www.kent.gov.uk/about-the-council/complaints-and-compliments#tab-10 on our
website. Please quote reference 21497753.
If you remain dissatisfied following an internal review, you can appeal to the Information
Commissioner, who oversees compliance with the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
Details of what you need to do, should you wish to pursue this course of action, are
available from the Information Commissioner’s w
ebsite http://ico.org.uk/concerns I will now close your request as of this date.
Yours sincerely
Mollie Redford
Information Access Officer
Strategic and Corporate Services