Dear Mr Lubrano

Your request for information ref. SOT71433

Thank you for your request for information about public play facilities. 
Your request was received by the Information Rights Team on 21 August
2018.  This is being dealt with under the terms of the appropriate
Information Rights legislation.

In some circumstances we may charge for information.  If there is a charge
we will let you know, as you will have to pay it before we deal with your
request.

Some information does not have to be released under this legislation.  We
will check the information you have asked for and send you as much as
possible.  If another person or organisation is named in the information,
we may have to ask their opinion before we decide what we can give you.

You should expect to receive a response to your request on or before 19
September 2018 in line with the legislation's 20 working day statutory
deadline.

For your information we may publish the response to your request on our
City Council's website, which can be found at the following address:
[1]www.stoke.gov.uk.

If you have any queries about this email please do not hesitate to contact
us.

You can find details of how we handle your personal information by
visiting [2]www.stoke.gov.uk/dataprotection.

Yours sincerely

Information Rights Team

Information Rights

Floor 2 Civic Centre Glebe Street

Stoke-on-Trent ST4 1HH

City of Stoke-on-Trent 

t 01782 232853, 01782 233020, 01782 233732, 01782 235965

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Dear Mr Lubrano

Your request for information ref. SOT71433 about public play facilities -
budget, numbers and closures.

We have now considered your request and a copy of the information is
enclosed below.

The information supplied may be used for domestic or journalistic
purposes.  Its use for commercial gain including issuing to the public,
social media or computer blogs may be subject to the issue of a licence
under the Reuse of Public Sector Information Regulations 2015.

1. How many public play facilities (including playgrounds, adventure
playgrounds, skate parks, etc.) do you currently have available to the
public in your LA area?

Response: 75

2.What was your total budget for public play facilities (including
playgrounds, adventure playgrounds, skate parks, etc.) in each of the
following years?

Response:

2016-17           £1.170m (Capital)
2017-18           £3.962m (Capital)

3.What is your expected total budget for public play facilities (including
playgrounds, adventure playgrounds, skate parks, etc.) in each of the
following years?

Response:
2018-19           £0.333m (Capital)
2019-20           £0.126m (Capital)
2020-21           £0 (Capital)

4. How many public playgrounds and play facilities were closed in your LA
area and what proportion of your total play facilities did this represent,
in each of the following years?

Response:
2016-17 - 0
2017-18 - 0

5. How many public playgrounds and play facilities do you expect will
close and what proportion of your total play facilities will this
represent, in each of the following years?

Response:
2018-19 - 0
2019-20 - 0
2020-21 - 0

If you are unhappy with the service you have received in relation to your
request and wish to make a complaint or request a review of our decision,
you should write to: The Information Rights Manager, Information Rights
Team, Stoke-on-Trent City Council, Floor 2, Civic Centre, Glebe Street,
ST4 1HH, or email [1][Stoke on Trent City Council request email].

If, after contacting us, you are not content with the outcome, you may ask
the Information Commissioner for a decision.  Before doing this, please
see the following link for guidance from the Information Commissioner
relating to how to use your information rights responsibly and
effectively, to enable you to gain the best outcome from the process -
[2]http://ico.org.uk/for_the_public.

Generally, the Information Commissioner cannot make a decision unless you
have already used our internal review procedure. The Information
Commissioner can be contacted at: The Information Commissioner’s Office,
Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF, tel: 0303 123
1113 or you can visit their website at [3]www.ico.gov.uk/complaints.aspx.

You can find details of how we handle your personal information by
visiting [4]www.stoke.gov.uk/dataprotection.

Yours sincerely

Information Rights Team

Information Rights

City of Stoke-on-Trent

Floor 2  Civic Centre  Glebe Street  Stoke-on-Trent  ST4 1HH

T: 01782 232853, 01782 233020, 01782 233732, 01782 235965

E: [5][Stoke on Trent City Council request email]

Request

Dear Stoke on Trent City Council,

2 years ago, we were hearing from our members that installations of new
playground equipment were falling in England and that this was due
directly to a lack of funding within local authorities. This worried us
and our members at a time when Childhood obesity is increasing and there
are more instances of divided communities. In order to quantify what was
happening we commissioned a report which resulted in our #nowheretoplay
campaign highlighting the extent of the problem. We believe it is now time
to refresh our information and to once again highlight to government the
problems resulting from a reduction in children's play facilities. We
would therefore urge you to support us in the FOI request.

1.         How many public play facilities (including playgrounds,
adventure playgrounds, skate parks, etc.) do you currently have available
to the public in your LA area?

2.         What was your total budget for public play facilities
(including playgrounds, adventure playgrounds, skate parks, etc.) in each
of the following years?

o          2016-17
o          2017-18

3.         What is your expected total budget for public play facilities
(including playgrounds, adventure playgrounds, skate parks, etc.) in each
of the following years?

o          2018-19
o          2019-20
o          2020-21

4.         How many public playgrounds and play facilities were closed in
your LA area and what proportion of your total play facilities did this
represent, in each of the following years?

o          2016-17
o          2017-18

5.         How many public playgrounds and play facilities do you expect
will close and what proportion of your total play facilities will this
represent, in each of the following years?

o          2018-19
o          2019-20
o          2020-21

Data to be collated into excel spreadsheet.

Yours faithfully,

Samuel Lubrano

 
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Keep up-to-date with events in the city, job vacancies, news from the city
council and details about services which can help you by signing up to our
email updates at [7]www.stoke.gov.uk/stayconnected

Save time, go online; pay your council tax, manage your benefits, book a
housing repair and report a pothole at a time and place that’s convenient
for you at www.stoke.gov.uk 

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