Dear Sir/Madam

Thank you for your request for information about :

Council vegan catering options

Received on 05/04/2023

This request has been formally logged in our FOI management system and has been assigned the reference REQ11195.
You should receive a reply to your request within the statutory time limit of 20 working days.

Please remember to quote the reference number REQ11195 in any future communications.

Yours sincerely,
Information Management

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Mae'r e-bost hwn yn cynnwys gwybodaeth y bwriedir ar gyfer y derbynnydd yn unig a gall fod yn gyfrinachol, yn destun ragorfraint gyfreithiol neu broffesiynol, neu fel arall wedi’i diogelu rhag cael ei rhyddhau. Os nad chi yw derbynnydd bwriadedig y neges hon, a fyddech cystal â rhoi gwybod i'r anfonwr ar unwaith a pheidio â datgelu, dosbarthu neu gopïo’r e-bost i unrhyw barti arall. Mae’r e-bost hon ac unrhyw ffeiliau atodedig yn eiddo i Gyngor Dinas Casnewydd.

Pan fyddwch yn anfon e-bost at Gyngor Dinas Casnewydd, rydych yn cydsynio i’r Cyngor fonitro a darllen unrhyw e-byst o’r fath at ddibenion cydymffurfio â diogelwch ac â deddfwriaeth. I weld yr ymwadiad llawn ewch i http://www.newport.gov.uk/ymwadiad

Dear Alex Huntley,

Thank you for your recent request for information which we are dealing
with under the Freedom of Information Act.

In order to process this request further we need to clarify the following:

In external events catering (if applicable)? Eg: 0, 1, 2, 3 or more. 

Please also express this as a proportion of the overall number of options
offered.

Please can you clarify what you mean by external events.

Do you mean external events that we have internally catered for or events
we may have used external catering services for?

We look forward to your reply.

For future reference, all Freedom of Information requests can now be
submitted via the link below.

[1]www.newport.gov.uk/foi

Regards

Kind regards,

Jodi

Mae’r Cyngor yn croesawu gohebiaeth yn Gymraeg, Saesneg neu yn y ddwy
iaith. Byddwn yn cyfathrebu â chi yn ôl eich dewis. Ni fydd gohebu yn
Gymraeg yn arwain at oedi.

The Council welcomes correspondence in English or Welsh or both, and will
respond to you according to your preference. Corresponding in Welsh will
not lead to delay.

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Mae'r e-bost hwn yn cynnwys gwybodaeth y bwriedir ar gyfer y derbynnydd yn
unig a gall fod yn gyfrinachol, yn destun ragorfraint gyfreithiol neu
broffesiynol, neu fel arall wedi’i diogelu rhag cael ei rhyddhau. Os nad
chi yw derbynnydd bwriadedig y neges hon, a fyddech cystal â rhoi gwybod
i'r anfonwr ar unwaith a pheidio â datgelu, dosbarthu neu gopïo’r e-bost i
unrhyw barti arall. Mae’r e-bost hon ac unrhyw ffeiliau atodedig yn eiddo
i Gyngor Dinas Casnewydd.

Pan fyddwch yn anfon e-bost at Gyngor Dinas Casnewydd, rydych yn cydsynio
i’r Cyngor fonitro a darllen unrhyw e-byst o’r fath at ddibenion
cydymffurfio â diogelwch ac â deddfwriaeth. I weld yr ymwadiad llawn ewch
i http://www.newport.gov.uk/ymwadiad

References

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Good Afternoon,

Thank you for coming back to us.
As we had not received a response your request has been closed.
I have logged a new request for you, the new reference number is REQ11335.

You should receive a reply to your request within the statutory time limit of 20 working days.

Kind Regards
Sarah Jones
Information Management

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Dear Alex Huntley,

Thank you for your recent request for information which I have enclosed
below for ease of reference. Your request has been treated in accordance
with the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and/or the Environmental
Information Regulations 2004.

Your Request : REQ11335

I can confirm that we hold information that falls within the scope of your
request. The answers to your questions have been provided in red text
below.

To clarify, we mean any event in which the council was responsible for
arranging the catering provisions.

With regard to the Public Sector Equality Duty, does your decision-making
regarding the provision of food take into account the fact that veganism
is a protected characteristic for the purpose of the Equality Act 2010?

Yes

How many vegan hot and cold meal options do you offer:

In your own local authority canteen every day (if you have one)? 0, 1, 2,
3 or more. Please also express this as a proportion of the overall number
of options offered. 

We do not have a staff canteen

In external events catering (if applicable)? Eg: 0, 1, 2,3 or more. 
Please also express this as a proportion of the overall number of options
offered.  

For external events, as we do not have our own internal catering unit, we
will use the catering facilities available to us.  Normally we only offer
tea, coffee, etc if we must and this will include a vegan milk such as
soya as an alternative.  If buffets are required, then the dietary needs
of the attendees are requested prior to the event.  Unfortunately, we do
not have any data with regards to numbers of options.

Is a requirement for providing vegan hot and cold meal options included
within the catering procurement contracts you issue for other catering
provision for which you are responsible including schools, leisure
centres, care homes, libraries, and any other public buildings?  

With regards to schools’, there is a catering contract with Chartwells. A
vegetarian option is available each day to pupils and there is one
plant-based day a week, however none of the meals are marked as being
vegan. Pupils who are vegan inform the caterer of their requirement for
vegan meals and their details are kept on record to ensure that they
receive vegan appropriate food.

Catering in Leisure Centres is the responsibility of Newport Live. They
can be contacted via this [1]link

Each individual adult care home is responsible for its own catering
arrangements.  Here is a [2]list of the homes and their contact details

The food in children’s residential homes are set with the children each
week- so a weekly food planner is designed- staff and young people cook
the food.  So young people who are vegan would have a vegan diet and
others as per religious/dietary or personal preference.  We run our
children’s homes like family homes and so do not have targets about what
they do/do not consume or contracts with catering companies.

There are no catering facilities in any other Council buildings

Has your organisation taken any action to reduce meat and dairy
consumption in order to meet environmental goals?

·        If yes, please detail what actions have been taken, e.g. 100% or
50% plant-based food options offered.

·        If no, do you have ambitions to take action in this area, eg
through setting meat reduction targets? Yes/no, if yes please detail what
ambitions you have set out.

The school meal catering contract with Chartwells has a plant-based day
only for primaries and the rest of the week there is a plant-based
option.  Throughout the life of the contract, it is expected that there
will be 2 plant-based days per week and an emphasis at least 50% of the
menu on the remaining days being plant based.

For the Leisure Centres and Care Homes please contact them directly.

I hope this provides the information you were looking for; if there is any
further information that we can provide, please submit a further request.
If you have any queries about this email or 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, please contact me.

If you are not content with the subsequent outcome of your complaint, you
may apply directly to the Information Commissioner for a decision.
Generally, the ICO cannot make a decision unless you have exhausted the
Councils complaints procedure. To contact the Information Commissioner
click [3]HERE.

For future reference, all Freedom of Information requests can now be
submitted via the link below.

[4]www.newport.gov.uk/foi

Kind regards,

Jodi

Information Management

Mae’r Cyngor yn croesawu gohebiaeth yn Gymraeg, Saesneg neu yn y ddwy
iaith. Byddwn yn cyfathrebu â chi yn ôl eich dewis. Ni fydd gohebu yn
Gymraeg yn arwain at oedi.

The Council welcomes correspondence in English or Welsh or both, and will
respond to you according to your preference. Corresponding in Welsh will
not lead to delay.

Disclaimer/Ymwadiad

This email contains information intended for the addressee only and may be
confidential, the subject of legal or professional privilege, or be
otherwise protected from disclosure. If you are not the intended recipient
of this message, please notify the sender immediately and do not disclose,
distribute or copy the email to any other party. This email and any
attached file are the property of Newport City Council.

When you email Newport City Council, you consent to the Council monitoring
and reading any such emails for the purposes of security and legislative
compliance. For the full disclaimer please access
http://www.newport.gov.uk/disclaimer.

Mae'r e-bost hwn yn cynnwys gwybodaeth y bwriedir ar gyfer y derbynnydd yn
unig a gall fod yn gyfrinachol, yn destun ragorfraint gyfreithiol neu
broffesiynol, neu fel arall wedi’i diogelu rhag cael ei rhyddhau. Os nad
chi yw derbynnydd bwriadedig y neges hon, a fyddech cystal â rhoi gwybod
i'r anfonwr ar unwaith a pheidio â datgelu, dosbarthu neu gopïo’r e-bost i
unrhyw barti arall. Mae’r e-bost hon ac unrhyw ffeiliau atodedig yn eiddo
i Gyngor Dinas Casnewydd.

Pan fyddwch yn anfon e-bost at Gyngor Dinas Casnewydd, rydych yn cydsynio
i’r Cyngor fonitro a darllen unrhyw e-byst o’r fath at ddibenion
cydymffurfio â diogelwch ac â deddfwriaeth. I weld yr ymwadiad llawn ewch
i http://www.newport.gov.uk/ymwadiad

References

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3. https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/
4. http://www.newport.gov.uk/foi