Information Team Croydon
Digital Services
Assistant Chief Executive Directorate
Bernard Wetherill House
7th Floor, Zone B
Croydon
CR0 1EA

Contact: Information Team
[email address]

 

Dear emma smith

Request FOI/10480

Further to your request received on 17/08/2024, I confirm that the Council
has now considered your request under the Freedom of Information Act
2000. For ease of reference, I will now address each of your questions in
turn.

1) How many stray dogs entered pounds for each year between 1st January
2019 and 31st December 2023, including by breed.

Year  
2023 201
2022 184
2021 96
2020 51
2019 203

Breed information not recorded

2) Broken down by year 2019,2020,2021,2022,2023 (calendar years)
2a)How many of these were reclaimed by their owners?
 

Year  
2023 94
2022 65
2021 48
2020 25
2019 106

2b) How many were adopted from the pound?
 

Year  
2023 7
2022 9
2021 3
2020 1
2019 11

2c) How many went to an animal rescue? Please provide a breakdown in
numbers per year for each rescue used
 

Year  
2023 81
2022 96
2021 43
2020 25
2019 85

2d) How many were euthanized?
 

Year  
2023 3
2022 3
2021 1
2020 0
2019 1

2e) What happened to any remaining dogs that did not fall into above
categories?

N/A

2f) How many dogs were chipped?
 

Year  
2023 111
2022 99
2021 72
2020 33
2019 184

3a) For each year (2019-2023)could you please tell me the total number of
w..t.e (whole time equivalent) dog wardens you employ?

One, for all years.

3b) if the role of the dog warden has been dispersed to other staff could
you please let me know how many staff undertake dog warden duties and what
proportion of their time in whole time equivalents (w.t.e.) that they
roughly spend on the dog wardens role.

N/A

3c)If you do not directly employ any dog wardens and manage this function
via a contract with an external provider could you please confirm the
provider.

N/A

4) Please provide the first part of the postcode of the pound holding
kennels (the details are for geographical spatial mapping and so exact
address is not required)

TN16

 

The Council publishes Access to Information requests and responses on its
online Disclosure Log. (Any request included within this log will be
anonymised appropriately)

To view the Council’s Disclosure Log, please visit our website available
here:

[1]The Freedom of Information (FOI) Act | Croydon Council
(disclosure-log.co.uk)

 

If you are dissatisfied with the way the Council has handled your request
under the Freedom of Information Act, you may ask for an internal review.
This should be submitted to us within 40 working days of this response.
You can do this by outlining the details of your complaint by:

 

Email:        [2][email address]

 

Writing:     Information Team

London Borough of Croydon

Bernard Weatherill House

Floor 7 - Zone B

8 Mint Walk

Croydon, CR0 1EA

 

Any requests received after the 40 working day time limit will be
considered only at the discretion of the council.

 

If you are not content with the outcome of the internal review, you have
the right to apply directly to the Information Commissioner for a
decision. The Information Commissioner can be contacted at:

 

Information Commissioner’s Office

Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire, SK9 5AF

 

Yours sincerely,

 

Information Team

Croydon Digital Services

Assistant Chief Executive Directorate

Bernard Wetherill House,

Mint Walk,

Croydon,

CR0 1EA

 

 

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