Food Hygiene Inspections, Resources and Performance
Dear Doncaster Borough Council,
I would like to request information relating to food hygiene inspections undertaken by your borough / district. Kindly provide information or answer questions on the following:
1. What is the total number of food businesses which are currently awaiting a hygiene inspection for unrated premises in your district or borough?
2. What is the number of food inspectors who undertake site inspections three days a week or more within your service?
3. What is the total number of food establishments on your Register?
4. What is the number of overdue inspections (with reference to the Food Law Code of Practice) broken down into risk categories A to E?
5. What are the number of inspections (all categories) overdue by time periods:
a) 6 months
b) 1 year
c) 2 years
d) 5 years
e) more than 5 years
6. The number of food inspectors you have who work three days a week or more after 5pm or at weekends undertaking food hygiene inspection?
7. Your recovery plan to comply with the Food Law Code of Practice to meet your legal obligations on inspection frequencies if you have any overdue inspections?
Yours faithfully,
Sebastian McCormick
Dear Sebastian
Re: Request for information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000
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Yours sincerely,
Sophie
Sophie Ormshaw
Information Governance Officer
Information Governance Team
Corporate Resources
City of Doncaster Council
Civic Office (Floor 2)
Waterdale
Doncaster
DN1 3BU
Phone: 01302 735326
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Dear Sebastian
Thank you for your Freedom of Information request dated 4th November for information about Food Hygiene Inspections, Resources and Performance. Please find below City of Doncaster Council’s responses to the questions you have raised.
1. What is the total number of food businesses which are currently awaiting a hygiene inspection for unrated premises in your district or borough? 476
2. What is the number of food inspectors who undertake site inspections three days a week or more within your service? 10
3. What is the total number of food establishments on your Register? 4086
4. What is the number of overdue inspections (with reference to the Food Law Code of Practice) broken down into risk categories A to E?
A 2
B 8
C 41
D 163
E 457
5. What are the number of inspections (all categories) overdue by time periods:
a) 6 months 81
b) additional up to 1 year 19
c) additional up to 2 years 93
d) additional up to 5 years 436
e) additional more than 5 years 49
6. The number of food inspectors you have who work three days a week or more after 5pm or at weekends undertaking food hygiene inspection? 10
7. Your recovery plan to comply with the Food Law Code of Practice to meet your legal obligations on inspection frequencies if you have any overdue inspections? We are currently working through our overdue inspections on a risk based approach to address those outstanding.
I hope that this information is useful to you.
City of Doncaster Council estimates that it has cost £85 to respond to this request for information.
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Yours sincerely,
Craig Miller
Information Governance Officer
Information Governance Team
Corporate Resources
City of Doncaster Council
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