Freedom of Information (FoI) Request - herbicide use
FAO: Freedom of Information Officer
To Luton Borough Council,
I am writing to enquire about the Council’s use of herbicides in 2024. I would be very grateful if you could please respond to my questions below:
1. Does the Council, or contractors acting on behalf of the Council, use herbicides in the following areas:
a) Parks and green spaces YES/NO
b) Cemeteries YES/NO
c) Playing fields YES/NO
d) Road verges and roundabouts YES/NO
e) Hard surfaces such as pavements and highways YES/NO
f) Housing estates YES/NO
2. What volume of herbicides did the Council, or contractors acting on behalf of the Council, use from 1st January to 31st December 2024? Please answer in litres or kilograms.
3. Does the council, or contractors acting on behalf of the Council, use glyphosate-based herbicides? YES/NO
4. How much money did the Council spend on costs associated to buying and using herbicides from 1st January to 31st December 2024? Please include all costs, including but not limited to; the purchase of pesticide products, application equipment and Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), staff training and costs associated to outsourcing to contractors.
5. How many complaints did the Council receive about weeds from 1st January to 31st December 2024?
6. a) Does the Council have a policy in place aimed at reducing or ending the use of herbicides on land under its control? YES/NO
b) If YES, please provide a link to the policy or provide a hard copy if not available online.
I look forward to hearing from you.
Many thanks
Osheen
Osheen Suzanna John (She/her)
Communications Assistant
Pesticide Action Network UK (PAN UK)
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Dear Osheen Suzanna John
Your Environmental Information Regulations Request - Acknowledgement.
Thank you for your request for information. We are treating this as a
request under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004.
The legislation allows us 20 working days to respond to your request. This
is 24/03/2025. If we require any clarification from you in relation to
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Dear Osheen John
We are treating your recent correspondence as a request for an internal
review of the response we provided under the Environmental Information
Regulations 2004.
We will aim to respond by 25/04/2025 which is 20 working days from the day
after we received your recent correspondence.
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being handled, please do not hesitate to contact us further, quoting the
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Dear Luton Borough Council,
Could you please answer question 2,4, and 5 as well. Thank you for getting back to me with the others.
Yours faithfully,
Osheen John
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