Information Request regarding Council Vehicle Fleet
Dear North Devon Council,
I'd be grateful if you can provide me with the following information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
1. A list of vehicles owned or leased to the council. Please include; registration mark (or year made, if preferable), fleet number (if used), make & model and body type.
2. Identify which vehicles are owned and which are leased.
3. Name, position and email address of the staff responsible for these vehicles, together with the telephone number for the department (direct dial not expected given GDPR.)
4. The estimated amount of spend (£) on diesel/petrol per annum and the cost split between owned and leased vehicles.
I trust all is in order and thank you in advance for your help.
Yours faithfully,
Joe Wyn Griffith
Dear Mr Griffith
Thank you for your request received this morning, for which I acknowledge receipt.
Your request is now being dealt with in accordance with the Act and will be processed and responded to no later than 17 March, in accordance with the statutory time limit of 20 working days.
The Council has an adopted charging policy for dealing with requests for information under FOIA and EIR, which is published on the Council's website:https://www.northdevon.gov.uk/council/ch..., however I will write to you in advance should the processing of your request require a fee, or if we should require further any information/clarification from you.
Yours sincerely
Vicky Eagle
Administrator – FOI and EIR
Legal Services
North Devon Council
PO Box 379, Barnstaple, EX32 2GR
[North Devon Council request email]
Dear Mr Griffith
I write in response to your request for information received 18 February 2020.
Section 1(1)(a) of the Act requires the Council to inform you whether it holds information of the description specified in your request. I confirm that the Council does hold this information. In discharge of its obligation under section 1(1)(b) I can provide you with the following information that the Council recently supplied under another FOI for the same/similar information:
1&2. Please refer to the attached spreadsheets. With regarding the Operations spreadsheet, none of these vehicles are leased. All Parking vehicles are leased.
Environmental Health & Housing (Community Protection) - (owned) one Vauxhall Astra 1.4i Exclusiv 98 - 1998
Environmental Health & Housing (Environmental Protection) - (Owned) two Ford Transit Connect vehicles – both 2016 and one Renault Kangoo - 2009 (leased/hired)
3. As follows:
Operations - Paul Burton, Service Manager
Refuse & Recycling
[email address]
01271 374776
Parking - Nicola Keyworth-Wright, Parking Manager
Parking Office
[email address]
01271 327711
Environmental Heath - Andy Cole, Service Lead
Environmental Protection
[email address]
01271 388870
4. Operations - Owned vehicles estimated £320,000
Leased vehicles estimated £ 11,250
Parking - Fuel spend for 2019 (All leased) - Cash Van = £3,609.49
CEO Vans = £3,904.26
Environmental Health - Community Protection - estimated annual spend is between £1,500 and £2,000 (owned vehicle)
Environmental Protection - 2018/19 spend -£3,281.59 two owned vehicles and one leased/hired). A breakdown of the spend against leased and owned are not held, however it is estimated that one third of the 2018/19 amount is for the leased/hired vehicle and two thirds of the spend for the owned vehicles.
If you are dissatisfied with the handling of your request, you have the right to request an internal review which should be received within two months from the date of this response email and should be sent to;
Solicitor & Data Protection Officer
Legal Services
North Devon Council
PO Box 379, Barnstaple, EX32 2GR
[North Devon Council request email]
If you are not content with the outcome of the internal review, you have the right to apply to the Information Commissioner for a decision:
Information Commissioner's Office
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire
SK9 5AF
Tel: 01625 545 745
Fax: 01625 524 510
Email: [email address]
Yours sincerely
Vicky Eagle
Administrator, FOI & EIR
Legal Services
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