Playground budgets and closures

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Dear Wellingborough Borough Council,

I would be grateful if you could provide the following information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000:

1. Total budget for public play facilities (including playgrounds, adventure playgrounds, skate parks etc) in each of the following years:
• 2014-15
• 2015-16

2. Expected total budget for public play facilities (including playgrounds, adventure playgrounds, skate parks etc) in each of the following years:
• 2016-17
• 2017-18
• 2018-19

3. Number of public playgrounds and play facilities closed in your local authority area and the proportion of total play facilities this represents, in each of the following years:
• 2014-15
• 2015-16

4. Number of public playgrounds and play facilities you expect will close in your local authority area and the proportion of total play facilities this represents, in each of the following years:
• 2016-17
• 2017-18
• 2018-19

5. Revenue spending budget for public play facilities in each of the following years:
• 2014-15
• 2015-16

6. Revenue spending budget for public play facilities in each of the following years:
• 2016-17
• 2017-18
• 2018-19

7. What is the primary reason for playground closures by your local authority in the last 2 years?

Yours faithfully,

Julie Parmenter
On behalf of the Association of Play Industries (API)

info - Shared Mailbox, Wellingborough Borough Council

Dear Julie

Thank you for your email of 04 September 2016 in which you requested
information regarding playground budgets and closures.

Your request is being dealt with under the terms of the Freedom of
Information Act 2000 and will be answered within twenty working days.

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Kind Regards

Lucy DaSantos
Information Officer
[1][Wellingborough Borough Council request email]
01933 231822

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Dear info - Shared Mailbox,

Please can you respond to this FOI request which is now overdue.

Yours sincerely,

Julie Parmenter

info - Shared Mailbox, Wellingborough Borough Council

Dear Julie

 

I refer to your email of 04 September 2016 in which you made a request
under the Freedom of Information Act.  

 

The Borough Council of Wellingborough confirms that this information is
held.

 

Please see below the service response:

 

1.Total budget for public play facilities (including playgrounds,
adventure playgrounds, skate parks etc) in each of the following years:
•2014-15  = 0
•2015-16 = 0

2.Expected total budget for public play facilities (including playgrounds,
adventure playgrounds, skate parks etc) in each of the following years:
•2016-17 = 0
•2017-18 = 0
•2018-19 = 0

3.Number of public playgrounds and play facilities closed in your local
authority area and the proportion of total play facilities this
represents, in each of the following years:
•2014-15 = 0
•2015-16 = 0

4.Number of public playgrounds and play facilities you expect will close
in your local authority area and the proportion of total play facilities
this represents, in each of the following years:
•2016-17 = 0
•2017-18 = 0
•2018-19 = 0

5.Revenue spending budget for public play facilities in each of the
following years:
•2014-15 = £13,000/annum
•2015-16 = £13,000/annum

6.Revenue spending budget for public play facilities in each of the
following years:
•2016-17 = £13,000/annum
•2017-18 = £13,000/annum
•2018-19 = £13,000/annum

7.What is the primary reason for playground closures by your local
authority in the last 2 years?
 N/A

 

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Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9
5AF or at [2]www.ico.org.uk

 

Kind Regards

 

Lucy DaSantos

Information Officer

Borough Council of Wellingborough

 

[Wellingborough Borough Council request email]

01933 231822

 

Making Wellingborough a place to be proud of

 

 

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Dear info - Shared Mailbox,

Many thanks

Yours sincerely,

Julie Parmenter