Playgrounds - Metropolitan England

Dear Mr Davis

Request for Information RFI-8172-24 Re: Playgrounds

Thank you for your request for information relating to Playgrounds which
was received on 12 January 2024.

In accordance with the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act 2000
the council will respond to your request within 20 working days, saying
whether we have the information that you want, and if there will be any
charges. 

If, for any reason, we cannot provide you with the information, we will
tell you why.

If we need to clarify your request, we will contact you again.

In the meantime, if you need to contact me about your request, please do
so quoting the above reference number.

Yours sincerely,

Fakhara Qanwal

Assistant Assurance Officer

Walsall Council 

0800 0856018

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Dear Mr Davis,

Request for Information RFI-8172-24 Re:Playgrounds

I write to acknowledge and apologise for the delay in responding to your
request relating to Playgrounds. As you know, the council is required to
respond to all requests for information under the Freedom of Information
Act within 20 working days, unless a ‘qualified exception’ applies that
requires the consideration of the Public Interest.

Walsall Council takes its obligations under this legislation extremely
seriously and I am sorry that in this case we have not met this timescale.

I would like to take this opportunity to assure you of our best
intentions in this regard. I can confirm that a full reply to your request
will be sent to you as soon as is possible as we are just awaiting a
response to Q2.

If you have any queries in regard to this process, please do not hesitate
to contact us.

Yours sincerely,

Yvonne Jackson

Assurance Officer

Walsall Council 

0800 0856018

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Dear Mr Davis,

Freedom of Information Request RFI-8172-24 Re: Playgrounds

Further to your request for information about Playgrounds, I have all the
information in except Q2, so felt I could send you what I have and then
update you when the other information comes in. I hope that is acceptable
to you.

1. How many public children’s playgrounds were managed and maintained by
you at the start of each of the last five financial years (a) 1.4.19, (b)
1.4.20, (c) 1.4.21, (d) 1.4.22 and (e) 1.4.23? 

We managed and maintained 60 play areas each year

2. What was your spend in each of the last five financial years (18/19)
(19/20) (20/21) (21/22) and (22/23) on the maintenance, or improvement or
development of children’s playgrounds in your local authority area? If
possible please break this figure down into (i) revenue spend and (ii)
capital expenditure. Awaiting information

3. How many accidents have been reported to you where people have been
injured in public children’s playgrounds for which you have responsibility
in each of the last five financial years (18/19) (19/20) (20/21) (21/22)
and (22/23)? NIL

4. In relation to accidents in the last financial year (22/23) please
provide me with a summary of how each accident took place and the extent
of the injury.N/A

5. For each of the last five financial years (18/19) (19/20) (20/21)
(21/22) and (22/23) please state how much compensation has been paid to
people who were injured in accidents that took place in public children’s
playgrounds for which you have responsibility? NOTE: I am interested in
when the compensation was paid not when the accident took place or when
the claim was lodged. 

Nil there have been NO insurance claims regarding public children’s
playgrounds in the last five financial years (18/19) (19/20) (20/21)
(21/22) and (22/23) and no compensation has been paid.

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 I hope that the information provided is useful to you. However, if you
are dissatisfied, you should set out in writing your grounds for complaint
and send to: Corporate Assurance Manager, Resources & Transformation,
Civic Centre, Darwall Street, Walsall, WS1 1TP.

If you are not content with the outcome of your complaint, you may apply
directly to the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) for a decision.
Please remember that, generally, the ICO cannot make a decision unless you
have first exhausted the complaints procedure provided by the council. The
Information Commissioner can be contacted at: The Information
Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire SK9
5AF. [1]https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/

Yours sincerely,

Yvonne Jackson

 Assurance Officer

Walsall Council 

0800 0856018

[2]www.walsall.gov.uk 

[3]Walsall Council, Proud of our past, our present and for our future 

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