Public leisure centres and swimming pools
Hello,
My name is Immanuel Feld and I am a researcher at the University of Warwick. My research focusses on local governments and the provision of public goods. I am thus interested in collecting information on public leisure centres and swimming pools run by local councils.
Specifically, under the FOI legislation, I request a list of all public swimming pools and leisure centres run by your council between 2005 and 2022. Additionally, could you please provide information on dates of opening and closure (with at least year-month precision) if they started or ceased operation over that period. Lastly, could you please provide information on opening and closing hours of the leisure centre/swimming pool in that given year?
That means the final dataset would have the following columns:
Name of the swimming pool or leisure centre, type (i.e. leisure centre or swimming pool or both), address, date of opening, date of closing, opening hours in year 2005, opening hours in year 2006, … , opening hours in year 2022.
If collecting weekly opening hours is not possible, annual opening hours are sufficient, too.
I am happy with whatever format of the data is the most suitable to you and I don’t have any issue in combining multiple files.
Kind regards,
Immanuel Feld
Receipt for ref: FOI 7641
Dear Immanuel Feld,
Thank you for your information request dated 30/03/2024
I can confirm that we have received your request and are now processing
it.
We will look to make a full disclosure of the information requested by
30/04/2024
We will let you know if there are any issues processing your request and
if there will be any delays regarding collating the information you have
requested.
Further information on how we process personal data in Information
Governance can be found on the Council's privacy statement
page: [1]https://www.thanet.gov.uk/privacy-statem...
Kind regards,
Information Governance Officer
Information Governance | Legal
Services
[2][email address] | (01843) [4][IMG]
577247
[3]Cecil St, Margate CT9 1XZ
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Ref: FOI 7641
Dear Immanuel Feld,
Thank you for your information request dated 30/03/2024
The response to your request is set out below.
Our response:
Our leisure centres have been run on our behalf by Your Leisure Kent Ltd
during the period in question and during this time as a result of a
development agreement, the original Ramsgate Leisure Centre/Pool closed
and the new Ramsgate facility opened (around 2012), so we have 2 and had 2
in 2005.
We would not hold opening hour information. It may be possible to
contact Your Leisure (Here: [1]https://yourleisure.uk.com/contact-us/) to
provide further information but we understand that they are not subject to
the Freedom of Information Act as they are not a public authority.
If you are unhappy with the way your enquiry has been dealt with, you may
ask for an internal review by submitting a request within one month of the
date of this response.
Further information on the internal review process is can be found
here: [2]https://ico.org.uk/your-data-matters/off...
Your request should be addressed to the Information Governance Manager,
Thanet District Council, PO Box 9, Cecil Street, Margate, CT9 1XZ or by
emailing [3][email address].
If you are still dissatisfied after an internal review, you may appeal to
the Information Commissioner, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow SK9
5AF.
Further information on how we process personal data in Information
Governance can be found on the Council's privacy statement
page: [4]https://www.thanet.gov.uk/privacy-statem...
Kind regards,
Information Governance Officer
Information Governance | Legal
Services
[5][email address] | (01843) [7][IMG]
577247
[6]Cecil St, Margate CT9 1XZ
[9]link to Thanet district councils
facebook account [10]link to Thanet
district councils twitter account [11]link
[8]Thanet District Council to Thanet district councils instagram
account [12]link to Thanet district
councils linkedin account [13]Link to
Thanet District council youtube
On Tue, 2 Apr 2024 at 10:37, TDC FOI <[14][email address]> wrote:
Receipt for ref: FOI 7641
Dear Immanuel Feld,
Thank you for your information request dated 30/03/2024
I can confirm that we have received your request and are now processing
it.
We will look to make a full disclosure of the information requested by
30/04/2024
We will let you know if there are any issues processing your request and
if there will be any delays regarding collating the information you have
requested.
Further information on how we process personal data in Information
Governance can be found on the Council's privacy statement
page: [15]https://www.thanet.gov.uk/privacy-statem...
Kind regards,
Information Governance Officer
Information Governance | Legal
Services
[16][email address] | (01843) [18][IMG]
577247
[17]Cecil St, Margate CT9 1XZ
[20]link to Thanet district councils
facebook account [21]link to Thanet
district councils twitter
[19]Thanet District Council account [22]link to Thanet district
councils instagram account [23]link to
Thanet district councils linkedin
account [24]Link to Thanet District
council youtube
[25]https://www.thanet.gov.uk/newsroom/
[26]No Excuse for Abuse campaign
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