Ragwort
Dear Cumbria County Council,
Your webpage:
Rights of Way - Frequently Asked Questions
http://www.cumbria.gov.uk/roads-transpor...
My request concerns the section 'Who is responsible for removing ragwort from the roadside?' on the above link to your website which contains various assertions and another of your webpages set out below. I would be interested to know the evidence basis for Cumbria CC making such claims.
Information required
1. The scientific or official information in the council's posession that supports the assertion that ragwort "is the most frequent cause of livestock poisoning in Britain"
2. The scientific or official information in the council's posession that supports the assertion that ragwort seeds "can lie dormant in the soil for up to 20 years"
3. The information in the council's posession that supports the assertion that the current level of action taken under the Weeds Act is less than it might otherwise be "because of a lack of resources"
4. The information in the council's posession that supports the assertion that the removal of ragwort from Highway verges "is supported by landowners and the Highways Agency."
Your webpage
Highway Maintenance - Grass cutting and roadside verges
http://www.cumbria.gov.uk/roads-transpor...
Information required
5. Information held by the council that supports the assertion re ragwort that "All land managers are under a duty to control this plant if it grows on their land"
Yours faithfully,
BillEllson
Dear Mr Ellson
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REFERENCE: FOI 2016-0623
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Dear Information Governance,
Your response to my information request is now overdue, please progress this matter.
Yours sincerely,
Bill Ellson
Dear Mr Ellson
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 2000
REFERENCE: FOI 2016-0623
Please see attached for a response to your request for information.
Yours sincerely
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Resources and Transformation
Cumbria County Council
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Cumbria's failure to respond was referred to the Information Commissioner's Office on 28 July 2016