Reference: FOI-361180980
Date of request: 06/09/2021
Title of request: Access Officers and Rangers

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Reference: FOI-361180980
Date of request: 03/09/2021
Title of request: Access Officers and Rangers
Information request:

Dear Angus Council,
Please provide the following data throughout the period  of 2016/17 to
2020/21, breaking the results for each question down by year. 
1. How many Full Time Equivalent (FTE) access officer your local authority
employed
2. How many FTE non-seasonal rangers you employed .
3. How many seasonal rangers you employed. If possible, please list this
as an FTE figure. If not possible, please provide what detail you are able
to.
4. How many times your Local Access Forum met.
5. The total length (in km) of core paths in each financial year.
6. The total Section 11 orders issued to exempt land from access rights
for less than 6 days.
7. The total Section 11 orders to exempt land from access rights for 6
days or more with confirmation by Scottish Ministers.
8. The total Section 14 notices issued to a land owner requiring
obstructions to be removed.
9. The number of times the landowner complied and did not comply with
Section 14 notices.
10. The number of Section 21 path agreements issued.
11. Total access authority capital expenditure on paths.
12.  Total matched capital funding for paths.
13. Capital funding from other sources related to paths.
14. Maintenance expenditure on core paths.
15. Maintenance expenditure on non-core paths.
For more detail on some of data I'm asking for, please see this Scottish
Government document: 
https://www.gov.scot/binaries/content/do...
Thanks for your help,
Jamie Mann

Dear Jamie Mann,

Request for Information

Thank you for your request for information dated 6^th September 2021
(received by the Council that same date) which has been passed to me for
attention.

You have requested the following information:

Throughout the period  of 2016/17 to 2020/21, breaking the results for
each question down by year. 

1. How many Full Time Equivalent (FTE) access officer your local authority
employed

2016/17 = 1

2017/18 = 1

2018/19 = 1

2019/20 = 1

2020/21 = 1

2. How many FTE non-seasonal rangers you employed?

Angus Council has not employed any Rangers, either seasonal or
non-seasonal, during this period. Angus Alive employs rangers who operate
at countryside sites in Angus. 

3. How many seasonal rangers you employed. If possible, please list this
as an FTE figure. If not possible, please provide what detail you are able
to.

Angus Council has not employed any Rangers, either seasonal or
non-seasonal, during this period. Angus Alive employs rangers who operate
at countryside sites in Angus.  

4. How many times your Local Access Forum met.

2016/17 = 4

2017/18 = 3

2018/19 = 5

2019/20 = 4

2020/21 = 3

5. The total length (in km) of core paths in each financial year.

2016/17 = 513

2017/18 = 513

2018/19 = 513

2019/20 = 513

2020/21 = 513

6. The total Section 11 orders issued to exempt land from access rights
for less than 6 days.

2016/17 = 0

2017/18 = 0

2018/19 = 0

2019/20 = 0

2020/21 = 0

7. The total Section 11 orders to exempt land from access rights for 6
days or more with confirmation by Scottish Ministers.

2016/17 = 1

2017/18 = 0

2018/19 = 1

2019/20 = 0

2020/21 = 0

8. The total Section 14 notices issued to a land owner requiring
obstructions to be removed.

2016/17 = 0

2017/18 = 0

2018/19 = 0

2019/20 = 0

2020/21 = 0

9. The number of times the landowner complied and did not comply with
Section 14 notices.

2016/17 = N/A

2017/18 = N/A

2018/19 = N/A

2019/20 = N/A

2020/21 = N/A

10. The number of Section 21 path agreements issued.

2016/17 = 0

2017/18 = 1

2018/19 = 0

2019/20 = 0

2020/21 = 0

11. Total access authority capital expenditure on paths.

2016/17 = £104,969

2017/18 = £34,477

2018/19 = £24,291

2019/20 = £8,261

2020/21 = £18,540

12.  Total matched capital funding for paths.

2016/17 = £130,236

2017/18 = £92,300

2018/19 = £6,950

2019/20 = £0

2020/21 = £0

13. Capital funding from other sources related to paths.

This is expenditure under CWSS/CWSR active travel budgets. Some of this
will have been spend on non-paths infrastructure such as walking/cycling
improvements on the adopted roads network. We do not have a full breakdown
of the portions spent specifically on paths.

2016/17 = £128,000

2017/18 = £154,684

2018/19 = £161,838

2019/20 = £192,308

2020/21 = £534,146

14. Maintenance expenditure on core paths.

This figure is total revenue expenditure on path. We do not have a
breakdown of expenditure on core paths and non-core paths, but see
response to 15 below.

2016/17 = £83,828

2017/18 = £61,647

2018/19 = £59,371

2019/20 = £61,977

2020/21 = £63,633

15. Maintenance expenditure on non-core paths.

This is an estimate of the portion of the figure in 14 above that can be
apportioned to non-core paths

2016/17 = £6,000

2017/18 = £6,200

2018/19 = £6,400

2019/20 = £6,700

2020/21 = £6,900

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