Statistics 2022/2023
Dear Portsmouth City Council,
I’m writing to request records to be supplied and/or questions to be answered on the following information under the freedom of information act 2000.
please note that warden refers to any frontline officer carrying our duties on behalf of the authority of low level anti-social behaviour investigation and enforcement, and environmental crime. in other authorities will often be referred to as a community protection officer, public protection officer or ASB officer. this is not to be confused with a parking warden.
Please provide figures for the year 2022 / 2023
Stray Dogs Collected
Total fixed penalty notices (FPN) issued
Total amount of prosecutions for non-payment of FPN
FPNS for fly-tipping
FPNS issued for trade waste offences
FPNS for idling vehicles
FPNS for breach of PSPO
FPNS for breach of CPN
CPNW's issued
CPNS's issued
Cases referred by wardens/community/public protection officer or frontline officer equivalent for safeguarding
How many first aid incidents carried out by a warden or local authority equivalent
how many recorded complaints did your warden or equivalent service receive
What are your operating hours for your warden/equivalent service
How many wardens/equivalent are you budgeted for
How many wardens/equivalent do you currently have employed
How much do it cost to train one warden/equivalent
How Many environmental Health officers do you have
How much is your budget for staffing for environmental health
Yours faithfully,
AJ
- Official -
Information Governance
Corporate Services
Civic Offices, Guildhall Square, Portsmouth, PO1 2AL
Telephone: 023 9284 4385
Reference: 2023/0574
Dear AJ
INFORMATION REQUEST ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
Thank you for your request for information received on 3rd May 2023
Your request will be considered in accordance with the Freedom of
Information Act 2000 (FOIA) or the Environmental Information Regulations
2004 (EIR) if it relates to environmental information as defined in Part
1(2)(1) of the EIR. Subject to the points made below, you will receive the
information requested as promptly as possible within the statutory
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certain information. These reasons are referred to as 'exemptions' in the
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decide whether information should be disclosed. If any information is to
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[1][email address].
Yours sincerely
Wendy Burton
FOI Officer
- Official -
Information Governance
Corporate Services
Civic Offices, Guildhall Square, Portsmouth, PO1 2AL
Telephone: 023 9284 4385
Reference: 2023/0574
Dear AJ
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 2000
INFORMATION REQUEST CLARIFICATION REQUIRED
Further to our acknowledgement of your request, we need some clarification
from you so that we can provide you with an appropriate response.
Details of clarification required:
Our Regulatory Services Department can only respond to the last two
questions: The post "Environmental Health officer" is no longer used. All
officers are now Regulatory Services Officers responsible for various
functions. I can supply information for the entire service compliment. Or
if you require specifics such as how many officers are fulfilling specific
tasks I would need to know which tasks in order to answer.
Please e-mail your response to us at [1][email address]
The normal time limit for responding to a request for information, under
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able to identify and locate the information you have asked for.
You should be aware that if we do not receive clarification within 30 days
your request for information will be closed.
We look forward to hearing from you as soon as possible.
Yours sincerely
Wendy Burton
FOI Officer
_____________________________________________
From: FOI <[Portsmouth City Council request email]>
Sent: Wednesday, May 3, 2023 12:56 PM
To: AJ <[FOI #977757 email]>; FOI
<[Portsmouth City Council request email]>
Subject: 2023/0574 - Statistics 2022/2023
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Information Governance
Corporate Services
Civic Offices, Guildhall Square, Portsmouth, PO1 2AL
Telephone: 023 9284 4385
Reference: 2023/0574
Dear AJ
INFORMATION REQUEST ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
Thank you for your request for information received on 3rd May 2023
Your request will be considered in accordance with the Freedom of
Information Act 2000 (FOIA) or the Environmental Information Regulations
2004 (EIR) if it relates to environmental information as defined in Part
1(2)(1) of the EIR. Subject to the points made below, you will receive the
information requested as promptly as possible within the statutory
timescale of 20 working days.
If we need to obtain clarification from you to help us understand what
information you require, we will contact you as soon as possible. If this
is the case, the 20 working day time limit will not begin until the
necessary clarification has been received.
There are a number of lawful reasons why we may not be able to release
certain information. These reasons are referred to as 'exemptions' in the
FOIA or 'exceptions' in the EIR. The Council will consider whether any of
these apply and, where required, will carry out a Public Interest Test to
decide whether information should be disclosed. If any information is to
be withheld, we will explain which exemption or exception applies. We may
be entitled to extend the deadline in certain cases, for FOIA this would
be to consider the Public Interest Test and for EIR where the request is
particularly complex or voluminous. In both cases we will be permitted to
extend deadline by a further 20 working days and will inform you if this
is the case.
The Council’s standard approach is to provide the information in the form
in which we hold it. If you require an alternative format, for example,
an audio file, large print or information in a different language, please
let us know and we will provide it if reasonably practicable to do so.
There may be a fee payable for providing the information, for example, if
the cost of complying exceeds the appropriate limit set out in Section 12
of the FOIA or for photocopying or postage. If a fee is to be charged,
we will send you a Fees Notice. Any fee must be paid before the
information will be provided. The time between the issue of the Fees
Notice and receipt of payment will be excluded from the calculation of the
20 working day time limit.
Any personal information you provide us with will only be used to enable
us to comply with your request.
If you have any queries or concerns, please contact the Information
Governance Team at Portsmouth City Council, Civic Offices, Guildhall
Square, Portsmouth, Hampshire, PO1 2AL, telephone 023 9283 4385, e-mail
[2][email address].
Yours sincerely
Wendy Burton
FOI Officer
Dear FOI,
Thanks for your response
Could you please provide figures for the regulatory officers instead. Could you also answer the other questions regarding the enforcement for example FPN's and who issues these and what the numbers are on each one of the FPNs, CPN,s etc.
Yours sincerely,
AJ
- Official -
Information Governance, Corporate Services
Civic Offices, Guildhall Square, Portsmouth, PO1 2AL
Telephone: 023 92 834385
Our Ref: 2023/0574
Dear AJ
INFORMATION REQUEST – Statistics 2022/2023
Thank you for your request for information received 3^rd May 2023, which
was considered under the Freedom of Information Act.
In accordance with the Act, I confirm that Portsmouth City Council does
hold the information you are seeking.
YOUR REQUEST AND OUR RESPONSE:
I’m writing to request records to be supplied and/or questions to be
answered on the following information under the freedom of information act
2000.
please note that warden refers to any frontline officer carrying our
duties on behalf of the authority of low level anti-social behaviour
investigation and enforcement, and environmental crime. in other
authorities will often be referred to as a community protection officer,
public protection officer or ASB officer. this is not to be confused with
a parking warden.
Please provide figures for the year 2022 / 2023
Stray Dogs Collected Dog Service 88
Total fixed penalty notices (FPN) issued No FPNs issued in relation to
stray dogs
Total amount of prosecutions for non-payment of FPN FPNS for fly-tipping 1
FPNS issued for trade waste offences 2
FPNS for idling vehicles 0
FPNS for breach of PSPO 2
FPNS for breach of CPN CPNW's issued CPNS's issued Cases referred by
wardens/community/public protection officer or frontline officer
equivalent for safeguarding 0
How many first aid incidents carried out by a warden or local authority
equivalent how many recorded complaints did your warden or equivalent
service receive 0
What are your operating hours for your warden/equivalent service 08.00
hrs to 02.00hrs - Dog Wardens
Portsmouth City Council Core Hours: 09:30-16:00
Regulatory Services operates a Night Noise Service: Sunday- 6.30pm to
1.30am
Monday to Thursday – 6pm to 2am
This services concentrates on emission noise from premises causing
nuisance and should 'not' be considered to be a 'warden service'.
How many wardens/equivalent are you budgeted for 21
How many wardens/equivalent do you currently have employed How much do it
cost to train one warden/equivalent 21 employed. We do not have a cost for
training related to a warden
How Many environmental Health officers do you have
We no longer use the term "Environmental Health Officer" The service
employs Regulatory Service officers enforcing different areas. All
officers enforce many different areas across Regulatory Services so we can
only supply total number of officers carrying out enforcement functions -
which is 27.
How much is your budget for staffing for environmental health As above -
budget is for entire service - budget provision for all service functions
is approx. £1.9 million. The service is expected to generate approx. £1
million of such through income generation.
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Yours sincerely,
Sharlotte Hughes
Information Governance Specialist
Portsmouth City Council
Civic Offices
Portsmouth
PO1 2BQ
T: 023 9288 2659
E: [3][email address]
E: [4][Portsmouth City Council request email]
[5]www.portsmouth.gov.uk
_____________________________________________
From: FOI <[6][Portsmouth City Council request email]>
Sent: Wednesday, May 3, 2023 12:56 PM
To: AJ <[7][FOI #977757 email]>; FOI
<[8][Portsmouth City Council request email]>
Subject: 2023/0574 - Statistics 2022/2023
- Official -
<< OLE Object: Picture (Device Independent Bitmap) >>
Information Governance
Corporate Services
Civic Offices, Guildhall Square, Portsmouth, PO1 2AL
Telephone: 023 9284 4385
Reference: 2023/0574
Dear AJ
INFORMATION REQUEST ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
Thank you for your request for information received on 3rd May 2023
Your request will be considered in accordance with the Freedom of
Information Act 2000 (FOIA) or the Environmental Information Regulations
2004 (EIR) if it relates to environmental information as defined in Part
1(2)(1) of the EIR. Subject to the points made below, you will receive the
information requested as promptly as possible within the statutory
timescale of 20 working days.
If we need to obtain clarification from you to help us understand what
information you require, we will contact you as soon as possible. If this
is the case, the 20 working day time limit will not begin until the
necessary clarification has been received.
There are a number of lawful reasons why we may not be able to release
certain information. These reasons are referred to as 'exemptions' in the
FOIA or 'exceptions' in the EIR. The Council will consider whether any of
these apply and, where required, will carry out a Public Interest Test to
decide whether information should be disclosed. If any information is to
be withheld, we will explain which exemption or exception applies. We may
be entitled to extend the deadline in certain cases, for FOIA this would
be to consider the Public Interest Test and for EIR where the request is
particularly complex or voluminous. In both cases we will be permitted to
extend deadline by a further 20 working days and will inform you if this
is the case.
The Council’s standard approach is to provide the information in the form
in which we hold it. If you require an alternative format, for example,
an audio file, large print or information in a different language, please
let us know and we will provide it if reasonably practicable to do so.
There may be a fee payable for providing the information, for example, if
the cost of complying exceeds the appropriate limit set out in Section 12
of the FOIA or for photocopying or postage. If a fee is to be charged,
we will send you a Fees Notice. Any fee must be paid before the
information will be provided. The time between the issue of the Fees
Notice and receipt of payment will be excluded from the calculation of the
20 working day time limit.
Any personal information you provide us with will only be used to enable
us to comply with your request.
If you have any queries or concerns, please contact the Information
Governance Team at Portsmouth City Council, Civic Offices, Guildhall
Square, Portsmouth, Hampshire, PO1 2AL, telephone 023 9283 4385, e-mail
[9][email address].
Yours sincerely
Wendy Burton
FOI Officer
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