Foreign language education

Request ID
17876
Date Received
Date Resolved

1. Which further education institutions for 16-18 year olds in your local authority offer at least one foreign languages A-Level course? Please include exact locations of these institutions, region and the type of further education institution it is (college, sixth form etc)

Trading standards seizure of illegal vapes and testing for prohibited substances

Request ID
17875
Date Received
Date Resolved

1. How many illegal vapes have been seized by the trading standards service in the past year (January 2023 – January 2024)?
June: 98
July: 308

All other months: zero.

2. Of these vapes, how many were tested for the presence of prohibited substances?
Zero.

Investigation report

Request ID
17873
Date Received
Date Resolved

Individual has requested notes and records of investigation going on surrounding their family. Due to personal information this is not being published on the website.

Leasehold Right to Buy and Subletting

Request ID
17872
Date Received
Date Resolved

1. The number of leasehold properties sold by the council under Right to Buy since 1981. To clarify, this is leasehold only, not the total of freehold and leasehold.

Contact Centre Solution

Request ID
17871
Date Received
Date Resolved

1. Contact Centre
a) Do you have a customer/ citizen facing contact centre?
Yes, Customer Services team.

b) Do you employ and manage your own agents, or do you outsource to a third party? If you outsource who to?
Employ.

Libraries

Request ID
17869
Date Received
Date Resolved

Shared heating system maintenance

Request ID
17868
Date Received
Date Resolved

1. How many times have the council arranged for a shared central heating system (i.e. one that heats multiple houses, such as on an estate) to undergo maintenance since September 2021?

Family information service directory

Request ID
17867
Date Received
Date Resolved

1. Which provider currently holds the contract to deliver your family information service directory?
Idox

2. What is the annual value of that contract?
£22,513.00

3. When does that contract expire?
11 September 2026.

Council use of enforcement agencies for debt-collecting

Request ID
17866
Date Received
Date Resolved

1. In the financial years 21/22, 22/23 and 23/24 (Up to 07.02.24), could you please provide me with the total monetary value of council-related debts (such as council tax, parking fines, failures to pay business rates and housing arrears) which were referred to external enforcement agencies?

Voluntary sector grants

Request ID
17865
Date Received
Date Resolved

1. A list of grants you have made to the voluntary sector (including to any charities, churches, social enterprises, community groups) in the financial year 2022/23. Please include the amount paid to each entity and, if recorded, a description of what each payment is for.

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