Scarborough Borough Council

2)   For each of the last five years, what headcount of Council staff, in post at the beginning of the relevant year, who have moved out of the council by the end of the year? Split by the following National Joint Council for Local Government Service salary scale categories:

a.    4-17 (or equivalent),

b.    18-33 (or equivalent)

c.    34-49 (or equivalent)

d.    50-65 (or equivalent)

FOIA1870 Response (12KB)

Turnover last 5 yrs (49KB)

- I would like the incidents broken down on an annual basis and in as full detail as possible as to the exact nature of what took place.

2: Given the fact that in the design brief of 2009 for the Dean Road Site it stated that Trafalgar Street West should not be closed off, although could be re routed, at what point did the council change its mind on this? And what was the reason for this change?

3:At the planning meeting Jill Low stated that maybe Trafalgar Street West should be closed off as it was a rat run, at what point did this road become a rat run? what criteria and evidence was used to support this statement?  

2)       How many planning applications were approved in financial year 2010-2011?

3)       Out of the total planning applications made for building in financial year 2010-2011 how many were on designated Greenbelt land?

4)       Out of the total planning applications for building on designated Greenbelt land how many were approved in financial year 2010-2011?

5)       In total how many planning applications were received for building on;

a)      Low flood risk zones in financial year 2010-2011?

b)      Moderate flood risk zones in financial year 2010-2011?

c)      Significant flood risk zones in financial year2010-2011?

6)       Out of the total planning application for building on flood zones how many were approved on;

a)      Low flood risk zones in financial year 2010-2011?

b)      Moderate flood risk zones in financial year2010-2011?

2. How many of these homes were downgraded in each year (i.e. moved to a cheaper band?)

3. How many were upgraded in each year (i.e. moved to a more expensive band?)

4. How much did the council pay out in total in each of the above years in backdated council tax repayments as a result?

5. What was the single-largest rebate payment made by the council in each of the above years?

The value of the credit/overpayment.

The Account Number.

The address of the hereditament

The year(s) to which the credit/overpayment refers.

We would like you to check as far back as your records permit.

Letters confirming we are instructed by the ratepayers concerned are attached to overcome any confidentiality issues.

Disabled Motoring UK is a charity that campaigns on behalf of disabled motorists and one of our most successful campaigns has been highlighting the abuse of the Blue Badge scheme. However, we are not just a campaigning organisation.  We try wherever possible to make life easier for disabled people, and to celebrate examples of best practice within organisations and local authorities. This is where I would welcome your assistance.

We are proposing to launch an ‘App’ for mobile phones which will tell disabled motorists where the nearest disabled parking space is.  To enable this work to start we need to know where the disabled bays are in your town/city,  both on the street and in your council run car parks.  If you have any information on other disabled bays in private run car parks this information would be gratefully received as well.   What we need to know is the address and postcode of the space and car park, and we’ll do the rest.

1.  All properties with your Billing Authority area with a credit held on the account whereby;

-                      The credit totals over £2,000.

-                      The credit is dated before 2011.

The fields required are all non personal;

Primary Liable Party Name (Business Name),

Full Property Address

Postcode

Billing Authority Reference Number

Assessment Number

Current Rateable Value

Credit Amount

Could you please outline how many of the overall initiatives outlined in the document were offered to the local business base?

- How were these initiatives promoted?

- In relation to those initiatives under the control of the Local Authority or local Regional Development Agency

Was fast track planning in relation to the Enterprise Area offered and what was the take up?

If fast track planning was not offered why not?

- Were there any other business support initiatives offered by the Local Authority / Regional Development Agency at the time?

- How did the local economy benefit from these measures? (as measured by ABI  LAA or other PSA target)

From 2002 was there any annual uplift in business density?

From 2002 were any new businesses attracted to the area as a result of Enterprise Area status?

From 2002 was there any uplift in annual VAT registrations?

From 2002 was there any uplift in annual employment rates as firms grew?

From 2002 did the start-up rate per 10 000 of resident population change?

- Could any of these changes be attributed to Enterprise Area status?

Could you please disclose:

1) The actual total amount spent on producing paper agendas last year.

2) The actual cost of the iPads

3) What other tablets were looked at, and the cost for these

4) The total figure that was spent on laptops for councillors

1.       dates of death,

2.       postcode areas (for example SW19) of death 

2. What was the total amount of council tax outstanding (that is to say, overdue for payment) as of 23rd December 2011? Please provide figures for how much was outstanding on this date for each council tax band.

3. Please state what percentage of the outstanding council tax sum has been outstanding for how long (eg 60% less than a month; 20% 1-2 months; 10% 2-3 months; 5% 4 months etc). Please state how many months the longest outstanding bill has been unpaid for. 

4. What was the total amount of council tax outstanding on the last working day before Christmas in a) 2009 and b) 2010?

1. 609

2. 328

2. Has the council had to resort to using hotels to accommodate the statutory homeless in 2010 or 2011?

If so, could you let me know:

(a) which hotels you have used,

(b) how many statutory homeless have been accommodated in hotels in (i) 2010 and (ii) 2011? Please clarify if you are referring to households or people.

1. 2010/11 £216,000 

    2011/12 £183,000

2. a none

    b 0

3 For a single person max paid £34 per night for a large family = £60 per night

FOIA1873 Response (20KB)

Lease Land at Scarborough Harbour (2MB)

Assignment Unit 4 East Pier (200KB)

Lease Kiosk D11 Coble Landing (2MB)

Lease Unit 4 East Pier (6MB)

I would prefer to receive the response by email.

Please could you provide me with the following information

1. How many staff have been made redundant or are projected to be made redundant by the Council in the following years: 2010/11, 2011/12, 2012/13, 2014/15?

2. What is the council's total budget in the following years:
2010/11, 2011/12, 2012/13 (projected), 2014/15 (projected)?

I am making a request under the Freedom of Information Act to

establish how many public health funeral cases you have referred, or are due to refer, to the Treasury Solicitor, or Duchy, or QLTR from Oct 2011 to the date of your response.

I would be most grateful if you could supply me with the following information:

·        Name of the Deceased (including maiden name)

·        Date and Place of Death

·        Date and Place of Birth

·        Last known residence for the deceased

·        Whether next of kin have been traced

·        Value of the Estate

·        Date on which referred/due to be referred to the Treasury

2) In 2010/11, how many times did the council instruct certified bailiffs to recover money owed by members of the public?

3) In 2009/10, how many times did the council instruct certified bailiffs to recover money owed by members of the public?

4) Please break down the figures by type of debt, eg council tax, rent arrears, parking fines.

5) What was the total amount of debt bailiffs were asked to recover and how much of this debt did they actually recover for the authority?

6) How many complaints did the authority receive during this two year period about bailiffs it instructed?

7) What was the nature of these complaints - please give examples - and how many were upheld?

We request the following information only:

1)      The full name of the deceased

2)      The date of death

3)      Last known address

2. Number of venues in your district which have requested as part of their licence conditions permission to use display lasers:

3 a) The number of complaints received regarding laser use at licensed and unlicensed events or premises for each of the last 5 years. Please provide separately the number of these which relate to intentional audience scanning.

3 b) For each complaint describe what action was taken as a result of the complaint:

4. The number of event and premises licenses which :

     a) Ban or prohibit the use of lasers

     b) Ban or prohibit the use of audience scanning with lasers

     c) Stipulate conditions to promote the safe operation and

     installation of such equipment

5. Nature and type of enforcement action undertaken to deal with display lasers in each of the last 5 years. Please provide an

outline of the regulations applied to any enforcement action

undertaken.

6) The nature and extent of training given to enforcement staff in

     respect of display laser safety to include:

     1. The number of staff trained in your authority

     2. Please provide an outline of the type of training received,

     whether a cost was incurred for the training, the frequency (if

     any) that update training is required.

7) Should further assistance be necessary in dealing with lasers,

     where would you turn for external assistance?

     A) The Health Protection Agency

     B) Professional bodies such as CIEH, IOSH,

     C) Independent Laser Company

To outline my query as clearly as possible, I am requesting:

1. How many times has this local authority authorised operations or investigations under the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 (Ripa) in the periods:

a) 1^st December 2008– 30^th November 2009?

b) 1^st December 2009– 30^th November 2010?

c) 1^st December 2010– 30^th November 2011

talks, events, conferences, dinners etc over the last five years.

This covers both internal private events (for example motivational talks for staff) and public events (eg opening of a new swimming pool etc). These examples are not supposed to be exhaustive list of all events where special guests may have been hired.

I want the information dating back to January 1, 2007 and I am only after instances where a fee was paid.

Please state:

1) The date and type of event that the special guest was invited to (the list of examples above is not supposed to be an exhaustive list)

2) The name of the ‘celebrity’. Celebrity is any speaker who was paid a fee to attend – from motivational speakers through to Big Brother ‘stars’, war veterans and other notable people. An example of the type of information I am after can be found in this news story:

http://www.expressandstar.com/news/2012/01/01/thousands-spent-on-celebs-for-council-events/

3) The amount that was paid.

4) If the ‘celebrity’ insisted the payment was made to a charity. (I

In particular:

1.                   The date(s) they passed away.

2.                   The postcode region or local area of their home address they died (ie. London N8 or Crouch End, London).

3.                   The date(s) on which information was referred to the Treasury Solicitor, Duchy of Lancaster or Cornwall.

3. Please inform me if any members of staff have been disciplined for calling premium rate telephone numbers.

For clarification, I am defining premium rate numbers as those starting with the prefixes 087, 090, 091, 098, and the speaking clock (usually 123).

2. The number of occasions upon which any of the aforementioned vessels operated contrary to the advice of the Harbour Authority, ie when the red flag signal was in use.

3. The number of days upon which the speedboats “Waverunner” and “Waverider” operated during the period, 1st April 2010 until 31^st October 2010.

Council’s spend on temporary staffing

1. Please can you provide me with your council’s spend on agency staff/temporary staff/temporary recruitment within the last financial year (1 April 2010 – 31 March 2011).