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Pest control services
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Please provide the following information for the period 1 April 2020 to 31 March 2025, broken down by financial year:
1. Total expenditure by the council on pest control services, including both in-house provision and external/contracted services.
2. If any services are contracted out, please provide the supplier name(s) and the contract value(s).
3. The number of call-outs/treatments by species category (e.g. rats, mice, pigeons, gulls, foxes, grey squirrels, wasps, bedbugs, cockroaches—please use your own categories if recorded differently).
4. For any lethal control commissioned or carried out by the council, the number of animals killed by species and, where recorded, the method used (e.g. trapping, poisoning, shooting).
5. A copy of any policy, guidance, or standard operating procedure relating to the council’s pest control service or contractors.
We do not operate Pest Control as a Council Service.
