See answers to previous information requests

Print Room
1. Do you have a print room equipped with one/more high-speed production device/s to handle large volume printing: Yes
2. Is this run by your own staff or outsourced to a third-party provider: Own staff

1. Please can you provide your authority’s total spend on road repairs in the following financial years:

1. What Built Environment (Planning, Building Control, and Land Charges) digital System does your council currently use?
IDOX, Civica APP

I am writing to request information regarding long-term empty, derelict, or abandoned properties located within your local authority area, with a particular focus on rural and semi-rural locations. I am looking to identify properties that have been vacant for more than two years.

1. The total number of employees of your Council currently. Please provide a breakdown of headcount by department if possible.
As of 01/05/2026
Total WBC: 1501
Adult Social Care & Health: 384
Children's Services: 456
Corporate, Community and Change: 194

1. How many staff (as measured by full-time equivalents) do you employ to work on communications? Please include all internal and external communications including work on your website, media queries and social media.
13

I am writing to make a request for environmental information under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Please provide the following recorded information:

1. In the last two financial years (2024/25) and (2025/26) what was the total sum of money you paid to students, who attended schools under your authority's responsibility, as compensation for personal injuries?

2. How many individual claims did these payments represent?

1. In the last two financial years (2024/25) and (2025/26) what was the total sum of money you paid to students, who attended schools under your authority's responsibility, as compensation for personal injuries?
£0.

1. The total number of complaints relating to cigarette smoke, cigarette smoke smell, or smoking odour received between:
a) 1January 2025 and 31 December 2025
b) 1 January 2026 and 30 April 2026

Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, I would be grateful if you could provide the following information in relation to children’s residential care placements within your Local Authority area.