I am writing to you under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 to request the following information from the Council. Please could you provide me with:

1. Does the Council deliver on-the-ground enforcement functions such as issuing fixed penalty notices for anti-social behaviour, littering and flytipping, and if so, how (directly, contracted out, etc.)?
Yes, directly

2. Does the Council deal with abandoned and/or untaxed vehicles, if so, how?
Yes, issue fixed penalty notice and remove if found to be abandoned.

3. Does the Council deal with unlawful encampments and traveller incursions, if so, how?
WBC deal with unlawful encampments on WBC owned land, welfare checks and civil action to move on, we do not deal with unlawful encampments on private land

4. If yes to either 1, 2 or 3, does an enforcement strategy exist, and can this be provided?
This is waiting to be endorsed by cabinet member and will be published by the end of March

5. In the last 5 financial years, how much has your authority recovered through Fixed Penalty Notices, fines and other actions as a result of enforcement action for these activities?
This would only be from new service date, not dealt with by PPP before this date. Answer 22-23 total amount of FP`s paid £7,040

6. In the last 5 financial years, how much has been spent on delivering these enforcement activities (for ease, if these form the substantive part of a department or team’s responsibilities, please provide its combined net revenue budget)?
The enforcement activities identified in the FOI request are fixed penalty notices for anti-social behaviour, littering and flytipping, abandoned and/or untaxed vehicles, unlawful encampments and traveller incursions. In the last 5 years, these activities were dealt with by a team with a net revenue budget of £213,415 (although the team had other duties as well as these activities). It is not possible to split down further.

7. Please provide any internal email correspondence and documents (including service reviews and committee reports) which relate to any consideration of reviewing expenditure on the aforementioned enforcement functions within the last 2 years.
The committee report at item 136 on this link covers the cost of setting up a new Enforcement & Safety Service to cover these activities from 1/4/2023: Agenda for Executive on Thursday, 31st March, 2022, 7.00 pm - Wokingham Borough Council (moderngov.co.uk) https://wokingham.moderngov.co.uk/ieListDocuments.aspx?CId=129&MId=3994&Ver=4