I am writing to you under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 to request the following information regarding fines handed out to parents for taking their children out of school without permission.

1. The total number of potholes reported in your area in 2023
2548.

1. Can you please provide the number of children taken into care by the council where a central reason for the decision was the family's homelessness, in each of the last five financial years (2018-19, 2019-20, 2020-21, 2021-22, 2022-23).

Calming/secure/sensory/quiet rooms refers to rooms within a special school where children are left, however briefly, in isolation.

1. How many children under the care of social services have died between 1st January 2020-Now. Please can this be broken down by year up to and including any data for January 2024.
None for all years.

1. How many council-employed gas engineers do you have in your council at the moment in total?
None. The Council do not employ this job role.

2. How many council-employed gas engineers do you have in your council at the moment who are males?
Not applicable.

1. How many children/young people within your Local Authority with an EHCP have no school or setting named in Section I of their Plan (as at Jan 24)?
There are two occasions where a CYP would not have a setting named in their plan:

1. Is there a fee to use waste disposal recycling centre or ‘tip’ services and what is it?

1. Total annual spend on maintaining the council’s office space
a) 2019-20:
b) 2020-21:
c) 2021-22:
d) 2022-23:

2. Breakdown per office building if applicable
a) 2019-20:
b) 2020-21:
c) 2021-22:
d) 2022-23: