Freedom of Information request - Freedom of Information Request: Pest control services
Received: 1 October 2025
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.Please also provide the information in CSV, Excel, or another machine-readable format where possible.If any part of this request is unclear, or if fulfilling it would exceed the statutory cost limit, please provide advice and assistance on how I can refine it.Thank you for your assistance.