FI16402

Request

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 usage at all buildings and land that the council controls, including but not limited to parks, schools, council housing, council buildings, public bus stations, etc. This includes 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 (e.g. rats, mice, pigeons, gulls, foxes, grey squirrels, wasps, bedbugs, cockroaches) 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.

Response

1. This information is available on the Council’s website as part of the payment to suppliers data at: https://www.dover.gov.uk/Corporate-Information/Financial-Information/Payments-to-Suppliers/Payments-to-Suppliers.aspx.

2. The Council does not provide pest control services but does have a supplier who provides this service at specially negotiated rates.  Details are on the Council’s website at https://www.dover.gov.uk/Environment/Environmental-Protection/Pest-Control/Home.aspx

3. The Council does not hold this information.

4. The Council does not hold this information.

5. The Council does not hold this information.