Requests for information received by Wandsworth Borough Council Freedom of Information Act 2000 Environmental Information Regulations 2004

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1 Requests for information received by Wandsworth Borough Council Freedom of Information Act 2000 Environmental Information Regulations 2004 Summary of requests for information received in: February 2015 Page 1 of 52

2 Reference: Received: 02/02/2015 Request details: Firework Retailers We are writing to request a list of name and addresses of retailers or wholesalers who were granted a firework retail licence by yourselves in Reference: Received: 02/02/2015 Request details: Speed Limit in Balham & Tooting I would like:- 1) A full list of the questions, along with the list of related multiple choice answers, residents were offered to respond with when voting on the matter in question. 2) The precise number of responses for each type of answer, for each question. 3) Who collated the results and who was the independent auditor? Reference: Received: 02/02/2015 Request details: Missing Bin Collections I would like a record of complaints made by residents within the borough concerning missed bin collections from 01/02/2014 to 01/02/2015. I would like to know: 1. When the complaint was made 2. When it was recorded by the council 3. When the collection was missed 4. The street name and postcode of the residency 5. A record of whether a replacement collection took place following a complaint, and when. Page 2 of 52

3 Reference: Received: 02/02/2015 Request details: Educational Psychology Service Funding My query is regarding the Educational Psychology Service and my specific questions relating to both 2013/14 actual expenditure and 2014/15 budgeted expenditure are outlined below: Financial Year 2013/14 1. What was your authority s Gross expenditure on the Educational Psychology Service? 2. What was your authority s Net expenditure on the Educational Psychology Service? 3. How is this gross expenditure funded? (For example, core local authority budget, Dedicated Schools Grant, Traded Service to schools and other parties etc.). 4. When answering question 3, if there is more than one funding source provide the amount funded by each source. 5. If the Dedicated Schools Grant has been used to fund all or part of the service, advise which line this expenditure was included on your submitted Section /14 actuals statement. Financial Year 2014/15 6. What is your authority s original Gross budget on the Educational Psychology Service? 7. What is your authority s original Net budget on the Educational Psychology Service? 8. How is this gross budget funded? (For example, core local authority budget, Dedicated Schools Grant, Traded Service to schools and other parties, etc.). 9. When answering question 8, if there is more than one funding source provide the budgeted amount funded by each source. 10. If the Dedicated Schools Grant is being used to fund all or part of the service, advise which line this expenditure was included on your submitted Section /15 budget statement. Reference: Received: 03/02/2015 Request details: Greener Sub Zone Annual Permit Please provide me with the costs for the greener sub zone annual permit from 2008 to 2013, showing the costs for over the counter and on-line purchase. Reference: Received: 03/02/2015 Request details: Business Rates Please can you provide me with the following:- (a) company name, addresses and rateable values of all current non-domestic rates assessments that are within your billing authority (b) the relevant billing authority reference number as referred to in the above. Reference: Received: 03/02/2015 Request details: IT Back Up Data 1 - How do you back up data? 2 - What hardware do you use to back up data (e.g. Disk, back up to cloud, etc)? 3 - What back up software do you use? Page 3 of 52

4 Reference: Received: 03/02/2015 Request details: LD Safeguarding Issues During 2014, what was the number of safeguarding issues for providers of care for people with learning disabilities? For the issues identified in question 1, how are these divided by provider of care for people with learning disabilities? What was the nature of each reported safeguarding issue? What was the category of risk of each reported safeguarding issue? What is your Local Authority s policy and procedure following abuse of a learning disability patient? Reference: Received: 04/02/2015 Request details: Service Support Contracts Please provide me with the following information: 1. The name of the company providing your Service Support contracts for the following systems: a. Warden Call Systems b. Dispersed Alarms c. Central Control Systems 2. When does the contract for the above contracts expire? 3. The name of the officer responsible for the contract supervision. Reference: Received: 04/02/2015 Request details: Residential Childcare 1. Do you operate an approved providers list of private residential care providers? 2. If so, how many providers are currently on this list? 3. Is the list closed, and if yes for how long? 4. What is the average distance young people are placed from their home? 5. How many children s care homes do you operate? 6. How many children are placed in care homes that you operate? 7. How many children are placed with private residential care providers? 8. What is the average weekly cost of placing a child in a care home you operate? 9. What is the average weekly cost of placing a child in a private care home? 10. What is the average size of the care homes you place children in (i.e. how many children can they accommodate)? 11.Can you explain your commissioning process for private residential children s care providers? Page 4 of 52

5 Reference: Received: 04/02/2015 Request details: Highways Sub-Contractors I would like to receive an up to date project directory and a list of sub-contractors, suppliers and consultants of all of the companies involved in the Highway Maintenance Work Site Name: Wandsworth Borough Council Address: SW18. Highway maintenance work. Construction, foundation and surface works for highways, roads. Repair, maintenance and associated services related to roads and other equipment. Street-lighting maintenance services. Commissioning of public lighting installations. Snow-clearing services. Iceclearing services. Construction work for bridges and tunnels, shafts and subways. The provision of highways, traffic and associated works including highway maintenance and improvement works; street furniture and street lighting maintenance; festive lighting; winter maintenance; bridges and highway gully maintenance; riverside safety equipment maintenance; traffic and accident works; miscellaneous items including minor /major civil emergency response. Reference: Received: 04/02/2015 Request details: Alton Estate Masterplan 1.How will completion of the Alton Area Masterplan affect crime statistics within Alton Estate? 2. What employment opportunities are created as part of the Alton Area Masterplan? 3. How will these employment opportunities benefit Alton Residents? Reference: Received: 04/02/2015 Request details: Assistant Director Streetscene & Contract Management (2) Please provide: (1) A copy of the adopted HR Recruitment Policy. (2) Clarify the shortlisting threshold, i.e. what was the minimum score required to be shortlisted. (3) Confirm the date when the decision was taken to cease recruitment to this post. Reference: Received: 04/02/2015 Request details: Renewable Energy Purchases Please can you tell me if your local authority is purchasing renewable energy, and if so how much? It would be helpful if you could make the distinction between purchases and onsite renewables. Also, can you tell me if you have a renewable energy target, and if so how close you are to achieving it. Reference: Received: 03/02/2015 Request details: Asbestos Risk Assessment Could you please provide us with a copy of the ASBESTOS RISK ASSESSMENT, written by Wandsworth Council or their consultants, prior to January 2014, for the Consultation "Option no2" (The installation of Individual Boilers), to the residents of McCarthy Court, in Consultation. The Assessment will be a document that assesses the potential risks of managing, handling and removing asbestos from the two buildings. Page 5 of 52

6 Reference: Received: 03/02/2015 Request details: Condensation Risk Assessment Could you please provide us with a copy of the CONDENSATION RISK ASSESSMENT, written by Wandsworth Council or their consultants, prior to September 2013, for the Consultation "Option no2" (The installation of Individual Boilers), in the Consultation of the residents of McCarthy Court. The Assessment will be a document that assesses the potential risks of CONDENSATION resulting from changing the heating system of McCarthy Court to a completely different heating system type. Reference: Received: 04/02/2015 Request details: Second and Unoccupied Homes I wish to know: 1. The number of residential properties in your jurisdiction registered for council tax purposes as a "second home" as at 1st January 2015; 2. The number of residential properties in your jurisdiction registered for council tax purposes as a "second home" as at 1st January 2010; 3. The number of residential properties in your jurisdiction registered for council tax purposes as a "second home" as at 1st January 2005; 4. The number of residential properties in your jurisdiction registered for council tax purposes as "unoccupied" as at 1st January 2015; 5. The number of residential properties in your jurisdiction registered for council tax purposes as "unoccupied" as at 1st January 2010; 6. The number of residential properties in your jurisdiction registered for council tax purposes as "unoccupied" as at 1st January 2005; Reference: Received: 05/02/2015 Request details: SEN Statements How many requests during the year 2013/2014 were there for SEN statement assessments? How many of these requests were from parents? How many requests for SEN statement assessments were turned down? How many parental requests for SEN statement assessments were turned down? Reference: Received: 05/02/2015 Request details: Spare Room Subsidy (2) Please confirm the cost per week and whether this is a 14% or 25% reduction in housing benefit received. Reference: Received: 05/02/2015 Request details: Individual Boiler Systems Could you please advise us How Many Flats in total, at today's date ( ), have, so far, reported a problem of COLD, DAMP, CONDENSATION OR MOULD-GROWTH since ; since their heating system was changed. The reports may be verbal, by phone, by or in writing. The reports may be to Wandsworth Borough Council, or to McCarthy Court anagement Organisation. Page 6 of 52

7 Reference: Received: 05/02/2015 Request details: McCarthy Court Heating Consultation Could you tell me HOW MANY residents were "Door-Stepped" at their flat in McCarthy Court, by an official or officials, of the McCarthy Court Management Organisation, at which any aspect of the Heating Consultation was discussed between the official and the resident. Between the following dates: Reference: Received: 05/02/2015 Request details: Preston Ruling Can you please confirm how many claims have been made against Wandsworth Council relating to the 'Preston Ruling' in the years 2004 to The ruling relates to the rights of part-time employees to have LGPS non-contributary years re-instated. Can you please also confirm what percentage of claims were successful. Reference: Received: 06/02/2015 Request details: SEN Assessments How many requests for EHC assessments have you received since September 2014? How many of these were parental requests? How many requests for ECH assessments have you turned down since September 2014? How many parental requests for EHC assessments have you turned down since September 2014? Reference: Received: 06/02/2015 Request details: Translation & Interpreter Services How much does the council spend on translation and interpreter services? Please provide figures for each year since Page 7 of 52

8 Reference: Received: 06/02/2015 Request details: WBC Pension Fund All questions relate to the present (February 2015), unless otherwise stated. - What is the pension fund s current assets under management? - Does the pension fund currently invest in hedge funds and/or funds of hedge funds? - What is the pension fund s allocation to hedge funds and/or funds of hedge funds as a percentage of the overall portfolio? - Which hedge funds and/or funds of hedge funds is the pension fund invested in? How much is allocated to each one? - Since when has the pension fund been a hedge funds and/or funds of hedge funds investor? - How much did the pension fund pay in fees (management fees and performance fees) to hedge funds and/or funds of hedge funds in the last financial year? - Does the pension fund use a consultant for hedge funds and/or funds of hedge funds investment advice? Which consultant? What fees were paid to the consultant in the last financial year? - Has the pension fund s allocation to hedge funds and/or funds of hedge funds increased or decreased over the past 12 months? By how much? - Is the pension fund currently conducting any live searches for hedge funds and/or funds of hedge funds? Which strategies? What size allocations? Reference: Received: 06/02/2015 Request details: External Walls - McCarthy Court -Construction of McCarthy Court:- 1) Do the external walls of McCarthy Court have a CAVITY or not? 2) Do the external walls of McCarthy have INSULATION in them or not? Page 8 of 52

9 Reference: Received: 06/02/2015 Request details: Commuted Sums What is the total value of commuted sums* (accepted from developers in lieu of on-site affordable housing provision outlined in section 106 agreements) agreed by the council and developers in: 1) (as of 31 December) 2) ) ) How many affordable homes which should have been provided through section 106 agreements were not built onsite (ie as part of the development relating to the section 106) due to commuted sums arrangements in the local authority area in: 1) (as of 31 December) 2) ) ) Of the total value of commuted sums received between 1 April 2011 and 31 December 2015, how much has been re-invested in the provision of new affordable homes? Reference: Received: 09/02/2015 Request details: Affordable and Social Housing What percentage of homes in new housing developments in your borough has been allocated to affordable housing in the years 2012, 2013 and 2014, and how many homes does that amount to? And in the same period, what percentage of homes in new housing developments in your borough has been allocated to social housing, and how many homes does that amount to? Reference: Received: 09/02/2015 Request details: Building Control 1. Details (including dates, applications and any associated plans/papers submitted in support of the applications; and any associated papers/notes on decisions) of all building control applications made in the past 12 months in respect of 17B Romberg Road SW17 8UB. 2. Please advise whether on not any such applications were rejected and if so for what reason(s). 3. Please advise whether or not there are any outstanding applications which have not been completed/approved and if so what are the outstanding building control matters that need to be resolved. Page 9 of 52

10 Reference: Received: 09/02/2015 Request details: Supply Teachers I would like to access information on school spend on supply staff/teachers from agencies for the past three financial years to the most recent available (2013/2014). I would like to know the spend of each of each individual school in the location education authority - primary, special educational needs and secondary schools. I need to know exactly what agencies each school has used and how much they spent with each and every agency. Please provide information in a searchable spreadsheet format. Reference: Received: 09/02/2015 Request details: Credit and Debit Card Transactions 1.At the time of receiving this request, has your payment processing provider written to you to explain Visa s forthcoming changes to debit card transaction processing interchange i.e. the switch from simply a pence per transaction charge to a charge determined as a combination of pence per transaction and a percentage of the value of that transaction? 2.AIf you have received a notification letter, please could you attach a copy to your response. 3.At the time of receiving this request, have you quantified the additional cost that will arise from the changes to debit card processing costs? 4.AIf you have quantified the additional costs, what will these be? 5.At the time of receiving this request, have you been notified by your card payment processor about the upcoming reductions to charges for processing face-to-face MasterCard consumer card transactions? 6.AHas your card payment processor confirmed that they will pass on to you the cost savings for MasterCard face-to-face consumer card transactions? 7.AWhen you receive invoices for card payment processing, which of the following do you verify: a.athe total receipts? B. The rate applied to each transaction / card type as against the contract? C.AThe mathematics e.g. Visa consumer transaction value 50,000 charged at 1.2% = ? D.ANone of the above? 8.AWho is your current card payment processing provider? 9.AWhen does your current contract with your card processing provider become due for renewal? 10.APlease can you attach a recent statement from your card processing provider. 11.AHave you ever suffered from a data security breach? 12.At the time of receiving this request, can you confirm that all your systems are fully compliant with Pci DSS (Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard) and that this confirmation is based on the fact that the council has conducted formal assessment as per the Pci DSS protocol? Page 10 of 52

11 Reference: Received: 09/02/2015 Request details: Stray Dogs 1) In each of the following periods, how many stray dogs did the Council handle? From 1 October to 31 December 2013 From 1 January to 31 March 2014 From 1 April to 30 June 2014 From 1 July to 30 September 2014 From 1 October to 31 December )In each of the quarterly periods described above, how many of the stray dogs that were handled by the Council: a)did you return to the owner? b)did you dispose of by selling or giving to a dog rescue establishment? c)did you dispose of by selling or giving to a commercial dog pound establishment? d)did you dispose of by selling or giving to person(s) who in your opinion would care properly for them? E)Did you dispose of by means of euthanasia? Reference: Received: 09/02/2015 Request details: College of Social Work I would like to request answers to the questions below under the Freedom of Information Act. The questions apply to both children and adult social services. 1. Does the local authority currently have corporate membership of the College of Social Work? If the local authority does not have corporate membership of the College of Social Work, has it ever had corporate membership? If so, when did this membership end? The following questions only apply if the local authority has corporate membership. There are no further questions if the local authority does not have membership. 2. When did the local authority become a corporate member of the College of Social Work? 3. Does the local authority's corporate membership of the College of Social Work cover both children and adult social services? 4. How many of the local authority's social workers have the option to become College of Social Work members through the corporate membership? 5. Are the local authority's social workers automatically signed up for college membership? If yes, how many have opted decline membership of the college? If not, how many have signed up for membership of the college? 6. Does the council provide college membership to its social workers for free via its corporate membership or does it offer membership via 'salary sacrifice' (i.e. the cost is deducted from social worker salaries)? Page 11 of 52

12 Reference: Received: 09/02/2015 Request details: Business Rates - Credits Please could you provide me with some information under the Freedom of Information Act in respect of business rates accounts that are currently in credit, to include the following details:- Account name Address of property Correspondence address Amount of credit Period for which the credit relates Date on which the credit was raised on your system Date on which the business rates account was closed, if applicable Please could you provide this information in an excel spreadsheet at your earliest convenience. Reference: Received: 09/02/2015 Request details: Work Match I am interested to know how many applications for the scheme you have received from local residents? The total number of construction vacancies Wandsworth have been asked to fill and how many have been successfully filled? The number of trade apprenticeship vacancies Wandsworth have been asked to fill and how many have been successfully filled? Reference: Received: 09/02/2015 Request details: Expenditure Exceeding 500 I am looking at the London Borough of Wandsworth's expenditure exceeding 500 (payments to suppliers), and require monthly transactional data for April 2011 to December 2011 inclusive as I cannot locate it on the website. Page 12 of 52

13 Reference: Received: 10/02/2015 Request details: Telephone Maintenance Contract Please can you send me the following contract information with regards to the organisation s telephone system maintenance contract (VOIP or PBX, other) for hardware and Software maintenance and support: 1.Contract Type: Maintenance, Managed, Shared (If so please state orgs) 2.Existing Supplier: If there is more than one supplier please split each contract up individually. 3.Annual Average Spend: The annual average spend for this contract and please provide the average spend over the past 3 years for each provider 4.Number of Users: 5.Hardware Brand: The primary hardware brand of the organisation s telephone system. 6. Application(s) running on PBX/VOIP systems: Applications that run on the actual PBX or VOIP system. E.g. Contact Centre, Communication Manager. 7.Telephone System Type: PBX, VOIP, Lync etc 8.Contract Duration: please include any extension periods. 9.Contract Expiry Date: please provide me with the day/month/year. 10.Contract Review Date: please provide me with the day/month/year. 11.Contract Description: please provide me with a brief description of the overall service provided under this contract. 12.Contact Detail: Of the person from with the organisation responsible for each contract full Contact details including full name, job title, direct contact number and direct address. If the service support area has more than one provider for telephone maintenance then can you please split each contract up individually for each provider. If the contract is a managed service, or is a contract that provides more than just telephone maintenance, please can you send me all of the information specified above including the person from with the organisation responsible for that particular contract. If the maintenance for telephone systems is maintained in-house please can you provide me with: 1.Number of Users: 2.Hardware Brand: The primary hardware brand of the organisation s telephone system. 3.Application(s) running on PBX/VOIP systems: Applications that run on the actual PBX or VOIP system. E.g. Contact Centre, Communication Manager. 4.Contact Detail of the person from within the organisation responsible for telephone maintenance, full Contact details including full name, job title, direct contact number and direct address. Also, if the contract is due to expire please provide me with the likely outcome of the expiring contract. If this is a new contract or a new supplier please can you provide me with a short list of suppliers that bid on this service/support contract? Reference: Received: 10/02/2015 Request details: Bullen Street Work Sheet Please could you furnish full details of the operative who filled out the worksheet for the mending of the sign outside number 1 Bullen Street SW11 in September last year. A worksheet was sent to me but I am unable to read who it was and what the membership number relates to. Page 13 of 52

14 Reference: Received: 10/02/2015 Request details: ICT Contracts I would like to submit a Freedom of Information Request relating to specific ICT contract(s) for Server Hardware Maintenance, Server Virtualisation License and Maintenance and Storage Area Network Maintenance/Support which may include: Server Hardware Maintenance- contract relating to the support and maintenance of the s organisations servers. Virtualisation Licensing (VMware, Solaris, Unix, Linux, Windows Server)- Virtualisation Maintenance/Support (VMware, Solaris, Unix, Linux, Windows Server) Storage Area Network Maintenance/Support (EMC, NetApp etc) For each of the types of server ICT contracts above can you please send me the following data types: 1.AContract Title: 2.AContract Type: Please input one the type of contract from above e.g. Hardware Maintenance, Virtualisation Licensing, Virtualisation Maintenance/Support, Storage Area Network Maintenance 3.AExisting/Current Supplier: 4.AHardware Brand: Please state the hardware or software brand related to the contract with supplier e.g. Hardware Maintenance could be Dell, IBM etc 5.AOperating System / Software(Platform): (Windows, Linux, Unix, VMWare etc.) the brand name relating to the contract. 6.Annual Average Spend: (For the whole duration of the contract, if the total value sent is per annum please state this in the response) 7.AContract Duration: (Please can you also include notes if the contract includes any contract extension periods.) 8.AContract Expiry Date: 9.AContract Review Date: (An approximate date of when the organisation is planning to review this particular contract.) 10.ABrief Contract Description: I require a brief description of the service provided under this contract. 11.AInternal Contact: (The person from within the organisation that is responsible for reviewing and renewing this particular contract. Please include there full name, job title, direct contact number and direct address.) If there is more than one supplier for these contract can you please split the contract individually for each supplier. So the information above which I am requesting is for each supplier. If this service is part of a managed contract please can you send me the contract information for this managed service including Hardware Brand, Number of Users, Operating System, and contact details of the internal contact responsible for this contract. Reference: Received: 10/02/2015 Request details: No Next Of Kin Request for all intestate estates which are being passed or have been passed to to the Treasury Solicitors Department Bona Vacantia Division in the last three months. In your response please include the following: Their last known address When they died Value of the estate Name of the person who has died Who referred the case to the council Page 14 of 52

15 Reference: Received: 10/02/2015 Request details: Taxi Driver Ethnicity I would like to request under the Freedom of Information Act the following: The data the council holds regarding the recorded ethnicity of those licenced to drive taxis and private hire vehicles from the years , or as many of those years as is available. Reference: Received: 10/02/2015 Request details: Council Owned Flats Please Send me a list of all Flats owned by Wandsworth Borough Council Reference: Received: 10/02/2015 Request details: Private Landlord Prosecutions I have an information request that I am hoping you can help me with, in regards to the number of private landlords prosecuted (in any capacity) during the year(s) 2012/13. Additionally if you could supply me with the outcomes of any successful prosecution that is to say, any fines, jail time, etc., - please may I receive that information as well. Finally, if you have any details about any cost recovery that the council made in this instance, please do include them as it would be very appreciated! Page 15 of 52

16 Reference: Received: 10/02/2015 Request details: Youth Services 1.ACore council youth service expenditure (original budget) /11 2.ACore council youth service expenditure /14 3.ACore council youth service expenditure /15 4.ATotal council youth service expenditure (inc relevant Area Based Grants, Early Intervention Grant, and Connexions) (original budget) /11 5.ATotal council youth service expenditure (inc relevant Area Based Grants, Early Intervention Grant, and Connexions) /14 6.ATotal council youth service expenditure (inc relevant Area Based Grants, Early Intervention Grant, and Connexions) /15 7.AYouth service output in 2010/11 - all contacts (if recorded; please provide the definition of a 'contact' that the council used in 2010/11) 8.AYouth service output in 2010/11 - 'sustained' contacts (if recorded; please provide the definition of a 'sustained contact' that the council used in 2010/11) 9.AThe figure in q7 as a percentage of the entire youth services demographic in 2010/11 10.AThe figure in q8 as a percentage of the entire youth services demographic in 2010/11 11.AYouth service output in 2013/14 - all contacts (if recorded; please provide the definition of a 'contact' that the council used in 2013/14) 12.AYouth service output in 2013/14 - 'sustained' contacts (if recorded; please provide the definition of a 'sustained contact' that the council used in 2013/14) 13.AThe figure in q11 as a percentage of the entire youth services demographic in 2013/14 14.AThe figure in q12 as a percentage of the entire youth services demographic in 2013/14 15.APlease give details of any shift of youth service provision from a universal to a targeted approach since AFTE number of local authority staff employed delivering youth services in March/April 2010 (or any alternative 2010/11 figure) 17.AFTE number of local authority staff employed delivering youth services in February 2015 (or any alternative 2014/15 figure) 18.AThe number of youth centres funded and/or provided by the local authority in 2010/11 19.AThe number of youth centres funded and/or provided by the local authority in 2014/15 Notes and Definitions In questions 1 to 3, the council may define 'core' youth services in line with any internal definition that it operates. If the council does not distinguish 'core' youth services, it may ignore questions 1 to 3. In questions 1 and 4, the requested figures are for the 'original budget' for 2010/11 - ie prior to the impact of the 'in-year' cuts imposed by central government following the 2010 general election (if these figures are not available, please use figures from after the 'in-year' cuts and state this to be the case). If the council has outsourced its entire youth service funding to independent and third sector providers, please supply the funding levels given to these providers (in total) for questions 1-6 as appropriate. In questions 9, 10, 13 and 14, youth service demographic refers to the number of people in the ENTIRE age group that the council s youth services are designed to cater to it does NOT refer to subsets of that age group that the council may have chosen to target (e.g. lower income or at-risk youths). Page 16 of 52

17 In questions 7, 8, 11 and 12, youth service output refers to the number of contacts made with members of the youth service demographic. 'Sustained' contacts rests on any internal council definition, but is likely to mean above a minimum number of repeated contacts with each individual. If the council has no records of contacts, please ignore questions In questions 16 and 17, where certain staff roles overlap between youth services and other services, the council may restrict its figures to staff who are solely engaged in delivering youth services, provided this is applied consistently to both years. In questions 16-17, if FTE figures are unavailable, headcount will do, again provided this is applied consistently to both years. Please state if headcount figures are used. In questions 18 and 19, 'funded' includes where a council pays an external organisation (e.g. charity) specifically to provide a youth centre (regardless of any other funding it may provide to that organisation for other purposes). If this would exceed the section 12 time limit, please limit both these questions to youth centres provided directly by the local authority (please state if this is the case). Reference: Received: 11/02/2015 Request details: Business Rates I would be grateful if you could please confirm the following information. 1.The Ratepayer and the Rates payable for the financial years 1999/00 and 2002/03, including any transitional relief or surcharge, for the hereditament below. 202, LAVENDER HILL, LONDON, SW11 1JA - BA Reference: Page 17 of 52

18 Reference: Received: 11/02/2015 Request details: Support Services I m interested in the total and staff costs for multiple areas; whether this is contained with the corporate centre, within services or within both. Therefore I would like to know how many staff, and the total cost of staff in support roles (groups defined below) within the organisation. So this would include staff in specific support teams (defined below) or in roles within teams whose primary function was one of the support roles below. I would also like a breakdown of where these post are positioned and (which services) and staff structures. List of Support services as follows: Strategy & Policy Finance ICT HR Business Support and Administration Contract Monitoring & Management Communications Property Services Secondly, could you tell me how much is spent by your Legal services and break this down. Thirdly, could you tell me your total ICT costs (so staff and software, applications etc.) Could you also tell me the total council s budget so I can understand what proportion you spend on Support Services? Lastly, could you tell me if you have completed a review of your support services in the last five years and, if so, send me internal documents of the scope and saving involved in this review? Reference: Received: 11/02/2015 Request details: Planning Permission I would like to make a request under the Freedom of Information Act for details concerning the granting of planning permission by Wandsworth Council. More specifically I would like information from the last ten years, broken down by year detailing the numbers of applications that are granted and the number that are denied for each year. Page 18 of 52

19 Reference: Received: 11/02/2015 Request details: Planning Appeals Are internal costs of defending the Authority at planning appeal held? If these costs are held, what are they for the following years? 2010/2011: 2011/2012: 2012/2013: 2013/2014: Are external costs related to defending the Authority at planning appeal held? If these costs are held, what are they for the following years? 2010/2011: 2011/2012: 2012/2013: 2013/2014: What has been the overall budget for the Authority Planning Department over the following years? 2010/2011: 2011/2012: 2012/2013: 2013/2014: Does the local authority enter into planning performance agreements with external organisations? If yes, what has been the contribution towards the local authority Planning Department in cash terms over the following years? 2010/2011: 2011/2012: 2012/2013: 2013/2014: Has the Authority made any estimate of funds lost as a result of unmet Section 106 contributions as a result of development proposals being passed at appeal? Reference: Received: 11/02/2015 Request details: Purchasing ID Products If you could please provide me with the contact details for the people that are responsible for purchasing the following items; Staff ID Cards and card wearing accessories such as lanyards, card holders etc. Door Access/Swipe Cards or Fobs Plastic Card Printer Ribbons Any other ID Card related consumables Staff ID Cards and card wearing accessories such as lanyards, card holders etc. Door Access/Swipe Cards or Fobs Plastic Card Printer Ribbons Any other ID Card related consumables Page 19 of 52

20 Reference: Received: 11/02/2015 Request details: Arrears and Evictions Please send me: How much arrears does your housing department have outstanding on garages in the last two years? How much arrears does your housing department have outstanding on homes in the last two years? How many garage evictions have there been in the last two years? How many residents have been evicted from their council homes in the last two years? Reference: Received: 11/02/2015 Request details: Penalty Charge Notices Reference: I am looking for information on the total number of parking tickets (penalty charge notices) distributed in each of the areas/towns/villages under your jurisdiction for the year Request details: Domestic and Sexual Violence Reference: Received: 11/02/2015 Please provide the total budget to be spend on Domestic Violence/Sexual Violence issues for the years 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 and 2015? Request details: Councillor Landlords Reference: Received: 11/02/2015 Please list the number of Councillors who are registered as landlords? Please breakdown the number of Councillors who are registered as landlords by Political Party Request details: Council Housing Received: 11/02/ How many council housing estates or houses were built between 1945 and 1979 in what is now the borough of Wandsworth? - Can you list these estates/buildings please - Which of these estates/buildings have been (partly) demolished)? - In percentage terms, how many council dwellings of the housing stock of Wandsworth have been privatised through the right to buy or other so far? - How many estates/buildings have been transferred to housing associations? Page 20 of 52

21 Reference: Received: 12/02/2015 Request details: RIPA On the 6th November 2014 I made a request under the Freedom of Information Act that asked how many times RIPA powers had been used by your local authority since April Your council has since responded to this question with a numbered list of operations that RIPA was authorised for since April Of the operations that your council had listed can you provide the following information: 1.AHow much money was spent by your local authority on each RIPA authorised operation? Please provide the expenditure on each operation. If calculating each separate operation would lead to this request being rejected due to time limitations, please provide the total spent on all operations. 2.AThe number of days each operation lasted. If calculating this would lead to this request being rejected due to the time it would take, please provide the start date and end date for each operation. If the operation is still active please state how many days so far it has been running up until the date this request was received. 3.AHow many of these operations were partially or fully undertaken by private companies? If private companies were deployed to assist or carry out operational work, please name each company involved. 4.AThe number of employees or contracted workers involved in each operation. Reference: Received: 12/02/2015 Request details: Library Borrowing (Fifty Shades) Please could you provide me with the number of times any edition of any of the Fifty Shades of Grey books by EL James has been borrowed from your libraries. Please breakdown the number of times the books have been borrowed by individual library. Please provide either the number of issues by library the book was borrowed from (so after it has been transferred from other libraries in the system), or the number of times each book has been borrowed by library that holds the copy, as well as the number of times a book has been transferred, broken down by library it was transferred to - this will obviously depend on how your system records Reference: Received: 12/02/2015 Request details: Educational Psychologists How many educational psychologists were employed by the LA in each of the following financial years: (a) , (b) , (c) , (d) , (e) , and (f) if known Page 21 of 52

22 Reference: Received: 12/02/2015 Request details: Health Risk Assessment at McCarthy Court -Could you please provide us with a copy of the HEAL TH RISK ASSESSMENT, written by Wandsworth Council or their consultants, prior to September 2013, for the Consultation "Option no2" (The installation of Individual Boilers), in the Consultation of the heating replacement works at McCarthy Court. The Assessment will be a document that assesses the potential risks to HEALTH that might result from changing the heating system of McCarthy Court from a communal system to a completely different heating system type. Reference: Received: 12/02/2015 Request details: Finance and Procurement Contacts I would like to submit a Freedom of Information request to the organisation s finance and procurement department relating to contact details of people from within the organisation that is responsible for efficiency and savings.please can you provide the Full NameA, Actual Job TitleA, Contact Number, ADirect Address for the Head of Procurement Head of Category Management ICT Category Manager Fleet Category Manager Utilities Category Manager Insurance Category Manager Director of Finance Efficiency Manager Savings Manager Budget Saving Manager Page 22 of 52

23 Reference: Received: 12/02/2015 Request details: Permitted Development Rights I would like the following questions to be answered regarding Permitted Development Rights allowing the conversion of office (B1) use to residential (C3) use without requiring planning permission to May 2016 for my dissertation research. 1. The number of applications for office to residential conversion in your borough in the year preceding the introduction of permitted development rights in May The number of applications for office to residential conversion using Permitted Development Rights in your borough between June 2013 and December The number of applications that have been granted prior approval consent for office to residential conversion using Permitted Development Rights and how many housing units did this represent 4.The number of applications for office to residential using Permitted Development Rights that have been built out between June 2013 and December The number of applications for office to residential conversion in your borough through normal planning process (requiring planning permission) between June 2013 and December 2014 and how many of these have been granted permission? 6.The number of applications for office to residential under normal planning process (requiring planning permission) that have been built out between June 2013 and December Reference: Received: 12/02/2015 Request details: Professional Qualifications Could you please advise of the professional qualifications of the highest qualified individual who is overseeing the rectifying of the above problems at McCarthy Court, since the installation of the new different heating system type, for or on behalf of Wandsworth Council. Could you also please advise to which professional body this individual is a member (eg Royal Society of Chartered Surveyors). By the term "professional" qualification, we concur with the accepted standard throughout the UK. Professional qualification meaning a university degree of Bachelor of Science (BSc), or Bachelor of Arts (BA), or higher. Reference: Received: 12/02/2015 Request details: Street Works I am writing in terms of the New Road & Street Works Act for information on which Utility had an opening notice/permit to carry out street works (excavation) at or near to O/S 28 Old Devenshire Road, London, SW12 9RB. Could you please go back 6 years. Also if possible give the date of when and if any resurfacing works have been carried out by yourselves. Page 23 of 52

24 Reference: Received: 12/02/2015 Request details: Alcohol License Holders Could you please supply the addresses of current list of Premises License holders for selling Alcohol; (Pubs, Restaurants, Clubs, and Shops, etc.) Reference: Received: 12/02/2015 Request details: Street Works Permits I am writing in terms of the New Road & Street Works Act for information on which Utility had an opening notice/permit to carry out street works (excavation) at or near to O/S Osward Road, London, SW17 7SS. Could you please go back 6 years. Also if possible give the date of when and if any resurfacing works been carried out by yourselves. Reference: Received: 12/02/2015 Request details: Criminal Convictions Please provide the number of teachers in your local authority that have criminal convictions for each year 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 and 2015? Please also provide the number of teachers in local authority schools that have criminal convictions for each year 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 and 2015? Reference: Received: 13/02/2015 Request details: HMO Information Please state: (I) the total sum raised in HMO licence fees in each of the last three financial years by the borough; (2) the total costs to the borough of enforcing the provisions in the Housing Act 2004 relating to HMOs in each of the last three financial years; (3) whether or not there is any published evidence showing any improvement whatsover in the health and safety of residents within the borough as a result of the expenditure referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2 above. (4) The number of successful prosecutions brought by the borough in the last three years relating to offences under the Housing Act Page 24 of 52

25 Reference: Received: 13/02/2015 Request details: Care Charges 1.AWhat rate does/did the Council use to assess the hourly cost of domiciliary care when calculating the contribution people need to make to the costs of their care? 2.ADid/does the Council provide community transport for older and disabled people? 3.1AHow does/did the Council charge adults for community transport? (a)aseparate charge (y/n) (b)aincorporated within agreed care package (y/n) 3.2AIf there is/was a separate charge for community transport, how much does/ did the Council charge adults for a return journey? 4.ADoes/did your Council operate a maximum weekly charge for non-residential adult care, if so what is/was it? Periods cover from 2009/10 through to 2014/15. Reference: Received: 13/02/2015 Request details: Empty and Derelict Properties Reference: 1. How many council-owned properties are currently empty or derelict? 2. Please provide a list of all council-owned properties that are currently empty or derelict. If possible, this should include the address or postcode of each property Request details: Alcohol Licences Reference: Received: 13/02/2015 We are writing to request a list of current/granted licence traders such as offlicence, on-licence and any other alcohol traders and businesses in the borough Request details: Wheelchair Adapted Properties Received: 13/02/2015 The current number of applicants in BAND A in the physical disability queue waiting for 3 bedroom properties (wheelchair adapted ) The current number of applicants in BAND B in the physical disability queue waiting for 3 bedroom properties (wheelchair adapted ) The average waiting time for an applicant to be housed as above in both band A and B during 2013/2014/15 Reference: Received: 13/02/2015 Request details: Sickness Dismissals Please confirm the number of Council employees (anonymised) who worked within (i) the Council's Finance Department and (ii) the Council as a whole, who have been dismissed solely for reasons of sickness absence during the period of ten years preceding the date of this request, indicating the date of each dismissal. Page 25 of 52

26 Reference: Received: 13/02/2015 Request details: Heating Votes I wonder if you could kindly provide us with the following information:- 1) Under What DEMOCRATIC PRINCIPLE were TENANTS - and ONLY TENANTS allowed, by Wandsworth Council, to CHANGE a vote that they had already submitted in the ballot for the above Major Works Heating Consultation? 2) Why was this privilege, of being allowed to change their vote, allowed to tenants but denied to Leaseholders? Reference: Received: 13/02/2015 Request details: Water Standard Procedures May I ask that the freedom of information department send your standard proceedures to me regarding what the housing and highways people are meant to do when reports of water and leaks occur especially when there is a plethora of water and saturation? When for example do they contact Thames? Reference: Received: 13/02/2015 Request details: Social Workers 1) The total number of full time social workers employed at the local authority for each year from 2010 to present day. 2) The total number of part time or temporary social workers employed at the local authority for each year from 2010 to present day. Page 26 of 52

27 Reference: Received: 13/02/2015 Request details: Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services 1.APlease can you provide an account of the amount of money spent on Child and Adolescent Mental Health (CAMHS) services by your Local Authority in the following financial years; a) 2010/11 b) 2011/12 c) 2012/13 d) 2013/14 e) 2014/15 f) 2015/16 2.APlease can you provide the amount spent by your Local Authority on Child and Adolescent Mental Health services for eating disorders in the following financial years; a)a2010/11 b)a2011/12 c)a2012/13 d)a2013/14 e)a2014/15 f) 2015/16 3. Please can you provide the number of referrals to Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services in your Local Authority area in and the number who received treatment for the following years a) 2010/11 b) 2011/12 c) 2012/13 d) 2013/14 e) 2014/15 f) 2015/16 Reference: Received: 13/02/2015 Request details: Rough Sleepers a) The number of rough sleepers in the local authority area per quarter for each year from 2010 to the most recent quarter. B) The number of homelessness applications in the local authority area per quarter from 2010 to the most recent quarter. Page 27 of 52