FOI request (FOIR-115156922)

Street Cleansing

Requested Wed 01 May 2019
Responded  Wed 01 May 2019

Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, we would like to make a formal request for the information set out below.

The information is sought from your Council department responsible for street cleaning or, if the cleansing of roads is contracted out, then please ensure the information is obtained from the contracting company/arms-length external organisation (ALEO). The questions relate to CATS involved in road traffic accidents (RTAs) on the roads that your council is responsible for cleaning.

SCANNING AND ACTION TAKEN

Please indicate which of the following statements apply by selecting yes or no for each statement.

Does the Authority (or ALEO) scan cat RTA victims collected for a microchip and record the chip number? Yes / No

If yes do you inform the relevant microchip database company (eg by phone) that you have found the deceased cat so that they can contact the cat owner?

If yes do you inform your local branch of Cats Protection?

If your Authority (or ALEO) does not scan cat RTA victims please tick which of the following statements are relevant - you can tick multiple answers.

Not thought about it

Do not have scanners

Too time consuming to scan

Don't know what to do with information that appears on scanner

Other - please specify

If your Authority (or ALEO) does not scan cat RTA victims - please answer the following question.

If scanners were provided free of charge together with information about how to report the cat's details to the relevant microchip database company from the information appearing on the scanner would you (or ALEO) consider scanning cat RTA victims? Yes / No / Don't know

COLLECTION AND LOGGING

Please indicate which of the following statements apply by selecting yes or no for each statement.

Authority (or ALEO) disposes of the cat carcass immediately when it is returned to the Council/ALEO depot. Yes / No

Authority (or ALEO) logs descriptive details of the cat carcass, cat's appearance, with a description of when and where it was found etc. Yes / No

Authority (or ALEO) keeps the cat carcass in a freezer for a set period so it can inform enquirers if they contact the authority that they have collected a cat resembling that "lost" by the owner. Yes / No

Other - please specify

How many cat Road Traffic Accident (RTA) carcasses have been collected in each of following years? If this data is not recorded but you can provide an estimate this is acceptable but please clarify it is an estimate.

2016

2017

2018

Response

Please see attached completed questionnaire.

Attachments

• FOIR-115156922_FOIR-115156922_1-FOI115156922.docx