FOI request (FOIR-707658669)

FOI/EIR Request: -Cide Use

Requested Mon 21 April 2025
Responded Thu 01 May 2025

I would like to request the following:

1. A list of all '-cides' used by the Council. This is inclusive of, but not limited to any and all avicides, biocides, fungicides, herbicides, insecticides, pesticides, and rodenticides.

These '-cides' may be used on property and assets that the Council owns or is responsible for managing, including but not limited to schools, council housing, parks, local roads, and leisure facilities. Where management of a facility is shared with another devolved body, like a County Council, please note this down. I would, here, like to prevent data duplication between public bodies.

2. The annual cost and volume of purchase of each of these '-cides', broken down by '-cide', from January 2014 to December 2024. Please list this on a spreadsheet (CSV), broken down by:

a. '-cide

b. product name

c. volume purchased

d. purchase date

3. A list of each of these '-cides' use, by volume. Through this I am trying to ascertain whether the purchased volume is matched by the used volume, so if there is a record of expired or unused '-cides' too, that would be ideal. Please add this to the above CSV as an additional column, also on an annual basis over the same time period. Please list volume in either litres or kilograms, whichever is more appropriate.

4. Only if available and easily accessible, the location and purpose of each specific '-cides' use. For the former, this may be classified by location grouping, address, coordinate, or otherwise.

If any of the individual pieces of information listed above are not available but others are, like cost and volume, then please signal this while responding with the other available information. Additionally, if records are only available for a time period less than that specified above, please provide these instead of rejecting the request as a whole.

Response

Parks, Streets, and Building Cleaning do not use any form of pesticide substances.

Please see below, information held by our Pest Control Service.

1. Rodenticides and Insecticides.

2.

Rodenticide

Venom Pasta (Bromadialone)

Volume Purchased: 70 tubs

Volume Used: All product purchased was used

Price Paid: £31.60 per tub

Purchase Date: February 24 to February 25

Rodenticide

Muskill Pasta (Bromadialone , Difenacoum)

Volume Purchased: 70 tubs

Volume Used: All product purchased was used

Price Paid: £38.72 per tub

Purchase Date: February 24 to February 25

Insecticide

Cimetrol Super (Cypermethrin, Tetramethrin, Piperonyl Butoxide, Pyripoxyfen)

Volume Purchased: 7

Volume Used: All product purchased was used

Price Paid: £152.51 per bottle

Purchase Date: February 24 to February 25

Insecticide

Vulcan P5 DP Dust (Permethrin)

Volume Purchased: None

Volume Used: All product purchased was used

Price Paid: £28.20 per tub

Purchase Date: February 24 to February 25

3. See volume answer in 2 above.

4.

Hastings Country Park, Martineau Lane, Hastings TN35 5DR

Alexandra Park, St Helen's Rd, Hastings TN34 2LG

Hastings Borough Council, Muriel Matters House, Breeds Place, Hastings TN34 3UY