EIR - Environmental Health/ Public Protection teams
Case reference FOI2026/00357
Received 8 April 2026
Published 30 April 2026
Request
I am asking for the following information under the Freedom of Information Act. The questions relate to Environmental Health / Public Protection teams covering Statutory Nuisance, Housing, Private Water Supplies, Contaminated Land, PPC, Air Quality, Food and Environmental Crime for the 2024/25 2025/26 financial years. Please could you provide the following: Question – (All questions relate to Environmental Health / Public Protection teams covering Statutory Nuisance, Housing, Private Water Supplies, Contaminated Land, PPC, Air Quality and Environmental Crime) 2024/25 Financial Year 2025/26 Financial Year 1 How many FTE contractors/agency staff were used in these areas? 2 The overall spend on contractors/agency staff in these areas? 3 What role(s) were the contractors / agency staff covering? E.g. investigation of nuisances or water sampling. 4 How long the contractor/ Agency staff were hired to complete this work to the nearest month? 5 How much was spent on over-time for non-agency staff within these areas? 6 How much was spent on training for teams within these areas? 7 How many staff did you recruit into teams within these areas? Thank you in advance for your help and support with this. I look forward to hearing from you. Kindest regards Kristina Kristina Wood Principal Officer ‑ Environmental Protection Publica [cid:image767753.png@56A91341.A8A8C776] The content of this email and any related emails do not constitute a legally binding agreement and we do not accept service of court proceedings or any other formal notices by email unless specifically agreed by us in writing. Recipients should be aware that all e-mails and attachments sent and received by Cotswold District Council, Forest of Dean District Council, West Oxfordshire District Council and Publica (Support) Ltd may be accessible to others in the Council for business or litigation purposes, and/or disclosed to a third party under the Freedom of Information or Data Protection Legislation.
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