CAM106002025-09-16T00:00:00identified or projected gaps in adult social care and Children ServicesDate: 05/08/2025 Ref: CAM10600 Dear Requester, Thank you for your request for information dated 04/07/2025 about identified or projected gaps in adult social care and Children Services. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested and the answers to your questions are as follows: 1. Adult Social Care: Please provide details of any identified or projected gaps in provision, including but not limited to: - Domiciliary care - Supported living (including complex needs or forensic support) - Residential placements - Specialist or hard-to-place cohorts (e.g. adults with dual diagnoses, behaviours that challenge, autism spectrum conditions) Please refer to information available within the Market Position Statement, Commissioning Strategies and Joint Strategic Needs Assessment (JSNA). Website links have been provided under question 3 below. 2. Children’s Social Care: Please provide details of any current or forecasted gaps in: - Residential care placements (including EBD, LD, autism, and high-risk children) Camden’s primary goal is to support children to remain safely at home with their families or extended family networks. To achieve this, Camden continues to strengthen its support offer, enabling families to care for their children and young people within the home or other family-based arrangements. Where this is not possible, alternative provisions such as residential care, semi- independent living, or supported accommodation are considered. Camden works closely with foster carers, providing wraparound support, including out-of-hours assistance and peer support, to help them remain resilient and effective in their roles. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk There are national challenges in sourcing placements that are both local to where children have grown up and represent good value for money. In response, Camden is proactively developing in-house capacity to accommodate children within or near the borough and is working closely with providers to establish block contracts. As a result of these efforts, Camden does not have gaps in provision and do not forecast any in the near future. - Semi-independent or supported accommodation (16+ provision) Please see the response to question 2, specifically the first point above. - Specialist placements or out-of-area commissioning pressures Please see the response to question 2, specifically the first point above. - Family support services or early intervention programmes There are no gaps in family support services. Camden has a range of universal, targeted and specialist services for families across the age range accessed through Family Hubs, online, as part of a network of Voluntary and community providers, or through referral to Camden's children and family contact centre (MASH). 3. Strategic Documentation: If available, please include the most recent versions of: - Market Position Statements The Market Position Statement for adult services can be found at: Information for providers - Camden Council - Commissioning strategies for adult or children’s services Commissioning strategies can be accessed on the Camden Council website: Search results for commissioning strategy - Camden Council Corporate Parenting Strategy 2025-2028, is publicly available at the following link: https://democracy.camden.gov.uk/documents/s124648/Appendix+1- +Corporate+Parenting+Strategy.pdf - Joint Strategic Needs Assessments (JSNAs) JSNA hub : https://jsna.camden.gov.uk/ As the information requested is already reasonably accessible elsewhere the statement, strategies and assessment are exempt under the absolute exemption in Section 21. - Sufficiency assessments for children’s services (especially around residential care) Please refer to the PDF document attached. Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Lorna Jonas-Tinson Information Rights Officer2025-09-25T00:00:00CAM107252025-09-19T00:00:00teacher suspensions and formal investigationsDate: 17/09/2025 Ref: CAM10725 Dear Requester, Thank you for your request for information dated 21/07/2025 about teacher suspensions and formal investigations. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. The council holds some of the information requested. However, we are withholding some of the information because it is exempt as explained below. We have explained where we are withholding information and what exemptions apply. Please see the refusal notices at the end of the answers which explain how and why they apply. 1. Number of Teacher Suspensions and formal investigations. Please provide the total number of teachers who were suspended from Camden Council–maintained schools in each of the following academic years: • September 2022 – August 2023 • September 2023 – August 2024 • September 2024 – August 2025 - Please also show this same data for formal investigations into teachers too. - If possible, please break these figures down by school name and provide the month or term of suspension. We can provide information for council maintained schools who buy into the Council’s HR Service for each of the academic years provided. We have withheld the names of schools and the specific month or term in which the action took place, in order to protect personal data and prevent potential harm. Section 40 (2) personal information The request asks for information about teachers who have been suspended or subject to a formal investigation, identified by school name or month or term in which the action took place. The Council considers that disclosure of this personal data would contravene data protection legislation due to the clear causal link between the requested information and identifiable individuals, and therefore we have withheld the information under the absolute exemption in Section 40(2) of the Freedom of Information Act. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk The exemption states that personal data requested may be withheld when to release it would be a breach of the requirements of data protection law which is the UK General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the Data Protection Act 2018. The information withheld is personal information because it allows living individuals to be identified. The council considers that it would be a breach of the General Data Protection Regulation article 5 requirements of fairness and proportionality to publish this personal information in a FOI request. In doing this we have considered the legitimate public interest in disclosure against the interests of the data subject/s and concluded that in the circumstances disclosure would contravene the data protection requirements of fairness and proportionality particularly considering that Freedom of Information responses are public documents and published to the world and not provided just to the requester. Section 38: Health and Safety (1) Information is exempt if its disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act would or would be likely to: (a) endanger the physical or mental health of any individual, or (b) endanger the safety of any individual. Following careful consideration, the Council has determined that disclosing the names of schools in response to this request could pose a real and significant risk to the health and safety of staff, pupils and their families. We are concerned that such disclosure may provoke aggressive behaviour or protests directed at school staff, which could escalate into verbal abuse, physical threats or even assault. Releasing school names may also enable the identification and location of individuals involved, thereby increasing the risk of distress or harm. This concern is amplified by the fact that Freedom of Information responses are published online and accessible to the wider public, not just the original requester. We have therefore applied the exemption under Section 38(1)(a) and (b) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000, as we believe that disclosure would be likely to endanger the physical or mental health or safety of school staff, pupils and their families. As Section 38 is a qualified exemption, we are required to assess whether the public interest in disclosing the information outweighs the public interest in maintaining the exemption. Factors in favour of disclosure: • There is a genuine public interest in promoting transparency and accountability within public authorities. Disclosure may enhance public understanding of decision-making processes and the delivery of public services. (Medium weight). • Disclosure may help to reassure the public that appropriate safeguarding and disciplinary procedures are in place within schools. (Medium weight). • Public awareness of investigations or suspensions may act as a deterrent to inappropriate behaviour, by reinforcing the consequences of such actions. (Low weight). Factors in favour of withholding: • The request includes the names of schools, and disclosure could lead to the identification and location of individuals. This presents a genuine and significant risk to the mental wellbeing and physical safety of school staff, pupils and their families alike. (High weight) • The release of this sensitive information has the potential to cause distress, anxiety, or harm to those affected, particularly given the vulnerability of some of the individuals involved. (High weight) • There is no overriding public interest in the specific information requested that would justify the potential harm resulting from likely disclosure. (Medium weight). After weighing these factors, we have determined that the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighs the public interest in disclosure. The potential harm to individuals is substantial and would not be justified by any corresponding public benefit. Therefore, the information is being withheld under Section 38(1)(a) and (b) of the Act. Attached is an Excel document that provides a breakdown of suspensions and formal Investigations by each school type and academic year. 2. Additional Context. If available, please also include: • The primary reason(s) for each suspension (e.g., misconduct, safeguarding concerns). • The average or median duration of each suspension. Please see the spreadsheet attached setting out the available data held. 3. Would Camden HR always be involved in the decision to suspend a teacher? If any of this information is not held or is exempt, please explain why. For Schools’ that buy into the Council’s HR Service, the Council would also be involved with the decision to suspend a teacher. As per the disciplinary procedure for teacher, the Headteacher or the Chair of Governors make the decision to suspend a teacher but consult with HR prior before doing so. Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Lorna Jonas-Tinson Information Rights Officer2025-09-25T00:00:00CAM107832025-09-23T00:00:00encampment on Byng PlaceDate: 23/09/2025 Case reference: CAM10783 London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 28/07/2025 about an encampment on Byng Place.  We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA 2000) and the Environmental Information Regulations 2004 (EIR 2004). Response The council holds some, but not all, of the information requested. We explain below what we hold and what we do not hold. We are withholding some of the information we hold because it is excepted as explained below.  We have explained where we are withholding information and what exception applies.  Please see the refusal notice at the end of the answer which explains how and why it applies. I am writing to request information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 regarding the encampment on Byng Place, Bloomsbury WC1E 7LE. Please provide all information held by the council from 1 May 2024 to 28 July 2025 concerning discussions, assessments, or actions related to this encampment, including but not limited to: Legal assessments and advice• This information is excepted.  Please see the exception notice set out below. Health and safety considerations• Fire safety assessments or concerns• On 30th October 2024, Camden Council Fire Safety Officers attended over concerns regarding wooden pallets being used in the encampment. It was deemed no risk, as there were no combustible items being used within the encampment and the street vendors were an adequate distance away.Concerns were also raised about a heater being used, but upon inspection there was nothing noted of concern. Public obstruction matters• On 14th April 2025, Occupants of the encampment were asked to refrain from blocking the pavement. The Highways legislation was explained and complied with, leaving an adequate amount of pavement free for people to pass. Complaints were received about belongings and general tidiness. However, upon engaging with the encampment they tidied up. Community or public impact evaluations• Please see the responses above. Please also include all relevant correspondence, reports, internal communications (including emails and meeting notes), and any documentation or records that reference or involve the following local councillors in relation to this matter: Councillor Adam Harrison• Councillor Rishi Madlani• Councillor Sabrina Francis• We do not hold this information. This is because communications involving councillors where they are dealing with constituency concerns is not considered "held" by the council for EIR 2004 or FOIA 2000 purposes. The council is not required to disclose such information under the EIR 2004 or the FOIA 2000. As some the information not held is may be considered as environmental, we have to comply with a technicality and tell you that because it is not held it is excepted under Regulation 12 (4)(a) of the EIR 2004.  The Information Commissioner does not require a public interest test where the information is not held. Refusal Notice The exceptions that apply are: regulation 12(5)b which states “a public authority may refuse to disclose information to the extent that its disclosure would adversely affect the course of justice, the ability of a person to receive a fair trial or the ability of a public authority to conduct an inquiry of a criminal or disciplinary nature.” Information concerning legal advice protected by Legal Professional Privilege (LPP) has been withheld and redacted.  LPP covers communications between lawyers and their clients for obtaining legal advice.  The exception has been applied to protect the confidential relationship between lawyer and client, to ensure openness between them, and safeguard access to fully informed, realistic and frank legal advice. This exception is subject to a public interest test. The public interest arguments for releasing this information are as follows: It would improve the transparency of the decision-making process (low weight).• It will allow the council’s decisions to be examined and held to account (medium weight).• The public interest arguments for withholding the information are as follows : There is very strong inherent public interest in maintaining LPP and allowing the council to take legal advice in a confidential way.  Disclosure of the legal advice could prejudice the Council’s ability to defend or prosecute its legal interests, by unfairly exposing its legal position to challenge, or by disclosing its approach to and tactics in legal areas (high weight) • The Council received confidential legal advice in relation to this matter. It is in the public interest that the decisions taken by the Council are taken in a fully informed legal context (high weight). • Such legal advice was of a comprehensive nature and without it the quality of the Council’s decision making would have been reduced which would be contrary to the public interest (high weight). • The council has concluded that the public interest in withholding the information outweighs the interest in disclosing it. There is a presumption in favour of disclosure in the regulations, and we have considered whether this overrides the public interest test conclusion and have concluded that it does not. Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk, Telephone: 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website https://www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Kieran Heneghan Information Rights Officer2025-09-25T00:00:00CAM107892025-09-11T00:00:00households in supported exempt housingDate: 27/08/2025 Ref: CAM10789 Dear Requester, Thank you for your request for information dated 28/07/2025 about households in supported exempt housing. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council does not hold the information requested. - For each of the years 2022, 2023 and 2024, the total number of people living in supported exempt accommodation in your local authority area The Council does not hold this information. - For each of the years 2022, 2023 and 2024, the total number of people who died while living in supported exempt accommodation in your local authority area. The Council does not hold this information. Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, live chat London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Lorna Jonas-Tinson Information Rights Officer2025-09-25T00:00:00CAM107902025-08-27T00:00:00number of young adults aged 18-25 currently living in the adult hostel pathwayDate: 24/09/2025 Ref: CAM10790 Dear Requester, Thank you for your request for information dated 28/07/2025 about the number of young adults aged 18-25 currently living in the adult hostel pathway. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council does not hold the information requested. 1. How many young adults aged 18–25 are currently living in the adult hostel pathway in Camden? (Please note: this request is specifically regarding the adult pathway, not the young people’s hostel pathway.) You clarified: I would like to know both how many asylum seekers and how many refugees aged 18-25 are housed in the Camden adult hostels pathway. We do not hold the information in the specified format. The age range data provided by our providers is grouped in varying formats that span the 18-29 age range, and cannot be disaggregated to the level of granularity requested. 2. If available, please provide a breakdown of this group by: o Gender o Ethnicity o Refugee or asylum-seeking status Please see the response to question 1 above. Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Lorna Jonas-Tinson Information Rights Officer2025-09-25T00:00:00CAM108432025-09-15T00:00:00works undertaken at Rochester Terrace GardensDate: 15/09/2025 Ref: CAM10843 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 30/07/2025 about works undertaken at Rochester Terrace Gardens. We have dealt with this under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested. 1. Records of dates and times of visits and works undertaken at Rochester Terrace Gardens in the past twelve months by Camden Council employees and landscaping contractors Hedges – 05.07.24 and 12-13.06.25 Grass – 22.07.24, 14.10.24, 22.10.24,17.03.25, 01.04.25, 12.05.25, 21.05.25, 16.06.25, 08.07.25, 13.08.25 Jet wash – 13.03.25 2. Copies of reports/findings from any such visits Please see the attached pdf Qs 1 and 2. 3. Any record of communication with contractors in relation to landscaping since I raised this matter on 12/06/2025 Please see attached. 4. Any policies, risk assessments, or special instructions pertaining to works which may take place in and around Rochester Terrace Gardens Please see the attached documents. 5. Copies of training records and material provided to parks officers to recognise resident nesting birds or offences against the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981” Please see the attached documents. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Kieran Heneghan Information Rights Officer2025-09-25T00:00:00CAM108462025-09-15T00:00:00England’s Lane Residence (ELR)Date: 15/09/2025 Ref: CAM10846 Dear Requester, Thank you for your request for information dated 28/07/2025 about England’s Lane Residence (ELR). We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds some of the information requested and the answers to your questions are as follows: I would like to request the following information regarding England’s Lane Residence (Belsize Park): 1. Why Camden Council stopped placing families in this building in 2021. 2. Copies of any inspection reports or assessments that led to this decision. 3. Records of any complaints made to Camden Council about pests (cockroaches, mice) or hygiene issues in this building. You clarified: 1. Use of England’s Lane Residence for Homeless Families • Has Camden Council ever used England’s Lane Residence (Belsize Park, NW3) to place homeless families or children in temporary accommodation? Yes. • If yes, when did Camden Council stop placing families or children in this building, and what were the reasons? The project to end the lease on England’s Lane Residence (ELR) was completed with all families rehoused before the lease hand-back deadline of 8 March 2021. This action formed part of Camden Council’s Medium Term Financial Strategy (2019/20-2021/22), which included a Cabinet-approved programme to remodel the Temporary Accommodation hostel portfolio. As part of this strategy, the Council decided to relinquish the ELR lease and reinvest in developing smaller, higher-quality family hostels. You clarified: 2. Licensing or Enforcement Action Has Camden Council ever taken enforcement or licensing action against the building or its operators due to unsuitable or unsafe conditions for families? No. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk • If so, please provide details or summaries of the actions taken and dates. Not applicable. You clarified: 3. Official Complaints or Reports • Have there been official complaints, reports, or inspections related to poor living conditions, overcrowding, or health/safety risks at England’s Lane Residence since 2020? Further clarification provided: For Question 3, please search for records of any complaints made to Camden Council about pests (cockroaches, mice) or hygiene issues in England’s Lane Residence from 1 January 2018 to the present date. We hold some of the information you have requested. A new complaints dashboard system with keyword search functionality was introduced on 10 January 2022. As a result, data prior to this date is not available within our current reporting system. Two formal complaints were received during the period from 10 January 2022 to 10 September 2025. Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Lorna Jonas-Tinson Information Rights Officer2025-09-25T00:00:00CAM109202025-09-11T00:00:00council-funded youth clubs and centres, and related matters for the fiscal years 2015/16 to 2025/26 inclusivelyDate: 10/09/2025 Ref: CAM10920 Dear Requester, Thank you for your request for information dated 12 September 2025 regarding council- funded youth clubs and centres, and related matters for the fiscal years 2015/16 to 2025/26 inclusively. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information. 1. For the start of each financial year between 2015/16 and 2025/26 (inclusive), the number of council-funded youth clubs/centres 2. For the start of each financial year between 2015/16 and 2025/26 (inclusive), the number of youth clubs/centres run by partner organisations 3. For each financial year between 2015/16 and 2025/26 (inclusive), the annual budget for council-funded youth clubs/centres 4. For each financial year between 2015/16 and 2025/26 (inclusive), the annual council budget for youth services 5. For each financial year between 2015/16 and 2025/26 (inclusive), the number of Full-Time Equivalent staff employed at council-funded youth clubs/centres If possible, please could such data be provided as a spreadsheet. If the period requested is not available, please provide it from the earliest year available up until the most recent available at the point of production. The Council holds the requested information and has provided the response in the requested format of an Excel spreadsheet, attached. Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Lorna Jonas-Tinson Information Rights Officer2025-09-25T00:00:00CAM109232025-09-15T00:00:00annual spend on lift maintenance and lift refurbishmentsDate: 15/09/2025 Ref: CAM10923 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 12/08/2025 about annual spend on lift maintenance and lift refurbishments. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000/Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested. Please can you provide the following information under the Freedom of Information Act? Clarified - 2023/24/anticipated 2025 1. The annual budget spend on lift Maintenance / Lift refurbishments? The Annual Spend on Lift Maintenance for 2024/25 was £1,834,370. 2. Who are the consultants / contractors who deal with the Borough’s Lifts? Apex lifts is the main contractor. Some of our new build projects are attended by Kone and Orona as they are closed protocol systems. 3. How many lift breakdowns, entrapment's, incidents there are per year 2024 & so far in 2025? There were 3,368 works orders raised over the year for 2024, with 347 of those being entrapments. In 2025, there have been 1,968 works orders raised and 120 entrapments. 4. How many lifts does the Borough look after? 569. 5. Who is/are the current lift maintenance contractor/contractors? Apex lifts is the main contractor. Some of our new build projects are attended by Kone and Orona as they are closed protocol systems. 6. Who is the Borough’s principal lift engineer and contact information? Tony Castle is our head of service for all Repairs and Operations. Council email addresses are formulated as firstname.surname@camden.gov.uk London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk Telephone: 0303 123 1113 , live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/ Yours sincerely Kieran Heneghan Information Rights Officer2025-09-25T00:00:00CAM109422025-09-12T00:00:00domestic abuse case management, independent domestic abuse (IDVA) provisionDate: 12/08/2025 Ref: CAM10942 Dear Requester, Thank you for your request for information dated 10/03/2025 about domestic abuse case management, independent domestic abuse (IDVA) provision. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds some of the information requested. Please fill out the below spreadsheet table with information about all of the Domestic Abuse Casework/Independent domestic abuse support (IDVA) services for survivors of domestic abuse that your local authority currently fund in your area, including any Domestic Abuse Casework services/Independent domestic abuse support (IDVA) services that are delivered in-house. The Council holds some of the requested information and has provided its response in the Excel spreadsheet attached. Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Lorna Jonas-Tinson Information Rights Officer London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk2025-09-25T00:00:00CAM109502025-09-15T00:00:00“non-verbal,” “quiet,” “silent” days or similar initiatives implemented in schoolsDate: 15/09/2025 Ref: CAM10950 Dear Requester, Thank you for your request for information dated 15/08/2025 about “non-verbal,” “quiet,” “silent” days or similar initiatives implemented in schools. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council does not hold the information requested. 1. Since 1 January 2020, have any schools within your local authority implemented a system of “non-verbal days”, “quiet days”, “silent days” or similar initiatives where individual children are exempt from speaking for a period of time? Information not held. We are not aware of any Camden maintained schools implementing a system of “non-verbal days”, “quiet days”, “silent days” or similar initiatives where individual children are exempt from speaking for a period of time. 2. If possible, please provide: a. The number of schools that have run such initiatives Not applicable. b. The names of the schools and the date they introduced the initiative Not applicable. 3. If possible, please share any internal guidance, emails or policy documents related to these events Not applicable. Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Lorna Jonas-Tinson Information Rights Officer2025-09-25T00:00:00CAM109512025-09-15T00:00:00eligibility criterion for single and double-handed care provision in adult social careDate: 15/09/2025 Ref: CAM10951 Dear Requester, Thank you for your request for information dated 15/08/2025 about an eligibility criterion for single and double-handed care provision in adult social care. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The Council does not hold the information requested. 1. Do you have any official policy guidelines that describe what qualifies someone to receive double- or single-handed care? We hold no specific policy or guidance related to eligibility for double handed care. Care needs are determined as part of a Care Act assessment and support planning process and are based on the individual needs of the person. 2. If so, what is the rationale that underlies these guidelines and what determines the level of care someone can receive? Not applicable. 3. In practice, are there any issues or barriers that have been encountered when implementing either double- or single-handed care? Not applicable. 4. Has there been a shift in the qualifying criteria for someone who can receive double-handed care? (i.e. how long has your current policy been in place, how is it different to anything that existed previously?) Not applicable. 5. If there is a preference towards single-handed care, what is the rationale behind this and how has this been managed? Not applicable. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Lorna Jonas-Tinson Information Rights Officer2025-09-25T00:00:00CAM109802025-10-06T00:00:00Relocation of the Regis Road Recycling Centre is part of the plan to “regenerate” the Kentish Town Industrial AreaDate: 06/10/2025 Ref: CAM10980 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 19/08/2025 about Relocation of the Regis Road Recycling Centre is part of the plan to “regenerate” the Kentish Town Industrial Area. We have dealt with this under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested. Relocation of the Regis Road Recycling Centre is part of the plan to “regenerate” the Kentish Town Industrial Area. Yoo Capital leads the project. Their masterplan, adopted by Camden Council earlier this year, posits a new location for the “reuse and recycling centre” on the Police Station site. Despite the six references to the change in the adopted SPD I can find no clarification of its feasibility. 1) Please provide me with documents showing how the North London Waste Authority and, if relevant, LondonEnergy Ltd, have been consulted about the recycling centre’s relocation, and their responses. I’m interested in the practical planning of the new recycling centre and want to see documents about that topic showing the thinking of Camden’s planning and regeneration delivery teams and the waste authority You have asked for documents showing how the NLWA and London Energy have participated in the design of the Reuse and Recycling Centre (RRC). You have then clarified that the stated focus of the request is the practical planning of the new facility. Responsibility for the design and re-provision of the RRC rests with Yoo Capital and their design team at Spparc Architects, with assistance from Momentum who provide transport and highways related design input. As part of the design process for the RRC, in July Spparc and Momentum convened a Working Group attended by NLWA and London Energy, alongside officers from Camden planning service and Area Regeneration Team, to discuss practical design and operational considerations of the Reuse and Recycling Centre (RRC). Attached are the following documentation, which focuses on the practical planning of the new facility and primarily involves the Area Regeneration Team, although the Planning Service has been involved more recently in the two Working Group sessions: Reprovision Design Guidance Document Rev B Dec 2024 • I have attached Section E (“NLWA Reuse and recycling centre facilities”) of the design guide prepared by Proun Architects on behalf of Camden and shared with Yoo Capital and the Spparc design team on 6 th Dec 2024 (attachment file “RRC Extracts from Design Assistance…”) London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk • NLWA/LEL provided feedback annotated to an earlier copy of the guidance document in draft form, which was incorporated directly into the revised version attached here. 21st May 2025 Vehicle Trip data • In response to a request from Momentum, London Energy provided data of past vehicle trips to the RRC. • This was forwarded, in redacted form, to Momentum (attached email “Re Regis road/Service road programme” dated 23rd May 2025). Design presentation 9th June 2025. • The attached slides setting out the RRC design were presented by Momentum/Spparc to NLWA, London Energy and Camden on 9th June. They were subsequently shared with the council on 24th June. (attached files “250603 Vehicle Arrivals…” and M001313-TR-001-004..” and 25.06.09 CFQ Holmes Rd Recycling Reprov”) • The meeting was virtual, and the discussion consisted of verbal feedback with no subsequent circulation of notes. Working Group on 29 th July 2025 • Plans and documentation circulated in advance of the 1st Working Group session (“250728 RRC Relocation advance papers…” and “250729 Recycling Centre Trips 2_0”) • Subsequent circulated notes/actions from the meeting (250731 Regis Road RRC Relocation Working Group Meeting”). Please note that the notes from the meeting originating from Momentum are entitled “Meeting Minutes” but there has been no formal discussion or agreement of their contents with the attending parties and they should probably be considered to be ‘draft’ minutes. Working Group on 19 th August 2025 • Plans and documentation circulated in advance of the 2nd Working Group session (“250815 Holmes road deck access…”; “250815 RRC workshop..”; “CFQ-MTC-YOO-RC-XX-D….”) • Subsequent circulated notes/actions from the meeting (“Momentum notes 250819…”). Please note that the notes from the meeting originating from Momentum are entitled “Meeting Minutes” but there has been no formal discussion or agreement of their contents by the attending parties and they should probably be considered to be ‘draft’ minutes. • Subsequent correspondence (2 emails dated today) between London energy/NLWA and Spparc/Momentum: attachments “Re Regis road – RRC Relocation – Working Group Meeting” and “Re Regis road – RRC Relocation – Working Group Meeting”) There is no documentation, other than planning policy which is in the public domain, showing the thinking of Camden’s planning team. 2) If possible, do the same for the Police since they are slated to remain on site alongside the relocated waste facility Clarified: What kind of liaison with the Police and I assume their estates department has there been, and what kind of reaction have the Police given to the possibility of sharing their site with the recycling centre? Camden has not been party to any direct consultation between Yoo Capital / Spparc / Momentum and the MET team on the RRC design. However, as Yoo Capital are purchasing a significant portion of the MET site for the purposes of re-providing the RRC and Camden housing, it is reasonable to assume that Yoo Capital have shared their design material with the MET team directly, to ensure mutual compatibility between development proposals. 3) I would like to know if the workforce which helps run and operate the existing Regis Rd facility (employed by LondonEnergy Ltd) has been consulted directly by Camden on whose land they work everyday. The material shared in the response to question 1 above includes members of London Energy staff who are involved in running and managing the Regis Road facility, albeit that they may not be based at the site. If you wish to know has Camden engaged with the Regis Road based site employees about the emerging design, then the answer is that we will take our cue from NLWA/LEL as to when the best time to engage their on-site staff may be, but we haven’t yet engaged them directly. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk Telephone: 0303 123 1113 , live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/ Yours sincerely Philip Lewis Information Rights Officer2025-10-07T21:45:07CAM110042025-09-22T00:00:00the use of hotel accommodation for individuals you have a statutory duty to accommodateDate: 22/09/2025 Ref: CAM11004 Dear Requester, Thank you for your request for information dated 22/08/2025 about the use of hotel accommodation for individuals you have a statutory duty to accommodate. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds some of the information requested. I would like to ask for information about the use of hotel accommodation by your local authority for individuals you have a statutory or other duty to accommodate. Please do not include the use of hotels for department business or staff in any capacity, for example work travel or conferences etc. Please provide, broken down by month between January 2019 (or as far back as you can go up to that point) and the latest available month: • The number of individuals • The number of hotel sites used (for example, individual hotels that are part of a chain, independent hotels, B&Bs etc) • Total amount spent • Please also provide a broad description of the different groups of people accommodated in hotels and the reasons for using hotels If the data is only available as households, please provide this and state clearly that this is what has been provided. If the data is not available by individual month, please provide it by financial year (1 April to 31 March) starting from 2019-20. Please see the spreadsheet attached setting out the available data held. Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Lorna Jonas-Tinson Information Rights Officer2025-10-10T09:46:43CAM109592025-09-18T00:00:00the number of inspections of private rented homes carried out over each of the 5 previous completed yearsDate: 18/09/2025 Ref: CAM10959 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 15/08/2025 about the number of inspections of private rented homes carried out over each of the 5 previous completed years. We have dealt with this under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested. I would be grateful if you could confirm the number of inspections of private rented homes carried out in order to carry out a Health and Safety risk assessment over each of the 5 previous completed years. 2020/21 402 2021/22 470 2022/23 402 2023/24 426 2024/25 295 Could you also please confirm the total number of enforcement notices served following these inspections, over each of the 5 previous completed years. 2020/21 21 2021/22 27 2022/23 14 2023/24 11 2024/25 9 London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Could you also please confirm how many of these enforcement notices have been successfully dealt with and signed off. 2020/21 16 2021/22 22 2022/23 14 2023/24 11 2024/25 9 Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk Telephone: 0303 123 1113 , live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/ Yours sincerely Kieran Heneghan Information Rights Officer2025-09-25T00:00:00CAM109642025-09-15T00:00:00households waiting for wheelchair accessible social housingDate: 15/09/2025 Ref: CAM10964 Dear Requester, Thank you for your request for information dated 15/08/2025 about households waiting for wheelchair accessible social housing. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds some of the information requested. How many households are currently waiting for wheelchair accessible social housing? 160. How many wheelchair accessible homes are there in the existing social housing stock, occupied or otherwise? Information not held. Specifically relating to London Accessible Housing Register (LAHR) ratings A-G. LAHR surveys were paused during the COVID-19 lockdown and have not yet resumed. As a result, we do not hold a complete dataset covering the entirety of the housing stock. Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Lorna Jonas-Tinson Information Rights Officer2025-09-25T00:00:00CAM109662025-09-15T00:00:00reports and/or complaints received regarding the private sale of council house tenanciesDate: 15/09/2025 Ref: CAM10966 Dear Requester, Thank you for your request for information dated 18/08/2025 about reports and/or complaints received regarding the private sale of council house tenancies. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested. I would like to know about reports and/or complaints received regarding the private sale of council house tenancies (i.e. where individuals have allegedly been offered priority on the housing waiting list, or a direct offer of a secure tenancy in a council home, in exchange for cash or other benefit). Please provide the following information: Reports/Complaints Received: The total number of reports and / or complaints received about the private sale of council house tenancies from 1 July 2021 to the present. 0. Investigations: Of these reports/complaints, how many were formally investigated? Not applicable. Outcomes: Of the reports/complaints received since 1 July 2021, how many resulted in: a) the removal of a tenancy, b) criminal action, and c) staff disciplinary action and/or dismissal(s)? Not applicable. Earliest Case: What is the date of the earliest complaint or investigation on this issue held on your records (even if before July 2021)? 0. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk If the council does not hold this information in a specific category, please provide details of any investigations, tenancy terminations, or staff disciplinary cases in the last 3 years that relate to the fraudulent allocation of council housing. We have investigated 15 cases of alleged fraudulent housing applications between 2021 and the present. Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Lorna Jonas-Tinson Information Rights Officer2025-09-25T00:00:00CAM109672025-09-11T00:00:00repairs at Barrington Court.Date: 11/09/2025 Case reference: CAM10967 London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 18/08/2025 about the repairs at Barrington Court.  We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA) / Environmental Information Regulations 2004 (EIR 2004). Response The council holds the information requested and the answers to your questions are as follows: I am writing on behalf of the Barrington Court Tenants and Residents Association, of which I am Secretary, to request the following information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Please provide details of all recorded repairs involving the communal walkway glass panels at Barrington Court, Lamble Street NW5 4AT from 1 January 2022 to the present. For each repair, please provide: - The date the repair was carried out, - The material used (e.g. glass, plywood, etc.), - The location of the repair (e.g. floor or specific panel reference, if recorded), - The team or contractor who performed the work (e.g. Day-to-Day Repairs, Major Works, or others), - The cost of the repair,- The job reference or work order number, - Whether the repair was accounted for under a Major Works classification or as a routine repair. This request refers specifically to the glazed safety panels installed along the external communal walkways at the front of the block. Please find relevant information attached. Where appropriate we have redacted the addresses of residents, as it is not reasonable to release them under the exception Regulation 12(3) of the EIR 2004 for personal data. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk, Telephone: 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website https://www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Philip Lewis Information Rights Officer2025-09-25T00:00:00CAM109702025-09-15T00:00:00information/documents/photographs/plans/inspection records/other material held in relation to the following aspects of Taplow HouseDate: 15/09/2025 Ref: CAM10970 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 18/08/2025 about information/documents/photographs/plans/inspection records/other material held in relation to the following aspects of Taplow House. We have dealt with this under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested. However we are withholding some of the information because it is excepted as explained below. We have explained where we are withholding information and what exceptions apply. Please see the refusal notices at the end of the answers which explain how and why they apply. Please can you provide all available information/documents/photographs/plans/inspection records/other material etc held by Camden council in relation to the following aspects of Taplow House: • The installation of cladding in approximately 2006 (please provide all plans, approvals, inspection records, photographs, planning and building control material etc) • The circumstances surrounding, and any subsequent repairs carried out following the fire that occurred in January 2012. • Any remedial works carried out to the cladding after 14 June 2017. Refusal Notice: Under Regulation 12(4)(b) it would be considered manifestly unreasonable to provide a response to your request because the cost of compliance, and burden of dealing with your request, is excessive. The exception protects the Council’s ability to carry out its public functions and provides a balance between transparency and the protection of resources. This request would greatly exceed the 18 hours allowable for FOI requests, however please note the following: - The Planning Decision is available online - Camden Council: Planning: Case file - The Council is about to commence the second stage of its independent review of the PFI works – this will cover the points above and will be published in 2026. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk In applying this exception the Council has also considered the balance of the public interest. The public interest argument for releasing this information is: • It would improve transparency to the general public of the Council (medium weight) • The presumption in favour of disclosure in the regulations (low weight) The public interest arguments for withholding the information are: • Processing this request would be a large burden in terms of Officer time and cost to the Council. (heavy weight) • This request would necessarily constitute a significant diversion of resources away from the Council’s core business activities. (heavy weight) • It would consequently have a proportionally detrimental impact on the provision of services to the public (heavy weight) • It is not in the public interest that the Council neglect its provision of services to the public to focus on one information request (heavy weight) It is felt that in all the circumstances of the case, the public interest in maintaining the exception outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information. Advice and Assistance: Any information related to the 2012 fire will be covered by the second stage of the independent review. The report will be published in 2026. In regard to question 3, the cladding installation at Taplow was fully completed in February 2025, following the installation completion at Bray in December 2024. Detailed information about the major works project including cladding replacement can be found on the Council website at the link – The Chalcots Estate major works project Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk Telephone: 0303 123 1113 , live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/ Yours sincerely Kieran Heneghan Information Rights Officer2025-09-25T00:00:00CAM109772025-09-15T00:00:00self-harm involving individuals residing in temporary accommodationDate: 15/09/2025 Ref: CAM10977 Dear Requester, Thank you for your request for information dated 19/08/2025 about self-harm involving individuals residing in temporary accommodation. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The Council does not hold the information requested. Please provide the number of recorded instances of self-harm between 00:00 on 1 December 2024 and the date of this request involving individuals residing in temporary accommodation commissioned by your council. For the purposes of this request: “Temporary accommodation” includes any accommodation provided directly by the council or by a third party under contract or agreement with the council, such as hostels, supported accommodation, bed & breakfast placements, or other emergency housing. “Recorded instances of self-harm” means any incident logged by council staff, commissioned service providers, or emergency services in which an individual in temporary accommodation is identified as having intentionally harmed themselves, regardless of whether hospital treatment was required. “Information held” includes information recorded by the council and by commissioned providers delivering services on the council’s behalf. Information not held. Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Lorna Jonas-Tinson Information Rights Officer2025-09-25T00:00:00CAM109792025-09-17T00:00:00the number of individuals who have approached the council as homeless, number recognised as refugeesDate: 17/09/2025 Ref: CAM10979 Dear Requester, Thank you for your request for information dated 19/08/2025 about the number of individuals who have approached the council as homeless, number recognised as refugees. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds some of the information requested. I would like to receive the following information: annual data, for the past six financial years, 2019 to 2025 (to date) on the number of individuals recognised as refugees who have been assessed or recorded by your authority as homeless. For the relevant period, please provide the following information, broken down by financial year (or calendar year, if more appropriate): 1. The total number of individuals who have approached your authority seeking assistance as homeless. We confirm that this information is publicly available. To access the data for each financial year please visit: Tables on homelessness - GOV.UK. Select the relevant period of your enquiry by quarterly period, then open the ‘Detailed local authority level tables’ Excel spreadsheet. The data you are looking for can be found in tab A1. As the information requested is already reasonably accessible elsewhere, it is exempt under the absolute exemption in Section 21 of the Freedom of Information Act. 2. Of those who approached your authority as homeless, how many were recognised as refugees — i.e., individuals granted refugee status or humanitarian protection with leave to remain; not asylum seekers with pending claims, accommodated by the Home Office. The information you have requested is already publicly available and can be accessed via the following link: Tables on homelessness - GOV.UK. Please follow the steps outlined in question 1 to view tab A11. Section 21 applies as explained above. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk 3. Of the homeless individuals recognised as refugees, how many were granted their refugee status and leave to remain while living in a different local authority. We do not hold the information requested. 4. Total annual spending on homelessness for each of the past six financial years. This should cover: a. Support provided under statutory homelessness duties; b. Support for individuals presenting informally or via referral who do not qualify for statutory assistance. We do not hold the information at the level of detail requested. However, if you would like information on the annual spend on homelessness for each of the past six financial years, please submit your request to FOI@camden.gov.uk. 5. Of the total homelessness spend, how much was spent on homeless individuals with refugee status. We do not hold the requested information at that level of granularity. Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Lorna Jonas-Tinson Information Rights Officer2025-09-25T00:00:00CAM109812025-09-15T00:00:00s106 completionDate: 15/09/2025 Case reference: CAM10981 London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 19/08/2025 about a s106 completion. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA 2000) / Environmental Information Regulations 2004 (EIR 2004). Response The council holds some of the information requested. The answers to your questions are below. We have stated where we do not hold the information requested and why. I would like to request the following information in relation to planning application 2024/1039/P (Darwin Court rooftop development): 1. The longstop date by which the Section 106 agreement must be completed in order for the resolution to grant permission (made on 14 November 2024) to remain valid. We do not hold this information.  This is because there is no longstop date by which the S106 agreement must be completed.  We seek to ensure that all s106 agreements are completed as quickly as possible but given their legal nature they can take time. 2. Any correspondence (emails, letters, or meeting notes) between Camden planning officers and the applicant, Airspace, or the freeholder (CME) regarding an extension of time to complete the Section 106 agreement. We do not hold this information.  Please see the response above. 3. Any draft versions or heads of terms of the Section 106 agreement held by the Council.This information is already publicly available.  The heads of terms for the S106 agreement were set out in the officer’s report to Planning Committee (Ref: 2024/1039/P) which is available for viewing on our website.  Browse meetings - Planning Committee - Camden Council it was heard on the 11 November 2024. The draft s106 Agreement is also publicly available and can be seen on the planning register – here. It is the last document on the list. As the information not held is environmental, we have to comply with a technicality and tell you that because it is not held it is excepted under Regulation 12 (4)(a) of the EIR 2004.  The Information Commissioner does not require a public interest test where the information is not held. Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk, Telephone: 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website https://www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Peter Williams Information Rights Officer2025-09-25T00:00:00CAM109622025-09-19T00:00:00out of area housing placementsDate: 19/09/2025 Ref: CAM10962 Dear Requester, Thank you for your request for information dated 15/08/2025 about out of area housing placements. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested. However, we are withholding all of the information because it is exempt as explained below. We have explained where we are withholding information and what exemptions apply. Please see the refusal notices at the end of the answers which explain how and why they apply. 1. How many out of area housing placements has the council made in each month of the current financial year? Please break down this information for each calendar month. For each placement, please indicate: a. Which local authority area the placement was made to b. Whether the placement was for a single person or a household of more than one person. If the latter is the case, please indicate how many people were in the household and specify how many of these were children under the age of 18. c. Whether accommodation costs for the out of area accommodation have been paid by the council, and in each case how long the arrangement is due to continue for. If the individual or household has been provided with a lump sum to cover the cost of accommodation please state the number of months/years this has been provided for. d. Whether additional support by the council is continuing to be provided and how long this arrangement is due to continue for (e.g. SEND support, social care support) e. Whether the receiving local authority was informed prior to the placement taking place. 2. Please also provide the information above for each calendar month of the last financial year (2024/25) London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk You clarified: I am seeking information both about temporary accommodation placement and permanent housing placements. We are withholding this information as we consider the following exemption applies. Refusal notice: Section 12: Cost of Compliance Exceeds the Appropriate Limit We are refusing your request under section 12 on cost grounds because we estimate that compliance with your request will exceed the "appropriate limit". This is £450 which is equivalent to 18 hours at £25 per hour. The per hour figure is set by Regulations rather than actual salary paid to any officers handling requests. The appropriate limit includes the time it will take the council to discover if it holds the information requested, to locate it, extract it and collate it as well as putting it into any particular format requested by the requester. If the Council reasonably estimates that responding to a request would exceed the 18- hour time limit, it may refuse the entire request without calculating the exact time required or continuing work up to the limit. As the team had already sourced some information before estimating the time required for the latter parts of question 1, I am able to informally provide the answer to questions 1a and 2. The data provided relates to temporary housing placements only. Camden makes permanent housing placements solely into council-owned or managed stock within the borough. This information is included in the attached spreadsheet. We do not hold the information requested for question 1, parts (b), (c) and (d) in a format that is readily accessible. Determining household composition and council-funded accommodation arrangements requires complex data analysis and the manual review of 190 records. Accurately capturing this information would require the creation of a new database field, involving collaboration with our data application supplier. Although this work is underway, the solution is not yet in place. We estimate that extracting, analysing and collating the data for question 1(b) would take a council officer approx. 3 minutes per case, with a similar process required for part 1(c), which involves matching households against temporary accommodation financial records. This equates to an estimated 19 hours of work. For question 1(d), as of 30 June 2025, there are 1,693 pupils with active Education, Health and Care Plans (EHCPs). Matching these pupils to temporary accommodation would take an estimated 24.69 hours, based on an average of 52.5 seconds per case. Combined, the time required to complete questions 1(b)-(d) would take approx. 43.69 hours. This significantly exceeds the appropriate limit set by the Act. Advice and Assistance Regarding part (e) of question 1, I can confirm that Section 208 notifications were previously managed using a London Councils tool called Notify, which was decommissioned in 2025. Notifications are now handled in a less structured manner, and as a result, the specific details requested are no longer recorded or available. Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Lorna Jonas-Tinson Information Rights Officer2025-10-14T21:45:05CAM127112026-05-21T00:00:00expenditure breakdownsDate: 21/05/2026 Case reference: CAM12711 London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 22/04/2026 about expenditure breakdowns.   We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA) and Environmental Information Regulations 2004 (EIR 2004). Response The council holds some of the information requested. The answers to your questions are below. We have stated where we do not hold the information requested and why. The council holds some of the information requested. The answers to your questions are below. We have stated where we do not hold the information requested and why. SECTION 1: FULL EXPENDITURE BREAKDOWN a) complete, itemised breakdown of all Council Tax expenditure for the most recent complete financial year, including departmental allocations and all spending categories. We do not hold this information because the Council’s accounts do not distinguish which specific services are funded by Council Tax and which are funded through other income streams such as retained Business Rates or core government grants. The exception to this is the Adult Social Care precept which is ringfenced to Adult Social Care expenditure. The latest publicly available data on local authority revenue expenditure and financing for 2024/25, which captures all council spending, is available here: Local authority revenue expenditure and financing England: 2024 to 2025 individual local authority data - outturn - GOV.UK. This data set also sets out separately how the ASC Precept has been applied to Adult Social Care expenditure. The remaining responses provided below relates to financial year 2024/25 as the position for 2025/26 is still being finalised. SECTION 2: SPECIFIC AREAS OF CONCERN Detailed figures relating to: b) All expenditure on council buildings, including headquarters, refurbishments, and capital projects, with total costs and justifications. The total expenditure during 24-25 in this area amounts to; Revenue expenditure 24/25        £17,610,478 Capital expenditure 24/25           £3,471,812 Total expenditure                         £21,082,290 This expenditure reflects the fact that the Council is a major asset‑holding authority responsible for managing and maintaining a substantial estate. As set out in the 24-25 accounts the latest valuation of our property assets is in excess of £3bn. This includes council housing, hostels, schools, community centres as well as offices and other operational buildings across the borough. Approximately 50% of the revenue costs above relate to business rates. These costs are essential to ensure the Council meets its legal and regulatory obligations, keeps its buildings safe and compliant, and continues to support residents, businesses and communities through the provision of well‑maintained local facilities.c) Total spending on external recruitment consultants and agencies, with a breakdown by contract or supplier where possible. Please find relevant information attached. d) The number of employees earning £100,000 or more, their job titles, and the total salary cost of these roles to the public purse. Please find relevant information attached. e) All expenditure on events, hospitality, catering, food, drink, and provisions for councillors and officers, itemised by occasion or category. The Council’s financial records do not systematically distinguish between events, hospitality and catering for councillors and officers on the one hand, and residents, paying guests etc on the other. It would take more than 18 hours to check each transaction to make this distinction. SECTION 3: CORE PUBLIC SERVICE EXPENDITURE A clear breakdown of spending on services that directly affect residents: f) Road maintenance and pothole repair, including the number of reported defects versus repairs completed. Please note that London Boroughs are responsible for the maintenance of local roads and A roads which are not part of the TfL road network. This figure is strictly for road maintenance and does not include footways, street lighting and other infrastructure, or bridges and structures. The figure excludes corporate overheads. Revenue expenditure 24/25        £2,164,661 Capital expenditure 24/25           £9,652,912 Total expenditure                         £11,817,573The Council has a “find and fix” contract under which safety inspections are carried out by the contractor and defects are identified & repaired for a fixed annual cost. In 2024/25 340 potholes were reported in the DfT Transparency Report. These were all repaired under the contract. g) Waste collection, including any changes to collection frequency in the past two financial years and any associated cost savings. The Council spent £2,943,029 during 2024-25. This figure relates to the cost of household waste collection only – it excludes business waste, waste disposal costs, recycling collection etc. The figure also excludes corporate overheads. There have been no changes to collection frequency in the past two financial years. h) Maintenance, investment in, or closure of public parks and play areas. These figures exclude tree planting and maintenance which is split between parks/open spaces/play areas and street trees but cannot be disaggregated. The figures include open spaces and play areas on housing land and also excludes corporate overheads. Revenue expenditure 24/25        £3,846,226 Capital expenditure 24/25            £3,042,062 Total                                            £6,888,287 During the 2024/25 financial year no parks were closed. During the same period 13 play areas were closed temporarily. Of these, 4 of these were reopened within the financial year• 2 were reopened in 2025/26• 2 are expected to be reopened in 2026/27• 2 were reopened but redesignated as community spaces• 3 remain closed pending confirmation to proceed with refurbishment works• In addition, two new play areas were opened in June 2024.i) Recycling centre operations, including any reductions in opening hours or accessibility. We do not hold this information.  This is because we are not responsible for the operation of recycling centres. They are the responsibility of the North London Waste Authority. j) Translation services, including all costs, where the money was spent and why. Please find relevant information attached.  The Council spent £213,140 on interpreting and translation services in 2024/25. Where and why the money was spent is assumed to mean the cost broken down by service, by type of translation & interpreting and by provider. SECTION 4: COST-SAVING MEASURES k) Full details of any cost-saving measures implemented by the council in the two financial years prior to the decision to increase Council Tax, including what savings were achieved and how they were reinvested into front-line services. Savings agreed by the Cabinet for the period 2023/24 to 2025/26 can be found at Agenda item - Review of the Camden Medium Term Financial Strategy (CS/2023/20) - Camden Council with the detail at 9a APPENDIX A MTFS Business Cases.pdf. As at December 2025, over 75% of the value of the agreed savings had been delivered. The agreed savings were used to cover inflationary uplifts to existing service budgets, pressures in demand-led services or were used to fund increased budgets or new services as set out in the annual Council Tax and budget setting reports for 2023/24, 2024/25 and 2025/26 which can be found on the Council’s website. SECTION 5: JUSTIFICATION FOR THE PROPOSED INCREASE l) Copies of, or direct access to, any internal reports, financial assessments, impact analyses, or documented justifications used to support the proposed Council Tax increase, including projected outcomes for residents and any performance metrics or service improvement targets attached to this increase. The report, minutes and decisions relating to Council Tax setting for the 2024/25 financial year which provide the answer to this question can be found at: Agenda item - 2024/25 Revenue Estimates and Council Tax Setting - Camden Council And for the two following years: Agenda item - 2025/26 Revenue Estimates and Council Tax Setting - Camden Council Agenda item - 2026/27 Revenue Estimates and Council Tax Setting - Camden Council As some of the information not held is environmental, we have to comply with a technicality and tell you that because it is not held it is excepted under Regulation 12 (4)(a) of the EIR 2004.  The Information Commissioner does not require a public interest test where the information is not held. As some of the information not held is environmental, we have to comply with a technicality and tell you that because it is not held it is excepted under Regulation 12 (4)(a) of the EIR 2004.  The Information Commissioner does not require a public interest test where the information is not held. Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk, Telephone: 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website https://www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Peter Williams Information Rights Officer2026-05-26T21:45:10CAM127342026-05-14T00:00:00School streets questionsDate: 14/05/2026 Ref: CAM12734 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 27/04/2026 about School streets questions. We have dealt with this under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested. 1) How many School Streets does your borough have (i.e. roads where through-traffic is restricted at drop-off and pick-up times)? What are their names and when did they start? How are each of them enforced? The information requested for Question 1, including the number of School Streets in the borough, their names, start dates and method of enforcement, is provided in the attached spreadsheet (Q1). This information is also available here: Healthy School Streets - Camden Council 2) If your School Streets are enforced by ANPR cameras, how much does that cost per scheme? The average cost of an ANPR camera is £17,000. Please see the attached spreadsheet for Question 1 for the average camera cost per scheme. 3) How much have your School Street schemes cost in terms of consultations, traffic orders and staff costs, per scheme? Information on consultation, traffic order and staff costs for each Healthy School Street scheme is contained within the relevant Decision Reports, which are available here: Have Your Say Today - Decision Reports - Safe Travel Camden 4) How much money has been raised in fines through the ANPR cameras? - divided by year since the start of having School Streets until now. The information requested is provided in the attached spreadsheet for Question 4, which sets out the income raised through ANPR camera fines by year since the introduction of School Streets. 5) Are your School Streets schemes breaking even? See Q6 below. 6) Are your School Streets schemes breaking even on infrastructure costs? We do not assess or monitor whether School Streets, or any other transport scheme, "breaks even" in terms of revenue generated, particularly where schemes are not camera enforced. Instead, schemes are assessed against their intended objectives and the targets set out in our Camden Transport Strategy. In particular, the Healthy School Streets programme aims to provide children, parents/carers and school staff with a safer environment for travel to and from school, and to encourage journeys to be made on foot, by bicycle or by scooter by restricting motor traffic London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk during school start and finish times. Where possible, schemes also contribute to wider active travel, road safety and public realm improvements. This is a follow up from the same FOI request submitted in October 2024. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk Telephone: 0303 123 1113 , live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/ Yours sincerely Philip Lewis Information Rights Officer2026-05-26T21:45:10CAM127372026-05-19T00:00:00terms on which market traders at Swiss Cottage Market can use the single storey market storage buildingDate: 19/05/2026 Ref: CAM12737 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 27/04/2026 about terms on which market traders at Swiss Cottage Market can use the single storey market storage building. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested. Please explain the terms on which market traders at Swiss Cottage Market (run by your MarketsTeam) can use the single storey market storage building (a Camden facility). I want to see approved, dated documents with Camden document references together with the following information – A copy of the Trader Storage Agreement is attached. Personal information has been redacted under Section 40(2). - the capacity of the storage (rough number of traders it is meant to support) The facility accommodates six regular daily traders, each assigned a designated storage cage. - who is eligible to use it All traders actively trading on site may access the facility during their trading hours. However, permanent storage is reserved for the six regular daily traders that attend Swiss Cottage market daily. - what can be stored Traders may store gazebos, tables, weights, chairs, and billboard menus within their assigned cages. - what are the charges for its use and who the payee is There are currently no charges associated with use of the storage facility. - general conditions of use Traders are required to access their storage at the start of trading and return all items at the close of day. Each trader is responsible for maintaining their own storage area. Cleaning of the toilet facilities is carried out by Camden Council. A Trader Storage Agreement is in place, setting out what equipment may be kept in storage and any items that are prohibited. - the planning permission reference number No planning permission reference is applicable to this storage facility. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Section 40(2) The council considers that to disclose the personal data requested would not be in accordance with data protection legislation and therefore we have withheld the information under the absolute exemption in Section 40(2). The exemption states that personal data requested may be withheld when to release it would be a breach of the requirements of data protection law which is the UK General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the Data Protection Act 2018. The information withheld is personal information because it allows living individuals to be identified. The council considers that it would be a breach of the General Data Protection Regulation article 5 requirements of fairness and proportionality to publish this personal information in a FOI request. In doing this we have considered the legitimate public interest in disclosure against the interests of the data subject/s and concluded that in the circumstances disclosure would contravene the data protection requirements of fairness and proportionality particularly considering that Freedom of Information responses are public documents and published to the world and not provided just to the requester. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk Telephone: 0303 123 1113 , live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/ Yours sincerely Philip Lewis Information Rights Officer2026-05-26T21:45:11CAM128122026-05-21T00:00:00Rodent activity, Environmental health concerns and maintenance issues at the Wesley Hotel- Euston, in 2026Date: 21/05/2026 Ref: CAM12812 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 06/05/2026 about Rodent activity, Environmental health concerns and maintenance issues at the Wesley Hotel- Euston, in 2026. We have dealt with this under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested. Copy of the Complaint lodged with Camden Council regarding Rodent activity, Environmental health concerns and maintenance issues at the Wesley Hotel- Euston, in 2026. The complaint is attached. Personal information has been redacted under Regulation 12(3). Regulation 12(3) The council considers that to disclose the personal data requested would not be in accordance with data protection legislation and therefore we have withheld some/all of the information under the absolute exemption in Regulation 12(3). The exemption states that personal data requested may be withheld when to release it would be a breach of the requirements of data protection law which is the UK General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the Data Protection Act 2018. The information withheld is personal information because it allows living individuals to be identified. The council considers that it would be a breach of the General Data Protection Regulation article 5 requirements of fairness and proportionality to publish this personal information in a FOI request. In doing this we have considered the legitimate public interest in disclosure against the interests of the data subject/s and concluded that in the circumstances disclosure would contravene the data protection requirements of fairness and proportionality particularly considering that Freedom of Information responses are public documents and published to the world and not provided just to the requester. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk Telephone: 0303 123 1113 , live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/ Yours sincerely Philip Lewis Information Rights Officer2026-05-26T21:45:11CAM131222026-07-09T00:00:00information regarding the signage on Blackberry Path at or near the boundary between Camden and BarnetDate: 09/07/2026 Ref: CAM13122 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 19/06/2026 about information regarding the signage on Blackberry Path at or near the boundary between Camden and Barnet. We have dealt with this under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds some of the information requested. I would like to obtain information regarding the signage on Blackberry Path at or near the boundary between Camden and Barnet, where the Camden side appears to indicate a cycle path, cycle route or shared-use route. In particular, please provide: 1. Copies of any correspondence, including letters, emails, meeting notes or reports, between Camden Council’s highways department and Barnet Council’s highways department relating to this issue, including the classification, signage or cycling status of Blackberry Path. We have conducted searches of relevant records and have identified no correspondence between the London Borough of Camden and the London Borough of Barnet relating to the classification, signage or cycling status of Blackberry Path. As Blackberry Path is the route that reaches the borough boundary, and no relevant communications have been identified, the Council does not hold information falling within the scope of this part of your request. 2. Records showing when the current cycle-path, cycle-route or shared-use signage on the Camden section of Blackberry Path was installed, including any works orders, instructions, sign schedules, asset records or photographs held by the council. The Council has identified that works were undertaken on Blackberry Path prior to March 2018, however, we do not hold further records. The Council installed a bollard displaying a shared pedestrian/cycle symbol at the location; and removed a parking space to facilitate the installation of a dropped kerb providing access to the route. Please see the following photos showing the location before and after the works were completed. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk No further records have been identified that would provide a more precise installation date. 3. Information about where the request for the sign came from, including whether it originated from within Camden Council, Barnet Council, Transport for London, a councillor, a resident, a contractor, or any other external party. The Council has searched the information it holds and has not identified any records showing where the original request for the sign originated. Accordingly, the Council does not hold information indicating whether the installation was requested by any of the above. As the information not held is environmental, we have to comply with a technicality and tell you that because it is not held it is excepted under Regulation 12 (4)(a) of the EIR 2004. The Information Commissioner does not require a public interest test where the information is not held. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Kieran Heneghan Information Rights Officer2026-07-15T21:45:21CAM131232026-07-14T00:00:00kerbside recycling waste collection of batteries and/or small electrical productsDate: 14/07/2026 Ref: CAM13123 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 18/06/2026 about kerbside recycling waste collection of batteries and/or small electrical products. We have dealt with this under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested. Please provide 5 years worth of data for the following, to the below timelines: • 1st June 2025 > 31st May 2026 • 1st June 2024 > 31st May 2025 • 1st June 2023 > 31st May 2024 • 1st June 2022 > 31st May 2023 • 1st June 2021 > 31st May 2022 Requested data, for response: a. Does your council offer kerbside recycling waste collection of batteries and/or small electrical products? (Please answer: batteries and small electrical products, batteries only, small electrical products only, or no) It's possible for residents who live in houses or a house divided into flats, to have batteries collected on the same day as their regular recycling. We do not offer a kerbside collection for electrical items. Please click here for alternative options b. What is the quantity (in weight) of vaping products processed in the recycling waste facilities in your council area? 2.09 tonnes recorded between April 2024 - March 2026. Prior to this vapes were included in the section for small domestic appliances at the recycling centre, so we are unable to provide tonnages before this. c. What is the overall quantity (in weight) of battery and/or small electrical items processed in the recycling waste facilities in your council area? See below table - please note, Camden's data is recorded by financial year. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Recycled material tonnage Apr 21- Mar 22 Apr 22 - Mar 23 Apr 23 - Mar 24 Apr 24 - Mar 25 Apr 25 - Mar 26 Totals by material type WEEE - Large Domestic Appliances 48.53 55.86 59.10 44.7 44.48 252.67 WEEE - Small Domestic Appliances 167.56 122.49 32.97 165.4 154.96 643.38 WEEE - TVs & Monitors 36.38 32.96 27.27 46.89 28.95 172.45 WEEE - Fluorescent tubes and other light bulbs 0.86 1.49 117.92 3.04 0.99 124.30 WEEE - Fridges and Freezers 95.29 83.21 72.68 138.17 143.82 533.17 Car batteries 2.18 3.01 2.46 2.69 3.43 13.78 Household batteries 2.91 1.89 2.12 3.65 16.72 27.29 Totals by financial year 353.72 300.90 314.53 404.54 393.35 1767.04 d. How many fire incidents have occurred at waste disposal, recycling sites, or in bin lorries? None. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Philip Lewis Information Rights Officer2026-07-15T21:45:21CAM109832025-09-15T00:00:00Holly Lodge NurseryDate: 15/09/2025 Case reference: CAM10983 London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 19/08/2025 about Holly Lodge Nursery. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 / Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested and the answers to your questions are as follows: Please tell me who owns the land that Holly Lodge Nursery is on. Oakeshott Ave, London N6 6ED This information is already publicly available via search on the Land Register - Search for local land charges on land and property. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your RightsIf you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk, Telephone: 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website https://www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Philip Lewis Information Rights Officer2025-09-25T00:00:00CAM109862025-09-18T00:00:00C2 care homes opened, closed in Camden over the past 15 yearsDate: 18/09/2025 Ref: CAM10986 Dear Requester, Thank you for your request for information dated 20/08/2025 about C2 care homes opened, closed in Camden over the past 15 years. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested and the answers to your questions are as follows: 1. The names of C2 care homes closed by Camden within the last 15 years and the number of beds “lost” as a result. The following C2 care homes were closed within the last 15 years, as part of the Council’s Homes for Older People programme resulting in a total reduction of 142 beds: • Ingestre Road - 48 beds • Branch Hill - 50 beds • St Margaret's - 44 beds 2. The names of any new care homes established by Camden in the last 15 years and the number of new beds. In the same period, Camden Council developed two new care homes, creating a total of 120 new beds: • Maitland Park - 60 beds • Wellesley Road - 60 beds These new homes were built under the Homes for Older People programme to provide improved accommodation and care standards for older residents. 3. The names of private new care homes established within the last 15 years and the number of beds provided. Hampstead Court Care Home, an 82-bed facility opened on the site of the former St John's Wood Care Home. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Lorna Jonas-Tinson Information Rights Officer2025-09-25T00:00:00CAM109892025-09-15T00:00:00agency workersDate: 15/09/2025 Case reference: CAM10989 London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 21/08/2025 about agency workers. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 / Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested and the answers to your questions are as follows: This is a freedom of information request regarding agency workers in your council workforce. I am looking for information for 2024-25, 2023-24 and 2022-23 and have included tables which you can use if convenient. Please provide me with: 1. The number of agency workers in your council in each year 2. The percentage of the council workforce comprised of agency workers in each year 3. The number of agency workers who have been with the council for over 2 years in each year 4. The number of agency workers being paid over £75,000 (full time equivalent) per year in each year 5. The council’s total agency worker spending in each year 6. The overall staff turnover rate in each year                7. A breakdown of the number of agency workers by engagement reason in each year. If your HR system categorises these differently, please use those categories instead:         If data is not available for any particular category, please provide the closest equivalent data. Please find relevant information attached. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk, Telephone: 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website https://www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Peter Williams Information Rights Officer2025-09-25T00:00:00CAM109902025-09-16T00:00:003 Fellows Road, NW3Date: 16/09/2025 Case reference: CAM10990 London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 21/08/2025 about 3 Fellows Road, NW3.  We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA 2000) and the Environmental Information Regulations 2004 (EIR 2004). Response The council holds the information requested.  However, we are withholding the information because it is exempt under the FOIA 2000 and excepted under the EIR 2004.  We have explained where we are withholding information and what exemption applies.  Please see the refusal notice at the end of the answer which explains how and why they apply. I am writing to request information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 regarding the property at 3 Fellows Road, London NW3 3LR, and specifically flat 3B at this address. Please provide the following information for the period 1st January 2019 to present date: Housing Applications & Requests 1. Any housing register applications submitted for 3B Fellows Road, NW3 3LR 2. Any Right to Buy applications or enquiries relating to this address 3. Any housing transfer requests involving this property 4. Any homelessness applications listing this as a preferred or requested address5. Any housing association referrals or nominations for this property Planning & Development 6. All planning applications submitted for 3B Fellows Road, NW3 3LR (including refused, withdrawn, and approved applications) 7. Any enforcement notices, building control applications, or compliance issues 8. Any applications for changes of use, extensions, or alterations 9. Any Section 20 consultation notices issued to leaseholders at this address 10. Any major works notifications or consultations affecting this property Property & Leasehold Records 11. Current tenure status (leasehold/freehold) and freeholder details 12. Any lease extension applications or freehold purchase enquiries 13. Any service charge disputes or tribunal cases involving this address 14. Any building safety assessments or fire risk assessments conducted 15. Any complaints or reports about the property condition logged with Camden Council Additional Context 16. Any correspondence, emails, or file notes relating to this property 17. Any structural reports, surveys, or engineering assessments commissioned by Camden 18. Any insurance claims or incidents reported at this addressFormat of Response Please provide information in electronic format where possible. If documents contain personal data of third parties, please redact as necessary but provide the factual details of applications, dates, and outcomes. The requester provided clarification: - 1. Housing register applications submitted: Applications to Camden's housing waiting list requesting accommodation at this address, including transfer requests and mutual exchanges. 2. Compliance issues: Building regulations, planning permission, housing standards, fire safety, health and safety, or leasehold compliance. 3. Correspondence, emails, or file notes: Records from Housing Services, Planning Services, Leaseholder Services, Environmental Health, Legal Services, and Building Safety relating to this property. 4. Incidents reported: Building safety incidents, structural damage, repairs, damp and mould issues, pest infestations, legal disputes, insurance claims, utility failures, or environmental health concerns. We are not processing this request as it would require a disproportionate amount of time, effort, and expense to identify and collate the information falling within the scope of your request and then examine the information to deal with each element under the appropriate information access regime.  Please see set out below an exemption notice under the FOIA and an exception notice under the EIR 2004. Refusal Notices The FOIA exemption that applies is:section 12: cost of compliance exceeds appropriate limit We are refusing your request under section 12 on cost grounds because we estimate that compliance with your request will exceed the "appropriate limit".  This is £450 which is equivalent to 18 hours at £25 per hour. The per hour figure is set by Regulations rather than actual salary paid to any officers handling requests. The appropriate limit includes the time it will take the council to discover if it holds the information requested, to locate it, extract it and collate it as well as putting it into any particular format requested by the requester. We have calculated that it will take approx. 40 hours (minimum) to comply with your request because: All information would also have to be examined to see which information access regime applies• Over 30 officers would need to review and collate information from emails and their files• Given the breadth of information requested we estimate that this would take each officer 1 hour• We would also need to review at least 5 key systems for information each taking 2 hours• For example, leaseholder services have over 200 documents that would need to be examined• It would take a minimum 7 hours to check compliance, fire and building safety record• The EIR 2004 exception that applies is: regulation 12(4)b which states that a public authority may refuse to disclose information to the extent that the request for information is manifestly unreasonable. We have also considered the time it will take the council to locate the information requested in the request, to extract it, collate it and then to review and redact any sensitive information that will be subject to further exceptions under the EIR 2004. In addition to the elements outlined above, further disproportionate time would be needed to redact personal information and redact or remove information that is subject to other exceptions under regulation EIR 2004 after consideration of the public interest involved. We have considered the impact and burden that processing this request would have on the teams who would have to deal with it. We have concluded that the time, effort and costs involved would place a disproportionate burden on these teams and severely impact their ability to perform their normal duties.In applying this exception, the Council has also considered the balance of the public interest in line with the EIR 2004.  We have indicated the weight of each of these considerations. The public interest argument for releasing this information is: - it would improve the transparency for the general public of the council’s decisions and processes in dealing with the information requested (Medium). • The public interest arguments for withholding the information are: - processing this request in full would be provide a large burden in terms of officer time and cost to the Council (High). • this would necessarily constitute a significant diversion of resources away from the council’s core business activities, (High) and: • it would consequently have a proportionally detrimental impact on it’s provision of services to the public (High). • it is not in the public interest public interest that the Council neglect its provision of services to the public to focus on one information request (High). • It is felt that in all the circumstances of the case, the public interest in maintaining the exception outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information. There is a presumption in favour of disclosure in the EIR 2004. We considered whether this overrides the public interest test conclusion and have concluded that it does not. Advice and assistance We estimate that we may be able to provide responses to some questions that would not engage the refusals outlined above.  These would be for services dealing with planning and enforcement, insurance, pest control and noise pollution, building control communal and property repairs, housing register applications, homelessness applications, housing association nominations, and housing transfers. If you check our website – see link - https://www.camden.gov.uk/safety-checks-in-communal-areas  - you will be able to find the fire risk assessment for the building. If you email Leaseholder Services at -   camdenleaseholderservices@camden.gov.uk - you can request compliance certificates for gas, water, electricity, asbestos etc. Further InformationWe do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk, Telephone: 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website https://www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Peter Williams Information Rights Officer2025-09-25T00:00:00CAM109922025-09-19T00:00:00number of homeless households and number of families with children in temporary accommodationDate: 19/09/2025 Ref: CAM10992 Dear Requester, Thank you for your request for information dated 21/08/2025 about the number of homeless households and number of families with children in temporary accommodation. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds some of the information requested. On the first 1st April 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022 and 2021 - respectively What was the number of homeless households your council had in temporary accommodation? (Can you also list how many were families that had children in the accommodation) We do not hold the data requested for 1 April 2025 due to a major data migration between systems within Housing Services, which resulted in data quality issues. Total households Households with children 01/04/2024 884 462 01/04/2023 683 379 01/04/2022 614 316 01/04/2021 544 287 How many of those homeless households in temporary accommodation - were place outside of the London boroughs? (Can you also list how many were families that had children in the accommodation) Non-London households Non-London households with children 01/04/2024 15 12 01/04/2023 15 11 01/04/2022 20 12 01/04/2021 22 15 London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk How many of the homeless households in temporary accommodation - were placed specifically into the counties of Kent, Surrey, and Sussex (can you please list which area please – for example Medway in Kent, Guildford in Surrey, or Brighton & Hove). (Can you also list how many were families that had children in the accommodation) Region Local Authority Total households Total households with children 01/04/2023 West Sussex Crawley 2 1 What is the furthest you have sent a homeless household in temporary accommodation - geographically and what was the location? (Can you also list how many were families that had children in the accommodation) During the requested period, the furthest location a household was placed, excluding cases involving domestic violence, gang-related risks, or specific household requests was Dacorum, Hertfordshire. Out-of-London placements are only made in exceptional circumstances where mitigating circumstances apply. Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Lorna Jonas-Tinson Information Rights Officer2025-09-25T00:00:00CAM109932025-09-18T00:00:00Learning Management Systems (LMS) or Virtual Learning Environments (VLE) used in CamdenDate: 18/09/2025 Ref: CAM10993 Dear Requester, Thank you for your request for information dated 20/08/2025 about Learning Management Systems (LMS) or Virtual Learning Environments (VLE) used in Camden. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds some of the information requested and the answers to your questions are as follows: The use of Learning Management Systems (LMS) or Virtual Learning Environments (VLE) by your organisation and, where information is readily available, any associated departments, service units, or partner organisations delivering education, training, or learner support under your authority. If this request applies to multiple organisations under your remit, please prioritise the core organisation and indicate which others also operate an LMS/VLE platform. Please provide the following information: Current LMS/VLE Usage a. What Learning Management System(s) or e-learning platform(s) are currently in use? The council uses a Learning Pool learning management system (LMS). b. If Moodle or Totara is used, which version is currently implemented? A bespoke version of Moodle developed by Learning Pool. c. What are the primary use cases for your LMS/VLE (e.g. internal or external teaching to parents/teachers, staff training, compliance, CPD)? LMS is used for staff training and compliance. The VLE is not used. d. Approximately how many unique users (staff and learners combined) logged into the LMS/VLE at least once during the most recent academic year? 4,500. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Hosting and Support a. Is your LMS/VLE hosted on-premise, in a private cloud, or provided as SaaS? SaaS. b. Is the platform supported by internal teams or by an external provider? If external, please name the support or hosting partner. External provider – Learning Pool. Procurement and Oversight a. What are the current contractual arrangements for your LMS/VLE (e.g. start/end dates, and any optional extensions)? 1st April 2025 - 31st March 2026. b. Through which procurement method or framework was the LMS/VLE acquired (e.g. G-Cloud, direct award)? G-Cloud. c. Which department, team, or individual is responsible for managing the LMS/VLE and digital learning strategy? Employee Experience - Learning Development team. Future Plans a. Are any reviews, tenders, or procurement activities related to LMS/VLE systems planned within the next 24 months? Yes. Integration and Strategic Links a. Is the LMS/VLE integrated with any other systems (e.g. student records, HR, CRM)? If so, please list them. No. b. If held, please confirm whether the LMS/VLE is referenced in any institutional strategy or documentation (e.g. digital transformation, skills development, compliance reporting). Learning Strategy. Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Lorna Jonas-Tinson Information Rights Officer2025-09-25T00:00:00CAM109942025-09-18T00:00:00the number of children removed from their parents/carers due to housing disrepair and or homelessnessDate: 18/09/2025 Ref: CAM10994 Dear Requester, Thank you for your request for information dated 20/08/2025 about the number of children removed from their parents/carers due to housing disrepair and or homelessness. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested. However, we are withholding all of the information because it is exempt as explained below. We have explained where we are withholding information and what exemptions apply. Please see the refusal notices at the end of the answers which explain how and why they apply. Children removed due to housing conditions In each of the last three years (September 2022 – August 2025), how many children have been removed from their parents/carers where: a) Housing disrepair (e.g., mould, damp, structural issues, infestations) was recorded as a contributing factor; and b) Homelessness (including statutory homelessness, temporary accommodation, or rough sleeping) was recorded as a contributing factor. If available, please also provide: - A breakdown by type of order/placement (e.g., temporary care order, emergency removal, permanent adoption). - How many of these children were later returned to their families once the housing issue was resolved. Family referrals vs. outcomes In each of the last three years (September 2022 – August 2025), how many families were referred to Children’s Services due to: a) Housing disrepair, and b) Homelessness. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Of those referrals, how many resulted in: i) The council taking steps to resolve the housing issue (e.g., repairs, rehousing, temporary accommodation), and ii) The child/children being removed from their parents/carers. Financial impact In each of the last three years (September 2022 – August 2025), what has been the total cost of care placements (e.g., foster care, residential care) where housing disrepair or homelessness was recorded as a contributing factor to the removal. We are withholding this information as we consider the following exemption applies. Refusal notice: Section 12: Cost of Compliance Exceeds the Appropriate Limit We are refusing your request under section 12 on cost grounds because we estimate that compliance with your request will exceed the "appropriate limit". This is £450 which is equivalent to 18 hours at £25 per hour. The per hour figure is set by Regulations rather than actual salary paid to any officers handling requests. The appropriate limit includes the time it will take the council to discover if it holds the information requested, to locate it, extract it and collate it as well as putting it into any particular format requested by the requester. We do not hold the requested information in an easily reportable format. The Children’s Services data system (MOSAIC) does not include a feature that enables reporting on whether a child became looked after for the specific reasons outlined in your request. The system records a nationally mandated field known as the ‘Primary Category of Need’, which is a broader classification and does not provide the level of detail required. Between 1 September 2022 and 31 August 2025, a total of 387 children became Looked After. We estimate that it would take a council officer approximately 10 minutes per case file to manually review, analyse, extract and collate the relevant information. Based on this, we calculate that fulfilling the request would require approximately 64.5 hours of officer time, which significantly exceeds the appropriate time limit set out in Section 12 of the Freedom of Information Act. Advice and Assistance It is difficult to refine your request in a way that would bring it within the appropriate time limit. Given the information provided above, I am unable to suggest a suitable rewording that would sufficiently reduce the scope. However, if you would like to explore related information, please contact us at FOI@camden.gov.uk, quoting the reference number CAM10994. Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Lorna Jonas-Tinson Information Rights Officer2025-09-25T00:00:00CAM109962025-09-19T00:00:00leaving party for Chief ExecutiveDate: 19/09/2025 Case reference: CAM10996 London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 21/08/2025 about the leaving party for Chief Executive. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds some of the information requested. The answers to your questions are below. We have stated where we do not hold the information requested and why. Cost of leaving party for Chief Executive. Total Cost of Event   £3,092.37 – Cost to the Council   Breakdown:   £2,822 – Food sourced from local businesses £225 – Photographer £45.37 – Flowers (purchased from Aldi), supplemented with homegrown flowers provided by a staff member   Refreshments were partly provided by the outgoing Chief Executive, with the remainder supplied by the venue, Il Bottaccio.   Il Bottaccio offered the venue (Vision Hall) at no cost to the Council as a gesture of partnership. The event also served as an opportunity to test their newly completed facilities, including AV systems, security arrangements, and catering teams. Total Cost of Alcohol: Information not held / No cost to the Council The bar for the evening including the alcohol was provided by Il Bottaccio. In addition to this, prosecco and soft drinks were personally purchased by the outgoing Chief Executive. The Council does not hold any records regarding the quantity or cost of this personal purchase. No council money was spent on alcohol. Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk, Telephone: 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website https://www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Peter Williams Information Rights Officer2025-09-25T00:00:00CAM109972025-09-19T00:00:00replacement of the sign on the dual use bay on Goldhurst TerraceDate: 19/09/2025 Ref: CAM10997 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 21/08/2025 about replacement of the sign on the dual use bay on Goldhurst Terrace. We have dealt with this under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested. I would like to make an FOI request to see that the internal correspondence that has led to the swift replacement of the sign on the dual use bay on Goldhurst Terrace. The information that you have requested is attached. Personal information is redacted under Regulation 12(3). See the refusal notice below. Refusal Notice: Regulation 12(3) The council considers that to disclose the personal data requested would not be in accordance with data protection legislation and therefore we have withheld some/all of the information under the absolute exemption in Regulation 12(3). The exemption states that personal data requested may be withheld when to release it would be a breach of the requirements of data protection law which is the UK General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the Data Protection Act 2018. The information withheld is personal information because it allows living individuals to be identified. The council considers that it would be a breach of the General Data Protection Regulation article 5 requirements of fairness and proportionality to publish this personal information in a FOI request. In doing this we have considered the legitimate public interest in disclosure against the interests of the data subject/s and concluded that in the circumstances disclosure would contravene the data protection requirements of fairness and proportionality particularly considering that Freedom of Information responses are public documents and published to the world and not provided just to the requester. The council’s redaction policy states that junior staff member names, (those below Assistant Director level) unless in public facing positions, would not be released in a FOI response. Therefore, the names of junior staff members have been redacted from the request details as they would have no expectation that their details would be released into the public domain, and especially given the content of the request as we consider that to include them would be a breach of the requirements to act fairly and proportionately. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk Telephone: 0303 123 1113 , live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/ Yours sincerely Philip Lewis Information Rights Officer2025-09-25T00:00:00CAM109992025-09-19T00:00:00school attendance fines issued for the academic year 2024/25Date: 19/09/2025 Ref: CAM10999 Dear Requester, Thank you for your request for information dated 21/08/2025 about school attendance fines issued for the academic year 2024/25. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested. However, we are withholding all of the information because it is exempt as explained below. We have explained where we are withholding information and what exemptions apply. Please see the refusal notices at the end of the answers which explain how and why they apply. I am requesting a breakdown of all school attendance fines issued for the complete academic year 2024/2025. 1. A total figure of the amount of fines issued for the full academic year across the region. 2. The total amount of funds these fines have generated for academic year 2024/2025. 3. The increase/decrease of fines issued compared to the last full academic year (2023/2024). 4. A breakdown of how many were issued to parents of children on the SEND register. 5. How many prosecutions were brought against parents for 2024/2025 for school attendance. 6. How many of those prosecutions were for children on the SEND register. 7. The total amount of funds generated from prosecutions in the full academic year (2024/2025). We are withholding this information as we consider the following exemption applies. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Refusal notice Section 12: Cost of Compliance Exceeds the Appropriate Limit We are refusing your request under section 12 on cost grounds because we estimate that compliance with your request will exceed the "appropriate limit". This is £450 which is equivalent to 18 hours at £25 per hour. The per hour figure is set by Regulations rather than actual salary paid to any officers handling requests. The appropriate limit includes the time it will take the council to discover if it holds the information requested, to locate it, extract it and collate it as well as putting it into any particular format requested by the requester. Once the Council has reasonably estimated that the appropriate time limit will be exceeded, it is not required to calculate the exact time needed to complete the request. There is also no obligation to work up to the 18-hour limit. If it is reasonably estimated that the limit will be exceeded, the entire request may be refused. We do not hold the information requested in question 4 in an easily accessible or reportable format. We calculate it would take a council officer approximately 55.3 hours to collate the information as: • There are 664 cases within the cohort • Each case would require approx. 5 minutes to manually review, analyse and compile the data Advice and Assistance The information requested in questions 1 to 3 is already publicly available and can be accessed through the Council’s website at the following link: Fixed Penalty Notices Issues by the Camden Education and Enforcement Team | Open Data Portal As the information is reasonably accessible by other means, it is exempt from disclosure under Section 21 of the Freedom of Information Act, which provides an absolute exemption for information that is already in the public domain. In relation to question 5, we can confirm that one prosecution was brought against parents for school attendance during the 2024/25 academic year. Regarding question 7, the total amount of funds generated from prosecutions in that period was £40,640. Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Lorna Jonas-Tinson Information Rights Officer2025-09-25T00:00:00CAM131282026-07-10T00:00:00information about incidents in which files, records or case documents relating to child sexual abuse, child abuse or child exploitation investigations were reported as lost, missing, destroyed in error or otherwise unavailableDate: 10/07/2026 Ref: CAM13128 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 22/06/2026 about information about incidents in which files, records or case documents relating to child sexual abuse, child abuse or child exploitation investigations were reported as lost, missing, destroyed in error or otherwise unavailable. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested. Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, I would like to request the following information for the period 1 January 2021 to the present. 1. The number of recorded incidents in which files, records or case documents relating to child sexual abuse, child abuse or child exploitation investigations were reported as lost, missing, destroyed in error or otherwise unavailable. 2. Of those incidents, how many involved records that prevented or delayed contact with, or support being offered to, an identified victim. 3. How many cases involved victims, witnesses or survivors who could not subsequently be traced because records were lost, missing or unavailable. 4. Please provide a yearly breakdown of the figures in Questions 1 to 3. If any part of this request exceeds the cost limit, please provide the information that can be retrieved within the limit and advise how the request might be refined. Please provide the information in Spreadsheet format, where possible. We have not lost any casefiles since 2021 – we have had electronic recording since May 2005. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Kieran Heneghan Information Rights Officer2026-07-15T21:45:22CAM131312026-07-10T00:00:00drug testingDate: 10/07/2026 Case reference: CAM13131 London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 22/06/2026 about drug testing.   We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and/or the Environmental Information Regulations 2004 Response The council holds some of the information requested. The answers to your questions are below. We have stated where we do not hold the information requested and why. I am writing to make a request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (or the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002, as applicable). Please could you provide the following information: 1. Does your local authority currently provide substance misuse and/or addiction recovery services — whether delivered in-house, commissioned from external providers, or a combination of both? If commissioned externally, please identify the provider(s) and the contract reference(s) where possible. Change Grow Live provide the Adult Integrated Drug and Alcohol service in Camden. Via provide the Rough Sleeper Drug and Alcohol (outreach) service in Camden. The Young People’s Drug and Alcohol Service (FWD) is provided in-house. 2. Whether services are delivered in-house or by an external provider, does the applicable drug and alcohol testing policy for staff working in those services include the following safeguards: (a) Engagement of an independent Medical Review Officer (MRO) or equivalent qualified professional to review positive drug test results before any disciplinary action is taken; We do not require commissioned drug and alcohol treatment providers to have or evidence a drug and alcohol testing policy for staff.  Workforce Standards are outlined in contract terms and conditions but do not include requirements for drug testing of staff. Camden Council has a substance misuse policy which includes drug testing for staff in safety critical roles.  Staff working in FWD are not safety critical. (b) Obtaining an independent toxicological opinion when a positive result may be attributable to legal substances (such as over-the-counter CBD products, prescription medication, or dietary sources); Any non-negative result is escalated to the MRO to review based on an individual’s declaration and any evidence provided by them. (c) Offering confirmatory re-testing or independent analysis following a disputed positive result; Yes (d) Referral to Occupational Health before disciplinary proceedings are initiated on the basis of a drug test result; No (e) Maintenance of a written drug and alcohol testing policy that meets the standards recommended by the ACAS guidance on managing drug and alcohol misuse at work? Yes If commissioned externally, please confirm whether these safeguards are specified in the commissioning contract or service specification, and provide the relevant clauses where possible. 3. Has your authority received any complaints, concerns, or whistleblowing disclosures from service users, staff, or members of the public regarding the drug testing practices of substance misuse service providers (or in-house services) in the last five years? No complaints have been received. If so, how many and what was the general nature of those complaints? 4. Does your authority's contract monitoring or quality assurance process include any review of drug testing procedures or outcomes — whether delivered in-house or by a commissioned provider? Yes Additionally, I wish to raise the following in connection with the above request: Peer-reviewed literature confirms that lawful, everyday substances can produce false positive results on immunoassay-based drug screening devices — the type of point-of-care test routinely used in workplace and service settings across the UK. Documented sources of cross-reactivity include poppy seeds, over-the- counter CBD products, prescribed medications (including codeine, tramadol, gabapentin, and certain antidepressants), tonic water, bananas, passive or environmental exposure to cannabis smoke, and certain antihistamines — among others. In light of this, please also provide: 5. Is your authority (and/or its commissioned substance misuse service provider) aware of the cross- reactivity risks identified above? Yes Has any assessment been made of the likelihood of false positive results from lawful sources when using immunoassay screening? Decision on a case by case basis is made by MRO taking into account any evidence provided by the individual. 6. Does the applicable drug and alcohol testing policy require that all positive screening results are confirmed by a second, independent analytical method — specifically GC-MS or LC-MS/MS — before any disciplinary, safeguarding, or service-access decision is made? We do not hold this information as this is undertaken by Medigold. Random drug and alcohol testing is commissioned externally via Medigold. 7. If confirmatory testing is not routinely carried out, on what basis are positive screening results treated as definitive? We do not hold this information as this is undertaken by Medigold. 8. Has your authority (and/or its provider) received any complaints, grievances, or representations from individuals who attributed a positive drug test result to any of the lawful sources listed above? No If so, how many in the last three years, and what was the outcome? 9. What guidance, if any, has been issued to staff involved in drug testing about the possibility of false positives from lawful substances, and the appropriate steps to take before acting on a screening result? Guidance is issued to staff on declaring in advance if they are on any medication that may affect their ability to carry out their job safely or their test result. Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 40 working days of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk, Telephone: 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website https://www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Peter Williams Information Rights Officer2026-07-15T21:45:22CAM131322026-07-14T00:00:00PFI framework agreement(s) or contract terms relating to CCTV systemsDate: 14/07/2026 Ref: CAM13132 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 19/06/2026 about PFI framework agreement(s) or contract terms relating to CCTV systems. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested. I am writing to submit a new Freedom of Information request, following on from your response of 2 April 2026 to my request dated 31 March 2026. Your response advised that information on CCTV governance in maintained schools would need to be directed to individual schools, on the basis that Camden does not hold this information centrally. This request raises a related but distinct point, which falls outside the scope of that response. A maintained school's own Data Protection Policy states that legal responsibility for CCTV systems rests with an external contractor "through the PFI arrangements with Camden Local Authority." This indicates that Camden may itself be a contracting party to a PFI framework agreement governing CCTV obligations across maintained schools in the borough. Please could you confirm: 1. Whether Camden holds, as a contracting authority, any PFI framework agreement(s) or contract terms that address CCTV system responsibility, data controller designation, or data protection obligations across maintained schools. Yes, for the PFI schools only, this is covered under the Project Agreement between the Contractor and the Authority. 2. If such agreement(s) exist, whether Camden can provide the relevant clause(s) or sections addressing CCTV governance, data controller status, and data protection compliance (e.g. DPIA requirements, retention, access). 83 DATA PROTECTION 83.1 General 83.1.1 in relation to all Personal Data, the Contractor shall at all times comply with the DPA as a data controller if necessary, including maintaining a valid and up to date registration or notification under the DPA covering the data processing to be performed in connection with the Project. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk 83.1.2 The Contractor and any sub-contractor shall only undertake processing of Personal Data reasonably required in connection with the Project and shall not transfer any Personal Data to any country or territory outside the European Economic Area. 83.2 No Disclosure 83.2.1 The Contractor shall not disclose Personal Data to any third parties other than: (a) to employees and sub-contractors to whom such disclosure is reasonably necessary in order for the Contractor to carry out the Works and / or the Services; or (b) to the extent required under a court order, provided that disclosure under Clause 83.2.1(a) is made subject to written terms substantially the same as, and no less stringent than, the terms contained in this Clause 83.2.1 and that the Contractor shall give notice in writing to the Authority of any disclosure of Personal Data which either the Contractor or a sub-contractor is required to make under Clause 83.2.1(b) immediately upon becoming aware of such a requirement. 83.2.2 The Contractor shall bring into effect and maintain all technical and organisational measures to prevent unauthorised or unlawful processing of Personal Data and accidental loss or destruction of, or damage to, Personal Data including to take reasonable steps to ensure the reliability of staff having access to the Personal Data. 83.2.3 The Authority may, at reasonable intervals, request a written description of the technical and organisational methods employed by the Contractor or the sub-contractor; referred to in Clause '8312.2 (NO Disclosure). Within twenty (20) Business Days of such a request, the Contractor shall supply written particulars of all such measures detailed to a reasonable level such that the Authority can determine whether or not, in connection with the Personal Data, it is compliant with the DPA. 83.3 The Contractor shall indemnify and keep indemnified the Authority against all Direct Losses incurred by it in respect of any breach of this Clause 83 by the Contractor and / or any act or omission of any sub-contractor which causes the Contractor to be in breach of this Clause 83. 3. If no such agreement exists, or Camden holds no such documentation, please confirm this explicitly. N/A. To be clear, I am not asking for school-specific operational records (e.g. individual site CCTV logs or job requests) — this request is limited to centrally-held contract or framework-level documentation in Camden's capacity as a contracting authority. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Philip Lewis Information Rights Officer2026-07-15T21:45:23CAM132772026-08-11T00:00:00residential properties purchased in Kent by the London Borough of Camden for social housing useDate: 11 August 2026 Ref: CAM13277 Dear Requester, Thank you for your request for information dated 10 July 2026 about residential properties purchased in Kent by the London Borough of Camden for social housing use. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested and the answers to your questions are as follows: Please provide details of all residential properties that your council has purchased in the county of Kent during the last five completed financial years (2021/22 to 2025/26 inclusive) for the purpose of providing affordable housing, temporary accommodation, homelessness prevention, or any other form of council-managed housing. For each financial year, please provide: • The total number of properties purchased in Kent. 2021/22 - 0 2022/23 - 0 2023/24 - 0 2024/25 - 0 2025/26 - 0. • The total amount spent on these purchases. 2021/22 - £0 2022/23 - £0 2023/24 - £0 2024/25 - £0 2025/26 - £0. • A breakdown of the number of properties purchased in each Kent local authority area (for example, Ashford, Canterbury, Dartford, Dover, Folkestone & Hythe, Gravesham, Maidstone, Medway, Sevenoaks, Swale, Thanet, Tonbridge & Malling and Tunbridge Wells). Not applicable. Please see the response provided in the first bullet point above. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk • The intended use of the properties (e.g., temporary accommodation, social housing, affordable housing, homelessness prevention, key worker housing or other). Not applicable. Please see the response provided in the first bullet point above. Note: For the following two points regarding current occupancy, I am only requesting this information where it can be extracted from central housing management or asset systems without requiring a manual review of individual tenancy files. If manual review is required, please omit these two specific points and process the rest of the request: We have noted your comments about the scope of your request. However, the council is required to assess the request as submitted and apply any relevant provisions of the Act where necessary. • Of the properties purchased during this period, how many remain in active use for the purpose for which they were acquired? If any are no longer in active use, please state, where held, whether they have been sold, repurposed, are vacant pending refurbishment, or are otherwise no longer being used for housing. Not applicable. Please see the response provided in the first bullet point above. • If held, the number of households currently accommodated in these properties. Not applicable. Please see the response provided in the first bullet point above. Finally, please state whether the council has an active policy or strategy of acquiring residential property outside Greater London to meet housing needs. If yes, please provide the title of the policy or strategy and, where available, a copy of the policy or a link to where it is publicly available. The council does not have a policy or strategy of acquiring residential property outside Greater London to meet housing needs. Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk, telephone 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Lorna Jonas-Tinson Information Rights Officer2026-09-02T21:45:28CAM110012025-09-16T00:00:00section 215 noticesDate: 16/09/2025 Case reference: CAM11001 London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 22/08/2025 about section 215 notices. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 / Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested and the answers to your questions are as follows: I would like to request the following information relating to Section 215 notices (Untidy Land/Buildings adversely affecting amenity) issued by London Borough of Camden: 1. The total number of Section 215 notices served each year since 1 January 2020. 3 section 215 notices have been issued. 2. Of these, the number (or proportion, if easier) where the notice related wholly or partly to dilapidated shopfronts, building frontage, or signage. 1 concerns an untidy shopfront. 3. The average time to compliance with the notices issued in this period (measured from service of notice to resolution, whether by compliance, One took 1 year to comply, one took 3 years to comply, and the other one has a 2-month compliance period which has not yet expired.Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk, Telephone: 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website https://www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Peter Williams Information Rights Officer2025-09-25T00:00:00CAM110032025-09-15T00:00:00a list of all council-run public services which have closed since 2020 as a result of budget cuts/reductions in council spDate: 15/09/2025 Ref: CAM11003 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 21/08/2025 about a list of all council-run public services which have closed since 2020 as a result of budget cuts/reductions in council spending. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested. Please list all council-run public services (from the list below) which have closed since 2020 to date as a result of budget cuts/reductions in council spending. Please include the following services in your response: • Swimming pools/leisure centres – none closed. • Libraries - none closed. • Youth centres We have closed 1 Youth Centre between 2020 - 2025. • Community centres For the period requested Camden Council has not directly run any community centres in the borough. However, three community centres, managed by independent charities have closed since 2020: • Kingsgate Community Centre (2020) • Ingestre Community Centre (2023) • Caraf Centre (2022) It is not possible to directly attribute the closure of these centres purely to cuts in budget /reductions in council spending - however, the council's financial situation was a factor, that in part contributed to these organisations being unable to establish a financially viable business model. • Venues which provide support services - eg luncheon clubs, social clubs – none closed. • Children’s centres - none closed. • Art galleries/museums – none closed. • Parks – none closed. • Theatres The council does not own or run any theatres and has not closed any galleries. We only have one council owned one which is located is Swiss Cottage Library. • Golf courses – the Council does not run any public golf courses. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk • Any other council services/venues which provide leisure/cultural/social provision for the community. None. Where a service has ceased to be operated by the council, but has remained open due to a community/charity transfer, please provide details of this. None. Please respond in the following format: • Name of building/service • Date closed/transferred to community or charity provider Please do not include any temporary closures as a result of Covid-19 restrictions. I am only requesting information on closures related to financial decisions. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk Telephone: 0303 123 1113 , live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/ Yours sincerely Kieran Heneghan Information Rights Officer2025-09-25T00:00:00CAM110102025-09-19T00:00:00consultantsDate: 19/09/2025 Case reference: CAM11010 London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 26/08/2025 about consultants.  We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.   Response The council holds the information requested.  However, we are withholding the information because it is exempt as explained below.  We have explained what exemption applies.  Please see the refusal notice which explains how and why it applies: The request is: Since the 2024 financial year how many times have you used management consultants? You clarified: It's from the 2024 financial year onwards We are not processing this request as it would require a disproportionate amount of time, effort, and expense.  Please see the exemption notice set out below. Refusal Notice The exemption that applies is: section 12: cost of compliance exceeds appropriate limitWe are refusing your request under section 12 on cost grounds because we estimate that compliance with your request will exceed the "appropriate limit". This is £450 which is equivalent to 18 hours at £25 per hour. The per hour figure is set by Regulations rather than actual salary paid to any officers handling requests. The appropriate limit includes the time it will take the council to discover if it holds the information requested, to locate it, extract it and collate it as well as putting it into any particular format requested by the requester. We have calculated that it will take approx. 30 hours (minimum) to comply with your request because: no central records are recorded or maintained regarding consultants.• these arrangements are managed locally, and records are kept and maintained locally.• we have 120 service areas which would need to be contacted, and information collated from.• this would take an average minimum of 15 minutes for each service area.• Advice and Assistance We may be able to provide the requested information for officers who are at Director level and above or for specific service areas that are of interest to you. To further assist you our structure chart can be found here: Camden Council Top Level Structure Chart. Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk, Telephone: 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website https://www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Peter Williams Information Rights Officer2025-09-25T00:00:00CAM110112025-09-16T00:00:00the total number of light (illumination) nuisance complaints received during November and December in 2024 and in January 2025Date: 16/09/2025 Ref: CAM11011 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 21/08/2025 about the total number of light (illumination) nuisance complaints received during November and December in 2024 and in January 2025. We have dealt with this under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested. Please could I be provided with the total number of light (illumination) nuisance complaints received during November and December in 2024 and in January 2025. There were 12 complaints logged from 1/11/24 – 31/1/25. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk Telephone: 0303 123 1113 , live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/ Yours sincerely Kieran Heneghan Information Rights Officer London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk2025-09-25T00:00:00CAM110122025-09-18T00:00:00funding the changes to the following bus stops to make them into floating bus stopsDate: 18/09/2025 Ref: CAM11012 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 21/08/2025 about funding the changes to the following bus stops to make them into floating bus stops. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested. Can you please tell me the following information about the following stops please: • Who funded the changes to the following bus stops to make them into floating bus stops please - was it the Borough or Transport for London, or did Transport for London give the money to the Borough to undertake this work? • Who undertook the design work for to change the bus stops into floating bus stops was it the Borough, Consultants or Transport for London? Please note that we have provided the primary funding source for the schemes, although with most large schemes there are often elements from other sources too. Camden Park Road / Cliff Villas Bus Stop S Existing bus stop bypasses and bus boarders Road Highway Authority Location of bus stop bypass(es) Easting and Northing Camden Park Rd LB Camden (529922 , 184709) TfL funded. Borough Design. Hartland Road / Camden Market Stop CQ Existing bus stop bypasses and bus boarders Road Highway Authority Location of bus stop bypass(es) Easting and Northing Chalk Farm Rd LB Camden (528609 , 184228) Section 106 Funded. Borough Design. Chalk Farm Road / Morrisons Stop CE Existing bus stop bypasses and bus boarders Road Highway Authority Location of bus stop bypass(es) Easting and Northing Chalk Farm Rd LB Camden (528395 , 184315) Section 106 Funded. Borough Design. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk The Roundhouse Bus Stop CF Existing bus stop bypasses and bus boarders Road Highway Authority Location of bus stop bypass(es) Easting and Northing Chalk Farm Rd LB Camden (528301 , 184339) Section 106 Funded. Borough Design. Kentish Town West Station Bus Stop KR Existing bus stop bypasses and bus boarders Road Highway Authority Location of bus stop bypass(es) Easting and Northing Prince of Wales Rd LB Camden (528538, 184660) GLA Funded. Borough Design. Acton Street Bus Stop HF Existing bus stop bypasses and bus boarders Road Highway Authority Location of bus stop bypass(es) Easting and Northing Grays Inn Rd LB Camden (530604 , 182632) S106 Funded. Borough Design. Heathcote Street Bus Stop HE Existing bus stop bypasses and bus boarders Road Highway Authority Location of bus stop bypass(es) Easting and Northing Grays Inn Rd LB Camden (530705 , 182427) S106 Funded. Borough Design. Coley Street Bus Stop HC Existing bus stop bypasses and bus boarders Road Highway Authority Location of bus stop bypass(es) Easting and Northing Grays Inn Rd LB Camden (530864 , 182218) S106 Funded. Borough Design. Street Bus Stop HD Existing bus stop bypasses and bus boarders Road Highway Authority Location of bus stop bypass(es) Easting and Northing Grays Inn Rd LB Camden (530882 , 182182) S106 Funded. Borough Design. Clerkenwell Road / Rosebery Avenue Bus Stop CD Existing bus stop bypasses and bus boarders Road Highway Authority Location of bus stop bypass(es) Easting and Northing Grays Inn Rd LB Camden (530960 , 182059) S106 Funded. Borough Design. Grays Inn Road Bus Stop B Existing bus stop bypasses and bus boarders Road Highway Authority Location of bus stop bypass(es) Easting and Northing Grays Inn Rd LB Camden ((531058 , 181824) S106 Funded. Borough Design. High Holborn Chancery Lane Station Existing bus stop bypasses and bus boarders Road Highway Authority Location of bus stop bypass(es) Easting and Northing Grays Inn Rd LB Camden (531099 , 181740) S106 Funded. Borough Design. Chalk Farm Station Bus Stop CC Existing bus stop bypasses and bus boarders Road Highway Authority Location of bus stop bypass(es) Easting and Northing Haverstock Hill LB Camden (528115 , 184445) TfL funded. Borough Design. Procter Street Bus Stop H Existing bus stop bypasses and bus boarders Road Highway Authority Location of bus stop bypass(es) Easting and Northing Procter Sr LB Camden (530598 , 181609) TfL funded. Consultant Design. Drakes Street Bus Stop Existing bus stop bypasses and bus boarders Road Highway Authority Location of bus stop bypass(es) Easting and Northing Procter Sr LB Camden (530570 , 181685) TfL funded. Consultant Design. Plus for this bus stop can you tell me if it is a bypass or a bus boarder please. York Way / Freight Lane Stop A Existing bus stop bypasses and bus boarders Road Highway Authority Location of bus stop bypass(es) Easting and Northing York Way LB Camden (530149 , 183985) This is a bus stop bypass. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk Telephone: 0303 123 1113 , live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/ Yours sincerely Philip Lewis Information Rights Officer2025-09-25T00:00:00CAM110162025-09-22T00:00:00pre-Adoption Orders registered in CamdenDate: 22/09/2025 Ref: CAM11016 Dear Requester, Thank you for your request for information dated 22/08/2025 about pre-Adoption Orders registered in Camden. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The Council holds some of the information requested. The answers to your questions are as follows: Please provide answers to the following questions broken down into age groups: (If the information is not recorded in these age groups, please provide the information per age year, for example: under 1 years; 2 years; 3 years etc) • Under 1 • 1-4 years • 5-9 years • 10-15 years • 16 years + Please provide the information by month for the last full 5 years. (If the data cannot be provided by month please preferable provide it by calendar year or if not, by financial year.) Question 1: Using SSDA903 data, how many adoption disruptions (ie pre-Adoption Order) have been registered in your local authority area? One pre-adoptive breakdown was registered in August 2021 during the five year period. Question 2: How many adoption breakdowns (ie post-Adoption Order) are you aware of in your local authority area? The information requested is not held by the Council. Adopt London North undertakes this process. You will need to contact the organisation directly to ascertain this information. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk • Do you record these figures as a matter of course? No. • Over what time period are the number of breakdowns recorded? (e.g. 5/10/15 years post adoption) Not applicable. Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Lorna Jonas-Tinson Information Rights Officer2025-09-25T00:00:00CAM110172025-09-16T00:00:00uage services and interpretingDate: 16/09/2025 Case reference: CAM11017 London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 26/08/2025 about language services and interpreting.   We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 / Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested and the answers to your questions are as follows: 1. Volume of requests for F2F interpreting for spoken languages last 12 months (July 2024 to June 2025) 1469 2. Spend on F2F interpreting for spoken languages last 12 months (July 2024 to June 2025) £42,970.51 3. Volume of requests for BSL interpreting last 12 months (July 2024 to June 2025) 126 4. Spend on BSL interpreting last 12 months (July 2024 to June 2025) £18,933.255. Volume of requests for telephone interpreting for spoken languages last 12 months (July 2024 to June 2025) 7447 6. Spend on telephone interpreting for spoken languages last 12 months (July 2024 to June 2025) £89,906.92 7. Volume of requests for video interpreting for spoken languages last 12 months (July 2024 to June 2025) 3 8. Spend on video interpreting for spoken languages last 12 months (July 2024 to June 2025) = £3,898.05 9. What are the top 10 languages requested in the last 12 months (July 2024 to June 2025) Face to Face Interpreting Language: 1. Sylheti 2. British Sign Language (BSL) 3. Somali 4. Turkish 5. Bengali 6. Arabic (Modern Standard) 7. Arabic (Classical/North African)8. French 9. Dari (Afghan) 10. = Albanian 10. = Sudanese Arabic Telephone Interpreting Language: 1. Sylheti 2. Arabic 3. Somali 4. Spanish 5. Pashto 6. Bengali 6. Farsi 7. Dari 8. Turkish 9. Tigrigna Translation: 1. Bengali (Bangladesh)2. Somali 3. Sylheti 4. Arabic Modern Standard 5. Farsi 6. Portuguese (Portugal) 7. Albanian 8. Bengali (India) 9. Kurdish (Sorani) 10. Amharic 10. Are you currently engaged in a contract with a language service agency/multiple agencies? Yes, Language Line Solutions (LLS) 11. What is the name of those agencies? Over 90% of the service is delivered by Language Line Solutions who are the commissioned provider. However, if LLS cannot provide a service, staff book services with DA Languages, Love Language, Remark, RAD, etc. 12. If a contract for language services/interpreting is in place, what date does this end on? 31st March 2026 Further Information:We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk, Telephone: 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website https://www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Peter Williams Information Rights Officer2025-09-25T00:00:00CAM110252025-09-19T00:00:00information regarding dog fouling and dog-related issuesDate: 19/09/2025 Ref: CAM11025 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 21/08/2025 about information regarding dog fouling and dog-related issues. We have dealt with this under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested. I am writing to request the following information regarding dog fouling and dog-related issues within your local authority area, covering the most recent full calendar year (or the latest data available): General Area Data: 1. The number of fines issued for dog fouling offences. There has been 1 FPN issued for dog fouling (June 2023). 2. The total number of dog-fouling-related complaints received. Between Sept – Aug 2024/25 there were 2191 reports of dog fouling. 3. The number of dedicated dog waste bins is currently provided by the council. • Street Litter Bins - approximately 1,211 • Street Dog Bins - approximately 35 • Parks & Open Spaces Litter Bins - approximately 505 • Parks & Open Spaces Dog Bins - approximately 107 The council phased out dedicated dog waste bins some time ago, as they are no longer considered necessary. Residents are now encouraged to use standard litter bins for disposing of dog waste. The long-term goal is to remove all remaining dog waste bins to promote consistent use of litter bins across the borough. Park-Specific Data: 4. A list of public parks managed by the council. Please see the attached spreadsheet. 5. For each park: o The number of dog-related complaints received. o Of those, how many are specifically related to dog fouling? 6. Which park received: o The highest number of dog-related complaints. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk o The lowest number of dog-related complaints. Please see the attached spreadsheet for answers to questions 5 and 6. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk Telephone: 0303 123 1113 , live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/ Yours sincerely Kieran Heneghan Information Rights Officer2025-09-25T00:00:00CAM110312025-09-24T00:00:00heat network covering bulk gas supply (HX4422) and heating/hot water/gas supply (HY4421) to Southampton RoadDate: 24/09/2025 Ref: CAM11031 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 28/08/2025 about heat network covering bulk gas supply (HX4422) and heating/hot water/gas supply (HY4421) to Southampton Road. We have dealt with this under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested. This request relates to the heat network covering bulk gas supply (HX4422) and heating/hot water/gas supply (HY4421) to Southampton Road. In previous correspondence this network has been referred to as HEATING ESTATE 22 - 38 SOUTHAMPTON ROAD (EVEN). I am requesting: 1. The formula by which total charges for the network are apportioned to the individual units. 2. The calculation of unit charge (via the aforementioned formula) for the unit at 24 Southampton Road for FY 2022-23. HY4421 is a Full Heating and Hot Water supply and the units a mix of 2, 3 and 4 bedroom properties. Each individual unit is assigned a heating scale depending on type of heating, hot water and number of bedrooms. This is the “unit weighted factor”. The total of these unit weighted factors is the total heating estate weighting. The unit’s weighted factor, divided by the total heating estate gives us the unit proportion (i.e. the percentage of the total costs that the unit will be recharged). On the service charge guide these elements are called combined unit factor, combined system factor, unit allocation As an example, a 2-bed on HY4421 has a heating scale of £13.14 and a Hot water scale of £5.01 so a total of £18.15. The heating estate total is £320, so 18.15/320 = 0.0567 (5.67%) HX4422 is the cooking gas supply which again is factored for the number of bedrooms. The same calculation method applies. The individual weighted factor for the unit at 24 Southampton Road is determined based on the type of heating, hot water and number of bedrooms, as described above. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk 3. Documents and correspondence pertaining to the spend of £16,496.72 on ad-hoc repairs for HY4421 during FY 2022-23. Heating Repair/ Maintenance work costs incurred on HY4421 over financial year 2022-23: Work Order Heating Est Description Cost Completed Date 3052825/1 HY4421 Temporary boiler hire for Southampton Road from 16/05/2022 - 31/05/2022. 4,898.30 13/06/2022 3058781/1 HY4421 Temporary boiler hire for Southampton Road for June (1st-30th) 5,311.40 11/07/2022 3082239/1 HY4421 Temporary boiler hire for Southampton Road for July (1st-31st). 4,249.12 10/08/2022 3100640/1 HY4421 Move Temporary boiler to help prevent ASB, extend hoses insulate and build boxing 3,245.79 31/08/2022 3094919/1 HY4421 Temporary boiler for Southampton Road for August (1st-31st). 5,311.40 09/09/2022 3110951/1 HY4421 Temporary boiler for Southampton Road for September (1st-30th). 4,249.12 10/10/2022 3129882/1 HY4421 Temporary boiler for Southampton Road for October (1st-31st). 4,525.32 09/11/2022 3154133/1 HY4421 Temporary boiler for Southampton Road for November (1st-30th). 4,525.32 08/12/2022 Total Cost Paid 36,315.77 The total cost paid out by Camden for the above work during 2022-23 was £36,315.77, but the rechargeable share of this amount shared between the residential properties was £16,496.72. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk Telephone: 0303 123 1113 , live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/ Yours sincerely Philip Lewis Information Rights Officer2025-09-25T00:00:00CAM110322025-09-19T00:00:00various questions about the Curnock EstateDate: 19/09/2025 Ref: CAM11032 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 18/08/2025 about various questions about the Curnock Estate. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested. However, we are withholding the information because it is exempt as explained below. We have explained where we are withholding information and what exemption applies. Please see the refusal notice at the end which explains how and why it applies. Amalgamated request (CAM10956 and CAM10973) [REDACTED] has conducted numerous consultations on the Curnock Street Estate since February 2025. I would like to know the following: 1. Explanation for the numerous consultations 2. Who instructed those consultations? 3. Some consultations are done by email and some from door-to-door. Specify the number per consultation and if the questions were different on each consultation, and the reasons for the changes. 4. Provide all the questions asked and in which consultation 5. How does the council verify the door-to-door consultation without the presence of an independent observer, especially when TRAs have offered to act as one? Clarified - 1) Do the people complete an online or offline questionnaire that can be verified? Or does the consultant enter whatever he understands in a piece of paper or just using his memory? 2) How the door to door consultation take into consideration the replies from the same address via email or other methods used by the residents. For example, in one particular consultation the residents received an email, then another email and the someone visited them physically on the premises. How do you verify that they are not duplications of that you do not keep the answer that you prefer most? 6. How have the council demonstrated the effects of the current security gates, especially to those residents (8 MAJORITY) who stated that the gates will not improve ASB? My experience of the current gates (WITH EVIDENCE) shows a 95% reduction in ASB. Have you demonstrated that to those eight residents, and if not, why did you refuse my suggestion to have a TRA member with you in the consultation? 7. Objective steps you took to ensure that the people who responded to the door-to-door consultation are not Airbnb tourists or students (short-lets). London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk 8. Steps you took to avoid DUPLICATIONS. Already, the current resullts have one duplication. 9. Please provide the procedure for completing projects like security gates on the estate or any project which enhances the estate and needs planning application. Before it was Ward officer and repairs manager. 10. PLEASE SPECIFY RESPONSES PER HOUSEHOLD for each consultation. Clarified - 1) No physical addresses that identify someone. 2) No specific details. What I am looking for is this: For consultation 1234 two people from an address X replied. So, the 30 replies from the whole consultation came from only two households. Request 2 (previously CAM10973) I would like to know the following regarding the Curnock Street Estate: 11. Number of properties on the whole estate. 12. Number of flats per building 13. Number of leasehold, freehold or social housing flats per building. For example, Trimdon has 32 flats, 20 leaseholders and 12 council tenants. 14. Number of resident leaseholders. For example, in Trimdon, we have 20 leaseholders - 18 are subletting and 2 are living in their properties 15. In The Marr, we need to know the status of flats 55 Camden Street, a,b,c,d,e, which are part of The Marr. Are they part of the Curnock Street Estate? Are they freehold or leasehold? Are they managed by Camden, and who in particular? 16. Number of 1, 2, 3,4 or 5 bedroom flats on the estate and per building. 17. Average service charge per building. 18. Average rent per building (not including leasehold properties) 19. Registered disabled residents per building. No names or type of disability. Just 5 registered in Trimdon. 20. Number of HMO licences per building Further request CAM11033 amalgamated into CAM11032. I would like to know the following for the last 2 years: 21) Average number of consultations you run for each project that you want to complete inside your social housing estates, such as Curnock Street Estate, Amphill Estate, etc 22) Number of consultation reviews you run after your consultations. For example, you consulted with residents for Project X, and then, once you had the results, you conducted a review with them. How many such reviews have you had in the last 2 years? Does every consultation have a review? 23) Number of consultations for the last two years that you run specifically for projects within your council estate portfolio (Curnock Street Estate, Amphill estate, etc) but excluding your street properties. 24) Ratio of responses per consultation. For example, there are 288 flats on the estate, but you received responses from only 8 of them. So the ratio is 8 out of 288. If the number of consultations are high then I need the average but including the two extremes (highest response and lowest response entries). 25) How many door-to-door consultations did you have in the last 2 years? Section 12 Refusal Notice. We are refusing your request under section 12 on cost grounds because we estimate that compliance with your request will exceed the "appropriate limit". This is £450 which is equivalent to 18 hours at £25 per hour. The per hour figure is set by Regulations rather than actual salary paid to any officers handling requests. The appropriate limit includes the time it will take the council to discover if it holds the information requested, to locate it, extract it and collate it as well as putting it into any particular format requested by the requester. In regard to question 23, this is quite a broad question. At any given time, multiple teams may be involved in consultations, and we may not always be aware of all of them. For example, there could be consultations around planned works, DMC bids, or estate parking, among others. It would be helpful to clarify who "you" refers to in this context - does it mean one specific team, or is it directed at the Council more broadly? The reference to estates beyond Curnock suggests that this relates to all estates across Camden. If that’s the case, it would require input from multiple teams to check each block or estate (the total number is unclear, but it would be a significant undertaking). Even if the request is limited to the Neighbourhoods team, they manage 60 patches. If each officer were to spend just one hour reviewing the blocks and estates within their patch, that would amount to approximately 60 hours – which greatly exceeds the 18-hour threshold. Advice and Assistance As advice and assistance, we can provide answers to some of the questions as follows – Question 10 - Number of HMO licences per building [on the Curnock Estate] – Barnbrough 2 Goldthorpe 3 Warmsworth 2 Hickleton 3 Billingley 3 Trimdon 7 Consiborough 1 Ravenscar 1 Thurnscoe 1 The Marr 1 Darfield 2 Question 19 - Registered disabled residents per building. No names or type of disability. Just 5 registered in Trimdon. This information is not held. Question 20 - Number of HMO licences per building. This information is already published online on our We recommend that you streamline your request to include fewer questions and to refrain from submitting additional FOI requests while a current one is still being processed. The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) advises that submitting multiple overlapping requests may be considered vexatious under Section 14(1) of the Freedom of Information Act. To ensure we can manage requests efficiently and fairly across all requesters, we require that you wait until your existing request has been completed before submitting a new one. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk Telephone: 0303 123 1113 , live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/ Yours sincerely Kieran Heneghan Information Rights Officer2025-09-25T00:00:00CAM110372025-09-18T00:00:00staffing structuresDate: 18/09/2025 Case reference: CAM11037 London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 29/08/2025 about staffing structures.  We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested.  However, we are withholding some of the information because it is exempt as explained below.  We have explained where we are withholding information and what exemption applies.  Please see the refusal notice at the end of the answer which explains how and why it applies.  Please treat this as a request for information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. I would like to request: Your Staffing Structure for your education department and you Housing Department. The structure charts for all our Housing services are already publicly available on our website.  Please enter this link into your web browser:  https://www.camden.gov.uk/housing-leadership-team Please find attached relevant information for our education services.  This information has been redacted – please see the exemption notice set out below. Refusal Notice The exemption that applies is: section 40(2): personal informationThe council considers that to disclose personal data would not be in accordance with data protection legislation and therefore we have withheld some of the information under the absolute exemption in Section 40(2). The exemption states that personal data requested may be withheld when to release it would be a breach of the requirements of data protection law which is the UK General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the Data Protection Act 2018. The information withheld is personal information because it allows living individuals to be identified. The council considers that it would be a breach of the General Data Protection Regulation article 5 requirements of fairness and proportionality to publish this personal information in a FOI request. In doing this we have considered the legitimate public interest in disclosure against the interests of the data subjects and concluded that in the circumstances disclosure would contravene the data protection requirements of fairness and proportionality particularly considering that Freedom of Information responses are public documents and published to the world and not provided just to the requester. The names of relatively junior staff members have been redacted from the request details as they would have no expectation that their details would be released into the public domain and especially given the content of the request as we consider that to include them would be a breach of the requirements to act fairly and proportionately. Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk, Telephone: 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website https://www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Peter Williams Information Rights Officer2025-09-25T00:00:00CAM110382025-09-18T00:00:00language services and interpretingDate: 18/09/2025 Case reference: CAM11038 London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 29/08/2025 about language services and interpreting.  We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested.  However, we are withholding the information because it is exempt as explained below.  We have explained where we are withholding information and what exemption applies.  Please see the refusal notice at the end of the answer which explains how and why it applies. I am writing to request the following information under the Freedom of Information act.  1. Volume of requests for F2F interpreting for spoken languages last 12 months (July 2024 to June 2025) 2. Spend on F2F interpreting for spoken languages last 12 months (July 2024 to June 2025) 3. Volume of requests for BSL interpreting last 12 months (July 2024 to June 2025) 4. Spend on BSL interpreting last 12 months (July 2024 to June 2025) 5. Volume of requests for telephone interpreting for spoken languages last 12 months (July 2024 to June 2025) 6. Spend on telephone interpreting for spoken languages last 12 months (July 2024 to June 2025)7. What are the top 10 languages requested in the last 12 months (July 2024 to June 2025) 8. Are you currently engaged in a contract with a language service agency/multiple agencies? 9. What is the name of those agencies? 10. If a contract for language services/interpreting is in place, what date does this end on? Refusal Notice The exemption that applies is: section 14(2): repeated request Where a public authority has previously complied with a request for information which was made by any person, it is not obliged to comply with a subsequent identical or substantially similar request from that person unless a reasonable interval has elapsed between compliance with the previous request and the making of the current request. We have recently replied to a substantially similar request (CAM11017) which contains the questions above. Please refer to our response to that request. Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk, Telephone: 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website https://www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Peter Williams Information Rights Officer2025-09-25T00:00:00CAM110402025-09-15T00:00:00the date and time when the suspension notice for reference 190904958 (covering 57–61 Lancaster Grove, NW3) was installed on siteDate: 15/09/2025 Ref: CAM11040 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 29/08/2025 about the date and time when the suspension notice for reference 190904958 (covering 57–61 Lancaster Grove, NW3) was installed on site. We have dealt with this under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested. Please provide the date and time when the suspension notice for reference 190904958 (covering 57–61 Lancaster Grove, NW3) was installed on site, together with any available record (e.g. job sheet, log or contractor note) confirming this. The suspension was booked on 08/08/25 at 09:22. On 08/08/25 at 22:32 the suspension notice was put up. Our redacted record is as follows - Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk Telephone: 0303 123 1113 , live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/ Yours sincerely Kieran Heneghan Information Rights Officer2025-09-25T00:00:00CAM110452025-09-23T00:00:00Housing Benefit expenditureDate: 23/09/2025 Case reference: CAM11045 London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 01/09/2025 about Housing Benefit expenditure.  We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 / Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested and the answers to your questions are as follows: Please could you let me know the total sum for housing benefit paid by Camden Council? Preferably the last five years but 2024  - 2025 is the most important. Financial Year Total Housing Benefit expenditure (£): - 2020/21: 153,384,086 2021/22: 146,200,369 2022/23: 140,150,888 2023/24: 142,429,970 2024/25: 137,559,883Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk, Telephone: 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website https://www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Peter Williams Information Rights Officer2025-09-25T00:00:00CAM110532025-09-16T00:00:00damp and mould in council-owned housing stockDate: 16/09/2025 Ref: CAM11053 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 01/09/2025 about damp and mould in council- owned housing stock. We have dealt with this under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested. However we are withholding the information because it is excepted as explained below. We have explained where we are withholding information and what exceptions apply. Please see the refusal notices at the end of the answers which explain how and why they apply. I am writing to request the following information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 in relation to damp and mould in council-owned housing stock, ahead of Awaab’s Law being introduced in October 2025. Please could you tell me: 1. The total amount of money allocated by your council in the 2025/26 financial year specifically for remediation, repairs, or prevention of damp and mould issues in council-owned housing, including any budget or resource set aside in preparation for compliance with Awaab’s Law. 2. The total amount spent in the previous two financial years (2023/24 and 2024/25) on remediation, repairs, or prevention of damp and mould issues in council-owned housing (the same purpose of spend as in question 1). 3. The total number of damp and mould inspections completed in 2023/24 and 2024/25. 4. The council’s target number of damp and mould inspections for the entirety of 2025/26 financial year. If no formal target has been set, please confirm. 5. If available, please provide a short description of how the 2025/26 budget allocation for damp and mould remediation to comply with Awaab’s Law will be used (e.g. new staffing, inspections, repairs, new technology, tenant support, or other measures). This information is already published in the public domain and can be found at the following link – Repairs Service.pdf As the information requested is already reasonably accessible elsewhere it is excepted under Regulation 6(1)(b). London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk Telephone: 0303 123 1113 , live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/ Yours sincerely Kieran Heneghan Information Rights Officer2025-09-25T00:00:00CAM110542025-09-19T00:00:00list or map of known fruit-bearing treesDate: 19/09/2025 Ref: CAM11054 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 01/09/2025 about list or map of known fruit- bearing trees. We have dealt with this under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds some of the information requested. Please provide the following information held by the council or its contractors: A list or map of known fruit-bearing trees (e.g. apple, pear, plum, cherry, etc.) and edible plants (e.g. herbs, berry bushes) located in publicly accessible spaces within the borough, including: • Street trees • Parks and green spaces • Community gardens • Council-managed estates • If available, please include: • Species/type of plant or tree • Location (e.g. street name, park name, postcode, or GIS coordinates) • Whether the tree/plant was intentionally planted by the council/community or is naturally occurring Data on all publicly accessible trees maintained by the council can be found on Camden’s Open Data: Trees In Camden Map | Open Data Portal. We do not record information on who planted the trees, as the majority of them are planted by the council. Community orchards are not recorded as they are maintained by the community. No information is held on edible plants available in public open spaces. • Any policies, strategies, or guidance documents the council holds relating to: • Planting or maintaining edible landscapes • Public access to fruit or foraging in council-managed spaces We do not have any policies, strategies or guidance documents on this. If any of the requested information is held in a GIS or database format (e.g. shapefile, spreadsheet, or asset management system), please provide it in its raw format where possible. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk Telephone: 0303 123 1113 , live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/ Yours sincerely Philip Lewis Information Rights Officer2025-09-25T00:00:00CAM110592025-09-23T00:00:00Pension FundDate: 23/09/2025 Case reference: CAM11059 London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 01/09/2025 about our Pension Fund.  We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 / Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested and the answers to your questions are as follows: The Pension Fund manager fee you pay for your pension fund - as measured both as a percentage of assets under management and also as a cash payment for the financial year 2024/25, or the last financial year you have a figure available for. 2. The performance of your pension fund over the last three financial years that you have the figures for. If possible, please indicate the metrics you record on its performance in terms of: a) How much your pension pot grew by b) How it performed relative to the target of your fund managers c) How it performed relative to other local authorities and d) How it performed relative to pension funds in the market generally. If these are not recorded, please provide any performance criteria you do have available. Please find relevant information attached.Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk, Telephone: 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website https://www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Peter Williams Information Rights Officer2025-09-25T00:00:00CAM131392026-07-10T00:00:00the total amount spent by your council on Court of Protection welfare proceedings where ‘P’ (the subject of proceedings/protected party) was an adult with learning disabilities and/or autism in 2025Date: 10/07/2026 Ref: CAM13139 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 19/06/2026 about the total amount spent by your council on Court of Protection welfare proceedings where ‘P’ (the subject of proceedings/protected party) was an adult with learning disabilities and/or autism in 2025. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested. However, we are withholding all of the information because it is exempt as explained below. We have explained where we are withholding information and what exemption applies. Please see the refusal notice at the end of the answers which explain how and why it applies. The total amount spent by your council on Court of Protection welfare proceedings where ‘P’ (the subject of proceedings/protected party) was an adult with learning disabilities and/or autism in 2025, including in-house legal costs, legal fees for external lawyers and expert witnesses) We are withholding this information as we consider the following exemption applies. Refusal - Section 12: Cost of Compliance Exceeds the Appropriate Limit We are refusing your request under Section 12 of the Freedom of Information Act on cost grounds because we estimate that compliance with your request will exceed the "appropriate limit". This is £450 which is equivalent to 18 hours at £25 per hour. The per hour figure is set by Regulations rather than actual salary paid to any officers handling requests. The appropriate limit includes the time it will take the council to discover if it holds the information requested, to locate it, extract it and collate it as well as putting it into any particular format requested by the requester. Where the Council reasonably estimates that responding would exceed the 18-hour limit, it is permitted to refuse the entire request without calculating the exact time or working up to the limit. We have estimated that a minimum of 10 minutes is required to review each record. Based on the 155 records identified, this would equate to approximately 26 hours of review time. In addition, once the relevant cohort has been identified through this initial review, further analysis would likely be required, resulting in additional time being incurred. Advice and Assistance As advice and assistance, you may want to limit the request to a specific time period within 2025, or limit the request to a smaller number of identified client records or a specific service area. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Narrowing the scope of the request may enable the Council to determine whether the information can be provided within the appropriate cost limit. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Kieran Heneghan Information Rights Officer2026-07-15T21:45:23CAM132802026-08-07T00:00:00Follow up to various questions about Veolia Performance, Fly-Tipping and Enforcement and Bin Capacity EvidenceDate: 07/08/2026 Ref: CAM13280 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 10/07/2026 about Follow up to various questions about Veolia Performance, Fly-Tipping and Enforcement and Bin Capacity Evidence. We have dealt with this under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds some of the information requested. 1. Veolia Performance Audits Your response states: "We undertake regular audits regarding the performance management of Veolia, the last was in summer 2024." Please provide copies of: • the Summer 2024 Veolia performance audit; • any subsequent Veolia performance audits completed after Summer 2024; • any action plans, recommendations or improvement notices arising from those audits; • any records confirming whether those recommendations were implemented. Veolia’s performance information is available in the Camden Annual Service Report 2024/25. As the information requested is already reasonably accessible elsewhere it is excepted under Regulation 6(1)(b). 2. Service Failure Monitoring Please provide: • the total number of contractual service failures recorded against Veolia within Bloomsbury between 1 January 2024 and the present; 1340 events were recorded as outside the service level agreement (SLA) - approximately 6% • any contractual deductions, abatements or performance notices issued during that period; • any monthly or quarterly performance scorecards used by Camden to monitor Veolia's compliance. Please see Camden Service Report, referred and linked to in Q1 above. Financial deductions are shown in Section 7. 3. Fly-tipping Enforcement – Herbrand Street The response confirms repeated reports of fly-tipping on Herbrand Street but no Fixed Penalty Notices were issued. Please provide: London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk • any hotspot assessments undertaken specifically for Herbrand Street; • any internal reports, officer notes or recorded assessments explaining why no Fixed Penalty Notices were issued despite repeated reports; • any enforcement strategy or action plan relating to Herbrand Street. This information is not held. 4. Rapid Deployment CCTV The response states that Camden currently has three Rapid Deployment Cameras awaiting deployment. Please provide: • the criteria used to determine where Rapid Deployment Cameras are deployed; • whether Herbrand Street, Coram Street, Bernard Street, Tavistock Place or Tavistock Square have ever been considered for deployment; • if considered, copies of any recorded assessments or decisions; • if not considered, any recorded reasons why. This information is not held. 5. Litter Bin Evidence The response states that Camden's position regarding litter bins is based upon anecdotal information from the contractor together with Council monitoring. Please provide: • copies of any monitoring records referred to; • any officer reports recording observations relating to litter bins within the Bloomsbury area; • any recorded evidence demonstrating that additional litter bins would increase fly- tipping in Herbrand Street or the surrounding streets. This information is not held. 6. Complaint Data The response discloses 1,029 complaints relating to waste collection and cleansing within Bloomsbury. Please provide: • the number of complaints relating specifically to Herbrand Street; • the number of repeat complaints submitted regarding the same locations; • average response and completion times; • the number of complaints upheld. Clarified: Repeat complaints regarding the same locations By "repeat complaints", I mean multiple complaints relating to waste management, street cleansing or fly-tipping concerning the same street or public location, rather than complaints concerning exactly the same incident. By "same location", I mean the following streets (rather than individual properties): • Herbrand Street • Coram Street • Bernard Street • Tavistock Place • Tavistock Square If it is easier for reporting purposes, I would be grateful if the information could be provided separately for each street. Average response times Thank you for your explanation. I confirm that I am requesting the average response time only, measured from the date the complaint was received to the date on which Camden Council responded. I am not requesting the time taken to physically resolve the reported issue. Date range Please use the same period as covered by my previous request (Reference CAM13058), namely: 1 January 2024 to the date the information is extracted. 01/01/2024*- 17/07/2026 Email Complaints** Online Complaints Flytipping Requests Sweeping Requests Average resolved time*** Herbrand Street 1 0 188 (inc. 35 proactive) 1 within 24hrs Coran Street 0 0 0 0 within 24hrs Bernard Street 0 0 85 (inc. 22 proactive) 2 within 24hrs Tavistock Place 0 0 137 (inc. 12 proactive) 10 within 24hrs Tavistock Square 0 0 31 (inc. 4 proactive) 2 within 24hrs *Dates go back to July 2024 on ECHO due to GDPR, these numbers are correct at time of input **via email dated within last 6 months due to data restrictions and GDPR ***time between event created on ECHO to resolved date - nothing closed exceeded 24hrs Most of the flytips were closed in a matter of hours. Nothing exceeded 24hrs. The single email complaint consisted of 11 emails, five of which were from the customer regarding sweeping on Herbrand Street. Please see response times below: Email Complaint Response Time Response Time Customer > OC Camden 7 May 2026, 14:36 x OC Camden > Customer 8 May 2026, 11:09 20.55hrs Customer > OC Camden 8 May 2026, 12:21 x Customer > OC Camden 26 May 2026, 17:14 x OC Camden > Customer 27 May 2026, 11:20 18.1hrs Customer > OC Camden 27 May 2026, 11:32 x OC Camden > Streets 28 May 2026, 14:59 x OC Camden > Customer 28 May 2026, 14:59 27:45hrs OC Camden > Streets 28 May 2026, 15:04 x Streets > OC Camden 2 Jun 2026, 18:51 123hrs* Streets > OC Camden 3 Jun 2026, 10:02 x *Weekend and the regular manager was AL, hence two emails to streets on the 28th within 5mins. As the information not held is environmental we have to comply with a technicality and tell you that because it is not held it is excepted under Regulation 12 (4)(a). The Information Commissioner does not require a public interest test where the information is not held. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Philip Lewis Information Rights Officer2026-09-02T21:45:29CAM132832026-08-19T00:00:00information relating to fly-tippingDate: 19/08/2026 Ref: CAM13283 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 10/07/2026 about information relating to fly- tipping. We have dealt with this under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds some of the information requested. Please could you provide the following information relating to fly-tipping within areas that fall under London Borough of Camden Council's authority for the period 1 June 2016 to 30 June 2026: Please note - Camden’s Community Safety Enforcement Team only began undertaking environmental crime enforcement activities from April 2024, therefore, information prior to 1 st April 2024 can be found at the following dataset on Camden’s Open Data Portal - Camden Education and Enforcement Team - Notices • The total number of fly-tipping reports received. We do not hold information regarding fly-tipping reports. • The total number of Fixed Penalty Notices (FPNs) issued. 1 st April 2024-1st January 2025: 404 2025: 1187 2026 (to date): 772 • The total number of prosecutions commenced. No prosecutions commenced within the specified time period. • The total number of fines imposed by the courts following prosecution, where this information is held. N/A. Please provide this information broken down by: • Year; and • Month, if this is readily available. We do not hold this information by month. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk If held, please also provide a breakdown of the location type where the reported fly-tipping incidents occurred (for example: parks, highways, commercial land, private residential property, public open spaces, or any other categories you use). We do not record information regarding location type where the reported fly-tipping incidents occurred. As some of the information not held is environmental, we have to comply with a technicality and tell you that because it is not held it is excepted under Regulation 12 (4)(a) of the EIR 2004. The Information Commissioner does not require a public interest test where the information is not held. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Kieran Heneghan Information Rights Officer2026-09-02T21:45:29CAM132902026-08-11T00:00:00households living in accommodation provided by the local authority under section 17 of the Children Act 1989.Date: 11 August 2026 Ref: CAM13290 Dear Requester, Thank you for your request for information dated 13 July 2026 about households living in accommodation provided by the local authority under section 17 of the Children Act 1989. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council does not hold the information requested. 1. The number of households living in accommodation provided by the local authority under section 17 of the Children Act 1989 on 30th June 2026 (or most recent data available). Information not held. The council does not record the information requested. Where Housing Services refer a young person to the Pathways Accommodation Service, they are accommodated under Section 20 and provided with the associated services and support. 2. (if available) The total number of adults living in these households on 30th June 2026 (or most recent data available). Please see the response provided in question 1 above. 3. (if available) The total number of children living in these households on 30th June 2026 (or most recent data available) NB this number may include 16-17 year olds accommodated under Section 17. Please see the response provided in question 1 above. NB I am NOT requesting the number of children or households assisted under SECTION 20 powers. I understand that many authorities will hold some but not all the information requested. Where this is the case, we would appreciate it if you could provide the information that you do hold and to mark others as ‘Not available’. For ease, please place the requested figures into the table below: Total number of households Total number of adults in these households Total number of children in these households Living in accommodation provided by the local authority under section 17 of the Children Act 1989 on 30th June 2026 (or most recent data available) x x x London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk, telephone 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Lorna Jonas-Tinson Information Rights Officer2026-09-02T21:45:29CAM132922026-08-12T00:00:00children aged 5 to 16 electively home educated for the period 1-25 June 2026 or nearest reporting periodDate: 12 August 2026 Ref: CAM13292 Dear Requester, Thank you for your request for information dated 10 July 2026 about children aged 5 to 16 electively home educated for the period 1-25 June 2026 or nearest reporting period. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested. However, we are withholding all of the information because it is exempt as explained below. We have explained where we are withholding information and what exemptions apply. Please see the refusal notices at the end of the answers which explain how and why they apply. Please provide me with a copy of the following information for the period 1st - 25th June 2026 (inclusive): 1) The number of children aged 5 - 16 who were known to be electively home educated within your authority’s area. 2) The number of known home educated children who were identified as having a special educational need/disability (SEND). 3) Of those home educated children identified in query 2 as having SEND, the number who had an Education Health and Care Plan (EHCP). 4) The number of council officers employed to work specifically with the families who are known to electively home educate a child, including job titles and annual hours of employment (eg: 1 home education liaison officer 20 hours/week term time only, 1 home education liaison officer 30 hours/week 52 weeks/year, 1 Administrative Assistant 14 hours/week term time only). If the officer does work other than with electively home educating families, please indicate how many hours are dedicated to the work supporting elective home education. 5) The number of children aged 5 - 16 who were on a school roll and receiving EOTAS/EOTIS (Education Otherwise Than At/In A School). If any of the numbers varied within the specified period but you have numbers for a particular date in June, please supply those with a note of the date, thank you. We are withholding this information as we consider the following exemption applies. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Refusal Notice Section 12: Cost of Compliance Exceeds the Appropriate Limit We are refusing your request under Section 12 of the Freedom of Information Act on cost grounds because we estimate that compliance with your request will exceed the "appropriate limit". This is £450 which is equivalent to 18 hours at £25 per hour. The per hour figure is set by Regulations rather than actual salary paid to any officers handling requests. The appropriate limit includes the time it will take the council to discover if it holds the information requested, to locate it, extract it and collate it as well as putting it into any particular format requested by the requester. Where the Council reasonably estimates that responding would exceed the 18-hour limit, it is permitted to refuse the entire request without calculating the exact time or working up to the limit. The data system used by the Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) Service does not have a search function capable of identifying children who are receiving Education Otherwise Than At School (EOTAS). Identifying this information would require a manual review of individual Education, Health and Care (EHC) Plans and the associated case records. Additionally, where EOTAS has been ordered by the SEND Tribunal, the placement section of the EHC Plan is typically left blank, requiring a council officer to carry out a more detailed review of the records to determine whether the information is recorded elsewhere within the case file. We estimate that complying with your request would take approximately 62 hours of council officer time. The requested information cannot be identified through a system report and would require a manual review of approximately 1,240 EHC Plans. At an estimated 3 minutes per record, this would take approx. 62 hours, exceeding the 18- hour cost limit by a substantial margin. Section 12 of the Act therefore applies. Advice and Assistance For the reasons outlined above, I am unable to provide further advice on how to refine your request. However, we can provide responses to the remaining questions as follows: 1) The number of children aged 5-16 who were known to be electively home educated within your authority’s area. 291. 2) The number of known home educated children who were identified as having a special educational need/disability (SEND). 20. 3) Of those home educated children identified in query 2 as having SEND, the number who had an Education Health and Care Plan (EHCP). 11. 4) The number of council officers employed to work specifically with the families who are known to electively home educate a child, including job titles and annual hours of employment (eg: 1 home education liaison officer 20 hours/week term time only, 1 home education liaison officer 30 hours/week 52 weeks/year, 1 Administrative Assistant 14 hours/week term time only). If the officer does work other than with electively home educating families, please indicate how many hours are dedicated to the work supporting elective home education. 1x EHE Advisor 37 hours per week/52 weeks 1x EHE Officer 14 hours per week/52 weeks 1x EHE Lead 3 hours per week/52 weeks. Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk, telephone 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Lorna Jonas-Tinson Information Rights Officer2026-09-02T21:45:30CAM110612025-09-18T00:00:00number of vehicles that have received a PCN for parking in disabled bay D159, Marsden StreetDate: 18/09/2025 Ref: CAM11061 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 02/09/2025 about number of vehicles that have received a PCN for parking in disabled bay D159, Marsden Street. We have dealt with this under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested. Please provide me with the following data: The number of vehicles that have received a Penalty Charge Notice (PCN) for parking in disabled bay D159, Marsden Street, Camden NW5, London. Broken down by month, For the last two years up to the writing of this request. For clarity, we typically report data based on contravention codes rather than by individual bays. However, as there is a single dedicated disabled bay on this street, we can confirm with confidence that the data in this instance is accurate. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Street MARSDEN STREET Restricted Area Disabled (Dedicated) Row Labels Count of PCN Ref 2023 Sep 1 Nov 1 Dec 2 2024 Jan 5 Feb 3 Mar 6 Apr 7 May 4 Jun 4 Jul 9 Aug 2 2025 Jan 2 Feb 1 Mar 4 Apr 1 May 3 Jun 1 Jul 5 Aug 1 Grand Total 62 Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk Telephone: 0303 123 1113 , live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/ Yours sincerely Kieran Heneghan Information Rights Officer2025-09-25T00:00:00CAM110622025-09-19T00:00:00restricted bus lanes on roads managed by CamdenDate: 19/09/2025 Ref: CAM11062 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 02/09/2025 about restricted bus lanes on roads managed by Camden. We have dealt with this under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested. Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, please provide me with the details of all current restricted bus lanes on roads managed by Camden — i.e. bus lanes where it is possible to be fined for driving in. Please include the location and hours of operation for each bus lane. If this information is already held in a list, database, or spreadsheet, please provide it in that form (e.g. CSV or Excel). If it is only held in Traffic Management Orders, please provide the relevant extracts compiled into a single document that sets out this information, rather than links to the full TMO library. If you do not hold this information, please confirm. The information that you have requested is attached. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk Telephone: 0303 123 1113 , live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/ Yours sincerely Philip Lewis Information Rights Officer2025-09-25T00:00:00CAM110642025-09-19T00:00:00Heating project at Holly LodgeDate: 19/09/2025 Ref: CAM11064 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 02/09/2025 about Heating project at Holly Lodge. We have dealt with this under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested. (1) In LB Camden's "Consolidated Housing Services Report" of September 2023 PDF, it says on page 6: "2.3 In the next 12-24 months we are finalising and mobilising a number of other heating projects with an approx. total value of £19 million, these including Holly Lodge; Rowley Way; Dunboyne Road Estate; Spedan Close; Brookes Court; Clyde Court; Dudley Court; Chester Court and 13-29 Belmont" Please provide the following information: A. The value of the heating project for Holly Lodge only, that is part of the total value of £19m (breakdown of the others not required). £700,235.00. B. The properties in the Holly Lodge estate that will be affected by the works (you don't have to provide a list, just the range(s), for example "1-408 Holly Lodge Mansions, Oakeshott Avenue"). The main plant room at Holly Lodge. (2) A document outlining Future Major Works for Holly Lodge mansions reads: "Future Major Works The table below is a reflection of the works currently programmed from 2025/26 to 2028/29 that have not already been demanded or consulted as detailed in table 2 above." One of the works listed was the District Heating System at a programme cost of £19,963,713 for 498 flats. Please provide the following information, if this information is now available: A. The properties in the Holly Lodge estate that will be affected by the works (you don't have to provide a list, just the range(s), for example "1-408 Holly Lodge Mansions, Oakeshott Avenue"). The scope of our capital works are located within the plant room only, however the whole of the estate benefits from these works, so the whole of the estate are affected. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk B. The date when the works are expected to start. March 2025. C. The date when the works are expected to complete. July 2025. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk Telephone: 0303 123 1113 , live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/ Yours sincerely Philip Lewis Information Rights Officer2025-09-25T00:00:00CAM110652025-09-17T00:00:00data availability for air quality and traffic volumes in certain streetsDate: 17/09/2025 Ref: CAM11065 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 01/09/2025 about data availability for air quality and traffic volumes in certain streets. We have dealt with this under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds some of the information requested. We have stated where we do not hold the information requested and why. I should like to enquire about data availability for air quality and traffic volumes in certain streets. The metrics of interest are: • particulate matter concentrations for PM 2.5 and PM 10 and NO2 levels • vehicle counts • vehicle speeds. The data are sought by day of the week, time of day and date, for the following streets: • Platt’s Lane • Hollycroft Avenue (between Platt’s Lane and Rosecroft Avenue) • Rosecroft Avenue • Clorane Gardens • Redington Road • Heath Drive • Bracknell Gardens • Redington Gardens. We only have traffic volumes and speed data for two of the streets on the list – Heath Drive and Platt’s Lane. We have three survey points on Heath Drive, and one survey point on Platt’s Lane - please see the attached spreadsheets. We do not have traffic volumes and speed data for the other locations listed. Neither do we have any air quality monitoring (ie., diffusion tubes) in that area. However, we are currently installing diffusion tubes to measure air quality and will also be undertaking traffic surveys on multiple streets in the area, including on the streets listed, in the coming weeks. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk As the information not held is environmental we have to comply with a technicality and tell you that because it is not held it is excepted under Regulation 12 (4)(a). The Information Commissioner does not require a public interest test where the information is not held. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk Telephone: 0303 123 1113 , live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/ Yours sincerely Kieran Heneghan Information Rights Officer2025-09-25T00:00:00CAM110672025-09-17T00:00:00football pitches owned by the Council between 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025Date: 17/09/2025 Ref: CAM11067 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 02/09/2025 about football pitches owned by the Council between 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025. We have dealt with this under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested. I am writing to request the following under the Freedom of Information Act 2000: 1. How many football pitches did the council own on 1 January of each of the following years: 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025? 2019 - 2025 • Grass football pitches in Camden = 0. • Grass pitches outside of Camden (owned by Camden - 999yr leased to charitable body to operate) = 3 adult, 3 junior, 3 mini-pitches. In Camden: • 3 x 2G artificial turf multi-purpose pitches managed through Camden’s leisure contract (Cantelowes, Talacre, Swiss Cottage) • 5 x Small-sided 3G Football Turf Pitches (FTPs) (Castlehaven Community Centre (7v7), Warren Road Sports Pitch (5v5), Camden Centre for Learning (5v5), Haverstock School (7v7), Acland Burghley School (7v7) • Football and multi-use games areas (MUGAs) = 61 2020 – 2025: As above + 1 new small-sided 3G Football Turf Pitches (FTPs) (Fleet Primary School (7v7) 2024 - 2025: As above + 2 new small-sided 3G Football Turf Pitches (FTPs) (Regents High School/Somers Town Community Sports Centre – 2 x 3G (5v5)) 2. Of football pitches owned by the council, how many did the council operate on 1 January of each of the following years: 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025? 2019 - 2025 • Grass football pitches operated by Camden = 0. • 3 x 2G artificial turf multi-purpose pitches managed through Camden’s leisure contract = Cantelowes, Talacre, Swiss Cottage . • Small-sided 3G Football Turf Pitches (FTPs) = 7. Managed externally by schools or community partners London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk • Football and multi-use games areas (MUGAs) during years 2019 - 2025 managed by Camden = 61 2020 – 2025: As above + 1 new small-sided 3G Football Turf Pitches (FTPs) (Fleet Primary School (7v7)) 2024 - 2025: As above + 2 new small-sided 3G Football Turf Pitches (FTPs) (Regents High School/Somers Town Community Sports Centre – 2 x 3G (5v5)) 3. How many football pitches owned by the council were closed down or sold in each of the following years: 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025? • Of the 61 MUGA facilities - 1 MUGA has been closed since 2020 and 1 football facility closed since 2022. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk Telephone: 0303 123 1113 , live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/ Yours sincerely Kieran Heneghan Information Rights Officer2025-09-25T00:00:00CAM110682025-09-19T00:00:00numbers of warnings and fines given to Hampstead Cemetery users between October 2024 and September 2025 about having dogs off leadDate: 19/09/2025 Ref: CAM11068 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 02/09/2025 about numbers of warnings and fines given to Hampstead Cemetery users between October 2024 and September 2025 about having dogs off lead. We have dealt with this under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested. As off lead dogs are a continuous problem in Hampstead Cemetery, I'm requesting the following information: 1.) How many warnings have been given to cemetery users between October 31 2024 and September 1 2025 about having dogs off lead? 0. 2.) Between October 31 2024 and September 1 2025, how many fines have been given out for dogs off lead? 0. 3.) How many enforcement drives have there been between October 31 2024 and September 1 2025 to stem the growing number of off lead dogs in Hampstead Cemetery? 0. 4.) Any communication between members of council staff about recording the warnings to off lead dog walkers, or about enforcement of off lead dog rules in Hampstead Cemetery. None. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk Telephone: 0303 123 1113 , live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/ Yours sincerely Kieran Heneghan Information Rights Officer2025-09-25T00:00:00CAM110692025-09-21T00:00:00Penalty Charge Notices (PCNs) of any type (parking, bus lane, moving traffic, etc.)Date: 19/09/2025 Ref: CAM11069 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 01/09/2025 about Penalty Charge Notices (PCNs) of any type (parking, bus lane, moving traffic, etc.). We have dealt with this under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested. For each year from 2019 to 2024 (or the most recent year available): 1. The number of unique drivers or vehicles that received more than 5 Penalty Charge Notices (PCNs) of any type (parking, bus lane, moving traffic, etc.). 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 Distinct VRM [PCN >5] 3702 2510 4705 4781 4904 6547 Issued PCN's 39071 25243 48129 49146 50830 69301 To ensure accurate and actionable analysis, we’ve chosen to focus on issued PCNs rather than by distinct VRM. While VRM-level analysis may suggest unique vehicle records, it can obscure the varied outcomes across multiple notices. By examining each PCN individually, we capture the full lifecycle discounted payments, full payments, representations, appeals, and escalations for vehicles with over five PCNs annually. 2. Of those drivers/vehicles: o How many were paid within 14 days at the discounted rate? We filtered the data with net pay amount for all the PCN paid for these amounts 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 Net Pay £40, £55, £65 20250 11402 21524 23967 24170 35559 o How many paid after the discount expired (full/double)? 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 Net Pay £80, £110, £130 6092 3453 6047 6529 6149 9391 London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk o How many did not pay and were escalated to enforcement (Charge Certificate, Order for Recovery, enforcement agents/court)? Filtered data by date types: CC, Nodr ,Warrant 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 CC , NoDR, Warrant 1571 15732 33421 36633 34135 37523 3. The number of appeals/representations submitted by those drivers: o How many were accepted/cancelled? o How many were rejected? 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 Reps Raised 1561 1099 2416 2167 2485 3558 Reps Accepted 527 395 826 1062 1261 1956 Reps Rejected 1031 729 1613 1121 1275 1668 4. The number of those cases escalated to the Traffic Enforcement Centre or court proceedings. 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 Has an Appeal 89 78 194 117 154 199 5. The annual cost to the council of administering and enforcing PCNs (for all drivers and all ticket types). apr-2024-final-version As the information requested is already reasonably accessible elsewhere it is excepted under Regulation 6(1)(b). 6. The number of staff (FTEs or headcount) working in parking/traffic enforcement and PCN processing. Currently : 67.16 FTE Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk Telephone: 0303 123 1113 , live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/ Yours sincerely Philip Lewis Information Rights Officer2025-09-25T00:00:00CAM110772025-09-19T00:00:00the exact date and time the Signage in respect of two 'Bay Suspension Notices' were put up and taken downDate: 19/09/2025 Ref: CAM11077 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 04/09/2025 about the exact date and time the Signage in respect of two 'Bay Suspension Notices' were put up and taken down. We have dealt with this under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested. Please provide the exact date and time the Signage in respect of the two 'Bay Suspension Notices' listed below was put Up an taken Down. 1. Suspension ref: 190904700 Location: King's College Road (whole bay to the side of 55 Eton Avenue) This was put up 31 st July 20:55, taken down 01st Sept 21:34. 2. Suspension ref: 190903248 Location: King's College Road (whole bay to the side of 55 Eton Avenue) This was put up 24th July 22:24, taken down 16th Aug 19:01 . Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Telephone: 0303 123 1113 , live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/ Yours sincerely Kieran Heneghan Information Rights Officer2025-09-25T00:00:00CAM110862025-09-19T00:00:00the new tree planters for Queen’s CrescentDate: 19/09/2025 Ref: CAM11086 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 04/09/2025 about the new tree planters for Queen’s Crescent. We have dealt with this under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested. I am writing about the tree planting for Queen’s Crescent. I have previously raised concerns that the tree pits provided by the new planters will not enable healthy root growth. I don’t understand how the design works. I have previously asked to see a construction drawing showing this. Are you able to share this with me as previously requested? My concern is that the tree routes cannot escape from the planters into the ground, or into the root cells provided for that purpose. Request I am therefore making an FOI to try to obtain this information: I request that construction drawings are provided, in section, along the lines of my sketch but in more detail, showing: 1) a typical planter which is intended to have a tree in it 2) the planter in Ashdown Crescent to the west of the Library 3) the planter on the west side of Weedington Road, just south of the junction with Queens Crescent. Please see the attached drawings. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk Telephone: 0303 123 1113 , live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/ Yours sincerely Kieran Heneghan Information Rights Officer2025-09-25T00:00:00CAM103042025-09-08T00:00:00evidence submitted to the Care Quality Commission (CQC) by the Council as part of its adult social care assessment under the new CQC frameworkDate: 22/08/2025 Ref: CAM10304 Dear Requester, Thank you for your request for information dated 16/05//2025 about evidence submitted to the Care Quality Commission (CQC) by the Council as part of its adult social care assessment under the new CQC framework. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The Council holds the information you have requested. However, we are withholding it under the exemption explained below. We have outlined where information is being withheld and the relevant exemption that applies. Please see the refusal notice below which explains how and why it applies. Your request: 1. All documents, data, and evidence submitted to the CQC by London Borough of Camden as part of its adult social care assessment under the new CQC framework, including but not limited to: • Self-assessments • Performance indicators • Case studies • Feedback from service users, carers, and staff • Evidence relating to the four quality statements (working with people, providing support, ensuring safety, leadership) • Any additional documentation or reports provided to the inspection team Refusal Notice The Council is refusing your request on the grounds that it is vexatious. This is not a reflection on your conduct, tone, or intent. It is simply due to the fact that complying with the request in its current form would cause a disproportionate and unjustified level of disruption to Council staff. The exemption that applies is: Section 14(1) – Vexatious Request Section 14(1) of the Freedom of Information Act allows public authorities to refuse requests that would impose a significant burden in terms of time, cost, or disruption. As this is an absolute exemption, there is no requirement to conduct a public interes t test. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk While we acknowledge that your request is not frivolous, as can be the case with vexatious refusals, we believe that any serious purpose is outweighed by the substantial disruption it would cause. There are approximately 170 documents within the scope of your request, amounting to around 2,496 pages. Reviewing and redacting sensitive or confidential information would require a minimum of 2 minutes per page, equating to over 82 hours of work. This level of effort is not feasible for a single project officer or the small team responsible for redactions, who are already managing a significant workload. Fulfilling your request would place an undue burden on Council resources, disrupt core services , and hinder our ability to respond to other legitimate requests. For these reasons, the request is considered vexatious. Advice and Assistance: We have provided a PDF list of all documents submitted for our CQC inspection. You may wish to significantly narrow the scope of your request by refining your questions and identifying specific topics of interest from the list. This would enable us to more easily search our records and potentially provide some information. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights: If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Lorna Jonas-Tinson Information Rights Officer2025-09-11T00:00:00CAM105212025-08-27T00:00:00housing policies, complaints, officer conduct, disability assessment delays and performanceDate: 27/08/2025 Ref: CAM10521 Dear Requester, Thank you for your request for information dated 23/06/2025 about housing policies, complaints, officer conduct, disability assessment delays and performance. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds some of the information requested. However, we are withholding some of the information because it is exempt as explained below. We have explained where we are withholding information and what exemptions apply. Please see the refusal notices at the end of the answers which explain how and why they apply. 1. Officer-Specific Complaint Handling. • The number of complaints handled by [Redacted] in 2024–2025, including: o How many were resolved within deadline. o How many involved allegations of discrimination or maladministration. We are withholding this information as we consider the following exemption applies. Section 40(2): Personal information The council considers that to disclose the personal data requested would not be in accordance with data protection legislation and therefore we have withheld all of the information under the absolute exemption in Section 40(2). The exemption states that personal data requested may be withheld when to release it would be a breach of the requirements of data protection law which is the UK General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the Data Protection Act 2018. The information withheld is personal information because it allows living individuals to be identified. The council considers that it would be a breach of the General Data Protection Regulation article 5 requirements of fairness and proportionality to publish this personal information in a FOI request. In doing this we have considered the legitimate public interest in disclosure against the interests of the data subject/s and concluded that in the circumstances disclosure would contravene the data protection requirements of fairness and proportionality particularly considering that Freedom of Information responses are public documents and published to the world and not provided just to the requester. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk The council’s redaction policy states that junior staff member names, (those below Assistant Director level) unless in public facing positions, would not be released in a FOI response. Therefore, the names of junior staff members have been redacted from the request details as they would have no expectation that their details would be released into the public domain and especially given the content of the request as we consider that to include them would be a breach of the requirements to act fairly and proportionately. 2. Bidding Restrictions for Adult Children • All policy documents governing bidding rights for adult children of downsizing tenants, including: o Any exceptions made in the past 3 years (with redacted examples). o Legal advice sought by Camden on this policy. We do not hold all of the information requested. Specifically, legal advice sought by Camden on the Housing Allocation Scheme is not held. Policy documents on downsizing tenants are already publicly available and can be accessed via the Council’s website at the following link: Microsoft Word - 2629.39 Full Housing Allocation Scheme with Apr2018.docx . As the information is reasonably accessible by other means, it is exempt from disclosure under Section 21 of the Freedom of Information Act. The Council’s Housing Allocations Scheme was last reviewed in 2018. S ection 4.5.3 outlines the points awarded to eligible and qualifying applicants who are under - occupying properties - that is, living in homes larger than their assessed need. Section 7.1 explains that such applicants may be considered for a direct offer if their current property could be reallocated to another household in need. It also notes that adult children who are not moving to the smaller property may be eligible for a direct offer based on their assessed housing needs. Additionally, the Scheme allows for discretion in exceptional circumstances, as set out in Section 10, which outlines the provisions for flexibility in applying the policy. Exceptions are determined on a case by case basis. 3. Disability Assessment Delays • The average wait time for medical assessments in 2023– 2025. The Council does not hold this information. We do not collect data on the average wait times for medical assessments. 4. Joint Tenancy Policies • Equality Impact Assessments conducted on the policy banning parent -child joint tenancies. • Exceptions granted in the past 5 years (e.g., for disability needs). The Council does not hold this information. We do not hold a specific Equality Impact Assessment relating to parent-child joint tenancies, nor do we hold a list of exceptions granted for disability-related needs. 5. Complaint Performance Metrics • Stage 2 complaint resolution rates for housing cases (2024– 2025). • Training materials provided to officers (e.g., [Redacted], [Redacted] on: o The Equality Act 2010. o Housing Allocation Laws. You clarified: Under "5. Complaint Performance Metrics", I am seeking: 1. All training materials (e.g., manuals, presentations, guidance documents) provided to: o [Redacted] (Housing Needs Improvement Manager) o [Redacted] (Housing Officer) On the following topics: o Equality Act 2010 (particularly Section 20: Duty to Make Reasonable Adjustments for disabled applicants). o Housing allocation laws (e.g., Housing Act 1996, Part 6). 2. Connection to Complaint Metrics: o These materials are directly relevant because:  Deficient training may explain Camden’s systemic failures in handling my complaints (e.g., disability discrimination, unlawful bidding policies).  The council has a Public Sector Equality Duty (Equality Act, Section 149) to ensure staff are properly trained. We have interpreted ‘resolution rates’ to refer to the number of Stage 2 housing complaints resolved during the 2024/25 period. This information is exempt from disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Section 22 (2): Information intended for future publication The council holds the information requested but we are applying the qualified exemption in section 22 (2) of the Act because the information is intended for future publication . It would not be reasonable to release it ahead of the scheduled publication date. The data is currently being compiled and verified and once complete it will be published as part of the Annual Complaints Report on our website by the end of March 2026. The information will be available at: Complaints - Camden Council. In applying this exemption, we have considered whether the public interest in disclosing the information outweighs the public interest in withholding it. The public interest arguments in favour of disclosure are as follows: • enhancing transparency in how housing complaints are managed (medium weight) • promoting accountability within the authority (medium weight) The public interest arguments in favour of withholding the information are: • The information is intended to be published through a defined process (medium weight) • The data requires verification to ensure accuracy (high weight) • It would not be appropriate to release information to individuals prior to formal publishing of the annual complaints report (medium weight) • Early disclosure could disrupt council operations and divert officer time from core complaints handling duties (medium weight) • The council must ensure appropriate administrative arrangements are in place before releasing the information (medium weight) Following the assessment, we have concluded that the public interest in withholding the information outweighs the public interest in disclosure. As previously explained, Section 40(2) of the Freedom of Information Act has been applied to part two of question 5 and your clarification points, this is because the information relates to personal data. Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Lorna Jonas-Tinson Information Rights Officer2025-09-11T00:00:00CAM107172025-09-02T00:00:00information on serenity integrated mentoring, targeted management approaches led by Camden Mental Health TeamDate: 02/09/2025 Ref: CAM10717 Dear Requester, Thank you for your request for information dated 21/07/2025 about information on serenity integrated mentoring, targeted management approaches led by Camden Mental Health Team. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested. However, we are withholding all of the information because it is exempt as explained below. We have explained where we are withholding information and what exemptions apply. Please see the refusal notices at the end of the answers which explain how and why they apply. Please provide the following information - these are easily recoverable documents: 1) All internal council reports in any form between any of the above officers and/or their directorates and/or where this report is: - presented - reviewed - risk assessed 2) Provide the same data as it relates to ALL communication between the council's Adult Safeguarding teams and Adult Safeguarding Board 3) Provide all reports, minutes, agenda items where the use of SIM/ Targeted Management Approaches/ any formalised management approach led by the Mental Health Trust is discussed in any Multi Agency Safeguarding Hub meeting. Redact personal data. This is a request for information about policy and joint protocol data as it relates to application of said policy before and following the NHS England report. Not about individual cases 4) Provide copies of all reports relating to this submitted to the leader of the Council in 2022 and since. Provide the same as it applies to the Cabinet and any councillor or council committee London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk 5) How many LB Camden employees are deployed to Camden & Islington NHS Foundation Trust in it's current form? 6) How many NHS based staff - including the above in Q 5) - have direct access rights into LB Camden adult social care records? ( ie can log in and access at the same level as a council based professional). 7) When an individual refuses consent to share data what specific pathway does the council use to ensure that person's adult social care data is not accessed both within and outside the council. For eg NHS uses opt out of SCR, opt out of CIDR, opt out of NRL Confirm how and where this is flagged on Adult Social Care records so to alert those accessing. We have summarised your clarification points as follows: • Relevant periods for each question have been specified, mostly starting from 1 April 2016 (when Camden & Islington NHS Foundation Trust became a pilot site) or 1 April 2018 (full programme rollout), up to the date the FOI is processed. • You have asked that an acknowledgment be posted on the What Do They Know public site. Due to the private nature of the request method, they intend to publish the response publicly for transparency. • A link to a related FOI from MEDACT show that the Personality Disorder Service at Camden & Islington NHS Foundation Trust absorbed the functions of the SIM programme after its closure, and has since expanded its role. • The service reportedly continues to use similar management approaches to those criticised in the SIM programme, including advising partner agencies such as LB Camden. • Council staff embedded within the Mental Health Trust are reminded of their professional obligation under the Duty of Candour. We are withholding this information as we consider the following exemption applies. Refusal notice: Section 12: Cost of Compliance Exceeds the Appropriate Limit We are refusing your request under section 12 on cost grounds because we estimate that compliance with your request will exceed the "appropriate limit". This is £450 which is equivalent to 18 hours at £25 per hour. The per hour figure is set by Regulations rather than actual salary paid to any officers handling requests. The appropriate limit includes the time it will take the council to discover if it holds the information requested, to locate it, extract it and collate it as well as putting it into any particular format requested by the requester. Under Section 12 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000, once the council has reasonably estimated that the cost of complying with a request will exceed the appropriate time limit, it is not required to calculate the exact time needed to complete the request. There is also no obligation to undertake work up to the 18- hour threshold. If it is reasonably estimated that the limit will be exceeded, the request may be refused in full. The Council does not hold the information requested in questions 1 to 3 in an easily accessible format. The scope of the request is broad and complex, covering a nine- year period and encompassing a substantial volume of both internal and external records. Some of the material contains personal data that would require careful redaction prior to disclosure. There are certain aspects of the request that is not readily quantifiable, as they rely on a range of sources including Safeguarding Adults Partnership Board guidance, internal training materials, audit feedback, national legislation, and ADASS resources. It is estimated it would take a council officer approximately 25 hours to locate, manually review, and compile the information for questions 1 to 3. This exceeds the appropriate cost limit of 18 hours as set out under Section 12 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000, and therefore the request is refused. Advice and Assistance If you are considering submitting a new request, you may wish to narrow the scope of questions 1 to 4 and reduce the time period covered. This could help bring the request within the appropriate time limit and improve the likelihood of a successful response. Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Lorna Jonas-Tinson Information Rights Officer2025-09-11T00:00:00CAM107232025-09-03T00:00:00information regarding the management of Tiptree Building, Castlehaven Road, NW1Date: 03/09/2025 Ref: CAM10723 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 21/07/2025 about information regarding the management of Tiptree Building, Castlehaven Road, NW1. . We have dealt with this under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested. I am writing to request information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 regarding the management of Tiptree Building, Castlehaven Road, NW1. Please provide the following information: 1. A full log of security patrol visits to Tiptree Building over the past two years. This should include: o Dates and times of patrols o Duration of visits o Name of the contractor or security company providing the service The data below reflects a broader patrolling presence across the estate where the block is situated, aimed at deterring and disrupting anti-social behaviour. While there has been targeted engagement at the block, patrol frequency is influenced by the volume and consistency of ASB reports, with resources directed to higher-demand areas. Patrol scheduling also responds to on - site officer observations and patterns in reporting levels. Below is a breakdown of ASB reports made by residents of Tiptree since 2023, including calls to Responsive Security Patrols and online submissions via Contact Camden. In the attached files you will find; File 1 – RSP data showing 5 non-call out routine patrols in 2024, 2 call-out patrols and 1 routine patrol in 2025. File 2 – Community Safety Enforcement Service patrols. 2 recorded Tip tree visits and on site engagement in response to the complaint. Following previous reports of ASB in this block, CSEOs attended this location at this time. Upon entering the building, a resident of Flat XX, expressed her frustration regarding the constant loitering and drug use in the corridor leading to her flat. When CSEOs enquired about what time of day this is occurring, the resident mentioned that there is not a specific time frame as they come into the building at all hours. CSEOs advised that she informs her housing officer and assured that although we will not be able to patrol this building at all hours of the day, we will make an effort to target this block during our patrols. The resident appreciated this. Before leaving the site, CSEOs patrolled connecting areas for any other potential concerns and issues, however, the area was clear. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk File 3– A copy of our email to the resident in March 2025 and their response. 2. A complete record of repairs and maintenance to the building over the past five years, specifically including: o Repairs to front and rear entrance doors o Repairs or replacements to entry systems (e.g. intercoms, key fob systems) o Any works related to security breaches or forced entries Please see the attached ‘property repair history’ spreadsheets. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner ’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk Telephone: 0303 123 1113 , live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/ Yours sincerely Kieran Heneghan Information Rights Officer2025-09-11T00:00:00CAM107562025-08-22T00:00:00numbers of homeless in Camden by household type, temporary accommodation placements and associated costsDate: 22/08/2025 Ref: CAM10756 Dear Requester, Thank you for your request for information dated 24/07/2025 about the numbers of homeless in Camden by household type, temporary accommodation placements and associated costs. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested and the answers to your questions are as follows: 1. How many homeless individuals have been recorded in the borough (For period 2022/23, 2023/24 and 2024/25)? 2. How many people or families in the borough are waiting to be placed into temporary/emergency accommodation (For period 2022/23, 2023/24 and 2024/25)? 3. How many people or families in the borough have been placed in temporary/emergency accommodation (For period 2022/23, 2023/24 and 2024/25)? 4. How many people or families, in temporary/emergency accommodation, have the council placed in local authority long term accommodation? (For period 2022/23, 2023/24 and 2024/25)? 5. What did the local authority spend on temporary accommodation and emergency accommodation (For period 2022/23, 2023/24 and 2024/25)? We are withholding this information as we consider the following exemption applies. Refusal notice: Section 12: Cost of Compliance Exceeds the Appropriate Limit We are refusing your request under section 12 on cost grounds because we estimate that compliance with your request will exceed the "appropriate limit". This is £450 which is equivalent to 18 hours at £25 per hour. The per hour figure is set by Regulations rather than actual salary paid to any officers handling requests. The appropriate limit includes the time it will take the council to discover if it holds the information requested, to locate it, extract it and collate it as well as putting it into any particular format requested by the requester. We do not hold the information requested in an easily accessible format. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Regarding question 2, the council does not operate a waitlist for temporary accommodation. The main challenge with your request is that it seeks data for the 2024/2025 period, which is not readily accessible due to a recent systems migration. As a result, retrieving the information would require a manual review of individual case notes. At any given time, approximately 950 families are in temporary accommodation. For this specific data request a manual review of each case file is required. We estimate this would take around 10 minutes per file to analyse and extract the relevant information, amounting to approximately 158 hours of work. This significantly exceeds the 18-hour limit set by the Freedom of Information Act. Advice and Assistance Some of the information you have requested is publicly available at the following site: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-homelessness This resource includes homelessness and temporary accommodation statistics for every local authority. Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Lorna Jonas-Tinson Information Rights Officer2025-09-11T00:00:00CAM107612025-08-22T00:00:00LADO referrals claims made against youth services in CamdenDate: 22/08/2025 Ref: CAM10761 Dear Requester, Thank you for your request for information dated 25/07/2025 about LADO referrals claims made against youth services in Camden. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested and the answers to your questions are as follows: LADO claims made against youth services in Camden borough between 01/01/2024 and 01/12/2024. LADO claims which were upheld and resulted in dismissal or barring of staff in local youth services specifically pertaining (if permitted) to staff at New Horizons, Love Camden, Corams Fields Youth club and Camden Rise. The outcomes or allegations made against any staff that you are able to share at the above 4 youth clubs We are withholding this information as we consider the following exemption applies. Refusal notice: Section 12: Cost of Compliance Exceeds the Appropriate Limit We are refusing your request under section 12 on cost grounds because we estimate that compliance with your request will exceed the "appropriate limit". This is £450 which is equivalent to 18 hours at £25 per hour. The per hour figure is set by Regulations rather than actual salary paid to any officers handling requests. The appropriate limit includes the time it will take the council to discover if it holds the information requested, to locate it, extract it and collate it as well as putting it into any particular format requested by the requester. We do not hold the information in the format requested. Camden LADO do not categorise their referrals by youth services, or specifically by the youth services named. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk There are 106 referrals within the scope of your request. We estimate it would take a council officer approx. 15 minutes per case file to gather, review and extract the data required for questions 1-3. This is because the information requested is not held in an easily accessible format and requires a manual review of free-text notes to determine whether concerns have been recorded about staff from the specified organisations. Based on this estimate, we calculate it would take approx. 26.5 hours to compile the data. This exceeds the 18-hour limit set by Freedom of Information Act. Advice and Assistance To help make your request more manageable, you may wish to refine it by: • Specifying the type of concern you are seeking information about • Considering a shorter time frame, such as a specific quarter or month These adjustments may enable us to process your request within the statutory time limits. Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Lorna Jonas-Tinson Information Rights Officer2025-09-11T00:00:00CAM107642025-08-27T00:00:00temporary accommodation property in CamdenDate: 27/08/2025 Ref: CAM10764 Dear Requester, Thank you for your request for information dated 28/07/2025 about temporary accommodation property in Camden. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested. However, we are withholding all of the information because it is exempt as explained below. We have explained where we are withholding information and what exemptions apply. Please see the refusal notices at the end of the answers which explain how and why they apply. Is 39 Twisden Rd London NW51DL, designated, as or being used as, temporary accommodation under Camden Council’s housing policy? We are withholding this information as we consider the following exemption applies. Refusal notice: Section 40(5): Personal information Under section 40(5)(b)(i) we neither confirm nor deny whether the council holds this information. To say whether or not the council holds this information would itself disclose personal information. This would contravene the principle in the General Data Protection Regulation that personal data is processed fairly and lawfully. A response to a FOI request is considered to be made publicly available to the whole world and not provided just to the requester. This response should not be taken as an indication that the information you requested is or is not held by the council. Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Lorna Jonas-Tinson Information Rights Officer2025-09-11T00:00:00CAM107682025-09-02T00:00:00Government funding gain/loss under new formula, departmental breakdown and council tax risesDate: 2/9/25 Ref: CAM10768 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 28/7/25 about Government funding gain/loss under new formula, departmental breakdown and council tax rises . We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response: The council holds some of the information requested, and some of the information held is exempted. The answers to your questions are below. We have stated where we do not hold the information requested, and why some information is being withheld. 1 The amount of national government funding the council forecasts/assesses, or has been told, that it would gain or lose overall under the national government’s currently proposed new funding formula for local government The council does not hold a figure that it has been told it would lose or gain. There is currently a consultation on the new formula for distributing grants to Local Authorities. Whilst the council has modelled a number of scenarios based on different assumptions about what the final formula could be, we do not have any forecast as the formula has not yet been decided. We also hold different estimates from different external organisations such as the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) and London Councils. Independent analysis (from the IFS), indicates that inner London boroughs such as Camden are among those most exposed to significant funding reductions under the current consultation. The IFS estimates that inner London boroughs could see their funding fall by more than a quarter if the reforms were implemented immediately even if council tax were raised to the maximum permissible level each year. However, t his position is constantly evolving over time through the consultation exercise and are likely to continue to be updated once the consultation exercise is complete. These estimates that the council has produced and holds are withheld under section 36 Freedom of Information Act 2000. Please see the refusal notice below. 2. The amount of national government funding the council forecasts/assesses, or has been told, that it would gain or lose each financial year to 2029/30 under the national government’s currently proposed new funding formula for local government Please see the answer to question 1. 3. Any breakdown by council department or function (e.g. children’s services, adult social care) of the question 1 figure that the council holds or has calculated London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk We do not hold any information about impact on individual services , and in any event funding for individual services will be a decision taken next year by councillors. Central government have indicated that they will move away from individual grants for services and will just provide one overall grant that councils will be free to use as they see fit (while meeting statutory duties). 4. Any breakdown by council department or function (e.g. children’s services, adult social care) of the question 2 figure that the council holds or has calculated Please see the answer to question 3. 5. Any assessment the council has made of the extent to which council tax rises could mitigate any loss of funding under the proposed new funding formula This is not held but note that under the current rules the Council can only increase council tax by 4.99% each year without holding a local referendum. Currently for every 1% that the council increases council tax it raises approximately £1.47m a year. Refusal Notice section 36 The information that is held, being the internal calculations produced by council officers, within scope of question 1 and 2 is withheld under section 36. It is withheld under s36 (2) (b) (i) because disclosure under the Act would be likely to inhibit the free and frank provision of advice. It is also withheld under s36 (2) (c) because disclosure under the Act would be likely to prejudice the effective conduct of public affairs. As the information withheld is statistical, under section 36(4), the reasonable opinion of a Qualified Person is not required. The term ‘statistical information’ includes statistics, i.e. factual information presented as figures. However, it has a wider meaning than just statistics and includes not just the raw data that may be used for statistical analysis, but the mathematical model or methodology used to analyse the data and the product or outcome of that analysis. S36 (b)(i): disclosure under the Act would be likely to inhibit the free and frank provision of advice. The advice is the statistical modelling and range of possible and theoretical financial outcomes which have been (and continue to be) modelled on a number of scenarios based on different assumptions about what the final formula could be. It is important for staff to be able to produce these models honestly and completely, or to explore extreme options. Providing them under FOI, which is unfettered disclosure to the world would be likely to inhibit their ability to produce models offering all possible outcomes and inhibiting this would impair the quality of decision- making. The loss of frankness and candour would damage the quality of such advice and outputs. Publicly disclosing an estimate that the council has little certainty or confidence about would be likely to prejudice decisions that the Council will need to take in the future. These will include decisions regarding our future medium term financial strategy that will include decisions regarding investment in services and future decision on savings and efficiencies. The Council will need to develop these policies over the next twelve months but at present it is unclear what level of funding the Council will have over the medium term. S36 (2)(c) : disclosure under the Act would be likely to prejudice the effective conduct of public affairs. The statistical information includes financial modelling over a variety of possible scenarios. As these are theoretical, providing indicative outcomes in a variety of hypothetical situations, there is a real danger that disclosure will lead to adverse effects on the council’s effective conduct of public affairs. Publicly disclosing an estimate that the council has little certainty or confidence about would be likely to prejudice decisions that the Council will need to take in the future. These will include decisions regarding our future medium term financial strategy that will include decisions regarding investment in services and future decision on savings and efficiencies. The Council will need to develop these policies over the next twelve months but at present it is unclear what level of funding the Council will have over the medium term and so unclear what level of investment and savings will need to be made to services. Disclosure would be likely to result in widespread public and press, including social media interest, and there is a real danger of theoretical assessments being taken out of wider context and being presented as firm or expected outcomes. Whilst explanations can be given with disclosure, as disclosure under FOIA is made without restriction on future usage, it is very likely that explanations, caveats, and the context of the theoretical nature would be removed, with just the raw data being publicised and receiving out of context coverage. Managing queries and questions about this would be a serious diversion of resources. It is also likely that public anxieties would result from disclosure and the effects of managing the effect of disclosure would seriously disrupt the effective conduct of public affairs. Public Interest Test Factors in favour of disclosure: • General public interest in council openness and transparency (medium weight) • Public interest in knowing that the council is proactively considering the impacts of possible funding changes (Medium weight) • Public interest in considering the possible impacts on council finances of potential changs to funding for their own circumstances or that of others, however the information is unlikely to allow a personal assessment, because as explained, the information is not held by service area reducing the public interest (low weight) Factors in favour of maintaining the exemption: • Public interest in council officers being able to produce assessments of possible outcomes in various scenarios in an open way, without fettering due to concerns of publication caused debate (heavy weight) • There is public interest in avoiding the distraction from core council business that would be almost certain to result from publication (heavy weight) • Even with context being provided, there is a high probability that the information will be taken out of context, resulting in unnecessary public concern and resultant queries to and communication with the council, causing distraction of staff from core council business (heavy weight) The balance of public interests falls on the side of maintaining the exemption. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights: If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk Telephone: 0303 123 1113 , live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/ Yours sincerely Sarah Laws Data Protection Manager2025-09-11T00:00:00CAM107822025-08-27T00:00:00the capacity and utilisation of primary school buildingsDate: 27/08/2025 Ref: CAM10782 Dear Requester, Thank you for your request for information dated 28/07/2025 about the capacity and utilisation of primary school buildings. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds some of the information requested and the answers to your questions are as follows: Please provide the following recorded information held by your council (and any arms length children’s services provider or corporate property function) in relation to primary schools within your area. 1) Capacity & utilisation (education data) For all maintained and academy primary schools in your authority: • Published capacity for 2024/25 (PAN by year group and total net capacity). • Numbers on roll (NOR) at the October 2024 School Census (and October 2023 if readily available). • The resulting % utilisation for those dates. • Any agreed PAN reductions for 2025/26 or 2026/27 (with the decision date/cabinet paper reference). • A list of schools consulted on or decided for amalgamation/ federation/ closure since 1 January 2023, with status and intended implementation date. If readily available, please also include a simple list of schools currently operating at < 65% utilisation. If this is already published, please provide the exact URL and the relevant table/sheet name. The information you have requested is already publicly available and can be accessed through the Council’s website at the following link: https://democracy.camden.gov.uk/mgAi.aspx?ID=65387 As the information requested is already reasonably accessible elsewhere it is exempt under the absolute exemption in Section 21. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk 2) Empty / surplus primary school buildings (property & lettings) For primary school sites that are wholly or partly vacant, declared surplus to educational requirements, mothballed, or currently marketed/let (status at the date of your response): • Site name and address. • Status (wholly vacant / part-vacant / mothballed / marketed / under offer / let). • Date the site (or part) became vacant. • Ownership/landlord (LA/Diocese/Academy Trust; freehold/leasehold). • Any material PFI/BSF contracts or covenants affecting reuse. • Heritage status (listed building / conservation area). For each part of any such site that is let or licensed, please provide: • Occupier name or type (e.g., nursery, community group, another school) • Use, area (m² or number of rooms) • Term (start date, length, and any break) • Rent per annum and any incentives (rent free periods) • Repair basis (FRI/IRI), any service charge arrangements, and rent review provisions • Any community use obligations/KPIs attached to the letting/licence. We do not hold information about school buildings for which we are not responsible. This includes schools that are Voluntary Aided and some Academy Schools, information would need to be obtained directly from the individual institutions. We have not declared any schools that we own as surplus to requirements, nor have we marketed them for sale or rent. However, individual schools may have their own rental arrangements. You will need to contact the school directly to ascertain this information. 3) Marketing/disposals & policy • A list of primary school sites marketed or disposed of since 1 January 2019, including the marketing agent and a link to any particulars if available. The Council has not marketed or disposed of any school site. • A copy of, or link to, any policy/procedure used when leasing former education assets (e.g., community asset transfer / social-value leases). Not applicable. Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Lorna Jonas-Tinson Information Rights Officer2025-09-11T00:00:00CAM107852025-08-22T00:00:00safeguarding referrals involving suspected FII or perplexing presentations (fabricated or induced illnesses)Date: 22/08/2025 Ref: CAM10785 Dear Requester, Thank you for your request for information dated 24/07/2025 about safeguarding referrals involving suspected FII or perplexing presentations (fabricated or induced illnesses). We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested and the answers to your questions are as follows: Please provide the following information, broken down annually from 2018 to 2024 (or most recent full year available): FII-Related Referral Data: 1. Number of safeguarding referrals involving suspected FII or Perplexing Presentations. 2. Source of each referral (e.g. health professional, school staff, social worker, other). 3. Outcomes of each referral: o No further action o Implementation of a Child Protection Plan o Temporary or permanent removal of the child from parental care o Referral closed without action after initial assessment Post-Investigation Impact & Complaints: 4. Number of complaints made by families involved in FII -related cases. 5. Outcome of complaints: o Upheld o Not upheld o Ongoing 6. Number of families who received compensation or financial settlements related to mishandled FII allegations. 7. Total monetary value paid out in damages during the timeframe. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk 8. Whether the local authority records or tracks cases that resulted in trauma, distress, or reputational harm to families (e.g. via exit interviews, social worker case notes, or internal reviews). 9. Number of cases where families were denied access to the original Multi - Agency Referral Form (MARF) or had to formally request it. We are withholding this information as we consider the following exemption applies. Refusal notice: Section 12: Cost of Compliance Exceeds the Appropriate Limit We are refusing your request under section 12 on cost grounds because we estimate that compliance with your request will exceed the "appropriate limit". This is £450 which is equivalent to 18 hours at £25 per hour. The per hour figure is set by Regulations rather than actual salary paid to any officers handling requests. The appropriate limit includes the time it will take the council to discover if it holds the information requested, to locate it, extract it and collate it as well as putting it into any particular format requested by the requester. We do not hold the requested information in an easily accessible format , as Fabricated or Induced Illness (FII) is not recorded as a distinct category field within the Children’s Services data system (MOSAIC). During the seven year period specified, the Social Work team received 13,931 referrals. We estimate that it would take a council officer approximately five minutes per referral to read, extract and collate the relevant information. This equates to approx . 1,160 hours of work, which significantly exceeds the time limit set by the Freedom of Information Act. Advice and Assistance To help us process your request within the statutory time limits, you may wish to consider significantly narrowing its scope. Reducing the time frame to, for example, 1-3 months would decrease the volume of referrals requiring review and make the request more manageable. Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Lorna Jonas-Tinson Information Rights Officer2025-09-11T00:00:00CAM107942025-08-28T00:00:00Camden NHS health checks programme funding allocation for 2025/26Date: 28/08/2025 Ref: CAM10794 Dear Requester, Thank you for your request for information dated 27/07/2025 about Camden NHS health checks programme funding allocation for 2025/26. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested and the answers to your questions are as follows: 1) The overall funding for this year (25/26) allocated by the council to the NHS Health Checks programme? £450,000. 2) Is there a limit to the number of NHS Health Checks that GP practices can provide and be reimbursed for by the council? Each practice is assigned an annual limit on health checks to be delivered based on 20% of their eligible population aligning with national targets. Where there is overall budget allowance due to varying levels of activity across practices, further activit y beyond this limit may be compensated for. 3) If so, what is this limit (per GP practice, per year)? The annual limit assigned to practices for 2025/26 is included as Appendix 1 of the service specification, available via the following link: NCL ICB General Practice Website Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Lorna Jonas-Tinson Information Rights Officer2025-09-11T00:00:00CAM107992025-09-01T00:00:00information, relevant to Parker Mews and the communal courtyard shared with Aldwych BuildingsDate: 01/09/2025 Ref: CAM10799 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 29/07/2025 about information, relevant to Parker Mews and the communal courtyard shared with Aldwych Buildings . We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and the Environmental Information Regulations 2004 . Response The council holds some of the information requested, but some is withheld as detailed below. Please provide the following information, relevant to Parker Mews and the communal courtyard shared with Aldwych Buildings: 1. Roof Terrace Design and Safety • Copies of any building plans, planning permission documents, or internal correspondence that describe the intended purpose and usage policy of the roof terrace above Parker Mews. • Confirmation of whether sound insulation was included in the construction or renovation works of the roof terrace. • Details of any noise mitigation or safety assessments conducted prior to or after the terrace became accessible to residents. The planning records which relate to this have the reference number 2012/6132/P. This had a roof terrace in the mews, which was for residents, a later permission 2013/6009/P added a small community room on the terrace. The information being sought can be found by inputting 2012/6132/P in the online search Planning Application Search . As the information requested is already reasonably accessible elsewhere it is exempt under regulation 6. 2. Delivery Access and Post Confusion Risks • Any internal memos, assessments, or complaints logged by Camden Council staff relating to postal or delivery confusion between Parker Mews and Aldwych Buildings, particularly misdelivered items or mistaken access. Please search records from 1 January 2021 to 31 July 2025 Information on complaints is only held from 2022 onwards. There have been no complaints within the scope of the request. An internal email conversation is attached. There are no other internal emails or assessments etc held. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk • Any internal risk assessments or health and safety concerns relating to shared courtyards and delivery access between those buildings. No risk assessment has been undertaken for this issue as this is not necessary for housing or community safety. The communal courtyard is accessed by residents of Aldwych Buildings and 1 & 2 Parker Mews in order to enter their properties. 3. Safeguarding Assessments and Housing Placement Protocols • Policies or protocols used when placing homicide- bereaved tenants into council properties (including reference to safeguarding and trauma -informed practice). The council does not have a specific policy for this as it is too specific an issue to require a specific policy. The allocations policy Housing allocation scheme 2018 - Camden Council governs the allocation of housing properties. • Any internal communication or documentation regarding safeguarding or risk assessments prior to or following a housing placement, specifically with regard to community conflict, antisocial behaviour, or proximity to estranged family members. Please search records from 1 August 2021 to 31 July 2025. The request is asking for internal communications or documents about safeguarding or risk assessments held over a 4-year period, which would have been produced prior to or following an actual housing placement. This information may be held in housing files, in emails of housing officers or social workers, or associated trams such as Community Safety or Camden Safety Net. To find the information would require identifying all housing placements during that period, then examining each file to see if there had been any safeguarding issues or risk assessments. Where there were, all relevant officers would need to search their systems and emails. It should be noted that if for example Camden Safety Net had raised an issue with housing there would be likely to be further internal correspondence within the CSN team. It is impossible to quantify the searches that would be required or how long they would take. But identifying cases where information would be held would take greatly in excess of 18 hours. We are refusing your request under section 12 on cost grounds because we estimate that compliance with your request will exceed the "appropriate limit". This is £450 which is equivalent to 18 hours at £25 per hour. The per hour figure is set by Regulations rather than actual salary paid to any officers handling requests. The appropriate limit includes the time it will take the council to discover if it holds the information requested, to locate it, extract it and collate it as well as putting it into any particular format requested by the requester. Advice and assistance: It is impossible to suggest how this request could be refined to come within the 18 hours limit. Additionally, given the redactions that would be required for personal data and safety it is likely that any request would be refused under s14 for the time required to undertake redactions. If the requester believes there may be information about their own case that is held, they can make a Subject Access Request for this if they have not already done so by email to SubjectAccess@camden.gov.uk Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner ’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Philip Lewis Information Rights Officer2025-09-11T00:00:00CAM108002025-08-28T00:00:00Tiptree Building, Castlehaven RoadDate: 28/08/2025 Ref: CAM10800 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 29/07/2025 about Tiptree Building, Castlehaven Road. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested. Tiptree Building, Castlehaven Road 1 Full disclosure of patrol records showing the dates and times of each security patrol visit to Tiptree Building over the past two years. See attached. 2 A full repair log for the building over the past five years, including all works related to door repairs, locks, intercoms, and security breaches. Please see the attached communal repair reports. Please note that security breaches are not recorded by the repairs service. 3 A formal response detailing Camden’s plan to improve long -term security at the property (including consideration of CCTV, secure entry systems, and regular security personnel). We have no current plans to install CCTV at Tiptree Building, Castlehaven Road as this has not been identified as a necessity. We have no current plans to upgrade the door entry system at this block. The current door entry system is inspected cyclically and is repaired as necessary . Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner ’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Philip Lewis Information Rights Officer2025-09-11T00:00:00CAM108032025-08-28T00:00:00number of children adoptions in Camden over the past three yearsDate: 28/08/2025 Ref: CAM10803 Dear Requester, Thank you for your request for information dated 29/07/2025 about the number of children adoptions in Camden over the past three years. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds some of the information requested and the answers to your questions are as follows: 1. Number of children adopted through the local authority in each of the last three years, broken down by year. Fiscal Year (1st April -31st March) Number of Children Looked After with an Adoption Order 2022/23 8 2023/24 3 2024/25 7 2. Number of Adoption Decision Maker (ADM) decisions made in each of the last three years, broken down by year. Fiscal Year (1st April -31st March) Number of Children Looked After with an A DM a doption decision 2022/23 9 2023/24 11 2024/25 7 3. Average length of time (in days or weeks) from: • Placement Order to matching with adoptive family • Matching to placement • Placement to Adoption Order granted We have provided information on the average length of time based on timescale calculations between specified adoption process events, measured in days. Each timescale is calculated based on the period in which the second specified event occurred. • Example 1: If a child with a Placement Order was matched to an adoptive family in 2023/24, the timescale is counted in 2023/24 (the year of the match), not in prior or subsequent years. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk • Example 2: If a child was placed in 2023/24, the timescale between match and placement is calculated in the placement year (2023/24), not in prior or subsequent years. Match and placement dates refer to the formal adoption match/placement dates. Adoption timescale measurement / period 2022/23 2023/24 2024/25 Placement Order to matching with adoptive family 233.0 average days 72.5 average days 496.0 average days Matching to placement 47.4 average days 6.8 average days 53.0 average days Placement to Adoption Order granted 455.6 average days 266.7 average days 290.4 average days 4. Number of prospective adopters who: • Registered interest • Were approved • Had children placed with them • Withdrew or were deregistered For each of the last three years, broken down by year. The information requested is not held by the Council. This process is undertaken by Adopt London North. You will need to contact the organisation directly to ascertain this information. 5. The current number of children with a placement order who are waiting to be matched. 6 children as of 31 March 2025 - the end of the most recent complete statistical year. 6. Any information you hold on adoption disruptions in the last three years (i.e., placements that did not proceed to adoption or broke down pre -order). None. 7. Any internal performance targets or KPIs the authority holds relating to adoption timelines or numbers. Not applicable. Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Lorna Jonas-Tinson Information Rights Officer2025-09-11T00:00:00CAM108102025-08-27T00:00:00vaping enforcement action taken against convenience stores, newsagents and off licencesDate: 27/08/2025 Ref: CAM10810 Dear Requester, Thank you for your request for information dated 28/07/2025 about vaping enforcement action taken against convenience stores, newsagents and off licences. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested and the answers to your questions are as follows: Regarding enforcement activity against convenience stores, newsagents and off licences within your local authority area. Please provide data for the period 1 January 2024 to 31 December 2024. If possible, please break the data down by quarter or year. Specifically, I request: • The number of seizures involving illegal or non-compliant vaping products. Period Seizures Number s seized January 2024 1 215 February 2024 3 426 March 2024 3 221 Quarter 4 t otal 7 662 April 2024 3 807 May 2024 1 142 June 2024 1 55 Quarter 1 total 5 1,004 July 2024 2 251 August 2024 1 441 September 2024 2 2,525 Quart er 2 total 5 3,217 October 2024 3 325 November 2024 0 0 December 2024 3 225 Quarter 3 total 6 600 London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk • The number of fixed penalty notices, formal warnings, enforcement notices, cautions, or other actions issued to vape retailers. 1 January -31 December 2024 Warning letters / interviews under caution 23 Prosecutions 2 Caution 1 Voluntary closure 2 Licence review 1 • The reasons for non-compliance Oversized disposable vapes. Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Lorna Jonas-Tinson Information Rights Officer2025-09-11T00:00:00CAM108112025-08-29T00:00:00referrals made by Camden Children’s Services to family courts (public and private law cases)Date: 29/08/2025 Ref: CAM10811 Dear Requester, Thank you for your request for information dated 30/07/2025 about the referrals made by Camden Children’s Services to family courts (public and private law cases) . We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested. However, we are withholding all of the information because it is exempt as explained below. We have explained where we are withholding information and what exemptions apply. Please see the refusal notices at the end of the answers which explain how and why they apply. Please provide the following data for the past 5 calendar years (2019 to 2024): 1. The total number of referrals made by Camden Children’s Services to family courts (public and private law cases), broken down by: - Year - Ethnicity of the parent(s) involved (e.g., White British, Black Caribbean, Black African, Mixed, Asian, etc.) - Type of referral (e.g., care proceedings, child protection, contact disputes) 2. The number of cases where children were: - Removed from the care of their families: - Placed into foster care or adoption - Reunified with their families Please break this down by ethnicity where possible. 3. Any internal audits, reports, or assessments carried out by Camden Council regarding: - Racial disparities in child protection decisions - The treatment of Black or ethnic minority families in children’s social care or family court processes 4. Details of any cultural awareness, anti-racism, or unconscious bias training provided to social workers or safeguarding staff during this period. We are withholding this information as we consider the following exemption applies. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Refusal notice: Section 12: Cost of Compliance Exceeds the Appropriate Limit We are refusing your request under section 12 on cost grounds because we estimate that compliance with your request will exceed the "appropriate limit". This is £450 which is equivalent to 18 hours at £25 per hour. The per hour figure is set by Regulations rather than actual salary paid to any officers handling requests. The appropriate limit includes the time it will take the council to discover if it holds the information requested, to locate it, extract it and collate it as well as putting it into any particular format requested by the requester. Once the Council has reasonably estimated that the appropriate time limit will be exceeded, it is not required to calculate how much additional time would be needed to complete the remainder of the request. There is no obligation to continue working on a request up to the 18-hour limit. If it is reasonably estimated that the limit will be reached, the entire request may be refused. We do not hold the information requested in question 1 in an easily accessible format. In relation to your request, we do not make applications to court in private law cases. For public law cases over the five-year period covered by your request, there are 275 Children Looked After within scope. We do not routinely record the ethnicity of children for whom we make court applications, and identifying this information would require a manual review of individual case files. To extract data relating to applications for Police Protection Orders (PPO), Emergency Protection Orders (EPO), Interim Care Orders (ICO), and Full Care Orders (FCO), each case would need to be reviewed manually, as the relevant information is recorded in case notes rather than in a structured format. We estimate that this process would take approximately 10 minutes per case, resulting in around 45.8 hours of officer time. This significantly exceeds the appropriate cost limit set out in the Act. Advice and Assistance You may wish to consider submitting a new request for q uestions 2, 3, and 4. With regard to question 1, you could refine it to focus on a shorter time period of 3 to 6 months. However, please note that this is unlikely to provide a representative picture. Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Lorna Jonas-Tinson Information Rights Officer2025-09-11T00:00:00CAM108132025-08-27T00:00:00burial and grave questionsDate: 27/08/2025 Ref: CAM10813 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 30/07/2025 about burial and grave questions. We have dealt with this under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested. In this context, I would like to know: (a) how many human remains your burial authority has disturbed in each year since 2007; 2007 6 2008 7 2009 4 2010 4 2011 9 2012 6 2013 1 2014 1 2015 2 2016 3 2017 1 2018 1 2019 1 2020 1 2021 5 2022 1 2023 0 2024 0 2025 1 Total 54 (b) how many grave plots your burial authority has ‘re -used’ in each year since 2007. None. For the avoidance of doubt, I am seeking a year-by-year breakdown, or the means to construct one (for example, by receiving a list of people whose remains have been disturbed and the relevant dates). London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner ’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk Telephone: 0303 123 1113 , live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/ Yours sincerely Philip Lewis Information Rights Officer2025-09-11T00:00:00CAM108142025-09-01T00:00:00data on rough sleepers and temporary accommodationDate: 01/09/2025 Ref: CAM10814 Dear Requester, Thank you for your request for information dated 31/07/2025 about data on rough sleepers and temporary accommodation. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested. Please disclose the number of rough sleepers recorded by the council for the past six head counts. Please disclose the date for each head count/inspection. Month Year period Street count February 202 4 113 May 2024 121 October 2024 111 November 2024 132 March 2025 131 May 2025 149 Additionally, please disclose how many requests for temporary accommodation the council has received for each of the past financial years (April to March) - for clarity that would be 2024/25, 23/24, 22/23. This information is publicly available via the following link: Tables on homelessness - GOV.UK For 2024/25, please refer to the files titled: 'Statutory homelessness in England.' For prior years, the files are entitled: 'Detailed local authority level tables.' Temporary accommodation is not requested but may be provided following an assessment of homelessness applicants where necessary. To view figures on temporary accommodation, open the relevant spreadsheet, navigate to the TA1 sheet, locate Column E and scroll to find data for Camden. As the information requested is already reasonably accessible elsewhere it is exempt under the absolute exemption in Section 21. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Lorna Jonas-Tinson Information Rights Officer2025-09-11T00:00:00CAM130312026-08-03T00:00:00information relating to the informal settlement that sits across the central reservation of Euston Road, beside Warren Street Tube stationDate: 03/08/2026 Ref: CAM13031 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 08/06/2026 about information relating to the informal settlement that sits across the central reservation of Euston Road, beside Warren Street Tube station. We have dealt with this under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested. Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, please provide the following information for the years 2024 to 2026 (to date): 1. Any correspondence, briefings, emails, WhatsApp messages, meeting notes or records – both digitally and physically – relating to the informal settlement that sits across the central reservation of Euston Road, beside Warren Street Tube station See attached. Personal information has been redacted under Regulation 12(3). See the refusal notice below. 2. The amount of money spent on the management or removal of the informal settlement that sits across the central reservation of Euston Road, beside Warren Street Tube station £498.58 3. The number of complaints made by members of the public on the informal settlement that sits across the central reservation of Euston Road, beside Warren Street Tube station 5 a. Please share the content of these complaints See attached. Personal information has been redacted under Regulation 12(3). See the refusal notice below. If this request exceeds cost limits, please advise which parts can be provided within the limits. Refusal Notice: Regulation 12(3) The council considers that to disclose the personal data requested would not be in accordance with data protection legislation and therefore we have withheld some/all of the information under the absolute exemption in Regulation 12(3). The exemption states that personal data requested may be withheld when to release it would be a breach of the requirements of data protection law which is the UK General Data Protection London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Regulation (GDPR) and the Data Protection Act 2018. The information withheld is personal information because it allows living individuals to be identified. The council considers that it would be a breach of the General Data Protection Regulation article 5 requirements of fairness and proportionality to publish this personal information in a FOI request. In doing this we have considered the legitimate public interest in disclosure against the interests of the data subject/s and concluded that in the circumstances disclosure would contravene the data protection requirements of fairness and proportionality particularly considering that Freedom of Information responses are public documents and published to the world and not provided just to the requester. The council’s redaction policy states that junior staff member names, (those below Assistant Director level) unless in public facing positions, would not be released in a FOI response. Therefore, the names of junior staff members have been redacted from the request details as they would have no expectation that their details would be released into the public domain, and especially given the content of the request as we consider that to include them would be a breach of the requirements to act fairly and proportionately. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Philip Lewis Information Rights Officer2026-08-07T21:45:09CAM131562026-07-20T00:00:00all contemporaneous officer notes relating to inspections carried out as part of the licencing processDate: 20/07/2026 Ref: CAM13156 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 24/06/2026 about all contemporaneous officer notes relating to inspections carried out as part of the licencing process. We have dealt with this under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested. All contemporaneous officer notes relating to inspections carried out as part of the licencing process This should include notes relating to the licences issued in 2018-2020, and to the more recent renewal of these licences in 2025-2026 The licence numbers are as follows 119926 - 127 Kentish Town Road - (087977 was previous, 2018 application) 119927 - 83 Kentish Town Road - (087774 was previous, 2018 application) 122692 - 148 Camden Street - (087976 was previous, 2018 application appeal) 119477 - 3 Arlington Road - (087469 was previous, 2018 application) 119517 - 23 Mornington Crescent - (087767 was previous, 2018 application) 087810 - 84 Parkway - (This was renewed against the same reference number) Please see the inspections notes attached, which have been redacted in accordance with Regulation 12(3) of the Environmental Information Regulations 2004. See below for more information. Regulation 12(3) The council considers that to disclose the personal data requested would not be in accordance with data protection legislation and therefore we have withheld some/all of the information under the absolute exemption in Regulation 12(3). The exemption states that personal data requested may be withheld when to release it would be a breach of the requirements of data protection law which is the UK General Data Protection London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Regulation (GDPR) and the Data Protection Act 2018. The information withheld is personal information because it allows living individuals to be identified. The council considers that it would be a breach of the General Data Protection Regulation article 5 requirements of fairness and proportionality to publish this personal information in a FOI request. In doing this we have considered the legitimate public interest in disclosure against the interests of the data subject/s and concluded that in the circumstances disclosure would contravene the data protection requirements of fairness and proportionality particularly considering that Freedom of Information responses are public documents and published to the world and not provided just to the requester. The council’s redaction policy states that junior staff member names, (those below Assistant Director level) unless in public facing positions, would not be released in a FOI response. Therefore, the names of junior staff members have been redacted from the request details as they would have no expectation that their details would be released into the public domain, and especially given the content of the request as we consider that to include them would be a breach of the requirements to act fairly and proportionately. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Kieran Heneghan Information Rights Officer2026-08-19T21:45:04CAM132972026-08-07T00:00:00information relating to the investigation, management and treatment of the Pharaoh ant infestation affecting my residential block (Chancellors Court, Holborn)Date: 07/08/2026 Ref: CAM13297 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 13/07/2026 about information relating to the investigation, management and treatment of the Pharaoh ant infestation affecting my residential block (Chancellors Court, Holborn). We have dealt with this under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested. However, we are withholding some of the information because it is excepted as explained below. We have explained where we are withholding information and what exceptions apply. Please see the refusal notice at the end of the answer which explains how and why they apply. Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, I request the following information relating to the investigation, management and treatment of the Pharaoh ant infestation affecting my residential block (Chancellors Court, Holborn) Unless otherwise stated, please provide information from the earliest records held by Camden to the present. 1. My Property (Flat XX Chancellors Court) Please provide: 1. The total number of pest control visits carried out to my property in relation to Pharaoh ants. 2. The date of each visit. 3. The treatment carried out during each visit. 4. Copies of all pest control inspection reports, technician notes, treatment records and recommendations relating to my property (with personal information redacted where necessary). 5. Details of any follow-up recommendations made after each visit and whether those recommendations were implemented. Your request for this information is refused as explained in the Regulation 5(3) refusal notice below. 2. Building-wide Investigation Please provide: 6. Copies of any reports, surveys, inspections or investigations undertaken to identify the source or root cause of the recurring Pharaoh ant infestation within the building. 7. Copies of any building-wide pest management or eradication strategies relating to Pharaoh ants. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk 8. Copies of any internal reports or correspondence discussing the recurring nature of the infestation within the building. 3. Investigation of Communal Areas Please provide details of any inspections, investigations or treatments carried out in relation to the following areas as potential harbourage or travel routes for Pharaoh ants: - Communal ventilation ducts. - Bathroom ventilation shafts. - Toilet ventilation shafts. - Service risers. - Ceiling voids or suspended ceilings within communal landings. - Communal refuse/bin chutes. - Any other communal voids or shared building infrastructure. Please include copies of any inspection reports, technician notes or recommendations. 4. Pest Control Contractor Recommendations Please provide: 9. Copies of any recommendations made by Camden's pest control contractor concerning further investigations, structural works, building-wide treatments or alternative treatment strategies. 10. Details of whether those recommendations were accepted, implemented, deferred or rejected. Your request for this information is refused as explained in the Regulation 12(4)(b) refusal notice below. 5. Policies and Procedures Please provide: 11. Camden's current policy, procedure or guidance for managing recurring Pharaoh ant infestations within blocks of flats. Please see the following link - Pest control - Camden Council 12. Any guidance used to determine when a recurring infestation should be investigated beyond the treatment of individual dwellings. Please see the following link – When a threshold of 15-20% of dwellings have reported a recurring infestation 6. Historical Records Please provide: 13. The earliest recorded report of Pharaoh ants within the building. 2013. 14. The earliest recorded pest control treatment relating to Pharaoh ants within the building. 2013. 15. The total number of complaints received relating to Pharaoh ants within the building. 123. 16. The total number of pest control visits carried out to the building in relation to Pharaoh ants. 369. 7. Root Cause Investigation Please confirm: 17. Whether Camden has ever commissioned or undertaken an investigation to identify the root cause of the recurring Pharaoh ant infestation affecting the building. If so, please provide copies of any reports, findings or recommendations. If not, please confirm that no such investigation has been undertaken. It is not possible to identify the route cause, Pharaoh ants would have been indirectly introduced to the building. 8. Effectiveness of Treatment Please provide: 18. Any reports, reviews or assessments evaluating the effectiveness of the pest control measures used within the building. 19. Any records identifying that previous treatment programmes had failed to eradicate the infestation. 20. Any records discussing why the infestation continued despite repeated treatments. Your request for this information is refused as explained in the Regulation 12(4)(b) refusal notice below. 9. Other Pest Species Please provide: 21. Details of any other ant species identified within the building, Tropical ants – Pharaoh, Crazy, Ghost. including the dates of identification and the locations where they were found. Your request for this information is refused as explained in the Regulation 12(4)(b) refusal notice below. 22. Details of any records where there was uncertainty regarding the identification of the ant species present. 23. Details of any other recurring pest infestations recorded within the building (for example, cockroaches, rodents or bed bugs), including the number of reports for each pest type. Your request for this information is refused as explained in the Regulation 12(4)(b) refusal notice below. 10. Building-wide Nature of the Infestation Please confirm: 24. Whether Camden or its pest control contractor has ever concluded that the Pharaoh ant infestation is building-wide rather than confined to individual dwellings. If so, please provide copies of any reports, correspondence, recommendations or assessments supporting that conclusion. If no such conclusion has been reached, please provide any records explaining how Camden determined that repeated treatment of individual flats was the appropriate long-term management strategy despite the recurring nature of the infestation. If any of the requested information is exempt from disclosure, please provide the remaining information together with the exemption(s) relied upon. The threshold of dwellings has been met to carry a block control, please refer to point 5, question 11 for further detail. Regulation 5(3) The information you have requested is your own information. Freedom of Information/Environmental Information Regulation responses are considered to be public documents and to be published to the world and not provided just to the requester. It would not be appropriate to publish your personal information in this way and so the Act has an exemption in Regulation 5(3). This says that where the requester asks for their own information it is exempt. You can obtain your own information by making a subject access request under the General Data Protection Regulation. Please email SubjectAccess@camden.gov.uk with the details. Refusal Notice 12(4)(b) Under Regulation 12(4)(b) it would be considered manifestly unreasonable to provide a response to your request because the cost of compliance, and burden of dealing with your request, is excessive. The exception protects the Council’s ability to carry out its public functions and provides a balance between transparency and the protection of resources. The appropriate limit includes the time it will take the council to discover if it holds the information requested, to locate it, extract it and collate it as well as putting it into any particular format requested by the requester. We estimate that complying with this request would take approximately 21 hours and 31 minutes. This estimate is based on the time required to locate, retrieve and extract the relevant information from 369 records, with each record taking approximately 3 minutes and 30 seconds to review. This results in a total estimated review time of 1,291.5 minutes (21 hours and 31 minutes). The information requested is not held in a format that can be retrieved through a single report or automated search and would therefore require a manual review of each individual record to identify, extract and collate the relevant information. This work would need to be undertaken by officers within the Pest Control service who have the necessary knowledge of the records and systems concerned. The Pest Control service operates with limited resources and is responsible for delivering statutory and operational functions, including responding to service requests, investigating pest infestations, undertaking inspections and providing advice to residents and businesses. Diverting officer time to carry out more than 21 hours of manual record searches and review work would significantly impact the service's ability to carry out these functions and would place a disproportionate burden on the authority's resources. Therefore, we consider that the burden on the council in undertaking the work required would be unreasonable and Regulation 12(4)(b) applies. This exception is subject to a Public Interest Test and this is below. I have noted the factors for and against disclosure together with their relevant weights. The public interest argument for releasing this information is: • It would improve transparency to the general public of the Council (medium weight) • The presumption in favour of disclosure in the regulations (low weight) The public interest arguments for withholding the information are: • Processing this question would be a large burden in terms of Officer time and cost to the Council. (heavy weight) • This question would necessarily constitute a significant diversion of resources away from the Council’s core business activities. (heavy weight) • It would consequently have a proportionally detrimental impact on the provision of services to the public (heavy weight) • It is not in the public interest that the Council neglect its provision of services to the public to focus on one information request (heavy weight) It is felt that in all the circumstances of the case, the public interest in maintaining the exception outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information. Advice and Assistance As advice and assistance, as stated above, for part 1 of your request, you can obtain your own information by making a subject access request under the General Data Protection Regulation to the email address given. Regarding the rest of your request, you may wish to refine the scope of your request, for example by reducing the time period covered or narrowing the categories of information sought, which may enable us to provide information without imposing a disproportionate burden on the service. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Kieran Heneghan Information Rights Officer2026-09-02T21:45:30CAM133032026-08-14T00:00:00average waiting time, in days, from joining the housing register to being allocated a property, for households who qualify for 'Housing and health related needs: Priority category 1'Date: 12 August 2026 Ref: CAM13303 Dear Requester, Thank you for your request for information dated 14 July 2026 about average waiting time, in days, from joining the housing register to being allocated a property, for households who qualify for 'Housing and health related needs: Priority category 1'. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested and the answers to your questions are as follows: I would like to request the following information for the most recent year available: The average waiting time, in days, from joining the housing register to being allocated a property, for households who qualify for 'Housing and health related needs: Priority category 1', broken down by required bedroom need (1 bed need, 2 bed need, 3 bed need, and 4+ bed need). If data is not held specifically for Priority category 1, please provide the average waiting time, in days, for households who qualify for any category of 'Housing and health related needs', broken down by the same bedroom need categories. We have provided the median waiting time, in days for households qualifying under the 'Housing and Health Related Needs' category, broken down by the requested bedroom size categories, as the data cannot be disaggregated to identify Priority Category 1 separately. 1 Bed 2 Bed 3 Bed 4+ Bed Median waiting time in days for the allocation of a property by bed size* 499 931 1,911 3,186 * Median waiting time calculated for households qualifying under the Housing and Health Related Needs category that were allocated housing between 1 April 2021 and 31 March 2026 The information provided should not be used to predict how long an applicant will wait for a home. Waiting times vary depending on individual circumstances, housing priority, property requirements, availability of suitable accommodation, and the number and priority of other applicants seeking the same type of home. As a result, applicants with similar housing needs may experience different waiting times. The information is therefore intended to illustrate historic allocation trends only and should not be regarded as an indication of future waiting times. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk, telephone 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Lorna Jonas-Tinson Information Rights Officer2026-09-02T21:45:31CAM108162025-09-01T00:00:00disabled children waiting for Occupational TherapyDate: 01/09/2025 Ref: CAM10816 Dear Requester, Thank you for your request for information dated 31/07/2025 about disabled children waiting for Occupational Therapy. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The Council does not hold the information requested. The answers to your questions are as follows: For the two periods: • 1st April 2023 to 31st March 2024, and • 1st April 2024 to 31st March 2025 (to date) 1. What was the average waiting time from referral to the Occupational Therapy service to the completion of a comprehensive assessment of a disabled child's needs by an Occupational Therapist? This information is not held by the Council. As of the date of this request: 2. How many disabled children are currently waiting for an OT assessment? Please see the response to question 1 above. 3. What is the longest current waiting time from referral to assessment for a disabled child still on the waiting list? Please see the response to question 1 above. Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Lorna Jonas-Tinson Information Rights Officer2025-09-11T00:00:00CAM108172025-09-01T00:00:00meetings which discussed issues of cycling and/or pedestrian safetyDate: 01/09/2025 Ref: CAM10817 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 31/07/2025 about meetings which discussed issues of cycling and/or pedestrian safety. We have dealt with this under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested. Please provide a list of all meetings held in the last 2 years by Council officers with outside persons or organisations which discussed issues of cycling and/or pedestrian safety, including the dates and attendees for each meeting. The information that you have requested is publicly available at the following location: https://camdencyclists.org.uk/category/meetings-with-camden/ As the information requested is already reasonably accessible elsewhere it is excepted under Regulation 6(1)(b). Regulation 12(4)(b) Warning Please note that before this information request you have made 6 information requests on the subject of motorcycles and related topics since February 2024 as below: Ref Date Submitted Summary CAM10546 26/06/2025 Copies of all communication between Cllr Harrison and Council Officers relating to motorcycles and motorcycle parking policy, in the 6 months from January to June 2025 CAM10496 19/06/2025 all responses received to the Parking Policy Review – Phase 2 Traffic Management Order Consultation CAM10514 19/06/2025 proposed motorcycle parking policy CAM10306 20/05/2025 motorcycle parking policy CAM7226 04/03/2024 Meters of kerbside space used for on -street parking bays and solo -motorcycle bays from 2019 -2023 CAM7118 19/02/2024 Number of kerbside meters used for on -street parking bays and solo -motorcycle bays You have also made 2 internal reviews on CAM10306 and CAM10596. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk You, on behalf of Save London Motorcycling, have had 5 deputations accepted in 18 months to various council bodies as follows: 1) 14/12/2023: regarding anti-motorcycle bias to a meeting of the Culture and Environment Scrutiny Committee. 2) 29/01/2023: on the topic of the Council’s proposed motorcycle parking charges to a meeting of the full Council. 3) 06/02/2024: regarding the impact of anti-motorcycle bias on the CTS to a meeting of the Culture and Environment Scrutiny Committee. 4) 28/02/2024: on the topic of the Council’s proposed motorcycle parking charges to a meeting of the Cabinet. 5) 07/04/2025: on the topic of the Council’s proposed motorcycle parking charges to a meeting of full Council. There have also been 10 topics of conversation in the last 12 months between you and the Transport and Travel Planning Team Manager on this subject. Going forward, the council will consider refusing further requests on the subject of motorcycling from you or anyone found to be working in concert with you, under Regulation 12(4)(b) of the Environmental Information Regulations 2004. This regulation states that a public authority may refuse to disclose information to the extent that the request for information is manifestly unreasonable, due to the likelihood that further requests on this topic could cause a burden and unjustified level of disruption to the Transport Strategy team and the Information Rights team. However we advise that the most effective way to raise and discuss important issues would be to continue to meet the Transport Strategy team through the established quarterly meetings with Officers. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk Telephone: 0303 123 1113 , live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/ Yours sincerely Philip Lewis Information Rights Officer2025-09-11T00:00:00CAM108182025-09-01T00:00:00contact details for Heads of Service and Service Managers within Adult Social Care and Children’s ServicesDate: 01/09/2025 Ref: CAM10818 Dear Requester, Thank you for your request for information dated 31/07/2025 about contact details for Heads of Service and Service Managers within Adult Social Care and Children’s Services. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested. However, we are withholding some of the information because it is exempt as explained below. We have explained where we are withholding information and what exemptions apply. Please see the refusal notices at the end of the answers which explain how and why they apply. The names, job titles and professional contact details of all current Heads of Service and Service Managers within Social Care at Camden Council; both Adults and Children's Services Name Position Adult Social Care [Permanent/ Interim/ Acting Position] Molyn Kapuya Head of Integrated Learning Disabilities Service and Mental Health Michelle Head Head of ASC Neighbourhoods Jamie Spencer Head of Insight, Quality & Financial Services Henry Langford Head of Integrated Neighbourhood Teams Karen Timperley Head of Adults Commissioning Jonathon Horn Head of Learning Disability, Autism and Mental Health Commissioning Cynthia Davis Head of ASC Innovation Laurie Armatrading Head of Provider Services Alison Purchase Head of Early Years, Schools & Families Team Dionne Usherwood (Joint) Head of Children’s Commissioning & Health Partnerships Julia Mills (Joint) Head of Children’s Commissioning & Health Partnerships Johanna Tuomi - Sharrock Head of Integrated Strategy & Assurance Emma Stubbs Head of Drugs, Alcohol & Sexual Health Will Yuill Head of Health Intelligence Children’s Services Michelle O’Regan Head of Children in Need Vacant Head of Looked After Children and Care Leavers Tim Cosh Head of Integrated Youth Services Debbie Adams Head of Early Years Jessica Eneberi Head of Family Support and Complex Families Crina Popa Head of Children and Young People Disability Service London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk We are withholding some of the information as we consider the following exemption applies. Refusal notice: Section 40(2): Personal information The council considers that to disclose the personal data requested would not be in accordance with data protection legislation and therefore we have withheld some of the information related to Service Manager names and contact details under the absolute exemption in Section 40(2). The exemption states that personal data requested may be withheld when to release it would be a breach of the requirements of data protection law which is the UK General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the Data Protection Act 2018. The information withheld is personal information because it allows living individuals to be identified. The council considers that it would be a breach of the General Data Protection Regulation article 5 requirements of fairness and proportionality to publish this personal information in a FOI request. In doing this we have considered the legitimate public interest in disclosure against the interests of the data subject/s and concluded that in the circumstances disclosure would contravene the data protection requirements of fairness and proportionality particularly considering that Freedom of Information responses are public documents and published to the world and not provided just to the requester. The council’s redaction policy states that junior staff member names, (those below Assistant Director level) unless in public facing positions, would not be released in a FOI response. Therefore, the names of junior staff members have not been disclosed as they would have no expectation that their details would be released into the public domain and especially given the content of the request as we consider that to include them would be a breach of the requirements to act fairly and proportionately. Confirmation of whether these roles are permanent, interim or acting positions. All positions are permanent. Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Lorna Jonas-Tinson Information Rights Officer2025-09-11T00:00:00CAM108262025-08-29T00:00:00information relating to licenced animal operatorsDate: 29/08/2025 Ref: CAM10826 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 01/08/2025 about information relating to licenced animal operators. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested. We would like to request information relating to licenced animal operators in the area for which you are responsible. For each operator with a license issued under the Animal Welfare (LIAIA) (England) Regulations 2018 would you please provide: Licence number Operator name Type of Licence* Star rating Licence expiry date Number and type of animals Address Line 1 Address Line 2 Address Line 3 Postcode, Part of Postcode, Ward or town name If possible, please provide this information in electronic format as an excel spreadsheet. *Type of Licence This should be one of: Commercial boarding cats Commercial boarding dogs Home boarding dogs Dog day care/Arranger Dog breeding Hiring of Horses Exhibition animals Selling as pets The information that you have requested is in the attached spreadsheet. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner ’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk Telephone: 0303 123 1113 , live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/ Yours sincerely Philip Lewis Information Rights Officer2025-09-11T00:00:00CAM108272025-09-01T00:00:00emergency action planDate: 01/09/2025 Case reference : CAM10827 London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 01/08/2025 about our  emergency action plan.  We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 / Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested and the answers to your questions are as follows: 1. When was the last time your emergency action plan has been updated? 2. What is the total budget allocated for emergency planning, preparedness, and response activities? 3. How many full time employees (FTE) are assigned to emergency planning or civil contingency work in the past 3 years. Please provide this information for the financial years 22/23, 23/24, 24/25, and 25/26 to date The relevant information in the format you asked for is:- Document name: Emergency Response and Recovery Plan • Last updated: August 2020 • Frequency of updates: As required (note: currently being updated)• Publicly available: No • 24/ 2025 budget: £433,220 • 23/24 budget: £498,046 • 22/23 budget: £414,214 • Budget category or department: Emergency Planning • Number of staff: 6 Headcount (as of August 2025) • Department/team name: Resilience • Roles included: Head of Corporate Resilience (x1), Resilience and Public Security Manager (x1), Resilience Officers (x4) Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk , Telephone: 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website https://www.ico.org.uk may be useful.Yours sincerely, Peter Williams Information Rights Officer2025-09-11T00:00:00CAM108362025-09-01T00:00:00complaints did your council receive about Christmas decorations/lights on/in domestic properties and commercial propertiesDate: 01/09/2025 Ref: CAM10836 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 04/08/2025 about complaints did your council receive about Christmas decorations/lights on/in domestic properties and commercial properties . We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested. For each of the last five calendar years (1st January 2019 - 31st December 2024): 1. How many complaints did your council receive about Christmas decorations/lights on/in domestic properties (for example, too big/loud/flashy)? None. 2. How many complaints did your council receive about Christmas decorations/lights on/in commercial properties? None. 3. For Q1 and Q2, what were the most common complaints? N/A. 4. In relatoin to Q1 and 2, which post codes/streets received the most complaints? N/A. 5. How many enforcement notices were issued as a result of complaints received in Q1 and Q2. None. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner ’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Philip Lewis Information Rights Officer2025-09-11T00:00:00CAM108372025-08-27T00:00:00Gateway 2 and 3 applications to the Building Safety RegulatorCAM10837 - Date: 27/8/25 Ref: CAM20837 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 4/8/25 about Gateway 2 and 3 applications to the Building Safety Regulator. We have dealt with this under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds some of the information requested. However we are withholding some of the information because it is excepted as explained below. We have explained where we do not hold information, and where we are withholding information and what exception applies. Please see the refusal notices at the end of the answers which explain how and why they apply. Scope & Clarifications • Definition of Higher-Risk Building: As per the Building Safety Act 2022 (at least 18 metres in height or 7 storeys, with at least 2 residential units). • I am not requesting disclosure of applicant identities, proprietary design details, or commercially confidential strategies. • I am happy to receive representative samples if providing full sets would exceed the statutory time/cost limit. 1. Comparative Submission Documents – Gateway 2 and Gateway 3 o Copies of multiple submissions (ideally 4–6 per Gateway stage) representing:  Small vs large Higher-Risk Buildings  Different project complexities (e.g. residential only vs mixed use)  Varied outcomes: approved, deferred, and rejected. o Please provide redacted versions to ensure no personal, commercially sensitive, or security sensitive information is disclosed. o If full disclosure is not possible, representative extracts showing structure, content, and evidence requirements would still be extremely valuable. The Council has made one Gateway 2 application, which was for 4 buildings on the Birkenhead Estate. That has been approved by the Building Safety Regulator (BSR). Relevant documentation is attached. As we have only made one submission we cannot provide multiple submissions. The council has made no Gateway 3 applications, and we have not been allocated any Gateway 3 submission to review by the BSR. Refusal Notice Regulation 13 – personal data. A small amount of personal data has been redacted from the disclosed documentation. This is names, signatures and email addresses of London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk external third parties. This has been redacted as disclosures under the Regulations is considered to be made to the world and it would be inappropriate to expose those external people to unwanted communications. 2. Templates and Standard Forms o Any checklists, templates, or standard formats issued for Gateway 2 and Gateway 3 compliance. We do not hold any templates or standard forms. As this is not held, we have to apply a technicality and say it is expected under reg 12(4)(a). Regulation 12(4)(a) carries a requirement to conduct a public interest test and there is a presumption in favour of disclosure. However, the ICO have said they cannot see a public interest argument capable of requiring the public authority to disclose information it does not hold. 3. Decision Outcomes and Explanations o A statistical breakdown of Gateway 2 and Gateway 3 applications received between 1 October 2023 and 31 July 2025, showing how many were:  Approved  Deferred  Rejected Where available, anonymised decision notices or review summaries explaining the reasons for deferrals or rejections. Gateway 2- one made for 4 buildings- approved as per attached. Gateway 3- none received. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication R egulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk Telephone: 0303 123 1113 , live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/ Yours sincerely Sarah Laws Data Protection Manager2025-09-11T00:00:00CAM108402025-09-01T00:00:00talent managementDate: 01/09/2025 Case reference : CAM10840London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 04/08/2025 about talent management.   We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.   Response The council holds the information requested.  However, we are withholding the information because it is exempt as explained below.  We have explained what exemption applies.  Please see the refusal notice which explains how and why it applies: Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA), I am requesting the following information: 1. Talent Management Strategies: 1.1 Can you describe your organisation's approach to talent management? 1.2 How do you identify and develop high-potential employees? 1.3 What retention strategies do you use to keep top talent engaged? 2. Organisational Culture: 2.1 How would you characterise your organisation's culture? 2.2 How do you promote a positive and inclusive work environment?2.3 Can you give examples of how your organisation's culture influences employee behaviour? 3. Employee Behaviour and Performance: 3.1 How do you measure employee performance, and what metrics do you use? 3.2 Can you describe any notable instances where talent management strategies or organisational culture impacted employee behaviour or performance? 3.3 How do you address performance issues or behavioural problems? 3.4 How many external complaints between January 2023 to August 2025 have you received relating to a staff member and how many was upheld? THIS IS FOR COMPLAINTS 3.5 How many internal complaints (grievances) between January 2023 to August 2025 have you received relating to a staff member and how many was upheld? 3.6 In respect to questions, 3.4 and 3.5, what strategies have you implemented to learn from these complaints and are they effective? 4. Interplay between Talent Management Strategies and Organisational Culture: 4.1 How do you think your organisation's talent management strategies align with its culture? 4.2 Can you provide examples of how talent management strategies have influenced organisational culture, or vice versa? 4.3 How do you believe the interplay between talent management strategies and organisational culture affects employee behaviour and performance? 5. Additional Insights: 5.1 Are there any challenges or obstacles you've faced in implementing talent management strategies or promoting a positive organisational culture? 5.2 How do you see the relationship between talent management strategies, organisational culture, and employee behaviour and performance evolving in the future? 5.3 How many employees are performing below expectation, at expectation, and above expectation? We are not processing this request as it would require a disproportionate amount of time, effort, and expense.  Please see the exemption notice set out below. Refusal Notice The exemption that applies is: section 12: cost of compliance exceeds appropriate limit We are refusing your request under section 12 on cost grounds because we estimate that compliance with your request will exceed the "appropriate limit". This is £450 which is equivalent to 18 hours at £25 per hour. The per hour figure is set by Regulations rather than actual salary paid to any officers handling requests. The appropriate limit includes the time it will take the council to discover if it holds the information requested, to locate it, extract it and collate it as well as putting it into any particular format requested by the requester. We have calculated that it will take approx. 5,535 hours (minimum) to comply with your request because for Q3.5: review each of the individual 23 cases lodged on the system to determine if they are in scope• each of these cases would take an average minimum of 45 minutes to collate information• not all cases have been recorded centrally on the relevant reporting system used by HR• so, we cannot clearly report and determine how many grievances cases logged related to a member of staff and how many instances were upheld.• to provide this information over 100 individual service areas would need report the numbers of relevant cases that have not been logged on the system and their outcome• this would also take an average minimum of 45 minutes per service• Advice and AssistanceMuch of your request is asking for opinion and information that would not be recorded.  The FOIA only gives access to recorded information so we would not be required to answer most of your questions.  We can respond to Q 3.4 on external complaints as we have the necessary records. For Q 3.5 we can provide the total number of internal complaints (grievances) logged on our HR system for the period requested.  This figure would be for the number of grievances recorded regardless of whether they related to staff members or not. In addition to this, we are unable to provide the data relating to the number of these cases that have been upheld due to the limitations which exist with the system. Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk , Telephone: 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website https://www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Peter Williams Information Rights Officer2025-09-11T00:00:00CAM108412025-08-28T00:00:00PCN and CPZ questionsDate: 28/08/2025 Ref: CAM10841 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 04/08/2025 about PCN and CPZ questions. We have dealt with this under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested. 1. PCNs issued on Smart’s Place Please provide the total number of PCNs issued on Smart’s Place (WC2) under contravention code 01 – ‘Parked in a restricted street during prescribed hours’ during the following periods: • Calendar year 2023 • Calendar year 2024 • From January 1st, 2025 to the date of this request If possible, please break this down by month. This information is already publicly available. It is published on our Open Data Portal, https://opendata.camden.gov.uk/browse All the information is filterable and downloadable using the on screen tools. The link to the exact dataset is as follows - Parking Services Penalty Charge Notices 2. CPZ signage and installation history Please confirm: • Whether Smart’s Place is part of a Controlled Parking Zone (CPZ), and if so, which zone it falls under (e.g., CA-C, CA-D, etc.) Smart's Place is within Controlled Parking Zone (CPZ) CA- C. • The exact location(s) of any CPZ entry signage applicable to Smart’s Place Please see the attached map which shows the location of each CPZ CA -C zone entry sign. • The date on which the current signage relating to CPZ restrictions at or near the entry to Smart’s Place was installed or last updated Our Asset team can confirm that these signs have been in place on- street since at least 2012, however, their sign installation records do not go back any further, so we cannot give an exact year. • Whether there have been any known issues or complaints logged regarding lack of visible signage on Smart’s Place There is no record of any complaint related to the CPZ signage on Smart's Place. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner ’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Kieran Heneghan Information Rights Officer2025-09-11T00:00:00CAM108452025-08-28T00:00:00Mount Pleasant supported accommodationDate: 28/08/2025 Ref: CAM10845 Dear Requester, Thank you for your request for information dated 28/07/2025 about Mount Pleasant supported accommodation. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested. However, we are withholding all of the information because it is exempt as explained below. We have explained where we are withholding information and what exemptions apply. Please see the refusal notices at the end of the answers which explain how and why they apply. I am being spied on by my neighbour in Mount Pleasant Supported accommodation. He has hacked my phone. I can't prove it. I'd like to know if there have been any similar complaints made about this individual by previous occupants. He may or may not be reading as a submit this request. His details are: We are withholding this information as we consider the following exemption applies. Refusal notice: Section 40(5): Personal information Under section 40(5)(b)(i) we neither confirm nor deny whether the council holds this information. To say whether or not the council holds this information would itself disclose personal information. This would contravene the principle in the General Data Protection Regulation that personal data is processed fairly and lawfully. A response to a FOI request is considered to be made publicly available to the whole world and not provided just to the requester. This response should not be taken as an indication that the information you requested is or is not held by the council. Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Lorna Jonas-Tinson Information Rights Officer2025-09-11T00:00:00CAM108592025-08-29T00:00:00counterfeit football shirts seized by Trading StandardsDate: 29/08/2025 Ref: CAM10859 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 05/08/2025 about counterfeit football shirts seized by Trading Standards. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds some of the information requested. 1. The total number of counterfeit football shirts seized by Trading Standards in your area each year from 2019 to the most recent year available. The council only holds information from 2022 as follows. 2022 – 466 2023 – 3,168 2024 – 870 2. (If readily available) The estimated total value (£) of these seized shirts for each year. This is information is not easily accessible without exceeding the hours allowed under the FOI regulations. 3. The number of fines or prosecutions each year relating to the sale or distribution of counterfeit football shirts, or counterfeit football merchandise, if shirts are not recorded separately. N/A. For consistency: - Please provide figures for full calendar years (Jan–Dec) where possible. If only financial year data is available, please specify this. - If your systems do not separately record “football shirts,” please confirm this and provide data for the broader category of counterfeit sportswear instead. - Please confirm whether seizure counts represent individual shirts or seizure incidents/operations, and whether value estimates are based on retail or street value. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner ’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk Telephone: 0303 123 1113 , live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/ Yours sincerely Philip Lewis Information Rights Officer2025-09-11T00:00:00CAM108652025-09-04T00:00:00Late Night Levy RevenuesDate: 04/09/2025 Ref: CAM10865 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 06/08/2025 about Late Night Levy Revenues. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested. • What have the annual Late Night Levy Revenues been for the Borough of Camden, for the two-year period between April 2024 - April 2026? Ie: how much Late Night Levy funding did the borough of Camden collect from its licensed premises? Year Amount collected 2024 -25 £300,000 2025 -26 £103,600 (collected to date) (forecasted £300,000) • How have Camden’s Late Night Levy revenues been paid annually for each of the following years: April 2024-April 2025, and April 2025-April 2026? Ie: On an annual basis, what proportion of the total revenue has been paid to the MET police for late night policing, and what proportion has been paid to other relevant organisations? Met Police s.92 partnership agreement – Targeted Met Police activity Costs relating to the continued provision of the existing ENTE Uri -lifts (pop up urinals). 2024 -25 70% 30% 2025 -26 70% 30% • Who are the individuals on Camden’s Late Night Levy committee / board for the period April 2024 – April 2026, and how often do they meet? Meetings are held monthly and the members are: Lord Simon Pitkeathley (Camden Town Unlimited) Henry Conlon (Camden Inner London Licensees Association) William Sasu (Public Protection Manager) (Camden) Ken Wright ( The Phoenix Artist Club) Oliver Jones (Director of Recreation, Investment, Place and Opportunity) (Camden) Peter Luciano (Metropolitan Police) London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner ’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk Telephone: 0303 123 1113 , live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/ Yours sincerely Philip Lewis Information Rights Officer2025-09-11T00:00:00CAM108662025-08-28T00:00:00total sum spent of the Haverstock Hill London NW3 Bicycle Lane works 2025Date: 28/08/2025 Ref: CAM10866 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 06/08/2025 about total sum spent of the Haverstock Hill London NW3 Bicycle Lane works 2025. We have dealt with this under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested. I request the total sum spent of the Haverstock Hill London NW3 Bicycle Lane works 2025. £160,000 has been spent so far. Also the tenders submitted for the works prior to the works commencing. No tenders were submitted as Camden uses their term contractors. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner ’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Yours sincerely Kieran Heneghan Information Rights Officer2025-09-11T00:00:00CAM108712025-09-01T00:00:00communal heating and hot water systemDate: 01/09/2025 Case reference : CAM10871London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 07/08/2025 a  communal heating and hot water system.    We have dealt with this under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004 (EIR 2004). Response The council holds the information requested.  However, we are withholding some of the information because it is excepted as explained below.  We have explained where we are withholding information and what exception applies.  Please see the refusal notice at the end of the answer which explains how and why it applies.  This FOI request relates to the communal heating and hot water system(s) that serve the properties within the Lymington Road Estate NW6, and other issues. On 9 July 2025 we sent a FOI request which was allocated the reference CAM10638 . The council responded to this request on 25 July 2025 and provided a copy of the option appraisal from FLOH Consulting Limited dated 19 October 2023. Paragraph 2.8 on page 12 of the option appraisal makes reference to “a record of call out and repairs has been provided by LBC, which logs issues dating from April 2016 to present day”. Paragraph 2.8 on page 12 of the options appraisal also makes reference to “a ‘Zurich Report’ are made around October 2022, documenting issues with controls installations that require remedial action”. We request a copy of the record of call outs and repairs that was provided to FLOH Consulting Limited as referred to in their option appraisal report and a copy of the Zurich Report made around October 2022.Please find relevant information attached.  This information has been redacted to remove the names, addresses and contact details of residents or workers from outside agencies – please see the exception notice set out below. Refusal Notice The exception that applies is: Regulation 12(3): personal data The council considers that to disclose the personal data in the information requested would not be in accordance with data protection legislation and therefore we have withheld some/all of the information under the exemption in Regulation 12(3). The exception states that personal data requested may be withheld when to release it would be a breach of the requirements of data protection law which is the UK General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the Data Protection Act 2018. The information withheld is personal information because it allows living individuals to be identified or is information concerning them. The council considers that it would be a breach of the General Data Protection Regulation article 5 requirements of fairness and proportionality to publish this personal information in an information request. In doing this we have considered the legitimate public interest in disclosure against the interests of the data subject/s and concluded that in the circumstances disclosure would contravene the data protection requirements of fairness and proportionality particularly considering that EIR 2004 responses are public documents and published to the world and not provided just to the requester. Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your RightsIf you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk , Telephone: 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website https://www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Peter Williams Information Rights Officer2025-09-11T00:00:00CAM108742025-08-28T00:00:00misuse of EV charging baysDate: 28/08/2025 Ref: CAM10874 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 07/08/2025 about misuse of EV charging bays. We have dealt with this under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested. Q1. Does your authority currently enforce any EV charging bays (e.g. through a Traffic Regulation Order or other legal mechanism)? If yes, please provide: a. The number of Penalty Charge Notices (PCNs) issued for EV bay misuse (i.e. parked without actively charging), broken down by calendar year (2020– 2025 to date). Please note - all the data is presented in fiscal year format. Code 14 Parked in an electric vehicles’ charging place during restricted hours without charging Financial Year Issued PCNs 2020/21 234 2021/22 315 2022/23 1,099 2023/24 1,428 2024/25 1,184 2025/26 1,041 b. The total value of fines issued for EV bay misuse, broken down by year. The total value of fines issued for EV bay misuse, broken down by year. Financial Year Operational Record of Income 2020/21 £15,921.00 2021/22 £22,429.00 2022/23 £79,615.09 2023/24 £101,760.71 2024/25 £81,845.34 2025/26 £60,020.00 London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Q2. The number of publicly accessible EV charging bays currently managed by the council or under its parking enforcement remit. This information is already published on our Open Data platform - Parking Bays | Open Data Portal Q3. If available, the three most commonly misused EV bay locations (e.g. by street name, car park, or postcode). Street | Code Issued PCNs HAMPSTEAD HILL GARDENS 14 608 SOUTH END ROAD 14 345 BROADFIELD LANE 14 206 Q4. If held, the number of drivers who received more than one PCN for EV bay misuse during this period. We do not have data on individual drivers who received the attached PCN; it is issued to a VRM and payable by the vehicle owner. If referencing VRMs, we have records 486 VRMs have received more than two PCNs from 2020/21 to date. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner ’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Kieran Heneghan Information Rights Officer2025-09-11T00:00:00CAM108772025-09-05T00:00:00specialist further education (FE) college placements, SEND related mattersDate: 05/09/2025 Ref: CAM10877 Dear Requester, Thank you for your request for information dated 07/08/2025 about specialist further education (FE) college placements, SEND related matters. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested. However, we are withholding all of the information because it is exempt as explained below. We have explained where we are withholding information and what exemptions apply. Please see the refusal notices at the end of the answers which explain how and why they apply. 1. Please could you supply the name, job title, email address and telephone number of the commissioner with responsibility for making specialist FE college placements For questions 2 through 10, please supply the following information for the financial years 2020/21 to 2024/25. Please note the following definitions: • All specialist FE colleges include local authority maintained, non - maintained, and independent for profit and not-for-profit post-16 establishments • Specialist post-16 establishments are FE colleges and sixth-form colleges that are specially organised to make special educational provision for students with special educational needs • ‘Learning Difficulty’ includes Moderate Learning Difficulty (MLD), Severe Learning Difficulty (SLD), Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulty (PMLD), Specific Learning Difficulty (SpLD) • ‘SEMH’ refers to Social, Emotional and Mental Health needs where children/young people have difficulties managing their behaviour. Typical characteristics include, but are not limited to: emotional regulation issues, social interaction difficulties, mental health conditions, and behavioural issues London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk 2. Please provide the total number of children and young people for whom the authority maintains a statement of SEN or EHC Plan: a. In all specialist FE colleges b. In independent specialist FE colleges 3. Please provide the total number of children and young people for whom the authority maintains a statement of SEN or EHC Plan in an independent specialist FE college that is; a. In area b. Out of area 4. Please provide the total number of children and young people for whom the authority maintains an independent specialist FE college placement for a primary EHC Plan need of: a. Learning difficulty (including MLD, SLD, PMLD, SpLD) b. Autistic Spectrum Disorder c. SEMH 5. Please provide the total number of children and young people for whom the authority maintains an independent specialist FE college placement for a primary EHC Plan need of: a. Moderate Learning Difficulty (MLD) b. Severe Learning Difficulty (SLD) c. Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulty (PMLD) d. Specific Learning Difficulty (SpLD) 6. Please provide the local authority’s total expenditure on SEN placements; a. In all specialist FE colleges b. In independent specialist FE colleges 7. Please provide the local authority’s total expenditure on independent specialist FE college placements for a primary EHC Plan need of: a. Learning difficulty b. Autistic Spectrum Disorder c. SEMH 8. Please list of 5 independent specialist FE colleges with whom the local authority makes the most placements for children or young people with an EHC Plan for LD, ASD or SEMH for the latest full year available. For each provider, please specify; a. Name of establishment b. total number of placements made c. total expenditure on placements made 9. Please list of 5 independent specialist FE colleges with whom the local authority spends the most on per placement for children or young people with an EHC Plan for LD, ASD or SEMH for the latest full year available. For each provider, please specify; a. Name of establishment b. total number of placements made c. total expenditure on placements made 10. Please provide the total number of children and young people for whom the authority maintains a statement of SEN or EHC Plan in an independent specialist FE college a. Who’s previous placement was an independent special school b. Who’s next placement was an adult social care placement in residential care or supported living We are withholding this information as we consider the following exemption applies. Refusal notice: Section 12: Cost of Compliance Exceeds the Appropriate Limit We are refusing your request under section 12 on cost grounds because we estimate that compliance with your request will exceed the "appropriate limit". This is £450 which is equivalent to 18 hours at £25 per hour. The per hour figure is set by Regulations rather than actual salary paid to any officers handling requests. The appropriate limit includes the time it will take the council to discover if it holds the information requested, to locate it, extract it and collate it as well as putting it into any particular format requested by the requester. We do not hold the requested information in an easily accessible format. The scope of your request is broad, covering a wide range of Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) over a five-year period. You have asked for the number of children and young people with a statement of SEN or an Education, Health and Care (EHC) Plan placed in independent specialist further education (FE) colleges, both in-area and out-of-area. In London, this distinction can be unclear. For example, Westminster Kingsway College has campuses both within and outside Camden. Its Department for Education (DfE) registration is part of a wider college group spanning several North-Central London boroughs. While Camden is listed as the registered address, this reflects the location of the main administrative office rather than the full scope of provision. We have calculated that it will take approx. 282 hours (minimum) to comply with your request because: • There are 144 placements within scope of questions 4 and 5. We have calculated it would take a council officer approx. 3 to 4 minutes per case to gather, analyse and extract the relevant data. Using an average of 3.5 minutes per case, it would take a minimum of approx. 8.4 hours to respond to question 4. The same process would be required for question 5, totalling 16.8 hours. • A response to question 7 would require a manual check of approximately 7,436 invoice records from our finance systems. Financial data is recorded under a single cost centre for all college-related expenditure. Disaggregating this by college type and need across the five-year period would take approximately 2 minutes per record, resulting in an estimated 247.8 hours of officer time. • Reviewing individual educational histories to determine previous and subsequent placements over the same period is estimated to take an average of 7.5 minutes per case, totalling approx. 18 hours. Responding to questions 4, 5, 7, and 10 would require a minimum of 282 hours of officer time, which significantly exceeds the 18-hour limit set under Section 12 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Advice and Assistance To remain within the time limit set by the Freedom of Information Act, you may wish to consider narrowing the scope of your request and reducing the timeframe covered. Information on the number of children young people with an EHC plan (or formerly a Statement of SEN) attending general FE colleges and independent specialist colleges is reported to the DfE through the national SEN2 census. The DfE publishes this data in national tables, which are available at: Education, health and care plans: England 2025 - GOV.UK. Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Lorna Jonas-Tinson Information Rights Officer2025-09-11T00:00:00CAM108782025-09-01T00:00:00Dog breeders and dog breeding licenceDate: 01/09/2025 Ref: CAM10878 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 08/08/2025 about Dog breeders and dog breeding licence. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested. 1. How many dog breeders are currently licensed by your council? None. 2. How do you assess compliance with the dog breeding licence condition set out in sch 6, para 6(5) of the Animal Welfare (Licensing of Activities Involving Animals) (England) Regulations 2018 (“LAIAR”), which states, “No dog may be kept for breeding if it can reasonably be expected, on the basis of its genotype, phenotype or state of health that breeding from it could have a detrimental effect on its health or welfare or the health or welfare of its offspring”? Inspections for compliance are carried out by City of London on behalf of London Borough of Camden. 3. Please advise: a. How many instances of non-compliance with sch 6, para 6(5) of LAIAR has your council recorded since October 2018? None. b. How many dog breeding licences have been i. refused, ii. varied, iii. suspended, or iv. revoked by your council due to non-compliance with sch 6, para 6(5) of LAIAR since October 2018? None since October 2018. c. How many operators have been i. prosecuted for and ii. convicted of an offence contrary to reg 20(1)(a) LAIAR by your council for breaching the dog breeding licence condition contained in sch 6, para 6(5) LAIAR? None. d. If applicable, what penalties were imposed on any convicted operators referred to in your response to 3(c)? (Please provide a breakdown for the above information by year using the example table below.) N/A --TABLE IN ATTACHMENTS-- London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk 4. With reference to your answer to question 3(a) above, if any instances of non-compliance were recorded, please indicate the grounds upon which the operator was found to be in breach of sch 6, para 6(5) LAIAR? N/A. 5. Please provide copies of any internal policies relating to the enforcement and implementation of the Animal Welfare (Licensing of Activities Involving Animals) (England) Regulations 2018. Please refer to our website, Animal Welfare Licensing section. 6. For all dog breeding licences issued or refused in the past three years, please provide copies of inspection forms held. I understand that any personal information will need to be redacted. If inspection reports are not held (e.g because inspections are carried out by another local authority or regulatory service on your council’s behalf) please provide the name of the authority / service provider that holds this information. N/A, none were applied for. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner ’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk Telephone: 0303 123 1113 , live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/ Yours sincerely Philip Lewis Information Rights Officer2025-09-11T00:00:00CAM108792025-09-01T00:00:00Camden Council’s awareness of, response to, or involvement in events surrounding the Poll Tax riot that occurred on 31 March 1990 in Central LondonDate: 01/09/2025 Ref: CAM10879 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 07/08/2025 about Camden Council’s awareness of, response to, or involvement in events surrounding the Poll Tax riot that occurred on 31 March 1990 in Central London. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 . Response The council does not hold the information requested. I am writing under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 to request records relating to Camden Council’s awareness of, response to, or involvement in events surrounding the Poll Tax riot that occurred on 31 March 1990 in Central London. Specifically, I would like to request: 1. Pre-Riot Risk Assessments or Communications Any correspondence, internal memos, or records shared with the police, Greater London Council, or other local authorities about anticipated disruption, mobilisation, or risk assessments linked to the planned demonstration in the weeks preceding the event (March 1990). 2. Youth Engagement & Political Unrest Any youth services records (e.g. outreach notes, programmes, internal reports, or communications) from 1990 referencing youth political disaffection, the Community Charge (Poll Tax), or civic unrest — particularly in the context of Camden’s communities. 3. Travel Disruption or Resident Notices Any official guidance, warnings, or communications sent to residents about travel disruptions, road closures, or safety concerns relating to the events on 31 March 1990. The information that you have requested is not held due to the council’s data retention periods. Data retention periods for this sort of information would be 6 years plus current year. You are asking for information from 35 years ago. However the Camden Local Studies and Archives Centre may hold this information. See the following link of how to contact them: https://www.camden.gov.uk/about- the-local-studies- archives-centre London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner ’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk Telephone: 0303 123 1113 , live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/ Yours sincerely Philip Lewis Information Rights Team2025-09-11T00:00:00CAM108882025-09-03T00:00:00data for the number of traffic control measures within your council’s jurisdictionDate: 03/09/2025 Ref: CAM10888 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 11/08/2025 about data for the number of traffic control measures within your council’s jurisdiction. We have dealt with this under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested. I am making a request for information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Please provide the most recent available data for the number of the following traffic control measures within your council’s jurisdiction, broken down by town or parish if possible: 1. Traffic light-controlled junctions and pedestrian crossings These junctions and pedestrian crossings are controlled by Transport for London, but our records show that there are 204 locations within our Borough. Further information is available from the from the TfL open data hub Traffic Signals map - Traffic Signals | TfL GIS Open Data Hub. As some of the information requested is already reasonably accessible elsewhere it is excepted under Regulation 6(1)(b). 2. Speed bumps (or similar traffic calming humps/tables) We have 1316 Speed bumps (or similar traffic calming humps/tables). 3. 20mph speed limit zones or areas The London Borough of Camden has a borough-wide 20 mph speed limit. So, the 20-mph speed limit applies on all borough-managed streets except for a 380m stretch at Shoot- Up Hill. It does not include any TfL streets. See the attached original TMO and the amendment below which together list the 20 mph speed limit streets. 20mph speed limit order - corrections (PDF) - 2021 Notice of Correction - 20mph speed limit order - corrections (PDF) – 2023 20mph Speed Limit Amendment (PDF) – 2023 Brent Council and Camden Council: Kilburn High Road and Shoot- Up Hill, proposed 20mph speed limit (PDF) – 2024 London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk 4. Pelican crossings We have 464 Pelican crossings. 5. Zebra crossings We have 267 Zebra crossings. 6. Any other permanent traffic control measures you record For each measure, please provide: There are no other permanent traffic control measures recorded in our Borough. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner ’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk Telephone: 0303 123 1113 , live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/ Yours sincerely Philip Lewis Information Rights Officer2025-09-11T00:00:00CAM131802026-07-16T00:00:00list of the council houses owned and managed by this council where category 1 and category 2 “excess heat” hazards have been identifiedDate: 16/07/2026 Ref: CAM13180 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 26/06/2026 about list of the council houses owned and managed by this council where category 1 and category 2 “excess heat” hazards have been identified. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested. • A list of the council houses owned and managed by this council where category 1 “excess heat” hazards have been identified, but not yet resolved. o Please provide the date on which the category 1 “excess heat” hazard was originally identified, on each occasion. 0 properties. • A list of the council houses owned and managed by this council where category 2 “excess heat” hazards have been identified, but not yet resolved. o Please provide the date on which the category 2 “excess heat” hazard was identified, on each occasion. 34 properties (see list below) Property Category Hazard Classification Rating Survey Date Property 1 PHYSIOLOGICAL REQUIREMENTS Excess Heat Moderate 05/05/2023 Property 2 PHYSIOLOGICAL REQUIREMENTS Excess Heat Slight 11/11/2024 Property 3 PHYSIOLOGICAL REQUIREMENTS Excess Heat Moderate 14/08/2025 Property 4 PHYSIOLOGICAL REQUIREMENTS Excess Heat Slight 20/08/2025 Property 5 PHYSIOLOGICAL REQUIREMENTS Excess Heat Slight 20/08/2025 Property 6 PHYSIOLOGICAL REQUIREMENTS Excess Heat Slight 01/10/2025 Property 7 PHYSIOLOGICAL REQUIREMENTS Excess Heat Slight 06/10/2025 Property 8 PHYSIOLOGICAL REQUIREMENTS Excess Heat Moderate 07/10/2025 Property 9 PHYSIOLOGICAL REQUIREMENTS Excess Heat Slight 10/10/2025 Property 10 PHYSIOLOGICAL REQUIREMENTS Excess Heat Slight 15/10/2025 Property 11 PHYSIOLOGICAL REQUIREMENTS Excess Heat Slight 29/10/2025 Property 12 PHYSIOLOGICAL REQUIREMENTS Excess Heat Slight 03/11/2025 Property 13 PHYSIOLOGICAL REQUIREMENTS Excess Heat Slight 07/11/2025 Property 14 PHYSIOLOGICAL REQUIREMENTS Excess Heat Slight 27/11/2025 Property 15 PHYSIOLOGICAL REQUIREMENTS Excess Heat Slight 03/12/2025 Property 16 PHYSIOLOGICAL REQUIREMENTS Excess Heat Slight 11/12/2025 Property 17 PHYSIOLOGICAL REQUIREMENTS Excess Heat Slight 18/12/2025 Property 18 PHYSIOLOGICAL REQUIREMENTS Excess Heat Slight 05/01/2026 London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Property 19 PHYSIOLOGICAL REQUIREMENTS Excess Heat Slight 08/01/2026 Property 20 PHYSIOLOGICAL REQUIREMENTS Excess Heat Slight 14/01/2026 Property 21 PHYSIOLOGICAL REQUIREMENTS Excess Heat Slight 23/01/2026 Property 22 PHYSIOLOGICAL REQUIREMENTS Excess Heat Slight 05/03/2026 Property 23 PHYSIOLOGICAL REQUIREMENTS Excess Heat Slight 30/03/2026 Property 24 PHYSIOLOGICAL REQUIREMENTS Excess Heat Slight 31/03/2026 Property 25 PHYSIOLOGICAL REQUIREMENTS Excess Heat Moderate 07/04/2026 Property 26 PHYSIOLOGICAL REQUIREMENTS Excess Heat Slight 10/04/2026 Property 27 PHYSIOLOGICAL REQUIREMENTS Excess Heat Slight 13/04/2026 Property 28 PHYSIOLOGICAL REQUIREMENTS Excess Heat Slight 13/04/2026 Property 29 PHYSIOLOGICAL REQUIREMENTS Excess Heat Moderate 08/05/2026 Property 30 PHYSIOLOGICAL REQUIREMENTS Excess Heat Slight 12/05/2026 Property 31 PHYSIOLOGICAL REQUIREMENTS Excess Heat Slight 20/05/2026 Property 32 PHYSIOLOGICAL REQUIREMENTS Excess Heat Slight 29/05/2026 Property 33 PHYSIOLOGICAL REQUIREMENTS Excess Heat Slight 02/06/2026 Property 34 PHYSIOLOGICAL REQUIREMENTS Excess Heat Slight 2022-2023 Property 35 PHYSIOLOGICAL REQUIREMENTS Excess Heat Slight 2022-2023 If it is not possible to provide the name of each council property, please just anonymise the properties (e.g. property 1, property 2 etc.). Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Philip Lewis Information Rights Officer2026-08-19T21:45:12CAM131852026-07-23T00:00:00employmentDate: 23/07/2026 Case reference: CAM13185 London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 29/06/2026 about employment.  We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 / Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested and the answers to your questions are as follows: I am making a request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 regarding your Council's employment practices for applicants and employees who already have lawful permission to work in the UK and do not require employer sponsorship, for example those holding:   a) Spouse/Partner (Family) visa.   b) Graduate visa.   c) High Potential Individual (HPI) visa.   d) Global Talent visa; or   e) any other immigration status which gives an unrestricted right to work without the Council acting as a sponsor.   Please answer the following questions:   1. Does the Council employ individuals with the above immigration statuses on permanent employment contracts, provided they have valid permission to work in the UK?   Yes, we may appoint an individual to a permanent role where they are the successful candidate and have valid permission to undertake the work in question. An individual is not required to hold British or Irish citizenship, Indefinite Leave to Remain or settled status to be appointed permanently. This is subject to any conditions or restrictions attached to the individual’s particular immigration permission. 2. Does the Council have any written policy, guidance or established practice which restricts permanent employment contracts only to individuals who hold:   a) Indefinite Leave to Remain (ILR).   b) Settled Status; or   c) British or Irish citizenship?   No, we do not have a written policy, guidance or established practice that restricts permanent employment contracts to individuals in these categories. The type and duration of the employment contract are determined by the nature and duration of the role, rather than solely by the duration of the successful applicant’s immigration permission. 3. If the answer to Question 2 is yes, please provide: a copy of the policy or guidance (if held); or  - describe the established practice.   Please see the response to Question 2 above. 4. Where an employee has temporary immigration permission but does not require employer sponsorship, how does the Council ensure ongoing compliance with right-to-work legislation?   a) periodic right-to-work checks.   b) fixed-term contracts linked to visa expiry.  c) both; or   d) another method (please specify).   Our approach is a) Periodic right-to-work checks. Where an employee has time-limited permission to work in the UK, we record the relevant expiry date and carries out a follow-up right-to-work check before the existing permission expires. The check will normally be completed using the Home Office online right-to-work checking service. Where appropriate, we may use the Home Office Employer Checking Service, including where an employee has made an application to extend or vary their immigration permission and is unable to provide evidence through the usual online service. We give employees a reasonable opportunity to demonstrate that they continue to have the right to work. A time-limited right to work does not, by itself, mean that the employee must be placed on a fixed-term contract. This approach is consistent with the Home Office’s employer guidance on right-to-work checks. 5. Would an applicant holding a valid Spouse/Partner (Family) visa, with full permission to work in the UK and no requirement for sponsorship, be eligible for a permanent contract if they were the successful candidate for a role that is otherwise permanent?   Yes, provided the individual’s immigration permission allows them to undertake the role, they would be eligible to receive a permanent contract where the position itself is permanent, and they are the successful candidate. They would be subject to the same pre-employment checks and appointment requirements as other successful candidates, together with any follow-up right-to-work checks required because their immigration permission is time limited. 6. If the answer to Question 5 is no, please explain the reason and identify any policy, guidance or legal basis relied upon.   Please see the response to Question 5 above.7. Has the Council carried out an Equality Impact Assessment (EqIA), equality analysis or similar assessment in relation to any policy or practice restricting permanent contracts based on immigration status? If so, please provide a copy or a link to the document.   We do not operate a policy or practice restricting permanent contracts to individuals with British or Irish citizenship, settled status or Indefinite Leave to Remain. Consequently, we do not hold a specific Equality Impact Assessment relating to such a restriction. 8. Approximately how many current Council employees hold temporary immigration permission but do not require sponsorship from the Council? (If exact figures are not available, an approximate number or recorded figure is sufficient.)   115 employees. 9. If a permanent employee's permission to work in the UK is due to expire, does the Council:   a) continue their permanent employment subject to the employee maintaining valid permission to work through repeat right-to-work checks.   b) convert the employee to a fixed-term contract linked to visa expiry. c) terminate the permanent contract solely because of the visa expiry date; or  - follow another process (please describe).   Our general approach is a).  The employee remains permanently employed, subject to continuing to hold valid permission to undertake their work and completing any required follow-up right-to-work checks. The employee’s contract would not ordinarily be converted into a fixed-term contract merely because their current immigration permission has an expiry date. Where an employee has made a valid application to extend or vary their immigration permission before it expires, their existing right to work may continue while that application is being decided. We will seek appropriate evidence, including through the Home Office Employer Checking Service where necessary. Employment is not automatically terminated solely because the original expiry date has been reached. However, if the employee is ultimately unable to demonstrate an ongoing legal right to undertake the work, we cannot lawfully continue to employ them in that role. In those circumstances, we would consider the available information and follow an appropriate and fair employment process before deciding what action is required. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 40 working days of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk, Telephone: 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website https://www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Peter Williams Information Rights Officer2026-08-19T21:45:13CAM108902025-09-09T00:00:00a request for the Council to disclose all legal correspondence exchanged with the Coroner in relation to the Eden Henry inquestDate: 09/09/2025 Ref: CAM10890 Dear Requester, Thank you for your request for information dated 11/08/2025 about a request for the Council to disclose all legal correspondence exchanged with the Coroner in relation to the Eden Henry inquest. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council is neither confirming nor denying whether the information exists or is held. This is because it is exempt as explained below. We have explained where we are neither confirming nor denying and what exemption applies. Please see the refusal notices below which explains how and why they apply. I request that Camden council disclose all legal correspondence with the coroner re: Eden Henry inquest from 6th august 2025. The following exemption applies. Refusal notice: Section 41(2) Under Section 41(2) of the Freedom of Information Act, the Council can neither confirm nor deny whether the requested information is held. This is an absolute exemption with no public interest test. This absolute exemption applies because confirming or denying the existence of the information could itself constitute a breach of confidence. Regardless of whether the information is held, indicating its existence could expose the Council to legal action by the third party concerned. This response should not be taken as confirmation or denial of whether the Council holds the information. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Lorna Jonas-Tinson Information Rights Officer2025-09-11T00:00:00CAM108912025-09-09T00:00:00money that was given to support Camden High Street’s Big Street Party ProjectDate: 09/09/2025 Ref: CAM10891 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 11/08/2025 about money that was given to support Camden High Street’s Big Street Party Project . We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested. Please provide the exact amount of money that was given to support Camden High Street’s Big Street Party Project and the percentage of the total budget. The budget for the Camden High Street May Day Street Party on Monday 5 May 2025 was £33,217. This is 17.5% of the approved budget for the Camden High Street Programme for the period April 2025 – May 2026. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk Telephone: 0303 123 1113 , live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/ Yours sincerely Philip Lewis Information Rights Officer London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk2025-09-11T00:00:00CAM108962025-09-10T00:00:00individuals with a primary diagnosis of learning disability and/or autism who are currently awaiting placement in a CQC-registered residential care home.Date: 10/09/2025 Ref: CAM10896 Dear Requester, Thank you for your request for information dated 12/08/2025 about individuals with a primary diagnosis of learning disability and/or autism who are currently awaiting placement in a CQC-registered residential care home. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested and the answers to your questions are as follows: 1. As of the most recent date available (preferably August 2025), how many individuals with a primary diagnosis of a learning disability and/or autism are currently: • Awaiting placement in a CQC-registered residential care home within and/or out of the Council. 4. • Receiving temporary or alternative support while awaiting such placement. 3. 2. What is the total number of commissioned placements (residential care) for individuals with LD and/or autism currently available? Nil. Camden does not block commission placements for individuals with learning disabilities and/or autism. These placements are arranged through individual spot contracts, of which there are currently 50. 3. Are there any recorded shortfalls in capacity for such placements in the last 12 months? Not applicable. Please provide the data in a tabular format, if possible, and include the date the figures were last updated. Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Lorna Jonas-Tinson Information Rights Officer2025-09-11T00:00:00CAM109002025-09-08T00:00:00communications with UK Lawyers for IsraelDate: 08/09/2025 Case reference : CAM10900 London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 12/08/2025 about communications with UK Lawyers for Israel . We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 / Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested and the answers to your questions are as follows: Please send me paper copies of all communications between Camden Council and UK Lawyers for Israel re: Camden LGPS. You clarified your request on 15 August 2025: - From 01/01/21 up to date. Please find relevant information attached. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets.Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk , Telephone: 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website https://www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Peter Williams Information Rights Officer2025-09-11T00:00:00CAM131872026-07-23T00:00:00various questions about litter enforcement activityDate: 23/07/2026 Ref: CAM13187 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 29/06/2026 about various questions about litter enforcement activity. We have dealt with this under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds some of the information requested. However we are withholding some of the information because it is excepted as explained below. We have explained where we are withholding information and what exceptions apply. Please see the refusal notice at the end of the answers which explain how and why they apply. 1. Does the council currently carry out litter enforcement activity (e.g. issuing fixed penalty notices for littering)? Yes. 2. Does the council currently use any external/private companies or contractors to carry out litter enforcement? Yes. 3. If yes, please provide: a) The name(s) of the company/companies Kingdom Services Group. b) The start date of the current contract(s) February 2022. 4. Please provide details of any contractual arrangements with external enforcement providers that include: a) Commission-based payments No commission on payments. b) Payments linked to the number of fines issued None. c) Revenue-sharing agreements This question is excepted under Regulation 12(5)(e) of the Environmental Information Regulations. See the refusal notice below. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk 5. Since 10 March 2026, has the council: a) Reviewed its use of private contractors for litter enforcement? No. b) Made any changes to its litter enforcement approach? No. 6. If yes to either 5a or 5b, please provide a brief summary of the changes made. If any part of this request exceeds the cost limit, please prioritise questions 1–4. I would prefer the information in a spreadsheet format where possible. N/A. Refusal Notice: Regulation 12(5)(e) The Council holds information relating to contractual arrangements with its external enforcement provider, Kingdom. However, this information is exempt from disclosure under Regulation 12(5)(e) of the Environmental Information Regulations 2004, which provides an exception where disclosure would adversely affect the confidentiality of commercial or industrial information protected by law in order to safeguard a legitimate economic interest. The Council considers that the higher threshold of prejudice is met in this case. Disclosure of details relating to any revenue-sharing arrangements would reveal commercially sensitive aspects of Kingdom's business model and pricing structure. This information is not publicly available and forms part of Kingdom's commercial operations. Releasing it would be likely to prejudice Kingdom's commercial interests by enabling competitors to gain insight into its pricing strategy and tendering approach, potentially allowing them to undercut Kingdom in future procurement exercises. Disclosure would also be likely to prejudice the Council's own commercial interests. Revealing the financial arrangements agreed under the current contract would place information about the market rate for these services into the public domain. This could weaken the Council's negotiating position in future procurement exercises and reduce its ability to secure the most economically advantageous terms, thereby adversely affecting the Council's ability to achieve best value. There is a clear causal link between disclosure and the anticipated harm. Competitors would gain a greater understanding of Kingdom's commercial model, which could be used to inform their own bids and undermine fair competition in future tender processes. Consequently, the Council considers that disclosure would adversely affect the confidentiality of commercial information and that Regulation 12(5)(e) is engaged. In applying this qualified exemption, we have had to balance the public interest in withholding the information against the interest in favour of disclosure. The public interest arguments for releasing this information are as follows: • Improving transparency in decision making. (Medium weight) • Ensuring value for money. (Medium weight) • To ensure accountability of the authority. (Medium weight) • Demonstrating the council is meeting its fiduciary duties. (Medium weight) The public interest arguments for withholding the information are as follows: • It is not in the public interest to disclose information that would be likely to damage the commercial interests of a company, as this could lead to financial problems for the company and/or job losses. (High weight) • It is not in the public interest to damage the council’s commercial interests, as this affects how it spends public money and the services it can provide to residents and other stakeholders. (High weight) • It is not in the public interest to release information that could negatively influence ongoing and future negotiations as this could have an adverse effect on value for money for the council, so for residents and other stakeholders. (High weight) We have decided that the public interest in withholding the information outweighs the public interest in disclosing it. We considered whether the presumption in favour of disclosure in the regulations overrides the decision to withhold and have concluded that it does not. Advice and Assistance: As advice and assistance, while the Council is unable to disclose the specific details of any revenue- sharing arrangements, the Council can confirm that contractual arrangements are in place with an external enforcement provider and that the contract contains commercially sensitive financial provisions. Information that does not engage the exception has been provided where possible. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Kieran Heneghan Information Rights Officer2026-08-19T21:45:13CAM131892026-07-23T00:00:00staff turnoverDate: 23/07/2026 Case reference: CAM13189 London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 30/06/2026 about our staff turnover. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA 2000). Response The council holds some but not all of the information requested. We explain below what we hold and what we do not hold. We are withholding some of the information we hold because it is exempt/excepted as explained below. We have explained what exemptions/exceptions apply and why in the refusal notices at the end of the answers. Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, I request the following aggregated, anonymised information relating to the Business Rates section for the period 1 January 2016 to date: 1. Staff Turnover a) The total number of staff who have left the team/service each year (excluding natural retirements where possible), including the average team size during each year to provide context on turnover rates. Financial Year         Size of Team as of 31st March of each Financial Year 2016-17 16 2017-18 13 2018-19 122019-20 11 2020-21 10 2021-22 10 2022-23 9 2023-24 9 2024-25 8 2025-26 9 The service comprises a very small number of staff and disclosure of annual leaver data, particularly when broken down to a specific team and excluding retirements, would be likely to enable the identification of individual members of staff when combined with information already available to colleagues or others. The information is therefore exempt under section 40(2) of the FOIA 2000 – please see the exemption notice set out below. b) Aggregated, anonymised reasons for leaving, categorised by main themes (e.g., bullying/harassment concerns, management issues, career progression, workload, retirement, other). Please provide this as statistical data or percentages without identifying individuals. For the financial years 2016-17 to 2025-26, 2 employees were dismissed and 11 resigned.     c) Information on whether exit interviews were conducted for leavers, and if so, a high-level anonymised summary of common themes arising from those interviews (statistical or categorised only). We do not hold this information. Exit interviews were conducted informally for leavers but common themes for leaver were not formally documented. 2. Grievances and Complaints – a) The total number of formal grievances, complaints, or bullying/harassment allegations raised against[Named Officer] during the same period, broken down by year. b) For these grievances/complaints, the main theme(s) recorded (e.g., bullying, harassment, management style, or other), provided in anonymised, aggregated form with numbers per theme. c) A summary of the outcomes or actions taken (e.g., upheld, not upheld, mediation, training, disciplinary action, or no further action), again in anonymised, aggregated statistical form. I confirm I am seeking only aggregated, anonymised statistical or summary information and do not require any personal data that could identify individuals. This request relates solely to organisational workforce patterns and management issues. We do not hold this information.  We have searched our records but have not found any relevant information. Refusal Notice The exception that applies is: section 40(2): personal information The council considers that disclosing the data requested would not be in accordance with data protection legislation and therefore we have withheld some of the information under the absolute exemption in Section 40(2). The exemption states that personal data requested may be withheld when to release it would be a breach of the requirements of data protection law which is the UK General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the Data Protection Act 2018. The information withheld is personal information because it would allow living individuals to be identified. The council considers that it would be a breach of the General Data Protection Regulation article 5 requirements of fairness and proportionality to publish this personal information in a FOI request. In doing this we have considered the legitimate public interest in disclosure against the interests of the data subjects and concluded that in the circumstances disclosure would contravene the data protection requirements of fairness and proportionality particularly considering that Freedom of Information responses are public documents and published to the world and not provided just to the requester.Therefore, the low numbers of leavers have been removed given the content of the request as we consider that to include them would be a breach of the requirements to act fairly and proportionately. Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 40 working days of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk, Telephone: 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website https://www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Peter Williams Information Rights Officer2026-08-19T21:45:13CAM131952026-07-23T00:00:00trainingDate: 23/07/2026 Case reference: CAM13195 London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 26/06/2026 about training.   We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and/or the Environmental Information Regulations 2004 Response The council holds some of the information requested. The answers to your questions are below. We have stated where we do not hold the information requested and why. Please restrict the search to centrally held finance, procurement and learning-management records. I am not requesting a manual search of individual employees’ files, individual service records or every invoice held across the council. Where a requested category is not separately recorded, please state that it is not separately recorded rather than attempting to create a new breakdown. Please provide the following current information: 1. The job title and, where disclosure is appropriate, the name of the officer responsible for: a) corporate learning and development; Employee Experience Portfolio Lead, People & Inclusion b) Workforce development;Employee Experience Portfolio Lead, People & Inclusion c) Equality, diversity and inclusion; and Employee Experience Portfolio Lead, People & Inclusion d) Learning or workforce development within Children’s Services or Children’s Social Care. 1) Head of Children and Learning Transformation 2) Academy Team Manager, Centre for Relational Practice For each role, please provide: • the relevant team or department; • the business email address; • the direct business telephone number or team telephone number; Where an individual officer’s name or direct contact details cannot be disclosed, please provide the relevant job title, generic team email address and team telephone number, for each team. Please see responses above.  All council officers can be contacted through 020 7974 4444 using their job title. 2. Please confirm whether the council currently provides any of the following staff training: a) British Sign Language training; The provider details and pricing were circulated so that teams could book directly with Remark separately. We do not hold any information on whether any teams contacted Remark directly. The responses below do not concern British Sign Language training.b) Deaf-awareness training; The 25/26 Training session was held on 20th November. 3. Please confirm whether British Sign Language or Deaf-awareness training is: a) Mandatory or optional; Optional to attend when the council schedules a training. b) Delivered annually or at another regular interval; and Annually c) Available council-wide or only to specified services or departments. Council-wide d) Is the training provided to staff accredited by Signature ( Awarding body for all BSL British sign language courses). The 2025 training was delivered by Remark. 2026 training will be delivered by the council’s newly appointed provider, DALS. each of the completed financial years 2024/25 and 2025/26, please provide: 4. The council’s total centrally held budget for staff learning, training and development. There is no central budget held for all staff learning, training and development during this period. 5. The total centrally recorded expenditure on staff learning, training and development. Total expenditure on staff learning, training and development is not centrally held. 6. Where separately identifiable from centrally held records, the total expenditure on:a) British Sign Language training; Please see the response above. b) Deaf-awareness training; 20/09/25 training from Remark costed £574 including VAT c) Disability-awareness or accessibility training; and d) Equality, diversity and inclusion training. 25/26 training from GI costing £3870. 7. Where centrally recorded, the number of British Sign Language or Deaf-awareness courses or workshops commissioned during those two financial years. 25/26 - 1 during the 25/26 financial year 26/27 - 1 due for 26/27 financial year 8. Where centrally recorded, the names of external organisations commissioned to deliver British Sign Language or Deaf-awareness training. 25/26 Deaf awareness training was delivered by Remark . 26/27 training is due to be delivered by DALS . 9. Where centrally recorded, The names of BSL / Deaf awareness, training providers who have provided their services for staff training over the last 2 financial years 2024/2025, 2025/2026. Please see the responses above. If any part of this request would exceed the appropriate cost limit, please provide advice and assistance under section 16 of the Freedom of Information Act identifying how the request can be narrowed. Further InformationWe do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 40 working days of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk, Telephone: 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website https://www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Peter Williams Information Rights Officer2026-08-19T21:45:14CAM132032026-07-23T00:00:00potholesDate: 23/07/2026 Case reference: CAM13203 London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 30/06/2026 about potholes.  We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and/or the Environmental Information Regulations 2004 Response The council holds some of the information requested. The answers to your questions are below. We have stated where we do not hold the information requested and why. I am writing to you under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 to request information regarding compensation claims made against the council for pothole damage. Please can you provide the following information for the last five full financial years (2021/22, 2022/23, 2023/24, 2024/25, and 2025/26), broken down by year: 1. The total number of compensation claims received by the council relating to vehicle damage, personal injury, or any other damage caused by potholes. 2021/22 - 140 2022/23 - 93 2023/24 - 119 2024/25 - 982025/26 - 126 2. The total number of these claims that were successfully defended or rejected by the council. 2021/22 - 59 2022/23 - 70 2023/24 - 84 2024/25 - 70 2025/26 - 65 3. The total number of these claims that were settled (either in or out of court) where the council paid compensation. 2021/22 - 6 2022/23 - 17 2023/24 - 17 2024/25 - 10 2025/26 - 7 4. The total monetary value (£) paid out in compensation for these claims. 2021/22 - £45,035.47 2022/23 - £133,393.16 2023/24 - £84,379.672024/25 - £23,884.94 2025/26 - £13,176.26 5. The total monetary value (£) spent on legal costs, administrative fees, or other associated costs incurred in defending these claims (excluding the compensation itself). If the data for Question 5 is not recorded separately from general liability defense costs, please state this and answer questions 1 to 4. We have removed an admin fee charges for claims but have not been able to remove other costs and so these are included in a global figure for each year as per above. As the information not held is environmental, we have to comply with a technicality and tell you that because it is not held it is excepted under Regulation 12 (4)(a) of the EIR 2004.  The Information Commissioner does not require a public interest test where the information is not held. Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 40 working days of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk, Telephone: 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website https://www.ico.org.uk may be useful.Yours sincerely, Peter Williams Information Rights Officer2026-08-19T21:45:14CAM134792026-08-27T00:00:00information relating to premises licensed for tattooingDate: 27/08/2026 Ref: CAM13479 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 03/08/2026 about information relating to premises licensed for tattooing. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested. Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, I would like to request the following information relating to premises licensed for tattooing under the London Local Authorities Act 1991 (special treatment licences): 1. The number of premises currently holding a special treatment licence covering tattooing. 2. The number of new special treatment licences covering tattooing granted in each calendar year from 2019 to 2025. 3. The number of complaints received concerning unlicensed tattooing in each calendar year from 2019 to 2025, and the number of enforcement actions or prosecutions arising from them. Financial year Number of premises offering tattooing Complaints received Enforcement actions Prosecutions 2018/19 21 0 N/A N/A 2019/20 27 0 N/A N/A 2020/21 21 0 N/A N/A 2021/22 20 0 N/A N/A 2022/23 26 0 N/A N/A 2023/24 33 0 N/A N/A 2024/25 35 0 N/A N/A 2025/26 34 0 N/A N/A 4. The current fee schedule and any standard licence conditions applied to tattooing premises. This information is publicly available at the following location: Massage and special treatments licence - Camden Council As the information requested is already reasonably accessible elsewhere it is exempt under the absolute exemption in Section 21. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Where information is held in spreadsheet form, I would prefer to receive it in that format. If any part of this request would exceed the cost limit, please treat the questions as separable and advise me, in line with your section 16 duty, how the request might be refined. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Philip Lewis Information Rights Officer2026-09-02T21:45:55CAM109022025-09-03T00:00:00various questions about playgrounds, leisure centres and public toiletsDate: 03/09/2025 Ref: CAM10902 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 08/08/2025 about various questions about playgrounds, leisure centres and public toilets. We have dealt with this under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested. Please provide the most recent available data, for instance, from the last calendar or financial year, for your local authority area in an Excel format, on the following: Playgrounds • The total number of publicly owned and managed playgrounds. • The number of these playgrounds that are accessible to children with disabilities (e.g. inclusive play equipment, wheelchair access, sensory -friendly areas). Please see the attached spreadsheet. Leisure centres • The total number of publicly owned and managed leisure centres. • The number of these leisure centres that provide facilities or programmes accessible to children with disabilities (e.g. accessible swimming pools, adaptive sports equipment, sensory rooms, inclusive fitness classes). Please see the attached spreadsheet. Public toilets • The number of public toilets there are in your area • The number of accessible toilets (e.g. wheelchair accessible or ambulant) there are in your area Please see here for details of Public toilets - Camden Council and Accessible toilets and changing places - Camden Council Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner ’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk Telephone: 0303 123 1113 , live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/ Yours sincerely Kieran Heneghan Information Rights Officer2025-09-11T00:00:00CAM109042025-09-10T00:00:00new rough sleepers recorded for the period 1 June 2024 to 1 August 2025Date: 10/09/2025 Ref: CAM10904 Dear Requester, Thank you for your request for information dated 12/08/2025 about new rough sleepers recorded for the period 1 June 2024 to 1 August 2025. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds some of the information requested. Please can you provide the following: • Monthly and new rough sleeper figures from June 1st 2024 until August 1st this year. I would define new rough sleepers as people who are identified by the council’s homelessness team as rough sleeping for the first time. Further, can the council confirm if it also records the reasons given by those rough sleepers for rough sleeping - E.g. eviction, release from prison. If the reasons for rough sleeping are recorded, can the council confirm if any of its rough sleepers have specified they are rough sleeping due to early release from prison. If so, can the following information be provided: • The number of rough sleepers for the above period (June 2024 -August 2025) broken down by month and by reason for rough sleeping. If, for example, rough sleepers only started to state the reason for their homelessness was early release from prison and/or if the council only started to track this data from a particula r point during the period I have requested, please can you provide the figures from that date. We hold some of the requested information, which is compiled through interactions with our commissioned outreach team. The data is presented in quarterly and annual reports, with accompanying data tables that include figures on individuals newly identified as rough sleeping by the outreach team. While we do not record whether an individual is rough sleeping specifically due to early release from prison, we do capture institutional and armed forces history. This includes whether someone has previously been in prison and whether prison was their last settled base. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Reports covering Q1 to Q4 of 2024/25 and Q1 of 2025/26 are already publicly available and can be accessed via the Greater London Authority website at: Rough sleeping in London (CHAIN reports) - London Datastore. As the information requested is already reasonably accessible elsewhere it is exempt under the absolute exemption in Section 21 of the Freedom of Information Act. The report covering July 2025 will be published as part of the relevant quarterly release on the website mentioned above. Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Lorna Jonas-Tinson Information Rights Officer2025-09-11T00:00:00CAM109072025-09-03T00:00:00civil penalty notices, inspection records, licensing correspondence, photos, and tenant complaints, relating to landlord Abraham DodiDate: 03/09/2025 Ref: CAM10907 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 11/08/2025 about civil penalty notices, inspection records, licensing correspondence, photos, and tenant complaints, relating to landlord Abraham Dodi. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested. However, we are withholding the information because it is exempt as explained below. We have explained where we are withholding information and what exemptions apply. Please see the refusal notice at the end of the answer which explains how and why they apply. Please can I get any civil penalty notices, inspection records, licensing correspondence, photos, and tenant complaints, relating to landlord Abraham Dodi, particularly at Flat A, 133 Fellows Road, NW3 3JJ, but anywhere else in the borough. In regard to civil penalty notices, the link https://www.london.gov.uk/rogue-landlord-checker will take you to the Rogue Landlord and Agent Checker and can be searched by council name or by specific property address. It publishes a lot of information about penalties given to landlords and agents for breaches of housing legislation. Please note that any earlier penalties than those which are on the tracker that are criminal and that are covered by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and are considered spent cannot be disclosed. Information for previous years is not released under FOI as we are unable to contravene the agreement that we have with the CLA on the rogue landlord database. We don’t give out details of fines, etc., before the periods that the Rogue Landlord Database covers because there is a legal prohibition under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and so the information is exempt under s44 of the FOIA, and also s40(2) as personal data. The Council does not hold any more information that what is available at the above link. A s the information is readily available online it is exempt under s21. With reference to the other information you are seeking, we are refusing this as detailed below. Refusal Notice 40(2) Freedom of Information Act 2000. This exemption allows the council to withhold information where to do so would be a breach of data protection requirements. The information is exempt because the inspection records, licensing correspondence, photos and tenant complaints are the personal data of the people living at the addresses. Provision of information in a FOI response to a requester is legally considered to be publishing the information, and a FOI response is available to anyone anywhere for any reason. Therefore, providing their information would not be fair processing and so would not be in accordance with UK GDPR and thus it is exempt under s40(2). London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner ’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk Telephone: 0303 123 1113 , live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/ Yours sincerely Kieran Heneghan Information Rights Officer2025-09-11T00:00:00CAM109092025-09-10T00:00:00complaints made about asylum seekers in CamdenDate: 10/09/2025 Ref: CAM10909 Dear Requester, Thank you for your request for information dated 12/08/2025 about complaints made about asylum seekers in Camden. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information. Please include the information for the current financial year, from April 2025 to present: • Whether there have been any complaints to the council that mention any of the following words/terms: “asylum seeker”, “migrants”, “refugees”, “immigrants.” • If possible, the number of complaints. Five complaints were received during the period from 1 April 2025 to 4 September 2025, following the removal of duplicate entries. The number includes complaints both about and from individuals requested within the groups specified. Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Lorna Jonas-Tinson Information Rights Officer2025-09-11T00:00:00CAM109102025-09-04T00:00:00community buildings, for the Caribbean peopleDate: 04/09/2025 Ref: CAM10910 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 12/08/2025 about community buildings, for the Caribbean people. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested. I would like to know what community bulidings, do the Caribbean people of the LB of Camden Council has for it Afro Ethic people. I noticed that all other nations have been given priority places, except us and we only are asked to integrate with all other communities who have their own facilities. There are places for our women, particularly, those who have issues, but it seems like we the black community have been segrigated from each other, where we have social needs as well, and it is of concern to me that our elderly have no place to go and congregate, after they have taken many of their year to build this conutry. Please, let me know what my London Borough since birth, has in place. These should not be places, that specifies its policy on genger nor sexual orientation. These places should not be places just for women. These should be places where we are able to look out for each other and our needs relevant to our cultrue and living standards. Camden Council leases buildings to voluntary and community sector (VCS) organisations through its Commercial Property Team. Camden does not specifically designate any buildings for the exclusive use of a ny single community. VCS organisations can apply for a lease on buildings that are put on the open market. Council premises are advertised here Commercial Property to let and for sale The council has designated 97 premises for exclusive use of the VCS. Details of the current VCS tenants in these buildings are available in the public domain here - 13b Appendix 2 - VCS Premises List.pdf. This list includes a range of ‘led by and for’ organisations that work with specific communities in the borough. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk This list includes organisations working with communities that may meet your definition of “African Ethnic” backgrounds and that provide services for older people. Please review this list to identify which tenants meet the criteria for your enquiry. Details of how the Council leases premises to voluntary and community sector organisations operating in the borough is set out in the Council’s VCS Rents and Leases Policy which can be found here Community Centres - Camden Council. If you are searching for services for “African-Ethnic” organisations that provide services for older people in Camden this directory is the most comprehensive overview of charities and community organisations in the borough. It can be searched by key work or filtered by beneficiaries. Directories of Charities and Community Groups | Voluntary Action Camden. If you are working for or with a specific “African-Ethnic” organisation that is looking for premises in the borough. Please contact us at VCS@Camden.gov.uk and we will arrange for someone to provide information and advice about how the Council let’s buildings to the VCS. We can also provide information about the Council’s funding programmes for charities. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner ’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk Telephone: 0303 123 1113 , live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/ Yours sincerely Philip Lewis Information Rights Officer2025-09-11T00:00:00CAM109122025-09-02T00:00:005 Strathray GardensDate: 02/09/2025 Case reference : CAM10912 London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 12/08/2025 about 5 Strathray Gardens.  We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 / Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds some of the information requested: Please provide copies of any committee minutes, reports, officer decisions, or sealed documents relating to the grant, assignment, or disposal of a head lease (or other long lease) concerning 5 Strathray Gardens, London NW3 4PA, in or around May 1980. If held, please also include: -   A copy of the executed lease or transfer document (or counterpart) from that period -   Any covering report to committee and approval minute -   Any schedules, plans, or memoranda attached If the information is held in archived minute books or non-digital records, please advise on how I may access them. Information concerning leases is already publicly available at HM Land Registry . Camden Local Studies and Archives Centre holds many Council Committee minutes, and these can be viewed by prior appointment at the Centre: The address and opening hours are here: About the Local Studies and Archives Centre - Camden Council . It is not known which (if any) of the Committees of the time would have dealt with these issues and the committee minute volumes do not contain indexes. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk , Telephone: 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website https://www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Peter Williams Information Rights Officer2025-09-11T00:00:00CAM116772025-12-22T00:00:00how many times & on what dates Gower Street & Bloomsbury St were closed due to roadworksDate: 22/12/2025 Ref: CAM11677 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 28/11/2025 about how many times & on what dates Gower Street & Bloomsbury St were closed due to roadworks. We have dealt with this under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested. From 1st June 2025 to 1st August 2025 I want to know how many times & on what dates Gower Street & Bloomsbury St were closed due to roadworks & what diversions were in place including the diversion route . Please find attached a report of the closures for Gower Street and Bloomsbury Street for the period specified. This report also contains the wording of the advert for the orders and states the diversions. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk Telephone: 0303 123 1113 , live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/ London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Yours sincerely Kieran Heneghan Information Rights Officer2026-01-02T21:45:09CAM109132025-09-03T00:00:00list of roads and their numbers within your remitDate: 03/09/2025 Ref: CAM10913 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 12/08/2025 about list of roads and their numbers within your remit. We have dealt with this under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested. This request is being made under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. I would like to request a list of roads and their numbers within your remit - including those that are generally not signposted - in addition to the standard M, A and B roads. These "Class III" and unclassified roads tend to go by the designations C, D or U, although the exact details vary by area and may differ from any or all of these. A map detailing these roads would be appreciated but is not necessary for you to fulfill your obligation. A list of roads and their numbers in spreadsheet format is preferable, however the basic data in list format will be adequate if a spreadsheet is unavailable. This information is available through the Ordnance Survey's open data site for free. It is a product called OS Open Roads. The data the Council holds is a copy of this data. https://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/products/os-open-roads#technical It can be downloaded as a geospatial file to create a map with GIS software which is freely available or can be converted into a spreadsheet. As the information requested is already reasonably accessible elsewhere it is excepted under Regulation 6(1)(b). Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner ’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk Telephone: 0303 123 1113 , live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/ Yours sincerely Philip Lewis Information Rights Officer2025-09-11T00:00:00CAM109152025-09-02T00:00:00planning permission expiry datesDate: 02/09/2025 Case reference : CAM10915 London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 12/08/2025 about planning permission expiry dates.  We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 / Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested and the answers to your questions are as follows: The following planning permissions have passed their three-year expiry date and have not been built. Please could you tell me whether they have (1) Lapsed and are now unable to be built or (2) Are still able to be built because, for example, a material operation has been carried out to implement the permission. Planning Reference    3-Year Expiry Date 2019/6354/P    11/08/2024 2020/2470/P    30/10/2023 2019/0910/P    12/03/2023 This information is already publicly available.  The question is about whether the 3 specified planning permissions were lawfully implemented and therefore remain extant. This is a legal question and the way in which it is considered is through a certificate of lawfulness. You can search our planning application records for each of the 3 sites on the planning portal of our website to see if one has been granted.  Please enter the links below into your web browser and search using the planning application reference numbers:https://accountforms.camden.gov.uk/planning-search/ https://planningrecords.camden.gov.uk/NECSWS/PlanningExplorer/GeneralSearch.aspx Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk , Telephone: 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website https://www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Peter Williams Information Rights Officer2025-09-11T00:00:00CAM109162025-09-04T00:00:00use of PSPO’s and CPN powers in your local area between 1 January 2020 and 31 December 2024Date: 04/09/2025 Ref: CAM10916 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 12/08/2025 about use of PSPO’s and CPN powers in your local area between 1 January 2020 and 31 December 2024: . We have dealt with this under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested. Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, I am requesting the following information relating to use of PSPO’s and CPN powers in your local area between 1 January 2020 and 31 December 2024: 1. Public Spaces Protection Orders (PSPOs): a. How many PSPOs are currently active in your local area? There is one active PSPO which is a Dog PSPO, introduced in 2023. b. How many were introduced in each year 2020– 2024? 2021: 0 2022: 0 2023:1 2024:0 c. If available, what behaviours do these PSPOs restrict (e.g. busking, begging, loitering, amplification, rough sleeping/sleeping in vehicle, feeding birds/animals, car cruising, making noise, swearing or foul/abusive language, gatherings outside abortion clinics) Dog fouling. d. How many Fixed Penalty Notices were issued for breach of PSPOs in this period? 1. e. If available, disaggregated data on race, ethnicity, gender, socio- economic status and disability status for PSPOs issued in this period. This data is not available. 2. Community Protection Notices (CPNs): a. How many CPN warnings and full CPNs were issued annually between 2020– 2024? Community Protection warnings and notices were not recorded prior to 2023 due to a restructure in data management. Data for this period has been held by the police. Since February 2023 there have been 10 Full CPNs and 36 CPN Warnings issued by CSEOs. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk b. If available, what were the most common reasons for issuing CPNs (e.g. bird feeding, barking dogs, begging, shouting/swearing, messy/overgrown gardens, neighbour disputes, repairing vehicles on the road, loitering, bonfires, breach of PSPO, drug use, sex work) Drug use, drug litter, rough sleeping and begging. c. How many breaches of CPNs resulted in prosecution or further enforcement? None. d. If available, disaggregated data on race, ethnicity, gender, socio- economic status and disability status for CPNs issued in this period. This data is not available. If possible, please also briefly outline how this data is typically stored and retained (e.g. database system, format, retention period). Information is recorded and managed through CIVICA, Camden’s case management system. It is securely stored in a database in accordance with Camden’s data protection and information governance policies. Records are retained following the Council’s corporate retention schedule — typically for six years after case closure—after which they are either securely deleted or archived. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner ’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk Telephone: 0303 123 1113 , live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/ Yours sincerely Kieran Heneghan Information Rights Officer2025-09-11T00:00:00CAM109182025-09-02T00:00:00software systemsDate: 02/09/2025 Case reference : CAM10918 London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 12/08/2025 about our software systems.  We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 / Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested and the answers to your questions are as follows: 1. What Software Systems are currently used by the Council for Planning, Land Charges, Building Control and Public Protection, Licencing, Environmental Health?   The software system for Planning, land Charges and Building Control is M3 The software system for Public Protection, Licensing and Environmental Health is APP Flare 2. For each of the software systems listed in question 1, when does each contract expire?  The M3 contract expires 31 March 2026 The APP Flare expires 31 March 2026 3. For each of the software systems listed in question 1, what is the annual maintenance cost of each software system?   The annual maintenance for M3 is £88170The annual maintenance for App Flare is circa £47217 4. For each of the software systems listed in question 1, are you planning to go to market for a different software system? If so, when?   No, we are not. 5. For each of the software systems listed in question 1, how many users / licenses for each of the software systems listed? M3 has 230 users  APP Flare has 90 licences 6. Who is the person responsible for your Software System?  Nigel Abraham, Head of Engineering. 7. Please provide full name, title and contact information if possible? Please see the response above.  All officers of the council can be contacted by calling 02079744444 and using their name and job title. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk , Telephone: 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website https://www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Peter Williams Information Rights Officer2025-09-11T00:00:00CAM111042025-09-29T00:00:00Private landlords, complaints, prosecutions, civil penalty notices, fines, banning orders, 2022 - 25Date: 29/09/2025 Ref: CAM11104 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 04/09/2025 about Private landlords, complaints, prosecutions, civil penalty notices, fines, banning orders, 2022 - 25. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested. Please provide the following data relating to private landlords in your local authority, covering the period from 1 January 2022 to the date of this request in 2025: 1. The total number of formal complaints received about private landlords, broken down by calendar year (2022, 2023, 2024, and 2025 to date). 2. The total number of prosecutions brought against private landlords, broken down by calendar year. 3. The total number of civil penalty notices issued against private landlords, broken down by calendar year. 4. The total sum of fines issued to private landlords, broken down by calendar year. 5. The total number of banning orders issued against private landlords, broken down by calendar year. Please provide the information in a spreadsheet format (csv or xls file). See attached spread sheet. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk Telephone: 0303 123 1113 , live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/ Yours sincerely Philip Lewis Information Rights Officer2025-10-10T09:46:44CAM109192025-09-04T00:00:00private equity/venture capital fundsDate: 04/09/2025 Case reference : CAM10919 London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 12/08/2025 about private equity/venture capital funds.  We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 / Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested and the answers to your questions are as follows: The request is: On 9th August 2024, you kindly sent us Commitment, Contribution, Distribution, Value and IRR as of 31st December 2023 of your private equity/venture capital funds. We were extremely grateful to receive this data, as it is very helpful for our research.   Do you have more recent records, specifically Commitment, Contribution, Distribution, Value and IRR as of 31st December 2024? This list should include all such partnerships, i.e. private equity, venture capital, distressed debt, mezzanine, fund of funds, real estate, natural resources and private debt investments. If so, is it possible for you to send them to us?  We would also be grateful for an up to date account of your current asset allocations and target allocations to the above asset classes along with any equity, alternatives and fixed income investments you may have. Please find relevant information attached. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk , Telephone: 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website https://www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Peter Williams Information Rights Officer2025-09-11T00:00:00CAM109212025-09-04T00:00:00documents relating to the grant, assignment, or disposal of a head lease concerning X Strathray Gardens, London NW3 4PADate: 04/09/2025 Ref: CAM10921 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 13/08/2025 about documents relating to the grant, assignment, or disposal of a head lease concerning X Strathray Gardens, London NW3 4PA. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council does not hold the information requested. I am making this request under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Please provide copies of any committee minutes, reports, officer decisions, or sealed documents relating to the grant, assignment, or disposal of a head lease (or other long lease) concerning X Strathray Gardens, London NW3 4PA, in or around May 1980. If held, please also include: • A copy of the executed lease or transfer document (or counterpart) from that period • Any covering report to committee and approval minute • Any schedules, plans, or memoranda attached If the information is held in archived minute books or non- digital records, please advise on how I may access them. The Council does not hold any such records relating to this address. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner ’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Telephone: 0303 123 1113 , live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/ Yours sincerely Kieran Heneghan Information Rights Officer2025-09-11T00:00:00CAM109222025-09-03T00:00:00sweepers owned/leased by the councilDate: 03/09/2025 Ref: CAM10922 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 12/08/2025 about sweepers owned/leased by the council. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested. I would be grateful if you could provide me with the following information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000: 1. Full list of sweepers owned/leased by the council (under 4tonne GVW) including make and model Client owned 3x MC210 Compact Sweeper & 4x MC110 Sub- compact sweeper. 2. (if leased) Lease start & end date (month and year would suffice) No lease requirements on contract. 3. (If owned) Year purchased & when the council are looking to renew their fleet of sweepers Purchase year 2025 & renewal is 2033. 4. Does the council carry out street cleansing duties in- house or is this contracted out? This is contracted out. 5. (If contracted out) who is the contractor responsible for street cleansing duties? Veolia Environmental Services Group. 6. Contact details for the person(s) responsible for managing the fleet and street cleansing within the council Rachel Bailey Rachel.bailey@camden.gov.uk 7. Contact details of the Council’s fleet manager (Name/Contact number/Email address) N/A. 8. Contact details of the councils Street Scene manager (Name/Contact number/Email address N/A. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner ’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk Telephone: 0303 123 1113 , live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/ Yours sincerely Philip Lewis Information Rights Officer2025-09-11T00:00:00CAM109242025-09-02T00:00:00council tax enforcementDate: 02/09/2025 Case reference : CAM10924 London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 12/08/2025 about council tax enforcement.   We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 / Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested and the answers to your questions are as follows: The number of enforcement actions taken for non-payment of council tax in the most recent full financial year, broken down by: a) Reminders issued - 57,918 b) Court summons issued - 30,320 c) Liability orders obtained - 18,011 d) Cases referred to enforcement agents (bailiffs) - 5082 Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations.Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk , Telephone: 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website https://www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Peter Williams Information Rights Officer2025-09-11T00:00:00CAM109252025-09-09T00:00:00spend on drinksDate: 09/09/2025 Case reference : CAM10925London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 12/08/2025 about spend on drinks.   We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council does not hold the information requested: 1. The total amount spent by the council on bottled water in the last 12 months, broken down by month. 2. The total amount spent by the council on wine, beer, and other alcoholic beverages in the last 12 months, broken down by month and, if possible, by department/service area. For each of the above, please include expenditure both from central council budgets and from any budgets controlled by committees, the Leader’s office, or civic hospitality functions . We do not hold the information requested.  While we do record expenditure on our financial system, we cannot provide the total amount as we cannot identify purchases of either water or alcohol that may be within bigger orders, as the precise description is not held on our ledger. We rarely provide alcohol for events, for example alcohol was purchased for two events hosted by the Mayor.  If alcohol is served it is offered with soft drinks and provided in modest quantities. We work hard to limit our use of bottles of water and provide staff with filtered tap drinking water in our offices.  Bottled water would normally only be provided for emergencies or exceptional circumstances, e.g. for residents whose water supply has been interrupted or for those who are working outside in a heatwave.Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk , Telephone: 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website https://www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Peter Williams Information Rights Officer2025-09-11T00:00:00CAM107802025-09-26T00:00:00SEND high needs top-up and banding allocations for mainstream schoolsDate: 26/09/2025 Ref: CAM10780 Dear Requester, Thank you for your request for information dated 28/07/2025 SEND high needs top-up and banding allocations for mainstream schools. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested and the answers to your questions are as follows: • Information that describes “top-up”, “banding,” “matrix,” or “element” arrangements that the Council uses to guide its allocation of High Needs Block funding to mainstream schools, resource base / units in mainstream schools, and special schools; The top-up rates set out below are agreed as part of Camden’s approach to high needs funding by the Schools Forum. Decisions regarding placement and bands for individual children are made at SEN panels. This is in line with the national guidance including both the Special Educational Needs and Disability code of practice January 2015 and the High Needs funding operational guide published annually by the Department for Education. Information about our local offer is available here: Funding for special educational needs and disabilities in school settings - Camden Council • Information showing the maximum High Needs or Top-Up funding allocation (in pounds) that each specific band, matrix point, or element attracts in the current financial year (2025-26); You clarified: Grateful if you could include both the current funding arrangements and those that were in place during 2024/25. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk We currently apply the following top-up rates across Camden schools: Additionally Resourced Provision School name School type SEND condition Top-up rate Netley Primary Autism £20,028 Primrose Hill Primary Autism £20,028 Torriano Primary Language delay £8,168 Kentish Town Primary Autism £20,028 Kentish Town Primary Physical disabilities £13,920 Haverstock Secondary Autism £22,886 Regent High Secondary Physical disabilities £13,920 Acland Burghley Secondary Autism £22,886 Special Schools Frank Barnes Primary Hearing impairment £28,431 Harmood Secondary SEMH £33,544 Swiss Cottage All ages SLD/PMLD/autism £28,408 Mainstream Support Band 1 £10,857 Band 2 £17,418 The mainstream funding bands listed above reflect Camden’s policy of devolving additional high needs funding to mainstream schools. As a result, these top-up rates are applied above £11,000, rather than the national threshold of £6,000. o If funding allocations for each band/element in 2025-26 are identical to those in 2024-25, please say so. The top-up rates reported above were introduced in April 2024 and remained unchanged in April 2025. o If it is more efficient for you to provide these allocations based on academic years rather than financial years, please use academic years instead. We have provided the information in the financial year format, 1 April to 31 March. o If the Council has changed its banding arrangements during the 2024-25 and 2025-26 periods, please provide information showing the previous banding arrangements as well as the current ones. Please see the response to question 2 above. o For special schools or units/RPs where banded funding is not used, please provide information showing the High Needs Block ‘top-up’ allocation per place. Please see the response to question 2 above. A single top-up rate is applied for each special school or resource provision representing an average level of funding per pupil on roll. In some exceptional cases additional support is agreed on top of these rates. Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Lorna Jonas-Tinson Information Rights Officer2025-10-10T09:46:45CAM108482025-09-02T00:00:00number of HMOs used for emergency and temporary accommodationDate: 02/09/2025 Ref: CAM10848 Dear Requester, Thank you for your request for information dated 04/08/2025 about the number of HMOs used for emergency and temporary accommodation. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested. However, we are withholding all of the information because it is exempt as explained below. We have explained where we are withholding information and what exemptions apply. Please see the refusal notices at the end of the answers which explain how and why they apply. 1. The number of HMOs used by your Council for emergency and temporary accommodation from 1st August 2024 to 31st July 2025 a) inside your council's geographic boundary and b) outside your council’s geographic boundary; 2. The total number of single person households on your waiting list for social housing as of 31st July 2025; 3. The number of single person households on your waiting list for general needs housing as of 31st July 2025 that are currently residing in emergency or temporary accommodation; 4. The number of single person households on your general needs housing waiting list categorised by accommodation type for example emergency and temporary, or another way your council may prioritise housing allocations, over the past 12 months up to 31st July 2025; 5. The number of single person households provided with emergency accommodation by your council as of 31st July 2025 a) inside your council's geographic boundary and b) outside your council’s geographic boundary; 6. The number of single person households provided with temporary accommodation by your council as of 31st July 2025 a) inside your council's geographic boundary and b) outside your council’s geographic boundary; London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk 7. The average cost of housing a single person household from 1st August 2024 to 31st July 2025 per night in a) emergency accommodation and b) temporary accommodation. We are withholding this information as we consider the following exemption applies. Refusal notice: Section 12: Cost of Compliance Exceeds the Appropriate Limit We are refusing your request under section 12 on cost grounds because we estimate that compliance with your request will exceed the "appropriate limit". This is £450 which is equivalent to 18 hours at £25 per hour. The per hour figure is set by Regulations rather than actual salary paid to any officers handling requests. The appropriate limit includes the time it will take the council to discover if it holds the information requested, to locate it, extract it and collate it as well as putting it into any particular format requested by the requester. Once the Council has reasonably estimated that the appropriate time limit will be exceeded, it is not required to calculate the exact time needed to complete the request. There is also no obligation to work up to the 18-hour limit. If it is reasonably estimated that the limit will be exceeded, the entire request may be refused. We do not hold the information requested in an easily accessible format. The housing register is generated via a SQL script that produces a current snapshot by drawing on multiple SQL views, rather than base tables. Consequently, extracting the data required for questions 4 to 6 would involve a significant data engineering effort. Over the past year, there were approximately 8,000 applicants on the housing register. We estimate it would take a council officer around. 20 minutes per case to manually review the free-text fields within case notes and medical assessments, and to extract and collate the relevant data needed to determine when each household was placed on the housing register and their associated details. Responding to question 4 alone would require over 2,666 hours of a council officer’s time, which significantly exceeds the 18 hour limit set under the Freedom of Information Act. Advice and Assistance You may wish to consider narrowing the scope of your request either by focusing on a shorter time period or a smaller sample size, taking into account the estimated time per case provided above. Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Lorna Jonas-Tinson Information Rights Officer2025-10-10T09:46:45CAM109272025-09-04T00:00:00Product Manager roleDate: 04/09/2025 Case reference : CAM10927 London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 13/08/2025 about Product Manager role.   We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 / Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested and the answers to your questions are as follows: Application for the role of Product Manager 1. Under FOI act could you please let me know how many applications were received? 93 applications were received for requisition number 3682 (Product Manager). 2. How many were called for the interview? 4 candidates were called for an interview after applying for requisition number 3682 (Product Manager) 3. How many were internal candidates? 0, none of the candidates who were called for an interview were internal candidates. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk , Telephone: 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website https://www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Peter Williams Information Rights Officer2025-09-11T00:00:00CAM109292025-09-04T00:00:00a list of residential properties subject to the long-term empty property council tax premiumDate: 04/09/2025 Ref: CAM10929 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 13/08/2025 about a list of residential properties subject to the long-term empty property council tax premium. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested. However, we are withholding the information because it is exempt as explained below. We have explained where we are withholding information and what exemption applies. Please see the refusal notice below which explains how and why it applies. I am writing to request information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 regarding residential properties subject to the long-term empty property council tax premium (i.e., properties vacant for 2 years or more). Specifically, please provide the following details, as recorded at the date of your response: 1. A list of properties currently subject to the long-term empty property council tax premium (2+ years). 2. For each property, please include: o Street name (and flat/unit number if not disclosable, then at least street- level). o Postcode (or partial postcode, e.g., first part only). o Duration of vacancy (e.g., years/months since last occupied). o The date the premium was first applied. If any of the above is exempt due to privacy, I would appreciate the redacted details as appropriate (e.g., street name without house number). Refusal Notice The exemption that applies is: section 31(1)(a) – law enforcement We do not release the names or businesses or addresses of empty residential properties as we consider disclosing this information could make them a target of crime. Therefore, this information is exempt from disclosure under section 31(1)(a) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Section 31(1)(a) says that we do not need to provide information that would be likely to prejudice the functions of law enforcement- the prevention and detection of crime. Camden believes that releasing this information would increase the likelihood of: - • Empty properties being lived in by squatters. Squatting in a residential property is now a criminal offence. • Empty properties being targeted by vandals or graffiti artists and stripped of materials such as roofing, cables or piping, or otherwise vandalised or damaged. • Empty properties being targeted by criminals or terrorists for example allowing them to hide or store the proceeds of crime, or criminal or terrorist materials In the Information Tribunal Case Yiannis Voyias v Information Commissioner and the London Borough of Camden (EA/2001/0007 23 January 2013) the First -tier Tribunal (Information Rights) (the “Tribunal”) upheld Camden’s decision to withhold the addresses of empty houses under section 31(1)(a). In that instance the information had been collected for council tax purposes and to inform the council’s policies aimed at returning empty homes to the housing market and the Tribunal agreed that disclosing the information could facilitate squatting and/or criminal gangs engaged in asset stripping. The Tribunal was satisfied that the evidence was that disclosing this information would have the effect of assisting at least some of those wishing to engage in squatting, leading to an increase in the this. Squatting in residential property is a criminal offence which shows the negative nature of squatting and crimes such as criminal damage that are often associated with it. In Voyias the Tribunal concluded that an increase in squatting would also lead to various categories of associated criminal activity. As a result, the Tribunal found that section 31(1) (a) was engaged in that it was likely that disclosure of the disputed information would have a negative impact on the prevention of crime. This approach has been followed by both the Information Commissioner (ICO) and other First Tier Tribunal Decisions. For example: • In 2019 the First Tier Tribunal (EA/2018/0055) upheld Sheffield City Council’s decision to apply s31(1)(a) to the information. • In 2029 the ICO Decision Notice FS50786336 upheld London Borough of Hackney’s decision to apply s31(1)(a) to the information • In 2022/3 the First Tier Tribunal upheld the ICO’s decision to uphold London Borough of Hounslow’s decision to withhold the information under s31(1)(a) • In 2024 the ICO Decision Notice IC-274382-J3Y0 upheld Newark and Sherwood District Council’s decision to withhold the information under s31(1)(a). The law is settled on this point. Public Interest Test: As Section 31 is a qualified exemption we need to consider the public interest test. Factors in favour of disclosure: • There are general arguments in promoting transparency and accountability of public authorities (medium weight). • Raising the profile of vacant properties would help encourage public engagement and debate (medium weight). Factors in favour of withholding: • There is an inherent public interest in crime prevention. This was considered in the Voyias case by the Tribunal (high weight). • There is public interest in avoiding the costs associated with squatting, for example repair, security and eviction costs (medium weight). • The negative impact of squatting affects the surrounding community and public authorities involved, not just the individual property (high weight). We believe that the balance of public interest lies in upholding the exemption and not releasing the information. This decision has been consistently upheld by the ICO and the First Tier Tribunal . Advice and Assistance We know that some requesters will have genuine reasons for asking for this information. However, releasing information under the Freedom of Information Act is providing it to the whole world not just the individual requester and we cannot take an individual requester’s reasons for asking into account. You might find that the council’s Empty Homes page is useful: Empty homes - Camden Council The council also publishes the current list of council owned properties available for sale or rent on our website, some of which may be empty. The list of properties for sale and rent is here . We have information about properties that we have been informed are empty for Business Rates (NNDR) purposes. You can obtain a list of empty commercial premises on the Portal Open Data Camden. Look for the Business Rates – Non-Domestic Rates dataset. You can filter this by column B to find all voids and then column L to find those with no end date which means they are still void Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner ’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk Telephone: 0303 123 1113 , live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/ Yours sincerely Kieran Heneghan Information Rights Officer2025-09-11T00:00:00CAM109312025-09-11T00:00:00funding, grants or payment made to City of SanctuaryDate: 11/09/2025 Ref: CAM10931 Dear Requester, Thank you for your request for information dated 13/08/2025 about funding, grants or payment made to City of Sanctuary. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested. I am requesting the following information for the period 1 January 2020 to 13 August 2025: 1. The total amount of funding, grants, or payments (of any kind) made by Camden Council to City of Sanctuary (including any local branches, subsidiaries, or associated organisations). The Council has paid an application fee of £2,100 to City of Sanctuary. 2. Copies of any contracts, service-level agreements, memoranda of understanding, or other formal agreements between Camden Council and City of Sanctuary (including any local branches, subsidiaries, or associated organisations). Not applicable. Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Lorna Jonas-Tinson Information Rights Officer2025-09-11T00:00:00CAM109322025-09-03T00:00:00information regarding your Empty Homes Grant schemeDate: 03/09/2025 Ref: CAM10932 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 13/08/2025 about information regarding your Empty Homes Grant scheme. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000/Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested. I am writing to request information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 regarding your Empty Homes Grant scheme. Please provide the following information for the period 1 January 2020 to 31 December 2024 (inclusive): 1. Number of applications received for the Empty Homes Grant. 2. Number of applications approved and total amount of grant funding awarded. 3. Number of applications refused, with a short description of the most common reason(s) for refusal (no more than the top three reasons, if recorded). 4. Number of applications still pending (no decision issued at the time of your response), including those awaiting further action from either the applicant or the council. 5. Average processing time (in weeks) from application submission to a decision being issued (for applications that have been decided). 6. Whether the scheme is currently open to new applications (Yes/No). If possible, please provide the information in an electronic spreadsheet format (e.g., .xlsx or .csv). Please see the attached spreadsheet. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner ’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk Telephone: 0303 123 1113 , live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/ Yours sincerely Kieran Heneghan Information Rights Officer2025-09-11T00:00:00CAM109342025-09-03T00:00:00fixed penalty notices (FPN) for stationary idlingDate: 03/09/2025 Ref: CAM10934 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 14/08/2025 about fixed penalty notices (FPN) for stationary idling. We have dealt with this under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested. Under the Freedom of Information Act 200 I request the following information: Number of fixed penalty notices (FPN) for stationary idling under The Road Traffic (Vehicle Emissions) (Fixed Penalty) (England) Regulations 2002 for the following years: The Parking Operations Team do not issue FPNs for stationary idling, but they issue Penalty Charge Notices (PCN) code PCN 63s "Parked with engine running where prohibited" as follows: 2025 - 73 2024 - 92 2023 - 79 2022 - 66 2021 - 35 Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner ’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Philip Lewis Information Rights Officer2025-09-11T00:00:00CAM109352025-09-05T00:00:00CCTV Across Camden High Street, and heading left in to Camden Road, and coming out of Camden Road towards Kentish TownDate: 05/09/2025 Ref: CAM10935 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 11/08/2025 about CCTV Across Camden High Street, and heading left in to Camden Road, and coming out of Camden Road towards Kentish Town. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested. Across Camden High Street, and heading left in to Camden Road, and coming out of Camden Road towards Kentish Town - • Are any camera's watched manually by any workers, in either a civil capacity or enforcement capacity or is camera footage just sent to a control unit for recording purposes incase the police or members of public request information/evidence? Cameras are constantly recording in real time and manually watched as required. Some cameras for traffic enforcement are recording constantly and reviewed retrospectively for any traffic contraventions. • Please can you advise me on how many cameras are under 24 hour surveillance across this route and how many variations of camera's there are; private, council, police, City of London, highways etc. We are unable to provide information in relation to Private, Police, City of London or Transport for London cameras. All Camden council CCTV along this route are recording 24/7/365. Approximately 20. • Please can you advise me if the live recordings go to a private control room or directly to a police watch room or a council base or City of London unit Live recordings go directly to the council’s control room . • If any cameras are manually watched for 24 hours a day, what constitutes a valid situation for a response unit to be sent out in terms of danger / threat to the public? Once an incident is escalated to the emergency services, as the appropriate service, it is their jurisdiction. • Who's responsibility it is to alert rapid response to threats to the public and send units via emergency services, or if private enforcement agents are directed to attend. What is protocol? Law enforcement agencies such as the Police is the general rule . London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk • If camera's are manually watched, and an incident has been spotted, is there a set time period that they have to raise an alarm within; for instance Police rapid response from alert to arrival is 7 minutes. Is there a time limit for private enforcement or civilian worker? There is no time limited. The general practice is as escalated as seen dependant on the nature of Incident. Incidents are vast and can be simultaneously. • If an incident occurred and failure to report, can I ask what the procedure is please? Incidents are reported to the relevant party in real time or retrospectively . • Does anyone review footage, even at a later date, to pick up on any criminal activity or threat to the public to report to the police or council before it is disposed of after 30 days etc? Footage can be reviewed at a later date than the date an incident may have occurred and within the 31 day automatic erasure period. Please can you provide me with all of your policies and guidelines with as much information as possible please via telephone numbers or links to documents or relevant sitemaps. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner ’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk Telephone: 0303 123 1113 , live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/ Yours sincerely Philip Lewis Information Rights Officer2025-09-11T00:00:00CAM109382025-09-02T00:00:00Refurbishment/Demolition asbestos survey for the heating retrofit at the Alexandra & Ainsworth EstateDate: 02/09/2025 Ref: CAM10938 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 12/09/2025 about Refurbishment/Demolition asbestos survey for the heating retrofit at the Alexandra & Ainsworth Estate . We have dealt with this under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested. 1. Has a Refurbishment/Demolition asbestos survey been conducted for the heating retrofit at the Alexandra & Ainsworth Estate? Under the control of asbestos regulations 2012 there is a requirement to undertake asbestos refurbishment surveys to all areas of work prior to works commencing. We have undertaken 4 pilot surveys to facilitate the works for the project with additional surveys to be commissioned prior to start date. 2. Was asbestos-containing floor adhesive identified in any flats, including mine? After reviewing the 4 pilot surveys 100% of the surveys contain asbestos bitumen beneath the flooring. With the historical information we have this area for your flat this area was not accessed as part of the survey, so we are unaware if the bitumen is present however its highly likely. Asbestos bitumen adhesive is a low friability material and can remain in situ until refurbishment works are undertaken. 3. What risk assessment and method statement will be used to ensure no asbestos disturbance during the works? This will be set out by the principal contractor in line with the control of asbestos regulation 2012 and the health and safety at work act 1974. Risk assessments will be provided for all aspects of the project including asbestos management. The asbestos surveys will be undertaken by a UKAS accredited company with removals undertaken by a licenced asbestos removal company. Asbestos licensed removals will be accompanied by the ASB5 form to notify HSE as per requirements. 4. Please provide a copy of any survey reports, risk assessments, and asbestos management plans relevant to this project. We can only provide you with redacted communal survey reports and not for an individual properties under Regulation 12(3). See the refusal notice below. If you would like a copy of the survey for your own flat you will need to make a Subject Access Request by emailing SubjectAccess@camden.gov.uk. We can provide you with the Rowley Way plant room survey. See attached. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Refusal Notice: Regulation 12(3) The council considers that to disclose the personal data requested would not be in accordance with data protection legislation and therefore we have withheld some of the information under the absolute exemption in Regulation 12(3). The exemption states that personal data requested may be withheld when to release it would be a breach of the requirements of data protection law which is the UK General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the Data Protection Act 2018. The information withheld is personal information because it allows living individuals to be identified. The council considers that it would be a breach of the General Data Protection Regulation article 5 requirements of fairness and proportionality to publish this personal information in a FOI request. In doing this we have considered the legitimate public interest in disclosure against the interests of the data subject/s and concluded that in the circumstances disclosure would contravene the data protection requirements of fairness and proportionality particularly considering that Freedom of Information responses are public documents and published to the world and not provided just to the requester. The council’s redaction policy states that junior staff member names, (those below Assistant Director level) unless in public facing positions, would not be released in a FOI response. Therefore, the names of junior staff members have been redacted from the request details as they would have no expectation that their details would be released into the public domain, and especially given the content of the request as we consider that to include them would be a breach of the requirements to act fairly and proportionately. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner ’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk Telephone: 0303 123 1113 , live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/ Yours sincerely Philip Lewis Information Rights Officer2025-09-11T00:00:00CAM109402025-09-03T00:00:00fleet management questionsDate: 03/09/2025 Ref: CAM10940 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 14/08/2025 about fleet management questions. We have dealt with this under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested. I am seeking details relating to your organisation’s fleet management, specifically: 1. The Fleet department contact number? 02079743447 2. The Fleet departments email address? fleet.services@camden.gov.uk 3. The name of the Fleet Manager? This information is withheld. See the refusal notice below. 4. The Fleet Manager’s email address? This information is withheld. See the refusal notice below. 5. The total number of vehicles currently in your fleet? 309 6. The total number of plant assets currently managed? 9 (Tugs) 7. The total number of technicians employed to maintain the fleet? 4 8. The name of the fleet management software currently in use? Truckfile 9. The length of time remaining on the current fleet management software contract? End 31/01/2027 10. The annual cost of the current fleet management software? £5,544 + VAT London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk 11. Any frameworks currently used for procuring fleet management services, vehicles, or related systems? CCS & TPPL Refusal Notice: Regulation 12(3) The council considers that to disclose the personal data requested would not be in accordance with data protection legislation and therefore we have withheld some of the information under the absolute exemption in Regulation 12(3). The exemption states that personal data requested may be withheld when to release it would be a breach of the requirements of data protection law which is the UK General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the Data Protection Act 2018. The information withheld is personal information because it allows living individuals to be identified. The council considers that it would be a breach of the General Data Protection Regulation article 5 requirements of fairness and proportionality to publish this personal information in a FOI request. In doing this we have considered the legitimate public interest in disclosure against the interests of the data subject/s and concluded that in the circumstances disclosure would contravene the data protection requirements of fairness and proportionality particularly considering that Freedom of Information responses are public documents and published to the world and not provided just to the requester. The council’s redaction policy states that junior staff member names, (those below Assistant Director level) unless in public facing positions, would not be released in a FOI response. Therefore, the names of junior staff members have been redacted from the request details as they would have no expectation that their details would be released into the public domain and especially given the content of the request as we consider that to include them would be a breach of the requirements to act fairly and proportionately. Advice and Assistance: As advice and assistance, further information about how to compete for contracts is available here: https://www.camden.gov.uk/business-with-camden. Please also note the statement below under “further information”. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner ’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk Telephone: 0303 123 1113 , live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/ Yours sincerely Philip Lewis Information Rights Officer2025-09-11T00:00:00CAM109412025-09-11T00:00:00commercial properties soldDate: 11/09/2025 Case reference : CAM10941 London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 14/08/2025 about commercial properties sold. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 / Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested and the answers to your questions are as follows: 1. A list of all commercial properties sold by Camden council since January 1, 2014. 2. For each property, please provide details including: a) Address of the property b) Date of sale c) Sale price d) Buyer (if publicly disclosable) e) Any additional relevant information related to the sale You clarified your request on 19 August 2025: - 'any additional information related to the sale' - meaning what type of commercial property i.e care homes, schools, retail shops. Please find relevant information that is publicly disclosable (below): - 1. 16 Chenies Street, 1 and 3 Southampton Road, t he Roy Shaw Centre and 14 Heath Street. 2. 16 Chenies Street: a) Address of the property: 16 Chenies Street London WC1E 7EX b) Date of sale – December 2017 c) Sale price - £3,430,000 e) Long Lease of Theatre/ Studio Space 1 and 3 Southampton Road: a) Address of the property: 1 and 3 Southampton Road, London, NW5 4JS b) Date of sale – March 2014 c) Sale price - £1,520,000 e) Shops The Roy Shaw Centre: a) Address of the property: 3-5 Cressy Road, The Roy Shaw Centre, NW3 b) Date of sale – March 2025 c) Sale price - £4,100,000 e) Detached 3 storey building14 Heath Street: a) Address: 14 Heath Street NW3 b) Sale: August 2025 c) Sale price: £600,000 e) Shop and upper parts Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk , Telephone: 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website https://www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Peter Williams Information Rights Officer2025-09-11T00:00:00CAM109442025-09-05T00:00:00noise complaints received between 1 January 2020 and to date, where the source of noise was a dog or dogsDate: 05/09/2025 Ref: CAM10944 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 14/08/2025 about noise complaints received between 1 January 2020 and to date, where the source of noise was a dog or dogs . We have dealt with this under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested. The total number of noise complaints received by your council between 1 January 2020 and the latest available date, where the source of noise was a dog or dogs. As at 04/09/25, there are 588 complaints held on our database . Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner ’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk Telephone: 0303 123 1113 , live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/ Yours sincerely Kieran Heneghan Information Rights Officer London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk2025-09-11T00:00:00CAM109452025-09-05T00:00:00when is the programme to retrofit and improve housing stock startingDate: 05/09/2025 Ref: CAM10945 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 14/08/2025 about when is the programme to retrofit and improve housing stock starting. We have dealt with this under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested. The leader of council. When elected 12 months ago mentioned Camden would retrofit and improve their housing stock. When is this starting and where is proposed programme to start and how long will it take to fulfil This information is already published in the public domain and can be found at question 1 (page 3) at the attached link - (Public Pack)Written Council Questions Agenda Supplement for Council, 21/07/2025 19:00 As the information requested is already reasonably accessible elsewhere it is excepted under Regulation 6(1)(b). Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner ’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Telephone: 0303 123 1113 , live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/ Yours sincerely Kieran Heneghan Information Rights Officer2025-09-11T00:00:00CAM109462025-09-04T00:00:00council taxDate: 04/09/2025 Case reference : CAM10946 London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 14/08/2025 about council tax.   We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 / Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested and the answers to your questions are as follows: 1. Can you provide a detailed breakdown of costs of where you spent the money of the yearly council tax that all residents of camden Borough are liable to pay for 2023/2024. 2. Can you provide the amount in £ that you collected from all the residents in the borough of camden 2023/2024 for council tax. Please find relevant information attached which details all the council’s income and expenditure for 2023/24. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets.Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk , Telephone: 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website https://www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Peter Williams Information Rights Officer2025-09-11T00:00:00CAM109472025-09-03T00:00:00documents for Oxenholme Tower, Ampthill Square Estate, Gillfoot Tower, Ampthill Square Estate and Dalehead Tower, Ampthill Square EstateDate: 03/09/2025 Ref: CAM10947 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 14/08/2025 about documents for Oxenholme Tower, Ampthill Square Estate, Gillfoot Tower, Ampthill Square Estate and Dalehead Tower, Ampthill Square Estate. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested. Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, I am requesting the following documents for Oxenholme Tower, Ampthill Square Estate (UPRN B00009FRA01), Gillfoot Tower, Ampthill Square Estate (UPRN B00005FRA01) and Dalehead Tower, Ampthill Square Estate (UPRN B00004FRA01) from 1 January 2018 to the present: 1. Any External Wall System (EWS1) forms or Fire Risk Appraisals of External Walls with PAS 9980:2022 assessments undertaken for this building. See document FRAEW, EWS1 attached. 2. Any cladding or insulation test reports (including BS 8414 or equivalent). N/A - Refer to attached FRAEW for confirmation of materials where testing is not required. 3. Any records of external wall remediation works (including specifications, contractors, and completion dates). N/A - No external wall remediation works carried out. 4. Any correspondence with the Building Safety Regulator regarding the building’s external wall compliance. See attached record to the Building Safety Regulator as part of the submission of the Building Safety Case. Block (Ampthill Estate) Documents FRAEW (Req 1,2) EWS1 Form (Req 1,2) Extract from BSC to Regulator (Req 4) Dalehead    Gillfoot   Oxenholme   London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner ’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk Telephone: 0303 123 1113 , live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/ Yours sincerely Philip Lewis Information Rights Officer2025-09-11T00:00:00CAM109482025-09-03T00:00:00information in the context of domestic waste bin/sack collection servicesDate: 03/09/2025 Ref: CAM10948 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 14/08/2025 about information in the context of domestic waste bin/sack collection services. We have dealt with this under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested. Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, I kindly request the following information in the context of domestic waste bin/sack collection services, as opposed to trade/commercial collections or waste disposal. 1. Do you currently operate waste services (collections) directly, or through a waste contractor such as Biffa, Suez or Veolia. If through a contractor, please name them. Response: Through a waste contractor, Veolia + Veolia Commercial. 2. Which of the IT systems below do you use for the management of day to day municipal bin collections: a. Yotta / Causeway b. Bartec Collective c. AMCS Clear d. Whitespace/Powersuite e. Contender f. Selected Interventions / Echo g. Core (Suez) h. Webaspx / Routeware i. Routesmart j. MS Office k. No IT system l. Other: [please name] Response: Selected Interventions / Echo & Google Apps & Salesforce & Customerhub & Amazon Connect & PowerBi apps. 3. Which IT system do you use for each of the following in your refuse collection vehicle fleet and associated staff: 3a. Fleet management system. Response: Vision Logistics UK & Tranman 3b. HR system. Response: Workday 3c. RCV on-board camera system. Response: Visiontrack 3d. Telematics / vehicle tracking provider. Response: Visiontrack & Selected Interventions / Echo London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk 4. What IT system(s) do you use to manage the following service areas: 4a. Grounds/Parks maintenance. Response: Confirm Environmental, Mapinfo, Colony app for allotments and RockTime for tennis bookings. As well as Microsoft Office. 4b. Street cleansing. Response: Selected Interventions / Echo & Loveclean Streets app 5. How many Electric Vehicles do you have in your waste collections fleet? Response: 14. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner ’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Philip Lewis Information Rights Officer2025-09-11T00:00:00CAM109052025-09-11T00:00:00deaths recorded in accommodation for homeless people, self-harm involving individuals residing in temporary accommodationDate: 11/09/2025 Ref: CAM10905 Dear Requester, Thank you for your requests for information dated 12/08/2025 about deaths recorded in accommodation for homeless people, self-harm involving individuals residing in temporary accommodation. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response We have amalgamated your two requests CAM10905 and CAM10917, under the terms of the Freedom of Information Act 2000. This approach aligns with the Freedom of Information and Data Protection (Appropriate Limit and Fees) Regulations 2004. Under these regulations, a public authority may amalgamate two or more requests received within 60 working days for the purpose of applying the cost limit. The council holds some of the information requested. Amalgamated request 1 (CAM10905): Please provide the number of deaths recorded between 00:00 on 1 January 2024 and the date of this request in each of the following housing situations within your local authority area: (a) Accommodation for homeless people commissioned by your council, including hostels, supported accommodation for people identified as sleeping rough or with a history of sleeping rough For the purposes of this request: “Commissioned by your council” includes any accommodation provided directly by the council or by a third party under contract or agreement with the council. Please include deaths from any cause and provide the recorded cause of death. Deaths between 1 January 2024 to 18 August 2025 Count in accommodation provided directly by the council or through a contracted third party Cause of death 1 Acute respiratory depression, acute polydrug toxicity 1 Acute cardiac failure 1 Acute polydrug toxicity 1 Lower respiratory tract infection, COPD 2 Ischaemic coronary heart disease 1 Stenosis of the coronary artery 1 Atherosclerosis 1 Pneumonia complications London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Count in other temporary accommodation commissioned by the council to relieve homelessness under Part 7 duties of the Housing Act 1996 (not included above) 1 Cause of death not recorded Total (10) Notes: Not all deaths were of people who had a historic or current episode of rough sleeping. Data reflect those who died while receiving temporary housing services by the council; not all died at the property. Amalgamated request 2 (CAM10917): Please provide the number of recorded instances of self-harm between 00:00 on 1 January 2024 and the date of this request involving individuals residing in temporary accommodation commissioned by your council. For the purposes of this request: “Temporary accommodation” includes any accommodation provided directly by the council or by a third party under contract or agreement with the council, such as hostels, supported accommodation, bed & breakfast placements, or other emergency housing. “Recorded instances of self-harm” means any incident logged by council staff, commissioned service providers, or emergency services in which an individual in temporary accommodation is identified as having intentionally harmed themselves, regardless of whether hospital treatment was required. “Information held” includes information recorded by the council and by commissioned providers delivering services on the council’s behalf. Please provide the type of temporary accommodation they were in. Information not held. Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Lorna Jonas-Tinson Information Rights Officer2025-10-10T09:46:46CAM109782025-09-29T00:00:00Children Looked After identified as being trafficked or a victim of modern slavery.Date: 29/09/2025 Ref: CAM10978 Dear Requester, Thank you for your request for information dated 19/08/2025 about Children Looked After identified as being trafficked or a victim of modern slavery. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested and the answers to your questions are as follows: Please release the following information relating to looked after children in the care of your authority for the period 1 January 2024 to 31 December 2024. You clarified: The numbers 1-5 contained in the text for which you are seeking clarification are footnotes. 1. The total number of looked after children in the care of your authority that are: a. Identified as having been trafficked or a victim of modern slavery – including but not limited to those identified through the National Referral Mechanism. We assess exploitation and Modern Slavery across a spectrum of risk and do not differentiate between ‘suspected’ and ‘identified as.’ Total number of Children Looked After, 28. b. Suspected of having been a victim of trafficking or modern slavery1, if not included in a. Please see the response to question 1a above. c. Identified as an unaccompanied asylum-seeking child (UASC) or a separated child. 65. d. Identified as an unaccompanied asylum-seeking child (UASC) or a separated child who have also been identified or suspected of having been a victim of trafficking or modern slavery. 15. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk 2. The total number of looked after children in the care of your authority: a. Identified or suspected as having been trafficked/victim of modern slavery and that have gone missing or absent. 20. b. Identified as an UASC or separated child and that have gone missing or absent. 16. c. Identified as an unaccompanied asylum-seeking child (UASC) or a separated child who have also been identified or suspected of having been a victim of trafficking or modern slavery, and that have gone missing or absent. 6. 3. The total number of individual incidents (which could involve the same child on more than one occasion) of looked after children in the care of your authority: a. Identified or suspected as having been trafficked/victim of modern slavery and that have gone missing or absent. 406. b. Identified as an UASC or separated child and that have gone missing or absent. 108. 4. The total number of looked after children in the care of your authority that are still missing or absent (including those that subsequently turned 18 without being found) that were identified or suspected as having been trafficked. 1. 5. The total number of looked after children in the care of your authority that are still missing or absent (including those that subsequently turned 18 without being found) that were identified as an UASC or separated child. 1. 6. For questions 1a, 1b and 2a please provide a breakdown of these numbers by year and whether the child is British or non-British. Response to 1a and 1b: British: 17 Non-British: 11 Response to 2a: British: 13 Non-British: 7 7. For question 2, please provide a breakdown of these numbers by type of accommodation missing from Please note that statutory duties include collecting and recording the following: - Whether a child is a victim of trafficking/modern slavery, or whether there is reason to believe they may be a victim - Whether a child is an unaccompanied asylum-seeking child (UASC) - Data on children reported missing from care Response to 2a: Placement type* Count Foster placement with relative or friend-not long term or FFA 1 Homes and hostels 12 Other placements 6 Placed with own parents or other person with parental responsibility 1 Placement with other foster carer - not long term or FFA 7 Placement with other foster carer - long term fostering 1 Regulated supported accommodation 17 Secure unit 1 Young offender institution or prison 1 *Children may be placed in multiple types of care settings throughout the year Response to 2b: Placement type* Count Placement with other foster carer - not long term or FFA 10 Placement with other foster carer - long term fostering 6 Regulated supported accommodation 11 *Children may be placed in multiple types of care settings throughout the year Response to 2c: Placement type* Count Placement with other foster carer - not long term or FFA 4 Placement with other foster carer - long term fostering 1 Regulated supported accommodation 5 *Children may be placed in multiple types of care settings throughout the year Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Lorna Jonas-Tinson Information Rights Officer2025-10-10T09:46:46CAM110262025-09-24T00:00:00criteria and delivery model for the future homecare contractDate: 24/09/2025 Ref: CAM11026 Dear Requester, Thank you for your request for information dated 27/08/2025 about the criteria and delivery model for the future homecare contract. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested and the answers to your questions are as follows: 1. What will the criteria be for companies to be able to bid for the new homecare contract such as CQC registration and office requirements (will you be open to new providers who can commit to having a local office) All bidding requirements will be specified within the tender documentation. 2. From research I have discovered the new tender is due to be released this year and is this still on schedule and if so what dates have you confirmed. The specific dates have yet to be confirmed, however the tender is currently scheduled for early 2026. 3. Has there been any market shaping events or any planned. Market shaping events took place in July 2025. For details on how to access the information or submit a bid, please visit to our procurement webpage: Find and bid on a contract - Camden Council As this information is publicly available, it is exempt from disclosure under Section 21 of the Freedom of Information Act. This section provides an absolute exemption for information that is already in the public domain. 4. Will the contract be split into five areas the same as the previous contract if not how will the contract will be divided and how many providers will you be looking to award and will there be a second tier to cover all areas. It will be important for us to have enough time to plan as we are aware setting up an office can take considerable time with the backlog from CQC. This information will form part of the tender documents. We anticipate that successful providers will have sufficient time to implement the services. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Lorna Jonas-Tinson Information Rights Officer2025-10-10T09:46:47CAM117222025-12-22T00:00:00domestic abuse and arrearsDate: 22/12/2025 Case reference: CAM11722 London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 04/12/2025 about domestic abuse and arrears. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds some of the information requested. The answers to your questions are below. We have stated where we do not hold the information requested and why. 1. Council tax arrears (a) What is the total value (£) of council tax arrears currently held by the authority? Data as of 1 December 2025 For 2025/25 data is for all accounts at Final Notice stage and beyond For previous years for all accounts at any stage from Billing £36,773,355.85 - of which £9,721,610.12 relates to 2025/26 only (b) How many individual accounts are currently in council tax arrears? Data as of 1 December 2025 For 2025/25 data is for all accounts at Final Notice stage and beyondFor previous years for all accounts at any stage from Billing 34,095 individual accounts – of which 7100 accounts relate to 2025/26 only. (c) How many council tax accounts were referred to enforcement agents (e.g. bailiffs) in the last 24 months? 11,340 cases 2. Support to Victim-Survivors of Domestic Abuse (a) In the last 24 months, how many residents experiencing domestic abuse has the council supported with debt-related relief or support (e.g. council tax reductions, payment plans, discretionary hardship payments, write-offs)? We do not hold this information.  This is because we do not record or maintain a relevant dataset. For Sundry and Adult Social Care debts we do not record specifically the reason for write off as Domestic Violence. (b) Does the authority record or monitor whether a resident requesting debt relief has experienced domestic abuse? If so, how many such cases have been recorded in the last 24 months? We do not hold this information.  This is because we do not record or maintain a relevant dataset. 3. Debt Recovery and Domestic Abuse Policies (a) Does the authority have any policies, procedures, or guidance documents that refer to domestic abuse as a consideration in debt recovery processes (including enforcement, recovery pauses, or alternative arrangements)? Please provide a copy or link. No, we do not. (b) Does the authority have any policies, procedures, or guidance that include domestic abuse as a factor in determining eligibility for council tax write-offs or reductions under Section 13A(1)(c) of the Local Government Finance Act 1992?Where domestic abuse causes financial hardship, this can be considered under the Section 13a Policy. 4. Discretionary Write-Off Monitoring (a) Does the authority monitor or record the use of discretionary council tax write-offs granted under Section 13A(1)(c)? Yes (b) If yes: How many discretionary council tax write-off requests were (i) received and (ii) approved and (iii) not approved in the last 24 months? (i) 54 (ii)50 (iii) 4 – cases that have gone through the process start to end, this does not include cases where further information has been requested, and the customer has failed to engage or pursue their application further. (c) In how many of those (i) received (ii) approved and (iii) not approved cases was domestic abuse recorded as a contributing factor or reason for the request? (i) 1 (ii) 1 (iii) 0 (d) Does the authority monitor and record the decision maker and decision-making time scale for council tax write offs? If yes: (i) Who was the decision maker for these cases and (ii) what was the average time taken to make a decision and (iii) were individuals given a written explanation when a request is refused? (i) The Council Tax and Enforcement Service Manager is the decision maker (ii) 45.6 days – this includes a timeframe where missing/further information is requested(ii) Yes 5. Approaches to Other Public Sector Debts (a) Does the authority have policies or guidance in place relating to recovery of other public sector debts (e.g. housing arrears, benefit overpayments, social care charges)? For housing arrears, we are currently finalising a new policy and new procedures. For Sundry and Social Care charges - please see the relevant information attached. (b) Do any of these policies explicitly reference domestic abuse as a relevant factor in debt recovery or relief decisions? We do not specify domestic violence in our policy as we deal with each case on its own merit and decisions are made on personal circumstances so no one can be treated any different. We would take any abuse into consideration including not only domestic abuse but also financial abuse etc. (c) Please provide copies or links to these policies. 6. Enforcement Agents (a) Are external enforcement agents used for council tax recovery? If yes, please provide the name(s) of current suppliers. Rundle & Co Newlyn Plc (b) Did your procurement or process for selection of external enforcement agents consider vulnerability in relation to domestic abuse? The expectation of Bidders was to demonstrate awareness of all areas of vulnerability, and they were scored accordingly.(c) Do your contracts with these suppliers set out requirements on vulnerability in relation to domestic abuse? No (d) Do you share vulnerability relating to domestic abuse with enforcement agents, and if so under what policy or data sharing agreement? Please provide copy of the applicable data sharing agreement, if available. No, if a vulnerability is identified before the process it wouldn’t be sent to Enforcement Agents for collection. However, if it was identified post referral such cases would be recalled. 7. Training and practice (a) Are your staff required to undertake training that include identifying signs of domestic abuse? Yes, mandatory training for all Camden staff (b) Are your staff required to undertake training that includes identifying signs of economic abuse? Yes, mandatory training for all Camden staff Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk, Telephone: 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website https://www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Peter Williams Information Rights Officer2026-01-02T21:45:10CAM109582025-09-05T00:00:00autopsiesDate: 05/09/2025 Case reference : CAM10958 London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 18/08/2025 about autopsies.  We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 / Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested and the answers to your questions are as follows: Was the council taking bodies for autopsy to its St Pancras mortuary on behalf of the City of London mortuary at any point in 2009? Yes, we were carrying out post mortem's for the City Of London in 2009. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk , Telephone: 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website https://www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Peter Williams Information Rights Officer2025-09-11T00:00:00CAM109612025-09-03T00:00:00Potholes questionsDate: 03/09/2025 Ref: CAM10961 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 15/08/2025 about Potholes questions. We have dealt with this under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested. Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, please can you disclose the following information: The number of unfixed potholes currently recorded under the council authority (as of August 15, 2025)? Camden’s Highways Contract specifies that whilst the Contractor undertakes their safety inspections, they find and fix any defects that are noted on their inspections. Therefore, all potholes noted following an inspection should be repaired. Could you provide the location of these unfixed potholes, i.e. what road they are located on? N/A. How much the council has spent on pothole repairs in the last three years. (Broken down by years 2022/23, 2023/24, 2024/25) As our contractual arrangement with our Highways Contractor involves a lump sum payment to cover all defects we are unable to break down the costs of just repairing potholes. The number of claims that have been lodged against the council relating to damage caused by potholes in the last three years. (Broken down by years 2022/23, 2023/24, 2024/25) How much the council paid out in compensation to successful claims. (Broken down by years 2022/23, 2023/24, 2024/25) Number of claims Amount paid 2022 15 £2,590.16 2023 43 £9,596.45 2024 24 £4,040.47 2025 14 £808.00 London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner ’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk Telephone: 0303 123 1113 , live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/ Yours sincerely Philip Lewis Information Rights Officer2025-09-11T00:00:00CAM109652025-09-04T00:00:00Complaints made about specific library booksDate: 04/09/2025 Ref: CAM10965 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 18/08/2025 about Complaints made about specific library books. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested. I am writing to make a request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. All questions below apply to the years 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025. I would like to request the following 1. The number of complaints that have been made about books stocked by the following authors at council-run libraries. - Helen Joyce - Julie Bindel - Hannah Barnes - Kathleen Stock - Abigail Shrier - Kara Dansky There have been no complaints about books stocked by the above named authors. 2. For each author stated in Q1, please say which book was complained about and why. N/A. 3. For each book, please say what the council and/or the library did in response to the complaint. N/A. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner ’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk Telephone: 0303 123 1113 , live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/ Yours sincerely Philip Lewis Information Rights Officer2025-09-11T00:00:00CAM109682025-09-08T00:00:00Fair Funding ReviewDate: 08/09/2025 Case reference : CAM10968London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 18/08/2025 about the  Fair Funding Review.   .  We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested.  However, we are withholding some of the information because it is exempt as explained below.  We have explained where we are withholding information and what exemption applies.  Please see the refusal notice at the end of the answer which explains how and why it applies. The Consultation on the Fair Funding Review 2.0 being carried out by the Department of Housing Communities and Local Government, closed on 15 August 2025. Could I please have a copy of any response made by the Authority. If a decsion was made not to make a response could I please have a copy of any minutes, meeting notes of emails about the decision not to make a reponse Please find relevant information attached.  This information has been redacted. Please see the exemption notice set out below. Refusal Notice The exemption that applies is: section 36: prejudice to effective conduct of public affairsThe estimates of possible losses in grant funding that the council has produced and holds are withheld under section 36 Freedom of Information Act 2000. The information that is held, being the product of the internal calculations produced by council officers, within scope of question 1 and 2 is withheld under section 36. It is withheld under s36 (2) (b) (i) because disclosure under the Act would be likely to inhibit the free and frank provision of advice. It is also withheld under s36 (2) (c) because disclosure under the Act would be likely to prejudice the effective conduct of public affairs. s36(b)(i): disclosure under the Act would be likely to inhibit the free and frank provision of advice As the information withheld is statistical, under section 36(4), the reasonable opinion of a Qualified Person is not required. The term ‘statistical information’ includes statistics, i.e. factual information presented as figures. However, it has a wider meaning than just statistics and includes not just the raw data that may be used for statistical analysis, but the mathematical model or methodology used to analyse the data and the product or outcome of that analysis. Publicly disclosing an estimate that the council does not have total certainty or complete confidence in would be likely to prejudice decisions that the Council will need to take in the future. These will include decisions regarding our future medium term financial strategy that will include decisions regarding investment in services and future decision on savings and efficiencies. The Council will need to develop these policies over the next twelve months but at present it is unclear what level of funding the Council will have over the medium term. s36(2)(c): disclosure under the Act would be likely to prejudice the effective conduct of public affairs The statistical information provides indicative outcomes using financial modelling from a variety of possible scenarios. As these outcomes are theoretical, there is a real danger that disclosure will lead to adverse effects on the council’s effective conduct of public affairs. Publicly disclosing an estimate that the council does not have total certainty or complete confidence in would be likely to prejudice decisions that the Council will need to take in the future. These will include decisions regarding our future medium term financial strategy that will include decisions regarding investment in services and future decision on savings and efficiencies. The Council will need to develop these policies over the next twelve months but at present it is unclear what level of funding the Council will have over the medium term and so unclear what level of investment and savings will need to be made to services. Disclosure would be likely to result in widespread public and press, including social media interest, and there is a real danger of theoretical assessments being taken out of wider context and being presented as firm or expected outcomes. Whilst explanations can be given with disclosure, as disclosure under FOIA is made without restriction on future usage, it is very likely that explanations, caveats, and the context of the theoretical nature would be removed, with just the raw data being publicised and receiving out of context coverage. Managing queries and questions about this would be a serious diversion of resources. It is also likely that public anxieties would result from disclosure and the effects of managing the effect of disclosure would seriously disrupt the effective conduct of public affairs. Public Interest Test Factors in favour of disclosure: General public interest in council openness and transparency (medium weight)• Public interest in knowing that the council is proactively considering the impacts of possible funding changes (Medium weight)• Public interest in considering the possible impacts on council finances of potential changs to funding for their own circumstances or that of others, however the information is unlikely to allow a personal assessment, because as explained, the information is not held by service area reducing the public interest (low weight)• Factors in favour of maintaining the exemption: Public interest in council officers being able to produce assessments of possible outcomes in various scenarios in an open way, without fettering due to concerns of publication caused debate (heavy weight)• There is public interest in avoiding the distraction from core council business that would be almost certain to result from publication (heavy weight)• Even with context being provided, there is a high probability that the information will be taken out of context, resulting in unnecessary public concern and resultant queries to and communication with the council, causing distraction of staff from core council business (heavy weight)• The balance of public interests falls on the side of maintaining the exemption. Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk , Telephone: 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website https://www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Peter Williams Information Rights Officer2025-09-11T00:00:00CAM109692025-09-10T00:00:00total cost estimate of the 18 month trial period of the pedestrianization of Camden high streetDate: 10/09/2025 Ref: CAM10969 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 18/08/2025 about total cost estimate of the 18 month trial period of the pedestrianization of Camden high street. We have dealt with this under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested. I would like to know what the total cost estimate of the 18 month trail period of the pedestrianization of Camden high street is, and from where these funds are budgeted from? The information is published as part of the decision report for the trial scheme: Decision - Camden High Street Pedestrianisation - Camden Council SMDReport 10Feb25.pdf pages 24-25. As the answer to your request is reasonably accessible elsewhere, the regulations allows public bodies to apply Regulation 6(1) and direct requesters to the information that is readily available online to them. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Telephone: 0303 123 1113 , live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/ Yours sincerely Kieran Heneghan Information Rights Officer2025-09-11T00:00:00CAM109712025-09-08T00:00:00sickness absenceDate: 08/09/2025 Case reference : CAM10971 London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 18/08/2025 about sickness absence . We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 / Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested and the answers to your questions are as follows: This is a freedom of information request regarding sickness absence in your council workforce. I am looking for information for 2024-25, 2023-24 and 2022-23, and have included tables which you can use if convenient. Please provide me with: 1. The total number of sickness days for each year. 2. The total number of long-term sickness days for each year. 3. The average number of sickness days per full time equivalent employee for each year. 4. The total cost of sickness days for each year. 5. The total cost of long-term sickness days for each year. 6. The number of employees on long term sickness at any point in each year. 7. A breakdown of sickness days by reason for each year. For example: mental ill-health, musculoskeletal system, respiratory system, etc. I understand that your council may categorise reasons differently, please use whichever ones your HR system collects. 8. A breakdown of sickness days by department for each year, for example: communications, legal, finance, planning, adult social care, etc. I understand that your council may be organised differently, please use whichever categories your HR system uses. Please provide me with the percentage of employees on long term sickness, the average number of sickness days per full time equivalent employee and the percentage of working days lost due to mental health sickness days.  If data is not available for any particular category, please provide the closest equivalent data. If it is not possible to provide the information requested due to the information exceeding the cost of compliance limits identified in section 12 of the Freedom of Information Act, please provide advice and assistance, under the section 16 obligations of the act, as to how I can refine my request. Please find relevant information attached. We have interpreted long-term absence to be referring to sickness absences lasting twenty (20) working days or more. Also, we have interpreted question 2 to be asking for the total number of employees who had an absence of twenty (20) working days or more during each Financial Year. The figures for total cost of sickness have been calculated by using the daily rate paid to each employee multiplied by the number of working days sickness absence taken during the Financial Year.  Daily rates were calculated using the following methodology: (Actual Salary Paid to Employee/Number of Weeks Worked per Year) * 5 Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk , Telephone: 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website https://www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Peter Williams Information Rights Officer2025-09-11T00:00:00CAM109722025-09-02T00:00:00our spend over £500Date: 02/09/2025 Case reference : CAM10972London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 19/08/2025 about our  spend over £500.   We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.  Response The council does not holds the information requested: I am doing some research into your Camden Council Spend Over 500 GBP. I find I cannot open your CSV file for august. would it be possible for you to reupload the page and also send me a csv copy. We do not hold this information.  We are up to date until the end of July 2025, but the August figures will only come out after we have run the relevant reports. This will be most likely occur in the 2nd week of September . Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets.Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk , Telephone: 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website https://www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Peter Williams Information Rights Officer2025-09-11T00:00:00CAM109762025-09-08T00:00:00complaints received by the Local Authority’s Trading Standards service relating to Home Maintenance and ImprovementsDate: 08/09/2025 Ref: CAM10976 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 19/08/2025 about complaints received by the Local Authority’s Trading Standards service relating to Home Maintenance and Improvements . We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested. I would like to know the number of complaints received by the Local Authority’s Trading Standards service relating to Home Maintenance and Improvements; broken down by breach type (Case Codes) : 1) Criminal - 39 2) Civil”. - 28 Received between 19/8/2024 – present. Secondly, I would also like to know the number of complaints within the same time period received by the Local Authority’s Trading Standards service relating to Home Maintenance and Improvements that were classified as "Suspected Scam/rogue trader". Thirdly, can you also tell me how many Trading Standards officer(s) you have in your authority. Fourthly, I also want to know many traders within the home maintenance and improvements sector have been subjected to successful prosecution during the time frame above. My layout suggestion for returning results: a. Complaints about Home Maintenance and Improvements classified as criminal: 39 b. Complaints about Home Maintenance and Improvements classified as civil: 28 c. Complaints about Home Maintenance and Improvements classified as Suspected scam/rogue trader: 12 d. Number of trading standards officers: 4.5 e. How many traders within home maintenance and improvements have been successfully prosecuted: 0 London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk Telephone: 0303 123 1113 , live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/ Yours sincerely Philip Lewis Information Rights Officer2025-09-11T00:00:00CAM105172025-09-01T00:00:00contract signed between Vinci and Camden in regard to a planned works maintenance contract at Derby Lodge known as contract reference RPK1060CAM10517 - From:To:Cc: Subject:Flats 1-18, 19-36 & 69-84, Derby Lodge, WC1X 9-- -Structural Rpt (Cracking)Date:17 March 2021 11:50:21Attachments:image009.png image010.png image011.png image012.jpg image024.jpg image025.png image026.png image027.png image028.jpg IMG_7364 Front Elevation of Blocks (Typ).JPG IMG_7366 Communal Walkways (Typ).JPG IMG_7356 Block 1-18 -Typ. Metal Tie (Type 1).JPG IMG_7372 Block 19-35 -Typ Metal Tie (Type 2).JPG IMG_7351 Block 1-18 -Comunal Staircase Wall Cracking.JPG IMG_7390 Walkway Soffit Cracked (Typ).JPG IMG_7415 Block 19-36 -Historic Cracking to front Elevation.JPG Further to a request from the Programme Manager ( I carried out astructural inspection of the cracking to the communal and external areas of theabove blocks of flats, on 10.3.21. I attach my concise report together with someannotated photographs, for your information.OBSERVATIONS & DISCUSSION:Derby Lodge comprises of several blocks of purpose-built flats, believed to havebeen constructed in c.1865. It is a Grade 2 listed building. The 6-storey buildings,comprise of solid brick load-bearing walls with solid concrete floors.The British Geological Survey map for the locality shows the underlying subsoil tobe London Clay. This is a shrinkable soil and we believe that during past periodsof drought, it has become desiccated and shrunk. As a consequence of this, webelieve that some movement and cracking (caused by subsidence) has affectedthe buildings.There is extensive evidence of past repairs to the rear brick perimeter walls of theblocks. However, currently, there is an absence of any significant cracking to therear elevations. The front elevations exhibit some historic cracking (up to 5mm inwidth). The brick walls to the communal staircases have also experienced somehistoric movement and cracking (with cracks varying from 2-5mm in width).The brick columns (450mm x325mm) to the façade of the building have been tiedback with metal ties to provide them with greater stability. These ties are thenanchored back into the brick walls to the communal staircases.There are two types of arrangements of the walls to the communal staircases,within the blocks. One is where the metal tie is parallel to the walls (i.e. where thewall is being forced to bend about its stronger major axis) and the other is wherethe metal tie is perpendicular to the walls (i.e. where the wall is being forced tobend about its weaker minor axis). The forces from the metal ties appear to haveexacerbated the cracking to the walls in the latter case.We also noticed cracking to the soffits of the communal walkways. We believe thisis where the asphalt covering to the surfaces has failed and let water seep into theconcrete slabs (and /or where blocked drainage may be overflowing and /orleaking and letting water seep into the slab). The ingress of water has thencorroded the metal encased within the concrete slab and it has started to rust andexpand. This has cracked the concrete.RECOMMENDATIONS:1a) Resin inject all the cracks to the brick walls to the communal staircases, with a structural resin. Thereafter, re-plaster the affected areas incorporating expandedmetal lathing (eml) and decorate to match the existing. 1b) Where the bricks have cracked to the external elevation walls, stitch repair thiscracking with matching bricks /mortar and make good. Otherwise, resin injectthese cracks with a structural resin and redecorate to match the existing.2a) Carry out a CCTV Survey of all the drainage situated in the vicinity of thecommunal Walkways, to the blocks of flats. Thereafter, repair any defective/leaking drainage and return the system to a water-tight and free-flowing condition.2b) Check the water-tightness of the Asphalt covering to the concrete floor slabsof the communal Walkways, to the blocks of flats. Check for cracks anddeterioration to the main covering and also poor edge details (e.g. around theGullies, in the slab), which may be allowing water to penetrate the covering.Thereafter, carry out repairs to the Asphalt as necessary and return it to awaterproof condition.2c) Carry out concrete repairs to the cracked concrete soffits etc., of theCommunal Walkways, to the three blocks of flats.This may be done by identifying all the cracked /defective concrete visually & bycarrying out a percussive hammer test. Thereafter, the defective concrete shouldbe hacked-off and the rusting encased metal exposed /rubbed down to remove allthe rust. Following this, apply 2 coats of anti-rust paint to the encased metal andprime the exposed concrete. Finally, pack the area with a proprietary repair mortarand finish to the existing profiles.Kind Regards, Structural Engineer, Housing Management. The majority of Council staff are continuing to work at home through remote,secure access to our systems. Where possible please communicate with us bytelephone or email. From: <camden.gov.uk > Sent: 09 March 2021 18:30To: <camden.gov.uk > Cc: <camden.gov.uk >; <camden.gov.uk >Subject: RE: 101 Malden Road and Derby Lodge -new SurveysThanks Yes 101 Malden can be viewed from the external area.Regards -- Programme Manager Telephone: 020 7974 The majority of Council staff are continuing to work at home through remote,secure access to our systems. Where possible please communicate with us by telephone or email. From: <camden.gov.uk > Sent: 09 March 2021 18:25To: <camden.gov.uk >Cc: <camden.gov.uk >; <camden.gov.uk >Subject: 101 Malden Road and Derby Lodge -new Surveys Dear I will programme the 2 new surveys below, into my schedule and report back assoon possible. I assume that I can inspect 101 Malden Road from the outside (andwill not need to contact the resident & go into the house).Please also note that I have a new line manager ( Please kindlycopy into any new requests for work.Kind Regards, Structural Engineer, Property Management. The majority of Council staff are continuing to work at home through remote,secure access to our systems. Where possible please communicate with us bytelephone or email. From: <camden.gov.uk > Sent: 09 March 2021 17:48To: <camden.gov.uk > Cc: <camden.gov.uk >; <Subject: Inspection Requests 101 Malden Road and Derby LodgeHi Can you inspect a couple of properties:1) 101 Malden Road: There are cracks on the front elevation of this building which webelieve may be structural. The cause may be trees and there have been problems withwater mains under the front patio. Please advise of further actions.2) Derby Lodge: We will be carrying out Capital works on Derby Lodge and there are somelarge cracks in the communal areas. and can provide further information onlocations but they are on the stairwell. Can you advise cause and any remedials we couldinclude as part of the capital works.ThanksRegards Programme ManagerProperty ManagementSupporting CommunitiesLondon Borough of CamdenTelephone: 020 7974 Mobile: Fax: 2009Web: camden.gov.uk Ground floor33-35 Jamestown RoadLondon NW1 7DBThe majority of Council staff are continuing to work at home through remote,secure access to our systems. Where possible please communicate with us bytelephone or email.Please consider the environment before printing this email.Derby Lodge Page 1 CLERK OF WORKS REPORT FOR THE WEEK ENDING 02/02/24 Project Title : Derby Lodge Nature of Contract : New roof, Remedial works, new windows. Project Number : 2520202 Inspection Date: 02/02/24 Camden Project Manager : Contract Period: 46 weeks Contractor : Vinci Date Commenced : 16/10/23 Site Agent/Foreman : Contract Completion Date: 14/06/24 Supervisor/Clerk of Works : Senior Surveyor: Difficulties/ Shortages which may cause delay. Materials or work rejected.N/A TRADES Subcontra ctor Labour contra tor tor bour bour S S M T W T F 1R L O 1 2 Handyman 3 General Labourers 4 Bricklayers/Concreters 4 5 Drainlayers/Groundworker 6 Roofers/Waterproofers 7 Carpenters, Joiners Orders/Information required or received.8 Plumbers/Lead workers 9 Glaziers/Window Fitter 10 Plasterers/Screed 11 Tiler - wall/floor 12 Painter, Decorator 13 Fire Stopping 14 Mechanical/Cable Management 15 Heating and Pipe Fitter(NVHR) General comments on progress and workmanshipStage of Works/Trades.The scope of work here includes, but not limited to, brick face and pointing repairs, concrete repairs, a new flat roof, new tank storage cupboard doors and frames, and new windows throughout at the rear and window overhauls at the front. There are also new FEDs to be fitted to various properties, Class ‘O’ re- decs in communal stairways and new fire safety signage. The site consists of two buildings however these are split into four blocks. Wicklow street = 69 -84 and 85-102. Brittania street = 1-18 and 19-36. The site office is situated away from where the actual works are happening. The site office is in the old Ear, Nose, and throat hospital . (330 Grays Inn Road) ROOFING WORKS . These will not start until the scaffolding is fully erected. TANK STORAGE CUPBOARDS. BRICK FACE AND POINTING REPAIRS.0 2 / 0 2 / 2 4 . These works have commenced and will be ongoing for a while. I w ill inspect on each visit. CONCRETE PLINTH REPAIR WORKS. WINDOW REPLACEMENT WORKS . The pilot has been installed and looks great.16 Ductwork Erectors 17 Electricians 18 Ceiling Fixers 19 Floor Layers 20 Scaffolders 6 21 Asbestos operatives 22 Contracts Manager/Site Manager 2 * Part-Time eTOTALS Enter ‘D’ or ‘N’ against trades which are subcontractedD = Domestic Subcontract = Nominated Subcontract Winter/temp °C when concreting/bricklaying The time you lost M/hours. Materials delivered to site. Weather Visitors to site S S M: 10’c, overcast. T W T Derby Lodge Page 2EMERGENCY LIGHTING REPLACEMENT WORKS. COMMUNAL STAIRWAY RE-DEC WORKS. NEW FED INSTALLATIONS. SCAFFOLD ERECTIONS. Wicklow Road .1 5 % Brittania Road. 85%. 02/02/24. I attended the site today, liaised with site manager Assistant Site manager and (RLO) and after carrying out an induction, we then did a walk -around inspection to see the progress of the works. They informed me that the only things happening on site today were the scaffold erection to both buildings continuing and some remedial brick face, pointing, and concrete repairs had commenced on the roof area which is accessed by an internal staircase in each block. informed me that all thescaffolding should be fully erected by 23/02/24. Vinci has carried out a pilot for the new window installations. I observed this today and the outcome is brilliant. The contractor has done a very good job . On today's visit I familiarised myself with the site and what’s to happen in the coming weeks. The roofing works were meant to commence on 30/01/24 how however due to delays with desi gn and specs regarding certain elements on the ta nk rooms and these haven’t been validated yet.During our walk around up on the roof today It came to my attention that all the tank roo ms had at some point recently already been re -felted. And from observations looks good and waterproofed. Maybe we can check to see how long ago these were done and what guarantees/warranties are in place for these …if any. The roof is currently of a smooth bitumen finish and has an instruction to only have a new cap sheet laid over the existing one . The roof is uneven in places and a Bauder liquid coating might be another solution because of this. From my observation regarding the brick face repairs, the contractor hasgot these spots on and can’t fault them at all. However, I’ve asked the site managers and to ask the contractor to do some pointing mixes (possibly with some slight dye variations in them) so we get the new pointing to match the weathered coloured existing pointing.F SITE CONDITIONS xWeatherxResourcesxPlant xCOW CommentsWeeks ahead (+)/ behind(- ) of Schedule. .Details/Comments10 ’c, overcast.Issues tracked CONSTRUCTION x Overall percentage completion to date xDelays (labour or materials) xCOW commentsWeeks ahead (+)/ behind(- ) of Schedule.Details/Comments Issues tracked HEALTH &SAFETY xRisk AssessmentsxMethod StatementsxReportable incidents/near missesxRams x.x Ongoing induction for new starters xxCOW comments.Weeks ahead (+)/ behind(- ) of Schedule.Details/CommentsRISK ASSESSMENTS seen.METHOD Statementsseen.Hot wor ks seen . RAMS seen.INDUCTIONS seen.Issues trackedDerby Lodge Page 3PROJECT ISSUES & DELAYS xProcurementxCOW comments.Weeks ahead (+)/ behind(- ) of Schedule.Details/CommentsNone reported Issues tracked Signature of Clerk of Works Date 02/02/24. Distribution:  1. Employer 2. Contract Administrator 3. Quantity Surveyor 4. Contractor 5. File 6. COW 7. Other The contractors fitting the new window replacements across the site, judging by the pilot ,are going to be to a very good standard. Very neat.The contractors fitting the new window replacements across the site, judging by the pilot, are going to be to a ver y good standard, with minimal damage internally to make good. Derby Lodge Page 4Observed and inspected the fixings of the new window replacement pilot and all working as should do.The tank rooms are to be re-felted on the roofs. These look like they’ve been done recently already. Some of the tank room doors have also had their hinges upgraded to grade 11 too. The old Flat roofs are to be partly renewed in way of a new(Bauder) cap sheet throughout. The roof is uneven so maybe (Bauder) liquid waterproofing may be a solution.All communal Blocks are to Get a full Class ‘O’ re -dec. There are a lot of repairs to do first within all blocks. Derby Lodge Page 5This project is to have new ( but not all) FEDs installed. The brick-faced pilots are spot on; however, I've suggested the contractor do some pointing mixes, so they are correct from Observed the brick face repair pilots on Wicklow Street roofs and can't fault them. They are as close to the originals as can be. The site F10 was seen today .This is due to run out in March , has already got the new one in the office ready to change. Derby Lodge Page 6Site managers and qualification certificates were visible to all.Upon arrival , and presented me with an induction as well as a competence questionnaire. Derby Lodge (Brittania Street) elevation. The scaffolding is progressing fast daily. It's around the 80% mark currently.Derby Lodge (Wicklow Street) elevation. Only a little scaffolding at the rea r of the building at present but will progress over the coming weeks. Kiln Place Page 1 CLERK OF WORKS REPORT FOR THE WEEK ENDING 09/02/24 Project Title : Derby Lodge Nature of Contract : New roof, Remedial works, new windows. Project Number : 2520776 Inspection Date: 09/02/24 Camden Project Manager : Contract Period: 46 weeks Contractor : Vinci Date Commenced : 16/10/23 Site Agent/Foreman : Contract Completion Date: 14/06/24 Supervisor/Clerk of Works : Senior Surveyor: Difficulties/ Shortages which may cause delay. Materials or work rejected.N/A TRADES Subcontra ctor Labour contra tor tor bour bour S S M T W T F 1R L O 1 2 Handyman 3 General Labourers 4 Bricklayers/Concreters 5 Drainlayers/Groundworker 6 Roofers/Waterproofers 7 Carpenters, Joiners Orders/Information required or received.8 Plumbers/Lead workers 9 Glaziers/Window Fitter 10 Plasterers/Screed 11 Tiler - wall/floor 12 Painter, Decorator 13 Fire Stopping 14 Mechanical/Cable Management 15 Heating and Pipe Fitter(NVHR) General comments on progress and workmanshipStage of Works/Trades.The scope of work here includes, but not limited to, brick face and pointing repairs, concrete repairs, a new flat roof, new tank storage cupboard doors and frames, and new windows throughout at the rear and window overhauls at the front. There are also new FEDs to be fitted to various properties, Class ‘O’ re- decs in communal stairways and new fire safety signage. The site consists of two buildings however these are split into four blocks. Wicklow street = 69 -84 and 85-102. Brittania street = 1-18 and 19-36. The site office is situated away from where the actual works are happening. The site office is in the old Ear, Nose and throat hospital . (330 Grays Inn Road) ROOFING WORKS . These won ’t start until the scaffolding is fully erected. TANK STORAGE CUPBOARDS . BRICK FACE AND POINTING REPAIRS.0 2 / 0 2 / 2 4 . These works have commenced and will be ongoing for a while. I Will inspect on each visit. CONCRETE PLINTH REPAIR WORKS. WINDOW REPLACEMENT WORKS . The pilot has been installed and looks great.16 Ductwork Erectors 17 Electricians 18 Ceiling Fixers 19 Floor Layers 20 Scaffolders 9 21 Asbestos operatives 22 Contracts Manager/Site Manager 2 * Part-Time eTOTALS Enter ‘D’ or ‘N’ against trades which are subcontractedD = Domestic Subcontract = Nominated Subcontract Winter/temp °C when concreting/bricklaying The time you lost M/hours. Materials delivered to site. Weather Visitors to site S S M: 10’c, overcast, raining. T W T Kiln Place Page 2EMERG ENCY LIGHTING REPLACEMENT WORKS. COMMUNAL STAIRWAY RE-DEC WORKS. NEW FED INSTALLATIONS. SCAFFOLD ERECTIONS. Wicklow Road .1 5 % Brittania Road. 85%. 02/02/24. I attended the site today, liaised with site manager Assistant Site manager and (RLO) and after carrying out an induction, we then did a walk -around inspection to see the progress of the works. They informed me that the only things happening on site today were the scaffold erection to both buildings continuing and some remedial brick face, pointing, and concrete repairs had commenced on the roof area which is accessed by an internal staircase in each block. informed me that all thescaffolding should be fully erected by 23/02/24. Vinci has carried out a pilot for the new window installations. I observed this today and the outcome is brilliant. The contractor has done a particularly good job. On today's visit I familiarised myself with the site and what’s to happen in the coming weeks. The roofing works were meant to commence on 30/01/24 how however due to delays with desi gn and specs regarding certain elements on the ta nk rooms and these have not been validated yet. During our walk around up on the roof today It came to my attention that all the tank rooms had at some point recently already been re -felted. And from observations looks good and waterproofed. The roof is currently of a smooth bitumen finish and has an instruction to only have a new cap sheet laid over the existing one. The roof is uneven in places and a Bauder liquid coating might be another solution because of this. I have asked the site managers and to ask the contractor to do some pointing mixes (withsome slight dye variations in them) so we get the new pointing to match the weathered coloured existing pointing. 09/02/24. Upon arrival today ,I was greeted by site managers and We immediately walked the si te andthen returned to the site office to talk about what had been happening since my last visit. Unfortunately , nothing but the continuation of the scaffold erections has been happening. However, these have progressed well , and the back of Brittania Street is fully erected and to be handed over the week commencing 12/02/24 after an inspection of the scaffold itself and along with the Haki staircase. Today , they were concentrating on the Wicklow Street block, and they were erecting the scaffolding on both the front and rear elevations. There had been a slight hold-up on starting the Wicklow Street scaffolding due to some planned street works happening within the street, so access had been limited. I was informed that from Monday , 12/02/24, the street works will be done, and the scaffolders can continue. also informed us that in the week commencing 12/02/24, the pilot will be carried out for the new smoke alarm installations. The contractor UKG , who is doing the brick face repairs and remedial pointing works, was not on site yesterday (08/02/24) or today (09/02/24) due to the severe weather conditions and continuous rain. They are due back in on12/02/24 to carry on up on the roofs. also told me that the tank rooms up on the roofs that appear to have been already re -felted are to be left as they are, and on lythe upstands around the bottoms of them are to have new felt installed. (150mm up from the floor.)F SITE CONDITIONS xWeatherxResourcesxPlant xCOW Comments None.Weeks ahead (+)/ behind(- ) of Schedule. .Details/Comments10 ’c, overcast, rain ing.Issues trackedKiln Place Page 3CONSTRUCTION x Overall percentage completion to date xDelays (labour or materials) xCOW commentsWeeks ahead (+)/ behind(- ) of Schedule.Details/Comments Issues tracked HEALTH &SAFETY xRisk AssessmentsxMethod StatementsxReportable incidents/near missesxRams x.x Ongoing induction for new starters xxCOW comments.Weeks ahead (+)/ behind(- ) of Schedule.Details/CommentsRISK ASSESSMENTS seen.METHOD Statementsseen.Hot wor ks seen . RAMS seen.INDUCTIONS seen.Issues tracked PROJECT ISSUES & DELAYS xProcurementxCOW comments.Weeks ahead (+)/ behind(- ) of Schedule.Details/CommentsN one reported Issues tracked Signature of Clerk of Works Date 09/02/24. Distribution:  1. Employer 2. Contract Administrator 3. Quantity Surveyor 4. Contractor 5. File 6. COW 7. Other Last week the front elevation on Wicklow Street had no scaffolding up.The front elevation on Wicklow Street is now having the scaffolding erected. Works progressing. Kiln Place Page 4 Last week's scaffold progress on the rear of Brittania Street. The rear elevation on the Britania block is complete and awaiting inspection for handover. The Haki stairs case on the Brittania Street block will be inspected along with the scaffolding on 12/02/24, then handed over to vinci. The front elevation of Wicklow Street is having scaffolding erected, and they are doing a good job. Protection and signage are being used where necessary. Kiln Place Page 5 The tank rooms are to stay as they are, and only the up stands (150mm) from the bottom will have new felt. Kiln Place Page 1 CLERK OF WORKS REPORT FOR THE WEEK ENDING 16/02/24 Project Title: Derby Lodge Nature of Contract: New roof, Remedial works, new windows. Project Number: 2520776 Inspection Date: 16/02/24 Camden Project Manager: Contract Period: 46 weeks Contractor: Vinci Date Commenced: 16/10/23 Site Agent/Foreman: Contract Completion Date: 14/06/24 Supervisor/Clerk of Works: Senior Surveyor: Difficulties/ Shortages which may ca use delay. Materials or work rejected. N/A TRADES Subcontra ctor Labour S S M T W T F 1 RLO 1 2 Handyman 3 General Labourers 4 Bricklayers/Concreters 2 5 Drainlayers/Groundworker 6 Roofers/Waterproofers 7 Carpenters, Joiners Orders/Information required or received. 8 Plumbers/Lead workers 9 Glaziers/Window Fitter 10 Plasterers/Screed 11 Tiler - wall/floor 12 Painter, Decorator 13 Fire Stopping 14 FED installers 15 Heating and Pipe Fitter (NVHR )2 General comments on progress and workmanship Stage of Works/Trades. The scope of work here includes, but not limited to, brick face and pointing repairs, concrete repairs, a new flat roof, new tank storage cupboard doors and frames, and new windows throughout at the rear and window overhauls at the front. There are also new FEDs to be fitted to various properties, Class ‘O’ re-decs in communal stairways and new fire safety signage. The site consists of two buildings however these are split into four blocks. Wicklow street = 69-84 and 85-102. Brittania street = 1-18 and 19-36. The site office is situated away from where the actual works are happening. The site office is in the old Ear, Nose and throat hospital. (330 Grays Inn Road) ROOFING WORKS. These won’t start until the scaffolding is fully erected. These works have now commenced and are progressing rapidly. 16/02/24. TANK STORAGE CUPBOARDS. BRICK FACE AND POINTING REPAIRS . These works have commenced and will be ongoing for a while. I Will inspect on each visit. UKG have created a good colour match regarding the remedial pointing mix. 16/02/24. CONCRETE PLINTH REPAIR WORKS. 16 Ductwork Erectors 17 Electricians 18 Ceiling Fixers 19 Floor Layers 20 Scaffolders 8 21 Asbestos operatives 22 Contracts Manager/Site Mana ger2 * Part-Time e TOTALS Enter ‘D’ or ‘N’ against trades which are subcontracted D = Domestic Subcontract = Nominated Subcontract Winter/temp °C when concretin g/brickla ying The time you lost M/hours. Materials delivered to site. Weathe r Visitors to site S S M: T W T Kiln Place Page 2 WINDOW REPLACEMENT WORKS. The pilot has been installed and looks great. EMERGENCY LIGHTING REPLACEMENT WORKS. COMMUNAL STAIRWAY RE-DEC WORKS. NEW FED INSTALLATIONS. 16/02/24. The pilot has been carried out and is a success. I, Vinci, the installer and the resident are all happy with the work. SCAFFOLD ERECTIONS. Wicklow Road. Front – 50% Rear – 50% Brittania Road. Front – 100% Rear – 40% 16/02/24. On today’s visit, I met site manager and he told me what’s been happening and what was going to happen in the coming week. He informed me that since my last visit, the scaffolding erections on both buildings had progressed majorly. I observed this on our walk around. He then told me and showed me that the new cap sheet up on the roofs had commenced and that it was a straight overlay with no rip-outs. This is progressing at a good speed. We then observed the darker pointing mix that I spoke about on the first visit and the contractor (UKG) have done well with this. I'm happy for all the remedial brick face repairs and pointing to continue. Whilst on site today, the pilot for the new FED was in progress. The site manager filled me in on the process and the spec (which I saw in the site office), and we then proceeded to the property to observe the contractor's work. Straight away, it was apparent the contractor was competent and had all the right tools and materials (including packers if needed). The contractor then told me the process again and the various stages when installing the new FED. They had the specs and fitting guidelines with them, which is good to see. The finished product looked good and professional. When tested by myself, the door closed completely into its frame unaided and passed the wedge test, too. The contractor takes photographic evidence of each stage, too, which again is good to see and gives great reassurance going forward. All work seen today across the site is of a good standard, and all operatives were seen to be in the correct P.P.E.F 10’c, sunny spells, dry. SITE CONDITIONS x Weather x Resources xPlant x COW Comments None.Weeks ahead (+)/ behind (-) of Schedule. . Details/Comments 10’c, sunny spells, dry. Issues tracked CONSTRUCTION xOverall percentage completion to date xDelays (labour or materials) x COW comments Weeks ahead (+)/ behind (-) of Schedule. Details/Comments Issues tracked HEALTH &SAFETY x Risk Assessments x Method Statements x Reportable incidents/near misses x Rams x . x Ongoing induction for new starters x xCOW comments. Weeks ahead (+)/ behind (-) of Schedule. Details/Comments RISK ASSESSMENTS seen. METHOD Statements seen. Hot works seen. RAMS seen. INDUCTIONS seen. Issues tracked Kiln Place Page 3 PROJECT ISSUES & DELAYS x Procurement xCOW comments. Weeks ahead (+)/ behind (-) of Schedule. Details/Comments None reported Issues tracked Signature of Clerk of Works Date 16/02/24. 'LVWULEXWLRQ͟1. Employer 2. Contract Administrator 3. Quantity Surveyor 4. Contractor 5. File 6. COW 7. Other The new pointing mix created by UKG is a good match. I'm happy with this being used. The rear elevation on Wicklow Street is now having the scaffolding erected. Works progressing fast Kiln Place Page 4 The new cap sheet/felting works are progressing at a good pace. The new cap sheet/felting works are progressing at a good pace. The new roofing cap sheet/felting work on the main roofs and around the bottom of the tank rooms is progressing at a good pace. The pilot FED before work commenced. Kiln Place Page 5 The pilot FED after completion. Stickered and dated new FED. They and the resident fill out the contractor's check sheet. This will happen with every new FED installation. Kiln Place Page 1 CLERK OF WORKS REPORT FOR THE WEEK ENDING 19/02/24 Project Title: Derby Lodge Nature of Contract: New roof, Remedial works, New windows. Project Number: 2520776 Inspection Date: 23/02/24 Camden Project Manager: Contract Period: 46 weeks Contractor: Vinci Date Commenced: 16/10/23 Site Agent/Foreman: Contract Completion Date: 14/06/24 Supervisor/Clerk of Works: Senior Surveyor: Difficulties/ Shortages which may ca use delay. Materials or work rejected. TRADES Sub Contractor Labour S S M T W T F 1 RLO 1 2 Handyman 3 General Labourers 4 Bricklayers/Concreters 2 5 Drainlayers/Groundworker 6 Roofers/Waterproofers 4 7 Carpenters, Joiners Orders/Information required or received. 8 Plumbers/Lead workers 9 Glaziers/Window Fitter 1 10 Plasterers/Screed 11 Tiler - wall/floor 12 Painter, Decorator 13 Fire Stopping 14 FED installers 15 Heating and Pipe Fitter (NVHR ) General comments on progress and workmanship Stage of Works/Trades. The work scope involves a range of repairs, including but not limited to brick face and pointing repairs, concrete repairs, installation of a new flat roof, new tank storage cupboard doors and frames, and replacement of windows at the rear. Additionally, window overhauls will be conducted at the front. There are also new FEDs to be fitted to various properties, Class ‘O’ re-decs in communal stairways, and installation of new fire safety signage. The site comprises two buildings split into four blocks. The buildings on Wicklow Street are numbered 69-84 and 85-102, while those on Britannia Street are numbered 1-18 and 19-36. The site office is located in the old Ear, Nose and Throat hospital, which is away from where the actual works are being carried out. The address of the site office is 330 Grays Inn Road. SCOPES OF WORKS TO BE DONE. ROOFING WORKS. 23/02/24. Wicklow – 60% Brittania – 0% Progress has been made every week since 23/02/24 on the building on Wicklow Street, but there has been no progress on the Britannia Street block. TANK STORAGE CUPBOARDS 23/02/24. Wicklow – 60% Brittania – 0% 16 Ductwork Erectors 17 Electricians 18 Ceiling Fixers 19 Floor Layers 20 Scaffolders 7 21 Asbestos operatives 22 Contracts Manager/Site Mana ger2 * Part-Time e TOTALS Enter ‘D’ or ‘N’ against trades which are subcontracted D = Domestic Subcontract N = Nominated Subcontract Winter/temp °C when concretin g/brickla ying The time you lost M/hours. Materials delivered to site. Weathe r Visitors to site S S M: T W T Kiln Place Page 2 The tank room re-felting works have already been completed on both roofs. However, the roofers are required to overlap 150mm from the bottom of the main roof all around each of them. BRICK FACE AND POINTING REPAIRS 23/02/24. Wicklow roof – 40% Brittania roof – 0% These works have commenced and will be ongoing for a while. I Will inspect on each visit. UKG has created a good colour match regarding the remedial pointing mix. 16/02/24. CONCRETE PLINTH REPAIR WORKS. WINDOW REPLACEMENT WORKS 23/02/24. The pilot has been installed and looks great. A second window has been installed, and again, it looks great. Installed with minimal damage to surrounding areas, resulting in minimal making good. 23/02/24. EMERGENCY LIGHTING REPLACEMENT WORKS. COMMUNAL STAIRWAY RE-DEC WORKS. NEW FED INSTALLATIONS. 16/02/24. The pilot has been carried out and is a success. Vinci, the installer, the resident, and I are all happy with the work. SCAFFOLD ERECTIONS. Wicklow Road. Front – 80% Rear – 80% Brittania Road. Front – 100% Rear – 60% WEEKLY REPORTS. 23/02/24. Today, I visited the site and met with the regular site manager, We discussed what's been happening on-site since my last visit, then proceeded to walk the site and observe these works. He informed me that the two main scopes of work that have progressed the most since my last visit were the new felt installations up on the roof and the brick face and pointing repairs up on the roof. All works currently being undertaken are only done on the Wicklow Street building. In due course, these will also commence on the Brit2025-09-02T00:00:00CAM106072025-08-20T00:00:00providers delivering supported accommodationDate: 20/08/2025 Ref: CAM10607 Dear Requester, Thank you for your request for information dated 04/07/2025 about providers delivering supported accommodation. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested. However, we are withholding all of the information because it is exempt as explained below. We have explained where we are withholding information and what exemptions apply. Please see the refusal notices at the end of the answers which explain how and why they apply. 1. Providers and Service Models 1.1. List all providers currently delivering supported accommodation and/or support services for: • Children in care aged 16–17 • Care leavers aged 18+ • UASC (if applicable) 1.2. For each provider, specify: • Type of provision (e.g. 24/7 staffed, floating support, outreach, safety pods) • Ofsted registration status (registered, pending, exempt) • Number of units or placements available • Number of young people currently placed 2. Costs and Funding 2.1. Provide the average weekly cost per young person for each type of supported accommodation and support service, broken down as follows: • Accommodation cost • Support cost • Additional costs (e.g. contingency placements, interpreters, transport) 2.2. Confirm whether young people are expected to contribute to accommodation costs (e.g. via Universal Credit housing element). If so: • How is this managed and monitored? • What is the average amount recovered per young person per week? London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk 3. Numbers of Young People 3.1. As of the most recent reporting period, how many young people are placed in: • Supported accommodation (16–17-year-olds) • Transitional accommodation (18+ care leavers) • Emergency or contingency placements (e.g. safety pods) 3.2. Provide a breakdown by: • Provider • Placement type • Age group • UASC vs non-UASC 4. Contractual Arrangements 4.1. Specify the commissioning route used for each provider: • Block contract • Spot purchase • Open or closed framework • Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) • Other (please specify) 4.2. For each contract or framework, provide: • Provider name • Contract start and end date • Extension options • Total contract value or annual spend • Whether the contract is exclusive or non-exclusive You clarified: An exclusive arrangement means only the specified party can use or distribute the subject matter, while a non-exclusive arrangement allows multiple parties to do so simultaneously. Non exclusive contracts are contracts that don’t include exclusivity provisions that stop one party from engaging with others. An exclusive contract is a legally binding agreement between at least two parties, which sets out that goods/services are to be purchased from only one seller, making that seller the exclusive provider of the goods/services. 4.3. Provide a copy of the service specification and/or contract summary for each current contract or framework. 5. Procurement and Renewal 5.1. Confirm: • When your current contracts or frameworks are due for renewal or re- tender • Whether you plan to re-procure these services in the next 12–24 months • How providers can express interest in future opportunities (e.g. market engagement events, PIN notices) 6. Quality Assurance and Young People’s Feedback 6.1. Describe how you monitor the quality of supported accommodation and support services, including: • KPIs used • Frequency of audits or inspections • Use of external regulators (e.g. Ofsted) 6.2. How are the views of young people captured and used to inform: • Service delivery • Contract management • Provider performance reviews We are withholding this information as we consider the following exemption applies. Refusal notice: Section 12: Cost of Compliance Exceeds the Appropriate Limit We are refusing your request under section 12 on cost grounds because we estimate that compliance with your request will exceed the "appropriate limit". This is £450 which is equivalent to 18 hours at £25 per hour. The per hour figure is set by Regulations rather than actual salary paid to any officers handling requests. The appropriate limit includes the time it will take the council to discover if it holds the information requested, to locate it, extract it and collate it as well as putting it into any particular format requested by the requester. Once the Council has reasonably estimated that the appropriate time limit will be exceeded, it is not required to calculate the additional time needed to complete the remainder of the request. There is no obligation to continue working on a request up to the 18-hour limit. If it is reasonably estimated that the limit will be reached, the entire request may be refused under Section 12 of the Freedom of Information Act. The scope of questions 1.2 and 4.2 is broad and substantial , and accessing the requested information would require considerable manual effort due to the way it is stored and the complexity of the associated contracts. There are 330 young people within the scope of your request. We estimate that it would take a council officer approximately 10 minutes per case file to read, extract and collate the information required for questions 1.2 and 4.2. This is due to the need for manual cross-referencing and extraction of the data from different applications and systems. Based on this estimate approximately 55 hours is needed to compile the requested information. Advice and Assistance When submitting a new request, you may wish to consider narrowing the scope of your request, for example by specifying a particular service type, category or contract type in order to remain within the time limit set by the Act. Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Lorna Jonas-Tinson Information Rights Officer2025-08-27T00:00:00CAM107262025-08-19T00:00:00fixed term and secure tenancies in CamdenDate: 19/08/2025 Ref: CAM10726 Dear Requester, Thank you for your request for information dated 21/07/2025 about fixed term and secure tenancies in Camden. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The Council holds some of the information requested. The answers to your questions are as follows: 1. What percentage of council housing units in the borough is provided on secure housing or lifetime tenancy agreements? 100% secure tenancies. 2. Please list any other tenancy agreements offered by the local authority for council housing lets, including the percentage of overall council housing lets each represents. Please including details on the arrangements relating to each of the different agreements Not applicable. 3. Does the local authority’s current housing policy provide for reassessment of any change in the annual income of households placed in council housing? Not applicable. The council does not operate a system of fixed-term tenancies. We use secure tenancies. 4. If so, how frequently does this reassessment take place? Not applicable. 5. Please provide details against each of the types of agreement (i.e. secure housing or lifetime tenancy agreement etc) stating income brackets and changes in rental levels. Not applicable. Please see the response to question 3 above. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk 6. Does the local authority have a policy of moving individuals or families out of council housing where income exceeds a certain level? Please give full details including the income level where residents are required to vacate. Not applicable. Please see the response to question 3 above. 7. How many households have been moved out of council housing in the borough due to a reassessment of their household income in the last ten years? Please break down this information for each financial year. None. 8. What percentage of households currently in council housing in the borough fall into the following annual income brackets. • Up to £10,000 • £10,001- £30,000 • £30,001 - £50,000 • £50,001 - £70,000 • £70,000 - £100,000 • Above £100,000 Information not held. Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Lorna Jonas-Tinson Information Rights Officer2025-08-27T00:00:00CAM107302025-08-19T00:00:00number of EHCPs held, those which mention Emotional Based School Avoidance or ‘EBSA.’Date: 19/08/2025 Ref: CAM10730 Dear Requester, Thank you for your request for information dated 21/07/2025 about the number of EHCPs held, those which mention Emotional Based School Avoidance or ‘ EBSA.’ We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested. However, we are withholding all of the information because it is exempt as explained below. We have explained where we are withholding information and what exemptions apply. Please see the refusal notices at the end of the answers which explain how and why they apply. • For each of the academic years 18/19, 19/20, 20/21, 21/22, 22/23, 23/24, and 24/25, the total number of EHC plans held by your authority. • In each of the academic years 18/19, 19/20, 20/21, 21/22, 22/23, 23/24, and 24/25 the number of EHC plans held by your council at some point in that year which mention Emotional Based School Avoidance or "EBSA.” YEAR 18/19 19/20 20/21 21/22 22/23 23/24 24/25 Total EHC plans (number) EHC plans that mention Emotional based school avoidance / EBSA (number) We are withholding this information as we consider the following exemption applies. Refusal notice: Section 12: Cost of Compliance Exceeds the Appropriate Limit We are refusing your request under section 12 on cost grounds because we estimate that compliance with your request will exceed the "appropriate limit". This is £450 which is equivalent to 18 hours at £25 per hour. The per hour figure is set by Regulations rather than actual salary paid to any officers handling requests. The appropriate limit includes the time it will take the council to discover if it holds the information requested, London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk to locate it, extract it and collate it as well as putting it into any particular format requested by the requester. We do not record the information requested in question 2 in an easily accessible format, as Emotionally Based School Avoidance (EBSA) is not one of the categories of need specified by the Department for Education (DfE) for statistical reporting. For the period requested, 11,440 Education Health and Care Plans (EHCPs) are recorded. To identify any reference to Emotionally Based School Avoidance or EBSA across all EHCPs, we estimate that it would take a council officer approx. 1-2 hours per case file. This is due to the need for a manual review and extraction of relevant information from the EHCP, annual reviews, professional reports and related correspondence collating the data into the format requested. If the task took an average of 90 minutes per case, we calculate that it would require approx. 17,160 hours to provide all the data. This significantly exceeds the 18-hour limit set by the Freedom of Information Act. Advice and Assistance You requested the ‘total number of EHC plans held by your authority.’ Figures for all local authorities in England are collected by the DfE each January and published on their website: Education, health and care plans: England 2025 - GOV.UK As the information requested is already reasonably accessible elsewhere it is exempt under the absolute exemption in Section 21. For question 2, it would be difficult to refine the request in a way that would bring it within the appropriate time limit. While we may be able to spot-check a small number of case records - for example 10 to 12 - this is unlikely to produce a meaningful representative sample, particularly when bearing in mind the average time per case advice given earlier. Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Lorna Jonas-Tinson Information Rights Officer2025-08-27T00:00:00CAM107362025-08-20T00:00:00services to support asylum seekers living in CamdenDate: 20/08/2025 Ref: CAM10736 Dear Requester, Thank you for your request for information dated 22/07/2025 about services to support asylum seekers living in Camden. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested and the answers to your questions are as follows: For the past three years up to date can you please provide information on: - All services paid for by the council to support asylum seekers living in the council area for the purposes of leisure and entertainment . For example: Tickets purchased for London Zoo, for theatre shows, for the cinema, for concerts, for art exhibitions, for theme parks. Events such as large restaurants meals, celebrations. Extras such as therapy sessions, massages, musical instruments, music lessons. Vouchers issued to asylum seekers to facilitate access to a swimming pool. - Can you please [provide] costs for these services? £308.25. - Can the provision of these services be broken down by who they are for . For example: Those in temporary hotel accommodation (hotels, even if these are run by the Home Office, what help and service has the council provided?). Those in other accommodation in the area. Please exclude those who have arrived via the Ukrainian refugee schemes. The vouchers were for asylum seekers who were accommodated by the Home Office in hotels located in the borough of Camden. I am particularly interested in those who are not being processed under any Home Office overarching scheme, for example, the Syrian scheme. Not applicable. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Lorna Jonas-Tinson Information Rights Officer2025-08-27T00:00:00CAM107392025-08-20T00:00:00prosecutions initiated against parents under Section 444 of the Education Act 1996CAM10739 - Date: 20/08/2025 Ref: CAM 10739 Dear Requester, Thank you for your request for information dated 22/07/2025 about prosecutions initiated against parents under Section 444 of the Education Act 1996 . We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds some of the information requested . The answers to your questions are as follows: Please provide data for the most recent five full academic years for which data is available (e.g., 2019/20, 2020/21, 2021/22, 2022/23, 2023/24). For each academic year, please provide: 1. Total Prosecutions: The total number of prosecutions initiated by the Local Authority against parents under Section 444 of the Education Act 1996 for their child's non -attendance at school. Academic Year 2019/20 2020/21 2021/22 2022/23 2023/24 Total number of prosecutions initiated by the Local Authority 9 0 7 18 18 2. Children with EHCPs: Of the total prosecutions identified in point 1, the number of prosecutions where the child concerned had an Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP) at the time the prosecution was initiated. Information not held . We do not record the number of prosecutions where a child concerned had an Education, Health or Care plan . 3. Non-attendance Linked to SEN (EHCP cases): Of the prosecutions identified in point 2 (involving children with EHCPs), the number of cases where the child's non -attendance was explicitly cited as being linked to their special educational needs or a disability within their EHCP or related professional advice (e.g., medical reports, CAMHS reports, educational psychology reports). Information not held. Please see the response to question 2 above. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk 4. Alternative Provision (EHCP cases): For the cases identified in point 2 (where a child with an EHCP was prosecuted), information on whether the Local Authority had provided, or attempted to provide and document the offer of, suitable alternative educational provision prior to initiating prosecution. Please provide a simple count for cases where such provision was confirmed to have been offered vs. not offered. Information not held. Please see the response to question 2 above. 5. Judicial Review "Letters Before Claim" Received: The number of occasions on which the Local Authority received a "Letter Before Claim" for Judicial Review in relation to a child's educational provision where a Section 444 prosecution for non -attendance was also ongoing or had been threatened against the parents of that child. Academic Year 2019/20 2020/21 2021/22 2022/23 2023/24 Number of ‘Letter Before Claim’ received by the Local Authority 0 0 0 0 0 6. Prosecutions Withdrawn After "Letter Before Claim": Of the cases identified in point 5, the number of Section 444 prosecutions that were subsequently withdrawn by the Local Authority after the receipt of the "Letter Before Claim" for Judicial Review, specifically concerning the child's educational provision. Not applicable. Please see the response to question 5 above. 7. Non-attendance due to Illness/Anxiety with Alternative Provision: The number of occasions where the Local Authority formally acknowledged or considered a child's non -attendance to be primarily due to illness (including severe anxiety impacting physical and mental well -being) and consequently arranged or provided suitable alternative educational provision, without initiating Section 444 prosecution proceedings against the parents. Information not held. Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post : Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE . Please quote your case reference number . If you are not satisfied with the Internal R eview outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner ’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact -us/live -chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact -us/. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely , Lorna Jonas -Tinson Information Rights Officer2025-08-27T00:00:00CAM107452025-08-21T00:00:00process for referring children to targeted Early Help servicesDate: 21/08/2025 Ref: CAM10745 Dear Requester, Thank you for your request for information dated 23/07/2025 about the process for referring children to targeted Early Help services. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested and the answers to your questions are as follows: 1. Does your local authority have a process to refer children to targeted early help services when their case is closed after a Child in Need assessment? (Yes or No) Yes. For questions 2 - 7 please provide data for the following time periods: • 1 April 2020 – 31 March 2021 • 1 April 2021 – 31 March 2022 • 1 April 2022 – 31 March 2023 • 1 April 2023 – 31 March 2024 • 1 April 2024 – 31 March 2025 And for the following age groups: a. All children b. 5-9 years c. 10-15 years d. 16 years and over If no breakdown by age is available, please provide an overarching figure for all children. 2. For each of the periods and age groups as stated above, how many children received an early help assessment in your local authority? London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Number of children , selected age groups 2020/21 2021/22 2022/23 2023/24 2024/25 a) All children 472 568 709 682 695 b) 5-9 years 73 116 150 167 169 c) 10-15 years 131 141 183 200 227 d) 16+ 32 32 35 46 56 Note: Children are counted once per year. Age is calculated as of 30 September each year. The year refers to the year in which the Early Help assessment was completed. 3. How many children were subject to a child in need (CIN) assessment? Number of children, selected age groups 2020/21 2021/22 2022/23 2023/24 2024/25 a) All children 1,365 1,633 1,620 2,026 1,828 b) 5-9 years 311 406 409 514 469 c) 10-15 years 416 458 527 649 641 d) 16+ 189 241 218 302 270 Note: Children are counted once per year. Age is calculated as of 30 September each year. The year refers to the year of completed CIN assessment. 4. For how many children was the case closed following the CIN assessment? Number of children, selected age groups 2020/21 2021/22 2022/23 2023/24 2024/25 a) All children 321 470 560 860 703 b) 5-9 years 75 101 143 214 169 c) 10-15 years 113 151 174 295 264 d) 16+ 49 73 86 131 107 Note: Children are counted once per year. Age is calculated as of 30 September each year. The year refers to the year of completed CIN assessment. 5. How many of the children whose case was closed after CIN assessment were subsequently re-referred for a CIN assessment within 12 months of their initial referral? Number of children, selected age groups 2020/21 2021/22 2022/23 2023/24 2024/25 a) All children 71 101 132 199 N/A b) 5-9 years 19 24 32 46 N/A c) 10-15 years 21 40 49 80 N/A d) 16+ 13 11 18 22 N/A Note: Children are counted once per year. Age is calculated as of 30 September each year. The year refers to the year of completed CIN assessment. Data for 2024/25 is not available, by definition 12 months has not yet accrued since the original assessment date. 6. How many of the children whose case was closed after the CIN assessment were referred to early help services? Number of children, selected age groups 2020/21 2021/22 2022/23 2023/24 2024/25 a) All children 36 31 45 59 29 b) 5-9 years 8 7 8 11 6 c) 10-15 years 12 6 13 18 9 d) 16+ 5 3 7 4 4 Note: Children are counted once per year. Age is calculated as of 30 September each year. The year refers to the year refers to the year of completed CIN assessment. 7. Of the group of children who had been referred on to early help services following the closure of their initial CIN assessment, how many were re -referred for a CIN assessment within 12 months? Number of children, selected age groups 2020/21 2021/22 2022/23 2023/24 2024/25 a) All children 17 14 17 24 N/A b) 5-9 years 3 4 4 2 N/A c) 10-15 years 5 2 6 9 N/A d) 16+ 3 1 1 2 N/A Notes: Children are counted once per year. Age is calculated as of 30 September each year. The year refers to the year of initial completed CIN assessment. Data for 2024/25 is not available, by definition 12 months has not yet accrued since the original assessment date. Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Lorna Jonas-Tinson Information Rights Officer2025-08-27T00:00:00CAM107512025-08-21T00:00:00number of households under MAPPA (multi-agency public protection arrangements)Date: 21/08/2025 Ref: CAM10751 Dear Requester, Thank you for your request for information dated 23/07/2025 about the number of households under MAPPA (multi-agency public protection arrangements). We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds some of the information requested and the answers to your questions are as follows: 1. Can you share the number of households under MAPPA (Multi -Agency Public Protection Arrangements) in 2022-23 (b) 2023-24 (c) 2024-25. Please let me know if this is a snapshot or cumulative. Please also confirm how many of the individuals in each year are Category (i) 1 (ii) 2 (iii) 3 (iv) 4. I understand these are the categories. • Category 1: Registered sex offenders. • Category 2: Violent offenders with sentences of 12 months or more, and some sex offenders not subject to notification requirements. • Category 3: Other dangerous offenders who could cause serious harm. • Category 4: Terrorist or terrorist risk offenders. The council does not hold this information. 2. Can you please confirm how many individuals died in temporary accommodation in (a) 2022-23 (b) 2023-24 and (c) 2024-25? We hold some of the information requested. The homelessness reporting system began reporting data on deceased applicants in April 2023. Please note that the figures below refer to individuals who passed away while receiving temporary accommodation; however, not all deaths occurred at the accommodation site itself. 2022/23 – Not applicable 2023/24 – 0 2024/25 – 3 London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Lorna Jonas-Tinson Information Rights Officer2025-08-27T00:00:00CAM107532025-08-21T00:00:00structure charts for Commissioning, Placements and Children Looked After teams within Children ServicesDate: 21/08/2025 Ref: CAM10753 Dear Requester, Thank you for your request for information dated 23/07/2025 about structure charts for Commissioning, Placements and Children Looked After teams within Children Services. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested. However, we are withholding some of the information because it is exempt as explained below. Please see the refusal notices at the end of the answers which explain how and why they apply. 1. Please provide the team structure of the Children & Families Commissioning Team, including but not limited to the names of Head of Childr en's Commissioning and the Commissioning Manager for Looked After Children. The requested structure chart is attached in PDF format. Please note that some staff names have been withheld. The Heads of Children’s Commissioning and Health Partnerships are Dionne Usherwood and Julia Mills, who share the role. Section 40(2): Personal information The council considers that to disclose the personal data requested would not be in accordance with data protection legislation and therefore we have withheld some of the information under the absolute exemption in Section 40(2). The exemption states that personal data requested may be withheld when to release it would be a breach of the requirements of data protection law which is the UK General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the Data Protection Act 2018. The information withheld is personal information because it allows living individuals to be identified. The council considers that it would be a breach of the General Data Protection Regulation article 5 requirements of fairness and proportionality to publish this personal information in a FOI request. In doing this we have considered the legitimate public interest in disclosure against the interests of the data subject/s and concluded that in the circumstances disclosure would contravene the data protection requirements of fairness and proportionality particularly considering that Freedom of Information resp onses are public documents and published to the world and not provided just to the requester. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk The council’s redaction policy states that junior staff member names, (those below Head of Service level) unless in public facing positions, would not be released in a FOI response. Therefore, the names of junior staff members have been withheld, as they would have no expectation that their details would be released into the public domain, and especially given the content of the request as we consider that to include them would be a breach of the requirements to act fairly and proportionately. 2. Please provide the team structure of the Placements Team (Sometimes called the Brokerage Team) including but not limited to the names of the Placements Team Manager, Service Manager and Head of Service. The Placements team is referred to as the Resources team. The requested structure chart is attached in PDF format. The Head of Corporate Parenting, who is the Head of Service for both Children Looked After and the Placements Service is currently vacant. As explained above, the absolute exemption under Section 40(2) applies. 3. Please provide the name of the Looked After Children Team's Head of Service. Please see the response to question 2 above. Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Lorna Jonas-Tinson Information Rights Officer2025-08-27T00:00:00CAM107582025-08-22T00:00:00Russel Nurseries Estate in Belsize Park - new bathroom/s, kitchen/s, showersDate: 22/08/2025 Ref: CAM10758 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 24/07/2025 about Russel Nurseries Estate in Belsize Park - new bathroom/s, kitchen/s, showers. We have dealt with this under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested. However we are withholding some of the information because it is excepted as explained below. We have explained where we are withholding information and what exceptions apply. Please see the refusal notices a t the end of the answers which explain how and why they apply. On the Russel Nurseries Estate in Belsize Park when was the last new bathroom/s or kitchen/s fitted into a property. The latest kitchen or bathroom installation in this estate was completed on 23/04/2025. How many council properties on Russell Nurseries Estate have had showers fitted by the council? This question is refused under Regulation 12(4)(b). See the refusal notice below. Refusal Notice: Under Regulation 12(4)(b) it would be considered manifestly unreasonable to provide a response to your request because the cost of compliance, and burden of dealing with your request, is excessive. The exception protects the Council’s ability to carry out its public functions and provides a balance between transparency and the protection of resources. The council does not hold information about showers separately as an element in its asset register. Some homes within Camden had a gravity fed shower attachment fitted as part of a previous grant regime, however this would require a search of archive works order information. We estimate that it would take 4 hours to search each year the decent homes programme was operational to identify properties in Russell Nurseries that had over bath showers installed as part of the works order detail. The decent homes programme ran between 20 08/09 and 2015/16 and so we estimate that this would take 32 hours. In applying this exception the Council has also considered the balance of the public interest. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk The public interest argument for releasing this information is: • It would improve transparency to the general public of the Council (medium weight) • The presumption in favour of disclosure in the regulations (low weight) The public interest arguments for withholding the information are: • Processing this question would be a large burden in terms of Officer time and cost to the Council. (medium weight) • This question would necessarily constitute a significant diversion of resources away from the Council’s core business activities. (medium weight) • It would consequently have a proportionally detrimental impact on the provision of services to the public (medium weight) • It is not in the public interest that the Council neglect its provision of services to the public to focus on one information request (medium weight) It is felt that in all the circumstances of the case, the public interest in maintaining the exception outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information. Advice and Assistance: If you are a resident and have an issue with your bathroom, please contact your Neighbourhood Housing Officer for advice. Please note that the council is currently undertaking stock condition surveys to our residential properties. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner ’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Philip Lewis Information Rights Officer2025-08-27T00:00:00CAM107622025-08-20T00:00:00Procurement policies for architectural design services, templates, evaluations and appointmentsCAM10762 - Date: 20/8/25 Ref: CAM10 762 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 25/7 /25 about Procurement policies for architectural design services, templates, evaluations and appointments . We have dealt with this under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council hold s some of the information requested. Where we do not hold information we have identified and given some advice and assistance . We are refusing part of your request as it is manifestly unreasonable under Regulation 12(4)(b) , and part as not held under Reg 12(4)(a) . Please see the refusal notice s below and also the advice and assistance we have given. We had collated answers to some of your questions before the time required to process the request became fully apparent so we have provided answers to those below. 1. Procurement policies Please provide copies of any standard policies, procedures, or internal guidance documents which govern the selection or appointment of external suppliers of architectural design services. The council does not have any specific architectural design services policies, procedures or internal guidance , they would be looked at on a project -by-project basis. Refusal Notice reg 12(4)(a): As this information is not held we have to comply with a technicality in the Regulations and apply the ‘not held ’ exception in reg 12(4)(a) to the information. Whilst this has a requirement to conduct a public interest test and there is a presumption in favour of disclosure , the ICO have said they cannot see a public interest argument capable of requiring the public authority to disclose information it does not hold. This exception and explanation applies to all questions where we have said we do not hold the specific information requested. There is i nformation on the Council’s website in the supplier guidance on Procurement - Camden Council . We have attached some internal guidance documents which apply to all procurement as we do not have any specific architectural design services documentation. 2a. Procurement templates or exemplars Please provide copies of any template or exemplar documents used by your organisation in the preparation or conduct of procurement exercises for architectural design services. This may include, but is not limited to: i) Pre -qualification questionnaires Please note we do not have any specific architectural design services requirements as this would be looked at on a project -by-project basis but see our general Invitation to Participate and London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Invitation to Tender templates attached. ii) Tender notices and associated tender documents All published notices can be found on Contracts Finder - GOV.UK or Find a Tender iii) Professional competency frameworks We do not have any specific architectural design services frameworks as this would be looked at on a project -by-project basis. iv) Conditions of participation See the Invitation to Participate and Invitation to Tender templates. We do not have any specific architectural design services conditions as this would be looked at on a project -by-project basis. v) Tender scoring or evaluation criteria See the Invitation to Participate and Invitation to Tender templates. We do not have any specific architectural design services scoring or evaluation as this would be looked at on a project -by- project basis. 2b. Recent procurement documentation If your organisation does not use standard templates or exemplar documents as described above, please provide copies of any equivalent specific documents used in your most recent completed procurement exercise for architectural design services. Any commercially sensitive supplier information may be redacted. As explained above, we have no specific architectural design templates, and all published notices can be found on Contracts Finder - GOV.UK or Find a Tender 3. Procurement evaluations and reviews Please provide copies of any documents relating to recent evaluations, reviews, or revisions of your organisation’s procurement processes specifically related to architectural design services. Please consider as recent any evaluations which took place following the passage of the Procurement Act 2023, or any evaluations which were informed by the progress of that Act, even where they were undertaken prior its passage into law. This is not held. As explained above we have no specific architectural design services processes. 4. Appointments in the Last Five Years Please provide a list of all companies or individuals appointed by your organisation to deliver architectural design services within the last five years Refusal Notice regulation 12(4)(b). This is refused under the exception in regulation 12(4)(b) as manifestly unreasonable . This m eans that the time required to locate and extract the information requested is such that it would put a disproportionate burden on the council. The council does not keep a central list of where we have appointed architectural design services as we have no business need to do so. it is likely that we would have engaged architects on many projects over the last five years, particularly as a large number of housing, regeneration , Community Investment Programme (CI P )and other schemes have taken place over that time. For the CIP there have been a large number of completed programmes, see some examples here Projects - CIP - Camden Council and there are current projects in the planning stages. The t eam have estimated there are around 21 projects for CIP alone in the time frame where architects may have been engaged . It is possible that more than one have been used in a scheme, and to obtain a list would require the project documentation examining. The CIP team have estimated around 2 hours per project given the size and complexity of the project s and paperwork , giving around 42 hours. There are also a number of regeneration projects either completed or in progress where architects may have been engaged , and as for the CIP it would t ake around 2 hours to establish which architects if any were engaged . There are some schemes here Regeneration and Place - Camden Council There have also been several greenspaces schemes which may have required architects . They can be seen Have Your Say Today - Camden Green Spaces - Commonplace Therefore at least 48 hours would be required to find the information which would be a disproportionate burden on the council. This is nearly 7 working days of officer time which would detract the services from undertaking other work in their areas. This exception requires a public interest test. Public interest factors in favour of releasing the information : • Presumption in favour of disclosure (medium weight) • Inherent public interest in transparency and openness (medium weight) • Holding the council to account in its engagement of supplier s and spending public money (medium weight ) Public interest factors in favour of maintaining the exception: • There is little inherent public interest in a list of architects used by the council (medium weight) • It is not in the public interest for at least 7 working days to be spent on one request with the knock on effects on service delivery (heavy weight) • There have been no other requests asking for similar information so no wider public desire to see this information (medium weight) • Searches can be made on the council’s spend dataset ( Camden Council Spend Over 500 GBP | Open Data Portal ) to see if payments have been made to specific architects so some information can be found in a different way (low weight) The balance of public interest falls on the side of maintaining the exception . Advice and Assistance : The answers to all other questions apart from question 4 have been provided. Some information on spend, which will identify recipient , can be seen at Camden Council Spend Over 500 GBP | Open Data Portal If the requester identifies a small number of schemes, perhaps 10, we can investigate and see if architects were engaged and if so which companies . We do not hold a suggested list of schemes but sources to look for areas of interest include: • Have Your Say Today - Camden Green Spaces - Commonplace for Greenspaces schemes • Regeneration and Place - Camden Council for regeneration schemes • Projects - CIP - Camden Council for recent CIP schemes with an interactive project map here Project map - CIP - Camden Council • decision website for Non Key Executive Decisions, as a lot of the procurement in CIP schemes is undertaken through these. If you identify perhaps 10 schemes of interest you could submit a request to have those examined to see if architects were engaged and if so to obtain a list . Further Information : We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights : If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk Please quote your case reference number . If you are not satisfied with the Internal R eview outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner ’s Office at Telephone: 0303 123 1113 live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact -us/live -chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact -us/ Yours sincerely Sarah Laws Data Protection Manager2025-08-27T00:00:00CAM107712025-08-20T00:00:00Council garages questionsDate: 20/08/2025 Ref: CAM10771 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 28/07/2025 about Council garages questions. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested. Primary Questions 1. Total number of garages currently owned or managed by the council + the total number of garage blocks 2. Number of garages currently tenanted 3. Number of garages currently vacant 4. Average monthly rental price for a garage 5. Number of garages considered unlettable or in disrepair 6. Whether garage management is handled internally or outsourced (if outsourced, please name the third party) Secondary Questions (optional, if readily available) 7. Garage occupancy rates for the past 3 years 8. Breakdown of void reasons (e.g. disrepair, access issues, planning constraints) 9. Lettings policy or eligibility criteria for tenants e.g. anyone can rent them 10. Number of people currently on a waiting list for garages (if one exists) 11. Software/system used to manage garage lettings 12. Total rental income from garages in the last financial year 13. Any plans to sell, redevelop, or repurpose parts of the garage portfolio in the next 3 years 14. How many people are employed internally to manage the garages 15. What is the average response time to an inbound enquiry If possible, please provide the information in an Excel or CSV format The response to your request is on the attached spreadsheet. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner ’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Philip Lewis Information Rights Officer2025-08-27T00:00:00CAM107792025-08-22T00:00:00Camden Council’s contracts with e-bike and e-scooter providers such as Lime Bike and ForestDate: 22/08/2025 Ref: CAM10779 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 28/07/2025 about information in relation to Camden Council’s contracts with e-bike and e-scooter providers such as Lime Bike and Forest. We have dealt with this under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested, however, we are withholding this information because it is excepted. We have stated where we are withholding information and what exceptions apply. Please see the refusal notices at the end of the answers which explain how and why the exceptions apply. 1. In relation to Camden Council’s contracts with e-bike and e-scooter providers such as Lime Bike and Forest (“Providers”) allowing them to operate in LB Camden and occupy parking bays (“Bays”): (a) How is the location of the Bays selected? (b) What is the process for moving a Bay once established? (c) Does the amount that the Council is paid by Providers depend on the number or size of the Bays provided in LB Camden, and if so, how? (d) Please provide copies of the relevant contracts (or links to them) for the past 2 years. (e) Please identify the annual payments that Camden Council has received under the contracts for the last 2 years. (f) Please identify the annual payments that Camden Council expects to receive under the contracts for the next 2 years. 2. LB Camden Council has previously stated that it holds “regular meetings specifically focussed on the dockless bike hire scheme” with interested parties. Please provide copies of, or the link to, the minutes/official record of all such meetings in the last 2 years that either related to or included the central Camden Town area and the area between Camden High Street and Regent’s Park. 3. LB Camden has previously stated that it holds regular “contract management meetings” with the dockless providers in which it identifies and addresses issues that have arisen. Please provide copies of, or the link to, the minutes/official record of all such meetings in the last 2 years that either related to, or included, the central Camden Town area and the area between Camden High Street and Regent’s Park. 4. In relation to the location and size of the Bay on the corner of Albert St and Delancy St (“the Albert Street Bay”), please provide copies of any communications or documents between officers or employees of Camden Council and any Provider in which the location and size of the Albert Street Bay, and any other Bays or possible Bays in other streets between (and including) Camden High Street and Regent’s Park were discussed. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk 5. Regarding the consultation on the proposal to expand the Albert Street Bay which took place in around May 2025 (“the May 2025 Consultation”) : (a) Please state how many responses were received to the May 2025 Consultation. (b) Please state how many of the responses received expressed opposition to the proposal. (c) Please state whether the Council has prepared and/or published a response to the consultation exercise. (d) Please provide a copy of or link to the consultation response, if any. (e) Please provide copies of any documents held by Camden Council summarising the responses to the May 2025 Consultation. (f) Please provide copies of any emails or documents relating to the decision apparently made by the relevant decision-maker to proceed with expansion of the Bay. 6. Please identify any final decision that the Council has taken in relation to the Albert Street Bay, stating who made the decision, the date of the decision and the reasons for the decision. 7. Regarding the current consultation in relation to the Albert Street Bay (“the July 2025 Consultation”): (a) Please explain what the purpose of this consultation is, and how it differs from the May 2025 Consultation. (b) Please explain what type of representations from local residents might cause the LB Camden to change its plans from those consulted upon. 8. In view of the issues that local residents raised in their Consultation responses in relation to parking outside the Albert Street Bay (including bikes being parked on and obstructing pavements, in vehicle parking bays and in the roadway, and damage caused to parked vehicles), what steps is the Council proposing to take to ensure that bikes and scooters are only parked within the area of the Albert Street bay? 9. In view of the issues that local residents raised in their Consultation responses in relation to the noise generated by vehicles parked in the Albert Street Bay (including the loud tunes and beeping generated by the bikes, and the loud noise generated by users, and the bikes clattering as they fall over, which continues into the small hours of the night, after users have left bars and clubs in the area – often very drunk), what steps is the Council proposing to take to reduce this noise nuisance in this residential street (particularly at night)? For example, has the Council given any consideration as to whether the noises made by the bikes and scooters could be permanently switched off, or reduced in volume and/or whether their use could be suspended between the hours of, for example, midnight and 6am? 10. In view of the issues that local residents raised in their Consultation responses in relation to the excessive volumes of litter associated with the Albert Street Bay (takeout packaging, and other rubbish just dropped on the ground), what steps is the Council proposing to deal with this litter problem? 11. How many consultations has the LB Camden conducted in relation to e -bike parking in the past 2 years? And out of those consultations, on how many occasions did the consultation responses lead to significant changes in the plans being consulted upon? Please identify the consultations which led to significant changes following receipt of the consultation responses. We are not processing this request. It would involve a disproportionate amount of time, effort and expense to the council and is excepted under the EIR 2004. Please see the exception notice set out below. Refusal Notice: Under Regulation 12(4)(b) it would be considered manifestly unreasonable to provide a response to your request because the cost of compliance, and burden of dealing with your request, is excessive. The exception protects the Council’s ability to carry out its public functions and provides a balance between transparency and the protection of resources. In regard to question 3, the Transport Strategy team hold approximately 2 meetings per month with each operator. We estimate that 48 meetings x 10mins = 8 hours. x 2 operators = 16 hours. Similarly, for question 4, one officer in the team has 191 emails containing the words ‘albert street bay’ and 39 sent emails. An estimated 2 minutes per email to review would take approximately 3 hours 50 mins. There are at least 3 other officers who would need to check their emails and so we estimate that this would take 15 hours 20 mins (230 x4 officers). This does not include any other bays between and including Camden High Street and Regents Street which would add to that time. Combined with the time taken for question 3, it would take over 31 hours to answer these two questions. In applying this exception the Council has also considered the balance of the public interest. The public interest argument for releasing this information is: • It would improve transparency to the general public of the Council (medium weight) • The presumption in favour of disclosure in the regulations (low weight) The public interest arguments for withholding the information are: • Processing this request would be a large burden in terms of Officer time and cost to the Council. (heavy weight) • This request would necessarily constitute a significant diversion of resources away from the Council’s core business activities. (heavy weight) • It would consequently have a proportionally detrimental impact on the provision of services to the public (heavy weight) • It is not in the public interest that the Council neglect its provision of services to the public to focus on one information request (heavy weight) It is felt that in all the circumstances of the case, the public interest in maintaining the exception outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information. Advice and Assistance: As advice and assistance, we can provide some answers to your questions. Q 1 (c) Does the amount that the Council is paid by Providers depend on the number or size of the Bays provided in LB Camden, and if so, how? No Q 1d - redacted copies of the Lime and Forest contracts are already available in previously published FOI responses – CAM5411 and CAM5495 respectively. Paste the following link into your browser and enter the CAM ref into the ‘enter FOI search’ field - Camden Freedom Of Information Response Search . Q 7(b) Please explain what type of representations from local residents might cause the LB Camden to change its plans from those consulted upon. We do not hold this information – every response is considered case by case basis If you submitted a new refined request asking questions 5 a – f, 6, 7 a, 8, 9, 10 and 11 then we may be able to answer these more easily. If you would like to submit a new request, please do so at foi@camden.gov.uk Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner ’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Kieran Heneghan Information Rights Officer2025-08-27T00:00:00CAM107842025-08-26T00:00:00Library questionsDate: 26/08/2025 Ref: CAM10784 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 28/07/2025 about Library questions. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested. For all requests, I would like to receive responses in machine- readable format, such as spreadsheet or CSV file. Please do not send data in PDF files, or embed within the text of an email as this will cause unnecessary appeals. This aligns with ICO guidance for data requests. Requests are for the financial year 2024/2025 (April 2024 to March 2025). 1. A count of loans, per library branch, per month A loan being an issue or renewal of library stock, at the branch specified. Suggested format is a spreadsheet with column headings of month, branch, count of loans. 2. The top one hundred titles loaned, with a count of each, for the year Suggested format is a spreadsheet with column headings of ISBN, title, author, count of loans. 3. A count of reservations, per library branch, per month A reservation is a request for an item to be held for the user. The branch recorded should be the branch that the item is requested to be picked up at. Suggested format is a spreadsheet with column headings of month, branch, count of reservations. 4. A count of active members, per home branch, for the year An active member is anyone registered on the library management system that has recorded library activity within the year. Suggested format is a spreadsheet with column headings of branch, count of members. 5. A count of visits, per library branch, and per month. A visit is anyone counted under a footfall monitoring system. If this is done by survey, please provide the survey data. Suggested format is a spreadsheet with column headings of month, branch, count of visits. For any of these requests, if system limitations affect the data please provide the best alternative, with explanation. Where branch name is specified, the publicly recognisable name should be used rather than codes. Where a month is listed, a YYYY-MM format would be most useful (e.g. 2024-04). London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk The response to your request is in the attached spreadsheet. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner ’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk Telephone: 0303 123 1113 , live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/ Yours sincerely Philip Lewis Information Rights Officer2025-08-27T00:00:00CAM110432025-09-29T00:00:00Capital received from the GLA’s Refugee Housing Programme and confirmation of whether the full amount was allocated to the development of the 41(later 36) new flats at Highgate Newtown Community Partners (HNCP)Date: 29/09/2025 Ref: CAM11043 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 01/09/2025 about Capital received from the GLA’s Refugee Housing Programme and confirmation of whether the full amount was allocated to the development of the 41(later 36) new flats at Highgate Newtown Community Partners (HNCP). We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested. Freedom on Information Request 1) Please state a) the total of capital received from the GLA’s Refugee Housing Programme (RHP), phase 1, 2023 - which offered £126m to London Boroughs to house Ukrainian and Afghan refugees (note: your FOI CAM9455 of 21.02.2025 is not relevant here) and The GLA publish information on initial programme allocations by partner under the Affordable Housing statistics – the final allocation often varies from the initial allocation as bids are moderated and subject to approvals. London Borough of Camden’s final Refugee Housing Programme allocation was £13,711,586. The reason for the variance between the published affordable housing statistics and the allocation amount populated in the funding agreement is because additional allocations were approved after the funding agreement was signed. The reason for the variance to the final drawdown figure is due to attrition and final cost reconciliation. Please note that all allocations included in the affordable housing statistics had been moderated and approved. b) whether this capital was all applied to the 41(later 36) new flats at HNCP, and if not how much was of it was used elsewhere? The majority of the funding was allocated to Highgate Newtown scheme. The Refugee Housing Programme also funded a number of acquisitions and refurbishments in line with programme guidelines. 2) The draft of that agreement is here: https://www.london.gov.uk/sites/default/files/2023-08/RHP%20- %20Grant%20Agreement%20%28LA%20version%29_THL_159866020_15%20FA.pdf Please supply a copy of LBC’s final agreement with the GLA. The Refugee Housing Programme allocation drawn down by London Borough Camden has been supplied in Question 1. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk As an addendum to my application, please answer: 3) Please state whether for the HNCP flats LBC also used capital funding from the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities’ (DLUHC) Local Authority Housing Fund, Rounds 1 or 2 (known as LAHF1 and LAHF2). The London Borough of Camden did not receive any capital funding for the Highgate Newtown Scheme directly from MHCLG’s Local Authority Housing Fund. The GLA’s Refugee Housing Programme technically formed part of LAHF Round 1 as the funding was devolved by MHCLG to the GLA to allocate within London. However there was a further round of bidding for unspent LAHF1 funding which along with LAHF2 as administered directly by MHCLG nationally including London. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk Telephone: 0303 123 1113 , live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/ Yours sincerely Philip Lewis Information Rights Officer2025-10-10T09:46:47CAM110512025-09-29T00:00:00salaries for the two officers provided for the West Kentish Town Estate liaisonDate: 29/09/2025 Ref: CAM11051 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 01/09/2025 about salaries for the two officers provided for the West Kentish Town Estate liaison. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested. Please can you provide the salaries for the two officers provided for the West Kentish Town Estate liaison, from time of appointment until the present. The council cannot disclose exact salaries under Section 40(2) of the Freedom of Information Act. See the refusal notice below. However we can advise the pay scale range is Level 2 Zone 2 which is £37,312 - £39,724. Refusal Notice: Section 40(2) The council considers that to disclose the personal data requested would not be in accordance with data protection legislation and therefore we have withheld some of the information under the absolute exemption in Section 40(2). The exemption states that personal data requested may be withheld when to release it would be a breach of the requirements of data protection law which is the UK General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the Data Protection Act 2018. The information withheld is personal information because it allows living individuals to be identified. The council considers that it would be a breach of the General Data Protection Regulation article 5 requirements of fairness and proportionality to publish this personal information in a FOI request. In doing this we have considered the legitimate public interest in disclosure against the interests of the data subject/s and concluded that in the circumstances disclosure would contravene the data protection requirements of fairness and proportionality particularly considering that Freedom of Information responses are public documents and published to the world and not provided just to the requester. The council’s redaction policy states that junior staff member names, (those below Assistant Director level) unless in public facing positions, would not be released in a FOI response. Therefore, the names or information of junior staff members have been redacted from the request details as they would have no expectation that their details would be released into the public domain and especially given the content of the request as we consider that to include them would be a breach of the requirements to act fairly and proportionately. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk Telephone: 0303 123 1113 , live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/ Yours sincerely Philip Lewis Information Rights Officer2025-10-10T09:46:47CAM107932025-08-22T00:00:00bin store in front of the property 41-43 Belsize AvenueDate: 22/08/2025 Ref: CAM10793 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 29/07/2025 about bin store in front of the property 41-43 Belsize Avenue. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested. However we are withholding the information because it is exempt as explained below. We have explained where we are withholding information and what exemptions apply. Please see the refusal notices at the end of the answers which explain how and why they apply. Copies of histroical complaints from occupants of 41 Ornan Road in relation to the bin store in front of the property that actually serves 41-43 Belsize Avenue. Also any records of nuisance related to the bin store in front of 41 Ornan Road, London NW3 4QD Under section 40(5)(b)(i) we neither confirm nor deny whether the council holds this information. To say whether or not the council holds this information would itself disclose personal information. This would contravene the principle in the General Data Protection Regulation that personal data is processed fairly and lawfully. A response to a FOI request is considered to be made publicly available to the whole world and not provided just to the requester. This response should not be taken as an indication that the information you requested is or is not held by the council. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner ’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk Telephone: 0303 123 1113 , live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/ Yours sincerely Philip Lewis Information Rights Officer2025-08-27T00:00:00CAM107972025-08-21T00:00:00complaints, enforcement actions, or noise/environmental nuisanceDate: 21/08/2025 Case reference : CAM10797London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 29/07/2025 about complaints, enforcement actions, or noise/environmental nuisance .  We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA 2000) and/or the Environmental Information Regulations 2004 (EIR 2004). Response The council does not holds the information requested: I would like to request details of any formal complaints, enforcement actions, or noise/environmental nuisance reports related to the following addresses, from 2015 to the present: x Inverforth Close, London NW3 7xx x Inverforth Close, London NW3 7xx x Inverforth Close, London NW3 7xx x Inverforth Close, London NW3 7xx Specifically, I am requesting information about: Noise complaints - Boundary disputes -.Planning enforcement issues - Any other neighbor or residential-related complaints lodged with the Council. We have searched our records and do not hold any records concerning the above issues for all the addresses provided from 2015 to present. As some of the information not held is environmental, we have to comply with a technicality and tell you that because it is not held it is excepted under Regulation 12 (4)(a) of the EIR 2004.  The Information Commissioner does not require a public interest test where the information is not held Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk , Telephone: 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website https://www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Kieran Heneghan Information Rights Officer2025-08-27T00:00:00CAM108022025-08-26T00:00:00littering offences tickets handed out in the London Borough of Camden between the period of July 2024-2025Date: 26/08/2025 Ref: CAM10802 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 29/07/2025 about littering offences tickets handed out in the London Borough of Camden between the period of July 2024 -2025. We have dealt with this under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds some of the information requested. 1. The number of littering offences tickets handed out in the London Borough of Camden between the period of July 2024-2025 - 15,935. 2. The number of those given to women within that period – 5,334 3. The number of those given to men within that period – 10,559 4. The number of those given to individuals who identified as between the ages of 20- 30 – 3,444 5. The number of those given to individuals who identified as between 30 -40 – 2,371 6. The number of those given to individuals who identified as between 40 -50 – 1,729 7. The number of those given to individuals who identified as between 50 -70 – 1,514 London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk 8. The number of those given to individuals who identified as over 70 plus – 71 In addition to this I would also like to request information on: 1) How many were appealed on the basis of receiving Universal Credit 2) How many were appealed on the basis of receiving Job Seekers 3) How many were appealed on the basis of having no fixed address/being declared officially homeless This information is not held as the system currently does not have the facility to search for appeals based on the following criteria: - Receiving Universal Credit - Receiving Job Seeker’s Allowance - Having no fixed address/being officially homeless Conclusion A total of 15,935 littering offence tickets were issued during this period, with 10,599 issued to men and 5,334 issued to women. The majority of offences were committed by individuals aged between 20 and 40 years. Currently, there is no facility to identify tickets appealed based on Universal Credit, Job Seeker’s Allowance, or homelessness. Out of the total 15,935 Fixed Penalty Notices (FPNs) issued, 9,129 tickets were linked to individuals who provided their date of birth and could be assigned to an age group, while 6,806 tickets were issued to individuals who did not provide a date of birth, preventing age group analysis for that portion of the dataset. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner ’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk Telephone: 0303 123 1113 , live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/ Yours sincerely Philip Lewis Information Rights Officer2025-08-27T00:00:00CAM108042025-08-21T00:00:00Housing Benefit and Council Tax systemsDate: 21/08/2025 Case reference : CAM10804 London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 30/07/2025 about our  Housing Benefit and Council Tax systems.  We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 / Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested and the answers to your questions are as follows: 1. What system do you use to administer Housing Benefit?  Response type: Supplier name and whether the server is on-premises or hosted.  Civica OPENRevenues – on-premises  2. What is the system Contract Start Date?  Response type: Date  19/05/2023  3. What is the System Contract Renewal Date?  Response type: Date 18/05/2026  4. How many staff are employed in your team/department with responsibilities for system administration? e.g. user account management, system configuration, year-end/rollover processes, patch and release management, helpdesk support, etc.  Response type: Number of staff, with a breakdown of roles and seniority levels.  There are 7 members of staff and the consist of:  Team Manager • 2 X Senior Applications Analysts • 2 X Application Analysts • 2 X Application Analysts (Contractors) • 5. What are the primary responsibilities and key tasks undertaken by the system administration team?  Response type: Free text  User account management • System configuration • Year-end/rollover processes • Patch and release management. • Helpdesk support  • Housing Benefit Payments • Council tax recovery admin (run the Update jobs, produce and send documentation) • Business rates recovery (run the Update jobs, produce and send documentation) • Council tax Direct Debit admin • Business Rates Direct Debit admin • DWP data processing • Testing and implementing new modules or enhancements • Business process automation• Maintenance and release management of the OpenPortal (customer portal) •6. Do system admin staff produce non-standard ad-hoc reports?  Response type: Yes/No  Yes  7. Is there a separate team responsible for reporting (e.g. subsidy reporting)?  Response type: Yes/No + free text  Yes – Benefits Service are responsible for subsidy reporting.  8. How many performance staff are in the Housing Benefit team? e.g. performance monitoring and reporting, data analysis and quality assurance, compliance and audit support, training and guidance  Response type: Number  4  9. Are the Performance and System Administration teams combined or separate? If they are not combined, please confirm whether the teams fall within the same department or different departments.  Response type: Joint / Separate / free text  Separate - different departments. The systems team fall under the wider council IT service whilst performance reporting is undertaken within the housing benefits service itself. 10. What system do you use to administer Council Tax?  Response type: Supplier name  Please see question 1 above.  11. What is the Contract Start Date? Response type: Date  Please see question 2 above. 12. What is the System Contract Renewal Date?  Response type: Date  Please see question 3 above.  13. How many staff support the system’s administrative function? e.g. user account management, system configuration, patch and release management, helpdesk support, etc.  Response type: Number  There are 7 members of staff and the consist of:  Team Manager • 2 X Senior Applications Analysts • 2 X Application Analysts • 2 X Application Analysts (Contractors) • 14. What are the primary responsibilities and key tasks undertaken by the system administration team?  Response type: Free text  Please see question 5 above.  15. Do system admin staff produce non-standard ad-hoc reports for Council Tax revenue? Context: Includes KPI dashboards, debt remedies dashboards, and digital dashboards  Response type: Yes/No  Yes.  No dashboards are produced but the team write bespoke DataPA reports upon request from the Council Tax service where the core Civica reporting is insufficient.16. Is there a separate team responsible for reporting (e.g. collection reporting)?  Response type: Yes/No + free text  Yes – Revenues Service (the Council Tax service produces its own performance reporting).  17. How many performance staff are in the Council Tax revenue team? e.g. performance monitoring and reporting, training and guidance, compliance and quality assurance, recommending and implementing improvements  Response type: Number  0 – none.  This is the responsibility of the management team. 18. Are the Performance and System Administration teams combined or separate? If they are not combined, please confirm whether the teams fall within the same department or different departments.  Response type: Joint / Separate / free text  Separate – The systems team fall under the wider council IT service whilst performance reporting is undertaken within the Housing Benefits service itself Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk , Telephone: 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website https://www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Peter Williams Information Rights Officer2025-08-27T00:00:00CAM108122025-08-26T00:00:00chewing gum removalDate: 26/08/2025 Case reference : CAM10812 London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 31/07/2025 about chewing gum removal . We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 / Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested and the answers to your questions are as follows: I would like to request the following information regarding chewing gum removal for the financial years 2019/20 to 2023/24 inclusive: 1. Chewing Gum Removal Costs a. The total cost incurred by the council for chewing gum removal in each of these years. Chewing gum removal falls into our general street cleansing and we only introduced a jet washing service in 2025. 2. Area Covered a. If recorded, the approximate area cleaned (in square metres) for each year. Please see the answer to question 3. 3. External Fundinga. Has the council received any external funding (e.g. from DEFRA or Keep Britain Tidy) specifically for chewing gum removal during this period? b. If yes, please provide the amount received and year awarded. Camden bid and won grant funding from KBT for chewing gum removal, this was a joint bid with Brent for a total of £60,000 which was split approx. 50/50 between the two boroughs.• This was bid for and implemented in 2022• Camden bid used was £29,403,74• Area cleansed: 7000 m2 approx around Camden tube and branching streets• If Cost Data Is Not Held Separately: If your authority does not hold chewing gum removal costs separately from general street cleansing budgets, please confirm: 1. Whether chewing gum removal is carried out at all, and 2. If so, whether it is delivered as part of broader cleansing operations. Chewing gum removal falls into our general street cleansing, as per the answer to question 1. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk , Telephone: 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website https://www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Kieran Heneghan Information Rights Officer2025-08-27T00:00:00CAM108202025-08-21T00:00:00investment documentationDate: 21/08/2025 Case reference : CAM10820London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 30/07/2025 about our  investment documentation. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.   Response The council holds the information requested.  However, we are withholding the information because it is exempt as explained below.  We have explained what exemption applies.  Please see the refusal notice which explains how and why it applies: 1) Most recent and complete documentation of your investment documentation holdings across all asset classes, including public markets and private markets. a. Please include the CUSIP (or other identifiers), Issuer Name, Coupon, Maturity, Par/principal Value and Bond Value for each fixed income position held (internally or externally), as well as the CUSIP (or other identifiers), Issuer Name, Shares Held, and Value for each equity position held (internally or externally). b. Additionally, if any of your portfolio positions are managed externally, please provide the name of the external manager responsible for these assets and indicate which positions they manage. 2) Alternative Asset Funding Status and Fund Performance Summary Report of your Private Markets investment portfolio, split into Q1, Q2, Q3, and Q4 from 2014 to 2025, including: a. Names and vintage years of all private equity, venture capital, mezzanine, distressed, real estate/REIT, private debt and infrastructure partnerships b. Commitments made to each partnership.c. Contributions drawn down since inception. d. Distributions made to date by each individual partnership. e. Net Asset Value of each partnership f. Internal rates of return (IRRs) for each partnership g. Investment multiple (TV/PI) for each individual partnership. h. Total management fees and costs paid for each partnership i. Date as of which all the above data was calculated 3) Redacted quarterly fund report covering just the fund performance data and the name of the portfolio companies that are listed in the Schedule of Investments published by the General Partner of your Private Markets investment portfolio. We recognize that the valuation information for each portfolio company that is disclosed in the Schedule of Investments is highly confidential and will be redacted. We are not processing this request as it would require a disproportionate amount of time, effort, and expense.  Please see the exemption notice set out below. Refusal Notice The exemption that applies is: section 12: cost of compliance exceeds appropriate limit We are refusing your request under section 12 on cost grounds because we estimate that compliance with your request will exceed the "appropriate limit". This is £450 which is equivalent to 18 hours at £25 per hour. The per hour figure is set by Regulations rather than actual salary paid to any officers handling requests. The appropriate limit includes the time it will take the council to discover if it holds the information requested, to locate it, extract it and collate it as well as putting it into any particular format requested by the requester. We have calculated that it will take approx. 96 hours (minimum) to comply with your request because: a response to Q1 and 7 quarters out of Q2 is estimated to take a minimum of 15 hours• there are 45 quarters from Q1 2014 to Q1 2025 for which information will need to be collated• it would therefore take a minimum of 96 hours to fully respond to the entire request• Advice and Assistance It is difficult to see how the entire request could be reduced to be under the appropriate limit.  We can respond and provide information for Q1 and 7 quarters out of Q2 (see above). The Fund publishes information it holds regarding its investment holdings across all asset classes within the committee website (see below link to the latest such report) https://democracy.camden.gov.uk/documents/s126816/8.%20Performance%20Report%20- %20March%202025%20002.pdf Previous perforemnce report information can be found by searching using the term “Pension Fund” or “Pension Fund investment portfolio” using the link below: https://democracy.camden.gov.uk/ieDocSearch.aspx?bcr=1 Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk , Telephone: 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website https://www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Peter Williams Information Rights Officer2025-08-27T00:00:00CAM108422025-08-26T00:00:00decomissioned IT equipmentDate: 26/08/2025 Case reference : CAM10842 London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 04/08/2025 about decommissioned IT equipment.  We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 / Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested and the answers to your questions are as follows: The request is:  1. The number of laptops and desktop computers decommissioned, disposed of, or recycled by your organsation between January 2022 and December 2024. 977 laptops 42 desktop computers 2. Whether your organisation has any policies or partnerships in place that prioritise the reuse of IT equipment before recycling — including any collaboration with organisations such as SocialBox.Biz. We have a partnership in place with Good Things Foundation. 3. If applicable, please provide a copy or summary of your IT disposal policy. We have a cost-neutral contract in place with Stone Recycling for IT equipment, which includes secure data erasure and either recycling or refurbishment as appropriate. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk , Telephone: 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website https://www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Peter Williams Information Rights Officer2025-08-27T00:00:00CAM108582025-08-26T00:00:00S106 agreements for public open spaces, bonds and average times, for various financial years.Date: 26/08/2025 Case reference : CAM10858 London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 05/08/2025 about S106 agreements for public open spaces, bonds and average times, for various financial years.   We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 / Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested and the answers to your questions are as follows: All years specified refer to financial years. 1. What is the total bond value for S106 agreements for public open spaces for a) 2022-23, b) 2023-24 and c) 2024-25? For all years it is nil.  The council does not hold any bonds for open space relating to this period. Camden publishes information on s106 contributions and spending which includes public open space in the following location  Section 106 spending and financial information - Camden Council 2. What is the total number of bonds for S106 agreements for public open spaces completed in a) 2022-23, b) 2023-24 and c) 2024-25? Zero for all years.  As explained in question 1 the council does not hold any bonds for open space relating to this period. 3. What items of public open space currently attract commuted sums, and what are the individual costs?An explanation of contributions Camden make seek to secure for public open space from developments can be viewed at the following link Public open space planning guidance 4. What is your inspection fee or percentage applicable relevant to the bond provision for S106 agreements? Other than what is set out on the Planning guidance (see 3 on the above link) there is not a specific fee which relates to bond provision. 5. What was the average time taken from submission to the completion of a S106 agreement for public open space in a) 2022-23, b) 2023-24 and c) 2024-25? This can be obtained by using the Camden Planning search page https://www.camden.gov.uk/search-for- planning-applications   for the following planning permission references which are for cases which have a s106 contribution for open space in the period for which you have asked: 2020/5624/P 2020/5593/P 2020/2169/P 2020/5633/P 2021/5062/P 2022/1863/P 2017/7072/P 2022/4259/P2022/0528/P 2022/0528/P 2022/0528/P 2023/3808/P 2023/2510/P 2017/3847/P 2024/0479/P 2023/4241/P This will give you the timescales from which you can calculate the type of average you wished. 6. What was the average total time taken from submission to formal adoption of a S106 agreement for public open space in a) 2022-23, b) 2023-24 and c) 2024-25? Please see the answer to question 5 above. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets.Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk , Telephone: 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website https://www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Peter Williams Information Rights Officer2025-08-27T00:00:00CAM109542025-08-26T00:00:00the ‘For Women Scotland’ Supreme Court judgementDate: 26/8/25 Ref: CAM10954 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 16/8/25 about the ‘For Women Scotland’ Supreme Court judgement. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response: The council holds some of the information requested. The answers to your questions are below. Please could you confirm that you are aware of and complying with the The Supreme Court judgement in the case of For Women Scotland (FWS) v The Scottish Ministers, which ruled that the term "sex" in the Equality Act 2010 refers to biological sex, not gender identity. This means that a Gender Recognition Certificate (GRC) does not change a person's sex for the purposes of the Act. The court's decision clarifies that the Equality Act 2010 uses "man" and "woman" to mean biological sex at birth. The council holds no information within scope of this request. Please supply any messages you have sent to your staff and departments, via email, staff newsletters, intranet messages or via any other communication method in order to ensure they are clear as to what is required. In respect of the judgment itself, there has been one direct communication to employees, as the case was mentioned in a staff update of 22/4/25, and there have been 2 articles on the intranet which are available to staff to read. These are available on our FOI disclosure portal here Camden Freedom Of Information Responses Search | Open Data Portal . Enter CAM10791 in the search bar on the lower right (not the upper right), click enter, and you can access the documentation via the zip file. As this is publicly available it is exempt under section 21 Freedom of Information Act 2000. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Your Rights: If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk Telephone: 0303 123 1113 , live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/ Yours sincerely Sarah Laws Data Protection Manager2025-08-27T00:00:00CAM105182025-08-19T00:00:00contract between your council and Beam Up Ltd concerning the support provided to individuals experiencing homelessnessDate: 19/08/2025 Ref: CAM10518 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 20/06/2025 about the contract between your council and Beam Up Ltd concerning the support provided to individuals experiencing homelessness. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested. I am writing to kindly request a copy of the contract between your council and Beam Up Ltd concerning the support provided to individuals experiencing homelessness, specifically relating to assistance in securing stable housing and pathways back into employment. If possible, I would appreciate any documentation outlining the scope of services, payment structure (particularly outcome-based elements), and key performance indicators associated with the agreement. The contract is attached. Personal information has been redacted under Section 40(2) of the Freedom of Information Act. Commercially sensitive information has been redacted under Section 43(2) of the Freedom of Information Act. See the refusal notice below. Refusal Notice: Section 40(2) The council considers that to disclose the personal data requested would not be in accordance with data protection legislation and therefore we have withheld some/all of the information under the absolute exemption in Section 40(2). The exemption states that personal data requested may be withheld when to release it would be a breach of the requirements of data protection law which is the UK General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the Data Protection Act 2018. The information withheld is personal information because it allows living individuals to be identified. The council considers that it would be a breach of the General Data Protection Regulation article 5 requirements of fairness and proportionality to publish this personal information in a FOI request. In doing this we have considered the legitimate public interest in disclosure against the interests of the data subject/s and concluded that in the circumstances disclosure would contravene the data protection requirements of fairness and proportionality particularly considering that Freedom of Information responses are public documents and published to the world and not provided just to the requester. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Section 43(2) The Council has withheld this information because Section 43(2) exempts information whose disclosure would, or would be likely to, prejudice the commercial interests of any person (an individual, a company, the public authority itself or any other legal entity). The council is relying upon the higher threshold of likelihood that disclosure would have a prejudicial effect. The parties whose commercial interests are concerned are Beam Up Ltd and the council. The harm that would be caused to Beam Up Ltd is that its release would be likely to prejudice the commercial interests and competitive standing of Beam Up Ltd. Disclosure of this information would cause significant prejudice. Competitors could use their detailed cost breakdowns and pricing to precisely undercut them in future bids. They could also replicate their unique service model, detailed in the RFQ response, without the associated research and development costs, thereby eroding their competitive advantage. Further, disclosure of specific performance metrics and highly favourable pricing from a competitive tender would create a distorted benchmark, undermining their negotiating position with all future customers. The harm that would be caused to the council is that our ability to achieve the best value for similar contracts would be reduced. The link between the disclosure and harm is that similar companies would have awareness of Beam Up Ltd.’s business model and pricing structure. In applying this qualified exemption, we have had to balance the public interest in withholding the information against the interest in favour of disclosure. The public interest arguments for releasing this information are as follows: • Improving transparency in decision making (medium weight). • Ensuring value for money (medium weight). • To ensure accountability of the authority (medium weight). The public interest arguments for withholding the information are as follows: • It is not in the public interest to disclose information that would be likely to damage the commercial interests of a company, as this could lead to financial problems for the company and/or job losses. (high weight). • It is not in the public interest to damage the council’s commercial interests, as this affects how it spends public money and the services it can provide to residents and other stakeholders. (high weight). • It is not in the public interest to release information that could negatively influence ongoing and future negotiations as this could have an adverse effect on value for money for the council, so for residents and other stakeholders. (medium weight). • Withholding the figures does not prevent scrutiny of the council’s actions and decisions. (low weight). We have decided that the public interest in withholding the information outweighs the public interest in disclosing it. Advice and assistance: As advice and assistance we have provided a redacted copy of the contract. If you have any general questions on the contract, you can make a new request to FOI@camden.gov.uk . Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner ’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Philip Lewis Information Rights Officer2025-08-22T00:00:00CAM105222025-08-19T00:00:00subsidence, and causes of movement, of properties on Medburn street and those neighbouringDate: 19/08/2025 Ref: CAM10522 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 23/06/2025 about subsidence, and causes of movement, of properties on Medburn street and those neighbouring . We have dealt with this under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds some of the information requested. We have stated where we do not hold the information requested and why. FOI request - subsidence on properties on Medburn street and neighboring properties: I would be grateful if you could provide me with copies of all recorded information held by Camden Council relating to: 1. Any and all correspondence, reports, surveys, or other records concerning potential or actual subsidence and/or related structural issues affecting other properties on Medburn Street, London, NW1 , or directly adjacent/related, nearby properties where such issues may have an impact on Medburn Street properties. 2. Any other information the council holds related to potential causes of building movement to the properties on Medburn Street, London. To assist with your search, please consider records from at least the past 20 -30 years, or as far back as reasonably possible. I would prefer to receive the information by email to this email address. If the volume of information is too large for email, please advise on alternative secure methods of delivery. Clarified – Please find the requested clarifications below: 1. Addresses or Address Ranges: My request primarily concerns properties close to my property at [REDACTED]. I would like the search to cover: • All properties within the entire length of Medburn Street, London, NW1 1RH, especially 20-29 Medburn Street and 8-19 Medburn Street, also 20-55 Charrington Street, 1-9 Penryn Street, 26-39 Goldington Street, 3-17 Platt Street. • Any properties on directly adjoining streets (e.g., Chalton Street, Goldington Street) if the council holds records indicating a shared or interconnected issue related to ground movement or structural stability. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk I understand that the council's systems may categorize addresses by street or postcode. Medburn Street falls predominantly within the NW1 1RH and NW1 1RJ postcodes. My property is [REDACTED]. Please include all records relating to properties within these postcodes. In regard to your property address, this is being dealt with as a subject access request (SAR). The SAR team will contact you separately. For clarification, the information you have asked for is your personal information so under GDPR and DPA18 legislation we cannot release personal information as a FOI request even if the requester is the person the information is about. Camden receives a number of requests like this and we have published a standard FOI response to explain why people cannot access their own information under FOI. It is on our Open Data Portal, Open Data Camden https://opendata.camden.gov.uk/browse The response is in the Freedom of Information FAQ dataset, the exact link is: FOI FAQs 2. "Other Records": By "other records," I intend to cover any and all forms of documented information held by Camden Council that pertains to potential or actual subsidence and related structural issues. This explicitly includes, but is not limited to: • Internal reports, memos, and assessments by council officers (e.g., from Building Control, Environmental Health, Highways, Housing departments if they have records). • External reports, surveys, or recommendations received by the council from third-party consultants, structural engineers, geo-technical engineers, or loss adjusters. • Records of inspections carried out by council staff. • Internal correspondence between different council departments. • Records of any remedial works or investigations funded, supervised, or formally noted by the council. We do not hold this information. • Any complaints, concerns or other correspondence raised by residents (including the prior owner of [REDACTED] Medburn Street) regarding subsidence or structural issues and related responses There are two insurance claims made by residents of Medburn Street. One was found not to be subsidence and the second claim is live. • Any planning applications or building control applications that included structural reports or assessments related to subsidence/ground movement. There are no works planned for this property in Capital works. The key focus remains on information directly linking to subsidence or ground movement and the structural stability of properties within the specified area, with particular emphasis on 29 Medburn Street and its prior owners and neighboring properties. While I note that you forwarded part of my request to the DSAR team, and while I understand and respect the need to protect the prior owner's personal data, I specifically seek any and all factual information, reports, or records relating to subsidence or structural issues at [REDACTED], itself, even if names or other identifying details of individuals are redacted to comply with data protection obligations. My primary interest is in the history of the property's structural integrity, not the personal details of previous occupants. A survey completed by Bayo in 2022 where issues of cracking to the parapet wall were identified. This was referred to Major Repairs and following investigation, it was determined that the cracking was not due to subsidence. Works to repair the parapet wall were completed by RAIL. As the information not held is environmental we have to comply with a technicality and tell you that because it is not held it is excepted under Regulation 12 (4)(a). The Information Commissioner does not require a public interest test where the information is not held. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner ’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Kieran Heneghan Information Rights Officer2025-08-22T00:00:00CAM106792025-08-14T00:00:00exempt accommodation housing benefit claims for shared housing settingsDate: 14/08/2025 Ref: CAM10679 Dear Requester, Thank you for your request for information dated 14/07/2025 about exempt accommodation housing benefit claims for shared housing settings . We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested. However, we are withholding all of the information because it is exempt as explained below. We have explained where we are withholding information and what exemptions apply. Please see the refusal notices at the end of the answers which explain how and why they apply. Relating to exempt accommodation Housing Benefit claims for shared housing settings (i.e. non-self-contained supported housing) in your borough: 1. The average weekly Housing Benefit paid per resident for shared exempt accommodation in the budget year 2023–2024. 2. The highest weekly Housing Benefit paid per resident for shared exempt accommodation during that period. 3. The number of exempt accommodation/housing claims currently active in shared housing settings. 4. A breakdown of the five highest weekly claim amounts paid in 2023– 2024 and the types of support those placements were designed to provide (e.g. domestic abuse, young mothers, care leavers, trauma, etc.). 5. Confirmation of whether the council uses any cap or benchmark figure for weekly Housing Benefit claims in exempt accommodation, particularly for shared housing. In addition, I would appreciate the following information: 6. The name and contact details (email) of the officer or department responsible for dealing with exempt accommodation Housing Benefit enquiries and registration. In order for this to be accessible to me, please could you add the email in a PDF file. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk 7. Guidance on how to register or apply as a new exempt accommodation provider in the borough — can providers approach the council proactively, or only when they have a resident in place? We are withholding this information as we consider the following exemption applies. Refusal notice: Section 12: Cost of Compliance Exceeds the Appropriate Limit We are refusing your request under section 12 on cost grounds because we estimate that compliance with your request will exceed the "appropriate limit". This is £450 which is equivalent to 18 hours at £25 per hour. The per hour figure is set by Regulations rather than actual salary paid to any officers handling requests. The appropriate limit includes the time it will take the council to discover if it holds the information requested, to locate it, extract it and collate it as well as putting it into any particular format requested by the requester. We do not hold the information requested for questions 1 to 4 in a format that is readily accessible. Question 1 asks for the ’average weekly housing benefit paid per resident for shared accommodation in 2023/24.’ We do not have a report that provides this data. Questions 2 ‘highest’ and 4 ‘highest weekly claim amounts’ are similar in nature to question 1. Providing this information would require a council officer to generate a report of weekly claim entitlements and manually review which cases meet the criteria for shared exempt accommodation. There are approximately 1,500 cases to review , and we estimate it would take around 10 minutes per record to extract and collate the relevant data. The total time required to complete this task is estimated at 250 hours, which significantly exceeds the cost limit set by the Act. Additionally, question 3 relates to a database subset of 1,489 cases. Applying the same manual review process would take approximately 5 minutes per record, equating to an estimated 124 hours. Advice and Assistance There are no local caps or benchmarking figures for weekly Housing Benefit claims in exempt accommodation. Only national caps, as set out in legislation, apply. Further details can be found in the Housing Benefit Regulations 2006. If you wish to contact the Housing Benefit team, please email: benefits@camden.gov.uk . We also recommend engaging with our Commissioning Team in Adult Social Care. More information is available on the Information for providers - Camden Council . Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Lorna Jonas-Tinson Information Rights Officer2025-08-22T00:00:00CAM106982025-08-13T00:00:00Sinkholes reported, recorded, date, locations, dimensions, cost/dates of repair and road closuresDate: 13/08/2025 Ref: CAM10698 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 15/07/2025 about Sinkholes reported, recorded, date, locations, dimensions, cost/dates of repair and road closures . We have dealt with this under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested. My request: for the time period January 2020 to June 30th 2025, please provide the following: - The total number of sinkholes reported by the public each year in your region - The total number of sinkholes officially recorded each year in your region - A list of the officially recorded sinkholes in your region, with these details: * Date sinkhole was reported (if reported by a member of the public) * Date sinkhole was officially recorded * Location of sinkhole (road or street name) * Depth (metres) - this can be approximate * Width (metres) - this can be approximate * What was the cost of the repair of the road due to this sinkhole? * What date was the repair completed? * Was the road closed due to this sinkhole (Y/N)? * What date was the road closed due to this sinkhole? * If the road closed, what date did the road reopen? Please provide your response in a table in an excel spreadsheet format. Please see the attached spreadsheet. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner ’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Kieran Heneghan Information Rights Officer2025-08-22T00:00:00CAM107042025-08-14T00:00:00commissioning framework for the delivery of adult social care services by providers during 2024/25 and 2025/26Date: 14/08/2025 Ref: CAM10704 Dear Requester, Thank you for your request for information dated 14/07/2025 about a commissioning framework for the delivery of adult social care services by providers during 2024/25 and 2025/26. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested and the answers to your questions are as follows: Relating to how the Council commissions social care via its Framework Providers, to address and service the adult social care services it is responsible for. You clarified: Questions all refer to Care in the Community. So this would include Domiciliary Care/ Home Care/ Care at Home, Supported Living, Extra Care, Shared Lives, Mental Health, and Supporting People with Disabilities where in all cases this is done via Care in the Community services (conducted in the client’s own home). And not Residential Care/Care Homes, nor Nursing Care/ Nursing Homes, nor Day Care, nor Direct Payments, nor Alert Alarms/ Telecare. I am referring to is a procurement framework, sometimes referred to as a ‘dynamic purchasing system’, which care providers can apply to join and will then, if approved, be offered care packages by the Council’s care commissioning/ brokerage team for the providers to fulfil on the Council’s behalf. Q1. Regarding the current framework for providers: a) How many framework providers does the Council have? Homecare including mental health, learning disabilities and physical disabilities - 0 Reablement - 0 Extra Care - 0 Supported Living - 0 b) When is the current framework for providers due to end? Not applicable. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk c) Does the Council have any plans to procure a replacement framework for providers to deliver adult social care services in: i) 2024/2025 – No. ii) 2025/26 – No. Q2. How many service users (recipients of adult social care services funded by the Council) does the Council typically have at any one time during a year currently? We typically have over 3,000 people drawing on care and support at any given time. For more detailed information, please refer to our statutory data: Adult social care data hub - NHS England Digital. Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Lorna Jonas-Tinson Information Rights Officer2025-08-22T00:00:00CAM107062025-08-14T00:00:00supported living framework for adults with learning disabilitiesDate: 14/08/2025 Ref: CAM10706 Dear Requester, Thank you for your request for information dated 18/07/2025 about a supported living framework for adults with learning disabilities. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested and the answers to your questions are as follows: Supported Living Framework 1. Is there currently a supported living framework agreement in place for adults with learning disabilities within your local authority? If yes, please provide the start and end dates of the current framework agreement. No. 2. Is the supported living framework an open framework (DPV/DPS accepting new providers) or a closed framework? Not applicable. 3. Please provide details of the pricing structure and rates associated with this framework. Not applicable. Residential Framework 4. Is there a residential care framework agreement specifically for adults with learning disabilities? If yes, please confirm the start and end dates of the current residential framework. No. 5. Is this residential framework an open framework (DPV/DPS accepting new providers) or a closed framework? Not applicable. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk 6. Please provide details of the pricing structure and rates associated with this framework. Not applicable. Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Lorna Jonas-Tinson Information Rights Officer2025-08-22T00:00:00CAM107142025-08-15T00:00:00Potholes questionsDate: 15/08/2025 Ref: CAM10714 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 18/07/2025 about Potholes questions. We have dealt with this under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds some of the information requested. We have stated where we do not hold the information requested and why. Please provide figures for the most recent full calendar year (or financial year, if easier): 1. The number of potholes reported (monthly breakdown if possible). Count of Defect Code & Description Calendar Year 2024 Jan 131 Feb 117 Mar 109 Apr 111 May 103 Jun 111 Jul 92 Aug 75 Sep 72 Oct 97 Nov 78 Dec 78 Grand Total 1174 2. The average number of calendar days between a pothole being reported and repaired. With regards to this information, we measure Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) on the contracted time frames for completion for which we have details . 3. The percentage of reported potholes repaired within: o 7 days o 14 days o 28 days As explained in question 2 above this should be 5 working days from being noted as contractor required to fix as part of the section of our find and fix contract. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk 4. The number of vehicle damage claims submitted as a result of potholes. 17. 5. The number of pothole-related claims accepted and the total amount of compensation paid. There have been 7 settled. The total compensation paid out is £3,750.07 6. If recorded, the types of vehicles (make/model or vehicle category) involved in these damage claims. This is not recorded. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Kieran Heneghan Information Rights Officer2025-08-22T00:00:00CAM107152025-08-14T00:00:00staff numbers in equality, diversity and inclusion roles, and staff appointed under EDI initiativesDate: 14/08/2025 Case reference: CAM10715 London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 18/07/2025 about staff numbers in equality, diversity and inclusion roles, and staff appointed under EDI initiatives. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested, and we have provided some information but other information is withheld as to locate, extract, and collate it will exceed the costs limit. We have given details below. 1. Staff Demographics in HR and DEI Roles Please provide the total number of employees currently employed in: a) Human Resources (HR) departments: 90 b) Diversity, Equity, Equality and/or Inclusion departments or roles (including full -time or part-time officers, managers, or leads): 8 For each of these two categories (HR and DEI), please provide a breakdown by: a) Gender (e.g. Male, Female, Non-binary, Other, Prefer not to say) b) Age bracket (e.g. Under 25, 25–34, 35–44, 45–54, 55–64, 65+) c) Ethnic group (using your council’s monitoring categories, or census categories if preferred) d) Religion or belief (e.g. Christian, Muslim, Jewish, Hindu, No Religion, Other, Prefer not to say) e) Pay band or salary range (e.g. local government grade or salary bands) Please see the attached spreadsheet which provides the figures requested for 1) a) to e) for both HR and EDI roles. 2. Outcomes of DEI Initiatives – Promotions and Recruitment Please indicate: a) Which departments (or directorates) have seen promotions or new appointments where Diversity, Equality, or Inclusion initiatives, targets, or schemes played a role in the selection, recruitment, or promotion process during the last four calendar years (2022, 2023, and 2024 to date). We are ensuring our end-to-end recruitment processes are fair and unbiased. We are continuing to take action across the council at recruitment to salary Level 5 (£53,857) and above by making sure there are no all-white shortlists. This was introduced 2 years ago. b) For each such promotion or appointment, please provide the following aggregated demographic information of the individual(s) promoted or hired as a result of these DEI initiatives: i) Department name ii) Whether it was a promotion or new hire iii) Gender iv) Age bracket v) Ethnic group vi) Religion or belief vii) Pay band or salary range. This is refused under section 12 on cost grounds because we estimate that compliance with your request will exceed the "appropriate limit". This is £450 which is equivalent to 18 hours at £25 per hour. The per hour figure is set by Regulations rather than actual salary paid to any officers handling requests. The appropriate limit includes the time it will take the council to locate the information request , extract it and collate it as well as putting it into any particula format requested by the requester Since we introduced the no all-white shortlists for Level 5 and above pilot over two years ago, 103 diverse candidates have been appointed into Level 5 and above roles which corresponds to just under 30% of the overall number of candidates. The council is aware of the numbers of recruitments as it has monitored the impact of the scheme. However, the granular data requested would have to be obtained by examining the records for each of the over 300 relevant recruitments. At 5 minutes per instance this would take approx 25 hours. Another minimum 30 mins would be needed to collate the data . Approx 3.5 hours have already been expended in collating the statistics requested for q1, giving a total of 29 hours which exceeds the 18 hours limit. Advice and Assistance The information requested for questions 1 and 2a had already been collated and so has been provided. The number of recruitments to which the no all white shortlists applied was approx 300. We have provided the number of applications that were initially successful. Information relating to recruitment including the equality data overall for candidate s applying being shortlisted and hired for roles within the Council for the Financial Year 2022 – 2023 is available in the public domain via Employment Profile 2022-23 . It is the Council’s intention publish the Employment Profile for FY2023 -24 by the end of August 2025 on the Camden Open Data S e Camden Council | Open Data | Open Data Portal . The Employment Profile for he FY2024-25 will follow in early 20 . If this data did not assist, then you could make a revised request by asking for the information in question 2 by one financial year. Given work on assessing the 24/25 year is not complete, you would be advised to make a revised request for an earlier year. Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data mden before making a new request as your que ion may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many usefu and interesting data ts. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden. v.uk or post: Informatio and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Off e at icocasework@ico.org.uk , Telephone: 0303 123 1113, liv chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/c tact-us/. The ICO website https://www.ico.org.uk may be u ful. Yours sincerely, Sarah Laws Data Protection Manager2025-08-22T00:00:00CAM107162025-08-19T00:00:00local policies, strategies, action plans related to aging populations, anti-ageismDate: 19/08/2025 Ref: CAM10716 Dear Requester, Thank you for your request for information dated 18/07/2025 about local policies, strategies, action plans related to aging populations, anti-ageism. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested and the answers to your questions are as follows: Please provide copies of, or links to, any local policies, strategies, action plans, or frameworks developed or adopted by Camden between 1 January 2015 and 1 July 2025 that relate to: 1. Ageing and older adults, including but not limited to: • Ageing well strategies • Older people’s services or wellbeing • Age-friendly borough initiatives • Anti-ageism or age-inclusive policies You clarified: I am specifically seeking policy documents developed or adopted by Camden Council between 2015 and 2025 that relate to ageism and the inclusion of older adults. The focus is on how Camden has addressed age -related discrimination, inclusion, and wellbeing in its public-facing strategies. This may include: • Anti-ageism or age-inclusive policy approaches • Ageing well or older people’s wellbeing strategies • Relevant content within broader Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) policies or frameworks • Any initiatives or action plans that aim to improve cultural, social, or civic participation for older residents. Health and Wellbeing Strategy 2022-2030: The Health and Wellbeing Strategy includes a long term ambition around Ageing Well: “people live healthier and more independent lives, for longer” which can be found here: Camden Health and Wellbeing Strategy 2022- 2030. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk o Community Connectedness: One of the priorities in the strategy is tackling social isolation and loneliness through Community Connectedness and Friendships. Led by the Community Connectedness and Friendships Working Group (CCFWG) a partnership made up of council teams and voluntary sector staff, a recent overview of this work can be found in this Health and Wellbeing Board report from December 2023. o Wider health and wellbeing services for older adults in the borough include: The Winter Wellness Programme: to support residents aged 65+ to s tay warm, safe, active and connected through the winter, Health Checks: for identifying and preventing cardiovascular disease, and physical activities for older people . o Adult Social Care Co-production Framework is our commitment and strategy for greater partnership working with residents across adult social care services in Camden. Through this framework, we want to create inclusive spaces where every person involved actively collaborates in shaping a social care system that recognises the whole person: https://camdencarechoices.camden.gov.uk/co- production-matters/adult-social-care-co-production-framework/. o Supporting People, Connecting Communities: This is Camden’s strategic plan for how we deliver services in Adult Social Care and across the council to support our residents to live and age well. The plan was shaped by speaking with residents and working closely with our key partners and stakeholders across the borough, including the community and voluntary sectors, to look at how we can sustain adult social care services in Camden for the future. It was first launched in 2017 and refreshed in 2020: https://www.camden.gov.uk/supporting-people-connecting- communities. 2. Any relevant content embedded within Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) policies or strategies that address ageing, older adults, or age -related inclusion. Carers Action Plan: for unpaid carers launched in July 2024. The 2021 Census found that there are 2,240 people who are aged 65 and over and provide unpaid care in Camden. The action plan is a commitment to recognise and support unpaid carers better. It is a plan to enable all services across the Camden Borough Partnership to work together to meet the needs of carers. https://carersactionplan.camden.gov.uk/ . Digital Exclusion - The Camden Companion: Adult Social Care have also looked at the way we present information and advice making it clear and easy to follow. For those adults who are digitally excluded, we have recently updated our Camden Companion. This is an essential guide to healthy living in Camden and is printed, providing a directory of support and services people may wish to consider to help stay well, active and connect with their local communities. Copies were recently distributed to community spaces such as GP, Community Centres and libraries. https://camdencarechoices.camden.gov.uk/wellbeing-and-staying-well/the-camden- companion/. 3. Any evaluations or reviews of such policies conducted during the same period. If available, please also include: • The dates these documents were adopted or published • Whether the documents are currently in effect or have been superseded Community Connectedness: As explained in question 1 above, a recent overview of this work is accessible via the following link: Health and Wellbeing Board report from December 2023 . Supporting People, Connecting Communities was first launched in 2017 and refreshed in 2020. You can access the document here: https://www.camden.gov.uk/supporting-people-connecting-communities . Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Lorna Jonas-Tinson Information Rights Officer2025-08-22T00:00:00CAM107192025-08-19T00:00:00number of registrants on the intermediate rent interest list in CamdenDate: 19/06/2025 Ref: CAM10719 Dear Requester, Thank you for your request for information dated 21/07/2025 about the number of registrants on the intermediate rent interest list in Camden. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds some of the information requested and the answers to your questions are as follows: 1) Please let me know the number of people currently registered on the Intermediate Rent interest list in Camden, broken down by the number who have registered as NHS workers/not, and the income brackets of those who have registered. As of 1 August 2025, there are 1,404 registrants on the intermediate housing register. We do not hold specific information on the number of ‘NHS workers’ versus ‘non-NHS workers.’ Instead, we use the broad employment sector category of health, which includes all individuals working in healthcare. A total of 381 registrants are recorded under this category. Health employment sector by income band Number of registrants Less than £20 ,000 8 £20,000 - £29,000 50 £30,000 - £39,000 97 £40,000 - £49,000 90 £50,000 - £59,000 72 £60,000 - £69,000 41 £70,000 - £79,000 13 £80,000 - £89,000 7 Over £90 ,000 3 Total 381 London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk 2) Please provide a breakdown by income bracket (10- 19k, 20-29k, 30-39k etc) of the household income of tenants for all new intermediate rent 1 bedroom properties in the last two years in Camden. Based on schemes where housing provider returned information (does not include Camden Living properties) Income Band 1 bed 1 person or studio 1 bed 2 person £20,000 - £29,000 8 9 £30,000 - £39,000 13 28 £40,000 - £49,000 3 14 £50,000 - £59,000 0 4 Total 24 55 Please also break each income bracket down by whether the household was a single person or two-person household. Information not held. Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Lorna Jonas-Tinson Information Rights Officer2025-08-22T00:00:00CAM107222025-08-19T00:00:00care auditing solutions in adult social care servicesDate: 19/08/2025 Ref: CAM10722 Dear Requester, Thank you for your request for information dated 21/07/2025 about care auditing solutions in adult social care services. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested and the answers to your questions are as follows: 1) Do you procure a system to audit your care homes in between CQC inspections? No. 2) If not, what is the process of auditing care homes? Contract monitoring process include commissioners, social care officers and health partners as required. 3) If you do, who provides the system? Not applicable. 4) When did your contract start with this supplier? Not applicable. 5) When does your contract end with this supplier? Not applicable. 6) Is there any extensions available on the contract? Not applicable. 7) What is the annual cost of the contract? Not applicable. 8) Who is the person responsible for these audits? Not applicable. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Lorna Jonas-Tinson Information Rights Officer2025-08-22T00:00:00CAM107342025-08-18T00:00:00total Number of Reported Potholes from January 2019 to the most recent available dataDate: 18/08/2025 Ref: CAM10734 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 21/07/2025 about the total Number of Reported Potholes from January 2019 to the most recent available data. We have dealt with this under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested. 1. Total Number of Reported Potholes, broken down by: o Year and Month: From January 2019 to the most recent available data. Information for the total number of potholes reported to the council, broken down by month, for the calendar years 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023 is publicly available on the Council's Open Data Portal here . By entering the reference CAM6649 into the 2nd search box halfway down the page you will find the information. In addition, by typing in the word “pothole” or “pot hole” in the above link you will find other similar cases and additional information that you might find of interest. The following table shows this calendar year’s figures. Count of Defect Code & Description Column Labels Row Labels 2024 2025 Grand Total Jan 131 108 239 Feb 117 119 236 Mar 109 128 237 Apr 111 93 204 May 103 113 216 Jun 111 95 206 Jul 92 89 181 Aug 75 75 Sep 72 72 Oct 97 97 Nov 78 78 Dec 78 78 Grand Total 1174 745 1919 2. Annual Expenditure on Pothole Repairs, including: o Total Amount Spent: For each year from 2019 to the present. o Monthly Breakdown: If available. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Pothole repairs are included within a lump sum payment that covers various types of maintenance work. As such, it is not possible to accurately itemise or report these costs on an annual or monthly basis. 3. Compensation Claims Related to Pothole Injuries: o Number of Claims Received: Broken down by year and month from 2019 onwards. o Number of Claims Approved and Compensation Paid Out: Including total amounts per year and month. Please see the tables below. Year Month Number of Claims Number Settled Value 2019 Jan £ - Feb 1 £ - Mar 1 £ - Apr 1 £ - May 2 £ - Jun £ - Jul 1 £ - Aug 1 £ - Sep 2 £ - Oct 1 £ - Nov 1 £ - Dec 2 2 £ 57.98 TOTAL 13 2 £ 57.98 2020 Jan 4 £ - Feb 1 £ - Mar 1 £ - Apr £ - May £ - Jun 1 £ - Jul £ - Aug £ - Sep £ - Oct £ - Nov £ - Dec £ - TOTAL 7 0 £ - 2021 Jan £ - Feb 2 £ - Mar £ - Apr 1 1 £ 275.49 May 1 £ - Jun 3 1 £ - Jul £ - Aug 1 £ - Sep £ - Oct 1 £ - Nov £ - Dec 1 £ - TOTAL 10 2 £ 275.49 2022 Jan £ - Feb 1 £ - Mar 2 1 £ 394.88 Apr 1 £ - May 2 £ - Jun £ - Jul £ - Aug £ - Sep £ - Oct 1 £ - Nov 2 £ - Dec £ - TOTAL 9 1 £ 394.88 2023 Jan 6 1 £ 91.50 Feb 3 1 £ 454.48 Mar 6 5 £ 3,237.82 Apr 2 2 £ 822.74 May 6 2 £ 2,892.15 Jun 1 £ - Jul 3 1 £ 500.00 Aug 1 £ - Sep 2 £ - Oct 1 £ - Nov 2 £ - Dec 8 2 £ 1,512.24 TOTAL 41 14 £ 9,510.93 2024 Jan 4 2 £ 1,200.00 Feb 2 £ - Mar 2 1 £ 818.40 Apr 3 1 £ 1,080.96 May 2 1 £ 170.00 Jun £ - Jul 1 £ - Aug £ - Sep 1 £ - Oct 2 1 £ 488.00 Nov 1 1 £ 222.00 Dec 2 £ - TOTAL 20 7 £ 3,979.36 2025 Jan 3 £ - Feb 2 1 £ 528.00 Mar £ - Apr 1 £ - May £ - Jun 5 £ - Jul 1 £ - Aug 1 £ - Sep £ - Oct £ - Nov £ - Dec £ - TOTAL 13 1 £ 528.00 • Average time taken to repair reported potholes. Under Camden’s Highways contract, permanent repairs are required to be completed within five working days of a defect being identified. However, where defects are assessed as hazardous, they must be made safe within twenty-four hours. We currently don’t capture the information on actual time taken. We only have Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) on the contracted time frames for which we have details. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Kieran Heneghan Information Rights Officer2025-08-22T00:00:00CAM107382025-08-19T00:00:00Queen's Crescent Project follow up from CAM10492Date: 19/08/2025 Ref: CAM10738 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 22/07/2025 about Queen's Crescent Project follow up from CAM10492. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested. Requests for more information from Camden 1. Most cells corresponding to the financial quarters in the Date of Verification spreadsheet attached are empty. Please send me an up-to-date version of the spreadsheet The spreadsheet provided is the most up-to-date version available. Please note that not all cells are required to be filled in, as the spend per task across the various project stages only occurs in specific quarters within the financial years shown. 2. The work item “develop a programme of ..engagement with local business and resident stakeholders (e.g. Streateries or additional market days)” is associated with a match funding figure of £198K. Why? (I want to understand the system for allocating sums of match funding) With the exception of rows 10 and 15, the match funding figures in columns AM- AP do not relate to the milestone or activity in column A. This is because the match funding for the project consisted of the complementary funding being spent on WKT and Wendling regeneration. So in order to report our match funding to the GLA, the amounts we had spent were divided across the milestones delivered in any given quarter. So the £198k was spend on WKT/Wendling at the time of reporting and is not associated with this specific milestone. Rather, it reflects spend on a range of initiatives in the area local to Queen’s Crescent. 3. It is difficult for me to believe that Camden paid £198K for a report to “Develop a programme of activation for the Queen's Crescent ETO through engagement with local business and resident stakeholders (e.g. Streateries or additional market days)”. How much did Camden actually pay? As detailed above, the £198k amount listed is not associated with the action in column A. The actual amount spent on this specific work item is recorded in cell U26 of the spreadsheet and totals £10,525. 4. Please provide a list of all payments actually made for the items linked to the WKT/Wendling feasibility budgets See the answer to 2 above – the amounts listed in column AM-AP do not related to the activities in column A. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk The amounts listed in the match funding columns AM to AP relate mostly to HRA spend on WKT and Wendling – the costs include staff time and design team costs. The project also included some match funding from DfT for the road traffic project and some project management costs covered by Camden general fund. 5. Since the Wendling/WKT feasibility budgets were NOT used to pay for the spreadsheet-listed revenue work items, what budgets or funds were and was HRA money used? See the answer to 2 above – the amounts listed in column AM-AP do not relate to the activities in column A. 6. Please explain the benefit of using WKT and Wendling feasibility budgets as the putative source of match funding and why the GLA were happy with the arrangement It was agreed between the GLA and LB Camden that any investment directed at those two estates would be accepted as ‘match funding’ against the Queen’s Crescent improvement works to secure a grant from the GLA. This was because Queen’s Crescent connects the two estates and is positioned at the heart of area-wide regeneration plans that will be mutually beneficial. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner ’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Kieran Heneghan Information Rights Officer2025-08-22T00:00:00CAM107412025-08-18T00:00:00contact centre and network contractsDate: 18/08/2025 Case reference : CAM10741 London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 22/07/2025 about contact centre and network contracts.  We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 / Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested and the answers to your questions are as follows: The first part of my request relates to contact centre service contracts which could relate to one of the following:  1. Advanced call distribution to control the flow of calls and maximise customer experience  2. Email, website live chat and integrations with popular social media apps like Facebook and Instagram  3. Performance monitoring tools to track performance, customer satisfaction and other key sales metrics  This could be part of a whole package or separate service applications.  Please send me the following information for each provider:  1. Incumbent Supplier: For each of the contract(s) please can you provide me with the supplier of the contract. We use the supplier Netcall Technology Ltd for all of the services referenced above. 2. Annual Average Spend: For each supplier, please state the annual average (over 3 years) spend for each supplier   Year 1 is £181k • Year 2 is £156k • Year 3 is £156k • 3. Contract Duration: For each supplier, please state the contract duration of the contract expires. If available please also include any contract extensions. Netcall Liberty converse contract is a 3 year contract which started in August 2023.  4. Contract Expiry: For each supplier, please state the date of when the contract expires. The expiry date for contract is September 2026.  5. Contract Review: For each supplier, please state the date of when the contract will be reviewed. This contract will be subject to review between three to six months prior to its expiry date.  6. Contract Description: For each supplier, please state a brief description of the services provided of the overall contract. Omni channel contact centre solution, telephony, IVR, live chat, email and performance monitoring.   7. Contact Details: For each supplier, please state the person from within the organisation responsible for the contract. Please provide me with their full name, actual job title, contact number and direct email address. At the very least please provide me with their actual job title.   Phil Quickenden  Head of Customer and Registration Services Our email addresses are constructed: firstname.secondname@camden.gov.uk and all officers can be contacted using name and/or job title on 02079744444 .8. Number of Agents; please provide me with the total number of contact centre agents; 186  9. Number of Sites; please can you provide me with the number of sites the contact centre covers 2  10. Manufacturer of the contact centre: Who is the manufacturer of the contact centre system that you operate? Netcall Liberty Converse  11. Do you use Microsoft Exchange 2003 as your email server? If not, then which products do you use? We currently use Microsoft Exchange Online.  12. Number of email users: Approximate number of email users across the organisations. – Currently we have 7000 email users.  The second part of my request relates to the use inbound network services contracts which could relate to one of the following:  1. 0800, 0845, 0870, 0844, 0300 number  2. Routing of calls  3. Caller Identifier   4. Caller Profile- linking caller details with caller records  5. Interactive voice response (IVR)   For a contract relating to the above please can you provide me with? 1. Incumbent Supplier: For each of the contract(s) please can you provide me with the supplier of the contract. - Incumbent suppliers are:  Gamma Business Solutions • Trustmarque • N/A • N/A • Netcall Technology • 2. Annual Average Spend: For each supplier, please state the annual average (over 3 years) spend for each supplier –   Gamma Business Solutions - £300 • Trustmarque –  £2,999 • N/A • N/A • Netcall  Technology -  £153k • 3. Contract Expiry: For each supplier, please state the date of when the contract expires. -   Gamma Business Solutions – 31/03/2026 • Trustmarque –  31/10/2025 • N/A • N/A • Netcall  Technology -  31/07/2026 • 4. Contract Review: For each supplier, please state the date of when the contract will be reviewed.   Gamma Business Solutions- 01/01/2026 • Trustmarque – Currently being reviewed • N/A • N/A • Netcall  Technology - 01/04/2026 • 5. Contract Description: For each supplier, please state a brief description of the services provided of the overall contract. - Contract Description are:  0800 – Gamma one number  •Ribbon SBC for call routing out of Camden  • N/A  • N/A • IVR – Netcall • 6. Contact Details: For each supplier, please state the person from within the organisation responsible for the contract. Please provide me with their full name, actual job title, contact number and direct email address. -   Andy Snape  Head of Technology   Our email addresses are constructed: firstname.secondname@camden.gov.uk and all officers can be contacted using name and/or job title on 02079744444.  Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk , Telephone: 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website https://www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely,Peter Williams Information Rights Officer2025-08-22T00:00:00CAM107442025-08-19T00:00:00tenant legal disputes and resolution activityDate: 19/08/2025 Ref: CAM10744 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 23/07/2025 about tenant legal disputes and resolution activity. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested. However we are withholding the information because it is excepted as explained below. We have explained where we are withholding information and what exceptions apply. Please see the refusal notices at the end of the answers which explain how and why they apply. I am writing under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 to request information regarding tenant legal disputes and resolution activity within your organisation, specifically relating to legal disrepair claims brought under the Housing Act (and associated legislation), in your capacity as a social housing landlord. 1. Legal Disrepair Claims Does your organisation maintain a formal register of legal disrepair claims made by tenants or their representatives (e.g. solicitors)? If yes, please provide: • The total number of new claims in each financial year from 2022/23, 2023/24, 2024/25. • The total number of claims that were resolved internally without external legal input in each financial year from 2022/23, 2023/24, 2024/25. • The total number of claims that were resolved through Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) e.g. mediation or early-neutral evaluation, in each financial year from 2022/23, 2023/24, 2024/25. • The total number of claims that required support from legal counsel or litigation in each financial year from 2022/23, 2023/24, 2024/25. • The total number of open claims/unresolved claims that existed on 1st July 2025? 2. Resolution Timelines Do you record the time taken to resolve legal disrepair disputes or claims? If yes, please provide: • The Average (mean) and median number of days from first escalation to closure for all claims in each financial year from 2022/23, 2023/24, 2024/25. • The shortest and longest recorded resolution durations (in days) for all claims in each financial year from 2022/23, 2023/24, 2024/25 3. Financial Costs (Direct Soft Costs) Do you track financial costs associated with tenant legal disrepair disputes or claims? If yes, please provide: • The total cost of legal/solicitor fees (£) incurred in each financial year from 2022/23, 2023/24, 2024/25 • The total cost of mediation fees (£) incurred in each financial year from 2022/23, 2023/24, 2024/25 London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk 4. Staff Resources (Indirect Soft Costs) Do you have staff allocated to tenant dispute management? If yes, please provide: • How many staff (FTE or part-time) are allocated to tenant dispute management in each financial year from 2022/23, 2023/24, 2024/25. • What is the average annual salary (£) for those roles in each financial year from 2022/23, 2023/24, 2024/25. 5. Dispute Tracking Tools Do you use dedicated software/platforms to manage or track tenant disputes (e.g. housing case management or repairs platforms)? If yes, please provide: • A list of the systems currently in use and their annual licence or subscription cost (£). Refusal Notice: We are refusing your request under Section 12 on cost grounds because we estimate that compliance with your request will exceed the "appropriate limit". This is £450 which is equivalent to 18 hours at £25 per hour. The per hour figure is set by Regulations rather than actual salary paid to any officers handling requests. The appropriate limit includes the time it will take the council to discover if it holds the information requested, to locate it, extract it and collate it as well as putting it into any particular format requested by the requester. There have been 734 tenant housing disrepair claims since April 2022, broken down by financial year as follows: Year 22/23 – 369 Year 23/24 – 365 In order to answer how many of the claims have been defended by the council we would have to carry out a manual search of each claim. We estimate it would take 10 minutes to check each record, so to check 734 records would take over 122 hours. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner ’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Kieran Heneghan Information Rights Officer2025-08-22T00:00:00CAM107502025-08-19T00:00:00details of the lease and conditions relating to the Camden owned Horsehoes Pub, (28 Heath Street, Hampstead NW3 6TE)Date: 19/08/2025 Ref: CAM10750 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 24/07/2025 about details of the lease and conditions relating to the Camden owned Horsehoes Pub, (28 Heath Street, Hampstead NW3 6TE) . We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested. I would like all details of the lease and conditions relating to the Camden owned Horsehoes Pub, (28 Heath Street, Hampstead NW3 6TE) with Urban Pubs and Bars. This should include all correpondance relating to the comntinuance of the Pentameters Theatre. Please find attached a copy of the lease to the pub at 28 Heath Street. Technically, as it is in excess of 7 years, it is registered and a copy is available at the Land Registry so is a publicly available document. We have no control over any sub-agreement they have with the theatre, therefore there we do not hold correspondence. Any application made in regards to planning is visible on our planning portal. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner ’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Yours sincerely Kieran Heneghan Information Rights Officer2025-08-22T00:00:00CAM107602025-08-19T00:00:00request to view the “separate site review” of the specialist housing proposed for the Spencer Rise Churchill Road EstateDate: 19/08/2025 Ref: CAM10760 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 25/07/2025 about request to view the “separate site review” of the specialist housing proposed for the Spencer Rise Churchill Road Estate . We have dealt with this under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested. However, we are withholding the information because it is excepted as explained below. We have explained where we are withholding information and what exception applies. Please see the refusal notice below which explains how and why it applies. Request to view the “separate site review” that was undertaken to determine the appropriate site for the delivery of the specialist housing proposed for the Spencer Rise Churchill Road Estate as part of the new homes small sites scheme and mentioned in the New Homes Small Sites Programme Phase 1 (SC/2023/09) Also any subsequent survey thereafter. The request is refused under exceptions in EIR 2004 as the separate site review is part of a feasibility study, therefore, material that is still in the course of completion and part of an ongoing project which is still in design development. Refusal Notice The exception that applies is: Regulation 12(4)(d) – the request relates to material which is still in the course of completion, to unfinished documents or to incomplete data . In applying this qualified exemption, we have had to balance the public interest in withholding the information against the interest in favour of disclosure. The public interest arguments for releasing this information are as follows: • ensuring value for money (medium weight) • to ensure accountability of the authority (heavy weight) The public interest arguments for withholding the information are as follows: • premature disclosure would result in partial or inaccurate information being released that could potentially be misleading (heavy weight) • release of material that is incomplete and is not yet validated may result in confusion and London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk unnecessary public concern (heavy weight) • it is not in the public interest to distract from other work the Council is doing to prioritise and prematurely publish this information (heavy weight) We have decided that the public interest in withholding the information outweighs the public interest in disclosing it. We considered whether the presumption in favour of disclosure in the regulations overrides the decision to withhold and have concluded that it does not. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner ’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Kieran Heneghan Information Rights Officer2025-08-22T00:00:00CAM107632025-08-19T00:00:00total monetary value (£) of all Section 106 financial contributionsDate: 19/08/2025 Ref: CAM10763 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 25/07/2025 about total monetary value (£) of all Section 106 financial contributions. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Inform ation Act 2000. Response The council holds some of the information requested. However we are withholding the information because it is exempt as explained below. We have explained where we are withholding information and what exemptions apply. Please see the refusal notices at the end of the answers which explain how and why they apply. Please state the total monetary value (£) of all Section 106 financial contributions received by Camden in each of the financial years listed below. For clarity, I am requesting the total amount of cash received by the council in each period, not the amounts agreed upon or allocated. I would be grateful if you could provide the information in the following simple format: Financial Year - Total S106 Contributions Received (£) 1991/92 1992/93 1993/94 1994/95 1995/96 1996/97 1997/98 1998/99 1999/2000 2000/01 2001/02 2002/03 2003/04 2004/05 2005/06 2006/07 2007/08 2008/09 London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk 2009/10 2010/11 2011/12 2012/13 2013/14 2014/15 2015/16 2016/17 2017/18 2018/19 2019/20 If your financial reporting uses different periods, please provide the data for the twenty -nine financial years that most closely correspond to the 1991- 2020 period and state the date range you have used. If records are not available for the entire period, please provide the data for all years for which information is held. We are refusing your request under Section 12 on cost grounds because we estimate that compliance with your request will exceed the "appropriate limit". This is £450 which is equivalent to 18 hours at £25 per hour. The per hour figure is set by Regulations rather than actual salary paid to any officers handling requests. The appropriate limit includes the time it will take the council to discover if it holds the information requested, to locate it, extract it and collate it as well as putting it into any particular format requested by the requester. We do not hold collated inflation covering all of the time period requested. To produce an accurate response to the request would require a review of in excess of 100,00 0 records. Even if it was to take as little as 1 minute to gather the information from each record it would take over 1,666 hours to gather the total information. Advice and Assistance: As advice and assistance, due to data retention periods, the council only holds information from 2014. Section 106 spending and financial information is available here . Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Philip Lewis Information Rights Officer2025-08-22T00:00:00CAM107662025-08-19T00:00:00information regarding point 2.22 in the New Homes Small Sites Programme Phase 1 (SC/2023/09Date: 19/08/2025 Ref: CAM10766 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 26/07/2025 about information regarding point 2.22 in the New Homes Small Sites Programme Phase 1 (SC/2023/09 . We have dealt with this under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested. However, we are withholding the information because it is excepted as explained below. We have explained where we are withholding information and what exception applies. Please see the refusal notice below which explains how and why it applies. Please could you provide me with following information regarding point 2.22 in the New Homes Small Sites Programme Phase 1 (SC/2023/09. 1. When was it written 2. Who was the author 3. Who in Camden was it sent to. I would also like to view this document which is described as “a separate site review is being undertaken to determine the appropriate site for the delivery of this specialist housing. It is in regards to the proposed build at Spencer Rise Churchill Road Estate. This may also be described as a feasibility study. The request is refused under exceptions in EIR 2004 as the feasibility study is material that is still in the course of completion and part of an ongoing project which is still in design development . Refusal Notice The exception that applies is: Regulation 12(4)(d) – the request relates to material which is still in the course of completion, to unfinished documents or to incomplete data . In applying this qualified exemption, we have had to balance the public interest in withholding the information against the interest in favour of disclosure. The public interest arguments for releasing this information are as follows: • ensuring value for money (medium weight) • to ensure accountability of the authority (heavy weight) London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk The public interest arguments for withholding the information are as follows: • premature disclosure would result in partial or inaccurate information being released that could potentially be misleading (heavy weight) • release of material that is incomplete and is not yet validated may result in confusion and unnecessary public concern (heavy weight) • it is not in the public interest to distract from other work the Council is doing to prioritise and prematurely publish this information (heavy weight) We have decided that the public interest in withholding the information outweighs the public interest in disclosing it. We considered whether the presumption in favour of disclosure in the regulations overrides the decision to withhold and have concluded that it does not. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner ’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Kieran Heneghan Information Rights Officer2025-08-22T00:00:00CAM107982025-08-14T00:00:00Digital Planning Projects and ProgramsDate: 14/8/2025 Ref: CAM10798 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 29/7/25 about Digital Planning Projects and Programs . We have dealt with this under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council hold s the information requested. The answers to your questions are below and in the attached spreadsheet. 1. Payments and Grants Received from MHCLG (and predecessor organisations) specifically for Digital Planning Projects and Programs. Please list the amount of payment in each year and the purpose for which it was received • 2020/21: £80,000 for the Digital engagement (Covid19 challenge). • 2021/22: £300,000 for Digital Planning Team Staffing Costs (ODP Program) and £306,590 for Digital Site Notice and Digital Planning Register Project. • 2022/23: £320,000 for Digital Planning Team Staffing Costs (ODP Program). • 2023/24: £170,000 for Digital Planning Team Staffing Costs (ODP Program) and £2,249,500 for Digital Site Notice and Digital Planning Register Project. • 2024/25: £400,000 for Digital Planning Team Staffing Costs (ODP Program) and £1,000,000 for Digital Site Notice and Digital Planning Register Project. 2. Payments and Grants given by the Local Authority to third party providers and consultants for the purposes of Digital Planning Projects and Programs. Please list individually the recipient of each payment and in which year it was received and which project or program it related to. • 2021/22: £70,800 to FutureGov for Digital engagement and Digital Site Notice (DSN). • 2023/24: £299,280 to TPXimpact for Digital Site Notice (DSN) and £20,000 to Open Systems Lab (OSL) for PlanX Licence. • 2024/25: £1,109,381.91 to TPXimpact for Digital Site Notice (DSN) and Digital Planning Register (DPR), £20,000 to Open Systems Lab (OSL) for PlanX Licence and £217 to Heroku Subscription Costs for Digital Site Notice (DSN) and Digital Planning Register (DPR). • Current (April -July): £646,253.56 to TPXimpact for Digital Site Notice (DSN) and Digital Planning Register (DPR), £20,000 to Open Systems Lab (OSL) for PlanX Licence and £140 London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk to Heroku Subscription Costs for Digital Site Notice (DSN) and Digital Planning Register (DPR). 3. For each of the financial years, please provide the numbers of planning applications or service transactions received or otherwise processed through BOPS and through PLANX, listed separately. PlanX provides a suite of digital services designed not only for submitting applications but also for delivering information, guidance, and self -assessment tools. Many of these services are intentionally structured to triage and resolve enquiries without requiring a formal submission, unless one is strictly necessary. As such, a smaller number of submissions should not be interpreted as limited usage or reduced effectiveness of the platform. On the contrary, this reflects the success of PlanX in streamlining the user journey; enabling users to confidently self - serve, avoid unnecessary form -filling, and gain clarity on their planning obligations. Information on "Report a Planning Breach" submissions and "Find Out If You Need Planning Permission" sessions has therefore been included as part of the response to Question 3. • 2023/24: 1,848 Find Out If You Need Planning Permission (FOIYNPP) sessions via PlanX, 3 planning applications via PlanX and processed in Back Office Planning System (BOPS). • 2024/25: 7,223 Find Out If You Need Planning Permission (FOIYNPP) sessions via PlanX, 35 pre-application submissions via PlanX, 20 planning applications via PlanX and processed in Back Office Planning System (BOPS). • Current (Apr -Jul): 4,512 Find Out If You Need Planning Permission (FOIYNPP) sessions via PlanX, 107 Report a Planning Breach (RAB) submissions via PlanX, 13 pre -application submissions via PlanX, 38 planning applications via PlanX and processed in Back Office Planning System (BOPS). 4. For each year list the number of staff posts (FTE), funded from MHCLG, grants and income relating to digital planning. • 2022/23 (from Feb 2023): 5 • 2023/24: 5 • 2024/25: 5 • Current (Apr -Jul): 5 • From mid -Aug 25: 4 Further Information : We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post : Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number . If you are not satisfied with the Internal R eview outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner ’s Office at Telephone: 0303 123 1113 , live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact -us/live -chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact -us/ Yours sincerely Sarah Laws Data Protection Manager2025-08-22T00:00:00CAM108552025-08-14T00:00:00planning metricsDate: 14/8/25 Ref: CAM10855 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 5/8/25 about planning metrics. We have dealt with this under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds most of the information requested. Where we do not hold it we have identified and given some advice and assistance. 1. Application Processing Number of planning applications validated within 5 working days. Number of planning applications determined: • Within the statutory timeframe (without extension). • With an agreed Extension of Time (EoT). • Outside the statutory timeframe without EoT. Please see the attached spreadsheet which contains this information. Use of Planning Performance Agreements (PPAs): • Number of applications subject to a PPA. • Percentage of those PPAs determined within the agreed time. The council does not hold this specific data. Therefore we have to comply with a technicality in the Regulations and apply the not held exception in reg 12(4)(a) to the information not held. Whilst this has a requirement to conduct a public interest test and there is a presumption in favour of disclosure, the ICO have said they cannot see a public interest argument capable of requiring the public authority to disclose information it does not hold. As advice and assistance we can inform you that we do manually compile info on the overall number of PPAs each quarter for our policy and performance planning committee meeting (DM Performance report), which can be found on our website Browse meetings - Planning Committee - Camden Council . We hold this special meeting of planning committee every 6 months. You might find there is other useful data contained in the reports. 2. Staffing and Resources (number of staff members not FTE) Number of planning case officers. Number of conservation officers. Number of planning support/admin staff. Use of agency or temporary staff (Yes/No; if Yes, approximate number). Average caseload per planning officer (e.g. applications determined per officer per quarter). London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Please see the attached spreadsheet which contains this information. You asked for average caseload per planning officer and then said “ e.g. applications determined per officer per quarter.” We have provided the average number determined per officer per quarter. However please note that firstly number determined is different to the actual caseload at any one time, and that as an average it does not account for the large variety in work required for different cases. For example one case could be a scheme for 1000s of homes and another for a rear extension. There is also a large difference between the number of cases being assessed/ determined between an officer and a principal officer or deputy team leader. 3. Pre-Application Process Number of pre-application enquiries received. Average response time to pre-app enquiries. (days) Number of pre-apps that proceeded to full planning applications. Whether officer contact is routinely available during the pre -app process (Yes/No). Please see the attached spreadsheet which contains this information apart from the penultimate question which is not held by the council. 4. Customer Service Metrics Percentage of planning applications requiring clarification or re -submission during the validation stage We do not record this metric and so it is not held. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at Telephone: 0303 123 1113 live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/ Yours sincerely Sarah Laws Data Protection Manager2025-08-22T00:00:00CAM108802025-08-14T00:00:00delayed housing developmentsCAM10880 - Date: 14/8/2025 Ref: CAM10 880 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 8/8/25 about delayed housing developments . We have dealt with this under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council does not hold the information requested. You asked: Please provide a list of housing developments in the area covered by London Borough of Camden that have experienced delays in completion during the period 1 January 2020 to 31st July 2025. For each delayed development, please provide the following: • Name and/or address/location of the development • Planning application reference number • Originally expected completion date • Actual or most recent known completion date (if completed or ongoing) • Status (e.g. not started, in progress, paused, abandoned, completed late) • Any available reason(s) recorded for the delay If possible, please provide the data in spreadsheet format (CSV or XLSX). We do not hold this data. We hold a record of applications submitted and determined but there is no formal process for recording start and completion dates and any movement on them. Therefore we have to comply with a technicality in the Regulations and apply the not held exception in reg 12(4)(a) to the information not held. Whilst this has a requirement to conduct a public interest test and there is a presumption in favour of disclosure , the ICO have said they cannot see a public interest argument capable of requiring the public authority to disclose information it does not hold. Further Information : We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post : Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number . If you are not satisfied with the Internal R eview London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner ’s Office at Telephone: 0303 123 1113 , live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact -us/live -chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact -us/ Yours sincerely Sarah Laws Data Protection Manager2025-08-22T00:00:00CAM104742025-08-08T00:00:00the number of rental properties you maintain and complaints from tenantsDate: 08/08/2025 Ref: CAM10474 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 17/06/2025 about the number of rental properties you maintain and complaints from tenants . We have dealt with this under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested. However we are withholding the information because it is excepted as explained below. We have explained where we are withholding information and what exceptions apply. Please see the refusal notices at the end of the answers which explain how and why they apply. Please could you provide the below information for the financial year 1st April 2024 - 31st March 2025 OR the most recently completed financial year for which data is available. We are requesting data on the following: 1. The number of rental properties you maintain. 2. Number and nature of complaints you get from tenant(s) A breakdown of these formal tenant complaints by the primary subject category (e.g., repairs, anti-social behaviour, staff conduct, communication, estate management, rent/charges, etc.), including the number of complaints received per category. Please use your organisation's standard categorisation. Please indicate if the complaint was for a private residential property, council home, or private sector lease. 1. Time taken to resolve these tenant(s) complaints The average time taken (please specify if in working days or calendar days) to reach a formal resolution or closure for all tenant complaints that were closed/resolved during the specified financial year. 2. Cost to resolve the tenant(s) complaints The total identifiable costs associated with [e.g., external mediation services used for tenant disputes, or specific repair categories that frequently lead to complaints] for complaints resolved in the specified financial year. Clarified - This request refers to complaints made by tenants about issues with their property, not complaints about the way Camden Council has investigated issues. Please let me know if you require any further information. Clarified - Yes, we are referring to the same properties in the first two questions. This would be any rental properties you maintain. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk The Council will not process your request as it falls under an exception in the EIR 2004 because the cost or burden of dealing with your request is manifestly unreasonable. See the refusal notice below. Refusal Notice Under Regulation 12(4)(b) it would be considered manifestly unreasonable to provide a response to your request because the cost of compliance, and burden of dealing with your request, is excessive. The exception protects the Council’s ability to carry out its public functions and provides a balance between transparency and the protection of resources. The Annual Complaints Report for 2024/25 has not been finalised. During this period, a total of 3,539 corporate complaints have been recorded. To identify cases specifically related to rental properties while excluding those that concern Camden Council’s investigative approach, will require a manual review of each complaint’s description and associated property type. This process is time intensive. Based on an estimated review time of 2-3 minutes per record, and taking an average of 2.5 minutes per complaint, the total time required to complete this task would exceed 147 hours. In applying this exception the Council has also considered the balance of the public interest in line with the EIR 2004. The public interest argument for releasing this information is: • It would enhance transparency and accountability, providing the general public with greater insight into the Council’s operations (medium weight) • There is a general presumption in favour of disclosure under the relevant regulations (medium weight) The public interest arguments for withholding the information are: • Processing this request would place a significant burden on Officer time and cost to the Council (heavy weight) • Fulfilling the request would divert resources away from the Council’s core business activities (heavy weight) • The diversion would consequently have a proportionally detrimental effec t on the delivery of services to the public (heavy weight) • It is not in the public interest for the Council to neglect its provision of services to the public to focus on one information request (heavy weight) Taking all factors into account, it is considered that the public interest in maintaining the exception outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information. Advice and Assistance As part of our duty to provide advice and assistance, we are sharing a link to the Annual Complaints Report for 2023/24. While this may not fully meet the specific requirements of your request, it may still be of interest and contribute to transparency. london-borough-of-camden-annual-complaints-report-20232024 Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Kieran Heneghan Information Rights Officer2025-08-21T00:00:00CAM104842025-08-12T00:00:00Red Lion Street Traffic and Parking Proposals (Ref: TMO2526-0005)Date: 12/08/2025 Ref: CAM10484 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 17/06/2025 about Red Lion Street Traffic and Parking Proposals (Ref: TMO2526-0005). We have dealt with this under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested. However we are withholding some of the information because it is excepted as explained below. We have explained where we are withholding information and what exceptions apply. Please see the refusal notices at the end of the answers which explain how and why they apply. The initial request was clarified with the request below: Original request: Subject: Combined FOIA & EIR Request – Red Lion Street Traffic and Parking Proposals (Ref: TMO2526-0005) Section A: FOIA Request 1. Internal Communications • Emails, messages, meeting minutes, or memos between Camden officers, councillors, or consultants regarding the development, consultation, or approval of the Red Lion Street scheme (2019–present). 2. Public Feedback & Processing • All objections, representations, or survey responses submitted by residents, businesses, or stakeholder groups. • Records indicating how this feedback was analysed or used to inform decisions. 3. Governance & Legal Oversight • Delegated decision notices, officer reports, or meeting records relating to this scheme. • Legal advice or assessments on compliance with the Equality Act 2010, Localism Act 2011, and the Traffic Management Act 2004. 4. Statutory Consultation (Regulation 6) • The full list of consultees under Regulation 6 of the Local Authorities’ Traffic Orders (Procedure) (England and Wales) Regulations 1996. • Criteria used for selecting or excluding groups (e.g. disability organisations, emergency services, local businesses). 5. Historic Consultations (Red Lion Street/Holborn area) • Consultation materials from 2019 onward, including flyers, notices, and surveys issued to residents and businesses. • Records or maps showing the distribution area. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk 6. Consultation Attendance • Attendee lists, sign-in sheets, or records of participation at engagement events relating to traffic changes. • Where available, anonymised demographic summaries of attendees. 7. Consultation Review & Outcomes • Any internal review, audit, or impact assessment of the public consultation process (past or current) in Red Lion Street. Section B: EIR Request 1. Air Quality and Traffic Modelling • All air quality assessments, pollution data, and traffic modelling relating to Red Lion Street and adjacent streets. • Comparison of projected versus actual impacts on vehicle congestion, emergency access, and local environment. 2. Environmental and Health Impact Assessments • Any environmental impact assessments conducted in support of traffic interventions in the area (including raised tables, one-way conversions, bollards, etc.). 3. Cycle Infrastructure Justification • Reports, assessments, or studies used to justify the installation of cycle hangars, dockless bike bays, or removal of car parking/loading spaces. 4. Equality and Accessibility Impacts • Equality Impact Assessments (EQIAs) or accessibility studies that evaluate effects on elderly residents, disabled persons, care workers, and emergency services. 5. Monitoring and Post-Implementation Reviews • Any monitoring data, formal evaluations, or reports on traffic/environmental outcomes of schemes implemented since 2019. Please provide all documents electronically (PDF or accessible format via email). Clarified new request: To refine and focus the request, I now formally seek the following under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and the Environmental Information Regulations 2004, specifically in relation to the Experimental Traffic Order (ETO) for Red Lion Street (Camden ETO  No.6, 2020– 2021), which was made permanent in November 2021 and underpins components of the current TMO (TMO2526-0005): 1. Consultation Verification Records (ETO 2020–2021) – Any documents, audit trails, or internal procedures showing how Camden ensured responses came from individuals or entities with a genuine connection to Red Lion Street or the defined Holborn area (bounded by Farringdon Road, Guildford Street, Southampton Row, and High Holborn). – If no verification procedures were in place, please confirm this explicitly. Please see Section 4.2 of the consultation summary report here , showing the postcode mapping undertaken. As the information requested is already reasonably accessible elsewhere it is excepted under Regulation 6(1)(b). 2. Objections and Representations (ETO 2020–2021) – All responses (anonymised if necessary) submitted during the ETO consultation period. – Any analysis or categorisation of these responses, including breakdowns between local and non-local contributors. This question is refused under Regulation 12(4)(b). See the refusal notice below. 3. Use of ETO Consultation in Subsequent Decisions – Documentation demonstrating how ETO responses influenced or were considered in decisions to make the ETO permanent or in the development of the current TMO/StarTer Project. Please see decision making package here . As the information requested is already reasonably accessible elsewhere it is excepted under Regulation 6(1)(b). 4. Equality Impact Assessments (ETO 2020–2021) – Any Equality Impact Assessments or accessibility audits conducted during or following the ETO period, specifically relating to older people, disabled residents, carers, and emergency services in the Holborn area. Please see the EqIA undertaken here . No accessibility audit was undertaken as part of making the ETO scheme permanent in 2021. As the information requested is already reasonably accessible elsewhere it is excepted under Regulation 6(1)(b). Refusal notice: Under Regulation 12(4)(b) it would be considered manifestly unreasonable to provide a response to your request because the cost of compliance, and burden of dealing with your request, is excessive. The exception protects the Council’s ability to carry out its public functions and provides a balance between transparency and the protection of resources. The decision report states that 246 valid responses to the consultation were received on the ‘We Are Camden’ website and 14 emails were received via the SafeTravel email inbox. Only one response per respondent was accepted, and nine duplicate responses were omitted under this premise. In this case, only the most recent response was considered, and the older, duplicate response was removed from the consultation analysis. The comments received via the SafeTravel inbox are not discussed in this section since they did not complete the questionnaire. The SafeTravel team have provided me with a download of survey results which contain 255 responses, so this would need checking not just for personal information but also for duplicate responses based on the above paragraph. There are 29 questions in the survey. We estimate it would take 5 minutes to check each response for personal information and redact it and so it would take around 21 ¼ to respond to this question. Each of the other questions above too about 10 minutes each, so the whole response would take 21 ¾ hours. In applying this exception the Council has also considered the balance of the public interest. The public interest argument for releasing this information is: • It would improve transparency to the general public of the Council (medium weight) • The presumption in favour of disclosure in the regulations (low weight) The public interest arguments for withholding the information are: • Processing this question would be a large burden in terms of Officer time and cost to the Council. (medium weight) • This question would necessarily constitute a significant diversion of resources away from the Council’s core business activities. (medium weight) • It would consequently have a proportionally detrimental impact on the provision of services to the public (medium weight) • It is not in the public interest that the Council neglect its provision of services to the public to focus on one information request (medium weight) It is felt that in all the circumstances of the case, the public interest in maintaining the exception outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information. Advice and Assistance: As advice and assistance, we can provide you with a version of the survey with the multiple choice answers only and not the free form comment answers. As well as answering the other questions above. We are not able to provide any personal information under Regulation 12(3) or full postcodes, as under the Government Transparency Code 2015, individual property addresses must not be disclosed, authorities can publish their valuation data at postal sector level, i.e. the first part of the postcode and first digit of the ‘inbound’ code (second part of the postcode). This provides an average size of 2,500 households, which should be large enough to prevent identification of individual dwellings. Regulation 12(3) The council considers that to disclose the personal data requested would not be in accordance with data protection legislation and therefore we have withheld some of the information under the absolute exemption in Regulation 12(3). The exemption states that personal data requested may be withheld when to release it would be a breach of the requirements of data protection law which is the UK General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the Data Protection Act 2018. The information withheld is personal information because it allows living individuals to be identified. The council considers that it would be a breach of the General Data Protection Regulation article 5 requirements of fairness and proportionality to publish this personal information in a FOI request. In doing this we have considered the legitimate public interest in disclosure against the interests of the data subject/s and concluded that in the circumstances disclosure would contravene the data protection requirements of fairness and proportionality particularly considering that Freedom of Information responses are public documents and published to the world and not provided just to the requester. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Philip Lewis Information Rights Officer2025-08-21T00:00:00CAM105502025-08-13T00:00:00housing repairs complaints received, compensation awarded over the past six yearsDate: 13/08/2025 Ref: CAM10550 Dear Requester, Thank you for your request for information dated 26/06/2025 about housing repairs complaints received, compensation awarded over the past six years. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council hold some of the information requested and the answers to your questions are as follows: 1. The total number of housing repair complaints received over the past six years, with individual figures provided for each specific year. The information you have requested is already publicly available. Complaint data for the period 2019-2024 can be accessed through the Council’s website at the following link: Complaints - Camden Council As the information is reasonably accessible by other means, it is exempt from disclosure under Section 21 of the Freedom of Information Act. This section provides an absolute exemption for information that is already in the public domain. For the period 1 April 2024 to 31 March 2025: Stage 1 complaints - 2785 cases Stage 2 complaints - 754 cases (property management complaints) 2. The total amount of housing repair compensation awarded in relation to these complaints during the same six-year period with total compensation awarded for each year. We do not hold all of the information requested, as our records do not include compensation awards offered prior to the 2020/21 financial year. The compensation figures provided relate solely to offers made at Stage 1 of our process. They do not include any compensation offered at Stage 2 or by the Ombudsman. If you would like to request information relating to those stages, please submit a new request. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk 2021/22 - £19,773.99 2022/23 - £22,490.60 2023/24 - £28,273.60 2024/25 - £62,064.42 Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Lorna Jonas-Tinson Information Rights Officer2025-08-21T00:00:00CAM105532025-08-13T00:00:00fly-tipping expenditure on Aspern Grove Estate (NW3 2AU / NW3 2BY area)Date: 13/08/2025 Ref: CAM10553 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 26/06/2025 about fly-tipping expenditure on Aspern Grove Estate (NW3 2AU / NW3 2BY area). We have dealt with this under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested. Freedom of Information Request - Fly-tipping Expenditure on Aspern Grove Estate (NW3 2AU / NW3 2BY area): I'd like to request information regarding the financial expenditure on clearing fly -tipping incidents within the Aspern Grove Estate, specifically in the area by the bin shed in close proximity to 17 Aspern Grove, NW3 2AU and 1 Russell Place, NW3 2BY. If not possible, please use the area around NW3 2AU and NW3 2BY Please provide the total amount of money spent by Camden Council on the investigation, clearance, and disposal of fly-tipped waste in this specific area for the following financial years: * 2022/2023 * 2023/2024 * 2024/2025 * 2025 year to date If possible, please provide a breakdown of these costs (e.g., by labour, vehicle costs, disposal fees) and the number of incidents. Clarified - Please provide monthly spend over last 3 years The cost for removing fly-tips forms part of the wider cleansing contract, so we are unable to provide specific costs for the requested locations. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner ’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Kieran Heneghan Information Rights Officer2025-08-21T00:00:00CAM129742026-07-24T00:00:00details relating to the delivery model and procurement arrangements for various environmental service areasDate: 24/07/2026 Ref: CAM12974 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 27/05/2026 about details relating to the delivery model and procurement arrangements for various environmental service areas. We have dealt with this under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds some of the information requested. I would be grateful if you could provide details relating to the delivery model and procurement arrangements for the following Council service areas: • Waste Services • Street Cleansing • Highways Maintenance • Housing (Repairs and Maintenance) • Estate Services For each of the above service areas, please could you confirm: 1. Service Delivery Model a) Whether the service is: b) Delivered in-house by directly employed Council staff, or c) Outsourced to a third-party contractor 2. Contractor Details (if outsourced) a) The name of the current contractor(s) delivering the service b) Contract start date and contract end/expiry date (including any extension options if available) 3. In-House Delivery (if applicable) If the service is delivered in-house: •The approximate number of Council employees within the department (FTE where possible) Please see the attached spreadsheet for answers to the above questions. 4. PPE & Consumables Procurement (for in-house teams only) a) Whether PPE and related consumables are supplied under a formal contract or framework agreement • If so: • Name of the current supplier(s) Ben Nevis Clothing. • Contract start date and contract expiry date Informal – ad hoc spend. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk o Whether the contract was awarded via a framework (and if known, which framework) No. As some of the information not held is environmental, we have to comply with a technicality and tell you that because it is not held it is excepted under Regulation 12 (4)(a) of the EIR 2004. The Information Commissioner does not require a public interest test where the information is not held. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Kieran Heneghan Information Rights Officer2026-08-20T21:45:08CAM106142025-08-08T00:00:00contract period for the Learning Management System (LMS)Date: 08/08/2025 Ref: CAM10614 Dear Requester, Thank you for your request for information dated 07/07/2025 about the contract period for the Learning Management System (LMS). We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested and the answers to your questions are as follows: 1) Who supplies the council with an LMS 2) What was the start date of the contract 3) What is the end date of the contract 4) How many extensions are available on the contract 5) What is the annual cost of the contract 6) What areas of the council are supported by the LMS 7) Who is responsible for the LMS You clarified: LMS stands for Learning Management System. The information you have requested is already publicly available and can be accessed through the Council’s website at the following link: https://opendata.camden.gov.uk/stories/s/Camden-Freedom-Of-Information-Response by searching for reference CAM10499. As the information is reasonably accessible by other means, it is exempt from disclosure under Section 21 of the Freedom of Information Act. This section provides an absolute exemption for information that is already in the public domain. Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Lorna Jonas-Tinson Information Rights Officer2025-08-21T00:00:00CAM106162025-08-06T00:00:00number of Section 21 eviction notices issued in relation to council-owned propertiesDate: 06/08/2025 Ref: CAM10616 Dear Requester, Thank you for your request for information dated 07/07/2025 about the number of Section 21 eviction notices issued in relation to council -owned properties. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested and the answers to your questions are as follows: 1. The total number of Section 21 eviction notices issued in relation to council - owned properties, separated by those issued directly by the council and those issued by any private companies, housing management firms, or third- party contractors acting on behalf of the council. Nil. 2. The total number of households or families evicted following Section 21 notices, disaggregated by eviction agent (council or private company). Nil. 3. The names, contract durations, and specific scopes of authority of any private companies or housing management firms contracted or controlled by the council for renting, managing, or administering council housing, including their powers regarding tenancy and eviction decisions. Nil. 4. Copies of any council policies, guidelines, or internal communications specifically governing the use of Section 21 notices, particularly policies relating to vulnerable tenants such as families with children. We hold the information requested, which is publicly available on Camden’s website. To view the data please click on the following link: Evicted and at risk of being homeless - Camden Council As the information is already reasonably accessible, it is exempt under the absolute exemption in Section 21 of the Freedom of Information Act. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk 5. Data on support or alternative accommodation offered to tenants facing eviction under Section 21 notices, if recorded. Please see the response to question 4 above. Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Lorna Jonas-Tinson Information Rights Officer2025-08-21T00:00:00CAM106202025-08-06T00:00:00number of children in care reported missing who received a statutory return home intervDate: 06/08/2025 Ref: CAM10620 Dear Requester, Thank you for your request for information dated 07/07/2025 about the number of children in care reported missing who received a statutory return home interview. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested and the answers to your questions are as follows: Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, I am requesting the following information regarding children in the care of your local authority. 1. For each of the last five calendar years (2020–2024), please provide: • The number of children in care (Looked After Children) reported missing. • Of those, the please provide the number who received a statutory return home interview. • The total number of individual missing incidents involving children in care. • The number of children who went missing more than 10 times in a single year. • The average length of time these children were missing before being located. 2. Of the missing children: • How many were placed in unregulated or semi-independent accommodation? • How many were placed out of area (i.e. outside the boundary of your local authority)? • How many remain unaccounted for / are still classified as missing as of today? 3. For the five-year period: • Please provide any serious incident notifications or referrals made to the Department for Education or Ofsted regarding missing children in care. • If held, please provide any anonymised risk assessments or internal reviews following cases where children in care went missing for more than 7 days. We are withholding this information as we consider the following exemption applies. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Refusal notice: Section 12: Cost of Compliance Exceeds the Appropriate Limit We are refusing your request under section 12 on cost grounds because we estimate that compliance with your request will exceed the "appropriate limit". This is £450 which is equivalent to 18 hours at £25 per hour. The per hour figure is set by Regulations rather than actual salary paid to any officers handling requests. The appropriate limit includes the time it will take the council to discover if it holds the information requested, to locate it, extract it and collate it as well as putting it into any particular format requested by the requester. Once the Council has reasonably estimated that the appropriate time limit will be exceeded, it is not required to calculate how much additional time would be needed to complete the remainder of the request. There is no obligation to continue working on a request up to the 18-hour limit. If it is reasonably estimated that the limit will be reached, the entire request may be refused. The information requested for parts one and two of question 2, is not held in a reportable format. Placement type and location are recorded within individual case notes for each young person. During the five-year period specified, 323 Children Looked After were reported as missing. We estimate it would take a council officer approx. 3-4 minutes per case to identify and analyse case notes, including cross- referencing against placement addresses and locations. Based on an average of 3.5 minutes per case, we calculate that it would take a council officer approximately 18.84 hours to complete the response. The second part of question 3 also relates to information not held in a reportable format. To provide a response, each missing episode would need to be manually reviewed. There are approximately 3,000 cases within the requested time period. We estimate that it would take a council officer approx. 2-3 minutes per episode to review, analyse and extract the relevant information into the requested format. Using an average of 2.5 minutes per episode, this equates to approximately 125 hours, which significantly exceeds the appropriate time limit set by the Act. Advice and Assistance Should you wish to resubmit a new request, you may wish to consider reducing the scope of your questions. For example, you could focus on a specific placement type or limit the request to the first missing episode within a narrowed time frame, bearing in mind the estimated 2.5 to 3.5 minutes per case advice mentioned above. Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Lorna Jonas-Tinson Information Rights Officer2025-08-21T00:00:00CAM106212025-08-06T00:00:00detailing all reports of water leakage from a residential flat to anotherDate: 06/08/2025 Ref: CAM10621 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 07/07/2025 about detailing all reports of water leakage from a residential flat to another. We have dealt with this under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested. However we are withholding the information because it is excepted as explained below. We have explained where we are withholding information and what exceptions apply. Please see the refusal notices at the end of the answers which explain how and why they apply. For the block of 2-18 Laney Building, Bourne Estate, Portpool Lane, London EC1N 7UL: Provide all documents, correspondence and data (redacted where necessary for data protection) fully detailing all reports of water leakage from a residential flat to another in the last 6 years. Information to include any notes, photos and outcomes from the reports once a repair was attended to. The Council will not process your request as it falls under an exception in the EIR 2004 because the cost or burden of dealing with your request is manifestly unreasonable. See the refusal notice below. Refusal Notice: Under Regulation 12(4)(b) it would be considered manifestly unreasonable to provide a response to your request because the cost of compliance, and burden of dealing with your request, is excessive. The exception protects the Council’s ability to carry out its public functions and provides a balance between transparency and the protection of resources. To review one property from the initial investigation to compiling any contact centre or customer requests, including call recordings and online reports, producing a list of completed water leakage repairs, gathering notes and pictures, and compiling any recorded complaints into a report, would take around 120 minutes. The reason for this is that we do not have a central CRM system, which means we would need to manually search through at least five different applications: ROCC, RAPID, the Central Complaints System, Liberty, and Talkative. Additionally, we would have to coordinate with the Repairs Operational Supervisors to determine if they have had any direct dealings with properties in this block. Considering that the request pertains to all 17 properties in this block, it would take at least 34 hours. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk In applying this exception the Council has also considered the balance of the public interest. The public interest argument for releasing this information is: • It would improve transparency to the general public of the Council (medium weight) • The presumption in favour of disclosure in the regulations (low weight) The public interest arguments for withholding the information are: • Processing this request would be a large burden in terms of Officer time and cost to the Council. (medium weight) • This request would necessarily constitute a significant diversion of resources away from the Council’s core business activities. (medium weight) • It would consequently have a proportionally detrimental impact on the provision of services to the public (medium weight) • It is not in the public interest that the Council neglect its provision of services to the public to focus on one information request (medium weight) It is felt that in all the circumstances of the case, the public interest in maintaining the exception outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information. Advice and Assistance: As advice and assistance we can answer general questions about the block or if you want detailed information about your property please contact subjectaccess@camden.gov.uk or if there is an issue with a specific flat that affects your flat, please contact disclosurerequests@camden.gov.uk . Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Philip Lewis Information Rights Officer2025-08-21T00:00:00CAM106262025-08-07T00:00:00number of looked after children at risk of exploitationDate: 07/08/2025 Ref: CAM10626 Dear Requester, Thank you for your request for information dated 08/07/2025 about the number of looked after children at risk of exploitation. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested and the answers to your questions are as follows: For each calendar year from 2020 to 2024 (inclusive), please provide: 1. The total number of looked after children (children in the care of the local authority). Calendar y ear No. of Looked After Children 2020 295 2021 329 2022 337 2023 337 2024 321 2. The number of looked after children who were identified as being at risk of exploitation. This includes, but is not limited to, risks associated with child sexual exploitation (CSE), child criminal exploitation (CCE), and trafficking. 2020/21 2021/22 2022/23 2023/24 2024/25 Number of children at risk of CSE 60 65 54 48 48 Number of children at risk CCE 96 88 100 93 104 3. Of those identified as being at risk of exploitation, the number of children who were reported missing from care during that year. If available, I would appreciate the data being broken down by year, and in electronic format. 2020/21 2021/22 2022/23 2023/24 2024/25 Number of children reported missing and at risk of CSE 14 29 21 30 23 Number of children reported missing and at risk of CCE 44 33 43 33 35 London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Lorna Jonas-Tinson Information Rights Officer2025-08-21T00:00:00CAM106272025-08-06T00:00:00Works Order information regarding repairs to the heating and hot water systems on the Highgate New Town estateDate: 06/08/2025 Ref: CAM10627 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 08/07/2025 about Works Order information regarding repairs to the heating and hot water systems on the Highgate New Town estate . We have dealt with this under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested. I ask for anonymised Works Order information regarding repairs to the heating and hot water systems on the Highgate New Town estate for the period from June 2024 to June 2025. The information that you have requested is attached. Please note that personal information has been removed under Regulation 12(3). Refusal notice: Regulation 12(3) The council considers that to disclose the personal data requested would not be in accordance with data protection legislation and therefore we have withheld some of the information under the absolute exemption in Regulation 12(3). The exemption states that personal data requested may be withheld when to release it would be a breach of the requirements of data protection law which is the UK General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the Data Protection Act 2018. The information withheld is personal information because it allows living individuals to be identified. The council considers that it would be a breach of the General Data Protection Regulation article 5 requirements of fairness and proportionality to publish this personal information in a FOI request. In doing this we have considered the legitimate public interest in disclosure against the interests of the data subject/s and concluded that in the circumstances disclosure would contravene the data protection requirements of fairness and proportionality particularly considering that Freedom of Information responses are public documents and published to the world and not provided just to the requester. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Philip Lewis Information Rights Officer2025-08-21T00:00:00CAM106322025-08-07T00:00:00number of tenants aged over 67, 70 and 80 in the Kentish Town Housing DistrictDate: 07/08/2025 Ref: CAM10632 Dear Requester, Thank you for your request for information dated 08/07/2025 about the number of tenants aged over 67, 70 and 80 in the Kentish Town Housing District . We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested and the answers to your questions are as follows: In the Kentish Town Housing District how many tenants are: Over 67 Aged 67 or over - 755 Over 70 Aged 70 or over - 599 Over 80 Aged 80 or over - 246 Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, live chat London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Lorna Jonas-Tinson Information Rights Officer2025-08-21T00:00:00CAM106362025-08-07T00:00:00number of Deprivation of Liberty applications submitted to the High Court for children under 18 who are looked afterDate: 07/08/2025 Ref: CAM10636 Dear Requester, Thank you for your request for information dated 08/07/2025 about the number of Deprivation of Liberty applications submitted to the High Court for children under 18 who are looked after. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested. However, we are withholding all of the information because it is exempt as explained below. We have explained where we are withholding information and what exemptions apply. Please see the refusal notices at the end of the answers which explain how and why they apply. 1. The number of Deprivation of Liberty applications made by your authority to the High Court for children under 18 in care. For each calendar year from 2020 to 2024, and for 2025 to date. 2. Application Outcomes For the same years, please provide: Number granted (fully or partially) Number refused Number withdrawn Number still pending Please see the exemption notice set out below. Refusal notice: Section 12: Cost of Compliance Exceeds the Appropriate Limit We are refusing your request under section 12 on cost grounds because we estimate that compliance with your request will exceed the "appropriate limit". This is £450 which is equivalent to 18 hours at £25 per hour. The per hour figure is set by Regulations rather than actual salary paid to any officers handling requests. The appropriate limit includes the time it will take the council to discover if it holds the information requested, to locate it, extract it and collate it as well as putting it into any particular format requested by the requester. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk The data requested in questions 1 and 2 is not routinely reported or maintained in a reportable format. While we hold some information on Deprivation of Liberty applications, not all applications or outcomes are consistently recorded in case notes. As a result, the records we hold are incomplete. There are approximately 300 records to examine for each calendar year covered by your request. It is estimated that a council officer would require approx. 7 hours per record to review, extract and peer review all the data requested, due to the broad scope of question 2. This process would need to be repeated for each calendar year requested. For a five-year period, we estimate the total time required would be approx. 175 hours, which significantly exceeds the 18-hour limit set by the Act. Advice and Assistance If you wish to submit a new request, you may want to consider narrowing the scope and limiting the timeframe to a period of 2-3 months, in order to stay within the time limit set by the Act. Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Lorna Jonas-Tinson Information Rights Officer2025-08-21T00:00:00CAM106402025-08-06T00:00:00Independent expert report on the lifts at 131-143 Belsize Road NW6 4BR which includes diagnosis, prognosis and remedy.Date: 06/08/2025 Ref: CAM10640 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 08/07/2025 about Independent expert report on the lifts at 131-143 Belsize Road NW6 4BR which includes diagnosis, prognosis and remedy . We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested. Independent expert report on the lifts at 131-143 Belsize Road NW6 4BR which includes diagnosis, prognosis and remedy. The assessment by the Camden Lift Manager is as follows: After visiting Thursday 10 th July 2025, there are number of underlying issues we need to consider with these lifts . 1 st the hot topic on everyone’s list is the secondary power supply, we don’t know if it works and we certainly don’t know who’s supplying it. We do have a report that has come in this morning which I will need to ask questions on, but I have researched other options and have a backup plan in mind to put in to action if we can’t get a resolve on our current problem. Ground floor doors are of a different finish, and it begs the question to if Otis changed these or it was done by an external company? We need to find out because I am unsure of fire rating, it may be something of nothing, but we do need to check. The doors look to be double skinned so I am guessing this has been done after the lift was tested but again we need to check fire integrity as a result, these have reduced the running clearances and while the doors have been adjusted correctly there looks to be some evidence of rubbing on both lifts, and while fire stopping looks to have been attempted around the new entrances it doesn’t look to be the best job, I would recommend that this is revisited to achieve best practice Ventilation we need to make sure we do everything in our power to overcome this, temperature on 12 th floor was 33.5 d Thursday And this will play a part in its reliability currently both control panel covers are off in the shaft to allow the lifts control stations to breath better, but this will get flagged by our LOLER team currently the top floor window is open, and the fire door was not closed and propped open with a rock to allow air on to the landing, far from safe or ideal. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Doors: pretty much at every level will require an overhaul of some kind, locks, rollers , door shoes, I would also recommend door gear upgrades on both lifts, and on the right -hand side the door gear is not sitting straight which will definitely cause us issues if it hasn’t already, I would suspect premature wear will be a key factor and left hand side lift is also not 100% but better than the other, its again a recommendation to replace with upgrades. Auto diallers Both working as they should be both have emergency backup supplies Guide Brackets: it’s noted there are several guide brackets that are installed badly and these should of course be rectified Twisted bolts which could come loose and cause issues with ride and reliability . Servicing: looks to have been met to a standard, but can only be taken so far if there are poor install issues, low category vandal resistance and temperature issues it would be nice to know if we have ever had any recommendations off the back of this ? Over all the lifts there are dated 2017, not even 8 years old, it’s my opinion that these lifts are designed to carry passengers only, they are also of the design before the like of COVID they have no vandal resistance or are very low level of use in this area . However, since COVID we have seen a rise in people working from home and it was clear that while on site the lifts are being used frequently in off peak periods, in normal circumstances it would be right to presume these lifts would have a life expectancy of 15 -20 years and given the increased footfall of the building for the last five years since COVID I would expect to see some sort of premature wear, nor would they be designed to cope with people moving in and out of buildings and carrying large goods but obviously I am unsure of how often this is happening but it would be right to presume these are not designed for carrying goods . It would be a good idea to come together and discuss options of how we move forwards; we have options to discuss, but all will involve spending money on these lifts to bring them back to a good working order, we simply can’t delay it any longer. Our options available Modernisation : circa 135k per lift and far less down time Full replacement to cat vandal resistance and goods passenger lifts Circa 185k per lift with open protocol and UK panels and German machines. Mini modernisation : circa 85k per lift, but this will not achieve any sort of cat vandal resistance but will have more suitable running equipment for the high footfall passenger environment Overhaul: currently overhaul lifts which are currently installed with new parts on doors It would also be prudent to survey for builders works to revisit the fire integrity on the firefighting lift for any of the above packages and get a proper professional fire rated opinion but from what I have seen it does need some form of rectification work and is vital. Attached is the professional lift report. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Philip Lewis Information Rights Officer2025-08-21T00:00:00CAM114022025-12-19T00:00:00housing allocation locationsDate: 19 December 2025 Ref: CAM11402 Dear Requester, Thank you for your request for information dated 23 October 2025 about housing allocation locations. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested and the answers to your questions are provided below using the snapshot date of 20 November 2025. 1. In kilometres, the single furthest distance away in a straight line from your local authority's housing offices that someone has been housed by your local authority. Distance in kilometres Single furthest location where an individual has been housed 15 2. The number of people housed by your local authority, in local authority areas other than your own, broken down by authority. You clarified: This request [is] for people currently housed by your local authority. Please provide this data in a table format. Camden owns properties in Barnet, which accommodates 204 tenancies, as well as households in temporary accommodation. Please see the table below. Local Authority area Number of people housed in temporary accommodation Barking and Dagenham 47 Barnet 140 Brent 157 Broxbourne 10 City of London 1 Croydon 27 Dacorum 2 Ealing 113 East Hertfordshire 4 Elmbridge 6 Enfield 224 Epping Forest 3 Greenwich 6 Hackney 77 London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Hammersmith and Fulham 5 Haringey 157 Harlow 4 Harrow 27 Havering 30 Hillingdon 7 Hounslow 48 Islington 40 Kensington and Chelsea 49 Lambeth 111 Lewisham 33 Merton 10 Newham 202 Redbridge 154 Slough 6 Southwark 9 Three Rivers 3 Tower Hamlets 46 Waltham Forest 104 Wandsworth 14 Westminster 28 Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Lorna Jonas-Tinson Information Rights Officer2026-01-03T21:45:06CAM116042025-12-17T00:00:00youth clubs, Holiday Activities and Food (HAF) programmeDate: 17 December 2025 Ref: CAM11604 Dear Requester, Thank you for your request for information dated 18/11/2025 about youth clubs, Holiday Activities and Food (HAF) programme. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested. What are the counts for the below items during the 2024/25 financial year? a. Overall number of council-ran youth centres in local authority The council delivers 8 youth projects including 3 youth hubs. These projects offer a range of services that includes detached youth work, disability focused programmes and Camden Summer University. b. Overall number of youth centres in local authority run by other organisations Camden partially funds 11 voluntary sector youth projects. c. Overall number of directly employed youth workers and youth support workers (Head count) 35 Youth Workers including sessional staff. d. Overall number of directly employed youth workers and youth support workers (FTE) 19.8 FTE 2. As part of the Section 251 Outturn submitted to Department for Education for the 2024/25 financial year, which budget line did your local authority include expenditure on Holiday Activities and Food (HAF) programme? (e.g., 2.4.1 (Other specific grants); 3.5.2 Targeted services for young people) 3.4.4 Targeted Family Support 3. How much did your local authority spend on the Holiday Activities and Food (HAF) programme in the 2024/25 financial year? £962,795. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Lorna Jonas-Tinson Information Rights Officer2026-01-03T21:45:07CAM130432026-07-23T00:00:00the management and enforcement of residential wheelie bins, refuse containers, waste storage requirements, pavement obstructions, environmental enforcement, and the handling of complaints relating to those mattersDate: 23/07/2026 Ref: CAM13043 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 09/06/2026 about the management and enforcement of residential wheelie bins, refuse containers, waste storage requirements, pavement obstructions, environmental enforcement, and the handling of complaints relating to those matters. We have dealt with this under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested. However we are withholding some of the information because it is excepted as explained below. We have explained where we are withholding information and what exceptions apply. Please see the refusal notice at the end of the request which explains how and why it applies. This request concerns the management and enforcement of residential wheelie bins, refuse containers, waste storage requirements, pavement obstructions, environmental enforcement, and the handling of complaints relating to those matters. Please provide the following information. 1. Policies, Procedures and Guidance a) Copies of all current policies, procedures, guidance documents, operational instructions, enforcement policies, escalation policies, training materials, staff manuals, and decision-making guidance relating to: a) Wheelie bins or refuse containers left on the public highway or pavement. b) Household waste containers stored outside approved locations. c) Obstructions caused by waste containers. d) Enforcement against residents who fail to return bins after collection. e) The investigation and resolution of complaints relating to such matters. Please see section 27 of the Waste Contract for guidance on bin collection points. A sticker process is used for bins left on the street. A yellow sticker placed on the bin in the first instance, followed by a red sticker, and then a warning letter. Complaints are dealt with as per the normal complaints process and channels. Please also see the attached Enforcement Policies. b) Any guidance that specifies when officers should escalate from informal action (letters, advice, stickers, education) to formal enforcement action. There is no formal guidance, just the red yellow card/sicker process when appropriate. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk c) Any guidance concerning officer discretion and circumstances in which enforcement action may be withheld. There is no formal guidance. 2. Enforcement Powers and Decision-Making a) Please identify the statutory powers relied upon by Camden when addressing: a) Wheelie bins left on the highway. b) Obstructions caused by waste containers. c) Failures to comply with waste storage requirements. Please refer to section 47 and 46 of the Environmental Protection Act . Further information can be found at Clean streets enforcement and legislation - Camden Council b) Please provide any written guidance used by officers when deciding whether enforcement action is proportionate, necessary, or appropriate. Please see the attached Community Enforcement and Enforcement Policy. 3. Enforcement Statistics For each of the last three complete financial years and the current year to date, please provide, applied to the Camden portion of Finchley Road and adjacent streets Lithos Road, Alvanley Gardens, Langland Gardens, Arkwright Road, Frognal, Rosemont Road, Canfield Gardens: a) Number of complaints received concerning wheelie bins or refuse containers left on the highway. None. b) Number of warning letters issued. Based on the records held, there is no evidence that any warning letters were issued for the specified locations. c) Number of warning stickers issued. The requested information is not held, as we do not track it. d) Number of formal notices issued. It is not clear what records are being referred to, as warning letters and Fixed Penalty Notices (FPNs) are issued only to residents. e) Number of fixed penalty notices issued. Please note – the Environmental Enforcement team started April 2024, therefore we only have information from this date. 2024-2025: 1 2025-2026: 4 f) Number of prosecutions commenced. No prosecutions commenced for the mentioned locations. g) Number of cases closed without further action after warning letters or stickers were issued. Nil. 4. Escalation and Compliance Monitoring a) Any performance measures, targets, service standards, key performance indicators, or monitoring reports relating to the handling of complaints concerning wheelie bins and waste container enforcement. See contract – link given in Q1 - for performance and service standards. Complaints are dealt with as per the normal complaints process and channels. b) Any documents setting out expected timescales for progressing enforcement where informal measures fail. None. c) Any reports, audits, reviews, or management information assessing compliance rates following warning letters or stickers. None. 5. Consistency and Equality of Enforcement a) Any policies, procedures, audits, reviews, monitoring reports, or guidance intended to ensure consistency, fairness, and equality in enforcement decisions. b) Any equality impact assessments relating to waste enforcement activities. Please see the attached Community Enforcement and Enforcement Policy. c) Any internal reviews, audits, or assessments undertaken during the last five years concerning inconsistent enforcement, unequal treatment, or complaints about enforcement practices. None. 6. Complaints About Enforcement For each of the last three complete financial years and the current year to date, please provide: Please note – the Environmental Enforcement team started April 2024, therefore we only have information from this date. a) The number of complaints alleging inconsistent enforcement of waste-related requirements. 2. b) The number of complaints alleging unfair treatment by waste enforcement services. 0. c) The number of complaints alleging failure to take enforcement action despite ongoing breaches. 5. d) The number of such complaints upheld in whole or in part. 1. 7. Geographic Data For my street Finchley Road and any immediately adjoining streets particularly between the Frognal to Forgnal Lane section: a) Number of complaints received concerning bins left on the highway. The requested information is not held, as we do not track it. b) Number of warning letters issued. Based on the records held, there is no evidence that any warning letters were issued for the specified locations. c) Number of warning stickers issued. The requested information is not held, as we do not track it. d) Number of formal enforcement notices issued. It is not clear what records are being referred to, as warning letters and Fixed Penalty Notices (FPNs) are issued only to residents. e) Number of fixed penalty notices issued. 2024-2025: 1 2025-2026: 4 f) Number of prosecutions commenced. No prosecutions commenced for the mentioned locations. If disclosure at street level would engage data protection concerns, please provide the information at the lowest level of aggregation available. 8. Reviews of Current Practices Please provide copies of any reports, reviews, audits, briefing notes, management reports, or service assessments produced within the last five years concerning: a) The effectiveness of warning letters and stickers. b) Persistent non-compliance with wheelie bin requirements. c) Waste container enforcement practices. d) Complaint handling relating to waste enforcement matters. This question is refused under Regulation 12(4)(b). See the refusal notice below. Refusal Notice: Regulation 12(4)(b) Under Regulation 12(4)(b) it would be considered manifestly unreasonable to provide a response to your request because the cost of compliance, and burden of dealing with your request, is excessive. The exception protects the Council’s ability to carry out its public functions and provides a balance between transparency and the protection of resources. There is no centrally held record of information falling within the scope of this request. To identify, locate and retrieve any relevant information, searches would be required across the records, emails and document stores of approximately 35 officers who have been involved in environmental enforcement activities during the relevant period. We estimate that each officer would need to spend at least one hour conducting searches and identifying potentially relevant documents. This would amount to a minimum of 35 staff hours. Any information identified would then require further review to determine relevance and to assess whether personal data or other excepted information is contained within the documents and, where necessary, to apply appropriate redactions before disclosure. Taking into account the breadth of the request, the five-year timeframe, the number of officers involved and the additional work required to review and redact the information, the Council considers that the burden of compliance would be grossly disproportionate and would place an unreasonable demand on resources. In applying these exceptions the Council has also considered the balance of the public interest. The public interest argument for releasing this information is: • It would improve transparency to the general public of the Council (medium weight) • The presumption in favour of disclosure in the regulations (low weight) The public interest arguments for withholding the information are: • Processing this question would be a large burden in terms of Officer time and cost to the Council. (medium weight) • This question would necessarily constitute a significant diversion of resources away from the Council’s core business activities. (heavy weight) • It would consequently have a proportionally detrimental impact on the provision of services to the public (heavy weight) • It is not in the public interest that the Council neglect its provision of services to the public to focus on one information request (medium weight) It is felt that in all the circumstances of the case, the public interest in maintaining the exception outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information. Advice and Assistance As advice and assistance, the scope of your request is very broad, covering multiple categories of documents across a five-year period and potentially involving records held by numerous officers within the Environmental Enforcement service. You may wish to submit a narrower request by reducing the timeframe (for example, to the last 12 months), limiting the request to a specific document type (such as management reports only),focusing on one of the four subject areas listed in your request rather than all four or identifying a particular review, audit, project, initiative or team of interest. If you wish to refine your request, we could consider a revised request. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Kieran Heneghan Information Rights Officer2026-08-20T21:45:09CAM131722026-07-27T00:00:00a copy of the current Management Agreement between Camden and Agar Grove Tenants Management Co-operative (Lulworth)Date: 27/07/2026 Ref: CAM13172 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 29/06/2026 about a copy of the current Management Agreement between Camden and Agar Grove Tenants Management Co-operative (Lulworth). We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested. - Request 1 - Please provide a copy of the current Management Agreement between the London Borough of Camden and Agar Grove Tenants Management Co-operative (Lulworth). If there are any formal appendices, schedules, or Service Level Agreements (SLAs) attached to this management agreement, please include those as well to ensure a complete record of the contractual relationship. - Request 2 - Further to my recent FOI request regarding the Management Agreement for Agar Grove Tenants Management Co-operative (Lulworth), I would also like to formally request a copy of the TMO's current Constitution (or Articles of Association) that is currently on file with the Council. Please see the attached signed and sealed Management agreement between ourselves and Agar Grove Housing Group along with the accompanying schedules for each chapter. Their company Rules are on line as registered with Industrial Provident Society – the link is as follows - Mutuals Public Register: Agar Grove Tenant Management Co-operative Limited The Rules can be found under the Registration of New Company plus any updates that were agreed between council and TMO shareholders. This also contains the company’s annual returns since 1994. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Kieran Heneghan Information Rights Officer2026-08-20T21:45:09CAM106412025-08-08T00:00:00number of reported potholes in Camden awaiting repairDate: 08/08/2025 Ref: CAM10641 Dear Requester, Thank you for your request for information dated 09/07/2025 about the number of reported potholes in Camden awaiting repair. We have dealt with this under the Environmental Information Regulations (EIR) 2004. Response The council holds the information requested and the answers to your questions are as follows: 1) As of 1 June 2025, how many reported potholes in your local authority area were awaiting repair (i.e. logged but not yet filled)? Please provide the most up to date figure. As of 1 June 2025, 700 potholes measuring 3 square metres or more were awaiting repair. Where potholes of this size were observed, immediate action was taken to make them safe, followed by scheduled repair works. Potholes reported below the 3 square metre threshold are immediately repaired. 2) How many miles of road in your jurisdiction are currently listed as GREEN, AMBER or RED in line with the RCI Index? Please provide the latest data you have in miles. Green - 111.74 miles Amber - 23.05 miles Red - 25.9 miles 3) Based on current repair rates and available resources, what is your estimated timescale to clear the entire backlog of reported but unrepaired potholes as of 30th June 2025? Please provide an answer in months or years. Not applicable. There is no backlog of unrepaired potholes, as any that exceed the specified threshold are promptly made safe. Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Lorna Jonas-Tinson Information Rights Officer2025-08-21T00:00:00CAM106422025-08-08T00:00:00Early Years expansion grant and childcare expansion capital grant fundingDate: 08/08/2025 Ref: CAM10642 Dear Requester, Thank you for your request for information dated 09/07/2025 about Early Years expansion grant and childcare expansion capital grant funding. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested and the answers to your questions are as follows: Early years expansion grant scheme 1. How much in (in £) of your local authority’s allocation under the Early Y ears expansion grant scheme has been distributed to any eligible recipients? 2. What % of your distribution to date has gone to the following types of providers? a. Private, Voluntary, Independent (PVI) including Childminders b. Maintained settings including School Based Nurseries and maintained nursery schools 3. Please give any information about how you have distributed the early years expansion grant: a. Distributed your total allocation between providers as a flat rate per -PTE, according to the number of 2-year-olds and under 2s taking up the early education entitlements in settings. b. Used your local 2-year-old and under 2s local funding formulae to determine provider-level funding. c. Developed a bespoke approach tailored to support specific growth needs in your area. If your answer to question 3 is C please provide information about the bespoke distribution approach. 4. Do you plan to distribute all your distribution grant fund before the end of August 2025? Yes/No. If No how much do you estimate will remain to be distributed? London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Childcare expansion capital grant 1. How much (in £) of your local authority’s allocation under the Childcare Expansion Capital Grant scheme has been distributed to any eligible recipients? 2. How much (in £) of your local authority’s allocation under the Childcare Expansion Capital Grant scheme has been distributed to: a. Private, Voluntary or Independent (PVI) providers in the early years sector b. School based settings c. Local authority infrastructure projects 3. Please provide a % breakdown of the distributed funds under the Childcare Expansion Capital Grant that has been spent between: a. Children taking up an early years place through the expanded 30- hours entitlement for qualifying working parents b. Increasing the supply of wraparound childcare for primary -school aged children 4. Do you plan to distribute all your distribution grant fund before the end of August 2025? Yes/No. If No how much do you estimate will remain to be distributed? The information you have requested is already publicly available and can be accessed through the Council’s website at the following link: https://opendata.camden.gov.uk/stories/s/Camden-Freedom-Of-Information-Response by searching for reference CAM10500. As the information is reasonably accessible elsewhere, it is exempt from disclosure under Section 21 of the Freedom of Information Act. This section provides an absolute exemption for information that is already in the public domain. Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Lorna Jonas-Tinson Information Rights Officer2025-08-21T00:00:00CAM106472025-08-06T00:00:00Street Works Permit SchemeDate: 06/08/2025 Ref: CAM10647 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 10/07/2025 about Street Works Permit Scheme. We have dealt with this under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested. 1. In respect of your council’s Street Works Permit Scheme please can you provide me with a copy of the original Permit Fees Cost Matrix Workbook for the Permit Scheme as referred to in section 3 and B 10 ff of the Traffic Management Act 2004 Permit Fees Guidance document (published July 2008 and subsequently withdrawn 17 May 2016). Attached is a copy of the Council’s Permit Fees Cost Matrix which the Council submitted to the Department of Transport in 2009 as part of our application to run a Permit Scheme. This matrix was subsequently adopted by the DfT as best practice and was used by other authorities in their applications. Please note that the matrix included tasks that were relevant at the time and do not include additional tasks that we need to consider 16 years later. 2. The total amount paid to any external consultants (including names, if available) in connection with the development, implementation, or operation of the street works permit scheme, including preparation of the permit fee matrix. The Council did not appoint or pay any external consultant as part of introducing the permit scheme. All work was done internally and in collaboration with other London boroughs as part of the pan London Permit Scheme (LoPS). Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Philip Lewis Information Rights Officer2025-08-21T00:00:00CAM106532025-08-08T00:00:00property located at 36 Canfield Gardens licensed as a House in Multiple OccupancyDate: 08/08/2025 Ref: CAM10653 Dear Requester, Thank you for your request for information dated 09/07/2025 about the property located at 36 Canfield Gardens licensed as a House in Multiple Occupancy . We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested and the answers to your questions are as follows: Please confirm whether the property located at: 36 Canfield Gardens, NW63EE was licensed as a House in Multiple Occupation (HMO) at any point between: JUNE 2018 and JUNE 2019 There was no HMO licence in place for the property at 36 Canfield Gardens, NW6 3EE during the period between June 2018 and June 2019. Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Yours sincerely, Lorna Jonas-Tinson Information Rights Officer2025-08-21T00:00:00CAM106622025-08-12T00:00:00food waste collection and compostDate: 12/08/2025 Ref: CAM10662 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 10/07/2025 about food waste collection and compost. We have dealt with this under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested. 1) Between 2022 and 2024, how much did the council spend on the food waste collection service? Specifically the collection and removal of food waste bins and all subsequent costs associated with that service, such as disposal, composting services etc. Financial year Contract cost for food collection service 2021 -22 £742,514.30 2022 -23 £806,147.78 2023 -24 £852,984.96 2024 -25 £893,075.26 2025 -26 £936,478.71 2) Between 2022 and 2024, how much compost (in tonnes) was used in council parks, gardens etc, broken down by : A) how much had been created as a direct result of the council's food waste collection (i.e of 100 tonnes of food waste collected, 2 tonnes of compost was produced directly as a result) and All of Camden's food waste collected in Camden, is sent for anaerobic digestion (compost) Please see below for tonnages collected by financial year. Financial Year Food waste sent for anaerobic digestion (tonnages) 2021 -22 2804 2022 -23 2425 2023 -24 3189 London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk 2024 -25 2405 B) how much was purchased additionally Due to varying purchasing specifications, this is split out below: Green Space developments 2,065m2 Grounds Maintenance 6 tonnes C) how much (in £) did the council pay for additional compost purchased? £23,225 3) where the council uses anaerobic processing plants to dispose of it's food waste, does the council receive "completed" compost back from these plants? A)if so, how much (in tonnes) does it receive for each tonne provided? B) if not free, what is the cost to receive completed compost back from an anaerobic processing plant? C) if the council purchases additional compost from a variety of suppliers, which are the top 3 (by tonne) suppliers from each year? N/A. The Council does not use anaerobic processing plants. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Kieran Heneghan Information Rights Officer2025-08-21T00:00:00CAM106662025-08-12T00:00:00temporary event licenses for Red Lion Square association and emails about noise disturbancesDate: 12/08/2025 Ref: CAM10666 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 14/07/2025 about temporary event licenses for Red Lion Square association and emails about noise disturbances . We have dealt with this under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council does not hold the information requested. Please could you send me copies of any temporary event's licenses issued or requested for Red Lion Square association under Thresham House. Please could you send me any and all internal/ external emails regarding noise disturbances on Princeton St and Lambs Conduit Passage. Please could this be across the last three years? Clarified - There is a community Hall undernath Thresham House, on red Lion Sq. The entance/ exit to The Hall is via a gate which is on Lambs Conduit Passage. We have not received any Temporary Events Licenses for Red Lion Residents Hall and we have identified no emails or records in relation to noise linked to Red Lion Community Hall in the last 3 years. As the information not held is environmental we have to comply with a technicality and tell you that because it is not held it is excepted under Regulation 12 (4)(a) of the EIR 2004. The Information Commissioner does not require a public interest test where the information is not held. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner ’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Kieran Heneghan Information Rights Officer2025-08-21T00:00:00CAM106672025-08-06T00:00:00leaseholder heating charge for houses that are part of a communal heating networkDate: 06/08/2025 Ref: CAM10667 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 14/07/2025 about leaseholder heating charge for houses that are part of a communal heating network . We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested. During previous correspondence with Camden Council, I was told that the leaseholder heating charge for houses that are part of a communal heating network is “usually comprised of several elements such as: • Fuel gas • Maintenance contract • Boiler insurance” I would like, for as many years as there is available data for, the costs incurred by the council under each of these categories, and any other costs that comprise the leaseholder heating charge for the heat network that includes 24 Southampton Road (NW5 4JR). I would also like the number of units in this network, as I understand the heating charge for a property is determined by the unit proportion (which considers the number of bedrooms). Or alternatively the number of properties in the network, broken down by property type and number of bedrooms. Please find attached details of the cost incurred by the Council for the bulk gas and heating and hot water supply for 22-38 Southampton Road, for financial years, 2018-19, 2019-20, 2020-21, 2021-22, 2022-23 and 2023-24. The attached breakdown shows the annual costs incurred for : • Bulk gas, (gas, a gas repairs contract and ad hoc repairs) • Heating and hot water supply (gas, insurance, ad hoc repairs and a maintenance contract) I can confirm that 16 properties are connected to each heating estate (HY4421 and HX4422), which serve 24 Southampton Road. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Philip Lewis Information Rights Officer2025-08-21T00:00:00CAM106682025-08-12T00:00:00funding and financial accountability surrounding the Red Lion Street Liveable Neighbourhood STARter ProjectDate: 12/08/2025 Ref: CAM10668 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 11/07/2025 about funding and financial accountability surrounding the Red Lion Street Liveable Neighbourhood STARter Project. We have dealt with this under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested. However we are withholding some o f the information because it is excepted. The answers to your questions are below. We have stated where we are withholding information and what exceptions apply. Please see the refusal notices at the end of the answers which explain how and why the exceptions apply. I wish to make a formal request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and the Environmental Information Regulations 2004 in relation to the funding and financial accountability surrounding the Red Lion Street Liveable Neighbourhood STARter Project. Specifically, I would be grateful if you could provide the following: 1. A breakdown of all funding sources used for the planning, design, consultation, and implementation of both the Traffic Management Order (TMO) and the prior Experimental Traffic Order (ETO) introduced on Red Lion Street, including amounts received and their origin (e.g., Camden Council budget, TfL, Greater London Authority, UK Government, or any other third - party source). Red Lion Street Holborn Liveable Neighbourhood STARter Project (20 25): Please refer to Section 8.3 of decision report here for a breakdown of the expected funding sources for the project, which includes the TMO. An additional £73,000 has been made available from the Central District Alliance towards the scheme delivery costs, with an additional contribution towards Camden Project Officer/Management costs. The final project costs and funding breakdown / information will only be available upon completion of the project. Red Lion Street & Dane Street Safe and Healthy Streets Project (2021): Please refer to Section 7.2 of decision report here for a breakdown of the funding sources for the project. The funding contribution from the Central District Alliance has now been confirmed as £103,000. As the information requested is already reasonably accessible elsewhere it is excepted under Regulation 6(1)(b). London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk 2. A list of any third-party organisations (e.g., consultancy firms, redevelopment or regeneration partnerships, advocacy or delivery partners) that have received public funding in connection with the design, promotion, consultation, or implementation of the TMO/ETO schemes, including total amounts paid and the purposes for which the funding was granted. Red Lion Street Holborn Liveable Neighbourhood STARter Project (2025): Costs incurred on the scheme have been fully covered by CDA (private funding) to date, therefore no public funding has yet been used towards this scheme. 3. Clarification on whether any funding or consultancy was contingent upon policy alignment with external frameworks (e.g., the Mayor’s Transport Strategy, GLA initiatives, climate targets), and whether Camden was obliged to deliver specific outcomes or metrics in return. This question is refused under Regulation 12(4)(c) of the Environmental Information Regulations. See the refusal notice below. 4. Information on any lobbying or external influence related to the design or approval of this scheme, including contributions by organisations promoting sustainability, transport reform, or urban redevelopment. This question is refused under Regulation 12(4)(c) of the Environmental Information Regulations. See the refusal notice below. 5. Details of the total public expenditure committed or forecasted to support the wider Liveable Neighbourhood Programme in Camden, including projected taxpayer contributions. Information on the TfL Local Implementation Plan (LIP) allocations to the Holborn Liveable Neighbourhood project to date are available here . We are awaiting further allocations for future years from TfL, who are updating their business plan following the government funding settlement, which will determine future TfL funding available for the project. Please see the decision report here for the Camden Transport Strategy Delivery Plan 2025 -28 and Local Implementation Plan (SC/2024/32) for details on Council Capital allocated to the project: Please see the decision report here for the Allocation of Strategic CIL to the Holborn Liveable Neighbourhood scheme for information on the current Strategic CIL allocations for the project: Remaining information regarding committed or forecasted funding sources is still under review and therefore not available. The information regarding projected taxpayer contributions is not held. 6. Confirmation of whether any public funds typically allocated for essential services (e.g., waste collection, street cleaning, road maintenance) have been diverted or re prioritised toward delivery of the Red Lion Street scheme or its associated public realm works. We can confirm that no public funds towards waste collection, street cleaning and road maintenance have been reallocated towards the Red Lion Street Holborn Liveable Neighbourhoo d STARter Project. Refusal Notice: Regulation 12(4)(c) - Under the EIR 2004 the exception under regulation 12(4)(c) applies. The regulation states: Regulation 12(4)(c) allows a public authority to refuse to disclose environmental information if a request has been expressed in too general a manner and the authority has provided advice and assistance to the requester in accordance with regulation 9. There is a presumption in favour of disclosure in the regulations, and we have considered whether this overrides the public interest test conclusion and have concluded that it does not. Advice and Assistance: For question 3, the request is not understood. It is also unclear what scheme the information is requested for. For question 4, it is unclear what scheme the information is requested for. If you could rephrase those questions and make them clearer and send them to FOI@Camden.gov.uk quoting ref: CAM10668, we can look into to provide you with a response to them. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Philip Lewis Information Rights Officer2025-08-21T00:00:00CAM106742025-08-11T00:00:00Boxpark CamdenDate: 11/08/2025 Ref: CAM10674 Dear Requester, Thank you for your request for information dated 14/07/2025 regarding Boxpark Camden. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds some of the information requested, and the answers to your questions are as follows: Relating to Boxpark Camden, located in the London Borough of Camden: 1. Incident-specific records (10 May 2025). Please provide all records held by Camden Council concerning Boxpark Camden on 10 May 2025, including but not limited to: • Complaints or incident reports relating to violent ejection or excessive force by staff • Communications with police or emergency services • Internal council emails, notes, memos, or logs regarding the event The council holds no information in relation to the incident on 10 May 2025. 2. Licensing follow-up. Any records relating to a licensing review, inspection, investigation, or warning issued to Boxpark Camden as a result of this incident. Not applicable. Please see the response to question 1 above. 3. General complaints log: 1 May 2024 - 1 May 2025. A summary of all complaints or incidents reported to Camden Council regarding Boxpark Camden within this period, including: • Date • Nature of complaint (e.g. violence, staff behaviour, crowding, noise) • Any resulting action taken Nil. No complaints or incidents have been recorded for Boxpark Camden. 4. Comparator venue data. Please provide the same complaint summary for 180 Club Camden, or a similar-sized venue within the borough if 180 Club is outside Camden’s jurisdiction. Nil. No complaints or incidents have been recorded for 180 Club Camden. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk 5. Council policy documents. Copies of current policy documents or codes of conduct covering: • Expectations for door staff and venue security • Camden’s procedures for responding to incidents involving violence or public safety The information you have requested is already publicly available, and can be accessed through the Council’s website at the following link s: • Licensing policy - Camden Council • Complain about a licensed premises - Camden Council As the information is reasonably accessible elsewhere, it is exempt from disclosure under Section 21 of the Freedom of Information Act. This section provides an absolute exemption for information that is already in the public domain. 6. Complaint volumes for comparison: 31 May 2024 – 31 May 2025 • Total complaints/incidents reported to Camden Council about Boxpark Camden • Total complaints/incidents reported about 180 Club (or equivalent) If possible, please break down by complaint type. Premises Box Park Camden 180 Club (Lockside Lounge) Complaints 0 0 Incidents 0 0 7. Current licensing conditions A copy of the licensing conditions attached to Boxpark Camden’s alcohol and entertainment license, including any special restrictions or additional provisions imposed by Camden Council. Please find a redacted copy of the licence attached. Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Kieran Heneghan Information Rights Officer2025-08-21T00:00:00CAM106842025-08-12T00:00:00number of households living in accommodation provided by the local authority under section 17 of the Children Act 1989Date: 12/08/2025 Ref: CAM10684 Dear Requester, Thank you for your request for information dated 14/07/2025 about the number of households living in accommodation provided by the local authority under section 17 of the Children Act 1989. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested and the answers to your questions are as follows: 1. The number of households living in accommodation provided by the local authority under section 17 of the Children Act 1989 on 30th June 2025 (or most recent data available) 6 families. 2. (if available) The total number of adults living in these households on 30th June 2025 (or most recent data available) 9 adults. 3. (if available) The total number of children living in these households on 30th June 2025 (or most recent data available) NB this number may include 16- 17 year olds accommodated under Section 17. 12 children. Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Lorna Jonas-Tinson Information Rights Officer2025-08-21T00:00:00CAM106892025-08-13T00:00:00Sinkholes reported, recorded, date, locations, dimensions, cost/dates of repair and road closuresDate: 13/08/2025 Ref: CAM10689 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 15/07/2025 about ground stability, subsidence risks, structural issues in NW5 XXX and near railway cutting. We have dealt with this under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested, however, we are withholding this information because it is excepted. We have stated where we are withholding information and what exceptions apply. Please see the refusal notices at the end of the answers which explain how and why the exceptions apply. I am writing to submit a Freedom of Information Act request regarding ground stability, subsidence-related risks, and structural issues in the NW5 XXX area, particularly near the railway cutting. Context: I am a resident of [REDACTED], NW5 XXX, located adjacent to the railway cutting. Over the past several years, numerous local properties —including my own and those of several neighbours—have experienced subsidence issues. I have observed clear signs of structural movement affecting homes near the railway cutting, including properties in the Bacton Tower area, the Dunboyne estate, and parts of the Ludham and Wendling estates. This suggests a broader pattern rather than isolated incidents. Information Requested: Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, I request access to the following records held by Camden Council (covering the past 10 years where available): 1. Planning and Building Control Records: o Any reports, surveys, or assessments relating to ground stability or subsidence risks in the NW5 XXX area, and areas that run either side of the railways cutting. o Records of subsidence-related complaints or enquiries from residents near the railway cutting o Planning applications that included structural surveys or ground stability assessments for properties adjacent to the railway cutting 2. Environmental and Geological Surveys: o Any geological or environmental surveys conducted near the railway cutting in NW5 o Records of any studies assessing the impact of railway operations on local ground stability o Correspondence with Network Rail regarding ground stability concerns in this area 3. Building Control and Safety Records: o Building control notices, inspections, or enforcement actions related to structural issues near the railway cutting o Records of any structural surveys commissioned by the Council in the NW5 XXX area o Any risk assessments relating to the railway cutting's impact on adjacent properties London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk 4. Correspondence and Communications: o Correspondence between Camden Council and Network Rail regarding ground stability or subsidence issues in NW5 o Internal reports or briefings regarding structural concerns in the area o Any communications with insurance companies or other authorities regarding subsidence claims This request is made in the public interest to establish whether there is a demonstrable pattern of ground stability issues affecting multiple properties in the NW5 XXX area that may be causally linked to the railway cutting infrastructure. Individual residents currently lack access to the broader data necessary to assess whether their subsidence issues form part of a wider geographical pattern, information that is essential for making informed decisions regarding insurance claims and determining the appropriate scope of expert geological or structural investigations. The Council's records would provide the evidential foundation needed to establish whether residents are dealing with isolated property -specific issues or a systematic infrastructure-related problem that requires coordinated assessment and response. This information is crucial for ensuring residents can present properly substantiated claims to insurers and engage appropriately qualified experts based on the actual scope and nature of the ground stability risks in the area. Clarified - I am writing to clarify the scope and rationale for my request regarding reported subsidence and foundation movement in buildings adjacent to the railway cutting in Gospel Oak. Background and Standing: I reside at [REDACTED] NW5 XXX, where my neighbour at XX [REDACTED] and I are both experiencing ongoing foundational subsidence. Despite professional investigations, the cause remains inconclusive. However, what has become increasingly apparent is clear structural movement affecting numerous other buildings that run adjacent to the railway cutting, including Gospel Oak Health Centre (NW5 4RA), Bacton Tower (NW5 4PX), and properties at 73- 91 Ludham Estate (NW5 4SF). Attached are photographs illustrating movement within the postcodes in question. Purpose of Request: To establish whether there exists a pattern of movement that can only be properly assessed through area-wide data analysis, I am requesting information regarding any reports of subsidence or cracking indicative of subsidence at properties within the following postcodes, all of which are adjacent to the railway cutting: • 1-17 Southampton Road NW5 4JS • 1-12 Kingsford Street NW5 4JT • Dunboyne Estate NW3 2YY • 96-107 215-219 Wendling Estate NW5 4QY / NW5 4QX • Ludham Estate NW3 2HP • 49-67 Ludham Estate NW5 4QF • 25-43 Ludham Estate NW5 4SE • 73-91 Ludham Estate NW5 4SF • Gospel Oak Health Centre NW5 4RA • Bacton Tower NW5 4PX Scope of Information Sought: I am seeking records of any reports, complaints, or documentation regarding subsidence, foundation movement, structural cracking, or related building stability issues at the above addresses. This would include, but not be limited to: • Incident reports or complaints received by the Council • Building inspection reports noting structural concerns • Correspondence with residents regarding subsidence issues • Any structural assessments or surveys conducted • Records of remedial work undertaken due to subsidence Justification: Individual investigations have proved inadequate in establishing causation. Only through examining the broader pattern of reported incidents across this specific geographical area —all properties adjacent to the railway cutting—can a proper assessment be made of whether there exists a systematic issue requiring coordinated investigation and response. This matter is of considerable importance not only to residents who may be experiencing structural movement, but also to Network Rail, given that the integrity of the railway cutting is essential to the safety of both the railway lines and the residents living adjacent to it. We are not processing this request. It would involve a disproportionate amount of time, effort and expense to the council and is excepted under the EIR 2004. Please see the exception notice set out below. Refusal Notice: Under Regulation 12(4)(b) it would be considered manifestly unreasonable to provide a response to your request because the cost of compliance, and burden of dealing with your request, is excessive. The exception protects the Council’s ability to carry out its public functions and provides a balance between transparency and the protection of resources. The council does not own XX and XX Southampton Road. However, this request would take over 18 hours to process. This is because any structural issues can be raised under the block and the estate. There are 10 listed blocks/estates mentioned that branch off to other blocks and estates. I f we went off the Southampton Road postcode provided and Ludham, you can see how our records/blocks split differently to the address listed by the requester: If we just took data from Block 1-24 Ludham from 01/01/2020 to the present date, there are 4038 records. If we were to attempt to filter the results (this can only be done manually to ensure no data breaches and just to specify for structural issues using different word filters such as – structural, movement, survey, monitoring) and spent 1 minute on each line, we estimate that this will take the Repairs team 67.3 hours. Please note, this time calculated does not include searching our Major Repairs, Insurance, and Capital Works folders. This would also add hours to the search for each listed address. In applying this exception the Council has also considered the balance of the public interest. The public interest argument for releasing this information is: • It would improve transparency to the general public of the Council (medium weight) • The presumption in favour of disclosure in the regulations (low weight) The public interest arguments for withholding the information are: • Processing this request would be a large burden in terms of Officer time and cost to the Council. (heavy weight) • This request would necessarily constitute a significant diversion of resources away from the Council’s core business activities. (heavy weight) • It would consequently have a proportionally detrimental impact on the provision of services to the public (heavy weight) • It is not in the public interest that the Council neglect its provision of services to the public to focus on one information request (heavy weight) It is felt that in all the circumstances of the case, the public interest in maintaining the exception outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information. Advice and Assistance: As advice and assistance, if the requester can specify a single block and a period, this might be more reasonable to investigate and provide some data. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner ’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Kieran Heneghan Information Rights Officer2025-08-21T00:00:00CAM106922025-08-12T00:00:00Procurement questionsDate: 12/08/2025 Ref: CAM10692 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 15/07/2025 about Procurement questions. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested. Request 1: I would like to request additional information relating to the design, installation, inspection and maintenance of any of the following systems: • Fall Arrest • Fall Protection • Horizontal & vertical safety line / safety wire systems • Safety eyebolts & ladder ties • Fixed ladders • Guardrails (fixed and counterweight) • Walkways & platforms • Roof access systems • Abseil systems • Anchor Points Generally, spend relating to these services falls under Facilities Management / Property Services / Repairs & Maintenance / Grounds Maintenance type cost centres. Please could you provide the following information: 1. Who currently provides the above-mentioned services? 2. Is there an existing contract in place that governs the provision of these services? 3. If so, when is the current contract due to expire? 4. Is there an extension clause in the current contract? 5. What is the current contract value annually? 6. How was the contract awarded? 7. Who oversaw the contract award? Please provide a phone number / email address. 8. Is there any intention to release a tender for the above -mentioned services in the foreseeable future? If so, kindly provide an estimated timeline or relevant details. 9. If unable to provide details for these specific services, please provide information of which main contractor provides Hard FM services London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Request 2: I would like to request additional information relating to the inspection and maintenance of any of the following systems: • Building Maintenance Units (BMUs) and cradles • Mobile traversing gantry systems and travelling ladders. • MEWP’s • Materials hoists, lifting beams and accessories. Generally, spend relating to these services falls under Facilities Management / Property Services / Repairs & Maintenance / Grounds Maintenance type cost centres. Please could you provide the following information: 1. Who currently provides the above-mentioned services? 2. Is there an existing contract in place that governs the provision of these services? 3. If so, when is the current contract due to expire? 4. Is there an extension clause in the current contract? 5. What is the current contract value annually? 6. How was the contract awarded? 7. Who oversaw the contract award? Please provide a phone number / email address. 8. Is there any intention to release a tender for the above -mentioned services in the foreseeable future? If so, kindly provide an estimated timeline or relevant details. 9. If unable to provide details for these specific services, please provide information of which main contractor provides Hard FM services Request 3: I would like to request additional information relating to the design, installation, inspection and maintenance of any of the following systems: • Lightning protection • Surge protection • Earthing Generally, spend relating to these services falls under Facilities Management / Property Services / Repairs & Maintenance / Grounds Maintenance type cost centres. Please could you provide the following information: 1. Who currently provides the above-mentioned services? 2. Is there an existing contract in place that governs the provision of these services? 3. If so, when is the current contract due to expire? 4. Is there an extension clause in the current contract? 5. What is the current contract value annually? 6. How was the contract awarded? 7. Who oversaw the contract award? Please provide a phone number / email address. 8. Is there any intention to release a tender for the above -mentioned services in the foreseeable future? If so, kindly provide an estimated timeline or relevant details. 9. If unable to provide details for these specific services, please provide information of which main contractor provides Hard FM services You can find this information on the government’s contract finder website here . The Council also publishes reports on the Camden committee website relating to procurement strategies here . As the information that you have requested is already reasonably accessible elsewhere it is exempt under the absolute exemption in Section 21. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Philip Lewis Information Rights Officer2025-08-21T00:00:00CAM107022025-08-12T00:00:00Red Lion Street Holborn Liveable Neighbourhood STARter ProjectDate: 12/08/2025 Ref: CAM10702 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 17/07/2025 about Red Lion Street Holborn Liveable Neighbourhood STARter Project. We have dealt with this under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested. Re Red Lion Street Holborn Liveable Neighbourhood STARter Project In the c ouncil’s published “Summary of responses” (Table 3), 8 people are recorded as responding despite having no connection with the Red  Lion  Street area (“I don’t live or work in the area”). Their responses were included in totals for question 6 (travel habits), among others. Could you please clarify: 1. How many responses overall came from individuals with no direct connection to the area (i.e., neither resident nor worker in the defined boundary of the Red Lion Street Area)? See consultation summary report here . As the information requested is already reasonably accessible elsewhere it is excepted under Regulation 6(1)(b). 2. On what basis did the council decide to include those responses in the tally —particularly concerning question 6? This is standard practice across all public consultations that are undertaken. 3. Was any effort made to exclude or weigh these responses differently, given that they do not reflect local conditions or travel patterns? I also wish to draw your attention to the Experimental Traffic Order (ETO) from 2020 –2021, now made permanent in November 2021. Concerns have been raised that consultations carried out then may have included similar non local respondents or otherwise failed to reflect genuine local views. If records exist regarding how local connections were verified in that consultation, I would be grateful if you could share them. Please see the consultation summary report here . As the information requested is already reasonably accessible elsewhere it is excepted under Regulation 6(1)(b). London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Philip Lewis Information Rights Officer2025-08-21T00:00:00CAM107032025-08-08T00:00:00audit reportsDate : 8/8//2025 Case ref : CAM10703 London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 17 July 2025 , and clarified on 28 July 2025, about audit reports . We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA 2000 ). Response The council holds the information requested. However, we are withholding the information because it is exempt as explained below. We have explained where we are withholding information and what exemption applies. Please see the refusal notice at the end of the answer which explains how and why it applies. 1. All internal Quality Assurance and Improvement Programme (QAIP or QAIE) reports produced or commissioned by Camden Council’s Internal Audit function since 1 January 2022. This includes all self -assessments, external assessments, drafts, responses, and asso ciated materials. Please include any documents referencing QAIP/QAIE Sections 424 and 425, and all documentation related to the Global Internal Audit Standards (GAIS), including updates, minutes, reviews, commentary, and implementation actions. You clarified: Question 1 – QAIP /QAIE “Sections 424 and 425” The reference to “Sections 424 and 425” was derived from an external governance framework that appears not to be in use within Camden’s QAIP processes. It is not essential to the scope of the request and may therefore be disreg arded. The remainder of the request stands: I am seeking all QAIP or QAIE -related documentation from 1 January 2022 onwards, including materials referencing the Public Sector Internal Audit Standards (PSIAS) and the Global Internal Audit Standards (GAIS), and their implementation. 2. All documents and communications relating to the effectiveness review of the Audit and Corporate Governance Committee (AGCC) for the financial years 2022/23 and 2023/24. This includes evaluations, self -assessments, officer comments, scoring frameworks, implementation plans, and benchmarking data. 3. All documentation explaining the rationale behind the “moderate assurance” Head of Internal Audit opinion for 2024/25, including the criteria used, internal definitions, supporting context, and any remedial or improvement plans. 4. All action plans, implementation documents, and officer responses relating to any identified non - conformance or partial conformance with GAIS or QAIP standards, whether referenced in internal audit reports, AGCC minutes, or internal records. 5. Any documentation or correspondence concerning internal benchmarking or comparative review of Camden’s QAIP or AGCC performance against other local authorities or equivalent bodies. You clarified: Please provide internal benchmarking or comparative documentation from 1 January 2022 to the present, not limited to 2024/25. 6. Any internal audit risk assessments or resource reviews that reference the impact of staffing levels (including vacant senior posts) on audit delivery or GAIS compliance. You clarified: Please provide all relevant documentation and risk assessments from 1 January 2022 to the present which reference staffing levels and their impact on internal audit delivery or conformance with GAIS or PSIAS. 7. All documentation, spreadsheets, and working papers used to support the statement made at the July 2025 AGCC meeting (around one hour into the recording) that the Council had “built in £100 million” in internal resources into treasury modelling, providi ng borrowing headroom. Please include any associated modelling showing how many years of headroom this represents, how this relates to reserve policy and the under -borrowing strategy, and any materials concerning high -interest debt. 8. All internal correspondence or documentation (including emails, notes, or directives) relating to the decision to transfer or reclassify my audit queries made under Section 26 of the Local Audit and Accountability Act as Freedom of Information requests. This includes any communications involving the FOI team, Monitoring Officer, Section 151 Officer, Director of Finance, or others involved. If no written instruction exists, please confirm who made the decision and on what basis. 9. All correspondence, email trails, forwarding instructions, or related materials referencing FOI request CAM10525, or any other reference used to process or reclassify my statutory audit queries. This includes anything that might identify which officer o r councillor was responsible for diverting my correspondence to the FOI process. 10. Please confirm whether the Chair of the Audit and Corporate Governance Committee received or was made aware of my audit concerns, and provide any summaries, briefings, or materials shared with the Chair. I note these concerns were not raised under “Any Other Business that the Chair Considers Urgent”. We are not processing this request as it would require a disproportionate amount of time, effort, and expense. Please see the exemption notice set out below. Refusal Notice The exemption that applies is: section 12: cost of compliance exceeds appropriate limit We are refusing your request under section 12 on cost grounds because we estimate that compliance with your request will exceed the "appropriate limit". This is £450 which is equivalent to 18 hours at £25 per hour. The per hour figure is set by Regulations rather than actual salary paid to any officers handling requests. The appropriate limit includes the time it will take the council to discover if it holds the information requested, to locate it, extract it and collate it as well as putting it into any particular format requested by the requester. We have calculated that it will take approx. 66 hours (minimum) to comply with your request because: For question 1 (time estimate 8 hours) : • Each PSIAS assessment contains a number of standards with a whole body of supporting documentation • The GIAS conformance assessment took the form of a project, starting in the summer 2024 and running to spring 2025. This was a substantial undertaking with a significant number of documents involve d (organised into five domains, 15 principles, and 52 standards) For question 2 (time estimate 2 hours): • In 2023 -24 a training session was held to support the 2023 -24 effectiveness review with a subsequent report to the ACGC in summer 2024. • Pulling together detailed documentation (outside of the public report) will be needed For question 3 (time estimate 9 hours) • Core documentation - 24/25 audit plan , ~ 40 Internal Audit reviews and ~ 20 follow up reviews • 24/25 Internal Audit advice to auditees, 24/25 risk deep dives , Principal risk and assurance map and Governance self -assessment as included within the AGS Information for question 4 would be included in the response to question 1. For question 5 (time estimate 6 hours): • A number of sources will need to be analysed : • Joint governance group (JGG) held quarterly, and detailed minutes are produced. ; • London Audit Group do not produce minutes but outputs are shared For question 6 (time estimate 3 hours): • GIAS compliance aspects would be covered with a response to question 1. • Additionally a resource assessment is undertaken each year as part of the annual planning process For question 7 (time estimate 24 hours) • is a complex question to answer, as it involves consolidat ing modelling done by multiple teams • the time estimate above is just for one alone - creating a model which reconciles to what was discussed at ACGC and has assumptions clearly tracked, and changing variables outlined Questions 8 & 9 are very similar (time estimate 2 hours) For question 10 (time estimate 12 hours) • summary of concerns and documents shared with Chair - 12 hours or more (Chair recently changed for ACGC) Advice and Assistance For question 1: • Internal Audit Annual Reports as presented to the Audit and Corporate Governance Committee (ACGC ) every summer (June -July) are on the Council’s democracy website: • Browse meetings - Audit and Corporate Governance Committee - Camden Council For question 2: • Effectiveness reviews are included in the summer ACGC pape rs (link above) For question 3 : included in the summer ACGC papers (link above) For question 7: • The published Treasury Management Strategy for 2024 -25 which provides details of the council ’s borrowing and investment approach for that year including a summary of the council ’s estimated net borrowing requirement which makes reference to the £100m liquidity allowance. https://democracy.camden.gov.uk/documents/s116968/14%20Treasury%20Management%20St rategy%202024 -25.pdf For Question 10: • some of the material related to this question has already been published and is readily available. • The external audit strategy proposed is already available and has been published online with the ACGC documents in the July Committee meeting - see link above We have provided estimated times above to indicate what we may be able to disclose without applying the s12 exemption. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication R egulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk Please quote your case reference number. You If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office Telephone: 0303 123 1113 , live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact - us/live -chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact -us/ Yours sincerely, Peter Williams Information Rights Officer2025-08-21T00:00:00CAM107112025-08-13T00:00:00questions about all the street works projects that have been undertaken in Baynes Street since 1 Jan 1995Date: 13/08/2025 Ref: CAM10711 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 18/07/2025 about questions about all the street works projects that have been undertaken in Baynes Street since 1 Jan 1995 . We have dealt with this under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds some of the information requested. We have stated where we do not hold the information requested and why. – all relate to Baynes Street, Camden Town and all, please, from 1 Jan 1995 to the current date: 1. A list of all the street works projects that have been undertaken in Baynes Street since 1 Jan 1995 – and the specific purpose of the works Please see the attached extract from the Streetworks register for street works and licence details. 2. A list of all the street works projects that were proposed since 1 Jan 1995 but not undertaken We do not keep a record of this. 3. The full cost of each proposal and the final cost after the construction work was completed We do not have information available for third party work undertaken by either utility companies or construction companies. The recently implemented Baynes Street works amount to £74,077.07. 4. A list of projects that were the subject of formal consultation with residents of Reachview Close, NW1 0TY and of other properties in Baynes Street – and information as to why there was no consultation regarding the most recent street works, namely those at the junction of Baynes Street and St Pancras Way Our Implementation team carried out an extensive letter drop and in-person engagement with the business community in the area for Camden’s public realm. Extensive engagement was undertaken by the building site at 152 Royal College Street. 5. A list of Baynes Street road closures and the dates, particularly noting the diversion of the 274 bus The attached streetworks extract shows work undertaken that required a r oad closures. NB – works that required road closures in order to effect inspection and/or repairs to utilities’ networks and equipment underneath the road, need not be included. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk As the information not held is environmental we have to comply with a technicality and tell you that because it is not held it is excepted under Regulation 12 (4)(a) of the EIR 2004. The Information Commissioner does not require a public interest test where the information is not held. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner ’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Kieran Heneghan Information Rights Officer2025-08-21T00:00:00CAM107122025-08-13T00:00:00number of accidents and incidents reported involving the raised cycling lane that is situated outside of the royal langford apartmentsDate: 13/08/2025 Ref: CAM10712 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 18/07/2025 about number of accidents and incidents reported involving the raised cycling lane that is situated outside of the royal langford apartments. We have dealt with this under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested. I would like to know, *How many accidents and incidents do you no of?, or have been reported? Involving the cycling lane/Raised cycling lane that is situated outside of the royal langford apartments, that starts from the corner of greville road and runs along the A5 to the corner of kilburn priory road? Since 2020, there have been two reported collisions involving pedal cyclists on or near Greville Road. • Wednesday, 16 February 2022 at 08:35 A collision occurred on Kilburn High Road near the junction with Greville Road, Camden. The incident involved one pedal cycle and one van/goods vehicle. • Friday, 10 May 2024 at 19:23 A collision occurred on Greville Road, NW6, near its junction with Kilburn High Road, Camden. The incident involved one pedal cycle and one taxi/private hire vehicle. The construction of the protected cycle lane was completed earlier this calendar year. Therefore, both of these collisions occurred prior to its installation. However, a wand- protected cycle lane had been in place since 2021. Also, can you tell me how many complaints you have had about that cycling lane for absolutely any reason from absolutely anyone, and please give clarity to what the complaint was for. There have been no complaints about the cycle lane. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner ’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Kieran Heneghan Information Rights Officer2025-08-21T00:00:00CAM107272025-08-12T00:00:00complaints have been received by Trading Standards / Environmental Services relating to supermarkets selling food past its Use By DateDate: 12/08/2025 Ref: CAM10727 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 21/07/2025 about complaints have been received by Trading Standards / Environmental Services relating to supermarkets selling food past its Use By Date. We have dealt with this under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested. Trading Standards Department 1. How many complaints have been received by Trading Standards in 2023, 2024 and 2025 (to date) relating to supermarkets selling food past its Use By Date, including any complaints received via Consumer line. 2. For each complaint, please provide: o The month and year the complaint was received o The name of the supermarket involved (if recorded) o A brief description or category of the issue o Details of any enforcement or investigative action taken as a result of the complaint Complaints such as these are passed on to Environmental Health. Please see the attached spreadsheet which contains complaints from both Trading Standards and Environmental Health. Environmental Health Department: 1. How many complaints were received in 2023, 2024 and 2025 (to date) about supermarkets selling food past its Use By Date? 2. For each complaint, please provide: o The month and year it was received o The name of the supermarket (if available) o A short description or category of the issue o Any enforcement or follow-up action taken 3. How many food poisoning complaints were received in relation to supermarkets in 2023, 2024 and 2025 (to date)? 4. For each report of food poisoning, please provide: o The date of the complaint o The supermarket involved London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk o The product in question (if known) o Any outcome or action taken, including whether the case was confirmed as food poisoning Please see the attached spreadsheet. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner ’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Kieran Heneghan Information Rights Officer2025-08-21T00:00:00CAM107322025-08-13T00:00:00information regarding abandoned vehiclesDate: 13/08/2025 Ref: CAM10732 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 21/07/2025 about information regarding abandoned vehicles. We have dealt with this under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested. I would like to request the following information regarding abandoned vehicles within your local authority area, covering the past five calendar years (or the maximum available range): 1. The number of abandoned vehicle reports received per year . 2020 - 106 2021 - 107 2022 - 147 2023 - 143 2024 - 196 2. The number of confirmed abandoned vehicles removed per year. 3. The most common makes and models of abandoned vehicles. 4. The average time between a report being received and the vehicle being removed (if recorded). Please see attached which includes make and model from 2023 onwards. Prior to this, this information was not recorded. With regards to question 4, the date of reporting and the date of the outcome are listed in columns A and D. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner ’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Kieran Heneghan Information Rights Officer2025-08-21T00:00:00CAM107352025-08-13T00:00:00Graffiti incidents, Damp and mould complaints, Littering enforcement, Missed bin collections, Community Protection Notices (CPNs)Date: 13/08/2025 Ref: CAM10735 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 21/07/2025 about Graffiti incidents, Damp and mould complaints, Littering enforcement, Missed bin collections, Community Protection Notices (CPNs). We have dealt with this under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested. I would like to request the following information held by your authority for the calendar years 2022, 2023, and 2024 (or the most recent available data): 1. Graffiti incidents The number of graffiti reports received by the council from members of the public or council staff, regardless of whether they were resolved or actioned. Year Graffiti reports 2022 4644 2023 5104 2024 4532 2025 (to end May) 1687 Grand Total 15967 2. Damp and mould complaints The number of complaints received by the council relating to damp and/or mould in residential properties within your area, including those passed to housing associations or ALMOs for resolution. 2022 – 87 2023 – 149 2024 – 191 London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk 3. Littering enforcement The number of Fixed Penalty Notices (FPNs) issued for littering offences . Please see the following link – Fixed Penalty Notices Issues by the Camden Education and Enforcement Team | Open Data Portal 4. Missed bin collections The number of household missed bin collections reported, including general waste, recycling, or food waste incidents. Please include reports made by residents and/or logged by contractors . Year Missed collection reports 2022 10268 2023 11665 2024 10963 2025 (To end of May) 4778 Grand Total 37674 5. Community Protection Notices (CPNs) The total number of CPNs issued by the council. If available, please provide a breakdown by the type of behaviour or issue the notice was related to (e.g., noise, graffiti, fly tipping, waste, nuisance). The Community Safety Team have not issued any CPNs. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner ’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Philip Lewis Information Rights Officer2025-08-21T00:00:00CAM107422025-08-13T00:00:00number of complaints about firework-related noiseDate: 13/08/2025 Ref: CAM10742 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 22/07/2025 about the number of complaints about firework-related noise. We have dealt with this under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested. For each of the following years, please provide the number of complaints about firework -related noise, by month, in the table provided. Jan 2019 - Dec 2024 Total fireworks noise complaints There was one fireworks related complaint received in April 2023. In terms of data from 2019, we went live with our complaint dashboard and associated keyword search functionality on 10 Jan 2022. As such, we are unable to cover any records prior to this. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner ’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Yours sincerely Kieran Heneghan Information Rights Officer2025-08-21T00:00:00CAM107912025-08-06T00:00:00compliance with the Equality Act 2010, communications, women's spaces and services, and trainingCAM10791 -2025-08-21T00:00:00CAM108192025-08-08T00:00:00complaints to the Magistrates’ Court for Council Tax Liability OrdersDate: 8/8/25 Ref: CAM10819 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 30th July 2025 about complaints to the Magistrates’ Court for Council Tax Liability Orders . We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 . Response The Council holds the information requested but we are refusing the request as explained below. You requested: I am writing to request information under the Freedom of Information Act regarding complaints to the Magistrates’ Court for Council Tax Liability Orders. Please provide the following information in table form, covering as far back as is reasonably practical (e.g., the past five years), up to the most recent available data: 1. Date of hearing 2. Number of council tax accounts listed on each complaint 3. Whether a bulk complaint process was used for each hearing 4. Length of hearing – distinguished between defended and undefended cases 5. Number of council tax accounts against which liability orders were made 6. Number of cases adjourned or withdrawn prior to/during the hearing 7. Number of defended cases and outcomes 8. Actual cost to the council of preparing for and attending each hearing 9. Amount of revenue collected as a result of the liability orders 10. Total costs awarded to the billing authority 11. Total court fee paid per hearing 12. Any involvement of third -party contractors or legal firms, and associated costs London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk 13. A copy of the internal calculation, cost breakdown, used to determine the level of costs charged to individual council tax accounts when applying for liability orders. 14. Please identify where in Camden Council’s published annual accounts or internal budgets the revenue collected as a result of liability orders is recorded. Please distinguish between: (a) Council tax arrears recovered following liability orders (b) Court costs recovered from residents Refusal Notice Section 12: We are refusing your request under section 12 on cost grounds because we estimate that compliance with your request will exceed the "appropriate limit". This is £450 which is equivalent to 18 hours at £25 per hour. The per hour figure is set by Regulations rather than actual salary paid to any officers handling requests. The appropriate limit includes the time it will take the council to discover if it holds the information requested, to locate it, extract it and collate it as well as putting it into any particular format requested by the requester. We cannot calculate how long it would take to comply with your request if we went back over 5 years as it is unquantifiable without a great deal of time being spent collating the number of cases sent to Court in that time. However for the past calendar year the council has issued approx 31,250 Summons to the Magistrates Court for Council Tax Liability Orders . To find the information requested will require looking at individual cases, for example for questions 2, 4, 7, and 9. For question 9, the council tax case management system does not link cash to debt in terms of reporting so to find the information requested would require manually checking every single liability order granted for each hearing to see if the balance has changed or not if so whether it was because of a payment or a retrospective liability adjustment (deleted account , discount applied etc.). At a very conservative 2 mins per case to locate and extract the information requested this would take around 1041 hours. This exceeds the 18 hours limit by a very large margin. Advice and Assistance Given the difference between the time required to locate , extract and collate the information for one calendar year and 18 hours, it is difficult to suggest meaningful revisions that could be made to the request . However the data requested could be asked for a smaller number of cases , perhaps a snapshot of a number cases sent to court in one week. At 2 mins per case 500 cases could be requested. We could provide the number of Liability Orders applied for per week over a period of time, and the number of Orders granted. Further Information : We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post : Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number . If you are not satisfied with the Internal R eview outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner ’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF . The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Sarah Laws Data Protection Manager2025-08-21T00:00:00CAM108532025-08-08T00:00:00council tax accounts for Clarion HousingDate: 8/8/25 Ref: CAM10853 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 16th July 2025 about council tax accounts for Clarion Housing . We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 . Response The council holds the information requested but are refusing your request as detailed in the refusal notice below. Your request was: Under the Freedom of Information Act of 2000, could you please provide me with the details of any accounts, current and historic, where Clarion Housing are/were liable to pay the council tax within your council tax billing area : Could you please provide on an excel spreadsheet the following details for all accounts : A) The start date of Clarion Housing's liability B) The property address Clarion Housing were /are liable for C) If the property was/is occupied or vacant during Clarion Housings liability D) Details of any exemptions applied to the account during Clarion Housings liability E) The start and end dates of any exemptions applied to the account during Clarion Housings liability F) The amount charged for each year of Clarion Housings liability G) The amount paid by Clarion for each year of Clarion Housings liability We are refusing your request under section 12 on cost grounds because we estimate that compliance with your request will exceed the "appropriate limit". This is £450 which is equivalent to 18 hours at £25 per hour. The per hour figure is set by Regulations rather than actual salary paid to any officers handling requests. The appropriate limit includes the time it will take the council to discover if it holds the information requested, to locate it, extract it and collate it as well as putting it into any particular format requested by the requester. We have calculated that it will take approx 40 hours to process the request . Clarion Housing have/have had 120 accounts, and it is estimated it will take around 20 mins per account to locate and extract all the information requested as it is detailed, and a full examination of the case management system and documentation will be needed . This exceeds the 18 hours limit by some margin. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Advice and Assistance The requester is association with Clarion Housing , and we advise you that information released under Freedom of Information is legally considered to be published to the world, which means it is not just provided to the requester but mad e available to anyone anywhere with no restrictions on usage. This might not be in your interests . We would suggest that you contact the council tax team directly outside of FOI and ask for the information in batches . The council tax service are happy to assist you, but the requests would need to be spaced so as not to overwhelm an already busy team. Asking outside FOI will also ensure the information is provided to you outside the formal information regime and so avoid your council tax matters being public knowledge . Further Information : We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post : Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number . If you are not satisfied with the Internal R eview outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner ’s Office at Telephone: 0303 123 1113 live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact -us/live -chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact - us/ The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Sarah Laws Data Protection Manager2025-08-21T00:00:00CAM108602025-08-11T00:00:00appeals against second home council tax chargesDate: 11th Augus t 2025 Ref: CAM10860 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 6th August 2025 about appeals against second home council tax charges . We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 . Response The council holds the information requested but we are refusing it on costs grounds as explained in the refusal notice below. You asked: (a) the number of appeals you have had against second home council tax charges. (b) the number of successful appeals. (c) the reasons why the first 40 appeals starting this year were successful. Section 12 Refusal Notice. We are refusing your request under section 12 on cost grounds because we estimate that compliance with your request will exceed the "appropriate limit". This is £450 which is equivalent to 18 hours at £25 per hour. The per hour figure is set by Regulations rather than actual salary paid to any officers handling requests. The appropriate limit includes the time it will take the council to discover if it holds the information requested, to locate it, extract it and collate it as well as putting it into any particular format requested by the requester. We are aware that this is a refined request following a section 12 refusal . Unfortunately, the first two questions in this new FOI are the same as the previous request, and as explained below to locate and extract the information requested will take well over 18 hours. The Council introduced the S econd Home Premium (SHP) in April 2025. As of today’s date, 5974 homes have the SHP levied , and 319 which were levied have been exempted. The Council Tax Case Management System does not have a functionality whereby it allows reports to be run to identify appeals against s econd home premiums. The system does not indicate by case where an appeal has been lodged and been successful/unsuccessful: it merely shows if a discount /exemption is present or not at the present time . There will have been cases where an appeal against the SHP was lodged but was unsuccessful . Because t his is not recorded anywhere on the system in a way that can be searched for, or reported on, a case by case examination would be needed. To find the information requested in a) (the number of appeals against second home London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk council tax charges ) we would have to look at all of the 5974 cases where the SHP is levied to see if each case had had an unsuccessful appeal. An estimate is of 2 m ins per case which is c200 hours. To find the information in b), ( the number of successful appeals ) it is not th e case that all the 319 SHP exempted properties have all appealed successfully against the SHP. There will be a variety of reasons why the SHP was not levied , which could be that new information was provided , the incorrect person had been charged originally, or that an exception criterion from the levy was met. Whilst some may have been exempted after an appeal, others will not have been. Each exception case will need to be examined to see if it was an ‘appeal’ or subsequent information provided resulting in a change. A conservative estimate of reviewing the exempted properties alone at 2 minutes per case giving 10.5 hours. In addition, this information would not be complete / accurate as any appeals its not a second home at all (vs second home but meeting the governments exempt criteria) would have the second home flag removed and charged the standard rate. There is no report to identify how many of these cases there could have been to manually check if it was based on a formal appeal or just additional information presented. The information for c ( the reasons why the first 40 appeals starting this year were successful ) could be extracted whilst the work for b) was being undertaken so is part of the time estimate for b). Note that the scheme was implemented in April 2025, so the year would be the financial year 25/26. Therefore, the total time to comply with the request is over 210 hours which greatly exceeds the s12 limit. Advice and Assistance If you were to ask, out of the properties which have been exem pted from the SHP, how many of those had appealed as opposed to being exempted for other reasons, and of those who had appealed, what were the reasons for the first 40 app eals b eing successful, we believe this could be completed within the 18 hour limit. There is no advice we can find to make a refined request about the total number of appeals made against the SHP as this cannot be extracted within 18 hours. Further Information : We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk Please quote your case reference number . If you are not satisfied with the Internal R eview outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner ’s Office Telephone: 0303 123 1113 , live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact -us/live -chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact -us/ Yours sincerely Sarah Laws Data Protection Manager2025-08-21T00:00:00CAM108752025-08-13T00:00:00Freedom of Information metricsDate: 13/8/25 Ref: CAM10875 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 7/8/25 about Freedom of Information metrics . We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 . Response The council holds some of the information requested. We have refused your request under section 12 as detailed below, but please see the advice and assistance. 1) The total number of FOIs (excluding EIRs) received each month by your borough, within the span of 2021 -2025 inclusive. All following bullet points will refer to this timeline . We do not hold exact figures for question 1 before May 2022 when our case management system began. Whilst we have published the vast majority of responses, there are some that will not have been published for various reasons. Information is held from May 2022 to day but this is refused under section 12. Please see the refusal notice below. 2) The number of cases, where the initial request was rejected, where a complaint/referral to the Information Commissioner's Office was made Our retention period is current year plus 2 years so we have information for 2023 onwards in full. Information before that date is not held although we publish a dataset of statistics for the numbers of cases referred to the ICO and outcome, by year. This can be seen here: Freedom of Information Act: internal reviews and ICO complaints numbers and performance by calendar year | Open Data Portal FOI and EIR cases are considered together so the separate figures for FOI alone cannot be seen. 2023: No ICO cases 2024: Feb 2024: one case April 2024: one case Other months there were no case s. There were also 2 EIR cases although these are out of scope 2025: There have been no FOI cases to go to the ICO to date of your request . (There are 3 live EIR cases) 3) The number of those resulting cases where the ICO upheld the requests demands, overturning the refusal by your borough Our retention period is current year plus 2 years so we have information for 2023 onwards in full. As above the dataset shows for years before which we retain figures, the outcome of the few cases there were for those years, noting that some would likely to have been EIR cases. You can find the ICO Decision Notices easily online Decision notices | ICO and these go back to the start of FOIA in 2005. 2023 : N/A 2024: one case London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk 2025: N/A Section 12 Refusal: We hold information from May 2022 to date but we are refusing your request under section 12 on cost grounds because we estimate that compliance with your request will exceed the "appropriate limit". This is £450 which is equivalent to 18 hours at £25 per hour. The per hour figure is set by Regulations rather than actual salary paid to any officers handling requests. The appropriate limit includes the time it will take the council to discover if it holds the information requested, to locate it, extract it and collate it as well as putting it into any particular format requested by the requester. You have asked for Freedom of Information Act 2000 requests and not Environmental Information Regulations 2004 requests. The council receives around 1500 formal requests a year, many of which are solely FOI, many are solely IR, and some are a mixture of both. However our case management system does not allow us to classify requests by regime (FOI/EIR/Both). This means there is no report that can be run to refine the requests by regime. We would have to look at each response to see whether it was processed under FOI/EIR or both. Additionally, some Internal Reviews find that the incorrect regime was used, so further checks would be needed against the Internal Review log. Running a monthly report to obtain the cases processed per month, and the necessary filtering and refining from the raw system download will take 5 mins per month. There are 40 months that we hold data for (May 2022 - Aug 2025) giving a total of 3 hrs 20 mins. It will take 1 minute minimum per response to locate it on the portal or system, download it and open it and read the start to check for regime and add to a log by month and year. There have been over 5000 requests processed since May 2022 which gives around 83 hrs, suggesting around 86 hours for the whole exercise. Please see the advice and assistance below. Advice and Assistance: If you were to ask question 1 from May 2022 onwards, including EIR requests we would be able to provide this data, as it is the focus on FOIA and excluding EIR/mixed that is the difficulty. Further Information : We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post : Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number . If you are not satisfied with the Internal R eview outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner ’s Office Telephone: 0303 123 1113 , live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact -us/live -chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact - us/ Yours sincerely Sarah Laws Data Protection Manager2025-08-21T00:00:00CAM108972025-08-13T00:00:00FOIs and SARs for children’s servicesDate: 13/8/25 Ref: CAM10897 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 12th August 2025 about FOIs and SARs for children’s services . We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 . Response You asked: 1. How many staff (headcount and FTE) are employed in the team(s) that handle FOI and SAR requests for Children's Services? 2. Please state if these staff are dedicated to Children's Services or are shared with other departments 3. If FOI and SAR functions are handled by separate teams please provide counts (headcount and FTE) for each team separately 4. How many SARs were received for children's services from 1st January 2025 to 1st June 2025 5. How many FOIs were received for children's services from 1st January 2025 to 1st June 2025. The council holds the information requested but w e are refusing your request under section 12 on cost grounds because we estimate that compliance with your request will exceed the "appropriate limit". This is £450 which is equivalent to 18 hours at £25 per hour. The per hour figure is set by Regulations rather than actual salary paid to any officers handling requests. The appropriate limit includes the time it will take the council to discover if it holds the information requested, to locate it, extract it and collate it as well as putting it into any particular format requested by the requester. We have calculated that it will take approx. 20 hours to comply with your request because we do not record the service/ department that a FOI applied to in a way that can be easily extracted from the case management system. We have received 771 FOIs in the time period, and they are not classified by service on our case system as this cannot be done. To see which related to children’s services , and bearing in mind many cover more than one service, we would need to look at each response and see if it included children’s services or not. At 1.5 minutes per response that would be approx 19 hours. 30 mins has been expended finding the information to q4. 19.5 hours exceeds the 18 hours limit. However please see the advice below. Advice and Assistance We can provide answers to the other questions : For 1,2, and 3: we have a centralised FOI team who handle all FOI requests for the whole council. This team is 3.8 FTE, with 2.8 FTE working on FOIs across the whole council , and 2 FTE both spending half their time on FOI across the whole council and half on other information governance work for the whole council . London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk We also have a centralised Data Access and Records Team who undertake all SARs across the whole council as well as other functions such as disclosure requests. There are 4 officers who undertake Children’s SARs , but not exclusively : they also undertake other types of SARs across th whole council (such as Adult Social Care, H ousing, HR etc) and disclosure work (eg requests for disclosure by the police and other agencies . For q 4: I n the time period, 42 children’s SARs were received and went live. Advice and assistance re q5: You can see all the council’s FOI responses here Camden Freedom Of Information Responses Search | Open Data Portal You can download a data set of that data in excel and then filter by date range. That will let you see all the responses in your chosen time period, and you can then open an d view any that you are interested in. If you need help we have a guide on using the datasets on our FAQ page here Freedom Of Information FAQs | Open Data Portal A key word search on the downloaded responses dataset , filtered by your date range, with the key word ‘child’ gives 145 requests but that is unlikely to cover all requests for children’s services . There will be requests asking about IT systems for example that will cover children’s services. If you were to reduce the time scale to 3 months we would be able to work through the responses and classify them. If you are a local authority benchmarking but using a personal email address, we would remind you that there is a ‘gentleman’s agreement’ amongst councils not to FOI other councils due to the disruption this causes . If you’d like to have a benchmarking or best practice sharing discussion we would be happy to talk to another council outside FOI, please email us at FOI@camden.gov.uk Further Information : We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post : Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number . If you are not satisfied with the Internal R eview outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner ’s Office at Telephone: 0303 123 1113 , live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact -us/live -chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact -us/ Yours sincerely Sarah Laws Data Protection Manager2025-08-21T00:00:00CAM101312025-06-04T00:00:00the commissioning arrangements for Holmes Road Hostel and related mattersDate: 16/07/2025 Ref: CAM10131 Dear Requester, Thank you for your request for information dated 17/04/2025 about the commissioning arrangements for Holmes Road Hostel and related matters. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Please note this response replaces the response sent to you on the 4 June 2025. Response The council holds some of the information requested and the answers to your questions are as follows: 1. Camden Council commissioning arrangements (e.g. service specification) with Holmes Road Hostel Holmes Road is an internal service and not commissioned, as the Council owns the building and directly delivers the service. A copy of the service specification is attached. 2. Camden Provider Oversight Board meetings and findings into Holmes Road Hostel You clarified: We are asking for records of the meetings of the Provider Oversight Board (POB) on 08/09/2023, when the decision was taken to review Holmes Road hostel, the POB meetings of 21/09/2023, 09/10/2023, 24/10/23, 06/12/23, 11/12/23, 22/12/2023, 10/01/2024 and 17/01/2024. We are also asking for a copy of the Holmes Road Hostel Improvement Plan and the recommendations finalised on 10/01/2024, and any written progress updates on the Improvement Plan since January 2024. We hold some of the requested information. Minutes are available for the meeting on 09 October 2023. The 06 and 11 December meetings were a two- part session, with notes recorded only for 06 December 2023. The 22 December meeting took place via email and included updated recommendations. The Provider Oversight Board meetings on 10 and 17 January 2024 focused on reviewing and agreeing the recommendations, with outcomes documented in the final list of recommendations rather than formal minutes. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk The requested information is provided in the attached PDF document. Please note that a refusal notice has been issued under Section 40(2) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000, as some of the information is exempt from disclosure. Refusal notice: The council considers that to disclose some of the personal data requested would not be in accordance with data protection legislation and therefore we have withheld some of the information under the absolute exemption in Section 40 (2). The exemption states that personal data requested may be withheld when to release it would be a breach of the requirements of data protection law which is the UK General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the Data Protection Act 2018. The information withheld is personal information because it allows living individuals to be identified. The council considers that it would be a breach of the General Data Protection Regulation article 5 requirements of fairness and proportionality to publish this personal information in a FOI request. In doing this we have considered the legitimate public interest in disclosure against the interests of the data subject/s and concluded that in the circumstances disclosure would contravene the data protection requirements of fairness and proportionality particularly considering that Freedom of Information resp onses are public documents and published to the world and not provided just to the requester. The council’s redaction policy states that junior staff member names, (those below Assistant Director level) unless in public facing positions, would not be released in a FOI response. Therefore, the names of junior staff members have been redacted from the request details as they would have no expectation that their details would be released into the public domain, and especially given the content of the request as we consider that to include them would be a breach of the requirements to act fairly and proportionately. 3. Holmes Road Hostel manager job description and keyworker job description The information requested is provided in the PDF attached. 4. Holmes Road Hostel health and safety policy, care planning policy, safeguarding policy, referrals to adult social services policy, working with external services (health/ substance use) policy, protection against exploitation policy, mental health crisis policy, CCTV policy, self-neglect policy, confidentiality policy, harm reduction policy, room check policy, drugs policy, crime policy, overdose policy (if not specific policies then any documents recording the systems in place in relation to these issue s) You clarified: We are also asking for copies of the revised and updated hostel policies which were due to be reviewed by March 2025. The homeless service operates in accordance with the statutory guidance on how local authorities should carry out their homelessness duties under the Homelessness Reduction Act 2017. You can find this information through the following link along with earlier versions of the document: The council’s homelessness duties are guided by the statutory framework set out in the Homelessness Reduction Act 2017. This information is publicly accessible through the Homelessness Code of Guidance for Local Authorities and can be viewed or downloaded directly from clicking on this website link: Homelessness code of guidance for local authorities - Download this guidance - Guidance - GOV.UK All other policy information requested is provided in the PDF attached. 5. Recorded complaints about Holmes Road hostel You clarified: With reference to 'Point 5, Recorded complaints about Holmes Road hostel', the timescale for this information is 2020 - 2024. We hold some of the information you have requested. Our complaints dashboard system was updated on 10 January 2022 to include keyword search functionality. As a result, data prior to this date is not available within our current reporting system. Additionally, the refusal notice under Section 40(2) of the Freedom of Information Act applies to the individual complaint records disclosed, as they contain personal data relating to identifiable living individuals. In line with the council’s redaction policy, the names of junior staff members - defined as those below Assistant Director level - are not disclosed in response to Freedom of Information requests, unless they occupy public-facing roles. As such, these names have been redacted from the request details, as the individuals concerned would not reasonably expect their personal information to be made public. Given the nature of the request, including their names would be a breach of the requirements to act fairly and proportionately. Please refer to the attached spreadsheet for the list of complaints related to Holmes Road Hostel. 6. Camden Homelessness Prevention/ Housing – pathway threshold guidance (IE document(s) setting out the criteria for placement into mental health pathway, high support needs, low support needs). The eligibility criteria for Mental Health Supported Accommodation includes people who: • Are aged 18 or over (no upper age limit) and ordinary residents of Camden with a serious mental illness; • Have their care and support co-ordinated by a service provided by North London Foundation Trust; • Have an assessed support need that is best met by supported living; • May be subject to Section 117 Aftercare or Section 17a Community Treatment Order or other statutory order. The pathway in its current formation is split between 'high' support and 'low' support services. A variety of factors influences which level of support is most appropriate, such as: • The intensity of support required for people to manage their mental health • The complexity of other overlapping needs, such as co-occurring drug and alcohol use, long term health conditions and involvement with the criminal justice system • The level of prompting, monitoring and support required for people to stay safe and self-manage care routines, such as engagement with services and medication compliance • The level of practical and emotional support required to develop independent living skills to move into their own home in the community . 7. Camden Homelessness Prevention/ Housing – document setting out guidance for assessing housing needs and the timescales for the process, criteria for referring to funding panel, emergency housing, safeguarding policy, mental health policy, self-neglect policy, risk management policy. You clarified: We are asking for the policy and procedure - including process timescales - that would have been used by the London Borough of Camden in May to July 2021 to assess the housing needs of people who have become homeless and to identify housing options prior to placing them in a hostel or other accommodation available to the council. We are not asking about funding. We have provided a copy of the placement policy that was in effect in 2021 - b16162ee- 515d-3634-713b-6ac53c51eb7c Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Lorna Jonas-Tinson Information Rights Officer2025-08-14T00:00:00CAM105992025-08-05T00:00:00noise complaints for the key words “sex party” or “orgy”Date: 05/08/2025 Ref: CAM10599 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 04/07/2025 about noise complaints for the key words “sex party” or “orgy”. We have dealt with this under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested. Can you search your logs for noise complaints between January 2021 to the most recent available for the key words “sex party” or “orgy”. For every hit can you please provide; - The date - The location - The outcome of the complaint. Please see the table below. Date Type of Complaint Location 10/01/2024 Out of Hours Noise Complaint (OOH) – Sexual Noise – Called complainant, noise stopped. NW6 20/05/2023 Sexual Noise - Called complainant, noise stopped. NW3 10/04/2023 OOH – Sexual Noise - Called complainant, noise stopped. NW6 25/03/2023 OOH – Sexual Noise - Called complainant, noise stopped. NW6 12/03/2023 OOH – Sexual Noise – Received outside of service hours. NW6 11/02/2023 OOH – Sexual Noise – Site visit carried out. Noise stopped on arrival. No further action. NW6 14/08/2022 OOH – Sexual Noise - Called complainant, noise stopped. NW1 05/02/2022 OOH – Sexual Noise - Called complainant, noise stopped. NW1 01/12/2021 OOH – Sexual Noise - Called complainant, noise stopped. NW1 We are withholding some postcode information under the following exemption. Section 44 - Prohibitions on disclosure. (1) Information is exempt information if its disclosure (otherwise than under this Act) by the public authority holding it— (a) is prohibited by or under any enactment, Section 44 is an absolute exemption, which means that, if information is covered by any of its subsections, it is exempt from disclosure. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk This information is withheld as the Local Government Transparency Code 2015 states that individual properties address must not be disclosed, authorities can publish their valuation data at postal sector level, i.e. the first part of the postcode and first digit of the ‘inbound’ code (second part of the postcode). This provides an average size of 2,500 households, which should be large enough to prevent identification of individual dwellings. However, in particular areas where the postcode sector gives a number of households below 2,500 the postcode level should be set higher, the government transparency code states that this is at postcode district level (e.g.WC1 ***). Providing all data for the above, would allow individual properties to be identified breaching the governments transparency code and the data protection act that information should be processed fairly. Once this information is released into the public domain individuals who live within these properties will also be able to identify themselves from this information. It is for these reasons why we are withholding this data. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Kieran Heneghan Information Rights Officer2025-08-14T00:00:00CAM106092025-08-05T00:00:00annual number of visits to libraries in CamdenDate: 05/08/2025 Ref: CAM10609 Dear Requester, Thank you for your request for information dated 04/07/2025 about the annual number of visits to libraries in Camden. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds some of the information requested and the answers to your questions are as follows: Please provide the following information for libraries in your borough from the period of January 2018 - December 2024: 1. Total number of library visits across all branch libraries per year 2. Monthly breakdown of visitor numbers 3. Total number of active library members/cardholders per year 4. Number of library events held and total attendance figures per year If exact figures are not available, please provide the most recent complete data you have. Please could you present the information in a spreadsheet. The council holds some of the requested information and has provided our response in the requested Excel spreadsheet format. Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Lorna Jonas-Tinson Information Rights Officer2025-08-14T00:00:00CAM108312025-08-05T00:00:00specific questions about the Council Tax Recovery manual and similar issuesDate: 05/08/2025 Case reference : CAM10831 London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 31/07/2025 about specific questions about the Council Tax Recovery manual and similar issues. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds some of the information requested. Please see the answers below where we have also explained what information is not held. Thank you for your response to my FOI request, including the provision of the Council Tax Recovery Manual dated 01.09.23 (reviewed 09.06.25 by Alexa Poole). Having reviewed the manual and your responses, I have several follow -up concerns: 1. Procedural Omissions The Recovery Manual appears incomplete: • It ends the recovery cycle at summons without explaining what happens next — including liability order hearings, charging orders, or bankruptcy proceedings. • There is no description of the council’s process for presenting complaints to court, including evidencing that costs were “reasonably incurred,” as required under law. Please confirm whether further procedural documentation exists regarding these post - summons actions. The manual is not incomplete: p age 4 sets out the process to challenge the granting of a liability order. Page 6 onwards then sets out the subsequent enforcement options available to the council , once a liability order is granted. There is no documentation to describe the process for presenting complaint to the Court as this is undertak en by Council Tax Managers with delegation to act, who are trained separately for this process. It should be noted that policies and processes can never cover every eventuality or instance, and cannot provide a guide to every possibility that might occur. Council officers are trained in their functions, and exercise professional discretion and knowl edge when undertaking their work. 2. Absence of Equality Impact Assessment (EIA) Your response makes no reference to any Equality Impact Assessment (EIA) specific to the use of bankruptcy in council tax recovery. Given the Council’s statutory duty under the Equality Act 2010, and the fact that your own policy (CS/2018/25) requires Cabinet decisions to consider equality risks, please confirm: • Was an EIA conducted specifically for the use of bankruptcy as an enforcement option? • If not, why not — and will the Council commit to carrying one out? There is no EqIA as there is no requirement for one, as bankruptcy is a recovery option set out in the Council Tax regulations. All Councils are required to utilise most appropriate recovery action to recover non -payment. Please note that the council policy you have referred to ( CS/2018/25 ) relates to the Council’s decision to implement a premium on empty homes and has no bearing on statutory recovery powers available to the Council for non-payment of Council Tax . 3. Unusual Enforcement Pattern You state that only two bankruptcy petitions were filed in 2024/25 and that both were progressed to full orders. This raises serious questions about: • What criteria were used to select these two individuals, and • Whether vulnerability, proportionality, or discretion were properly considered. The criteria were large debts over the bankruptcy threshold, who had also failed to pay when Enforcement Agent was attempted. Neither party had agreed repayment plans , the council held no employment information , and the individuals were not in receipt of benefits . Therefore the council could not consider either an attachment of earnings order or benefit deductions. Where someone is identified as vulnerable either through internal checks or where the debtor makes it known they have a vulnerability , we would not look to undertake bankruptcy action and may consider a charging order instead. As you will have noted from our previous FOI response, these were not the only 2 cases considered for bankruptcy action. At the letter before action stage, which is a debtor ’s opportunity to resolve the matter before Court action, 1 case was identified as the property was being sold and the other case had already had bankruptcy action taken against them by another party. Your manual claims bankruptcy is not used against elderly or vulnerable people, yet offers no explanation of how such determinations are made. Determinations are made on an individual basis dependent on the information available to us on the account, with necessary internals checks being made with Social Services for vulnerability . Please provide internal documentation or guidance used by staff to screen for vulnerability and assess proportionality prior to initiating bankruptcy. There is no formal procedure for screening vulnerability with Social Services – this is undertaken by a designated Manager with delegated authority to act, due to its sensitivity. 4. Policy Gaps The manual makes no reference to litigants in person, nor does it offer guidance on: • handling disability or health -related adjournments, • supporting self -represented individuals facing legal escalation, • or explaining the interaction between Camden’s role as freeholder and its powers as tax collector. Please confirm whether these issues are addressed in any supplementary guidance or procedural documentation. There is no supplementary guidance or procedural documentation to cover the above. With regards to adjournments each case would be dealt with on its merits ; even if the Council supports an application for an adjournment, the Court ha s the overriding decision on whether to agree to this. They may still decide to proceed even if both parties agree an adjournment . There is no requirement for Camden to set procedures for representation . We would always advise and encourage debtors to take independent legal advice. Camden as a freeholder is irrelevant regarding recovery of Council Tax. Council Tax regulations require the Council to bill and enforce non -payment of Council Tax regardless of who the freeholder of the property is. 5. Further Request – Costs and Case Details You stated that two bankruptcy orders were made in 2025/26 relating to a combined council tax debt of £54,525.14. Please provide the following: a) The individual debt amount associated with each of the two bankruptcy orders; The LB Camden Creditor debts are £11,875.15 and £42,649.99 ( this includes 2 subsequent years not included in petition) b) The total cost to the Council for each bankruptcy (including legal fees, court costs, and enforcement agent fees); There are none because t he Council seeks costs in the petition for Bankruptcy proceedings from the Court and therefore once granted by the Court the full costs are born by the debtor. c) Whether any properties were at risk of being repossessed as a result of these orders. The risk to repossession would be at the Official Receiver stage and be dependent of the debtor working with the Official Receiver to resolve the matter. Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Com missioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk , Telephone: 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact -us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact - us/. The ICO website https://www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Sarah Laws Data Protection Manager2025-08-14T00:00:00CAM108382025-08-05T00:00:00whether the council has an accessibility community consultation panelDate: 05/08/2025 Case reference : CAM10838 London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 4/8/2025 about whether the counci l has an accessibility community consultation panel . We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information in respect of your request. You asked: I would like to know if the council has an accessibility community consultation panel of any sort. This is a group of local disabled people and/or accessibility experts who are consulted with during the process of a planning application or sometimes change s to relevant policy. They have a variety of names such as built environment accessibility panel, Access panels, Consultative access forum, accessibility consultation panel etc. I would like to know if your council runs its own one of these groups or has direct affiliation with any. I would also like to know if positions within these panels (if they exist in your authority) are paid or not. You clarified this as follows: This panel is specific to building design or sometimes also planning policy. It would typically have architects presenting work to it for critique. A generalised panel for the whole council likely will not fulfill this role. Examples of these panels include the City of London Access Group or LLDC's Built environment access pane The answer to the question is no , the council does not have an accessibility community consultation panel . We have Design Review Panel (DRP) which is run by Frame and information can be found here: Camden Design Review Panel | Frame Projects but we do not have a community consultation panel or a specific accessibility panel . Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication R egulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Com missioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk , Telephone: 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact -us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact - us/. The ICO website https://www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Sarah Laws Data Protection Manager2025-08-14T00:00:00CAM108392025-08-05T00:00:00use of external or independent investigators for workplace mattersDate: 05/08/2025 Case reference : CAM10839 London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 4/8/2025 about use of external or independent investigators for workplace matters . We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested. Please provide information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 about your use of external or independent investigators for workplace matters involving employees, such as grievances, disciplinaries, and bullying or harassment complaints. Please exclude: - Investigations into elected members - Internal-only investigations (e.g. handled by HR) The financial year is from 1 April to 31 March. For the financial years: - 2022/23 - 2023/24 - 2024/25 For each *individual investigation*, provide: 1. Financial year 2. Total cost paid to the investigator (£) 3. Hours charged (if known) 4. Type of investigator: - Freelancer - Specialist workplace practice - Employer's organisation - Private solicitor/law firm - Other (please specify) Please present the data in a row -per-case format. Preferred tabular format (e.g. spreadsheet or CSV), with each case on a separate line (not grouped by year). Example format: | Financial Year | Cost (£) | Hours Charged | Investigator Type | |---------------- |----------|---------------- |------------------- | | 2022/23 | 3,200 | 16 | Private solicitor | The council has not undertaken any investigations etc using external or independent investigators for any workplace matters involving employees, such as grievances, disciplinaries, and bullying or harassment complaints in the period covered by your request. All investigations etc have been undertaken internally. Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication R egulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Com missioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk , Telephone: 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact -us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact - us/. The ICO website https://www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Sarah Laws Data Protection Manager2025-08-14T00:00:00CAM103482025-07-29T00:00:00concerns or incident alerts received from nursing and/or care home providers in 2024Date: 29/07/2025 Ref: CAM10348 Dear Requester, Thank you for your request for information dated 28/05/2025 about concerns or incident alerts received from nursing and/or care home providers in 2024 . We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested and the answers to your questions are as follows: 1. How many concerns or incident reports were received from nursing and/or care home providers in 2024? 16. 2. Of those, how many referred to serious injuries or unexpected deaths in 2024? Serious injuries - 12 Death - 0 3. How many investigations resulted in a substantiated concern of neglect or abuse in 2024? 9. 4. How many investigations resulted in a substantiated concern of medical negligence/drug errors in 2024? 1. 5. Please provide the figures for questions 1-4, but covering the period of January to June 2025. (a) How many concerns or incident reports were received from nursing and/or care home providers in 2024? 6. (b) Of those, how many referred to serious injuries or unexpected deaths in 2024? Serious injuries - 5 Death - 0 London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk (c) How many investigations resulted in a substantiated concern of neglect or abuse in 2024? 3. (d) How many investigations resulted in a substantiated concern of medical negligence/drug errors in 2024? 0. Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Lorna Jonas-Tinson Information Rights Officer2025-08-05T00:00:00CAM103532025-07-23T00:00:00information on Section 117 aftercare, commissioning frameworks, out-of-area placements and delayed dischargesDate: 23/07/2025 Ref: CAM10353 Dear Requester, Thank you for your request for information dated 28/05/2025 about information on Section 117 aftercare, commissioning frameworks, out -of-area placements and delayed discharges. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested. However, we are withholding all of the information because it is exempt as explained below. We have explained where we are withholding information and what exemptions apply. Please see the refusal notices at the end of the answers which explain how and why they apply. 1. Section 117 Aftercare: • The total number of individuals currently receiving Section 117 aftercare funded by your authority. • A breakdown of these individuals by type of placement (e.g., supported living, residential care, nursing care). • Primary support need (e.g., mental illness, ABI, dual diagnosis). • Total annual expenditure on Section 117 aftercare for the past three financial years. 2. Commissioning Frameworks: Details of any Approved Provider Lists (APL), Frameworks, or Dynamic Purchasing Systems (DPS) your authority uses for commissioning: • Inpatient rehabilitation for mental health. • ABI or neurorehabilitation services. • Complex care placements • Supported living services • Information on how new providers can apply to join these frameworks. 3. Out-of-Area Placements: • The number of out-of-area placements made in the past 12 months for individuals requiring services mentioned above. • Reasons for these out-of-area placements (e.g., lack of local provision, specialist needs). • Average duration and cost of these placements. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk 4. Delayed Discharges: Data on delayed discharges from hospitals over the past 12 months due to: • Delays in funding decisions. • Lack of suitable placement options. • Disagreements between health and social care commissioners. • Average length of delayed discharge periods in these cases. We are withholding this information as we consider the following exemption applies. Refusal notice: Section 12: Cost of Compliance Exceeds the Appropriate Limit We are refusing your request under section 12 on cost grounds because we estimate that compliance with your request will exceed the "appropriate limit". This is £450 which is equivalent to 18 hours at £25 per hour. The per hour figure is set by Regulations rather than actual salary paid to any officers handling requests. The appropriate limit includes the time it will take the council to discover if it holds the information requested, to locate it, extract it and collate it as well as putting it into any particular format requested by the requester. We do not hold the information requested in an easily accessible format. As a snapshot in time, there are currently 1,016 individuals recorded on the s117 Register, of whom 464 are in receipt of a current service. To respond to question 1 and to break this down by placement types - cross-referenced with question 3 regarding out-of-borough placements made in the last 12 months - would take approximately 2 to 3 minutes per case for a council officer to gather, analyse, and extract the relevant data. Based on an average of 2.5 minutes per case, we calculate it would take approximately 19.33 hours to compile the requested information. Advice and Assistance In response to question 2, we do not use Approved Provider Lists (APLs), frameworks, or Dynamic Purchasing Systems (DPS) for inpatient rehabilitation for mental health, ABI or neurorehabilitation services, complex care placements or supported living services. You could submit a new request with a more focused scope, bearing in mind the average 2.5 minutes case advice mentioned earlier. Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Lorna Jonas-Tinson Information Rights Officer2025-08-05T00:00:00CAM110522025-09-26T00:00:00issuing of Blue Badges within your CouncilDate: 26/09/2025 Ref: CAM11052 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 01/09/2025 about . We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested. I am writing to make a formal request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 for information regarding the issuing of Blue Badges within your Council. Specifically, I kindly request the following information: 1. Number of Blue Badges currently held (as of the date of this email) 8,095 2. Number of Blue Badge applications received since September 1st 2024 4,261 online 7 paper form 3. Number and percentage of successful Blue Badge applications since September 1st 2024 3,113 73% 4. Of these, the number and percentage of applications which were successful under the Hidden Disability criteria 283 9% 5. Number and percentage of unsuccessful Blue Badge applications since September 1st 2024 857 20% 6. Of these, the number and percentage of applicants appealing the decision and the number and percentage of applicants who were successful in their appeal 10 70% London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk Telephone: 0303 123 1113 , live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/ Yours sincerely Kieran Heneghan Information Rights Officer2025-10-10T09:46:48CAM103552025-07-31T00:00:00direct payments, prepaid cards, cash and voucher options used by the councilDate: 31/07/2025 Ref: CAM10355 Dear Requester, Thank you for your request for information dated 28/05/2025 about direct payments, prepaid cards, cash and voucher options used by the council . We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds some of the information requested and has provided our response in the requested Excel format. Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Lorna Jonas-Tinson Information Rights Officer London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk2025-08-05T00:00:00CAM103872025-07-28T00:00:00Empty properties questionsDate: 28/07/2025 Ref: CAM10387 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 03/06/2025 about Empty properties questions. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds some of the information requested. 1) What’s the current number of empty properties and long term empty properties across the council, as of June 2? If a figure is not available for June 2, please provide the most up -to-date figure available and state the date for which that figure is accurate. How many of those are owned by the council? What were the numbers as of 2 June 2019, in terms again of empty properties, long term empty properties, and council -owned empty/long term empty properties? Clarified: I'm writing to clarify that by "long term" I mean properties that have been empty for more than 6 months. I'm interested in both commercial and residential empty properties but I'll appreciate it if you can break down the numbers for those two types, rather than providing them as a total. Please note, that the information I'm requesting is for all council-owned empty properties (not just social housing) but also the empty properties owned privately, as I believe you should have a record of those as well. The council is unable to run retrospective reports, so we are only able to provide information of the nearest dates that we ran data. Council Tax data for housing Non Camden owned (Private) Camden owned only Date Private 'empty' properties Private 'empty' > 6 months Council owned empties (within Total 'empty' figure) Council owned empties > 6 months (within Total 'empty' figure) 05-Jun-25 2,739 1,832 883 647 Oct -19 2,772 1,206 432 280 NNDR data for non -housing Non Camden owned (Private) Camden owned only Date Private 'empty' properties Private 'empty' > 6 months Council owned empties (within Total 'empty' figure) Council owned empties > 6 months (within Total 'empty' figure) 31-May -25 3,398 2,909 102 96 28-Jun -19 2,967 2,440 72 64 London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk 2) How many people were on the social housing waiting lists on those two dates? We only collect and store data on specific days so are not able to supply the number of people on the waiting list as of 2nd June 2019, however we can provide the number as of 1st April 2019. The number of people on the social housing waiting list for the specified dates are: 1 April 2019 – 5,991 2 June 2025 – 8,387. 3) What’s the reason that the long term empty properties are currently void? Please provide a breakdown by void status – i.e. classifying them as available (Undergoing works, Ready for Occupation, TA: Ready for letting, Long cycle void group, Major Works, Minor repairs), temporarily unavailable (Unauthorised Occupant, Squatted, Capital void, Redevelopment), and permanently unavailable (Demolition, Disposal) or a similar classification method that you use. Clarified: With regards to the terms "long cycle void group" and "capital void", these are classifications I saw being used by other councils when describing the reason their properties were empty but please don't worry about using that same classification if you hav e a different one in place. We are able to provide this in 3 categories based on how our records are held. Non Camden owned (Private) Date Empty & unfurnished Undergoing major works Long term empty >1 year Total 'Properties 'empty' > 6 months 05-Jun -25 1,173 284 375 1,832 Oct -19 630 244 180 1,054 Camden owned only - Council tax Date Empty & unfurnished Undergoing major works Long term empty >1 year Properties 'empty' > 6 months 05-Jun -25 395 0 252 647 Oct -19 316 1 115 432 Non Camden owned (Private) Date Empty Liquidation / Bankruptcy / Administration Compulsory Purchase Order Total 'Properties 'empty' > 6 months 05-Jun-25 3,358 46 0 3,404 28-Jun -19 2,821 31 115 2,967 Camden owned only - NNDR Date Empty Liquidation / Bankruptcy / Administration Compulsory Purchase Order Properties 'empty' > 6 months 05-Jun -25 96 0 0 96 28-Jun -19 72 0 0 72 Finally, in both question 4 and 5 I'm referring to the council -owned and privately-owned empty properties but if you can only provide information for the council -owned ones, that would still be useful. 4) Since 2019, have you undertaken any work around reducing your long term empty properties? If you have, was this done using internal resources, third party resources, or both? Yes, we have two officers. All done internally. 5) How many properties were brought back into use as a result in each of those years since 2019? What were the average financial costs per property, in order for them to be brought back into use? There are no financial costs unless the owners apply for empty homes grant. (see question 7) Numbers brought back into use. 2019-2020 68 2020-2021 11 2021-2022 46 2022 -2023 19 2023-2024 21 2024-2025 57 6) What work is the council currently undertaking and what is it planning to undertake when it comes to reducing its long term empty properties? We continue to work with owners offering assistance and advice sometimes signposting, every case is different. If owners fail to do anything we would look to take enforcement action if necessary. I.e. Compulsory purchase. 7) Does the council offer financial support, in terms of grants or loans, to Long Term Empty property owners to help them bring properties back into use? If yes, how many owners have made use of that in every year since 2019? We have empty homes grant. The Council receives 3 year nomination rights. Five owners have taken up the grant since 2019. 8) What’s the budget, if any, that the council has allocated for supporting the reduction of empty properties? There is no budget. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner ’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Philip Lewis Information Rights Officer2025-08-05T00:00:00CAM103942025-07-31T00:00:00number of active EHCPs and those awaiting the outcome of an EHCP needs assessmentDate: 31/07/2025 Ref: CAM10394 Dear Requester, Thank you for your request for information dated 04/06/2025 about the number of active EHCPs and those awaiting the outcome of an EHCP needs assessment . We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds some of the information requested and the answers to your questions are as follows: 1. The total number of children of typical primary school/secondary school/sixth form/college age (4-18) at either a state-funded mainstream school or a state- funded Special Educational Needs school with either 1) an active EHCP with your council, or 2) awaiting the outcome of an EHCP needs assessment from your council, as on: • 31 December 2020 • 31 December 2021 • 31 December 2022 • 31 December 2023 • 31 December 2024 We do not hold the information in the format requested. The figures for active EHCPs are derived from the SEN2 returns for the relevant year, which reflect data as of mid- January rather than 31 December. 1) Number of children young people in school aged 4-18 with an active EHCP 2) Number of children young people in school aged 4-18 awaiting the outcome of an EHCP assessment Jan 2021 1,008 Dec 2020 36 Jan 2022 1,002 Dec 2021 18 Jan 2023 1,002 Dec 2022 38 Jan 2024 1,034 Dec 2023 53 Jan 2025 1,112 Dec 2024 57 London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Please provide an overall figure for each date and then break this down into separate figures for 'children with an active EHCP' AND 'children awaiting the outcome of an EHCP needs assessment' for each date. 2) The total number of children of typical primary school/secondary school/sixth form/college age (4-18) that attended either a state-funded mainstream school or a state-funded Special Educational Needs school that either 1) formerly had an active EHCP with your council, or 2) were awaiting the outcome of an EHCP needs assessment from your council, that were permanently deregistered from formal education between the following dates: You clarified: Please take 'permanently deregistered' to mean children that were withdrawn from formal education for the purposes of Elective Home Education (EHE) during the time periods specified, where at the point of deregistration they either had an EHCP with the council or were awaiting the outcome of an EHCP needs assessment. As clarified we have provided the number of children with an EHCP who took up EHE in each of the specified calendar years. 1) Number of children young people in school aged 4-18 who formally had an active EHCP 2) Number of children young people aged 4-18 awaiting the outcome of an EHCP assessment and permanently deregistered from formal education Total number of children young people aged 4-18 who either formally had an active EHCP or are awaiting the outcome of an EHCP assessment and permanently deregistered from formal education 1 Jan - 31 De c 2020 5 0 5 1 Jan - 31 De c 2021 5 0 5 1 Jan - 31 De c 2022 7 0 7 1 Jan - 31 De c 2023 3 0 3 1 Jan - 31 De c 2024 5 0 5 Please provide the total figure per year and then break this down into separate figures for 'children who formerly had an active EHCP' AND 'children who were awaiting the outcome of an EHCP needs assessment.’ Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Lorna Jonas-Tinson Information Rights Officer2025-08-05T00:00:00CAM104642025-07-25T00:00:00emergency housing stock and budgetDate: 25/07/2025 Ref: CAM10464 Dear Requester, Thank you for your request for information dated 16/06/2025 about emergency housing stock and budget. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested. However, we are withholding all of the information because it is exempt as explained below. We have explained where we are withholding information and what exemptions apply. Please see the refusal notices at the end of the answers which explain how and why they apply. 1. Emergency Housing Stock & Budget A count and classification of current emergency accommodation units available (e.g. council-owned, private lease, B&B/hotel, hostel, etc.). A breakdown of emergency housing budgets for the past 3 financial years, including any reserved funds for severe or extreme emergencies, and projected allocations for the current year. 2. Policy Definitions & Thresholds All formal definitions and interpretations used for: - “Emergency” - “Severe Emergency” - “Exceptional Circumstances” - “Connection” (e.g. local connection criteria in housing eligibility) Any relevant internal guidelines, external frameworks, or policies that apply these definitions to housing eligibility or funding decisions. 3. Exceptional Housing Allocations The number and nature of exceptions granted in the last 2 years where individuals or households were accommodated despite lacking local connection, or under exceptional/emergency discretion. The decision-making protocols or criteria followed in such cases. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk 4. Keyword Search Request Please conduct an internal system and document search (since 1 January 2021) for: “Emergency” “Exceptional” “Circumstances” “Connection” Documents may include memos, policies, emails, officer guidance, and meeting records. 5. Clarification Authority Identification of the department, officer, or governance structure within torp1 responsible for defining and interpreting the above terms. We are withholding this information as we consider the following exemption applies. Refusal notice: Section 12: Cost of Compliance Exceeds the Appropriate Limit We are refusing your request under Section 12 of the Freedom of Information Act on cost grounds, as we estimate that compliance would exceed the "appropriate limit". This is set at £450 which is equivalent to 18 hours of work at £25 per hour. The per hour figure is prescribed by the Regulations and does not reflect the actual salaries of officers handling requests. The appropriate limit includes the time it will take the council to determine the information is held, locate it, retrieve it, extract it, and collate it, as well as to put it into any format specified by the requester. Question 4 is broad in scope. We requested clarification to better define the parameters of the keyword search for “emergency,” “exceptional,” “circumstances,” and “connection.” Specifically, we asked whether the search relates to questions 1 - 3, or if it is intended to address a separate issue. Your response - ‘this is a direct copy of my request, i think it covers everything?’ - was unclear and did not provide the clarification needed. The request is unquantifiable. For example, if a team within Housing Services consists of six members and only one officer conducts a keyword search of their mailbox and identifies 1,000 emails, with each email taking approximately two minutes to review and extract relevant information, the total time required would be 33.33 hours. If all six team members were to conduct similar searches, the estimated total time would be approximately 200 hours. This significantly exceeds the 18 hours’ time limit set out under the Freedom of Info rmation Act 2000. Advice and Assistance You may wish to submit a new request with reduced scope and more focused questions. Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Lorna Jonas-Tinson Information Rights Officer2025-08-05T00:00:00CAM104782025-07-30T00:00:00complaints received by the council’s trading standards department concerning private landlordsDate: 30/07/2025 Ref: CAM10478 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 17/06/2025 about complaints received by the council’s trading standards department concerning private landlords . We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested. 1) The total number of complaints received by the council’s trading standards department concerning private landlords that relate to the Tenant Fees Act 2019 for the following years: 2020/2021 - 0 2021/2022 - 0 2022/2023 - 0 2023/2024 - 0 2024/2025 - 0 2) The total number of civil penalties issued to private landlords regarding breaches under the Tenant Fees Act 2019 for the following years: 2020/2021 - 0 2021/2022 - 0 2022/2023 - 0 2023/2024 - 0 2024/2025 - 0 Other CPN information 3) The total number of Civil Penalties issued to private landlords for breaches in Electrical Safety Standards in the Private Rented Sector (England) Regulations 2020 for the following years: 2023/2024 - 0 2024/2025 - 0 Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner ’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Philip Lewis Information Rights Officer2025-08-05T00:00:00CAM105392025-07-25T00:00:00the management structure for refugee support teamsDate: 25/07/2025 Ref: CAM10539 Dear Requester, Thank you for your request for information dated 24/06/2025 about the management structure for refugee support teams. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. As part of our routine review of Freedom of Information responses, we have identified updated information relevant to your request. This updated response supersedes the version previously issued to you on 23/07/2025. Response The council holds some of the information requested and the answers to your questions are as follows: Please provide the structure of the team (s) that are responsible for supporting refugees under the Homes for Ukraine scheme, VPRS, UKRS, ARAP, ACRS, and others. If possible, please use a table with a senior staff member on top (tree diagram). We hold some of the information requested. We have listed the management roles within services and teams that support refugees, along with the number of staff in each. The council does not maintain an organisation chart specifically for these roles. There are no vacant positions. All roles are fully funded through external grant funding from the UK Government. Please include: 1) All management roles within a team (roles that involve supervision of staff) Service/team Manage ment position Scheme supported Refugee Communities Strategic Lead Refugee Communities Homes for Ukraine, ACRS/ARAP/ARP Refugee Communities Operations Manager (Homes for Ukraine) Homes for Ukraine Refugee Communities Refugee Resettlement Manager ACRS/ARAP/ARP Family Welfare Support Service Manager (Refugee and Displaced Families) Homes for Ukraine, ACRS/ARAP/ARP Adult Social Care Team Manager (ASC) Homes for Ukraine, ACRS/ARAP/ARP London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Floating Support Service Floating Support Service Manager Homes for Ukraine, ACRS/ARAP/ARP Floating Support Service Team Manager (FSS) ACRS/ARAP/ARP Housing Options (Refugees) Housing Options Manager (Refugees) Homes for Ukraine Good Work Camden (Afghan) Employment and Training Officer ACRS/ARAP/ARP 2) All other roles that sit within this team, including the number of officers in each of the roles (X2, X3, etc.) Service/ Team Role Number of officers in the team Refugee Communities Homes for Ukraine Operations officers x4 Refugee Communities Programme Manager x1 Refugee Communities Refugee Housing Coordinator x1 Family Welfare Support Family Worker x3 Adult Social Care Social Care Practitioner x2 Floating Support Service Support Worker x5 Housing Options (Refugees) Housing Options Advisor x4 Good Work Camden (Afghan) Trainee Employment and Training Officer x1 3) Clear line management structure within a team Position Reports to Operations Manager (Homes for Ukraine) Strategic Lead Refugee Communities Homes for Ukraine Operations officers Operations Manager (Homes for Ukraine) Programme Manager Strategic Lead Refugee Communities Refugee Resettlement Manager Strategic Lead Refugee Communities Refugee Housing Coordinator Refugee Resettlement Manager Family Worker Service Manager (Refugee and Displaced Families) Social Care Practitioner Team Manager (ASC) Team Manager Floating Support Service Manager Support Worker Team Manager (FSS) Housing Options Manager (Refugees) Floating Support Service Manager Housing Options Advisor Housing Options Manager (Refugees) Trainee Employment and Training Officer Employment and Training Officer 4) Pay grades for each role. Manage ment position Manager pay grade Strategic Lead Refugee Communities Level 6 Operations Manager (Homes for Ukraine) Level 5 Refugee Resettlement Manager Level 5 Service Manager (Refugee and Displaced Families) Level 5 Team Manager (ASC) Level 5 Floating Support Service Manager Level 5 Team Manager (FSS) Level 4 Housing Options Manager (Refugees) Level 4 Employment and Training Officer Level 3 5) Please also include all roles that are not currently occupied, but there are plans for them to be taken in the future, or they are currently being advertised on your website. Please highlight which roles are currently free and will soon be advertised as available vacancies. Not applicable. 6) If multiple teams are working across different schemes, please provide a description for each of the teams and identify which refugee group they support. We have included this information in our response to question 1. Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Lorna Jonas-Tinson Information Rights Officer2025-08-05T00:00:00CAM105442025-07-24T00:00:00Follow on from CAM10302 - Re -major roofing and associated works carried out at 1-8 Halstow, details of any alternative access methods that were considered or rejectedDate: 24/07/2025 Ref: CAM10544 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 26/06/2025 about Follow on from CAM10302 - Re -major roofing and associated works carried out at 1 -8 Halstow, details of any alternative access methods that were considered or rejected. We have dealt with this under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested. Please consider this a formal request for the following documentation: 1. A copy of Bauder’s full pre-works survey report, including dates and areas accessed. 2. A copy of the original condition survey for 1–7 Halstow prior to pricing the works. 3. Confirmation of who signed off the final inspection and completion of the roof over 1 –7 Halstow. The answers to these questions were provided in the previous FOI response CAM10302. 4. Details of any alternative access methods that were considered or rejected before scaffold erection. There were no other access methods considered, as s caffold was considered the most effective and safest way to carry out the works. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner ’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Kieran Heneghan Information Rights Officer2025-08-05T00:00:00CAM105452025-07-28T00:00:00junction between Acol Road, Priory Road and Goldhurst Terrace black bollards on the pavementDate: 28/07/2025 Ref: CAM10545 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 07/07/2025 about junction between Acol Road, Priory Road and Goldhurst Terrace black bollards on the pavement. We have dealt with this under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested. However we are withholding some of the information because it is excepted as explained below. We have explained where we are withholding information and what exceptions apply. Please see the refusal notices at the end of the answers which explain how and why they apply. FOI request regarding Bacton Low-Rise Estate development: - On behalf of our residents group, Bacton Towers Action, I would like to request information regarding the development agreement Camden Council has entered into with Mount Anvil Bacton Ltd (MABL) to redevelop the Bacton Low-Rise Estate. Please could you confirm the following: 1. The value of cash payment to be paid to MABL to Camden Council, and when this will be paid? This question is excepted under Regulation 12(5)(e) of the Environmental Information Regulations. See the refusal notice below. 2. The land value assumed for the overall site (in British Pound Stirling)? This question is excepted under Regulation 12(5)(e) of the Environmental Information Regulations. See the refusal notice below. 3. The Council’s objectives and requirements set out in the Memorandum of Agreement at the start of the process to identify a suitable development partner? This question is excepted under Regulation 12(5)(e) of the Environmental Information Regulations. See the refusal notice below. 4. MABL’s obligations under the agreement for meeting various ‘milestone’ dates for delivery? This question is excepted under Regulation 12(5)(e) of the Environmental Information Regulations. See the refusal notice below. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk 5. The provision for terminating the agreement if there is significant delay? This question is excepted under Regulation 12(5)(e) of the Environmental Information Regulations. See the refusal notice below. 6. The head-line terms of the leasehold of the land at Bacton Low Rise? This question is excepted under Regulation 12(5)(e) of the Environmental Information Regulations. See the refusal notice below. 7. The area of the site that will be leased to MABL? The scheme is still in development and subject to planning. The area of the site that will be leased to MABL has not yet been determined as it is subject to design development. 8. How the council-rented homes will be maintained and serviced when built? The scheme is still in development and subject to planning. The strategy for maintenance and servicing when built are being addressed as part of the ongoing design and planning process. 9. Whether it is expected that MABL will sell the private homes when built? Subject to contractual negotiations, it is expected that the partner will sell the private homes via long leases. This was in the Cabinet report 2022 which can be read here . 10. What provision has been made in the agreement for future maintenance and servicing of the private homes and the leased site area? There are obligations in the Development Agreement for the developer to work in partnership with the Council to develop an effective estate management strategy that includes all mixed tenure homes, including the private homes and leased area of the site. This work is currently in progress and the Council is actively engaged with the Developer to ensure that the strategy provides for the effective long-term maintenance and servicing of the site. 11. The ‘obligations for the parties to comply with’ after the rectification of defects? (reference: summary point 6 in the attached report of 7 November 2023 to the Executive Director Supporting Communities) This question is excepted under Regulation 12(5)(e) of the Environmental Information Regulations. See the refusal notice below. 12. Whether the GLA providing any funding for the delivery of affordable homes? The Greater London Authority is providing grant funding to the Council at the Bacton Phase 2 Development to purchase affordable homes. This was in the NKED report which can be read here . Refusal Notice: Regulation 12(5)(e) - The regulation states that confidentiality of commercial or industrial information where such confidentiality is provided by law to protect a legitimate economic interest, a public authority can refuse to disclose information if this would adversely affect the confidentiality of commercial or industrial information. The council is relying upon the higher threshold of likelihood that disclosure would have a prejudicial effect. The party whose commercial interests are concerned are MA Bacton Ltd, is that sharing their commercial details would negatively impact their trading position. The harm that would be caused to the council is that revealing strategic project timelines would be integral to our competitive positioning and ongoing negotiations. In applying this qualified exemption, we have had to balance the public interest in withholding the information against the interest in favour of disclosure. The public interest arguments for releasing this information are as follows: • Improving transparency and accountability in decision making , information regarding obligations, terms and conditions in commercial contracts , can improve transparency and accountability. (medium weight) • Ensuring value for money of how the Council spends on projects. (medium weight) • Enabling public participation - providing access to the information could encourage greater public participation and engagement in local development matters, empowering community members to contribute to discussions and decisions that may affect them. (low weight). The public interest arguments for withholding the information are as follows: • It is not in the public interest to disclose information that would be likely to damage the commercial interests of a company, as this could lead to financial problems for the company and/or job losses. (high weight) • It is not in the public interest to damage the council’s commercial interests, as this affects how it spends public money and the services it can provide to residents and other stakeholders. Information regarding obligations, terms and conditions in commercial contractual agreements with the developer is commercially sensitive. Disclosure could harm the Council's relationship with the developer and affect future negotiations or collaborations. (high weight) • It is not in the public interest to release information that could undermine these interests, potentially leading to less favourable terms or increased costs. Maintaining the confidentiality of the commercial contractual agreement’s obligations, terms and conditions are crucial to protecting the Council's economic interests, including its project management leverage and competitive position. Disclosure could undermine these interests, potentially leading to less favourable terms or increased costs. (high weight) • Withholding the figures does not prevent scrutiny of the council’s actions and decisions. (medium weight) • We have decided that the public interest in withholding the information outweighs the public interest in disclosing it. We considered whether the presumption in favour of disclosure in the regulations overrides the decision to withhold and have concluded that it does not. Advice & Assistance: As advice and assistance, further information is available on the attached cabinet report and NkED report. We have answered all the questions that we are able to and if you have any further general questions, please email FOI@camden.gov.uk . Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner ’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Philip Lewis Information Rights Officer2025-08-05T00:00:00CAM105482025-07-25T00:00:00children aged 0-18 years living in temporary accommodation, identified as disabledDate: 25/07/2025 Ref: CAM10548 Dear Requester, Thank you for your request for information dated 26/06/2025 about children aged 0-18 years living in temporary accommodation, identified as disabled. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested. However, we are withholding all of the information because it is exempt as explained below. We have explained where we are withholding information and what exemptions apply. Please see the refusal notices at the end of the answers which explain how and why they apply. Information Requested For your local authority area, please provide the following information regarding children (aged 0-18) currently living in temporary accommodation who have been identified as disabled: Primary Data Request: 1. Total number of disabled children currently in temporary accommodation (or as of the most recent date for which data is available - please specify the date) Breakdown Information (if held): 2. Disability categories - breakdown by type of disability using your authority's recording system (e.g., physical disability, learning disability, autism spectrum conditions, sensory impairments, mental health conditions, multiple disabilities) 3. Demographics: - Age ranges (e.g., 0-5, 6-11, 12-17 years) - Gender breakdown 4. Accommodation details (if recorded): - Types of temporary accommodation (e.g., B&B, hostels, temporary housing units) - Average length of stay in temporary accommodation London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Historical Data: 5. Annual figures for the past 10 years (2014-2024) showing trends in numbers of disabled children in temporary accommodation, or for whatever period records are available. We are withholding this information as we consider the following exemption applies. Refusal notice: Section 12: Cost of Compliance Exceeds the Appropriate Limit We are refusing your request under section 12 on cost grounds because we estimate that compliance with your request will exceed the "appropriate limit". This is £450 which is equivalent to 18 hours at £25 per hour. The per hour figure is set by Regulations rather than actual salary paid to any officers handling requests. The appropriate limit includes the time it will take the council to discover if it holds the information requested, to locate it, extract it and collate it as well as putting it into any particular format requested by the requester. We do not hold the data requested in questions 1 to 5 in an easily accessible format. As of 11 July 2025, there are 577 family households in temporary accommodation, many of which include more than one child. Information relating to disabilities is recorded within the individual case notes of each household. To respond to question 1, a council officer would need to manually review each case record. It is estimated that this process would take approximately 3 minutes per record, resulting in a total of around 28.85 hours to review all households within this cohort. For the second part of question 4, regarding the ‘average length of stay,’ we do not hold the information in the format requested. To locate this information, we would need to generate a report of all households currently in temporary accommodation and manually review each case to determine the duration of stay. We estimate to extract and interpret the relevant data would take approx. 3 minutes per case. Based on this calculation, providing the information for all households would take around approx. 28.85 hours. Combined, the time required to complete questions 1 to 4 would take approx. 57.7 hours. This significantly exceeds the appropriate limit set by the Act. Advice and Assistance You could submit a new request with a reduced scope and more focused questions , bearing in mind the average 3 minutes case advice mentioned earlier. We receive a number of FOI requests relating to temporary accommodation. To assist with these, we have published a standard response that explains: • Why certain information is not currently held, • The exemption(s) we apply, and • Additional relevant details. This response is available in the Freedom of Information FAQ dataset on our Open Data Portal. You can access it by scrolling down to the document titled ‘Temporary Accommodation Commercial FOI requests FAQs 091024.pdf’ at the following link: Freedom Of Information FAQs | Open Data Portal As the information requested is reasonably accessible elsewhere it is exempt under the absolute exemption in Section 21. Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Lorna Jonas-Tinson Information Rights Officer2025-08-05T00:00:00CAM105562025-07-24T00:00:00misuse of Disabled Parking SpacesDate: 24/07/2025 Ref: CAM10556 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 27/06/2025 about misuse of Disabled Parking Spaces. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000/Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested. Q1. The number of parking violations recorded in your area for vehicles parked in disabled parking bays without displaying a valid Blue Badge (or other proof of eligibility), broken down by calendar year for the past five years (2019 to 2024 inclusive). Please see the table below. Q2. The total amount of fines issued for these offences during the same period, also broken down by year. Calendar Year Disabled (Blue Badge) Disabled Bay Loading / Disabled (Blue Badge) Total (Question 2) 2019 1,333 - - 1,333 2020 872 - 2 874 2021 1,582 - 2 1,584 2022 1,526 - 2 1,528 2023 1,463 1 20 1,484 2024 1,934 - 19 1,953 Q3. If available, the number of repeat offenders (i.e. drivers who have received more than one fine for parking in a disabled space without eligibility) during this period. 2019 – 89 2020 – 60 2021 - 114 2022 – 119 2023 - 126 2024 - 140 London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Q4. If held, a breakdown of which car parks or locations recorded the highest number of these violations, including the top five locations by volume over the five- year period. Year | Street Sum of Issued PCNs 2019 BELSIZE ROAD 35 GREAT QUEEN STREET 33 BELSIZE PARK GARDENS 30 CAMLEY STREET 28 MALET STREET 26 2020 BELSIZE ROAD 42 FORDWYCH ROAD 26 HAVERSTOCK HILL 18 BLOOMSBURY SQUARE 17 REGENT'S PARK ROAD 16 2021 GRAFTON WAY 96 CREDITON HILL 46 CAMLEY STREET 43 HAVERSTOCK HILL 39 BELSIZE ROAD 38 2022 GRAFTON WAY 115 CAMLEY STREET 44 BELSIZE ROAD 34 HAMPSTEAD HILL GARDENS 32 PANCRAS ROAD 30 2023 GRAFTON WAY 129 GLENLOCH ROAD 42 CAMLEY STREET 37 LOVERIDGE ROAD 34 PANCRAS ROAD 29 2024 GRAFTON WAY 157 CAMLEY STREET 120 BELSIZE ROAD 45 DENMARK STREET 44 LYMINGTON ROAD 43 Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner ’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Kieran Heneghan Information Rights Officer2025-08-05T00:00:00CAM105572025-07-28T00:00:00temporary pivot, tilt zoom (PTZ) CCTV camera (number 713) on Chester Road, PTZ rulesDate: 28/07/2025 Ref: CAM10557 Dear Requester, Thank you for your request for information dated 27/06/2025 about temporary pivot, tilt zoom (PTZ) CCTV camera (number 713) on Chester Road, PTZ rules. We have dealt with this under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested and the answers to your questions are as follows: 1) The written application/justification submitted for the installation of the temporary PTZ CCTV camera (number 713) on Chester Road, N19 around Sept 2024. (Likely by Gary Andrews of Community Safety) To be clear, I’m asking for the internal application/justification, not the external requests from the residents asking for one. Please find the document attached. 2) All rules and policy documents detailing the circumstances under which the camera can be “panned, tilted or zoomed” from its default position and any restrictions that may be applied. E.g. who is allowed to make such a request. The camera is a pan tilt zoom camera and can view any given location of the camera’s 360-degree view at any one time. There are no restrictions on the camera’s default resting position. The camera as with all pan, tilt, zoom cameras within the council hav e privacy masking applied to minimise/prevent intrusion of privacy. Any changes come from a request via the council’s community safety team and in some instances the Police. 3) All rules and policy documents detailing the requirements for changing the camera’s default or resting position. The camera’s resting default position can be anywhere within the camera’s field of view. The resting position is usually determined by the council officer who requested the camera to be installed. Should the resting position change, this would usually come from a request via the council’s community safety team and in some instances the Police. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk 4) A panoramic shot (multiple photos or video recording of movement) showing the entire area that the camera can be made to see and all privacy redactions currently applied. N.B. Source footage or images - not a screengrab of the operator’s viewing screen. I’m also happy to receive CCTV images/footage from after dark if it would help minimise the chance of capturing somebody who would need to consent. Typically empty between 2:30-4:00AM. Please find the document attached. Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Lorna Jonas-Tinson Information Rights Officer2025-08-05T00:00:00CAM105592025-07-24T00:00:00data on the % of Vehicle Penalty Charge Notices that were queried stating that they did not receive the original PCN ChargeDate: 24/07/2025 Ref: CAM10559 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 30/06/2025 about data on the % of Vehicle Penalty Charge Notices that were queried stating that they did not receive the original PCN Charge. We have dealt with this under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested. However we are withholding the information because it is excepted as explained below. We have explained where we are withholding information and what exceptions apply. Please see the refusal notices at the end of the answers which explain how and why they apply. Under the Freedom of Information Act, I would request the data on the % of Vehicle Penalty Charge Notices that were queried stating that they did not receive the original PCN Charge from Camden Council, per financial year for the last 5 years. The Council will not process your request as it falls under an exception in the EIR 2004 because the cost or burden of dealing with your request is manifestly unreasonable. See the refusal notice below. Refusal Notice: Under Regulation 12(4)(b) it would be considered manifestly unreasonable to provide a response to your request because the cost of compliance, and burden of dealing with your request, is excessive. The exception protects the Council’s ability to carry out its public functions and provides a balance between transparency and the protection of resources. We are refusing your request on cost grounds because we estimate that compliance with your request will exceed the "appropriate limit". This is £450 which is equivalent to 18 hours at £25 per hour. The per hour figure is set by regulations rather than actual salary paid to any officers handling requests. The appropriate limit includes the time it will take the council to discover if it London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk holds the information requested, to locate it, extract it and collate it as well as putting it into any particular format requested by the requester . For the financial year 2023/24, there were 285,573 Penalty Charge Notices (PCN)s issued. To check each PCN to determine whether it holds a query stating that they did not receive the original PCN charge would take 15 minutes. This would take 71,393.25 hours to check all the PCNs for that time period. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk In applying this exception the Council has also considered the balance of the public interest in line with the EIR 2004. The public interest argument for releasing this information is: • It would improve transparency to the general public of the Council (low weight) The public interest arguments for withholding the information are: • Processing this request would be a large burden in terms of Officer time and cost to the Council (heavy weight) • This request would necessarily constitute a significant diversion of resources away from the Council’s core business activities and emergency Covid -19 work (heavy weight) • It would consequently have a proportionally detrimental impact on the provision of services to the public (heavy weight) • It is not in the public interest that the Council neglect its provision of services to the public to focus on one information request (heavy weight) It is felt that in all the circumstances of the case, the public interest in maintaining the exception outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information. We considered whether the presumption in favour of disclosure in the regulations overrides the decision to withhold and have concluded that it does not. Advice and Assistance: It is difficult to see how the request could be reduced to be under the appropriate limit. We may be able to supply information for a particular month. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner ’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Kieran Heneghan Information Rights Officer2025-08-05T00:00:00CAM105602025-07-25T00:00:00Major works on social housing maisonettes, repairs and costs on roofs since 2010 to presentDate: 25/07/2025 Ref: CAM10560 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 29/06/2025 about Major works on social housing maisonettes, repairs and costs on roofs since 2010 to present. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested. However we are withholding the information because it is exempt as explained below. We have explained where we are withholding information and what exemptions apply. Please see the refusal notices at the end of the answers which explain how and why they apply. Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, I am writing to request information relating to major works on social housing maisonettes (two- storey properties) in your borough. Specifically, I would be grateful if you could supply me with details of repair works and costs on roofs since 2010 to the present. Invoiced cost per flat in the case of social housing lease owners (but not Right to Buy) would be welcome. We are refusing your request under Section 12 on cost grounds because we estimate that compliance with your request will exceed the "appropriate limit". This is £450 which is equivalent to 18 hours at £25 per hour. The per hour figure is set by Regulations rather than actual salary paid to any officers handling requests. The appropriate limit includes the time it will take the council to discover if it holds the information requested, to locate it, extract it and collate it as well as putting it into any particular format requested by the requester. • Our systems don’t specifically identify maisonettes as a type. It would need to be interpreted from other data. We estimate doing this would take 3 hours of officer time. • Identifying Roof repairs works orders since 2010 is difficult because there is no single category in a repairs system for this, and they will be split over a number of different work programmes over the years and unlikely to be clearly or consistently identifiable so would need to use a combination of work types, keyword searches etc. Though this would likely miss some orders and also pick up some false positives. This repairs data since 2010 is a London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk huge data set likely to contain over 1 million entries. We estimate this would take 21 hours of officer time. • Identifying Capital works, since the request goes back to 2010 again it would cover multiple ways works could have been ordered over various different systems since then. However, there are much fewer capital projects. We estimate this would take 3 hours of officer time. • Breaking down the cost of Repairs works would be unlikely since many will be single line SORs in NEC, repairs database, though some may have full invoice breakdowns or labour/material cost splits. It may be that contractor invoices would hold more detail than what’s in NEC , though to review these would be a manual exercise. It depends on how many items there are, but it could readily be 1000. Having to review even 100 of those manually at 10 mins a repair would take 16 hours. • Breaking down the cost of Capital works, there should be more detail on system for this (like requirements and SORs etc.) but the different systems used over the period will vary in how readily the data can be extracted, and it may not be readily comparable. This again depends on the numbers of items found but documentation to review is more complex. I would estimate this would likely require an hour per project and say there are 50 relevant projects that would be 50 hours. Advice and Assistance: As advice and assistance if you have a specific problem with your home, I suggest you contact Leaseholder Services if you are a leaseholder or your Neighbourhood Housing Officer if you are a tenant. We are also happy to answer specific questions about housing repairs or major works schemes if you email FOI@camden.gov.uk . Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Philip Lewis Information Rights Officer2025-08-05T00:00:00CAM105622025-07-29T00:00:00crime and antisocial behaviour incident data for Nottingham Court, WC2HDate: 29/07/2025 Ref: CAM10562 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 30/06/2025 about crime and antisocial behaviour incident data for Nottingham Court, WC2H . We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council does not hold the information requested. I would like crime and antisocial behaviour incident data for Nottingham Court, WC2H for the period January 2023 – present, including categories such as burglary, trespass, criminal damage, and any logged public safety concerns. We do not hold this information. This is because Nottingham Court is managed by Origin Housing. Please contact them directly at enquiries@originhousing.org.uk for this information. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner ’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Yours sincerely Kieran Heneghan Information Rights Officer2025-08-05T00:00:00CAM105632025-07-24T00:00:00all communications issued to residents of Primrose Gardens by the council to educate against fly tippingDate: 24/07/2025 Ref: CAM10563 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 30/06/2025 about all communications issued to residents of Primrose Gardens by the council to educate against fly tipping . We have dealt with this under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds some of the information requested. We have stated where we do not hold the information requested and why. 1. Records of any and all communications issued to residents of Primrose Gardens by the council to educate against fly tipping. Communications in this sense can include either written or verbal (e.g., doorstep visit), over the course of 2024 and 2025. The records should include the date, type of communications and whether issued to specific / select address or the whole street 2. Records of any and all investigative action taken to determine source of fly tipping (e.g., search for identifying information in litter) in or around the Primrose Gardens / England’s Lane area in 2024 and 2025. 3. Records of any and all enforcement action taken for fly tipping infractions in or around the Primrose Gardens area in 2024 and 2025. In regard to the above questions, there are several responses regarding your request already published on our Open Data Portal - https://opendata.camden.gov.uk/browse . Please click on the following link and enter ‘Primrose Gardens ’ in the search field to view them. Camden Freedom Of Information Response Search As the information requested is already reasonably accessible elsewhere it is excepted under Regulation 6(1)(b). 4. Meeting minutes relating to dealing with fly tipping by the Council for 2024 and 2025 We do not hold this information. Officers do not formally minute meetings so there would be no minutes held in an easily searchable format. As the information not held is environmental, we have to comply with a technicality and tell you that because it is not held it is excepted under Regulation 12 (4)(a) of the EIR 2004. The Information Commissioner does not require a public interest test where the information is not held. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner ’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Kieran Heneghan Information Rights Officer2025-08-05T00:00:00CAM105672025-07-24T00:00:00copies of any formal Traffic Regulation Orders (TROs) that pedestrianised the western section of Eton Avenue NW3Date: 24/07/2025 Ref: CAM10567 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 30/06/2025 about copies of any formal Traffic Regulation Orders (TROs) that pedestrianised the western section of Eton Avenue NW3 . We have dealt with this under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council does not hold the information requested. I am writing under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004 to request copies of any formal Traffic Regulation Orders (TROs) or equivalent instruments issued by Camden Council that pedestrianised the western section of Eton Avenue NW3, specifically the area in front of the Hampstead Theatre, now used as the Swiss Cottage Market Square. This section of road has been treated and enforced as pedestrian- only since approximately 1 July 2003, and appears to have been formally pedestrianised at that time. However, I have not found any corresponding entry in the London Gazette during June or July 2003. I therefore request: 1. A copy of the original TRO or equivalent formal instrument that legally restricted vehicular access to this part of Eton Avenue; 2. The date and method of enactment (e.g. via local public notice, Council resolution, or experimental order); 3. Any subsequent amendments, revocations, or enforcement instructions relating to the pedestrianisation or access constraints in that zone; 4. Confirmation of whether any Gazette notice was required or published, and if not, what procedure was followed. We do not hold a formal Traffic Regulation Order nor is there a record of a historic stopping up order made for Eton Road. A stopping up order was made in March this year relating to the redevelopment of 100 Avenue Road – please see the following link – 100-avenue-road-suo . It is possible that the stopping up order made to close Eton Avenue was made under railway legislation as the road is closed by the steps down to Swiss Cottage Station and a structure which possibly connects to the station, however, Transport for London may be able to assist. Please contact them at foi@tfl.gov.uk . As the information not held is environmental, we have to comply with a technicality and tell you that because it is not held it is excepted under Regulation 12 (4)(a) of the EIR 2004. The London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Information Commissioner does not require a public interest test where the information is not held. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner ’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Kieran Heneghan Information Rights Officer2025-08-05T00:00:00CAM105702025-07-30T00:00:00gas and electricity consumption and the £-value spent excluding VATDate: 30/07/2025 Ref: CAM10570 Dear Requester, Thank you for your request for information dated 30/06/2025 about gas and electricity consumption and the £-value spent excluding VAT. We have dealt with this under the Environmental Information Regulations (EIR) 2004. Response The council holds the information requested and the answers to your questions are as follows: For the year to 31-Mar-25 for all sites within your control, we please require the below to be disclosed: You clarified: As per last time attached.... what you control and pay for… what are YOUR emissions. Please see CAM7584_Response 1. Organisation Name London Borough of Camden 2. Your grid Electricity kwh’s consumed & the £-value spent excl-vat? 39,624,555 kWh. £11,358,391. 3. The natural Gas kwh’s consumed & the £-value spent excl-vat? 278,113,427 kWh. £15,298,264. 4. Please do also indicate if the electricity is classed as or % from renewable sources or traditional Brown? 32% of electricity is from renewable sources. Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Lorna Jonas-Tinson Information Rights Officer2025-08-05T00:00:00CAM105712025-07-29T00:00:00vape/e-cigarette flavours provided to Camden Council under the NHS Swap to Stop SchemeDate: 29/07/2025 Ref: CAM10571 Dear Requester, Thank you for your request for information dated 30/06/2025 about vape/e-cigarette flavours provided to Camden Council under the NHS Swap to Stop Scheme. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds some of the information requested and the answers to your questions are as follows: Q1. The names of the vape/e-cigarette flavours provided to Camden Council under the NHS Swap to Stop Scheme that the Office for Health Improvement and Disparities/DHSC make available to Local Authorities via the Crown Commercial Services Procurement Platform. Please include data covering the period from the launch of the NHS Swap to Stop scheme to the present date. We do not hold this information. Q2. A breakdown of the number of each vape/e-cigarette flavour distributed to Camden Council under the NHS Swap to Stop Scheme that the Office for Health Improvement and Disparities/DHSC make available to Local Authorities via the Crown Commercial Services Procurement Platforms. Please include data covering the period from the launch of the NHS Swap to Stop scheme to the present date. Please see the response to question 1 above. Q3. A list of the nicotine strengths of vape/e-cigarette devices provided to Camden Council under the NHS Swap to Stop Scheme. Please include data covering the period from the launch of the NHS Swap to Stop scheme to the present date. Please see the response to question 1 above. Q4. Do Camden Council request to be part of this scheme through DHSC, surely your council must let DHSC know what Swap2Stop packs they wish to distribute through a stop smoking service? Or do you not track this information? London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Camden Council sponsored an expression of interest for Swap to Stop on behalf of our contracted substance misuse services. Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) requires those services to report via the Council the number of packs provided to service users and the number of those service users who are smoke free at for weeks after setting a quit date. They do not record the flavour or nicotine strength requested by service users. Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Lorna Jonas-Tinson Information Rights Officer2025-08-05T00:00:00CAM105772025-07-29T00:00:00various questions for all current/live contracts related to cleaningDate: 29/07/2025 Ref: CAM10577 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 01/07/2025 about various questions for all current/live contracts related to cleaning. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested. Please provide detailed responses to the following questions for all current/live contracts related to cleaning: 1. What is the total value of the contract awarded to the successful bidder? £0 – Cleaning is delivered in-house. 2. What is the duration of the contract, including start and end dates? 3. If the contract is subject to an extension please specify whether the option to apply the extension has been taken. 4. Please confirm when contract will be next put to competitor tender 5. What are the specific services or products provided under this contract? 6. What were the criteria used to select the contractor? 7. How many bids were received for this contract? 8. Can you provide a copy of the winning bid proposal? 9. What are the key performance indicators (KPIs) and service level agreements (SLAs) specified in the contract? 10. Are there any penalties or incentives included in the contract for performance? 11. What is the payment schedule for the contract? 12. Were there any amendments or modifications made to the original contract? If so, what were they? 13. What is the process for monitoring and evaluating the contractor's performance? 14. Can you provide details of any subcontractors involved in fulfilling this contract? 15. What are the terms and conditions regarding contract termination? 16. Were there any conflicts of interest declared during the procurement process? 17. What measures are in place to ensure compliance with relevant laws and regulations? 18. Can you provide a breakdown of the costs associated with this contract? 19. What are the expected outcomes or deliverables of the contract? 20. How does this contract align with the public sector body's strategic objectives? 21. Were there any disputes or issues raised during the contract period? If so, how were they resolved? 22. Can you provide details of any audits or reviews conducted on this contract? London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Clarified – A: My request is for all live cleaning contracts procured by the council related to the following categories: * 90910000 - Cleaning services. * 90911200 - Building-cleaning services. * 90919200 - Office cleaning services. The remaining questions are not applicable as cleaning is delivered in -house. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner ’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Kieran Heneghan Information Rights Officer2025-08-05T00:00:00CAM105792025-07-24T00:00:00information relating to the most recent food hygiene inspection of La Villa BiancaDate: 24/07/2025 Ref: CAM10579 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 30/06/2025 about information relating to the most recent food hygiene inspection of La Villa Bianca . We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000/Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds some of the information requested. We have stated where we do not hold the information requested and why. I am requesting the following information relating to the most recent food hygiene inspection of La Villa Bianca , located at 1 Perrins court Hampstead, London, NW3 1QS, conducted on 27/03/2025 1. All internal correspondence, including emails, messages, or memos, between environmental health officers and any other council staff regarding this inspection. There is no internal correspondence regarding this inspection. 2. Any audit trails, notes, or comments made by the inspecting officer(s) during or after the inspection. Please see the attached documents. 3. Any documentation showing how the final hygiene rating was determined, including score sheets or risk assessments. Please see the attached schedule of works which explains how the Foo d Hygiene rating is calculated. In determining the rating, officers have regard to publicly available documents, primarily - The Food law code of practice (England) in particular Annex1 from page 82 - The Food Hygiene Rating Scheme Brand Standard - Plus various legislation, including - Assimilated Regulation (EC) No 852/2004 Regulation (EC) No 852/2004 of the european parliament and of the council of 29 April 2004 on the hygiene of foodstuffs - The Food Safety and Hygiene (England) Regulations 2013 4. Any post-inspection communication (internal or external) referring to this specific rating or its justification. We do not hold this information. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk As the information not held is environmental, we have to comply with a technicality and tell you that because it is not held it is excepted under Regulation 12 (4)(a) of the EIR 2004. The Information Commissioner does not require a public interest test where the information is not held. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner ’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Kieran Heneghan Information Rights Officer2025-08-05T00:00:00CAM105812025-07-30T00:00:00the sale of 29 Healey Street NW1Date: 30/07/2025 Ref: CAM10581 Dear Requester, Thank you for your request for information dated 01/07/2025 about the sale of 29 Healey Street NW1. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested and the answer to your question is as follows: Information on the sale of 29 Healey Street NW1. I would like to know the price it was sold for, where it was advertised, why it was sold and how long it was advertised for. 29 Healy Street was approved for disposal as part of the Family Friendly Programme - a self-financed initiative aimed at delivering over 280 homes suitable for families, helping to alleviate overcrowding for local residents. The programme is funded through the sale of a small number of properties that either do not align with the most pressing needs of our residents or would require significant investment. It was developed under Camden’s Overcrowding Strategy and received Cabinet approval in 2022. The property was listed for sale with Foxtons Estate Agents 16 October 2024, with an asking price of £1,175,000. An offer matching the full asking price was received and accepted 26 days later. Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Lorna Jonas-Tinson Information Rights Officer2025-08-05T00:00:00CAM115962025-12-17T00:00:00young fathers involved with Children’s ServicesDate: 17 December 2025 Ref: CAM11596 Dear Requester, Thank you for your request for information dated 18/12/2025 about young fathers involved with Children’s Services. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested. However, we are withholding all the information because it is exempt as explained below. We have explained where we are withholding information and what exemptions apply. Please see the refusal notices at the end of the answers which explain how and why they apply. Please provide the following data regarding young fathers who were identified as parents by Children's Services (including Child in Need and Child Protection cases) in the period 2023-2025. Specifically: 1. The numbers of fathers involved with Children Services who were aged: a. under 16 years b. 16 - 20 years c. 21 - 25 years 2. The age of these young fathers at the time of their first involvement with Children's Services in their role as a father. 3. All guidance, policy and strategy documents pertaining to the period 2023 to 2025 that specifically address and/or guide Children's Services involvement with young fathers at strategic and operational levels. We are withholding this information as we consider the following exemption applies. Refusal - Section 12: Cost of Compliance Exceeds the Appropriate Limit We are refusing your request under Section 12 of the Freedom of Information Act on cost grounds because we estimate that compliance with your request will exceed the "appropriate limit". This is £450 which is equivalent to 18 hours at £25 per hour. The per hour figure is set by Regulations rather than actual salary paid to any officers handling requests. The appropriate limit includes the time it will take the council to discover if it holds the information requested, to locate it, extract it and collate it as well as putting it into any particular format requested by the requester. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk According to ICO Section 12 guidance, once a public authority calculates that fulfilling a request would take more than 18 hours to locate, extract and collate the information, it may refuse the entire request without calculating the exact time or working up to the limit. We do not hold the requested information in an easily accessible format. The request is unusual because Children’s Services do not specifically identify young fathers or parents, instead we provide services to children and families who require support. Additionally, you have asked for the number of fathers whose ages fall within defined age-range categories while ‘involved’ with Children’s Services.’ However, over time a father’s age will change, meaning they could fall into more than one age range during their involvement. The number of children and young people who received a children’s social work service in Camden over the last three statistical years (1 April to 31 March) is as follows: Year Number of children and young people receiving social work services in Camden 2024/25 3,537 2023/24 3,712 2022/23 3,363 Total 10,612 We have calculated compiling the requested data would require approx. 530.6 hours of council officer time. This is because: • Identifying young fathers by specific age ranges involves complex analysis of 10,612 records. • Accessing the requested information would require significant manual effort due to the way it is recorded within case file notes. • For questions 1 and 2, we estimate it would take approx. 3 minutes per case file to manually review and compile data on fathers whose children were subject to a Child in Need plan or Child Protection procedures. This significantly exceeds the appropriate limit set by the Act. Advice and Assistance We may be able to spot check a limited number of records over a short period of time, but this is unlikely to provide a representative sample that would be meaningful. Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Lorna Jonas-Tinson Information Rights Officer2026-01-05T21:45:04CAM131982026-07-23T00:00:00information relating to the Controlled Parking Zone affecting Pratt Street (CA-F)Date: 23/07/2026 Ref: CAM13198 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 29/06/2026 about information relating to the Controlled Parking Zone affecting Pratt Street (CA-F). We have dealt with this under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds some of the information requested. However we are withholding some of the information because it is excepted as explained below. We have explained where we are withholding information and what exceptions apply. Please see the refusal notices at the end of the answers which explain how and why they apply. I would be grateful if you could provide the following information relating to the Controlled Parking Zone affecting Pratt Street (CA-F): 1. A copy of the current Traffic Management Order applicable to Pratt Street. Current traffic management orders are located at: Traffic Orders 2. A copy of any Experimental Traffic Order which introduced or extended the Controlled Parking Zone operating hours to 11:00pm. The original experimental order is attached, please note this has been superseded by the permanent effect for this order (LBC2026_015) which came into effect on the 8 th April 2026. 3. A copy of any subsequent Permanent Traffic Management Order replacing or confirming the experimental order. Our live traffic orders are available at Traffic Orders 4. The date each order came into force. The Experimental Traffic Order was made on 26 th September 2024 and came into effect on 7th October 2024. The permanent effect was made on 26th March 2026 and came into effect on 08/04/2026. 5. The date notice of each order was published in the London Gazette. The Experimental Traffic Order (ETO) was published in the London Gazette on 26 th September 2026 Road Traffic Acts | The Gazette/notice/4711985 . The permanent effect for the experimental ETO was published on the 26th March 2026 - Road Traffic Acts | The Gazette/notice/5092165 . London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk 6. Any records held showing when the Controlled Parking Zone entry signs relating to these amended hours were installed, replaced or amended, including works orders, maintenance records or completion records where available. The exact date on which the Controlled Parking Zone (CPZ) entry signs were installed is not held within the records available. The installation of the signs formed part of the implementation of the wider Controlled Parking Zone scheme. This work was carried out across the CPZ area over a number of days rather than being completed on a single date. Consequently, no specific installation date for the individual signs is available. While a works order exists relating to the implementation of the signage, it contains commercially sensitive information, therefore, this information is refused under Regulation 12(5)(e). See the refusal notice below. Refusal Notice: Regulation 12(5)(e) The works order contains commercially sensitive information, namely the contract rates agreed between the Council and its contractor. This information is withheld under Regulation 12(5)(e) of the Environmental Information Regulations 2004, which applies where disclosure would adversely affect the confidentiality of commercial or industrial information, where such confidentiality is provided by law to protect a legitimate economic interest. The contract rates form part of the contractor's commercially sensitive pricing structure and are not publicly available. Disclosure would be likely to prejudice the contractor's legitimate commercial interests by revealing pricing information that could be used by competitors in future procurement exercises. Disclosure could also undermine the Council's ability to obtain best value in future contracts by affecting fair competition and commercial negotiations. The link between the disclosure and harm is that for our contractor, rival companies would have awareness of their business model which would allow rivals to undercut them and reduce their chances of successfully tendering. In applying this qualified exemption, we have had to balance the public interest in withholding the information against the interest in favour of disclosure. The public interest arguments for releasing this information are as follows: • Improving transparency in decision making. (Medium weight) • Ensuring value for money. (Medium weight) • To ensure accountability of the authority. (Medium weight) The public interest arguments for withholding the information are as follows: • It is not in the public interest to disclose information that would be likely to damage the commercial interests of a company, as this could lead to financial problems for the company and/or job losses. (High weight) • It is not in the public interest to damage the council’s commercial interests, as this affects how it spends public money and the services it can provide to residents and other stakeholders. (High weight) • It is not in the public interest to release information that could negatively influence ongoing and future negotiations as this could have an adverse effect on value for money for the council, so for residents and other stakeholders. (High weight) We have decided that the public interest in withholding the information outweighs the public interest in disclosing it. We considered whether the presumption in favour of disclosure in the regulations overrides the decision to withhold and have concluded that it does not. Advice and Assistance: As advice and assistance, while the works order itself cannot be disclosed, we have provided the information held regarding the implementation of the Controlled Parking Zone signage. The records indicate that the signs were installed as part of the wider CPZ implementation programme, which took place over a number of days rather than on a single date. However, we do not hold a record identifying the exact installation date of individual signs. We have also considered whether the works order could be disclosed with the commercially sensitive information redacted. However, in this instance the commercially sensitive information is integral to the document and meaningful disclosure is not possible. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Kieran Heneghan Information Rights Officer2026-08-20T21:45:10CAM131992026-07-27T00:00:00clarification regarding the facade remediation works undertaken by UKR Facades and the associated occupation of the public highway, footway closures and parking bay suspensions in the immediate vicinity of 163–165 Iverson RoadDate: 27/07/2026 Ref: CAM13199 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 30/06/2026 about clarification regarding the facade remediation works undertaken by UKR Facades and the associated occupation of the public highway, footway closures and parking bay suspensions in the immediate vicinity of 163–165 Iverson Road. We have dealt with this under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested. I am writing on behalf of a business operating in the immediate vicinity of 163–165 Iverson Road. This request is made pursuant to the Environmental Information Regulations 2004 and, where applicable, the Freedom of Information Act 2000. We are seeking clarification regarding the facade remediation works undertaken by UKR Facades and the associated occupation of the public highway, footway closures and parking bay suspensions. The works have directly affected the local area and our business operations. We received a letter from UKR Facades dated 8th May 2026 advising that works would commence later that month and would involve the temporary closure of part of the footway and the suspension of four on-street parking bays. Whilst we recall seeing a single A4 notice attached to a lamp column opposite the premises, we do not recall seeing the usual yellow parking suspension notices on or adjacent to the affected bays, nor do we recall any wider consultation or notification beyond the letter referred to above. We are therefore seeking to understand what approvals were obtained, what notification procedures were followed, and whether all relevant licence conditions were complied with. Accordingly, under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004, please provide: 1. Copies of any highway occupation licences, permits or approvals issued in connection with the works. Please see attached the traffic orders made to remove the parking restriction, also the hoarding, scaffold, and building licences granted. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk 2. Copies of any permits or approvals relating to: • footway closures • pedestrian diversions • scaffolding • hoardings • site cabins • welfare units • skips • temporary traffic management measures As per question 1. 3. Copies of any parking bay suspension approvals relating to the works. The bays have not been suspended they have been temporarily removed as part of the traffic orders. 4. The dates on which any parking suspension signs were erected. As per question 3. 5. Any photographs, inspection records, contractor records or other evidence showing the installation of parking suspension signs. As per question 3. 6. Any Traffic Management Plans submitted or approved for the works. As per question 1. 7. Any correspondence between Camden Council and UKR Facades, the building owner, managing agent or principal contractor concerning occupation of the highway. See attached. 8. Any records of consultation, notifications or communications issued to residents, businesses or occupiers in the vicinity of 163–165 Iverson Road. As part of the Construction Management Plan the consultation is required to be carried out by the applicant. Camden does not hold the information of the consultation nor any results. 9. The dates on which any licences, permits or approvals were applied for and granted. Application applied for 27th April 2026, and this was granted on 1st July 2026 Our Reference: 63487 Our Reference: 63488 Building License Application UKR Facades-TTR63277. 10. Any enforcement actions, complaints, compliance inspections or breaches recorded in relation to these works. No breaches recorded. 11. Copies of any inspection records, compliance checks or monitoring visits undertaken by Camden Council in relation to the highway occupation, parking bay suspensions or associated licence conditions during the works. Compliance checks were carried out on numerous visits , no issues were discovered Please see attached parking. Reference number : 190914939 Wednesday 17 Jun 2026 to Friday 20 Aug 2027 (430 days) Suspended for 24 hours a day Temporary traffic restriction 4 spaces : Permit Holders Only Whole bay outside 163 Customer reference: TTR S14(1) 63277 Reference number : 190915673 Wednesday 22 Jul 2026 to Wednesday 12 Aug 2026 (22 days) Suspended for 24 hours a day Building Works Reference number : 190915796 Wednesday 22 Jul 2026 to Wednesday 12 Aug 2026 (16 days) Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Philip Lewis Information Rights Officer2026-08-20T21:45:11CAM132012026-07-28T00:00:00information relating to residential parking permits in your council areaDate: 28/07/2026 Ref: CAM13201 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 30/06/2026 about information relating to residential parking permits in your council area. We have dealt with this under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested. Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, I would like to request the following information relating to residential parking permits in your council area. By residential parking permits, I mean permits issued to residents for parking within controlled/resident parking zones or resident-only parking schemes. Please provide the data by calendar year where possible, covering: 2024, 2025 and 2026 to date (up until 31st May). If your council does not hold this information by calendar year, please provide the same data by financial year instead, covering: 2023/24, 2024/25 and 2025/26. Please clearly state whether the figures provided are calendar-year or financial-year figures. 1 - How many residential parking permits were issued in each of the requested years/periods? 2 - How much revenue did the council receive from residential parking permits in each of the requested years/periods? For questions 1 and 2, please see the following table. Please note that the data is provided in financial year format. Permit Licence Type Resident's parking permit Payment Amount Valid From (Financial Year) 2023/24 31,262 £5,851,326.47 2024/25 30,732 £5,977,671.33 2025/26 30,552 £6,685,238.01 2026/27 ( April & May) 5,114 £1,207,366.04 London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk 3 - As of 31st May 2026, what is the current annual cost of a residential parking permit? Please provide: a. the cheapest annual residential permit available b. the standard/default first residential permit cost c. the cost of a second residential permit, if applicable d. the most expensive annual residential permit available Please see the following link - Parking operations Camden fees and charges 2026 to 2027 4 - What was the cost of the standard/default first residential permit in each of the requested years/periods? If the cost changed during a year, please provide the date the change took effect. Please see the attached Fees and Charges documents. 5 - Does the council currently operate a waiting list for residential parking permits? If yes, please provide: No. a. current number of applicants on the waiting list N/A. b. average waiting time, if held N/A. c. longest current waiting time, if held N/A. d. zone/area with the longest wait or highest number of applicants, if held N/A. 6 - Does the cost of a residential parking permit vary by street, zone, area, emissions band, vehicle type, or number of permits per household? If yes, please briefly explain the basis for the variation and provide the current minimum and maximum annual charges. Please see the following link - Resident parking permit charges - Camden Council Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Kieran Heneghan Information Rights Officer2026-08-20T21:45:11CAM105832025-07-30T00:00:00the energy procurement framework currently in use for all schools under Local Authority remitDate: 30/07/2025 Ref: CAM10583 Dear Requester, Thank you for your request for information dated 01/07/2025 about the energy procurement framework currently in use for all schools under Local Authority remit. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested and the answers to your questions are as follows: 1. For all schools under your local authority’s remit: • The energy procurement framework or provider currently in use (e.g. LASER, YPO, CCS, etc.) – LASER. • The end date of the current energy contract or framework for each school – 30 September 2028. 2. The name and contact information for the individual(s) or department responsible for overseeing energy procurement across these schools. Named officer: Louise Coster Email: louise.coster@camden.gov.uk Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Lorna Jonas-Tinson Information Rights Officer2025-08-05T00:00:00CAM105842025-07-24T00:00:00Right to Buy (RTB) Receipts and Section 106 (S106) Affordable Housing ContributionsDate: 24/07/2025 Ref: CAM10584 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 01/07/2025 about Right to Buy (RTB) Receipts and Section 106 (S106) Affordable Housing Contributions . We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested. Please provide responses to the following questions for the period 2018 to 2024: Right to Buy (RTB) Receipts 1. Please provide the total amount of Right to Buy (RTB) receipts received by the council for each year from 2018 to 2024. This is published on our on Open Data Portal - Open Data Camden https://opendata.camden.gov.uk/browse The exact link to the dataset is Camden Right To Buy Register | Open Data Portal 2. How much of these RTB receipts were reinvested in affordable or social housing each year between 2018 and 2024? The London Borough of Camden applied Retained Receipts to its capital programme to deliver affordable or social housing between 2018 and 2024 as per the table below. Year Retained Receipts Used 2018.19 4,177,307 2019.20 5,299,902 2020.21 6,609,887 2021.22 3,954,829 2022.23 3,118,898 2023.24 - 475,332 Total 22,685,492 London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk 3. How many affordable/social homes were delivered using RTB receipts in each of those years? Due to the receipts being deployed on a mixture of build and acquisition, it is not possible to give a precise number of units delivered. However, the breakdown of spend by year to show the scale of acquisitions and building in monetary terms is shown in the table in Question 2 above. 4. Has your authority returned any unspent RTB receipts to HM Treasury in the last five years? If yes, please provide the amounts and reasons. The London Borough of Camden has not returned unspent RTB receipts to HM Treasury in the last five years. 5. What internal policies, governance processes, or financial constraints affect your ability to spend RTB receipts within the permitted timeframes? Camden is currently spending RTB receipts at the level required to avoid repayment. However, the recent flexibilities on the use of RTB receipts are welcome and officers are working through the implications for its social housing new build and acquisition schemes. Section 106 (S106) Affordable Housing Contributions 6. Please provide the total value of Section 106 financial contributions received for affordable housing annually from 2018 to 2024. This information can be found within our Community Infrastructure Levy ( CIL) and Section 106 Annual Reports which can be found at the following web page - Section 106 spending and financial information - Camden Council . 8. How many affordable homes have been delivered using S106 affordable housing funds in each of the past five years? As above, this information can be found within our CIL and Section 106 Annual Reports at the link provided. 7. How much of these contributions have been spent and how much remains unspent as of the latest financial year? £20,753,762 spent, £4,945,151 unspent. 9. Has any portion of the S106 affordable housing contributions been returned to developers under clawback clauses in the same period? If yes, please provide details. No. 10. What governance procedures or project selection criteria guide the allocation and expenditure of S106 affordable housing funds? There is not a published procedure, but the approach is that 90% of the funds are spent on affordable housing within Camden’s Community Investment Programme, 8% is passed to social housing providers identified through the planning application and 2% is spent on staffing this work. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner ’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Kieran Heneghan Information Rights Officer2025-08-05T00:00:00CAM105852025-07-31T00:00:00complaints about repairsDate: 31/07/2025 Case reference : CAM10585London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 01 July 2025, and clarified on 22 July 2025, about  complaints about repairs.   We have dealt with this under under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested.  However, we are withholding the information because it is exempt as explained below.  We have explained what exemption applies.  Please see the refusal notice which explains how and why it applies: The request is: Please provide copies of all of the original complaints (both Stage 1 and 2) submitted to your council regarding repairs to housing owned by the council (either directly or through a company or ALMO) for the past six months (from 1 January 2025 to 30 June 2025). I would specifically like to receive the complaints about repairs which  relate to plumbing, leaks, damp, and similar issues. To be clear, I am requesting the actual complaint documents as submitted  by complainants (with appropriate redactions for personal data), not just  statistics or summaries about them. This would include: 1. Original web form submissions 2. Emails sent to complaint addresses3. Records of telephone complaints 4. Any other format in which original complaints are recorded and stored  in your systems. I understand these may be stored in your complaint management system or  document management system. Please note that I am not requesting any  internal case notes, assessments, or correspondence about the complaints,  but the original complaint submissions.  Please include the date of the complaint and the outcome/status (e.g. upheld, not upheld, partially upheld, unresolved).  My preference is to receive this information in an Excel spreadsheet. You clarified your request: 1. Does your request include complaints by leaseholders about repairs to leasehold properties? - Yes 2. Does you request Just include repairs to internal individual dwellings or external (blocks) as well? - Individual dwellings 3. Please can you explain what you mean by "similar issues" and provide a list so we can search. - Obviously I don't know all of the search terms and/or categories you use to describe your internal complaints, and cannot name them all for you. This would require me to have internal knowledge of your systems. But I would imagine sewage, leaks, damp, plumbing, toilet, mould, sink, would all be key terms to consider. 4. Is you requests limited to "plumbing, leaks, damp, and similar issues" or does it include any and all other issues? Please consider these as separate search terms: - plumbing - leak- damp - mould - sewage We are not processing this request as it would require a disproportionate amount of time, effort, and expense.  Please see the exemption notice set out below. Refusal Notice The exemption that applies is: section 12: cost of compliance exceeds appropriate limit We are refusing your request under section 12 on cost grounds because we estimate that compliance with your request will exceed the "appropriate limit". This is £450 which is equivalent to 18 hours at £25 per hour. The per hour figure is set by Regulations rather than actual salary paid to any officers handling requests. The appropriate limit includes the time it will take the council to discover if it holds the information requested, to locate it, extract it and collate it as well as putting it into any particular format requested by the requester. We have calculated that it will take approx.  hours (minimum) to comply with your request because: 2,540 property management-related complaints were received between January and June 2025• our system does not currently support the classification of multi-stranded complaints• such complaints we categorise on the most significant issue so cases may be filed under a different category but still relate to repairs• therefore, processing the request would involve reviewing all cases and downloading any attachment where the complaint included an email or letter• this would take an average minimum of 5 minutes per case to download, check and collate relevant information• Advice and AssistanceWe may be able to check a limited number of complaints for a greatly reduced time period - but this is unlikely to provide a meaningful representative sample. Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk , Telephone: 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website https://www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Peter Williams Information Rights Officer2025-08-05T00:00:00CAM105872025-07-31T00:00:00various questions about heating at Alexandra Road estateDate: 31/07/2025 Ref: CAM10587 Dear Requester, Thank you for your request for information dated 02/07/2025 about various questions about heating at Alexandra Road estate. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000/Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested. 1. Please provide all certification and maintenance records for the Alexandra Road estate heating. Please find the documents attached. 2. Please can provide the process / flow chart when a repair is raised to Camden. Please show a specific flow chart / process for complaints raised within Alexandra Road for a repair to the heating to a flat. Please see the attached flow chart for complaints. The repairs process is not held in this format. Repairs to communal heating systems are raised with the long -term contractor for the service, GEM. 3. Please can provide confirmation and evidence of the Operation and Maintenance (O&M) manuals for Alexandra Road estate heating. The original communal heating system at the Alexandra and Ainsworth Estate dates back to the construction of the estate in the mid-1970s and was designed as a centralised heat network serving all homes. As the core infrastructure is original, we do not hold formal Operation and Maintenance (O&M) manuals for the system as initially installed. In 2014, the main boiler plant at the estate was replaced, although the original distribution pipework and in-dwelling components remain largely unchanged. The O&M manual for the work in 2014 is attached. Our maintenance regime adheres to relevant British Standards, including BS 6644 (installation and maintenance of gas-fired hot water boilers above 70kW), BS 6880 (design and maintenance of low temperature hot water heating systems). Please note the attached O&M manual contains some intentionally blank pages. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk 4. Please provide confirmation of updates and iterations of this O&M in the last 10 years. There have been no formal updates of the O&M in the past 10 years. Ongoing maintenance records are as provided in question 1. 5. Please provide any evidence of training for operatives maintaining the heating on the estate. Please see the attached GEM training Matrix. Advice and Assistance There are several responses regarding your request already published on our Open Data Portal - Open Data Camden https://opendata.camden.gov.uk/browse Please click on the following link and enter ‘Alexandra’ in the search field to view them, particularly CAM10195. Camden Freedom Of Information Response Search Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication R egulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Kieran Heneghan Information Rights Officer2025-08-05T00:00:00CAM105882025-07-24T00:00:00staff rewardsDate: 24/07/2025 Case reference : CAM10588 London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 03/07/2025 about staff rewards.  We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 / Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested and the answers to your questions are as follows: I would like to know how many staff received a 1% and how many received a 2% reward payment in thr year ending April 2025, together with a breakdown of which departments the totals were allocated to Please find relevant information attached. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk , Telephone: 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website https://www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Peter Williams Information Rights Officer2025-08-05T00:00:00CAM105902025-07-31T00:00:00number of residents living in a caravan and related questionsDate: 31/07/2025 Ref: CAM10590 Dear Requester, Thank you for your request for information dated 02/07/2025 about the number of residents living in a caravan and related questions. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested and the answers to your questions are as follows: 1) Does the council collect data on how many of its residents are living full -time in a caravan? Yes. 2) If yes, what is the most recent data on how many such residents there are? Please specify the time period for which this figure applies, and any relevant detail on how it was calculated – e.g. is it number of residents or number of households? Local authorities are required to carry out a Traveller Caravan Count every six months. The most recent count, conducted in January 2025, recorded four pitches and caravans, with a total of 10 residents. Inclusion and exclusion criteria for the count are as follows: • All mobile homes, caravans, trailers and other living vehicles on traveller sites and encampments, whether or not they meet the strict legal definition of a caravan. • Touring caravans on traveller sites and encampments even if not used as permanent residences. • Tents, benders or yurts where these serve as the ‘permanent’ living accommodation of travellers. 3) Is it known what proportion of caravan dwellers are from Gypsy or Traveller communities? If yes, please specify the proportion. 100%. 4) If data is not formally collected on residents living full -time in a caravan, is the council aware of whether there are any such residents locally? Not applicable. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk 5) Has the council ever used caravans to temporarily accommodate people who would otherwise be homeless? If so, how many people are currently housed in this way? The council have not used, and do not use caravans to temporarily accommodate households who have approached the council as homeless under Part VII of the Housing Act 1996. 6) Does the council have strategic plans which incorporate the use of caravans as temporary accommodation? No. 7) Is the council taking any actions to assure itself of the electrical safety of caravans being used as dwellings? If yes, please briefly detail the types of actions being taken. We plan to include caravans in a five-year safety testing programme, during which an Electrical Installation Condition Report (EICR) will be completed. 8) In the past 12 months, has the council offered caravan dwellers any specific advice or support on electrical safety in their vehicle? Camden has not offered caravan dwellers any specific advice or support on electrical safety in their vehicle in the past 12 months. 9) Does the council collect any information on a) how caravan dwellers are accessing electricity and b) which electrical items they are using? If so, please share details. We collect information on the main incoming power supply available to caravan residents, which is tested by Camden as part of the five-year safety inspection programme. 10) Into the remit of which a) councillor/s and b) officer/s does the wellbeing and safety of caravan dwellers fall? Councillor Anna Wright, Cabinet Member for Health, Wellbeing, and Adult Social Care, holds relevant responsibilities in this area and the Camden Health and Wellbeing Board, a committee of the council also play a key role in promoting integrated approaches to health and social care across the borough. In terms of the wellbeing and safety of residents living on traveller sites, responsibilities are consistent with those for other council tenants and residents. Support and guidance are available through the services listed on the council’s website. Responsibility for the provision of traveller sites is shared between the council’s Planning team and the Allocations, Lettings, and Private Sector Housing teams. Oversight is provided through these services. Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Lorna Jonas-Tinson Information Rights Officer2025-08-05T00:00:00CAM105912025-07-31T00:00:00temporary accommodation spend on homeless families in the financial year 2024/25Date: 31/07/2025 Ref: CAM10591 Dear Requester, Thank you for your request for information dated 02/07/2025 about temporary accommodation spend on homeless families in the financial year 2024/25. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested and the answers to your questions are as follows: 1. The amount spent by your local authority on the provision of temporary accommodation to homeless families in the financial year 2024/25 £28,024,298. 2. The amount spent on "nightly let" accommodation in this period £26,045,646. 3. The companies or organisations who were the top five recipients of the money in the answer to (1), with the amount paid to each Suppliers £ Premier Inn Business Account £4,781,516 Switch Hospitality Management Limited £3,166,870 Theori Housing Management Services Limited £2,716,570 ZFA L td £2,391,085 Castle Residential Housing Ltd £1,354,652 Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Lorna Jonas-Tinson Information Rights Officer2025-08-05T00:00:00CAM105932025-07-24T00:00:00Scratch cards and PCNsDate: 24/07/2025 Ref: CAM10593 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 03/07/2025 about Scratch cards and PCNs. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested. Please supply all the information requested below to which I am entitled under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. It is a follow-up to the Council's response at CAM9892 dated 7th April 2025. The Council stated that "Scratch cards remain valid", and that "Residents who did not switch over to electronic Visitors' Permits can order new scratch cards via Contact Camden". The only criterion was said to be not having switched to electronic visitor permits, implying that there were no others (except the usual proof of residence etc applicable to all visitor permits). 1. Will the Council please state whether on 7th April there were criteria for the issue of scratch cards which did not apply to the issue of electronic permits. As explained in the answer to Q1 for CAM9892, visitor permit scratch cards are only available to existing resident permit account holders. New applicants can only apply for electronic permits. 2. If there were any such criteria, please say what they were; why they did not appear on the Council's website; and why they were excluded from the response at CAM9892. None of the questions in CAM9892 asked what the criteria for scratch cards were. In the answer to Q1 the following was provided: “Scratch cards are available to existing resident permit account holders but are not available to new applicants. The terms and conditions for scratch cards are printed on the scratch cards themselves and thus do not need to be listed online.” This therefore answers to why they are not listed on the Camden website. 3. Please say exactly what is the procedure for obtaining scratch cards (and how much they cost) for (a) those who wish to buy through an on-line parking account; and (b) those who cannot (whether temporarily or permanently) use an on- line account. Scratch cards are obtained by calling Contact Camden, where payment can be made and the scratch cards can be subsequently posted to the applicant. They cannot be obtained online via a residents’ Camden account. The cost is as follows: Short Stay (per hour): £1.59 Short Stay (per hour) w/ over 75 discount: £0.79 All Day: £11.25. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk 4. Please also say how much they cost, and if their cost is related to the type of vehicle on which they will be placed. Cost explained above in answer to Q3. Their cost is not related to the type of vehicle, as this is not something we could know prior to issuing. 5. As there is no dedicated phone line for paying for an electronic permit for those without immediate access to the internet, please explain why enforcement officers allow only 3 minutes' grace before they may issue a PCN. Our 3 minute grace is a policy that was decided upon as it was considered to be a reasonable amount of time for a Civil Enforcement Officer (CEO) to assess whether an exemption applied to a vehicle prior to issuing a PCN. As I hope you can appreciate, we cannot assume that every vehicle parked without a permit belongs to a driver/visitor who is attempting to purchase an electronic Visitor Permit (eVP) session over the phone and give an extended observation period on this basis. If a Penalty Charge Notice (PCN) is issued whilst a motorist/visitor is in the process of activating an eVP session, the PCN can be appealed on this basis, and colleagues will review the timings and make a decision based on the merits of the individual case. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner ’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Philip Lewis Information Rights Officer2025-08-05T00:00:00CAM105942025-07-30T00:00:00questions about unborrowed books and library loaning trendsDate: 30/07/2025 Ref: CAM10594 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 03/07/2025 about questions about unborrowed books and library loaning trends. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested. I would like two datasets related to the Council Library system. Notes on data provided: We have only supplied data about books acquired since January 2019. This is because we had an upgrade/streamlining of our system in June/July 2024 in which old deleted records were removed from the system. This is why our system doesn’t have loan records from before January 2019. We have supplied this information in two separate spreadsheets: Q1 Fiction, Q1 Non- fiction. 1. Unborrowed books: I'd like to compile a list of titles for the physical books that the Council Library system owns, but which have not been loaned out or requested by any library patron. I am specifically interested in titles that have been owned for more than one year, without any loan requests. If possible, it would be great if the data could include as many of the following features as possible: - Title - Author - ISBN - Date of acquisition by the Council Library system - Where the book was acquired from (ex. “Public donation”, “Publisher donation”, “Purchase”, etc.) - Item type (ex. “Adult Non-fiction”, “Junior fiction”, etc.) - Storage location/Item Home location (typically library branch) - Periods of time in which the title was present in a lending library (not in storage) If it would be possible to provide the data search query you use (the SQL query, for example), that would also be tremendously helpful. Please see the attached spreadsheets. Fiction includes Adult (shown as AF under the Spydus Collection Code column), Junior (shown as CFIC), and Large Print (shown as LP). Youth fiction is shown as Y or YOU under the Call Number column – some of it is in AF and some in CFIC. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Non-fiction includes Adult (shown as ANF) and Junior (shown as JNF). All three spreadsheets include Title, Author, ISBN, Date of acquisition by Camden Libraries (shown under the Date Added column), Library branch. All of the data is as of 5 July 2025, so you can work out the length of time an item has been held in a library by using the Date Added information. We are not able to supply the information about where the items were acquired from, but most of our books are purchased through our supplier. We compiled these lists using the CollectionHQ, but we are not able to provide the SQL or other query used. 2. Library loaning trends I would also like the following loan information, aggregated by year for each of the past 20 years (2004 - 2024). - Total count of physical book loans per year - Count of physical book loans by Item type (“Adult Non- fiction”, “Junior fiction”, etc.) - Number of borrowing patrons per year (where a borrowing patron is defined as any person who has borrowed at least 1 physical book in the given year) Please see the attached spreadsheet. We have provided all the information requested but by financial years (e.g. April 2004 to March 2005) rather than calendar years. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner ’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Kieran Heneghan Information Rights Officer2025-08-05T00:00:00CAM116552025-12-22T00:00:00Gaming Machine PermitsDate: 22/12/2025 Ref: CAM11655 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 25/11/2025 about Gaming Machine Permits in Camden Licensed Premises. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds some of the information requested. Please supply the following information under the Freedom of Information Act: A list of all pubs, bars, and licensed premises in Camden operating Category C or D gaming machines. For each: -Premises name -Address -Number of gaming machines -Category -Date of notification/permit -If held, any summary of machine permits by ward. CSV format requested. The information that you have requested is attached, however we do not hold the information filtered by ward. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk Telephone: 0303 123 1113 , live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/ Yours sincerely Philip Lewis Information Rights Officer2026-01-09T21:45:08CAM105962025-07-30T00:00:00PCNs that have been issued by CEOs where the observation time recorded was zero minutesDate: 30/07/2025 Ref: CAM10596 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 03/07/2025 about PCNs that have been issued by CEOs where the observation time recorded was zero minutes . We have dealt with this under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested. 1. Over the past two years (from June 2023 to June 2025), how many PCNs have been issued by CEOs where the observation time recorded was zero minutes (i.e. where the start and end of observation are recorded as the same time)? 2. Please break this data down by contravention code and by month/year, if available. 3. If available, please provide a copy of the council’s policy or internal guidance regarding observation periods, particularly for contravention code 11 - “Parked without payment of the parking charge”. Please see the attached spreadsheet for the answers to these questions. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner ’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Yours sincerely Kieran Heneghan Information Rights Officer2025-08-05T00:00:00CAM105982025-07-24T00:00:00conflicts of interestDate: 24/07/2025 Case reference : CAM10598 London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 03/07/2025 about conflicts of interest.   We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 / Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested and the answers to your questions are as follows: 1. Whether [named officer] , while employed as a Planning Officer at Camden Council, declared any interests or directorships relating to a company called [company] . To temporarily fill a vacancy, if an agency employee is recruited by us as a Planning Officer, they may legitimately form a company to facilitate this. 2. Whether Camden Council has any record of internal review, audit, or inquiry into potential conflicts of interest involving [company] and [named officer]. There are no records of any internal review, audit, or inquiry into potential conflicts of interest.  Please see the above response. 3. Whether any planning applicants, agents, or contractors engaged in Camden planning matters from 2016–2018 are known to have had any business relationship with [company] . The only engagement with applicants, agents, consultants, and contractors with interest in planning matters would as the normal part of their role as a planning officer.Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk , Telephone: 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website https://www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Peter Williams Information Rights Officer2025-08-05T00:00:00CAM106012025-08-05T00:00:00policies or procedures governing the SEN panelDate: 05/08/2025 Ref: CAM10601 Dear Requester, Thank you for your request for information dated 04/07/2025 about policies or procedures governing the SEN panel. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds some of the information requested and the answers to your questions are as follows: What LA policy or procedure governs the SEN panel when they determine what type of school to detail and which specific setting should be named at Section I? Please find the Terms of Reference attached. What documentation is sent by the LA to support the consultation with prospective settings? In line with SEND Code of Practice and the Children’s and Family Act 2014, we ensure to send a copy of the proposed or amended EHC plan, along with the most recent professional reports is shared with settings for their consideration. How does the Local Authority decide which schools should be consulted? The Local Authority always consult with parental preference. For Local Authority preference consultations, all decisions are made in line with the SEND Code of Practice, particularly: • Paragraphs 9.78 to 9.84, which outline how schools must be consulted and how the Local Authority must consider preferences • The requirement to ensure that provision is based on individual needs and evidence from professionals • Consideration of the efficient education of others and efficient use of public resources What’s the professional make-up of the SEN panel? Core panel composition • Chair: Head of SEND and Inclusion or a delegated Senior Leadership Manager • Educational Psychologists: Main Grade, Senior or Principal • Social Care Representatives: Designated Social Care Officer and Social • Care Service Manager • Camden Accessible Transport Solutions (CATS): Service Manager London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Additional attendance • Core members of the EHCNA Panel may be requested to attend the SEN Resource panel. These include representatives from Health, Early Years Inclusion Team and Exceptional Needs Grant Cluster Co-ordinator Non-Core attendees participation is voluntary and may include: • Representatives from Early Help • Representative from other support services (e.g. Virtual school, KIDS , Sensory Team, SENDIASS) • Tribunal and Mediation Team Lead How many cases on average are considered by the panel at each meeting? EHCNA Panel, 5-10 SEN Resource Panel, 15-20 How long does the panel sit at each meeting? EHCNA Panel, up to 2 hours SEN Resource Panel, up to 3 hours What is the standard information reviewed by the panel when considering a case? Information is assessed on a case-by-case basis. The panel undertakes a thorough review of assessments, observational data, and written reports submitted by professionals in education, health and other support services, in addition to parent- provided comments and supporting evidence. What additional information is considered by the panel when making a decision? Please see the response to point 7 above. How many independent school placements have the LA determined to name on EHCPs? Numbers of plans maintained by all local authorities in England are collected by the Department for Education (DfE) each January and are published at Education, health and care plans: England 2025 - GOV.UK As the information requested is already reasonably accessible elsewhere it is exempt under the absolute exemption in Section 21. How many successful appeals have the LA fought in relation to Section I. We do not hold this information. The SEND Tribunal and the associated summary statistics produced by the Ministry of Justice no longer classify tribunal decisions as appeal allowed/upheld or dismissed/not upheld as for many years decisions are nuanced with some points agreed and others not or settled by consent order. Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Lorna Jonas-Tinson Information Rights Officer2025-08-05T00:00:00CAM106022025-07-25T00:00:00residents with disabled children placed in emergency accommodation following a no-fault eviction from local authority-provided housingDate: 25/07/2025 Ref: CAM10602 Dear Requester, Thank you for your request for information dated 04/07/2025 about residents with disabled children placed in emergency accommodation following a no- fault eviction from local authority-provided housing. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested. However, we are withholding all of the information because it is exempt as explained below. We have explained where we are withholding information and what exemptions apply. Please see the refusal notices at the end of the answers which explain how and why they apply. How many residents with disabled children have the council had to place in emergency housing following no fault eviction from housing provided by the council? Can you provide every instance between January 2021 and the most recent data available. For each instance please can you provide the date of eviction and the date they were placed in emergency housing. We are withholding this information as we consider the following exemption applies. Refusal notice: Section 12: Cost of Compliance Exceeds the Appropriate Limit We are refusing your request under section 12 on cost grounds because we estimate that compliance with your request will exceed the "appropriate limit". This is £450 which is equivalent to 18 hours at £25 per hour. The per hour figure is set by Regulations rather than actual salary paid to any officers handling requests. The appropriate limit includes the time it will take the council to discover if it holds the information requested, to locate it, extract it and collate it as well as putting it into any particular format requested by the requester. We do not hold the data requested in part one of questions 1 in an easily accessible format. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk As of 11 July 2025, there are 577 family households in temporary accommodation, many of which include more than one child. Information relating t o disabilities is recorded within the case notes of each household. Additionally, no fault evictions are among the common reasons for the loss of settled accommodation. To retrieve the data required for question 1, a council officer would need to manually review each case record. It is estimated that this process would take approx. 3 minutes per record, amounting to approx. 28.85 hours to review all households in the cohort. This exceeds the appropriate limit of 18 hours as set out under Section 12 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Advice and Assistance You may wish to submit a new request with a reduced scope and more focused questions, such as a snapshot of data for a specific date. We receive a number of FOI requests relating to temporary accommodation. To assist with these, we have published a standard response that explains: • Why certain information is not currently held, • The exemption(s) we apply, and • Additional relevant details. This response is available in the Freedom of Information FAQ dataset on our Open Data Portal. You can access it by scrolling down to the document titled ‘Temporary Accommodation Commercial FOI requests FAQs 091024.pdf’ at the following link: Freedom Of Information FAQs | Open Data Portal As the information requested is accessible elsewhere it is exempt under the absolute exemption in Section 21. Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Lorna Jonas-Tinson Information Rights Officer2025-08-05T00:00:00CAM106042025-07-24T00:00:00planning application 2019/0149/PDate: 24/07/2025 Case reference : CAM10604 London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 07/07/2025 about planning application 2019/0149/P.  We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 / Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested and the answers to your questions are as follows: I am writing to formally request access to the earlier versions of the submitted and approved drawings for the development at 42 Elsworthy Road, NW3 3DL, specifically under planning application 2019/0149/P. please could you provide: 1. Copies of all earlier plan versions for P02, P04, P12, P16 (and any others relating to the rear or side extension) All drawings including the superseded ones are already publicly on the planning portal of our website.  Please enter the links below into your web browser to access the planning application records: https://accountforms.camden.gov.uk/planning-search/ https://planningrecords.camden.gov.uk/Northgate/PlanningExplorer/GeneralSearch.aspx The superseded drawings have not been approved. The approved drawings are those listed in the decision notice.2. Any covering design and access statements submitted with these revisions All cover letters, design and access statements associated with these drawings, are already publicly available in the planning application records.  Please use the links provided in the response above to access them. 3. Officer reports, approval notes, or delegated reports that explain the rationale for approving the final design The Officer report (MB), as well as the decision notice, are already publicly available in the planning application records.  Please use the links provided in the response above to access them. 4. Any correspondence (if available) showing when or why the design diverged from the earlier, more in- keeping intentions Relevant information concerning 2019/0149/P, including the pre-application advice 2017/4340/PRE, is already publicly available in the planning application records.  Please use the links provided in the response above to access them. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk , Telephone: 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/. The ICO website https://www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Peter Williams Information Rights Officer2025-08-05T00:00:00CAM106052025-07-24T00:00:00redacted paymentsDate: 24/07/2025 Case reference : CAM10605 London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 04/07/2025 about redacted payments. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 / Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested and the answers to your questions are as follows: According to published data, Camden Council made over £58 million in payments to unnamed recipients in the 2024/25 financial year. Of particular concern, more than £1 million of that was categorised under Children and Learning, with both the recipient’s name and the payment purpose redacted. We understand redactions may in some cases be justified, but we note this comes in the context of: The Council’s 2022/23 accounts being disclaimed by the external auditor.• A continued failure to publish the Council’s expected anti-fraud report for 2024/25.• The audits of Camden’s 2019-20, 2020-21, and 2021-22 financial statements have been signed off with unqualified opinions. Given the delays from previous years, there was insufficient time to conduct a full audit of the 2022/23 and 2023/24 Council accounts before the backstop dates that were issued by the government for all audits to be complete.  These audit delays were due to a range of issues and have affected most of the local government sector and the reason the government issued a backstop date.   As such, the external auditor Forvis Mazars has issued a disclaimed opinion on the Council accounts for 2022/23 and 2023/24. However, the audit of the Pension Fund accounts being more straightforward, Forvis Mazars completed a full audit for 2023/24. Due to receiving a disclaimed audit opinion in 2022/23, as expected, the auditor was unable to gain sufficient assurance on the prior year comparator data, and as such has issued a qualified opinion in 2023/24. The Financial Reporting Council (FRC) and Ministry of Housing and Local Government (MHCLG) have stated it should be made clear that local authorities should not be adversely judged that such an opinion has been issued. In plain terms, a disclaimer means that they have been unable to form an opinion. In this instance, the reason for this will be the limitation of scope imposed by statute (not by the local authority).  On 9 June, the NAO issued its guidance on rebuilding assurance - LARRIG 06. The LARRIG places emphasis on enhanced auditor risk assessments, and rebuilding assurance on carrying values of property, plant and equipment (PPE) and reserves. Additionally, it acknowledges the necessity for auditors to prioritise their resources, recognising that not all rebuilding assurance procedures can be completed within a single year.  The council is working closely with its external auditors, Forvis Mazars, to understand the impact of this guidance on rebuilding assurance and how long it would take. The LARRIG guidance issued emphasises that auditors need to consider specific circumstances for each authority following the guidance and places. Forvis Mazars is assessing this recently issued guidance and will be reporting to the committee on their planned approach to rebuilding assurance for the London borough of Camden . Camden 2024/25 Counter Fraud report is published here : 2024-25 Annual Counter Fraud Report.pdf We also note Camden’s own Data Charter, which commits the authority to transparency, accountability, and ethical use of data — especially where large sums of public money are involved. We therefore request the following: 1. Is the Council confident that none of the redacted payments in 2024/25 are fraudulent? If so, what is the evidential basis for that confidence? The Council relies on its framework of governance, risk management and internal control to minimise the risk of fraudulent activity.  Internal controls are in place in relation to payments made to third parties including checks on the validity of any third-party organisation and their payment details.    While controls are in place, no system can guarantee zero fraud. The council takes fraud extremely seriously and operates a zero-tolerance policy. It is fully committed to preventing, detecting, and investigating all instances of fraud, and will take all necessary steps to hold offenders accountable.2. On what policy or legal grounds does the Council redact the names of beneficiaries for payments over £500? Please cite any FOIA exemptions or internal guidance relied upon. The over £500 publication and the redactions in order to comply with data protection is discussed and agreed with data protection officers in Camden. Certain payments are excluded or redacted under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) and Data Protection Act 2018 (DPA)/GDPR. Exemptions Under FOIA or Local Government Transparency Code are: Councils are required to publish payments over £500 under the Local Government Transparency Code, but the code allows redactions if: It’s legally required (e.g. personal data)• It’s not in the public interest to disclose• Disclosure could cause harm• Council redactions to over £500 Payments include: 1. Personal Data (GDPR / Data Protection Act 2018) Payments to individuals (e.g. landlords, carers, foster parents, private citizens) are often redacted to protect names, addresses, or other identifying details.• Example: A housing benefit payment to a private landlord may be redacted if naming them could identify tenants.• 2. Commercial Sensitivity (FOI Act Section 43) If publishing payment details would harm a company's competitive position, councils may redact: Contract values• Supplier names (rare, but possible in sensitive procurement)• Especially common with contracts involving negotiated rates or confidential terms.• 3. Legal or Investigatory Matters Payments relating to legal claims, internal investigations, or insurance settlements may be redacted to avoid prejudicing outcomes.•4. Safeguarding / Security Payments linked to domestic abuse shelters, children’s services, or vulnerable adults may be anonymized to protect those involved.• 5. Exemptions Under FOIA or Local Government Transparency Code Councils are required to publish payments over £500 under the Local Government Transparency Code, but the code allows redactions if: It’s legally required (e.g. personal data)• It’s not in the public interest to disclose• Disclosure could cause harm• In conclusion, it is not possible to provide additional information regarding the redacted entries in the over £500 publication, as doing so would conflict with data protection obligations. 3. In relation to the £1 million+ in redacted Children and Learning payments, please provide the precise purpose of each payment — identifying the activity, service, or function funded — given that the beneficiary name is already withheld Please see the response above. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk , Telephone: 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website https://www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Peter Williams Information Rights Officer2025-08-05T00:00:00CAM106062025-07-25T00:00:00services Danacom Ltd has been contracted to deliverDate: 25/07/2025 Ref: CAM10606 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 04/07/2025 about services Danacom Ltd has been contracted to deliver. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested. 1. What specific services has Danacom Ltd been contracted to deliver? Danacom have been used to deliver passive fire stopping services. This includes door replacements, door repairs, passive firestopping and minor compartmentation works. 2. What procurement route was used (e.g. open tender, framework, direct award)? Quotations obtained for individual work orders using industry standard schedules of rates. 3. What due diligence was undertaken before contracting with Danacom Ltd, including any assessment of financial or operational capacity? Turnover check, relevant experience. 4. In the absence of a profit and loss account, what is the Council’s basis for concluding that value for money is being achieved? Pre-agreed schedule of rates, combined with quality checks conducted throughout works to ensure quality expected is delivered. 5. What monitoring, inspection, or audit mechanisms are in place to confirm that the services paid for were actually delivered? Quality Assurance officers are appointed to this service area. Works orders are raised internally by LB Camden officers who have specified the requirement. For large works, a joint inspection will be held to finalise the scope of works. For all works, regardless of size, suppliers submit quotations and surveys for proposals to complete the works specified. Prior to any payment being completed, LB Camden will undertake a ‘post -inspection’ of the works. Once approved, the supplier must send completion reports that evidence works are completed, and where required, certification labels are in place (e.g. for certified firestopping) and certification has been provided to LB Camden officers that is BM Trada accredited (e.g. for the installation of a certified doorset requires a certificate to be provided along with completion evidence). If these are not met then the contractor is not paid for their works. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk 6. In light of reports from tenants and leaseholders that fire door appointments were cancelled or repeatedly rescheduled, has the Council made payments to Danacom for non- delivered appointments? We are unaware of any appointments cancelled or repeatedly rescheduled, unless by request of the resident. We do not pay the contractor for non- completed works. We do not pay for cancelled appointments. Suppliers will only have received payments once works are completed and evidenced as above. 7. If so, please explain the contractual or policy basis under which cancelled appointments were billed. Danacom completes works for FRA Repairs, where no mechanism exists for suppliers to bill for or receive payment for cancelled appointments. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Philip Lewis Information Rights Officer2025-08-05T00:00:00CAM106102025-07-28T00:00:00PCNs issuedDate: 28/07/2025 Ref: CAM10610 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 07/07/2025 about PCNs issued. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested. How many PCN,s were issued by Camden Council for the first 3months (17th March 2025 - 17th June 2025) of the HSS on Cathcart Street and Willis Road and outside The College Francais Bilingue de Londres school on Holmes Road This information is publicly available on the Council’s Open Data Portal at the following location Catalog | Open Data Portal under the Parking Section. You can then choose the relevant dataset (i.e. ‘Parking Services Penalty Charge Notices current financial year’) and then filtering for street name and contravention code (52m in this instance) and date range, then you will be provided with figures for the number of PCNs issued that match these parameters. As the information requested is already reasonably accessible elsewhere it is exempt under the absolute exemption in Section 21. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner ’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Philip Lewis Information Rights Officer2025-08-05T00:00:00CAM106122025-08-04T00:00:00information regarding the Fiddlers Elbow pub on 1 Malden Road, Camden, NW5 3HSDate: 04/08/2025 Ref: CAM10612 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 07/07/2025 about information regarding the Fiddlers Elbow pub on 1 Malden Road, Camden, NW5 3HS. We have dealt with this under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested. I am seeking the following information regarding the Fiddlers Elbow pub on 1 Malden R oad, Camden NW5 3HS (opposite my flat xx at Denton House, Malden Crescent, NW1 8BL): 1. The number of noise complaints made about this premises between 2017 and 2025, including dates and outcomes. There is a total of 22 complaints received between 2017 and present. Ref Dept Date Outcome 223166 Noise 01/0 5/2017 Visit OOH levels reduced upon instruction 224390 Noise 26/05/2017 No notes 224740 Noise 03/06/2017 No notes contact Camden 226197 Noise 03/07/2017 Patrol visit , noise stopped 226432 Noise 07/07/2017 No notes contact Camden 226458 Noise 08/07/2017 No notes contact Camden 226722 Noise 13/07/2017 No notes patrol IPE 226822 Noise 16/07/2017 VM rep TOB patrol 227400 Noise 28/07/2017 No notes 228831 Noise 03/0 9/2017 Patrol visit, noise stopped 228876 Noise 04/0 9/2017 Patrol visit, no issues IPE 229763 Noise 22/09/2017 No notes contact Camden 230735 Noise 13/10/2017 Acoustic works to be carried out 230971 Noise 17/10/2017 Patrol visit, no issues 231133 Noise 21/10/2017 Unable to reach reporter 237458 Noise 07/0 4/2018 Patrol visit , no issues 244334 Noise 01/0 9/2018 Patrol visit , reported left message 294555 Noise 21/0 3/2022 licence application 321961 Noise 29/0 4/2024 Warning letter - 334447 Noise 14/0 4/2025 Current investigation PRE London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk 334919 Noise 27/04/2025 Patrol visit , no issues low level music near premises 337071 Noise 22/06/2025 Pollution duty desk answered 2. Records of any investigations or enforcement actions taken in response. In the period of 2017-2018 noise and pollution officer were in contact with residents and the premises after witnessing loud and intrusive noise within the resident’s property related to amplified music emanating from the Fiddlers Elbow. The pub sought advice from an acoustic consultant and adjusted the low frequency levels and done further sound insulation works where acoustic weakness was identified. We have been unable to find exact details of the nature of improvements, but it seems that effective changes were implemented, as a reduction in the number of complaints can be seen. No complaints received through our ' out of hours noise service' after the premises informed us of works carried out until 2025. Most recently in April 2025 the Fiddlers Elbow was contacted via means of a warning letter to bring to their attention that we had received a noise complaint related to its operation and use of amplified music. At the time that the complaint was raised the officers were not permitted access to the complainant’s property and therefore undertook a street assessment. The assessment indicated that the level at which music was being played would be unlikely to constitute a statutory nuisance. Following this, proactive visits were also set up for dates at which the venues website stated music events would be undertaken. The street assessment undertaken came to the same conclusion that a statutory nuisance was not in occurrence. Unfortunately, at this time, the visits have been declined. 3. Details on the £15,000 grant awarded for sound insulation: conditions attached, recipients, and dates paid. We are unaware of a Council grant for such purposes. 4. Any assessments or follow-ups conducted to verify insulation effectiveness. None. 5. Internal correspondence (emails, memos) regarding the removal of my flat address from the online complaints system on my Camden account. The Council has not removed your flat address from the online complaints system. We have tested the form. We advise 1) enter your full postcode in the postcode box, 2) then enter your flat number before clicking “FIND ADDRESS”. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk , telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Kieran Heneghan Information Rights Officer2025-08-05T00:00:00CAM106172025-07-24T00:00:00Lime bikesDate: 24/07/2025 Case reference : CAM10617London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 07/07/2025 about Lime Bikes.  We have dealt with this under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004 (EIR 2004). Response The council holds the information requested.  However we are withholding some or all of the information because it is excepted as explained below.  We have explained where we are withholding information and what exceptions applies.  Please see the refusal notices at the end of the answers which explain how and why they applies. 1. We would like to see a copy of all policy documents/agreements/policies with lime technologies limited in relation to maintenance, inspection and repair of Lime Bikes – E Bikes operated by Lime Technologies limited.  2. Additionally, we would like to see any communications related to reporting of maintenance inspection and repair of Lime Bikes. You provided clarification on 08 July 2025: We underthat Lime Bikes began operating in Camden in 2018. We would like any policy documents or agreements, which outline Lime bikes responsiblity in relation to maintenance insppection and repair in the brorough. It may be that there were annual agreements of the service provision for repair in the bororugh.  These agreements are likely to be between Camden Council - Transport Department and Lime Technologies LTD. or "lime bikes" They are known by either. We would expect an agreement to be in place on this provision.  We are not processing this request.  It would involve a disproportionate amount of time, effort and expense to the council and is excepted under the EIR 2004.  Please see the exception notice set out below. Refusal Notice The exception that applies is: regulation 12(4)b which states that a public authority may refuse to disclose information to the extent that the request for information is manifestly unreasonable. We have also considered the time it will take the council to locate the information requested in the request, to extract it, collate it and then to review and redact any sensitive information that will be subject to further exceptions under the EIR 2004. We would need to review emails going back to 2018 to check if they mention the keywords “Lime”, “repairs” or “maintenance.”.  5 officers may hold relevant information.  One officer alone has 325 emails that contain the keywords.”  These emails would have to be manually checked and examined to see if they fall within the scope of the requests (i.e. reporting the issues) and then collated. Further disproportionate time would be needed to redact personal information and redact or remove information that is subject to other exceptions under regulation EIR 2004 after consideration of the public interest involved. We have considered the impact and burden that processing this request would have on the team who would have to deal with it. We have concluded that the time, effort and costs involved would place a disproportionate burden on the teams involved and severely impact their ability to perform their normal duties. In applying this exception, the Council has also considered the balance of the public interest in line with the EIR 2004.  We have indicated the weight of each of these considerations. The public interest argument for releasing this information is: -it would improve the transparency for the general public of the council’s decisions and processes in dealing with the ‘planning activities’ of an MP and associates (Medium).• The public interest arguments for withholding the information are: - processing this request in full would be provide a large burden in terms of officer time and cost to the Council (High).• this would necessarily constitute a significant diversion of resources away from the council’s core business activities, (High) and:• it would consequently have a proportionally detrimental impact on it’s provision of services to the public (High).• it is not in the public interest public interest that the Council neglect its provision of services to the public to focus on one information request (High).• It is felt that in all the circumstances of the case, the public interest in maintaining the exception outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information. There is a presumption in favour of disclosure in the EIR 2004. We considered whether this overrides the public interest test conclusion and have concluded that it does not. Advice and assistance There may be emails that have been sent from officers to Lime which report on the condition of a bike within the email mentioned above but we don’t generally deal with maintenance and repairs of Lime bikes as this is carried out solely by the operators.  If you would like to access a sample of these email you can greatly reduce the time period of your request.  Although this will not be comprehensive or cover the entire period since 2018 it may produce a representative sample that may be of use. Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets.Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk , Telephone: 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website https://www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Peter Williams Information Rights Officer2025-08-05T00:00:00CAM117572025-01-08T00:00:00planning application 2025/1375/PDate: 08/01/2026 Case reference: CAM11757 London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 09/12/2025 about planning application 2025/1375/P.   We have dealt with this under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004 (EIR 2004). Response The council holds the information requested.  However, we are withholding some of the information. We have explained where we are withholding information and what regulation or exception applies.  Please see the refusal notice at the end of the answer which explains how and why they apply. 1. We are requesting emails any records of meetings or phone calls between the council and the applicant for the Lamorna proposed development (2025/1375/P). 2. In addition, we are requesting any internal communication (emails, record of meetings, phone calls) within the council regarding this application Please limit the time period of the request from July 1st 2025 to November 17th 2025. Please find relevant information attached than can be disclosed under the EIR 2004.  This information has been redacted to remove direct contact details that are not in the public domain.  Please see the exception notice set out below. Please also note that officers of the council are entitled to debate the merits of a proposal against planning policy in an informal manner before forming a final view of ‘officers.’ The final professional advice of officers on the proposal will be as set out in the planning committee report which was due to be published on 07/01.  Refusal Notice The council holds correspondence from the legal representative of the requester.  This information is therefore the personal information of the requester and personal information is not accessible through the EIR 2004. Regulation 5 of the EIR 2004 states 5(1) - a public authority that holds environmental information shall make it available on request. (3) To the extent that the information requested includes personal data of which the applicant is the data subject, paragraph (1) shall not apply to those personal data. Please note EIR responses are considered to be public documents and are published to the world and not provided just to the requester. You can obtain your own personal information by making a subject access request under the General Data Protection Regulation. Please email SubjectAccess@camden.gov.uk with the details should you require this personal information. The exception that applies is: Regulation 12(3) which states - To the extent that the information requested includes personal data of which the applicant is not the data subject, the personal data shall not be disclosed otherwise than in accordance with regulation 13 The council considers that to disclose the personal data requested would not be in accordance with data protection legislation and therefore we have withheld some of the information under the absolute exemption in Regulation 12(3). The exemption states that personal data requested may be withheld when to release it would be a breach of the requirements of data protection law which is the UK General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the Data Protection Act 2018. The information withheld is personal information because it allows living individuals to be identified or is personal information about them. The council considers that it would be a breach of the General Data Protection Regulation article 5 requirements of fairness and proportionality to publish this personal information in an EIR request. In doing this we have considered the legitimate public interest in disclosure against the interests of the data subjects and concluded that in the circumstances disclosure would contravene the data protection requirements of fairness and proportionality particularly considering that EIR responses are public documents and published to the world and not provided just to the requester. Therefore, direct contact details of  relatively junior staff members or members of outside agencies have been redacted from the information released as they would have no expectation that their details would be released into the public domain, and especially given the content of the request as we consider that to include them would be a breach of the requirements to act fairly and proportionately. Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk, Telephone: 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website https://www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Peter Williams Information Rights Officer2026-01-12T21:45:04CAM116602025-12-29T00:00:00a written anti-poverty strategyDate: 29 December 2025 Ref: CAM11660 Dear Requester, Thank you for your request for information dated 26 November 2025 about a written anti-poverty strategy. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds some of the information requested. 1. Does your council have a written anti-poverty strategy (this may also be referred to as a 'poverty strategy')? This may be an all-age strategy, or one focusing on a specific group of the population, such as a child poverty strategy. If so, please provide a link to the strategy if it is available publicly, or a copy via email. The information you have requested is already publicly available and can be accessed via the Council’s website at the following link: https://opendata.camden.gov.uk/stories/s/Camden-Freedom-Of-Information-Response by searching for reference CAM8129. As the information is reasonably accessible by other means, it is exempt from disclosure under Section 21 of the Freedom of Information Act. This section provides an absolute exemption for information that is already in the public domain. 2. If your council does not have an anti-poverty strategy in place, does it plan to develop one within the next 12 months? If so, please provide a link to any public facing document detailing this commitment. Please refer to the response provided for question 1 above. Additionally, we have published an assessment of child poverty within the borough and established a Raise Camden Taskforce to address these findings. Further details are available here: Raise Camden - Camden Council. 3. Has your council voluntarily adopted the socio-economic duty? Please answer yes or no, and provide more detail if necessary. For example, you may answer "no, but we recognise socio-economic disadvantage as an additional factor in Equality Impact Assessments". Please refer to the response provided for question 1 above. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Lorna Jonas-Tinson Information Rights Officer2026-01-13T21:45:04CAM116632025-12-29T00:00:00Gay Men's Health Collective CIC.Date: 29 December 2025 Ref: CAM11663 Dear Requester, Thank you for your request for information dated 26 November 2025 about Gay Men's Health Collective CIC. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested and the answers to your questions are as follows: Please disclose for 1 January 2023 to present all recorded information held by Camdem council concerning Gay Men's Health Collective CIC (GMHC, company no. 10404160) and MENRUS.CO.UK materials described as "Safer 1", "Safer 2", "PIP PAC" or similar chemsex outreach packs, including but not limited to: 1. Any grants, purchase orders, purchase invoices, commissioning notes, contracts or payments to GMHC or third-party suppliers for the production, printing or distribution of these materials (please include award reference, amount, payee name and address, invoice numbers and payment dates). The council has not funded GMHC or MENRUS.co.uk for the provision of chemsex harm reduction packs/materials during the period specified. 2. Any delivery notes, print job tickets, delivery receipts or batch/lot numbers associated with packs delivered to local services (please indicate which service/clinic/site received which batch and quantities). Not applicable. 3. The name and address (and country) of any printer(s), distribution companies or other suppliers used to produce or distribute the packs (including subcontractors). Not applicable. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Lorna Jonas-Tinson Information Rights Officer2026-01-13T21:45:04CAM114732025-11-26T00:00:00traffic information about Junction of Maple Street and Tottenham Court Road in regard to a PCNLondon Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Date: 6/01/2026 Ref: CAM11473 Dear Requester, Thank you for your request for information dated 03/11/2025 about traffic information about Junction of Maple Street and Tottenham Court Road in regard to a PCN. We have dealt with this under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004. This is a replacement response following the Internal Review. Response The council holds some of the information requested. The response explains what is held and what is not held. We have explained where we are withholding information and what exceptions apply. Please see the refusal notices at the end of the answers which explain how and why they apply. PCN Reference: CU72212755 Location: Junction of Maple Street and Tottenham Court Road Date of alleged contravention: 29 September 2025 I have been issued with a PCN by Camden Council. I believe the PCN is unlawful since the signage at the junction in question is unclear and contradictory. Please could you provide me with the following information in relation to this junction: 1. The Traffic Regulation Order (TRO) that prohibits a left turn at this junction, including: - Full title and reference number - Date it came into force - Schedule or plan showing the restriction Please see attached. 2. The site plan or drawing showing the approved placement of: - Diagram 606 (‘Ahead Only’) on the traffic lights - Diagram 652 (one-way arrow) located after the lights but before the crossroads, on the approach (near) side This is not held. It is technically excepted under reg 12(4)(a) as information not held and the Information Commissioner does not expect a public interest test to be undertaken. As advice and assistance we can explain that following a search of our maintenance and asset management systems, we have been unable to locate a specific works order or a precise installation date for this sign, and so there are no corresponding plans or drawings. This is because the sign was added to a pre-existing post to comply with the Council’s policy of minimizing street clutter and avoiding the installation of unnecessary new street furniture. Since this was a "plate-only" update to an existing asset rather than a new engineering scheme, it was carried out as a minor operational task which did not generate a standalone works order in our system therefore we would not have an engineering drawing or plan for the installation of this sign. 3. Written authorisation or engineering instruction for placing the Diagram 652 sign on the near side (not in line with the backline of the major road as required by TSRGD 2016). This is not held. It is technically excepted under reg 12(4)(a) as information not held and the Information Commissioner do not expect a public interest test to be undertaken in such cases. As advice and assistance we can explain that it is important to note that the one-way restrictions for these roads are long-standing. University Street is governed by a Traffic Regulation Order 1961 No. 2000, and Maple Street is governed by TRO 1964 No. 481. Additionally, West End Project Prescribed Route Traffic Order 2020 No. 26/2 orders further manages the banned turns at the signals. The Diagram 652 sign is an informatory sign placed to reinforce these existing laws. Its purpose is to assist drivers in following the mandatory "Ahead Only" (Diagram 606) instructions displayed on the traffic signals. Because the one-way system was already legally established by the 1960s and 2000 orders, the Council has the authority to add reinforcement signage as a maintenance task without requiring a new or amended Traffic Regulation Order. 4. Any traffic sign audit, risk assessment, or maintenance record for this junction in the last 3 years, specifically referencing: - Visibility of signs - Compliance with Traffic Signs Manual Chapter 3 - Driver confusion reports This is not held. It is technically excepted under reg 12(4)(a) as information not held and the Information Commissioner do not expect a public interest test to be undertaken in such cases. 5. Confirmation whether the Diagram 652 sign is intended to function as: - An entry sign (TSRGD Direction 23) - OR a repeater (Ch 3, para 4.19) The Diagram 652 sign is an informatory sign placed to reinforce these existing laws. Its purpose is to assist drivers in following the mandatory "Ahead Only" (Diagram 606) instructions displayed on the traffic signals 6. Any correspondence or complaints (redacted for personal data) about signage confusion at this junction in the last 12 months. There are no complaints held within the corporate complaints system within scope of this request. However, where people have made a formal challenge to the issued PCN and followed the statutory process there would be representations rather than complaints. There are 544 representations about PCNs issued at this junction within the last 12 months, and to see which contained representations about signage confusion, to extract, redact, and collate would take such time as renders the request manifestly unreasonable under regulation 12(4)(b). It is therefore refused as detailed in the refusal notice below. Refusal Notice The information requested for question 6 is refused under Regulation 12(4)(b) as it is considered manifestly unreasonable to provide the information because the cost of compliance, and burden of dealing with that part of the request, is excessive. The exception protects the Council’s ability to carry out its public functions and provides a balance between transparency and the protection of resources. This regulation permits a public authority to refuse disclosure where a request is manifestly unreasonable due to the disproportionate burden and disruption it would cause. In the last 12 months there have been 544 Notices issued and challenged for this location. There is no key word search function on the system so a manual review of cases would be required. The service has undertaken a sample check, examining just the representations made rather than all documentation on a case, for signage confusion and similar phrases. They have provided a detailed worked calculation of the search steps required and calculated that it would take 6 mins per case to assess whether the representation concerned signage confusion. For 544 cases that is c 54 hours. Additional time would be required to extract relevant representations and redact personal data. Approx 2 hours have already spent on locating and extracting the information and explanations for questions 1-5. An additional 54 hours minimum to process question 6 would be excessive and divert officers from their core functions and statutory obligations. Redirecting the Parking Investigations Team for such an extended period, around 7.5 working days, so a week and a half of on officer, would significantly disrupt essential operations and compromise the team’s ability to meet statutory obligations. Such diversion would have significant operational consequences, including delays in statutory processes such as responding to ongoing PCN challenges, representations, and appeals within mandated timeframes. There would be a severe impact on service delivery, potentially leading to backlogs in enforcement and case management. Resources would be significantly impacted, as additional staff would need to be recruited or existing staff required to work overtime in order to maintain essential functions. Therefore, we consider that the burden on the council in undertaking the work required for question 6 would be unreasonable and Regulation 12(4)(b) applies. This exception is subject to a Public Interest Test and this is below. The public interest argument for releasing this information is: • It would improve transparency to the general public of the Council (low weight) • The presumption in favour of disclosure in the regulations (low weight) The public interest arguments for withholding the information are: • Processing this question would be a large burden in terms of Officer time and cost to the Council. (heavy weight) • Answering these questions would necessarily constitute a significant diversion of resources away from the Council’s core business activities. (heavy weight) • It would consequently have a proportionally detrimental impact on the provision of services to the public (heavy weight) • It is not in the public interest that the Council neglect its provision of services to the public to focus on one information request (medium weight) The public interest in maintaining the exception outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information. Advice and Assistance If you were to reduce the time frame of question 6 to three months it is likely that searches, extraction and redactions could be undertaken without causing severe disruption. You could ask for the first 3 or last 3 months in the 12 month period, or a selection of 3 separate months. If you request how long the process takes this should be able to be provided giving you an idea of how much more (if any) could be requested. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights This is a replacement response following an Internal Review. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk Telephone: 0303 123 1113 , live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/ Yours sincerely Sarah Laws Data Protection Manager2026-01-15T21:45:08CAM106232025-08-04T00:00:00the junction between Acol Road, Priory Road and Goldhurst Terrace black bollards on the pavementDate: 04/08/2025 Ref: CAM10623 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 07/07/2025 about the junction between Acol Road, Priory Road and Goldhurst Terrace black bollards on the pavement . We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000/Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds some of the information requested. On the junction between Acol Road, Priory Road and Goldhurst Terrace there are black bollards on the pavement which I believe is to protect pedestrians. In recent months I have noticed they have been regularly knocked down by vehicles and the council has been repairing them as they are reported. Google Location: https://maps.app.goo.gl/DivwwxA1S4i1Eu7TA Can I please be provided the following for the past 10 years from 1 Jan 2015 – 27 May 2025: 1. The number of reports for them being damaged? 2. 2. The cost to repair them each time? £620. a. then aggregated by year? N/A. b. The total cost in that period? N/A. 3. The average time between any damaged bollard being repaired to it being damaged again YoY? Three months eight days between the two reports . 4. The average time between a repaired bollard and it being damaged again YoY? Three months eight days between the two reports. 5. The total cost of them being repaired in the above time frame? As above. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk 6. The total number of times they have been damaged? 2. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Philip Lewis Information Rights Officer2025-08-05T00:00:00CAM106242025-07-25T00:00:00GIS shapefileDate: 25/07/2025 Case reference : CAM10624 London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 08/07/2025 about a  GIS shapefile.  . We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 / Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested and the answers to your questions are as follows: I hope this message finds you well. This FOI request is for the Planning Policy team. I am writing to request access to a GIS shapefile representing the site allocations as listed in Chapters 3, 4, 5 and 6 of the draft Local Plan: https://www.camden.gov.uk/documents/d/guest/camden-local-plan- proposed-submission-draft-april-2025_low-res If possible, I would appreciate it if the shapefile could include the following attributes: 1. The site reference corresponding to the draft Local Plan, as referenced in the above document (e.g., S29) 2. Site name 3. Number of expected residential homes / units in the site 4. Expected timeline for delivery of the expected homes Please find relevant information attached.The information requested is only available in Tab file format. As the data supplied is derived from Ordnance Survey data, a copy of the OS End User licence agreement is attached. Please be aware that as a “click to accept” licence, by using the supplied data you are agreeing to adhere to the terms of the licence. Please see attached Tab files for the Site Allocations in Chapters 3 – 6. The indicative housing capacity figures are available in the Draft Local Plan . The timeline for delivery can be found on the published Housing Trajectory Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk , Telephone: 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website https://www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Peter Williams Information Rights Officer2025-08-05T00:00:00CAM106292025-07-25T00:00:00planning applicationsDate: 25/07/2025 Case reference : CAM10629London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 08/07/2025 about planning applications.   We have dealt with this under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004 (EIR 2004). Response The council holds some of the information requested. The answers to your questions are below. We have stated where we do not hold the information requested and why. Please provide the following data for the period from 12 February 2024 to the date of your response. Planning Application Decisions: 1. The total number of planning applications refused where failure to meet the statutory Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG) requirement was a primary or contributing reason for refusal. None. Planning permission cannot be refused for this reason.   2. The total number of planning applications that have been delayed or had a decision withheld pending the submission or approval of a satisfactory BNG plan. None. The BNG plan is not submitted until after planning permission is granted.  At application stage we are just reviewing baseline data which looks at the existing habitat situation on site and considering whether or not it is likely to be possible to meet the BNG requirement on-site.  If off-site and/or statutory credits might be required, this is then considered further post decision when the BNG plan is submitted. Length of Delays:3. For the applications delayed due to BNG requirements (as identified in question 1), what has been the average length of the delay, measured in weeks, from the initial target decision date? Please see the response above. BNG Enforcement: 4. The total number of enforcement actions or formal investigations the council has initiated related to non- compliance with BNG obligations on approved developments. None. 5. The total number of financial penalties or fines that have been issued by the council for breaches of BNG requirements and the total monetary value (£) of these penalties. None. Reasons for Planning Delays (Context): 6. A list of the five most common reasons cited for delays in determining planning applications within your council since 12 February 2024. We do not hold this information. This is because we do not record a defined reason or maintain a relevant dataset. 7. If possible, please indicate the percentage of total delays each reason accounts for, to help contextualise the impact of BNG relative to other factors. Please see the response above. As the information not held is environmental, we have to comply with a technicality and tell you that because it is not held it is excepted under Regulation 12 (4)(a) of the EIR 2004.  The Information Commissioner does not require a public interest test where the information is not held. Further InformationWe do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk , Telephone: 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website https://www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Peter Williams Information Rights Officer2025-08-05T00:00:00CAM106312025-07-29T00:00:00contracts for the disposal by auction of surplus or aged equipment including agricultural, construction or commercial vehiclesDate: 29/07/2025 Ref: CAM10631 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 08/07/2025 about contracts for the disposal by auction of surplus or aged equipment including agricultural, construction or commercial vehicles . We have dealt with this under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council does not hold the information requested. Please advise if the council has an contracts in place presently for the disposal by auction of surplus or aged equipment including agricultural, construction or commercial vehicles. Please provide details of the contract including ; - who the contract was awarded to - value of the contract - duration of contract - end date for the contract The Council does not hold any such contracts. If no contract is in place at this time , please provide the details of your transport / fleet manager so I can introduce our business as a potential way of providing such services to the council. Our Director of Environment and Sustainability is Richard Bradbury. Council email addresses are formulated as firstname.surname@camden.gov.uk . We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Suppliers can set themselves up on EU Supply, our tendering portal, and view upcoming advertised tenders that way. https://uk.eu-supply.com/ctm/Company/CompanyRegistration/RegisterCompany?OID=1&B=UK As the information not held is environmental we have to comply with a technicality and tell you that because it is not held it is excepted under Regulation 12(4)(a). The Information Commissioner does not require a public interest test where the information is not held. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner ’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Kieran Heneghan Information Rights Officer2025-08-05T00:00:00CAM106372025-07-24T00:00:00wellbeing daysDate: 24/07/2025 Case reference : CAM10637 London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 08/07/2025 about wellbeing days. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested and the answers to your questions are as follows: 1. How many staff have been granted “wellbeing days” off for the last financial year?  If this is only available for a calendar year, please release that data but state that is for the calendar year. If your data is wonderfully up to date, please let me have data up to the latest monthly period. If another term, rather than “wellbeing days” is used to provide staff with a day off after a stressful period, please say the term used. We do not have specific wellbeing days granted to staff as a non-work or day off arrangement. 2. Please state the reasons cited for these “wellbeing days” (or whatever term     your authority may use). While I understand that nothing should be released that would disclose anyone’s identity, such wellness days may be connected to stress, grief, physical health, mental or emotional health, etc. As such, it may be possible to say how many days were granted for specific types of wellness needs. However, if there are further details that can be released, please state the reasons granted for wellbeing days, for instance some councils have granted them for staff to exercise, take up a mindfulness project, spend time in nature or engage in hobbies. Please include any such examples.Please see the response above. 3. If you have a website or intranet page about wellbeing days, please could you share it with me? Please see the response above. 4. If staff are allowed other elements associated with wellbeing, please specify if not stated in the above public internet links. Please see the response above.  There is wellbeing support offered under our Employee Assistance Programme (e.g. free and confidential counselling). Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk , Telephone: 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website https://www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Peter Williams Information Rights Officer2025-08-05T00:00:00CAM106382025-07-25T00:00:00Lymington Road EstateDate: 25/07/2025 Case reference : CAM10638 London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 09/07/2025 about Lymington Road Estate. . We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 / Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested and the answers to your questions are as follows: We understand that all blocks within the Lymington Road Estate NW6 have been identified as requiring an upgrade. As a result, we understand that tenders and an option appraisal have been sought. Please provide copies of the tenders and the option appraisal. The Council is proposing a heating upgrade and relevant information is attached. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk , Telephone: 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website https://www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Peter Williams Information Rights Officer2025-08-05T00:00:00CAM106452025-07-29T00:00:00Parking permits/tickets for Estelle Road, cars using and bike hangar places on various roadsDate: 29/07/2025 Ref: CAM10645 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 09/07/2025 about Parking permits/tickets for Estelle Road, cars using and bike hangar places on various roads . We have dealt with this under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds some of the information requested. We have stated where we do not hold the information requested and why. 1. How many resident parking permits it has issued annually for residents of Estelle Road in the past 5 years, broken down: a. To show the number of cars with permits on the road (i.e. to include residents permits with more than one car assigned to them); 2. How many resident (i) visitor and (ii) trade permits Camden Council has issued for visitors to residents of Estelle road in the past 5 years, broken down annually by: a. The number of visits per annum (i.e. each time a permit is applied for. Even if it is the same car visiting the road multiple times a day) ; b. The number of cars that visit the road per annum; and c. The total number of hours of visitor permits that Camden Council has sold per annum to visitors of Estelle Road. 3. The number of parking tickets that Camden Council has issued on Estelle Road in the past 5 years, broken down per annum. Our parking permit system transitioned to a new provider around September 2021, and as a result, we only have reliable data available from the 2022/23 period onward. We have included all available data from that point. Please see the attached spreadsheet for the answers to the above questions. 4. The number of applications for a bike hangar place on a per annum basis for the past years by residents of Estelle Road. Year Waiting list applications from Estelle Rd* 2017 1 2018 3 2019 6 2020 8 2021 2 2022 6 2023 8 London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk 2024 7 2025 to date 11 * Does not include active members 5. The number of bike hangars (and bike places per hanger) currently in place on the following roads (broken down per road): a. Mansfield Road; 0 b. Savernake Road; 0 c. Rona Road; 0 d. Estelle Road; 2 Hangars – 12 bike spaces. e. Courthope Road; 0 f. Shirlock Road; 0 g. Roderick Road; 1 Hangar – 6 bike spaces. h. Lisburne Road; 0 i. Mackeson Road; 0 j. Cresy Road; 0 k. Constanine Road; and l. Agincourt Road. 0 6. The number of current residents of Estelle Road There are currently 9 council tenants. 7. The average age of the residents of Estelle Road The average age of the council tenants is 56. 8. The length of Estelle Road 213.5 meters. Clarification request: "In regard to questions 6, and 7, are you referring to council tenants or all people living in Estelle Road? We would know council tenants but not all residents" Clarification response: "The request was for all resident. If you don’t have that information then council tenants alone is fine. I would appreciate an explanation of why you don’t hold the information for all residents or whether you it is that feel unable to share that. " Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner ’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Kieran Heneghan Information Rights Officer2025-08-05T00:00:00CAM106482025-08-05T00:00:00Fitzjohns/Netherhall Conservation Area questionsDate: 05/08/2025 Ref: CAM10648 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 09/07/2025 about Fitzjohns/Netherhall Conservation Area questions. We have dealt with this under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds some of the information requested. 1. Compliance with Conservation Area Regulations • Copies of all assessments, internal reports, or correspondence related to how the proposals comply with the statutory protections applicable to the Fitzjohns/Netherhall Conservation Area. This question is regarding the statutory requirement of the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990. Under S72(1) “special attention shall be paid to the desirability of preserving or enhancing the character and appearance of that area”. It is not a statutory requirement for a transport scheme. • Any documentation or guidance used to determine the impact on the historic character and appearance of the conservation area. We have used Fitzjohn’s/ Netherhall Conservation area appraisal 2022 document, section 5.3: Traffic Management and Air Quality - The Council will look for opportunities to support and encourage home-working and to improve public transport and enable cycling and walking, all as means to reducing car journeys and improving air quality. As the information requested is already reasonably accessible elsewhere it is excepted under Regulation 6(1)(b). • Details of whether the proposals required or received any input from Camden’s conservation officers or heritage teams. We are discussing the proposals with Camden’s conservation officers. Any concerns raised about the effect of the proposals on the conservation area will be addressed in the forthcoming decision report. 2. Tree Protection and Biodiversity Impact • An inventory of the existing street trees on Fitzjohns Avenue, including species, age, condition, and any Tree Protection Orders (TPOs) in place. This information is publicly available on the Council’s Open Data Portal here . We are not aware of any TPOs on Fitzjohn’s Avenue. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk As the information requested is already reasonably accessible elsewhere it is excepted under Regulation 6(1)(b). • Ecological or biodiversity assessments conducted prior to or as part of the proposal. • Any arboricultural impact assessments (AIAs) or ecological surveys undertaken in preparation for the rain garden or cycle lane installations. No ecological, biodiversity or arboricultural assessments or surveys have been carried out at this stage. If the scheme is approved for implementation by the Cabinet Member for Planning and a Sustainable Camden, surveys and assessments of each location will be carried out during the detailed design phase of the scheme. 3. Stakeholder Consultation and Transparency • Records of communications with local residents, heritage bodies (e.g., Historic England), or conservation groups relating to this scheme. A total of 4309 flyers (attached) containing a link and QR code to the online consultation were hand-delivered to all properties (including residents, businesses, and organisations) within the Fitzjohn’s Avenue Area consultation area (attached). A second round of flyers was sent to the same addresses to inform all properties of the consultation extension. • Evidence that concerns raised about environmental and heritage impacts were reviewed or acted upon. The public consultation concluded on Sunday, 13 July 2025. We will carefully consider all responses and concerns raised, alongside other information including relevant data, safety audits and policy context (including environmental implications), to help us in deciding on whether or not to progress the scheme. A decision report will be produced and published online via our website, which will include a section on environmental implications. A decision will be made by the Cabinet Member for Planning and a Sustainable Camden whether or not to proceed with the proposed scheme, or a variation of the proposed scheme. Local residents and stakeholders will be notified of the outcome. • Minutes from internal or external meetings discussing the conservation and ecological implications of the scheme. There were no meetings held discussing the conservation and ecological implications of the scheme. 4. Alternative Designs • Details of any alternative design proposals that were considered, particularly those with lower environmental or visual impact. While alternative designs were considered, no environmental or visual impact assessment were carried out. The alternative designs were similar in terms of the principle and layout to those presented in the public consultation. The public consultation concluded on Sunday, 13 July 2025. We will carefully consider all responses and concerns raised and explore the feasibility of making changes to the consulted design. • Justification documents explaining the need for these specific interventions on Fitzjohns Avenue. The public consultation held on the We Are Camden platform provided justification, such as policy background, collision statistics, and cycle numbers. A decision report will be produced and published online via our website, and a decision will be made by the Cabinet Member for Planning and a Sustainable Camden on whether or not to proceed with the proposed scheme, or a variation of the proposed scheme. This report will explain the justification for all interventions included in the scheme. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Philip Lewis Information Rights Officer2025-08-05T00:00:00CAM106552025-07-31T00:00:00mobile contractsDate: 31/07/2025 Case reference : CAM10655 London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 10/07/2025 about mobile contracts.  We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 / Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested and the answers to your questions are as follows: 1. Which organisation is contracted to provide mobile data for mobile phone users BT Group a) When did mobile data contract start and when does it end. It started on 1st April 2023 and ends 31st March 2026. b) If mobile data is part of a larger contract then please provide those dates. N/A c) How much data, in gigabytes, is covered by the contract 5 TB per month d) How much does this data cost per year and what is the overall contracted cost?The cost of the data is approximately £5,000 per month, with an overall 12-month cost of £60,000. e) How much of the contracted data is used per year? Around 36 TB of data is used per year. 2. Which organisation is contracted to provide Mobile phones ? Camden approved IT hardware supplier a) When did mobile phone contract start and when does it end. It started on 1st April 2023 and ends 31st March 2026. b) If mobile phone is part of a larger contract then please provide those dates. N/A c) How many mobile phones are currently in use by Camden? 3190 d) What is the cost per unit for mobile phones? £240 e) What is the cost for calls from mobile phones to UK numbers All calls are free to local and national numbers starting with 01, 02 and 03. f) Which organisation provides SIMs for mobile phones and other devices that require SIMs? BT Group g) How many SIMs are in use across the council?Currently we have 3556 SIMS in use. h) What is the cost per SIM per year? There is no cost to SIM cards. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk , Telephone: 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website https://www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Peter Williams Information Rights Officer2025-08-05T00:00:00CAM106592025-07-29T00:00:00number of £200 fines issued to individuals or businesses for breaches of the ban on single-use vapesDate: 29/07/2025 Ref: CAM10659 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 10/07/2025 about number of £200 fines issued to individuals or businesses for breaches of the ban on single -use vapes. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested. • The number of £200 fines issued by your local authority to individuals or businesses for breaches of the ban on single-use vapes that came into force on 1 June 2025. Zero. • The total value of these fines issued to date. Zero. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner ’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Yours sincerely Philip Lewis Information Rights Officer2025-08-05T00:00:00CAM106612025-07-28T00:00:00list of tree preservation orders (TPOs)Date: 28/07/2025 Ref: CAM10661 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 11/07/2025 about list of tree preservation orders (TPOs). We have dealt with this under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested. However we are withholding the information because it is excepted as explained below. We have explained where we are withholding information and what exceptions apply. Please see the refusal notices at the end of the answers which explain how and why they apply. We are making a request to be provided a list of tree preservation orders that are currently on the council register. If geolocational attributes can be included this would be beneficial (Easting,Northings/Grid reference/BNG). The council does not currently hold this information as we are currently working on a project to produce an accurate current list. This request is exempt under Regulation 12(4)(e). See the refusal notice below. Refusal Notice: Regulation 12(4)(e) The regulation states that a public authority may refuse to disclose information to the extent that the request involves the disclosure of internal communications. In applying this qualified exemption, we have had to balance the public interest in withholding the information against the interest in favour of disclosure. The public interest arguments for releasing this information are as follows: • Improving transparency in decision making. (Medium weight). • Ensuring value for money. (Low weight). • To ensure accountability of the authority. (Medium weight). The public interest arguments for withholding the information are as follows: • The Council has a right to a “private thinking space” to discuss projects internally and protect the information discussed, which may be related to, and affect, future work undertaken by the Council. (High weight). • The Council needs a safe space to develop ideas, debate current issues, and reach decisions without external interference and distraction. (Medium weight). London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk We have decided that the public interest in withholding the information outweighs the public interest in disclosing it. We considered whether the presumption in favour of disclosure in the regulations overrides the decision to withhold and have concluded that it does not. Advice and Assistance: As advice and assistance, you could make a new request at the start of 2026, and we will either have the information completed and available or know when the information will be available. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Philip Lewis Information Rights Officer2025-08-05T00:00:00CAM115632025-12-24T00:00:00various questions about staff and working days lost due to sickness attributed to stress within the noise/pollution team for each of the past five yearsDate: 24/12/2025 Ref: CAM11563 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 12/11/2025 about various questions about staff and working days lost due to sickness attributed to stress within the noise/pollution team for each of the past five years. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds some of the information requested. However we are withholding some of the information because it is exempt as explained below. We have explained where we are withholding information and what exemptions apply. Please see the refusal notices at the end of the answers which explain how and why they apply. Request 1: I would like to request the following information for the Environmental Health department (Regulatory services) in particular the noise/pollution team for each of the past five years (2020/21 to 2024/25): Clarified - I would like the data for the following teams: Noise/Pollution team, community saftey, Health and Safety and Trading standards/Licensing teams. 1. The total number of staff employed in the department at the start and end of each financial year. 2. The number of staff who left the department in each of those years. 3. The number of staff who joined the department in each of those years. 4. A breakdown of reasons for leaving (e.g. resignation, redundancy, dismissal, retirement, transfer). Please refer to the ‘Request 1’ tab in the attached ‘CAM11563 Data’ excel document which provides the breakdown to the above questions for each of the last financial years (2020/21 to 2024/25). Please note that some information in Q4 is withheld under Section 40(2) of the Freedom of Information Act. See the refusal notice below. Request 2: Further to my previous request regarding staff turnover in the Noise & Pollution / Environmental Health service, please provide the following additional anonymised information for the same five-year period (2020/21 to 2024/25): 5. The total number of working days lost due to sickness attributed to stress, anxiety, or depression in that service each year. 6. The number of grievances or complaints raised by staff members within that service each year, and how many of those were upheld London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Please refer to the ‘Request 2’ tab in the attached ‘CAM11563 Data’ excel document which provides the breakdown to the above questions for each of the last financial years (2020/21 to 2024/25) 7. Any staff satisfaction or employee-engagement survey results for the Noise & Pollution or Environmental Services teams since 2020. We are unable to provide this information as the survey doesn't ask staff to declare which team they are in. 8. A list of any staff training courses delivered or offered to employees in that service, particularly those relating to stress management, mental-health awareness, equality, diversity, and inclusion. We are able to provide data only for the sessions that colleagues in this area have attended or completed. Unfortunately, we do not have the capability to produce a comprehensive list of all learning opportunities offered since 2020. Below is a list of training attended by staff in these areas since 2020, covering categories such as stress management, mental health awareness, and equality, diversity, and inclusion: Inclusion: Anti-Racism - Mandatory Learning Conscious Inclusion - Mandatory Learning Anti-racism learning offer series (ARLO) - including a series of learning and reflection Hate Crime awareness training Understanding Islamophobia and Antisemitism Inclusive Recruitment for Managers Antisemitism awareness Mental Health and Wellbeing: Mental Health Workshop for Landlord Services Suicide Awareness training - Mandatory Learning Remote Working & 12 Tips for Wellbeing Reflective Pause Body workout sessions for wellbeing Wellbeing Passport Session Good Mental Health at Home Pause for Thought & Self-care and self-compassion Promoting Positive Sleep Habits Resilience Boosters for Carers Switching off for a healthy work-life balance Psychology of Resilience 9. Copies of the current and previous versions (in force during 2020-2025) of the following Camden Council policies: - Sickness Absence Management Policy Please see attached documents – Our Sickness Absence Procedure 2021 - Updated Feb 2024 Sept 2018 Sickness Absence Policy - Stress at Work / Wellbeing Policy Please see attached document – Support for your mental health and wellbeing - Equality, Diversity & Inclusion Policy Please see attached document – Commitment to Conscious Inclusion Statement 2024 - Reasonable Adjustments / Disability Support Policy Please see attached documents – Reasonable adjustments Our Statement of Commitment Disability Leave - Grievance Policy and Procedure Please see attached documents – Grievance Policy Grievance Procedure Refusal Notice: Section 40(2) The council considers that to disclose the personal data where numbers are 5 and below would not be in accordance with data protection legislation, as it might be possible to work out who the people are and therefore we have withheld some of the information under the absolute exemption in Section 40(2). The exemption states that personal data requested may be withheld when to release it would be a breach of the requirements of data protection law which is the UK General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the Data Protection Act 2018. The information withheld is personal information because it allows living individuals to be identified. The council considers that it would be a breach of the General Data Protection Regulation article 5 requirements of fairness and proportionality to publish this personal information in a FOI request. In doing this we have considered the legitimate public interest in disclosure against the interests of the data subject/s and concluded that in the circumstances disclosure would contravene the data protection requirements of fairness and proportionality particularly considering that Freedom of Information responses are public documents and published to the world and not provided just to the requester. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk Telephone: 0303 123 1113 , live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/ Yours sincerely Kieran Heneghan Information Rights Officer2026-01-15T21:45:10CAM106782025-07-31T00:00:00eligibility to voteDate: 31/07/2025 Case reference : CAM10678London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 14/07/2025 about eligibility to vote . We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds some of the information requested. The answers to your questions are below. We have stated where we do not hold the information requested and why. Please could I have MP-constituency breakdowns of what amount of the electoral roll membership is eligible to vote in General Elections through each of the pathways of entitlement - (eg. Resident British Citizen, Resident Irish Citizen, Qualifying Commonwealth citizens etc).  We do not hold this information.  This is because a person’s nationality does not form part of the Register of Electors. What can provide concerning the current electorate: - Holborn & St Pancras: 75800 (6713 European Union Citizens NOT ENTITLED TO VOTE IN GENERAL) Hampstead & Highgate*: 76418 (7587 European Union Citizens NOT ENTITLED TO VOTE IN GENERAL)  *NB part of this constituency falls into the Haringey and their registration figures are not included Additional data noting the 16-18 population of the roll would also be useful, given current proposed reforms to voting eligibility . We have some people registered as ‘attainers’ who are under 18 and not yet eligible to vote: - Holborn & St Pancras has 35 attainers. Hampstead & Highgate* has 52 attainers. *NB part of this constituency falls into Haringey and their registration figures are not included. Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk , Telephone: 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website https://www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Peter Williams Information Rights Officer2025-08-05T00:00:00CAM106812025-07-29T00:00:00whether Flat 4 issued a vote in the estate ballot for Juniper Crescent in November 2022Date: 29/07/2025 Ref: CAM10681 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 15/07/2025 about whether Flat 4 issued a vote in the estate ballot for Juniper Crescent in November 2022 . We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council does not hold the information requested. In reference to the estate ballot conducted in Juniper Crescent in November 2022, the estate ballot administrator Civica gathered the vote of households in the estate on behalf of One Housing-Riverside. At the time, a number of properties on the estate stood vacant. We need to know whether Flat 4 on the estate, which was vacant at the time, issued a vote in the ballot. Clarified - I would like to know if a vote was issued from Flat 4. We do not hold this information as the ballot was conducted by One Housing/Riverside who are a separate entity to the Council. You would need to ask them directly at https://www.riverside.org.uk/contact_us/ Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner ’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Yours sincerely Kieran Heneghan Information Rights Officer2025-08-05T00:00:00CAM106912025-08-05T00:00:00the Council Tax Support Scheme Applications, number of applications and number successfulDate: 05/08/2025 Case reference : CAM10691 London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 14/07/2025 about the Council Tax Support Scheme Applications, number of applications and number successful . We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested, and we have provided some information but other information is withheld as either an exemption applies or to collate it will exceed the costs limit. We have given details below. I am writing to request the following information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, relating to your Council Tax Support (CTS) scheme and council tax arrears for the financial year 2024/25: 1. Council Tax Support Scheme Applications • How many residents applied for Council Tax Support (CTS) in 2024/25? 3,866 • How many of those applications were successful? Initially 3,245. However of the 621 cases that were initially unsuccessful, there is a significant likelihood that a large proportion would have subsequently had the claim awarded when information has been provided at a later time, or in certain cases when a decision not to award is successfully disputed. To ascertain the correct total would require each of these 621 cases being manually examined, which would take on average 5 minutes per case . This would be approx 50 hours which exceeds the 18 hours limi t by some margin. Therefore we are refusing this under section 12 on cost grounds because we estimate that compliance with your request will exceed the "appropriate limit". This is £450 which is equivalent to 18 hours at £25 per hour. The per hour figure is set by Regulations rather than actual salary p aid to any officers handling requests. The appropriate limit includes the time it will take the council to discover if it holds the information requested, to locate it, extract it and collate it as well as putting it into any particular format requested by the requester. 2. Council Tax Support Scheme Policy • Under your Council Tax Support Scheme, what is the minimum percentage of council tax a working-age resident can be required to pay? • Are any groups of residents exempt from paying council tax under the scheme? • Are any groups eligible for a reduced minimum payment under the scheme, and if so, what are the criteria? The answers to these can be found online at https://www.camden.gov.uk/council -tax-support and as the information is readily available online it is exempt under s21. 3. Policy Document • Please provide a copy of your current Council Tax Support Scheme policy, or a link to where it is published online. This can be found online at https://www.camden.gov.uk/council -tax-support and as the information is readily available online it is exempt under s21. 4. Council Tax Arrears and Enforcement • How many residents fell into arrears with their Council Tax payments in 2024/25? • How many residents in arrears were subject to enforcement action by bailiffs (enforcement agents) in 2024/25? This is refused under s12 on time grounds. The time to extract and collate this data would be added to the total for question 1. Once the authority has determined that s12 applies for one question it does not need to continue to calculate time required f or further questions . Advice and Assistance We have provided the number of applications that were initially successful. You could ask for a sample of ini tially unsu ccessful applications to be checked if you wished to know . Alternatively you might wish to submit a new request, noting that qs 2 and 3 have been answered, asking for just the second bullet point for question 4. Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication R egulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Com missioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk , Telephone: 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact -us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact - us/. The ICO website https://www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Sarah Laws Data Protection Manager2025-08-05T00:00:00CAM106972025-07-30T00:00:00Use of Gordon Square to store road maintenance goods, consultation, authority & schedule/plans follow upDate: 30/07/2025 Ref: CAM10697 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 15/07/2025 about Use of Gordon Square to store road maintenance goods, consultation, authority & schedule/plans follow up. We have dealt with this under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested. Can I therefore additionally request information on the exact schedule and procedures that will be used to return the site to its former status and quality. Precisely: 1. when will the site cease to be restocked further The site is no longer used for new deliveries. 2. when will the equipment & harris fencing begin to be removed We will start demobilising from the 1 st week in August 2025. 3. what oversight the Council will have to ensure that the site is decommissioned in a timely way Site inspections will take place on a weekly basis. 4. what method will be used to remove the oil staining (Please see photo attached). Officers will undertake a joint site inspection with FM Conway once all material has been cleared to determine what cleaning and / or remedial action needs to be carried out, and then have it completed straight away. 5. what inspection and remediation will take place to assess other damage once the equipment and materials have been removed. Please see response to number 4 above. 6. what penalties are in the contract with Conway if they do not comply? Officers are already liaising with the contractor on the scaling down phase therefore we do not envisage any need for penalties to be imposed. 7. I additionally request the name and title of the person Managing William Okpoho, Senior Project Engineer. Dave Stewart, Implementation Team Manager is William’s line manager. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner ’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Philip Lewis Information Rights Officer2025-08-05T00:00:00CAM107052025-07-30T00:00:00Communal heating information Mayford, Oakley SquareDate: 30/07/2025 Ref: CAM10705 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 14/07/2025 about Communal heating information Mayford, Oakley Square. We have dealt with this under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested. Please provide the following details in relation to the residential block known as Mayford, Oakley Square, London NW1 1NX, for which Camden Council is the landlord: 1. Communal Heating Outages Please provide a breakdown of how many times the communal heating system has failed or been out of service (wholly or partially) between 1 January 2022 and today’s date, affecting any or all of the flats within the block. There were 1067 instances in the date range requested. 2. Radiator Inspections For the same time period, please provide details of how many times each individual radiator (within tenants’ flats) has been inspected, checked, or serviced by or on behalf of Camden Council or its contractors. If possible, please also include the following: • The date and duration of each heating outage. • A summary of the cause and resolution for each heating outage. • A list of all radiator inspections by flat number or unique identifier (redacted if necessary for privacy). We do not carry out inspections or gather specific information on individual radiators within tenants flats. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner ’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Kieran Heneghan Information Rights Officer2025-08-05T00:00:00CAM107182025-07-31T00:00:00Camden Goods YardDate: 31/07/2025 Case reference : CAM10718London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 21/07/2025 about the  Camden Goods Yard.   We have dealt with this under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested.  However, we are withholding the information because it is excepted as explained below.  We have explained where we are withholding information and what exception applies.  Please see the refusal notice at the end of the answer which explains how and why it applies. 1) Please provide all correspondence between council officials and St George/The Berkeley Group regarding the work taking place at Camden Goods Yard this year (2025). If it is easier, just a keyword search of council emails with the words 'Camden Goods Yard' will do 2) Please provide the latest estimated completion dates that the council have received from St George/The Berkeley Group for each stage of Camden Goods Yard.  We are not processing this request.  It would involve a disproportionate amount of time, effort and expense to the council and is excepted under the EIR 2004.  Please see the exception notice set out below. Refusal Notice The exception that applies is: regulation 12(4)b which states that a public authority may refuse to disclose information to the extent that the request for information is manifestly unreasonable. We have also considered the time it will take the council to locate the information requested in the request, to extract it, collate it and then to review and redact any sensitive information that will be subject to further exceptions under the EIR 2004. On using the keywords one officer alone would have to analyse 182 emails to check if they or any part of the email chain would fall under the scope of this request.  5 other officers may hold similar amounts of potentially relevant emails.  One officer alone has 325 emails that contain the keywords.  These emails would have to be manually checked and examined to see if they fall within the scope of the requests and then collated. Further disproportionate time would be needed to redact personal information and redact or remove information that is subject to other exceptions under regulation EIR 2004 after consideration of the public interest involved. We have considered the impact and burden that processing this request would have on the team who would have to deal with it. We have concluded that the time, effort and costs involved would place a disproportionate burden on the teams involved and severely impact their ability to perform their normal duties. In applying this exception, the Council has also considered the balance of the public interest in line with the EIR 2004.  We have indicated the weight of each of these considerations. The public interest argument for releasing this information is: - it would improve the transparency for the general public of the council’s decisions and processes in dealing with the ‘planning activities’ of an MP and associates (Medium).• The public interest arguments for withholding the information are: - processing this request in full would be provide a large burden in terms of officer time and cost to the Council (High).• this would necessarily constitute a significant diversion of resources away from the council’s core business activities, (High) and:• it would consequently have a proportionally detrimental impact on it’s provision of services to the public (High).• it is not in the public interest public interest that the Council neglect its provision of services to the •public to focus on one information request (High). It is felt that in all the circumstances of the case, the public interest in maintaining the exception outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information. There is a presumption in favour of disclosure in the EIR 2004. We considered whether this overrides the public interest test conclusion and have concluded that it does not. Advice and assistance We be able to give a more definitive answer to question 2, and provide a response to question one if the time period was greatly reduced. Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk , Telephone: 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website https://www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Peter Williams Information Rights Officer2025-08-05T00:00:00CAM116662025-12-30T00:00:00Perinatal Mental Health Community Support ServiceD ate: 30 December 2025 Ref: CAM11666 Dear Requester, Thank you for your request for information dated 27 November 2025 about Perinatal Mental Health Community Support Service. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. R esponse The council holds the information requested and the answers to your questions are as follows: Please provide me with details regarding the Perinatal Mental Health Community Support Service at Camden Council: 1 . What is the current duration of the Perinatal mental health support contract (start date and end date)? 1 April 2022 - 31 March 2026. 2. What is the current total contract value? £395,326. 3 . Who is the current lead supplier and any subcontractors of the perinatal mental health support service? The current provider is Family Lives. There are no subcontractors involved. 4. Has a decision been made as to whether the current contract is being extended or renewed? We anticipate that funding will be confirmed before April 2026. To allow sufficient time for a competitive procurement and mobilisation process, officers are currently reviewing available options. These may include extending the current contract for a further 12 months, until 31 March 2027. 5 . Is there an extension clause in place? If so, what is the duration of the extension and when would the first extension take effect if the clause was applied? As part of the options review, the current contract may be extended for an additional 12 months, until 31 March 2027. If this extension is implemented, officers have confirmed that the proposed modification is permissible under the existing contract terms and London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk aligns with the principles set out in Regulation 13(1)(d) of the Provider Selection Regime. 6. Who is the commissioning officer with the council responsible for the peri natal support offer? Johanna Tuomi-Sharrock, Strategic Commissioning Manager, Adults and Health. 7.What are the timelines for recommissioning this contract? If the contract is extended, the new contract is expected to commence on or before 1 April 2027 and is likely to run for four years. Once funding arrangements area confirmed, we will re-engage with the market including all providers that have expressed an interest to date, to outline the new commissioning process and procurement timelines. At this stage, it is anticipated that a competitive procurement process will begin in late September 2026. Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Lorna Jonas-Tinson Information Rights Officer2026-01-15T21:45:15CAM116672025-12-30T00:00:00the number of people assessed as destitute due to them or their family’s immigration statusDate: 30 December 2025 Ref: CAM11667 Dear Requester, Thank you for your request for information dated 27 November 2025 about the number of people assessed as destitute due to them or their family’s immigration status. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested. However, we are withholding all of the information because it is exempt as explained below. We have explained where we are withholding information and what exemptions apply. Please see the refusal notices at the end of the answers which explain how and why they apply. How many people have been assessed as "destitute due to the family's immigration status" by the local authority after a failed asylum claim or leave to remain claim? How much is the cost for housing those people? How much are the monthly subsistence costs provided to those people? Please could you provide this data for the past 5 years (2021 – 2025) broken down by year. We are withholding this information as we consider the following exemption applies. Refusal - Section 12: Cost of Compliance Exceeds the Appropriate Limit We are refusing your request under Section 12 of the Freedom of Information Act on cost grounds because we estimate that compliance with your request will exceed the "appropriate limit". This is £450 which is equivalent to 18 hours at £25 per hour. The per hour figure is set by Regulations rather than actual salary paid to any officers handling requests. The appropriate limit includes the time it will take the council to discover if it holds the information requested, to locate it, extract it and collate it as well as putting it into any particular format requested by the requester. The ICO Section 12 guidance is that once a public authority has calculated that over 18 hours will be required to locate, extract and collate the information required, it may refuse the entire request without calculating the exact time or working up to the limit. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk For questions 1 and 2, the requested information is not held in an easily accessible format. Over the specified five year period, a total of 9,700 children were referred to Children’s Services. We estimate that manually reviewing, extracting and collating the relevant information would take approximately 3 minutes per record. This is because the MOSAIC system used by Children’s Services does not provide a straightforward mechanism for identifying cases of destitution due to a family's immigration status and lacks keyword search functionality to determine whether ‘destitute’ or related terms were recorded. Based on this, we have calculated that fulfilling the request would require approx.485 hours of officer time, which significantly exceeds the appropriate limit set out under Section 12 of the Freedom of Information Act. Advice and Assistance Given the calculations provided, it is not possible to refine the request sufficiently to bring it within the 18-hour appropriate limit. While we could undertake a spot check of a small number of records for a specific date, this approach would be unlikely to produce a representative or meaningful sample of data. Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Lorna Jonas-Tinson Information Rights Officer2026-01-15T21:45:15CAM116682025-12-30T00:00:00Home Office grant to support UASC care leaversDate: 30 December 2025 Ref: CAM11668 Dear Requester, Thank you for your request for information dated 27 November 2025 about a Home Office grant to support UASC care leavers. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested and the answers to your questions are as follows: 1 (a) For the 2025/2026 financial year, is the council receiving a specific grant from the Home Office to support UASC care leavers of £270 per week for each eligible UASC care leaver who is over 18, intended to help local authorities with the costs of supporting these individuals in supported living arrangements. Eligibility: The funding applies to individuals who are care leavers and formerly unaccompanied asylum-seeking children, provided they meet specific eligibility criteria. Yes, the council will receive a Home Office grant for Unaccompanied Asylum Seeking Children (UASC) care leavers aged 18 and over. 1 (b) In 2025/2026, is there an additional budget (excluding the above Home Office Grant at 1(a) above) the Council is using for supported living housing funding for unaccompanied asylum-seeking 18+ young people. If so, how much is the additional amount - appreciated it is based on needs and discretion. No additional budget has been provided to the council. 1 (c) Please provide the contact details by email of the lead commissioner who signs off spot contract purchases for supporting these individuals in supported living arrangements. Not applicable. Commissioners do not authorise spot contract purchases for individuals in supported living arrangements. 1 (d) Is there any foreseeable plans to change the is using for supported living housing funding for unaccompanied asylum-seeking 18+ young people in the next 5 years. No. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Lorna Jonas-Tinson Information Rights Officer2026-01-15T21:45:16CAM116702026-01-02T00:00:00information regarding leaseholder alteration consents issued by Camden CouncilDate: 02/01/2026 Ref: CAM11670 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 28/11/2025 about information regarding leaseholder alteration consents issued by Camden Council. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested. However we are withholding some or all of the information because it is exempt as explained below. We have explained where we are withholding information and what exemptions apply. Please see the refusal notices at the end of the answers which explain how and why they apply. I am writing under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 to request information regarding leaseholder alteration consents issued by Camden Council. Specifically, I would like to request the following: Clarified: For last 3 years to date record please for leaseholder/right to buy properties in NW1, NW3 and NW5 area. 1. Copies of decision letters or consent records (with personal data redacted) for all leasehold properties and right to buy properties managed by Camden Council in NW5 your estate/building name or street, e.g. Freedom of Information Request – Alteration Consents for Comparable Leasehold/RTB Properties "Kentish Town Estate"] that were granted approval for internal alterations. For last 3 years to date record please for leaseholder/right to buy properties 2. The date(s) and reference numbers of those applications or approvals, and a summary of the type of internal alteration permitted (for example, layout changes, removal of non-structural walls, or reconfiguration of internal rooms). Clarified: Requesting data for successful and unsuccessful applications. With a summary of the type of internal/external alteration permitted (for example, layout changes, removal of non- structural walls, or reconfiguration of internal rooms). Requesting data for leaseholder properties and purchased through right to buy. I want to know how many years into RTB purchase when alteration application has been successful and not unsuccessful. 3. Any policy documents, internal guidance, or criteria used by Camden Council officers when assessing leaseholder requests for internal alterations or layout changes. This information is requested so I can understand the basis for variation in decisions regarding leaseholder alteration requests. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk We are refusing your request under Section 12 on cost grounds because we estimate that compliance with your request will exceed the "appropriate limit". This is £450 which is equivalent to 18 hours at £25 per hour. The per hour figure is set by Regulations rather than actual salary paid to any officers handling requests. The appropriate limit includes the time it will take the council to discover if it holds the information requested, to locate it, extract it and collate it as well as putting it into any particular format requested by the requester. You asked for information regarding leaseholder alteration consents issued by Camden Council for last 3 years to date record for leaseholder/right to buy properties in NW1, NW3 and NW5 area. There are around 5,800 leasehold properties in NW1, NW3 and NW5 areas. If it was to take a minimum of 5 minutes to check each property record and gather the information requested, then it would take over 480 hours to complete the request. Advice and Assistance: As advice and assistance if you are able to narrow the scope down to a much smaller number of properties we can try and provide some information. Plus if there is a specific question you have on this subject we can try and answer it for you. Please email it to FOI@camden.gov.uk. In addition, I have provided the Leaseholder guide structural alterations PDF attached. This is sent to leaseholders when they enquire about making alterations (including external/structural alterations) or wish to purchase additional land (that is within the curtilage of the building). Full information can also be found on our webpage at https://www.camden.gov.uk/property- alterations-or-improvements Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk Telephone: 0303 123 1113 , live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/ Yours sincerely Philip Lewis Information Rights Officer2026-01-15T21:45:16CAM116842025-12-31T00:00:00number of households on Camden social housing register (waiting list).Date: 31 December 2025 Ref: CAM11684 Dear Requester, Thank you for your request for information dated 1 December 2025 about the number of households on Camden social housing register (waiting list). We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested and the answers to your questions are as follows: Please provide the total number of people or households (whichever measure your authority uses) on your social housing waiting list for each of the following points in time: - December 2020 - December 2021 - December 2022 - December 2023 - December 2024 - December 2025 (or the most recent available figure if December 2025 data has not yet been compiled) If these figures are monthly averages, please let me know. If these figures are taken as a snapshot of a particular day in December, please make sure that you use the same day for each of the years requested. If your records distinguish between people and households, please specify which measure the figures represent. If both are available, I would be grateful for both sets of data. We do not hold data as of December each year. We publish these statistics at the end of the fiscal year (31 March). The information you have requested is already publicly available and can be accessed via the GOV.UK website at the following link: Local Authority Housing Statistics open data - GOV.UK and selecting Section C within the spreadsheet. As the information requested is already reasonably accessible elsewhere it is exempt under the absolute exemption in Section 21. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk The figures for 2025/26 are scheduled for a future publication. As the information is held, we are applying the qualified exemption under Section 22(2) of the Freedom of Information Act. This exemption applies because the data is intended for publication at a later date and it would be unreasonable to release it prior to the planned publication schedule. The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) publishes this data annually at the end of the financial year (31 March). In applying this exemption, we have carefully considered the balance between the public interest in disclosing the information and the public interest in withholding it. Public interest factors in favour of disclosure include: • Promoting meaningful public and resident engagement, thereby strengthening confidence in local governance processes. (Medium weight). • Providing assurance that public funds are managed effectively and represent value for money. (Medium weight). • Advancing transparency and accountability within the council. (Medium weight). Public interest factors in favour of withholding the information include: • A defined publication schedule exists, and releasing the information ahead of this timetable would cause operational disruption to the council. (High weight). • Premature disclosure could pre-empt decisions that have not yet been formally confirmed by the MHCLG. (High weight). • Early release may generate public enquiries, leading to increased workloads. The council must ensure that appropriate administrative arrangements are in place before the information is released. (Medium weight). We have decided that the public interest in withholding the information outweighs the public interest in disclosing it. Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Lorna Jonas-Tinson Information Rights Officer2026-01-15T21:45:16CAM116852025-12-31T00:00:00current and future contracts and tenders related to drug and alcohol testingDate: 31 December 2025 Ref: CAM11685 Dear Requester, Thank you for your request for information dated 1 December 2025 about current and future contracts and tenders related to drug and alcohol testing. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council does not hold the information requested. We are seeking information regarding all current and future contracts and tenders relating to drug and alcohol testing, particularly for child protection testing, court-ordered testing and laboratory analysis, commissioned by or on behalf of the Local Authority. We would kindly request the following information: 1. All contracts currently entered into relating to the provision of drug and alcohol testing, the name of the company or companies currently delivering these services, and the scheduled end date of these contracts. The council does not hold a commissioned contract for drug and alcohol testing. Where testing is required to support a parent in the management of their drug and alcohol use, this is arranged on a spot purchase basis. Currently, Camden Children’s Services has no plans to tender for this provision. 2. The relative weighting (as a percentage or ratio) given in the most recent and next planned Invitation to Tender (ITT) to: a) price/cost, b) quality of service and c) social responsibility. Not applicable. Please see the response to question 1 above. 3. The scheduled or anticipated date for the advertisement and commencement of the next tendering process for contracts relating to the provision of drug and alcohol testing services. Not applicable. Please see the response to question 1 above. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk 4. The financial value of current and project value of anticipated future contracts for drug and alcohol testing services. If the information requested is held across multiple documents, kindly provide copies of the relevant documents or extracts, such as the full ITT form, tender specification, or contract award notice. Not applicable. Please see the response to question 1 above. Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Lorna Jonas-Tinson Information Rights Officer2026-01-15T21:45:17CAM107202025-07-28T00:00:00Housing Land Supply figuresDate: 28/07/2025 Case reference : CAM10720 London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 21/07/2025 about Housing Land Supply figures.  We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 / Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested and the answers to your questions are as follows: Please could you provide me with the most recent Housing Land Supply (HLS) figures held by your authority, based either on internal calculations or appeal decisions, including: 1. The most recent calculation of the five-year housing land supply (expressed in years); 2. The base date for the calculation; 3. The published document or evidence base that supports this calculation; This information is already publicly available using the links provided in our previous response CAM10503 . 4. The date on which this information was last published or updated. We can confirm that was last updated on 17 February 2023. Please provide your response either by response to this email or in direct PDF format clearly expressing, in the text, the LPA’s housing land supply. We are not required to produce the information in the format requested when the information is contained in a document that is already publicly available and can be obtained by reading the document.   Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk , Telephone: 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website https://www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Peter Williams Information Rights Officer2025-08-05T00:00:00CAM107242025-07-25T00:00:00completion noticesDate: 25/07/2025 Case reference : CAM10724 London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 21/07/2025 about completion notices.  We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 / Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested and the answers to your questions are as follows: Under the terms of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 please could I request a list of Non-Domestic Completion Notices served by the authority between 01/12/2024 and  31/01/2025. I would be grateful if the list could include; 1. The property reference number (otherwise known as billing authority reference number). 2. The address of the property to which the notice relates. 3. The date the notice was served . 4. The completion date recorded. 5. The business or person to whom the notice was served. 6. Address to where the Notice was sent. 7. Whether the notice was issued by the billing authority or a third party.Please find relevant information attached. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk , Telephone: 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website https://www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Peter Williams Information Rights Officer2025-08-05T00:00:00CAM107312025-07-28T00:00:00new homesDate: 28/07/2025 Case reference : CAM10731 London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 21/07/2025 about new homes . We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 / Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested and the answers to your questions are as follows: In the response CAM10573 [CAM10573 ], you say that in addition to developing homes, Camden acquired 9 temporary accommodation, and 25 other affordable homes. 1. Can I check, are those new build acquisitions? Or just bought off the general market? These are not newly built properties. They were acquired in the open market. 2. what does "other affordable" mean across the acquired and CIP schemes? The 34 acquisitions are under temporary accommodation tenure. 3. Is it possible to give a full breakdown of the tenure, e.g., how many are affordable rent, how many shared ownership, etc? Please see response above. The 34 acquisitions are under temporary accommodation tenure. Further Information:We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk , Telephone: 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website https://www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Peter Williams Information Rights Officer2025-08-05T00:00:00CAM107542025-07-31T00:00:00Community Infrastructure LevyDate: 31/07/2025 Case reference : CAM10754London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 23/07/2025 about Community Infrastructure Levy.   We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and the Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested.  However, we are withholding the information because it is excepted as explained below.  We have explained where we are withholding information and what exception applies.  Please see the refusal notice at the end of the answer which explains how and why it applies. 1) Has the local authority adopted the Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) and, if so, when did it adopt this tax? 2) How much money received via CIL payments is currently held, unspent, by the local planning authority? 3) How much of this sum has been allocated for infrastructure projects and how much is currently unallocated? 4) What is the current interest rate (%) that the local authority receives for holding unspent CIL money? 5) What was the monetary value of the interest accrued from unspent CIL monies for the financial year 2023/24? 6) Are CIL funds ring-fenced for community infrastructure projects?7) Is the interest generated from unspent CIL monies directed towards the local authority’s general fund? 8) What is the rate (£ per square metre) that the local authority charges for CIL-liable development? 9) How many planning applications for main residences were liable for CIL in 2023/24? 10) What percentage of property developments with 10 or more residential dwellings were liable for CIL in 2023/24?  We are not processing this request.  It would involve a disproportionate amount of time, effort and expense to the council and is excepted under the EIR 2004.  Please see the exception notice set out below. Refusal Notice The exception that applies is: regulation 12(4)b which states that a public authority may refuse to disclose information to the extent that the request for information is manifestly unreasonable. We have also considered the time it will take the council to locate the information requested in the request, to extract it, collate it and then to review and redact any sensitive information that will be subject to further exceptions under the EIR 2004. For question 9 we do not hold any electronically collated information on which planning permissions were for main residences. Investigation of this would involve manual reviewing at least 150 records and this would take an average minimum of 30 minutes per record. Furthermore, on examining the records it may not be possible to determine whether individual cases relate to main residences. Further disproportionate time would be needed to redact personal information and redact or remove information that is subject to other exceptions under regulation EIR 2004 after consideration of the public interest involved. We have considered the impact and burden that processing this request would have on the team who would have to deal with it. We have concluded that the time, effort and costs involved would place a disproportionate burden on the teams involved and severely impact their ability to perform their normal duties. In applying this exception, the Council has also considered the balance of the public interest in line with the EIR 2004.  We have indicated the weight of each of these considerations. The public interest argument for releasing this information is: - it would improve the transparency for the general public of the council’s decisions and processes in dealing with the ‘planning activities’ of an MP and associates (Medium).• The public interest arguments for withholding the information are: - processing this request in full would be provide a large burden in terms of officer time and cost to the Council (High).• this would necessarily constitute a significant diversion of resources away from the council’s core business activities, (High) and:• it would consequently have a proportionally detrimental impact on it’s provision of services to the public (High).• it is not in the public interest public interest that the Council neglect its provision of services to the public to focus on one information request (High).• It is felt that in all the circumstances of the case, the public interest in maintaining the exception outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information. There is a presumption in favour of disclosure in the EIR 2004. We considered whether this overrides the public interest test conclusion and have concluded that it does not. Advice and assistance We can provide more definitive answers to the remaining questions.  We may be able provide a response to question 9 if the time period was greatly reduced to provide a small sample.  However, this sample might not be sufficiently representative whole picture. Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations.Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk , Telephone: 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website https://www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Peter Williams Information Rights Officer2025-08-05T00:00:00CAM107572025-07-28T00:00:00development projectsDate: 28/07/2025 Case reference : CAM10757London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 24/07/2025 about development projects.  We have dealt with this under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004 (EIR 2004). Response The council does not holds the information requested: Q1. A list of construction or development projects (public or private, where recorded) that have been paused, stalled, or abandoned since January 1st, 2020. Q2. For each project, please provide where available: a. The name or brief description of the project b. The proposed type of development (e.g. residential, commercial, infrastructure, mixed-use) c. The original estimated start and completion dates d. The date the project was paused or abandoned e. The stated reason for the delay, pause, or abandonment (e.g. planning refusal, funding issues, legal challenges, contractor withdrawal etc.) f. Whether the project is currently expected to resume, and if so, an estimated timelineQ3. If possible, please provide any internal reports, summaries or communications outlining trends or challenges commonly contributing to construction project delays in your area. We do not hold this information.  This is because we have not recorded or maintained a relevant dataset. As the information not held is environmental, we have to comply with a technicality and tell you that because it is not held it is excepted under Regulation 12 (4)(a) of the EIR 2004.  The Information Commissioner does not require a public interest test where the information is not held. Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk , Telephone: 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website https://www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Peter Williams Information Rights Officer2025-08-05T00:00:00CAM107652025-08-01T00:00:00Horseshoes Public HouseDate: 01/08/2025 Case reference : CAM10765London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 26/07/2025 about Horseshoes Public House.   We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA) and the Environmental Information Regulations 2004 (EIR 2004). Response The council holds some of the information requested. The answers to your questions are below. We have stated where we do not hold the information requested and why. I would like to see the documentataion relating to the underlease of the Camden owned Horsehoes Public House, 28 Heath St Hampstead - appertaining to Pentameters, Leonie Scott Mattewhs, and the same for Urban Pus and Bars. The lease is already publicly available from the land registry .  We do not hold any information and have no control over any sub-agreement that may have been made. Please include any recent planning applications and agreements made for any change of use. Planning information is already publicly available on the planning portal of our website which provides a record of all applications submitted and the outcome.  You can search the records to look at relevant applications.   Please enter the links below into your web browser https://planningrecords.camden.gov.uk/Northgate/PlanningExplorer/GeneralSearch.aspx https://accountforms.camden.gov.uk/planning-search/As  the information not held is environmental we have to comply with a technicality and tell you that because it is not held it is excepted under Regulation 12 (4)(a) of the EIR 2004. The Information Commissioner does not require a public interest test where the information is not held. Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk , Telephone: 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website https://www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Peter Williams Information Rights Officer2025-08-05T00:00:00CAM107742025-08-01T00:00:00second home council taxDate: 01/08/2025 Case reference : CAM10774London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 28/07/2025 about second home council tax.  We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.   Response The council holds the information requested.  However, we are withholding the information because it is exempt as explained below.  We have explained what exemption applies.  Please see the refusal notice which explains how and why it applies: The request is: a) the number of appeals you have had against second home council tax charges. (b) the number of successful appeals. (c) the reasons why the appeals were successful. Clarification from requester: - My question is about the second homes levy not empty homes We are not processing this request as it would require a disproportionate amount of time, effort, and expense.  Please see the exemption notice set out below. Refusal NoticeThe exemption that applies is: section 12: cost of compliance exceeds appropriate limit We are refusing your request under section 12 on cost grounds because we estimate that compliance with your request will exceed the "appropriate limit". This is £450 which is equivalent to 18 hours at £25 per hour. The per hour figure is set by Regulations rather than actual salary paid to any officers handling requests. The appropriate limit includes the time it will take the council to discover if it holds the information requested, to locate it, extract it and collate it as well as putting it into any particular format requested by the requester. We have calculated that it will take approx. 210 hours (minimum) to comply with your request because: our electronic report shows that 5,974 properties had a second home premium (SHP) awarded• a further 319 are exempt from the premium for various reasons permitted in the regulations• we would have to manually check each account to check for SHP appeals and the outcome• it would take an average minimum of 2 minutes each to check if the premium was challenged• Advice and Assistance We may be able to spot check a limited number of cases for a greatly reduced time period - but this is unlikely to provide a meaningful representative sample. Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your RightsIf you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk , Telephone: 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website https://www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Peter Williams Information Rights Officer2025-08-05T00:00:00CAM107922025-07-31T00:00:00our investment poolsDate: 31/07/2025 Case reference : CAM10792 London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 29/07/2025 about our investment pools.  We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 / Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested and the answers to your questions are as follows: I would like to request information regarding your investment pools, relating to the performance of all the closed-end funds including Private Equity, Venture Capital, Private Debt, Real Estate, Real Assets/Infrastructure funds you invest in for Q4 2024, please. I am looking for details, including standard data, such as: • Vintage year • Commitment • Funded Commitment • Unfunded Commitment • Distributions • Market Value• IRR (Net/Gross) • PIC • DPI • RVPI • TVPI Please may we have the updated version (with 31 December 2024 performance figures) of the attached [see CAM9774 ] previously provided file instead? This information is already publicly available.  This request is asking for data as at 31 December 2024 and this can be found in the committee reports covering that quarter . Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk , Telephone: 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website https://www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely,Peter Williams Information Rights Officer2025-08-05T00:00:00CAM108152025-08-05T00:00:00a notice restricting estate agent advertisingDate: 05/08/2025 Case reference : CAM10815 London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 31/07/2025 about a notice restricting estate agent advertising . We have dealt with this under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response Your request was: I would like to receive all information available about your application for a section 7 notice restricting estate agent advertising, under the town and county planning act (control of advertisements) 2007. Please can you provide - The details of the consultation you ran in the lead up to the application - The record of the council decision to apply for this notice - The application you made to the Secretary of State - The decision document you received from the Secretary of State both in relation to granting permission for some restrictions but refusing to grant a borough wide . The council holds the information requested. The information you have requested is available on our website on this page: Board ban in conservation areas and town centres . The decision was a single member decision made by the cabinet member. Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Com missioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk , Telephone: 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact -us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact - us/. The ICO website https://www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Sarah Laws Data Protection Manager2025-08-05T00:00:00CAM108242025-08-05T00:00:00a proposed/agreed sale of the O2 Centre on Finchley RoadDate: 05/08/2025 Case reference : CAM10824 London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 31/07/2025 about a proposed/agreed sale of the O2 Centre on Finchley Road . We have dealt with this under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response Your request was for: I am writing to request information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 regarding the proposed or agreed sale of the O2 Centre located on Finchley Road, West Hampstead NW3. Specifically, I would like to request the following: 1. Details of the Sale Agreement: o The identity of the buyer or prospective buyer. o The terms and conditions of the sale (including price, timelines, and any conditional clauses). o Whether the sale has been finalised or is still under negotiation. 2. Decision -Making Process: o Internal council documents, meeting minutes, or reports relating to the decision to sell the site. o Names of the decision -making committees or individuals involved in approving the sale. o Any legal or valuation advice sought or received in connection with the transaction. 3. Community Impact Assessment: o Any reports, consultations, or assessments outlining how the sale and future development of the site may affect: - Local services and infrastructure; - Residents of West Hampstead and surrounding areas; - Local businesses; - Council tax payers in the borough. 4. Public Consultation: o Records of any public consultations held regarding the sale or redevelopment of the O2 Centre site. o A summary of feedback received from the community, if applicable. 5. Financial Impact: o How the sale proceeds are intended to be used by Camden Council. o Whether the sale is linked to broader strategies for housing, transport, or regeneration in the borough. FOR ALL QUESTIONS: The council does not hold any of the information requested. This request seems to be based on an incorrect belief that the Council owns the O2 centre. It does not. The O2 centre is owned by a company called Landsec. However, o n 4th June the Council’s Cabinet agreed in principle that it would be prepared to acquire an interest in the site under Section 203 of the Planning and Housing Act 2016 and subject to a number of conditions set out in the report , in order to override certain rights and interests to facilitate the carrying out of the development . Please see this link 9 Consideration of the Request to the Council to use Statutory Planning Powers to Facilitate Deliver.pdf . In accordance with the delegation a further decision would need to be taken for the Council to acquire an interest in the site and this has not yet taken place. If this decision were to be taken in the future it would be published on the Council’s Forward Plan in advance of the decision. Therefore the Council does not hold the information requested. As this relates to the environment we have to comply with a technicality in the Regulations and apply the exception in Regulation 12(4)(a) for information not held. That has a requirement to conduct a public interest test and there is a presumption in favour of disclosure. However, the ICO have previously said that there is no public interest argument capable of requiring the public authority to disclose information i t does not hold. Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Com missioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk , Telephone: 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact -us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact - us/. The ICO website https://www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Sarah Laws Data Protection Manager2025-08-05T00:00:00CAM104652025-07-11T00:00:00communal lamp installations at Block G, 8 Agar Place, NW1 0RGDate: 11/07/2025 Case reference : CAM10465 London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 16/06/2025 about communal lamp installations at Block G, 8 Agar Place, NW1 0RG . We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 / Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested and the answers to your questions are as follows: I am writing to request information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 regarding the communal lamp installations at Block G, 8 Agar Place, NW1 0RG. Please provide the following: 1. A copy of the Clerk of Works report(s) or inspection records confirming sign-off of the communal lamp installations at Block G. This does not exist because Clerk of Works reports focus on noting items for rectification. None were raised in relation to the communal lamp installation at Block G in the final inspection of all areas. 2. The official design specification or manufacturer documentation.Please see the attached, however all information is available on the internet at the following link - Ruby - Ansell Lighting . 3. Any internal or contractor correspondence from Camden or Hill discussing, approving, or defending the current installation method used for these lamps. None of this correspondence exists – the lamps have been installed as per the attached. For ease of maintenance reasons, there is extra wire / cord / cable. Again all information on installation is available on the internet at the link given above and the lamps have been installed as per the manufacturer’s instructions. 4. Any communication or warranty terms from the lamp manufacturer or installer that confirm the warranty expiration and that cutting or modifying the cable arrangement would void the warranty, as recently stated. This doesn’t exist. For maintenance reasons there is extra cable. Information is available on the internet at the link above - and the lamps have been installed as per the manufacturer’s instructions. 5. The date these lamps were last inspected and formally signed off as meeting acceptable standards. They were inspected at handover stage in June 2021 and at the end of defects in June 2022. The rectification period for reporting defects was 12 months from handover as per the building contract and noted in your Home User Guide. The next 5 yearly EICR (Electrical Installation Condition Report) is due by 28 May 2026. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets.Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk , Telephone: 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website https://www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Kieran Heneghan Information Rights Officer2025-07-23T00:00:00CAM104862025-07-17T00:00:00list of suppliers, contractors, and professional service providers involved in the delivery of the Holborn redevelopmentDate: 17/07/2025 Ref: CAM10486 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 18/06/2025 about list of suppliers, contractors, and professional service providers involved in the delivery of the Holborn redevelopment. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested. Please provide a list of suppliers, contractors, and professional service providers involved in the delivery of the Holborn redevelopment. For each company, please include where possible: • Company name • Role or discipline (e.g. architect, main contractor, M&E consultant) • Procurement route used (if available) Clarified: I am looking for the suppliers for this pls - https://news.camden.gov.uk/holborn- liveable-neighbourhood/ You'll be able to find information related to the required professional services for the Holborn Liveable Neighbourhood in the approved project procurement strategies. These can be accessed here: Procurement Strategy for Holborn Liveable Neighbourhood Feasibility Activities: https://democracy.camden.gov.uk/ieDecisionDetails.aspx?ID=3908 Procurement Strategy for Holborn Liveable Neighbourhood Feasibility Activities - Part 2: https://democracy.camden.gov.uk/ieDecisionDetails.aspx?ID=4364 Additionally, please find details of the suppliers, contractors, and professional service providers that have been involved in the main Holborn Liveable Neighbourhood scheme since 2023 below. Please note that this does not include suppliers, contractors, and professional service providers involved in the STARter projects, which are being managed separately. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk HLN Main Scheme - list of suppliers, contractors, and professional service providers (2023 onwards) Company name Role or Discipline Procurement route used Norman Rourke Pryme Limited Feasibility design and traffic modelling services Competitive tender process Norman Rourke Pryme Limited Project management support Competitive tender process TopoCrew Ltd Topographical surveys Request for Quotation (Min 3 quotes) LDA Design Consulting Limited Masterplan / Green Space Vision Works Direct award LDA Design Consulting Limited Public realm design Request for Quotation (Min 3 quotes) DISABLED ENABLED LIMITED Accessibility audit Direct award CAPITAL ROAD SAFETY LTD Stage 1 Road Safety Audit (RSA) Direct award STEER DAVIES GLEAVE LTD Freight, Servicing & Delivery Plan (FSDP) Request for Quotation (Min 3 quotes) Love Design Studio Ltd Climate Resilience Strategy Direct award AVEO GROUP LIMITED T/A URBAN SYMBIOTICS Engagement support Request for Quotation (Min 3 quotes) Advanced Transport Research Limited Bus lane surveys Request for Quotation (Min 3 quotes) Nationwide Data Collection Ltd Traffic surveys Request for Quotation (Min 3 quotes) Advanced Transport Research Limited Traffic surveys – Great Queen Street Direct award Norman Rourke Pryme Limited Feasibility design and traffic modelling services - extension Waiver to CSOs LDA Design Consulting Limited Masterplan / Green Space Vision Works – extension Waiver to CSOs Norman Rourke Pryme Limited Project management support - extension Waiver to CSOs STANTEC UK LIMITED Economic Appraisal for Great Ormond Street Healthy Hospital Street (3g) Direct award Norman Rourke Pryme Limited EqIA support Direct award Centara Ltd C2 Fusion Plan Direct award Rocket Haus Studios Scheme flythrough video Direct award Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Philip Lewis Information Rights Officer2025-07-23T00:00:00CAM104952025-07-17T00:00:00Children’s Services organogram and school improvement related mattersDate: 17/07/2025 Ref: CAM10495 Dear Requester, Thank you for your request for information dated 18/06/2025 about Children’s Services organogram and school improvement related matters. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds some of the information requested and the answers to your questions are as follows: 1. Children’s Services Organogram The most recent organogram or structure chart for your Children’s Services department, showing: • Job titles • Team/service names (e.g. Education, SEND, Early Help, Social Care, Safeguarding) • Reporting lines up to the Director of Children’s Services • Names of postholders where routinely published Please include charts for separate divisions if relevant (e.g., Education vs. Social Care). The requested structure charts can be found in the attached PDF document. 2. School Improvement Strategy A copy of the current School Improvement Strategy (or equivalent document), outlining your local authority’s approach to school improvement, support, and intervention. The Council’s School Improvement Strategy is provided by Camden Learning, a separate legal entity formed in partnership between all schools and the Local Authority. In April 2016, Cabinet agreed the proposals to establish the Camden Schools Led Partnership (CSLP) as a legal entity to strengthen and future- proof the school-led school improvement system in Camden. You can access information on the Council Education strategy, Building Back Stronger at the following link: Education Strategy - Camden Learning London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk 3. School Improvement Team: Size and Grades Details of your School Improvement Team, including: • The number of FTE staff currently in the team • The job titles and pay grades of all posts within the team (e.g. School Improvement Adviser, Senior Officer, Team Manager) Not applicable. 4. Details of any external contractors for School Improvement Activity Please provide the details of any external contractors that you work with on school improvement. Please include: • Name of the contractor • Value and duration of the contract • Number of schools supported through the contract The Council entered into a contract with Camden Learning following a Cabinet decision. The decision documents can be accessed here: https://democracy.camden.gov.uk/mgAi.aspx?ID=60815 Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Lorna Jonas-Tinson Information Rights Officer2025-07-23T00:00:00CAM105052025-07-16T00:00:00charging parents for children in social services careDate: 15/07/2025 Ref: CAM10505 Dear Requester, Thank you for your request for information dated 18/06/2025 about charging parents for children in social services care. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested and has provided their response in the the attached questionnaire. Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Lorna Jonas-Tinson Information Rights Officer London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk2025-07-23T00:00:00CAM105072025-07-15T00:00:00information relating to rodent infestations within your local authority area, for the calendar years 2023, 2024, and 2025Date: 15/07/2025 Ref: CAM10507 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 19/06/2025 about information relating to rodent infestations within your local authority area, for the calendar years 2023, 2024, and 2025 . We have dealt with this under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds some of the information requested. I am requesting the following information relating to rodent infestations within your local authority area, for the calendar years 2023, 2024, and 2025 (or up to most recent data where possible). Total Number of Residential Rodent Infestations: Please provide the total number of residential rodent infestations that your council dealt with or responded to (e.g., through direct pest control services, advice, or recorded incidents) for: - Calendar year 2023 – 3,864 - Calendar year 2024 – 3,567 - Calendar year 2025 – 1,702 from January to June only. Non-Residential Public Buildings Total Number of Rodent Infestations in Non-Residential Public Buildings: Please provide the total number of rodent infestations that your council dealt with or responded to within non-residential public buildings owned or directly managed by the council. - Calendar year 2023 - Calendar year 2024 - Calendar year 2025 This information is not held as it is not a pre-recorded service as it operates reactively for non- residential public buildings. Expenditure on Residential Rodent Infestations: Please state the total amount of money spent by the council on dealing with residential rodent infestations (e.g., direct service costs, contractor fees, staffing costs specifically allocated to this service) for: - Calendar year 2023 – 24,383 - Calendar year 2024 – 22,277 - Calendar year 2025 – 25,163 London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Kieran Heneghan Information Rights Officer2025-07-23T00:00:00CAM105142025-07-15T00:00:00proposed motorcycle parking policyDate: 15/07/2025 Ref: CAM10514 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 19/06/2025 about proposed motorcycle parking policy. We have dealt with this under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council does not hold the information requested. In its proposed motorcycle parking policy Camden Council proposes that residents who own a motorcycle and a car will in future only be allowed a permit for one of these vehicles. Any residents who choose to keep their car and sell their motorcycles will in future therefore do more car journeys than would otherwise be the case. Similarly residents without off -street parking who currently own and require a car will not have the option of buying a moped to do some journeys for which they need powered private transport. Innevitably this will mean more emissions, congestion, and parking pressure in the Borough than would otherwise be the case, contrary to the aims of Camden’s Climate Change, Air Quality and Transport Strategies. In forming the policy the Council was required to assess the impact that this element of the policy would have on its wider strategic transport and environmental aims. Please share any and all information relating to such assessments which have been undertaken, for example quantifying the expected increases in emissions, congestion and parking pressure caused by the proposed policy. There is no stand-alone assessment for this particular policy because the impact of a single parking policy measure cannot be drawn out due to the interactive way that multiple measures are implemented across the council. This policy will be introduced alongside other measures in different areas of the council to achieve the policy objectives, and so an assessment cannot be made of the single change. As the information not held is environmental we have to comply with a technicality and tell you that because it is not held it is excepted under Regulation 12(4)(a). The Information Commissioner does not require a public interest test where the information is not held. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Philip Lewis Information Rights Officer2025-07-23T00:00:00CAM105202025-07-15T00:00:00Council homes demolished and built including for HS2Date: 15/07/2025 Ref: CAM10520 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 23/06/2025 about Council homes demolished and built including for HS2. We have dealt with this under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested. Could you please confirm: 1) how many council-rented homes have been demolished over the period 2010 - 2025, including homes demolished due to HS2. Please provide separate figures for each estate A total of 492 unit were demolished during 2010 – 2025 as follows: Maiden Lane - 32 Maitland Park - 35 Bacton estate - 87 Agar Grove Estate – 78 Abbey Area Masterplan - 70 Bourne estate - 19 Chester Balmore - 35 HS2 Blocks (Ainsdale, Eskdale, and Silverdale) – 136 2) how many council-rented homes have been built over the period 2010- 2025, including homes built due to HS2. Please provide separate figures for each estate A total of 678 council rented homes were built during 2010 – 2025. Below is a summary of Council Rented Homes delivered which excludes other affordable tenures like temporary accommodation, intermediate, refugee housing and specialist accommodation such as extra care homes and hostel accommodation. Abbey Area Masterplan – 66 delivered as part of Phase 1 Agar Grove estate – 77 delivered in phases 1a/b/c Barrington and Lamble - 3 Bourne estate – 34 Bacton phase 1 – 46 Camden Street - 14 Central Somers Town – 44 Chester Balmore – 22 Holly Lodge – 47 London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Kiln Place – 7 Maiden Lane estate – 74 Maitland Park estate – 51 Everton Mews – 10 Parker Mews – 3 Peperfield – 1 Regents Park Estate (HS2) - 169 Tybalds - 10 Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Philip Lewis Information Rights Officer2025-07-23T00:00:00CAM105232025-07-17T00:00:00late paymentsDate: 17/07/2025 Case reference : CAM10523London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 23/06/2025 about late payments. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and the Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested.  However, we are withholding the information because it is exempt as explained below.  We have explained where we are withholding information and what exemptions apply.  Please see the refusal notice at the end of the answer which explains how and why they apply. With the above points in mind, we request under FOIA that you provide, (preferably in Microsoft Excel or an equivalent machine-readable format) the following information in respect of suppliers which were not paid in within 30 days for the period starting 1 April 2019 to the date of this request: 1. Supplier Name 2. Invoice Date 3. Gross Invoice Value 4. Payment Date 5. Late Payment Compensation or Interest Paid (if any) This information is exempt – please see the exemption notice set out below.Refusal Notice The exemptions that apply are: section 21 - information accessible to applicant by other means A lot of the information you have requested is already publicly available. It is published on our open data portal. The data set contains much of the data you are requesting - and is downloadable and manipulable. Please enter this link into your web browser: https://opendata.camden.gov.uk/Finance/Camden-Council-Spend-Over-500-GBP/3ixw-qvb8/data section 14 (1): vexatious requests We also refuse the request for information not included in s21 under section 14(1) as vexatious. We stress that this is not due to the requester’s conduct or history of the request as is often the case with a vexatious refusal. However, it is the time that would be needed to redact personal data that makes this a single burdensome request. Time to check for and undertake redaction does not come within the activities permitted to considered for s12 but may be considered for s14. In this case as the dataset to query for this request encompasses c900,000 records, and many payment recipients will be for example vulnerable residents or foster carers, the payee names must be checked to ensure that personal data is redacted under s40(2). Each record will need to be checked for personal data and to check and redact will take 2 mins per record. The time therefore to check and redact personal data would be over 30,000 hours. This is clearly an impossible task for the small team who would do the redacting. section 31: law enforcement We do not release the names of businesses of suppliers which were not paid in within 30 days as we consider disclosing this information would make them a target of crime. Therefore, this information is exempt from disclosure under section 31 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Section 31(1)(a) says that we do not need to provide information that would be likely to prejudice the functions of law enforcement the prevention and detection of crime. Camden believes that releasing this information would increase the likelihood of allowing potential fraudsters to use the information to identify businesses which are or could be entitled to claim Late Payment Compensation or Interest Paid. Once a business is identified, there are a number of ways fraudsters could use to illegally access or gain those funds. Public Interest Test: As Section 31 is a qualified exemption we need to consider the public interest test. Factors in favour of disclosure: - There are general arguments in promoting transparency and accountability of public authorities especially in our use of public money (medium weight).• Withholding the information might look like Camden is trying to keep money that belongs to those businesses (low weight).• There might be businesses who are due compensation or interest payments but haven’t received the communications from us telling them (medium weight).• Factors in favour of withholding: - There is an inherent public interest in crime prevention (high weight).• There is a public interest in ensuring that public money, like rebates on business accounts, are not fraudulently claimed (high weight).• There is public interest in not making it easier for fraud to be committed (high weight).• If we publish the information we will need to have new more complex checks in place before we can issue compensation or interest paid. This will include requiring more documentary proof. This will make issuing funds take a longer time. This will increase the inconvenience to all businesses. Camden considers that this would not be proportionate to the benefits of publishing it (medium weight).• Disclosure will cause inconvenience to the council because we would have to introduce extra verification steps into our system. This would include asking claimants to provide more documentation than they do now.• The council would have to check all documentation assuming that it might be fraudulent because of the much greater chances of fraud. This would be a lot of extra work for the council. This will cause inconvenience and make our processes slower and less efficient. This is a disadvantage to the council as a whole and residents and taxpayers generally.• The council does not consider that these steps would be proportionate to the benefits that would be gained in making the information available to the public. Successful fraudulent claims would mean that the council would: have incurred the cost of paying money to the fraudster;• still be liable to legitimate businesses - making it more likely we would have to pay out twice; and:• have the costs (legal and management time) of trying to get the money back from the fraudster.• All of these would be paid from the council’s budget, which is public money We believe that the balance of public interest lies in upholding the exemption and not releasing the information. Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk , Telephone: 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website https://www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Peter Williams Information Rights Officer2025-07-23T00:00:00CAM105242025-07-14T00:00:00councillors’ allowancesDate: 14/07/2025 Case reference : CAM10524London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 23/06/2025 about councillors’ allowances .  We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and the Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested.  However, we are withholding the information because it is exempt as explained below.  We have explained where we are withholding information and what exemption applies.  Please see the refusal notice at the end of the answer which explains how and why it applies. Please provide list of allowance paid to Councillors for the following years: 2022/3, 2023/4, 2024/5 Why are these not published on Council website This information is exempt.  Please see the exemption notice set out below. Refusal Notice The exemption that applies is: section 22 (2): Information intended for future publicationThe council holds the information requested but we are applying the qualified exemption in section 22 (2) of the Act because the information is intended for future publication and it is not reasonable to publish it ahead of planned publication. This information is being verified at the moment and once complete it will be published on our website within the next month. As soon as this information is updated we will contact you. In applying this exemption, we have had to balance the public interest in withholding the information against the interest in favour of disclosure. The public interest arguments for releasing this information are as follows: Ensuring value for money (low weight)• To ensure accountability of councillors (medium weight)• The public interest arguments for withholding the information are as follows: It would cause disruption to the council to publish ahead of this time (medium weight)• The information needs to be checked and verified to ensure it is accurate (high weight) • The council has to ensure that our administrative arrangements are in place before the information is released (medium weight)• We have decided that the public interest in withholding the information outweighs the public interest in disclosing it. Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk , Telephone: 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website https://www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Peter Williams Information Rights Officer2025-07-23T00:00:00CAM105342025-07-18T00:00:00non UK born social housing tenants in Somers Town.Date: 18/07/2025 Ref: CAM10534 Dear Requester, Thank you for your request for information dated 24/06/2025 about non UK born social housing tenants in Somers Town. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested and the answer to your question is as follows: How many non UK born Social Housing tenants in Somers Town, Camden, are retired, employed, or unemployed. We confirm that this information is publicly available and can be accessed through the Office for National Statistics website: Home - Office for National Statistics. To create a custom profile, select ‘Household Characteristics ,’ navigate to ‘Explore Local Statistics.’ Enter the relevant town name or postcode into the ‘Find an Area’ search box, adding the required datasets. As the information requested is already reasonably accessible elsewhere it is exempt under the absolute exemption in Section 21. Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Lorna Jonas-Tinson Information Rights Officer2025-07-23T00:00:00CAM117652026-01-07T00:00:00information related to complaints about pollution levels and traffic management in relation to traffic on west end laneDate: 07/01/2026 Ref: CAM11765 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 10/12/2025 about information related to complaints about pollution levels and traffic management in relation to traffic on west end lane. We have dealt with this under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds some of the information requested. I have complained a number of times in relation to traffic on west end lane in West Hampstead. There is gridlocked traffic all day in each direction. This is a health hazard and affects the health and wellbeing of the residents. 1. I am requesting any information related to complaints in relation to traffic on west end lane, West Hampstead. We have not received any complaints in relation to traffic on West End Lane, however, the following link is a public-facing tool to collect feedback from residents. By zooming in on West End Lane, all comments will become visible and accessible for review. Safe Travel Camden | Commonplace 2. I am also requesting any data on the pollution levels and traffic management policies. We don’t currently have any monitoring on West End Lane. Please see the following links to our website – Air quality - Camden Council Traffic management orders - Camden Council Also, at the following link - Camden Air Quality Monitoring - our monitoring locations can be viewed and the annual mean NO2 data measured at each of these. There is also an email address so that you can contact the team if you would like them to look into a community air quality monitoring project - AirQuality@camden.gov.uk Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk Telephone: 0303 123 1113 , live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/ Yours sincerely Kieran Heneghan Information Rights Officer2026-01-15T21:45:22CAM117662026-01-06T00:00:00expiring contractsDate: 06/01/2026 Case reference: CAM11766 London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 09/12/2025 about expiring contracts.  We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.   Response The council holds the information requested.  However, we are withholding the information because it is exempt as explained below.  We have explained what exemption applies.  Please see the refusal notice which explains how and why it applies: The request is: I am writing to request, under the Freedom of Information Act, an Excel spreadsheet containing details of all contracts due to expire within the next 12 months. Specifically, I would like the spreadsheet to include the following information for each contract: 1. Contract reference number 2. Contract name 3. Start date 4. End date 5. Any extensions granted 6. Contract value7. Winning bidder 8. List of all other bidders who participated in the original tender process We are not processing this request as it would require a disproportionate amount of time, effort, and expense.  Please see the exemption notice set out below. Refusal Notice The exemption that applies is: section 12: cost of compliance exceeds appropriate limit We are refusing your request under section 12 on cost grounds because we estimate that compliance with your request will exceed the "appropriate limit". This is £450 which is equivalent to 18 hours at £25 per hour. The per hour figure is set by Regulations rather than actual salary paid to any officers handling requests. The appropriate limit includes the time it will take the council to discover if it holds the information requested, to locate it, extract it and collate it as well as putting it into any particular format requested by the requester. We have calculated that it will take approx. 21 hours (minimum - and probably much more) to comply with your request because, for question 8 alone: we will need to search through and filter for contracts which are due to be expired within the next 12 months and then locate the contracts expiring. • just doing an initial search and filter found more than 50 relevant contracts/suppliers.• retrieving relevant tender documentation for each contract will take 10-20 mins per contract• some may be archived and could take longer to find them through other systems• we would have to examine each contract for unsuccessful bidders and collate the information• this would take 15-20 mins per contract and would then need cross checking to verify accuracy• each one involves multiple bidders, meaning hundreds of names to review and extract• Advice and AssistanceRelevant information for questions 1-7 can be found on Camden Procurement Contracts Register | Open Data Portal and Find a Tender when searching for Camden. Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk, Telephone: 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website https://www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Peter Williams Information Rights Officer2026-01-15T21:45:22CAM105372025-07-15T00:00:00injuries and assaultsDate: 15/07/2025 Case reference : CAM10537London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 24/06/2025 about injuries and assaults . We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and/or the Environmental Information Regulations 2004 Response The council holds some of the information requested. The answers to your questions are below. We have stated where we do not hold the information requested and why. 1. How many injuries were reported by council staff (either fully employed or contractors) in 2022/23, 2023/24 and 2024/25? 2022/23: 108 2023/24: 130 2024/25: 129 2. For 2024/25 only, please break down reported injuries by the type of injury sustained and the staff member’s job role. Please find relevant information attached. We do not hold information on ‘Job Role’.  This is because we do not record this on our incident form or maintain a relevant dataset. 3. How many assaults were reported by council staff (either fully employed or contractors) in 2022/23, 2023/24 and 2024/25? This can include physical attacks or verbal abuse.2022/23: 103 2023/24: 156 2024/25: 150 4. For 2024/25 only, please break down reported assaults by the nature of assault, whether an injury was sustained, the nature of the injury if applicable, and the staff member’s job role. Out of the 150 incidents of violence and aggression in 2024/25, there were 100 incidents of verbal abuse and 50 Physical assaults. We do not hold information on ‘Job Role’ – please see the response above.  Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk , Telephone: 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website https://www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Peter Williams Information Rights Officer2025-07-23T00:00:00CAM105422025-07-18T00:00:00the council’s fundingDate: 18/07/2025 Case reference : CAM10542 London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 25/06/2025 about the  council’s funding.  We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 / Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested and the answers to your questions are as follows: F.O.I. request - Since 2024/25 Camden Council's "Guide to Camden's Budget for Council Tax" they have failed to to give figures on how their funded. So can I receive the following figures for [2024/25]: 1.Government Funding: £453.45m - this includes Dedicated Schools Grants which are passed directly to schools 2.Residents Council Tax  £141.13m 3 Rents, fees and other income:£232.94m - this includes funding from other public bodies and Housing Revenue Account charges. 4.Retained business rates and revenue support grant: £150.40m - this includes grants received to support the award of mandatory rate relief and collection fund adjustments for previous years surplus/deficits . 5 Total income 2024/25: £977.92m Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk , Telephone: 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website https://www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Peter Williams Information Rights Officer2025-07-23T00:00:00CAM105522025-07-15T00:00:00completion noticesDate: 15/07/2025 Case reference : CAM10552 London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 26/06/2025 about completion notices.  We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 / Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested and the answers to your questions are as follows: FOI Request - completion notices served by Camden Council: - In accordance with the Freedom of Information Act (FOI) 2000, I would like to request information on the total number of completion notices that have been served under Schedule 4A of Local Government Finance Act 1988 for the following periods: 1. 01/04/2021 to 31/03/2022 = 0 2. 01/04/2022 to 31/03/2023 = 0 3. 01/04/2023 to 31/03/2024 = 0 4. 01/04/2024 to 31/03/2025 = 34 (please note 2 were withdrawn) Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk , Telephone: 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website https://www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Peter Williams Information Rights Officer2025-07-23T00:00:00CAM105552025-07-21T00:00:00translation costsDate: 21/07/2025 Case reference : CAM10555London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 27/06/2025 about translation costs. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and/or the Environmental Information Regulations 2004 Response The council holds some of the information requested. The answers to your questions are below. We have stated where we do not hold the information requested and why. FOI Request – Translation & Interpretation Costs Across Council Services (Last 3 Financial Years): I am writing to request information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Please provide the yearly amount spent by the council on translation, interpretation and language services in all areas of council competence, including: Primary and secondary schools, adult social care services and child social care services, the provision of any social housing for which it has responsibility, libraries, recycling and waste collection, transport and other areas in which such expenditure has been made. If possible, please break down the spending by type of service (e.g. written translation, in-person interpreting, telephone interpreting). Please provide figures for the last 3 spending years. You clarified your request on 30 June 2025:Translation expenditure across the council: Primary and secondary schools We do not hold this information.  This is because translation is arranged and paid for by the schools themselves and we do not maintain a relevant dataset. Social care services The provision of any social housing for which the council has responsbility If possible an overall figure as well Please find relevant information attached. Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk , Telephone: 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website https://www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely,Peter Williams Information Rights Officer2025-07-23T00:00:00CAM105652025-07-18T00:00:00Mayor's chauffeurDate: 18/07/2025 Case reference : CAM10565 London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 30/06/2025 about Mayor's chauffeur.   We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 / Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested and the answers to your questions are as follows: 1. Is the Mayor driven by a chauffeur employed directly by the council or an external provider? We employ a full-time chauffeur for the Mayor. 2. If outside of the council can you tell us how much was spent on chauffeuring the Mayor in 2024 -25 and did this service include attending the Town Hall? We do use a chauffeuring company to cover leave, non-working days and busy times. Last year was an exceptionally busy one for the Mayor and Deputy. The use of the chauffeur company on an ad hoc basis is considerably cheaper than employing a second driver and does mean the Mayor can attend events and not disappoint constituents when they otherwise would not be able to attend. During the financial year 2024-2025 the cost was £10,977.88 We do not use the company for any events that are Town Hall based. Further Information:We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk , Telephone: 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website https://www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Peter Williams Information Rights Officer2025-07-23T00:00:00CAM105662025-07-21T00:00:00consultancy servicesDate: 21/07/2025 Case reference : CAM10566London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 30/06/2025 about consultancy services.  We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.   Response The council holds the information requested.  However, we are withholding the information because it is exempt as explained below.  We have explained what exemption applies.  Please see the refusal notice which explains how and why it applies: The request is: Please provide a breakdown of the council’s expenditure on consultancy services over the past financial year, including the names of consultancy firms used, the total amount spent with each, and the purpose of the consultancy. We are not processing this request as it would require a disproportionate amount of time, effort, and expense.  Please see the exemption notice set out below. Refusal Notice The exemption that applies is: section 12: cost of compliance exceeds appropriate limit We are refusing your request under section 12 on cost grounds because we estimate that compliance with your request will exceed the "appropriate limit".This is £450 which is equivalent to 18 hours at £25 per hour. The per hour figure is set by Regulations rather than actual salary paid to any officers handling requests. The appropriate limit includes the time it will take the council to discover if it holds the information requested, to locate it, extract it and collate it as well as putting it into any particular format requested by the requester. We have calculated that it will take approx. 38.5 hours (minimum) to comply with your request because: there are 462 suppliers where we have incurred expenditure in the 2024/25 financial year• we cannot report on the purpose of the consultancy electronically from our financial systems• we would have to investigate this manually taking an average minimum of five minutes each• Advice and Assistance We could provide a breakdown of the council’s expenditure on consultancy services over the past financial year, including the names of consultancy firms used and the total amount spent with each but cannot provide information on the purpose as outlined above. Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk , Telephone: 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website https://www.ico.org.uk may be useful.Yours sincerely, Peter Williams Information Rights Officer2025-07-23T00:00:00CAM117692026-01-02T00:00:00number of cases investigated by the council relating to poor housing conditions in the private rented sectorDate: 02/01/2026 Ref: CAM11769 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 10/12/2025 about number of cases investigated by the council relating to poor housing conditions in the private rented sector. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested. 1. For the period 1 January 2024 to 30 November 2025, please provide: a. The number of cases investigated by the council relating to poor housing conditions in the private rented sector (e.g., hazards under the Housing Health and Safety Rating System, damp/mould, disrepair, overcrowding, safety hazards). 798. b. The number of enforcement actions taken against private landlords for housing conditions during the same period, broken down by type, including (if held separately): Improvement Notices Emergency Remedial Action Civil Penalty Notices Prosecutions Banning Orders Rent Repayment Orders initiated or supported by the council Improvement Notices 57 Emergency Remedial Action 0 Civil Penalty Notices • Management Regulations • Failure to licence • Failure to comply with licence conditions • Failure to comply with improvement notice 296 147 80 67 2 London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Prosecutions 13 Banning Orders 1 Rent Repayment Orders initiated or supported by the council 1 Prohibition Orders 17 c. The number of cases resulting in successful enforcement outcomes (e.g., compliance with notices, fines paid, successful prosecution, or other sanctions). 96 2. If available, please include any internal guidance or reporting documents that explain how cases and enforcement actions are recorded or categorised. None applicable. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk Telephone: 0303 123 1113 , live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/ Yours sincerely Philip Lewis Information Rights Officer2026-01-15T21:45:23CAM105682025-07-21T00:00:00council’s fundingDate: 21/07/2025 Case reference : CAM10568 London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 30/06/2025 about the  council’s funding.  We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 / Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested and the answers to your questions are as follows: F.O.I. request - Camden Council no longer include "How we are funded" on their Council Tax "Your Guide to Camden,s Budget". So can foi provide the figures for Camden Council's "How we are funded for the year 2025/26" 1.Government Funding: £471.88m - this includes Dedicated Schools Grants which are passed directly to schools 2.Residents Council Tax  £154.79m 3 Rents, fees and other income:£233.17m - this includes funding from other public bodies and Housing Revenue Account charges. 4.Retained business rates and revenue support grant: £151.85m - this includes grants received to support the award of mandatory rate relief and collection fund adjustments for previous years surplus/deficits . 5 Total income (2025/26): £1,011.69m Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk , Telephone: 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website https://www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Peter Williams Information Rights Officer2025-07-23T00:00:00CAM105692025-07-21T00:00:00bankruptcy proceedingsDate: 21/07/2025 Case reference : CAM10569 London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 30/06/2025 about bankruptcy proceedings.   We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 / Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested and the answers to your questions are as follows: I am submitting this request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 to obtain information regarding Camden Council’s use of bankruptcy proceedings for the recovery of unpaid council tax, covering as far back as is reasonably practical (e.g., the past five years), up to the most recent available data: 1. For each financial year, please provide in table format: a) The number of bankruptcy petitions filed against residents of Camden Two bankruptcy petitions were filed in 2024/2025.  None were filed in the other years requested. b) The number of bankruptcy orders made        Two bankruptcy orders were made in 2025/2026. None were made in the other years requested. c) The number of cases withdrawn or discontinued No cases were withdrawn or discontinued.d) The total amount of council tax debt involved Debt for Petition and Bankruptcy Orders granted - £54,525.14 e) The number of cases annulled, rescinded, or set aside (with reasons if known) No cases were annulled, rescinded, or set aside. 2. Please provide Camden Council’s current policy or guidance on using bankruptcy to recover unpaid council tax, including: a) Criteria or thresholds used b) Who is authorised to approve action c) Whether proportionality or vulnerability is assessed prior to action d) Whether Camden Council generally supports applications to annul, rescind, or set aside bankruptcy orders it has initiated, and any relevant internal policy on this Please find relevant information attached. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk , Telephone: 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website https://www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Peter Williams Information Rights Officer2025-07-23T00:00:00CAM105732025-07-18T00:00:00new homesDate: 18/07/2025 Case reference : CAM10573 London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 30/06/2025 about new homes.  We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 / Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested and the answers to your questions are as follows: These questions relate to new homes built or developed by the council, not by others. It relates to all tenures of housing, not just council housing (for example, some councils will be building homes for market sale, private rent, either directly or via a housing company). 1. In the 2024/25 financial year (1 April 2024 to 31 March 2025) how many new homes of any tenure did the council complete? The Council’s Community Investment Programme (CIP) completed 3 schemes in 2024/25, delivering 169 homes were. In addition to the 3 schemes, the Council completed 34 acquisitions. a) Please can you provide a breakdown of those new build completions, by tenure (for example, how many were social rent, shared ownership, market sale, temporary accommodation, etc). 3 CIP schemes: 49 social rent• 35 temporary accommodation• 29 other affordable•56 private sale• Acquisitions: 9 temporary accommodation• 25 other affordable• 2. If the council has a council-owned housing company, in the 2024/25 financial year (1 April 2024 to 31 March 2025) how many new homes of any tenure did the company complete? Camden Living does not build its own homes a) Please can you provide a breakdown of those completions, by tenure (for example, how many were social rent, shared ownership, market sale, temporary accommodation, etc). Please see the response above. 3. How many homes does the council expect to build in the next five years (ie, from April 2025-March 2030) The Council expects to complete around 1,100 homes in the next 5 years. Further details can be found in the CIP Annual Report 20250327_annual-report-2024_website_lowres-pdf 4. If the council has a council-owned housing company, how many homes does it expect to build in the next five years (April 2025-March 2030) Please see the response above - Camden Living does not build its own homes Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets.Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk , Telephone: 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website https://www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Peter Williams Information Rights Officer2025-07-23T00:00:00CAM105742025-07-22T00:00:00completion noticesDate: 22/07/2025 Case reference : CAM10574 London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 01/07/2025 about completion notices.   We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 / Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested and the answers to your questions are as follows: Could you please provide a list of all Completion Notices issued since 9th June 2025 including; 1. Property Address 2. Date Notice was served 3. Completion Date adopted in the Notice There have been no completion notices issued since 9 June 2025. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk , Telephone: 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website https://www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Peter Williams Information Rights Officer2025-07-23T00:00:00CAM105802025-07-15T00:00:00Use of Gordon Square to store road maintenance goods, consultation, authority & schedule/plansDate: 15/07/2025 Ref: CAM10580 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 01/07/2025 about Use of Gordon Square to store road maintenance goods, consultation, authority & schedule/plans . We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested. I would like to request all information from Camden Council related to the use of Gordon Square to store road maintenance goods. This must include any public consultation made, the authority under which the site is being used and the schedule/plans for its use in this way. Some information for context: the choice of Gordon Square as a storage space was seen as central to the efficient delivery of highway improvement works that included traffic signal upgrades at four junctions along the Tavistock Place-Torrington Place corridor. Given the nature of this corridor as a one-way road with two-way cycling, our ability to service site on time was prioritised as it helped to minimise disruption and ensured scheme delivery within agreed timescales. Upon completion of the scheme last year, FM Conway was advised to commence scaling down on the use of Gordon Square with a view to decommissioning the site by August 2025. I now additionally request information on: 1. the name of the officer who authorised the use of Gordon Square to store road building materials. William Okpoho, Senior Project Engineer authorised the use of Gordon Square. 2. the method statements produced for the use of Gordon Square as a storage facility No method statements required for setting up storage facility on the highway . 3. the health and safety inspections made since the council started using the square for storage Daily inspections are conducted as part of site maintenance. 4. the consultation the Council undertook with residents and occupants of adjacent buildings as well as the owner of Gordon Square: The University of London. No consultation required. 5. the environmental impact assessment on the Gordon Square conservation area from the use of Gordon Square to store road maintenance goods. None was conducted. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk 6. a full schedule of works being supplied from the building materials stored on Gordon Square The following sites make up the full schedule: Tavistock Place, Gray’s Inn R oad, Tottenham Court Road, North Gower, York Way, Crowndale Road. 7. the date when the building materials will be removed and Gordon Square restored to its normal state/use. The date for removal of building materials is by 31st August 2025. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Philip Lewis Information Rights Officer2025-07-23T00:00:00CAM106332025-07-15T00:00:00number of Section 80 demolition notice applicationsDate: 15/07/2025 Ref: CAM10633 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 08/07/2025 about number of Section 80 demolition notice applications. We have dealt with this under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested. Please could you provide the number of Section 80 demolition notice applications which the Building Control department have received each year for each of the past 10 years (i.e. from 2014 to 2024 inclusive)? 2014 = 60 2015 = 44 2016 = 50 2017 = 36 2018 = 43 2019 = 28 2020 = 27 2021 = 29 2022 = 20 2023 = 19 2024 = 25 Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Philip Lewis Information Rights Officer2025-07-23T00:00:00CAM106342025-07-22T00:00:00Traffic management orderDate: 22/07/2025 Case reference : CAM10634 London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 02/07/2025 about a  Traffic management order.  We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 / Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested and the answers to your questions are as follows: I would like to request a copy of the traffic management order for the electric vehicle recharging bays on Hampstead Hill Gardens. Please could this be provided in PDF format, with searchable / selectable text, and inclusive of all schedules. Please note, this request is for the traffic order in its entirety, not only the part of the order relevant to the location mentioned above. Please do not provide any sort of "extract" that is anything less than the full document. Please note this is a request for the sealed / formally enacted order, please do not provide any informal "working copy". If the order has been amended multiple times by later orders, please provide the sealed copy of the original order as enacted, plus the sealed version of all amending orders (again with searchable / selectable text, and inclusive of all schedules). Please find relevant information attached. Further Information:We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk , Telephone: 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website https://www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Peter Williams Information Rights Officer2025-07-23T00:00:00CAM106632025-07-18T00:00:00HMO questionsDate: 18/07/2025 Ref: CAM10663 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 11/07/2025 about HMO questions. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested. The number of applications made for HMOs for the years 2018 - 2025 and the number of HMOs registered in your local authority area for the years 2018 - 2025 (number as of 1st January of each year). Year No. applications Number licensed* 2018 1387 No data 2019 791 3080 2020 538 3676 2021 335 4234 2022 600 - 2023 1275 3422 2024 1236 3200 2025 501 2851 *Numbers exclude licenses being processed. The number of sanctions issued by your local authority for the years 2018 - 2025 for unlicensed HMOs, broken down by sanction type (banning order, fine, repayment order etc) Year CPN - Failure to license Management Orders Rent Repayment Order Banning Order Prosecutions 2018 88 0 1 0 32 2019 72 0 2 1 10 2020 66 0 2 0 3 2021 37 0 0 2 0 London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk 2022 19 0 0 4 2 2023 49 0 0 0 0 2024 42 0 0 0 4 2025 17 0 0 0 0 The number of complaints made about HMOs in your area for the years 2018 - 2025 and the number of these complaints which resulted in enforcement action being taken. Year Number of complaints received* Resultant enforcement action (informal action) 2018 334 49 (89) 2019 245 18 (80) 2020 87 14 (22) 2021 112 11 (53) 2022 176 21 (56) 2023 210 12 (64) 2024 269 8 (49) 2025 299 0 (18) *Majority. The number of HMO licenses revoked for the years 2018 - 2025. Year Revoked 2018 78 2019 61 2020 75 2021 69 2022 59 2023 52 2024 68 2025 29 Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Philip Lewis Information Rights Officer2025-07-23T00:00:00CAM114102025-12-23T00:00:00enforcement practice in relation to Fixed Penalty Notices for cigarette litterDate: 23/12/2025 Ref: CAM11410 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 27/10/2025about enforcement practice in relation to Fixed Penalty Notices for cigarette litter. We have dealt with this under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds some of the information requested. However we are withholding some of the information because it is excepted as explained below. We have explained where we are withholding information and what exceptions apply. Please see the refusal notices at the end of the answers which explain how and why they apply. We are particularly concerned that Camden Council’s current enforcement practice in relation to Fixed Penalty Notices for cigarette litter - especially where fines are issued in areas without accessible public bins and where no on-the-spot notice is provided - may constitute a disproportionate and regressive approach to regulation. Such practices appear inconsistent with the principles articulated by the Better Regulation Task Force (proportionality, accountability, transparency, and fairness). In addition, the absence of an immediate penalty notice at the point of issue prevents prompt payment or appeal. This creates a clear risk of unfairness: for example, where a recipient is away from home or on business travel and only becomes aware of the fine once the 14-day reduced payment period has expired. Notably, we understand that enforcement officers are not requesting identification at the time of the alleged offence, which raises further questions about the integrity and enforceability of the process and risks making a mockery of the system. On this basis, we are seeking disclosure of the information set out below to enable independent scrutiny of Camden’s enforcement approach and to inform constructive debate on how regulatory practices can be made more effective, balanced, and publicly legitimate. Please note that we will also be taking this matter forward with the relevant Parliamentary representative for deeper consideration, drawing on more than 25 years of senior-level experience in government affairs and regulatory policy. Group A - Enforcement data & revenue ● A1. Total number of Fixed Penalty Notices (FPNs) issued for cigarette litter (including “dropping cigarette butts”, “smoking-related litter”, or equivalent offence codes) in Camden in each calendar year 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, and Jan–Sep 2025. Please provide counts by month where held. ● A2. Total monetary value (£) of FPNs issued for cigarette litter in each of those periods (annual and monthly where available). London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk ● A3. Total monetary value (£) of FPNs for cigarette litter collected (i.e., paid) for each year / month in the period. Year/Month Count of FPN Ref Sum of Paid Total value for FPNs issued 2022/10 1327 £85,270.00 £106,160.00 2022/11 923 £57,040.00 £73,840.00 2022/12 683 £43,240.00 £54,640.00 2022/2 409 £26,320.00 £32,720.00 2022/3 618 £38,840.00 £49,440.00 2022/4 416 £27,100.00 £33,280.00 2022/5 743 £45,640.00 £59,440.00 2022/6 753 £43,880.00 £60,240.00 2022/7 622 £32,640.00 £49,760.00 2022/8 638 £33,836.00 £51,040.00 2022/9 874 £53,217.00 £69,920.00 2023/1 724 £47,840.00 £57,920.00 2023/10 898 £44,940.00 £71,840.00 2023/11 776 £37,220.00 £62,080.00 2023/12 593 £25,860.00 £47,440.00 2023/2 801 £54,640.00 £64,080.00 2023/3 716 £43,160.00 £57,280.00 2023/4 572 £33,640.00 £45,760.00 2023/5 950 £54,540.00 £76,000.00 2023/6 919 £51,448.00 £73,520.00 2023/7 808 £44,900.00 £64,640.00 2023/8 768 £49,496.00 £61,440.00 2023/9 678 £39,020.00 £54,240.00 2024/1 1033 £55,980.00 £82,640.00 2024/10 1266 £91,940.00 £126,600.00 2024/11 1248 £86,940.00 £124,800.00 2024/12 1270 £82,580.00 £127,000.00 2024/2 961 £54,660.00 £96,100.00 2024/3 1196 £64,020.00 £119,600.00 2024/4 637 £32,828.00 £63,700.00 2024/5 1013 £55,320.00 £101,300.00 2024/6 797 £45,480.00 £79,700.00 2024/7 915 £50,020.00 £91,500.00 2024/8 853 £48,670.00 £85,300.00 2024/9 865 £49,180.00 £86,500.00 2025/1 1698 £115,900.00 £169,800.00 2025/2 1418 £95,660.00 £141,800.00 2025/3 1408 £90,840.00 £140,800.00 2025/4 1192 £81,380.00 £119,200.00 2025/5 1313 £85,880.00 £131,300.00 2025/6 1016 £66,300.00 £101,600.00 2025/7 1213 £83,700.00 £121,300.00 2025/8 1063 £63,120.00 £106,300.00 2025/9 884 £50,620.00 £88,400.00 ● A4. Number of cigarette-litter FPNs cancelled, withdrawn, or quashed on appeal for each year / month, and the reason categories used for cancellation (e.g., officer error, lack of evidence, successful appeal). This is not held, all cancelled are show in the table below E3. ● A5. Average time (in days) between issue of a cigarette-litter FPN and payment, per year. Year Total 2022 10.5 2023 8.8 2024 9.4 2025 9.2 ● A6. Number of unpaid cigarette-litter FPNs passed to debt recovery / enforcement agents per year, and total sums referred. The council undertakes cigarette littering enforcement and issues Fixed Penalty Notices (FPNs via its contractor, Kingdom). Where an FPN remains unpaid, the case is referred to the Magistrates’ Court. If the court finds in Kingdom’s favour, any recovery action is issued by the court. The council does not hold figures on the number of unpaid cigarette-litter FPNs subject to recovery or the total sums referred, as this is undertaken by the Magistrates’ Court and is not recorded by the council. ● A7. Geographic breakdown of cigarette-litter FPNs (by ward and by street / nearest station area) for 2023, 2024 and Jan–Sep 2025. If precise street-level data is not held for earlier years, provide the most granular geography available. Prefer CSV with columns: offence date, ward, street, offence code, fine amount, outcome (paid/cancelled/appeal/unpaid). Year Area Total 2022 Belsize 35 Bloomsbury 406 Camden Town 1299 Cantelowes 13 Fortune Green 1 Frognal & Fitzjohns 14 Gospel Oak 24 Hamptead Town 40 Haverstock 27 Highgate 10 Holborn & Covent Garden 824 Kentish Town 476 Kilburn 43 Kings cross 2943 Regents Park 84 St Pancras & Somers Town 1473 Swiss Cottage 58 West Hampstead 236 2022 Total 8006 2023 Belsize 14 Bloomsbury 4090 Bloomsbury Ward 1 Camden Town 1154 Camden Town Ward 2 Cantelowes 9 Fortune Green 1 Fortune Green Ward 1 Gospel Oak 2 Hamptead Town 8 Haverstock 9 Holborn & Covent Garden 1735 Kentish Town 189 Kilburn 24 Kings cross 964 Regents Park 70 St Pancras & Somers Town 459 Swiss Cottage 23 West Hampstead 448 2023 Total 9203 2024 Belsize Ward 14 Bloomsbury 344 Bloomsbury Ward 9554 Camden Town 19 Camden Town Ward 592 Cantelowes Ward 9 Fortune Green Ward 2 Frognal & Fitzjohns Ward 6 Gospel Oak Ward 2 Hamptead Town Ward 6 Haverstock Ward 1 Highgate Ward 5 Holborn & Covent Garden 20 Holborn & Covent Garden Ward 716 Kentish Town 4 Kentish Town Ward 129 Kilburn 1 Kilburn Ward 80 Kings cross Ward 243 Regents Park Ward 14 St Pancras & Somers Town 2 St Pancras & Somers Town Ward 116 Swiss Cottage Ward 3 West Hampstead 172 2024 Total 12054 2025 Belsize Ward 17 Bloomsbury Ward 6532 Camden Square Ward 75 Camden Town Ward 244 Fortune Green Ward 2 Frognal Ward 373 Gospel Oak Ward 1 Hamptead Town Ward 19 Haverstock Ward 4 Highgate Ward 2 Holborn & Covent Garden Ward 303 Kentish Town North Ward 50 Kentish Town South Ward 45 Kentish Town Ward 3 Kilburn Ward 43 Kings cross Ward 2117 Primrose Hill Ward 9 Regents Park Ward 672 South Hampstead Ward 37 St Pancras & Somers Town Ward 628 West Hampstead 20 West Hampstead Ward 9 2025 Total 11205 Group B - Contracts, outsourcing & incentives ● B1. Whether Camden Council uses private contractors or third-party providers to issue or process cigarette-litter FPNs. If yes, provide the names of the contractors and their role(s). ● B2. Copies of current and recent contracts, framework agreements, call-off contracts or Memoranda of Understanding (MoUs) between Camden Council and any contractor(s) relating to litter enforcement, cigarette-litter enforcement, or general environmental enforcement (dating from 1 January 2020). Include any contract schedules, KPI clauses, or payment/fee clauses. ● B3. Details of any revenue-sharing, commission, incentive, or performance payment arrangements between Camden Council and any enforcement contractor relating to FPNs (including formulae, percentages, or targets). The external enforcement was put out to Tender in 2023 and a number of external enforcement companies applied and submitted applications. Kingdom was the successful applicant. ● B4. Copies of procurement/tender documents, evaluation reports and award notices for contracts or procurements related to litter enforcement since 1 January 2020. ● B5. Council policies or internal guidance relating to outsourcing decisions or use of private enforcement providers for litter/cigarette enforcement. Environmental Enforcement Services contract 14/02/2023 – 13/02/2025 Contract Award report: Decision - Contract Award for Environmental Enforcement Service - Camden Council Contract award notice: Environmental Enforcement Service - Find a Tender Environmental Enforcement Services contract 14/02/2025 – 13/02/2028 (plus 24 month extension option to 13/02/2030) ● B6. Headcount (FTE) of staff dedicated to litter enforcement in Camden (broken down by in- house staff and contractor staff) for each year 2020–2024 and Jan–Sep 2025. Year Kingdom FTE Staff 2022 14.01308 2023 11.04107 2024 8.307405 2025 8.204692 Group C - Bin provision & physical infrastructure ● C1. The total number of public litter bins in Camden as recorded on the council’s asset register as at 1 Jan 2020, 1 Jan 2021, 1 Jan 2022, 1 Jan 2023, 1 Jan 2024, and 23 Sep 2025 - including street bins and bins at high-footfall locations (markets, stations, town centres). Please see below for approximate figures - applicable from 2017 to date • Street Litter Bins - approximately 1,211 • Street Dog Bins - approximately 35 • Parks & Open Spaces Litter Bins - approximately 505 • Parks & Open Spaces Dog Bins - approximately 107 ● C2. A dataset or map (GIS or CSV containing coordinates) of all public litter bins in Camden as at 23 Sep 2025, including bin type (general waste / cigarette butt-specific / recycling), last inspection date, and responsible service/team. N/A - we do not have maps for bins - most are located on primary and secondary shopping streets and headways. These are emptied by the operatives when they are in the area and therefore don’t require maps ● C3. Records of installations, removals or relocations of public litter bins in Camden from 1 Jan 2020 to 23 Sep 2025 (including date, location, reason for removal/relocation, and any related decision document). N/A - we do not keep records of this. ● C4. Any assessments, surveys, or reports (including cost/benefit, demand, or needs assessments) carried out by the council or on the council’s behalf regarding adequacy or placement of litter bins in high footfall areas (including station approaches) in the period. N/A - we do not keep records of this. ● C5. Any internal guidance, policy, or service standard that defines “reasonable distance” to a public litter bin for the purposes of enforcement or public information. None. Group D - Policies, guidance, training & decision-making ● D1. Copies of the council’s current policy, operational guidance, or training materials provided to enforcement officers specifically relating to cigarette-litter enforcement, including any officer checklists, photographic evidence standards, bodycam/CCTV use guidance, and incident reporting templates. ● D2. Any internal guidance or formal policy documenting when officers should exercise discretion and not issue a fi ne (e.g., first-time offences, absence of bins, vulnerable persons, demonstrations of reasonable excuse). ● D3. Copies of any Equality Impact Assessments, Risk Assessments, Data Protection Impact Assessments (DPIA) or similar assessments carried out in relation to cigarette-litter enforcement or enforcement activity in high-footfall locations since 1 Jan 2020. ● D4. Any performance targets, KPIs or numerical expectations set for officers or enforcement teams relating to litter FPNs (including cigarette-litter FPNs) since 1 Jan 2020. Provide copies of performance management documents or minutes where targets were set or reviewed. ● D5. Copies of any internal audit reports, monitoring, or evaluation reports (including performance dashboards) assessing the fairness, proportionality, or effectiveness of cigarette- litter enforcement since 1 Jan 2020. These questions are excepted under Regulation 12(5)(e) of the Environmental Information Regulations. See the refusal notice below. ● D6. Copies of official policies or legal instruments relied upon when issuing cigarette-litter FPNs (for example, the exact legislation, statutory instrument or local byelaw and any council legal advice on its interpretation). The Environmental Protection Act 1990. As the information requested is already reasonably accessible elsewhere it is excepted under Regulation 6(1)(b). Group E - Complaints, appeals & public communications ● E1. Number of complaints received by the council relating to cigarette-litter fines or enforcement practices for 2020–2024 and Jan–Sep 2025 (broken down by year). ● E2. Number of complaints upheld, partially upheld, or not upheld in that period and summary reasons for upheld complaints. ● E3. Number of appeals lodged against cigarette-litter FPNs and outcomes of those appeals (dismissed/upheld/withdrawn) for 2020–2024 and Jan–Sep 2025. These 3 questions are excepted under Regulation 12(4)(b). See the refusal notice below. ● E4. Copies of template letters, appeal forms, or guidance issued to members of the public about how to appeal a cigarette-litter FPN. See “Test FPN Reprint_Redacted” PDF. See the following: https://www.camden.gov.uk/do-the-right-thing-with-your-waste ● E5. Any records, minutes or briefings of council committee meetings, cabinet discussions, or senior officer meetings where cigarette-litter enforcement, bin provision, or the revenue from litter fines was discussed since 1 Jan 2020 (search minutes and decision logs). ● E6. A log of public communications, campaigns or publicity run by Camden Council relating to cigarette litter reduction or enforcement since 1 Jan 2020, including budget/expenditure on those campaigns and the channels used (e.g., posters, social media, street signage). This information is not held. As the information not held is environmental we have to comply with a technicality and tell you that because it is not held it is excepted under Regulation 12 (4)(a). The Information Commissioner does not require a public interest test where the information is not held. Group F - Financial & governance breakdown ● F1. Total income recorded in the council’s accounts that is explicitly attributable to cigarette- litter fines (or if not separately recorded, income from litter/environmental FPNs) for financial years 2019/20, 2020/21, 2021/22, 2022/23, 2023/24, and 2024/25. If the council does not segregate cigarette-litter income, please provide the overall income for environmental/litter FPNs and clarify how cigarette-litter makes up that fi gure to the extent possible. ● F2. Details of how income from cigarette-litter / litter FPNs is allocated or spent within the council’s budget (e.g., general revenue, specific environmental services budget, enforcement team budget) for the years above. Provide budget codes or line items if held. ● F3. Any internal financial models, forecasts, or business cases that justify revenue assumptions from litter enforcement used in council planning since 1 Jan 2020. These questions are excepted under Regulation 12(5)(e) of the Environmental Information Regulations. See the refusal notice below. Group G - Legal, data protection & CCTV ● G1. Copies of any recorded legal advice sought or received by the council about the legality, enforceability, or scope of cigarette-litter FPNs since 1 Jan 2020 (subject to any legal privilege exemptions; if withheld, please provide a reasons log explaining the exemption). This is refused under Regulation 12(5)(b) the course of justice and inquiries exception. See the refusal notice below. ● G2. Details of policies on use of CCTV or body-worn cameras for issuing cigarette-litter FPNs. If Camden uses CCTV to evidence such offences, provide the policy and the number of FPNs issued in the period where CCTV evidence was used. See GDPR01 - Body Worn Video Policy V4 Apr 25 (4) PDF. ● G3. Any guidance or policy on data sharing between Camden Council and other agencies (e.g., transport operators, police, private landlords) in relation to issuing or processing litter FPNs. N/A Group H - Additional operational material ● H1. Any geospatial heatmaps, case logs or dashboards used operationally by enforcement teams to target litter enforcement (please provide non-personal aggregated versions). These questions are excepted under Regulation 12(5)(e) of the Environmental Information Regulations. See the refusal notice below. ● H2. Copies of any training attendance registers for enforcement training on cigarette-litter enforcement (names may be redacted; provide dates, course titles and attendee counts). This is refused under Regulation 12(3) as information is stored individually on each officer’s personnel file. Kingdom hold training sessions every week in London that cover all London and surrounding London sites new starters and refresher training. See the refusal notice below. ● H3. Any documented complaints, FOI or parliamentary enquiries and responses received by Camden Council specifically referencing cigarette-litter enforcement since 1 Jan 2020 (provide copies of correspondence and responses). All Freedom of Information responses are published on the Council’s Open Data Portal here. By using key words in the 2nd search box you will find available information. As the information requested is already reasonably accessible elsewhere it is excepted under Regulation 6(1)(b). ● H4. Any documentation of collaboration or correspondence between Camden Council and rail/transport operators, TfL, or neighbouring boroughs regarding litter enforcement around station approaches since 1 Jan 2020. This is not held. As the information not held is environmental we have to comply with a technicality and tell you that because it is not held it is excepted under Regulation 12 (4)(a). The Information Commissioner does not require a public interest test where the information is not held. Group I - Commission, incentives & revenue-sharing ● I1. Details of any commission, revenue-sharing, performance bonus, or other incentive arrangements linked to Fixed Penalty Notices for cigarette litter between Camden Council and contractors, agents, or staff, from 1 Jan 2020 to 23 Sep 2025. Bonuses and commission are not given for issuing FPNs by Kingdom. ● I2. The percentage or amount of commission payable to any contractor per FPN issued or collected in the above period. N/A. ● I3. Annual totals (2020–2024 and Jan–Sep 2025) of sums paid to contractors, agents, or staff under such arrangements. 2020- 0 2021 – 0 2022 - £384,498 2023 - £471,234 2024 - £539,621 2025 - £608,030 ● I4. Copies of relevant contract schedules, annexes, or clauses that specify how revenues from cigarette-litter fines are distributed between Camden Council and any contractor(s). ● I5. Copies of any performance monitoring reports (internal or external) that evaluate contractor performance against commission-related KPIs or revenue targets. ● I6. If no commission arrangements exist, please provide a written confirmation to that effect. This is refused under Regulation 12(5)(e). See the refusal notice below. Refusal Notice: Regulation 12(3) The council considers that to disclose the personal data requested would not be in accordance with data protection legislation and therefore we have withheld some/all of the information under the absolute exemption in Regulation 12(3). The exemption states that personal data requested may be withheld when to release it would be a breach of the requirements of data protection law which is the UK General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the Data Protection Act 2018. The information withheld is personal information because it allows living individuals to be identified. The council considers that it would be a breach of the General Data Protection Regulation article 5 requirements of fairness and proportionality to publish this personal information in a FOI request. In doing this we have considered the legitimate public interest in disclosure against the interests of the data subject/s and concluded that in the circumstances disclosure would contravene the data protection requirements of fairness and proportionality particularly considering that Freedom of Information responses are public documents and published to the world and not provided just to the requester. Regulation 12(4)(b) Under Regulation 12(4)(b) it would be considered manifestly unreasonable to provide a response to your request because the cost of compliance, and burden of dealing with your request, is excessive. The exception protects the Council’s ability to carry out its public functions and provides a balance between transparency and the protection of resources. Without checking each individual representation, it is not possible to differentiate between a complaint and a representation. In the period requested there have been 3236 complaints and representations. Even if it only took 2 minutes to check each record, then it would take over 107 hours to check them all. In applying this exception the Council has also considered the balance of the public interest. The public interest argument for releasing this information is: • It would improve transparency to the general public of the Council (medium weight) • The presumption in favour of disclosure in the regulations (low weight) The public interest arguments for withholding the information are: • Processing this question would be a large burden in terms of Officer time and cost to the Council. (medium weight) • This question would necessarily constitute a significant diversion of resources away from the Council’s core business activities. (medium weight) • It would consequently have a proportionally detrimental impact on the provision of services to the public (medium weight) • It is not in the public interest that the Council neglect its provision of services to the public to focus on one information request (medium weight) It is felt that in all the circumstances of the case, the public interest in maintaining the exception outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information. Regulation 12(5)(b) Regulation 12(5)(b) provides an exception from the disclosure of environmental information which would adversely affect material covered by legal professional privilege. In applying this exception the Council has also considered the balance of the public interest in line with the EIR 2004. The public interest argument for releasing this information is: • The Council would be providing information in an open and transparent way. (Medium weight) • The presumption in favour of disclosure in the regulations. (Low weight) The public interest arguments for withholding the information are: • There is very strong inherent public interest in maintaining LPP and allowing the council to take legal advice and prepare for litigation in a confidential way. (Medium weight) • Disclosure of the legal advice could prejudice the Council’s ability to defend or prosecute its legal interests, by unfairly exposing its legal position to challenge, or by disclosing its approach to and tactics in legal areas. (High weight) • An adverse effect upon the course of justice can result from the undermining of the general principles of legal professional privilege. (High weight) The council has concluded that the public interest in withholding the information outweighs the public interest in disclosing it. We considered whether the presumption in favour of disclosure in the regulations overrides the decision to withhold and have concluded that it does not. Regulation 12(5)(e) The regulation states that confidentiality of commercial or industrial information where such confidentiality is provided by law to protect a legitimate economic interest, a public authority can refuse to disclose information if this would adversely affect the confidentiality of commercial or industrial information. The council is relying upon the higher threshold of likelihood that disclosure would have a prejudicial effect. The party whose commercial interests are concerned are Kingdom, is that their commercial details such their business model, would be revealed which would negatively impact their trading position and ability to secure future contacts. The harm that would be caused to the council is that our ability to achieve the best process for a new contract would be reduced as the ‘going rate’ would be disclosed. The council may procure more contracts in this area and therefore disclosing this information would reduce the chances of the council getting a better deal on a new procurement. The link between the disclosure and harm is that for Kingdom, rival companies would have awareness of their business model which would allow rivals to undercut them and reduce their chances of successfully tendering. In applying this qualified exemption, we have had to balance the public interest in withholding the information against the interest in favour of disclosure. The public interest arguments for releasing this information are as follows: • Improving transparency in decision making. (Medium weight) • Ensuring value for money. (Medium weight) • To ensure accountability of the authority. (Medium weight) • Demonstrating the council is meeting its fiduciary duties. (Medium weight) The public interest arguments for withholding the information are as follows: • It is not in the public interest to disclose information that would be likely to damage the commercial interests of a company, as this could lead to financial problems for the company and/or job losses. (High weight) • It is not in the public interest to damage the council’s commercial interests, as this affects how it spends public money and the services it can provide to residents and other stakeholders. (High weight) • It is not in the public interest to release information that could negatively influence ongoing and future negotiations as this could have an adverse effect on value for money for the council, so for residents and other stakeholders. (High weight) • Withholding the information does not prevent scrutiny of the council’s actions and decisions. (Medium weight) We have decided that the public interest in withholding the information outweighs the public interest in disclosing it. We considered whether the presumption in favour of disclosure in the regulations overrides the decision to withhold and have concluded that it does not. Advice and Assistance: As advice and assistance we can provided a table of information for combined complaints and representations. Year Total Reps/ Complaint Total Accepted Evidential Shortfall/ Further Evidence Provided Age of offender Emergency, incident etc Medical, Unwell etc Officer misconduct Other Unable to pursue Uneconomic to pursue Mental illness 2022 688 114 23 9 39 18 16 2023 616 137 71 5 4 5 39 7 6 2024 1069 376 7 1 1 1 2 362 2 2025 863 93 2 1 2 88 Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk Telephone: 0303 123 1113 , live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/ Yours sincerely Philip Lewis Information Rights Officer2026-01-19T21:45:09CAM107102025-07-22T00:00:00Delivery Manager roleDate: 22/07/2025 Case reference : CAM10710 London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 01/07/2025 about a  Delivery Manager role.  We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 / Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested and the answers to your questions are as follows: Can I put in an FOI request to ask what criteria was used to filter the applications please and how many applications were received for this role? "3611 Delivery Manager role" Please find relevant information concerning the criteria used in the attached spreadsheet. There were 143 applications for the role. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets.Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk , Telephone: 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website https://www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Peter Williams Information Rights Officer2025-07-23T00:00:00CAM100892025-07-11T00:00:00the Local Authority recent response (April 2025) to the Department for Education’s SEN2 data collectionDate: 11/07/2025 Ref: CAM10089 Dear Requester, Thank you for your request for information dated 14/04/2025 about the Local Authority recent response (April 2025) to the Department for Education’s SEN2 data collection. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested. However, we are withholding all of the information because it is exempt as explained below. We have explained where we are withholding information and what exemptions apply. Please see the refusal notices at the end of the answers which explain how and why they apply. A copy of your local authorities most recent response (April 2025) to the Department for Education’s SEN2 data collection. If possible, please provide the data in the format it was originally submitted (such as a spreadsheet or data file). I am specifically requesting the full dataset submitted, including the figures provided for each of the relevant fields, as part of the annual statutory return. We are withholding all of the requested information due to the highly sensitive nature of the dataset, which contains over 15,000 lines of personally identifiable data distributed across multiple data tables. This includes the names of children and young people with EHCPs, along with their date of birth, sex, ethnicity, home address postcodes and unique pupil numbers (UPNs). The structure of the dataset prevents effective anonymisation without compromising the integrity of the embedded data. The dataset covers requests, assessments, named plans, and placements. We consider the following exemptions apply. Refusal notices: Section 40(2): Personal information The council considers that to disclose the personal data requested would not be in accordance with data protection legislation and therefore we have withheld all of the information under the absolute exemption in Section 40(2). London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk The exemption states that personal data requested may be withheld when to release it would be a breach of the requirements of data protection law which is the UK General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the Data Protection Act 2018. The information withheld is personal information because it allows living individuals to be identified. The council considers that it would be a breach of the General Data Protection Regulation article 5 requirements of fairness and proportionality to publish this personal information in a FOI request. In doing this we have considered the legitimate public interest in disclosure against the interests of the data subject/s and concluded that in the circumstances disclosure would contravene the data protection requirements of fairness and proportionality particularly considering that Freedom of Information responses are public documents and published to the world and not provided just to the requester. Section 38: Health and Safety (1) Information is exempt if its disclosure under this Act would or would be likely to: (a) endanger the physical or mental health of any individual, or (b) endanger the safety of any individual. After careful consideration, we have determined that releasing postcode- level address data could pose a risk to the safety of individuals, as these are residential addresses of children, young people, and their families. Disclosure could enable identification and location of individuals, potentially leading to distress or harm. This is because Freedom of Information requests are published publicly and not limited to the original requester. Therefore, the potential impact of releasing such data into the public domain is significant. Public Interest Test As Section 38 is a qualified exemption, we are required to apply the public interest test to determine whether the information should be disclosed. Factors in favour of disclosure: • There is a genuine public interest in promoting transparency and accountability within public authorities. Disclosure of information cans support public understanding of decision-making processes and the delivery of public services. (Medium weight). Factors in favour of withholding: • The information requested includes home address postcodes of children and young people with Education, Health and Care Plans (EHCPs). Disclosure of this data could enable individuals to be identified and located, thereby posing a significant risk to their physical and mental wellbeing. (High weight). • The individuals concerned are particularly vulnerable, and the release of such sensitive information could cause distress, anxiety, or harm. (High weight). • There is no wider public interest in the specific information requested that would outweigh the potential harm (Medium weight). We have carefully considered the balance of factors and conclude that the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighs the public interest in disclosure. The potential harm to individuals resulting from the release of this information is substantial and would not be justified by any corresponding benefit to the public. Therefore, the information is being withheld under Section 38(1)(a) of the Act. Section 22: Information intended for future publication The information requested is held by the council however, we are applying the qualified exemption under Section 22(2) of the Act. This exemption applies because the information is intended for future publication, and it would not be reasonable to release it prior to the scheduled publication date. The Department for Education is responsible for analysing and publishing comparative summary tables for all local education authorities in England. This data is released annually in June. In applying this exemption, we have considered the public interest in both disclosing and withholding the information. Public interest arguments in favour of disclosure: • Enhancing transparency in decision-making processes. (Medium weight) • Promoting accountability of the Council. (Medium weight) • Supporting value for money in public services. (Medium weight) • Encouraging public engagement with the Council’s work. (Medium weight) Public interest arguments in favour of withholding: • The information is scheduled for publication as part of an established process, and early release would disrupt this schedule. (High weight). • Premature disclosure could pre-empt decisions that are the responsibility of the Department for Education. (High weight) We have concluded that the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighs the interest in early disclosure. Therefore, the information will be withheld at this time. In line with our duty to provide advice and assistance, you may find the most recent published data helpful. It is available at the following link: Education, health and care plans: England 2024 - GOV.UK. Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Lorna Jonas-Tinson Information Rights Officer2025-07-14T00:00:00CAM102872025-07-07T00:00:00housing complaints and Health and Safety Rating System (HHSRS) inspectionsDate: 07/07/2025 Ref: CAM10287 Dear Requester, Thank you for your request for information dated 16/05/2025 about housing complaints and Health and Safety Rating System (HHSRS) inspections. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested and the answers to your questions are as follows: 1. The number of complaints received per year by tenants related to private rented sector housing for the following years: 2023/2024 - 796 2024/2025 - 596 2. The number of complaints received per year by tenants related to social housing for the following years: 2023/2024 - 42 2024/2025 - 16 3. The number of Housing, Health and Safety Rating System (HHSRS) inspections carried out per year on PRS properties for the following years: 2023/2024 - 188 2024/2025 - 158 If applicable: 3a) The total number of property licensing (selective and/or additional) inspections carried out per year on PRS properties for the following years: 2023/2024 - 519 2024/2025 - 1001 4. How many improvement notices have been served in relation to Category 1 and/or Category 2 hazards on PRS properties per year for the following years: 2023/2024 - 28 2024/2025 - 30 London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk If possible, please list the total number of Improvement Notices served exclusively because of category 1 hazards. 5. The total number of formal enforcement notices served: Overcrowding Notices (Housing Act 2004 Part 2) on properties in the PRS for the following years: 2023/2024 - 0 2024/2025 - 0 6. Please state the year in which your local authority last carried out a Stock Condition Survey. 2020 Private Rented Sector (PRS). 7. How many housing units in your local authority do you estimate to be in the Private Rented Sector? 40,000. Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Lorna Jonas-Tinson Information Rights Officer2025-07-14T00:00:00CAM103002025-07-07T00:00:00spend on expert witnesses in public law family court proceedingsDate: 07/07/2025 Ref: CAM10300 Dear Requester, Thank you for your request for information dated 16/05/2025 about spend on expert witnesses in public law family court proceedings. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested. However, we are withholding all of the information because it is exempt as explained below. We have explained where we are withholding information and what exemptions apply. Please see the refusal notices at the end of the answers which explain how and why they apply. Please provide the following information for 2022, 2023, 2024, and 2025 (from 01/01/25 until 16/05/25, or when you choose to respond to this): 1) The total amount spent on expert witnesses in public law family court proceedings (e.g. care proceedings under the Children Act 1989). 2) A breakdown of the types of experts instructed (e.g. psychologists, psychiatrists, independent social workers, medical professionals, etc.) and the total spend per category. 3) A list of the top 10 experts or expert firms by total spend in each year. Please provide the name of the expert or firm where this does not breach the data protection exemption as well as how much was spent on each individual or firm. You clarified: I require the information in either fiscal or calendar year format, whichever is easiest for you to comply with. Please prioritise requests 1) and 2). If 3) would exceed the cost cap, then discard request 3). We are withholding this information as we consider the following exemption applies. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Refusal notice: Section 12: Cost of Compliance Exceeds the Appropriate Limit We are refusing your request under section 12 on cost grounds because we estimate that compliance with your request will exceed the "appropriate limit". This is £450 which is equivalent to 18 hours at £25 per hour. The per hour figure is set by Regulations rather than actual salary paid to any officers handling requests. The appropriate limit includes the time it will take the council to discover if it holds the information requested, to locate it, extract it and collate it as well as putting it into any particular format requested by the requester. We do not hold the information requested in questions 1-3 in a format that is easily accessible. There are 1,242 Children Looked After within the scope of your request over the 41-month period. To extract the data for question 2, we estimate it would take approximately 3-4 minutes per case to manually review and determine whether an expert was involved, and to identify the types of experts used. At an average of 3.5 minutes per case, this would take a council officer approx. 72.45 hours. Similarly, identifying the expenditure for each full and partial fiscal year since 2022 would require a comparable amount of time, as the relevant data is recorded in individual case notes and would need to be manually reviewed using the same process as for question 2. For questions 1 and 2 combined, we estimate the total time required to complete your request would take approx. 144.9 hours. This significantly exceeds the 18-hour time limit set under the Freedom of Information Act. Advice and Assistance You may wish to submit a new request for question 3, refined to focus on the top 3 to 5 firms and covering a shorter period, perhaps 1-2 years considering the earlier advice that each case may take up to 3.5 minutes to review. Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Lorna Jonas-Tinson Information Rights Officer2025-07-14T00:00:00CAM103022025-07-04T00:00:00information relating to major roofing and associated works carried out at 1-8 Halstow, Queens Crescent NW5 4EHCAM10302 - Page 1 of 5 RPK1055 – St Silas Estate - Progress Meeting Minutes JS/252077 7 – 03.10.24 Ref: 2520777 Minutes of Progress Meeting 01 Better Homes Programme 2021/22 – RPK / 1055 St Silas Estate Meeting held at over teams Thursday 03 October 2024 @ 10:00am Attendees: Item No. Description/Comment Action 1.0 Introduction and Apologies 1.1 As above. Noted 1.2 No queries were raised regarding the content or accuracy of the previous meetings and therefore they were taken to be a true and accurate account of the previous meetings. Agreed 2.0 Actions from Previous Meeting Minutes 2.1 Previous Item – 2.1 – Performance Bond: 2.1.1 A performance bond of 10% of the contract sum is required (clause x13). Ultimate parent company guarantee to be issued by Durkan . AT to check and provide update Ongoing from previous meeting AT 2.2 Previous Item – 2.2 – Programme 2.2.1 KG has issued a new programme . JS to review Noted (MM) Project Manager London Borough of Camden (KG) Contracts Manager Durkan (AT) Quantity Surveyor Durkan (KO) Senior Site Manager Durkan (HF) Assistant Site Manager Durkan (SA) Managing Resident Liaison Officer Durkan (DB) Resident Liaison Officer Durkan (JS) Employers Agent / Project Manager Pellings LLP Apologies: (RH) Commercial Manager Durkan TBC Site Manger Durkan TBC RLO Durkan Page 2 of 5 RPK1055 – St Silas Estate - Progress Meeting Minutes JS/252077 7 – 03.10.24 Item No. Description/Comment Action 2.3 Previous Item – 3.1 – Cashflow 2.3.1 AT confirms this will be provided once the validation has been approved Ongoing from previous meeting AT 2.4 Previous Item – 2.5 – Schedule of Meetings Dates 2.4.1 JS to produce schedule of meetings and send out invites, however these will run with all other Durkan projects. JS 2.5 Previous Item – 2.7 – Clerke of Works 2.5.1 LB Camden have confirmed Pellings are providing CoW services. HP confirms Pellings CoW inspections will take place 2 times a week for half a day . Durkan to arrange with CoW accordingly. Durkan Site Manager 2.6 Previous Item – 2.9 – LB Camden KPI 2.6.1 On the 10th of every month is when KPI needs to be issued by the Contractor as part of their framework agreement to include for: 1. Near misses 2. Incidents KG 2.7 Previous Item – 2.10 – Existing Services Identified 2.7.1 It is proposed the supply will be taken from the existing communal electrical supply / water to be taken from communal water supply – Durkan to take meter readings and the contractor is to pay for all of their usage. A check meter must be installed to all new connections. This information should be provided by the contractor via a CEN and LB Camden will provide payment details . Ongoing from previous meeting AT 2.8 Previous Item – 2.11 – Social Value 2.8.1 The contractor is required to adhere to the social value pledges which were laid out in the tender submission. Ongoing from previous meeting KG 2.9 Previous Item – 2.13 – Schedule of Condition 2.9.1 Durkan to load to the sharefile link Ongoing from previous meeting Durkan Page 3 of 5 RPK1055 – St Silas Estate - Progress Meeting Minutes JS/252077 7 – 03.10.24 Item No. Description/Comment Action 2.10 Previous Item – 2.14 – Southfleet – Parapet Wall to Roof Issue 2.10.1 JS requests for c osts for th e scaffold . AT 2.16 Previous Item – 11.3 – Scaffold / Hoist Location 2.16.1 KG to update locations of the scaffold so we can see where scaffold will be erected Ongoing from previous meeting KG 2.17 Previous Item – 7.3 – Project Directory 2.17.1 JS wishes to update the project directory as the new site team are in place. AT / KG to forward team members list. KG / JS 3.0 Contractor Report 3.1 KG issues contractor report 01 via email runs through it Noted 3.2 Progress: Cheriton Block: • Erecting of scaffold have been completed and hoist has been installed. • Bauder have carried out roof inspection and the new scope of work and specification have been issued and being reviewed / agreed by the client. The new cost has issued and waiting for approval. • Roofing work have been scheduled to start on the week commencing 7th October Fordcombe block: • Erecting of scaffold have been completed and hoist will be installed on the 7th of October • Bauder have carried out Roof inspection surveys and new scope of work and specification have been issued for review / agree work. • Roofing work will be starting week commencing the 7th of October Halstow block : • Erecting of scaffold now underway Noted Page 4 of 5 RPK1055 – St Silas Estate - Progress Meeting Minutes JS/252077 7 – 03.10.24 Item No. Description/Comment Action 3.3 Factors affecting or potentially affecting progress • FD30s. • Roofing works. • Validations. • BSR. • Access issues. Noted 3.4 • Financial Report: • Application 1 Certified in the sum of £85,673.53 • Application 2 to be issued for works to end of September • Updated costs for change to roofing spec at Cheriton being compiled for issue. Noted 3.5 Resident Liaison Report Noted 3.6 Summa ry of Info rmation : • Resident Notifi cation s: 11 • Access Difficulties : 21 • Complaints / Clams : 0 • Resident Feedback: 0 • Disclaimer : 0 • Refusal : 1 • Voids: 2 • Other Resident Issues : 2 • Newsletter: 0 • Resident Information Booklet: 0 Noted 3.7 Access issues to : • 10 / 18 Cheriton • 8 Fordcombe Noted 4.0 Health and Safety 4.1 KG confirms there have been no near misses or accident this period. Noted 5.0 Clerk of Works 5.1 No inspections. JS to arrange JS 6.0 Risk Reduction Meeting 6.1 None Noted Page 5 of 5 RPK1055 – St Silas Estate - Progress Meeting Minutes JS/252077 7 – 03.10.24 Item No. Description/Comment Action 7.0 Any Other Business 7.1 None 8.0 Next Meeting 8.1 Progress Meeting No 02: Tuesday 29 Octobe r 2024 – 10.00am Locations: LB Camden Office, 79 Holmes Rd, London NW5 3AP Noted (Meeting closed) CCTV DRAIN SURVEY Date of Survey 16.05.2025 Site Address 1-7 Fordcombe Queens Crescent London NW5 4EN Client London Felt and Roofing Order Reference Number N/A Reason for CCTV Survey: The reason for this CCTV survey was to investigate the existing pipework. We have inspected the pipework for structural defects and recorded the exciting flow condition. With reference to the recent survey completed at ’1-7 Fordcombe Queens Crescent’. We have pleasure in submitting the details as follows below. CCTV Survey Inspection Report Pipe Size: 45/55mm Pipe Use: Storm Pipe Material: Lead 0.00m Start of survey. 0.08m Changes to plastic. 0.24m Enters SVP. 0.00m Lateral combined. 0.96m 90° bend. 1.34m 90° bend. 2.31m Plastic to cement. 2.40m Heavy scale. 2.57m Cannot push any further due to heavy scale. Comments: This section of pipework has shown a restriction to the flow. Pipe Reference: RWP1 Downstream Line: A Pipe Size: 45/55mm Pipe Use: Storm Pipe Material: Lead 0.00m Start of survey. 0.48m Enters SVP. 0.00m Lateral Combined. 0.76m Displaced joint. 0.96m 90° bend. 1.15m Lateral. 1.53m Changes to cement pipework. 1.73m Wet wipes caught on lateral. 1.87m Scale. 6.14m Scale. 7.58m Rest bend. 8.83m Displaced joint on clay pipework. 11.27m Displaced joint. 13.96m Displaced joint. 15.15m Displaced joint. 16.05m Enters inspection chamber. Comments: This section of pipework has shown a restriction to the flow. Pipe Reference: RWP2 Downstream Line: A Pipe Size: 45/55mm Pipe Use: Storm Pipe Material: Lead 0.00m Start of survey. 0.54m Moss. 1.41m Moss stops. 2.45m Enters SVP. 0.00m Lateral for SVP. 0.43m Changes to cement pipework. 2.01m Lateral. 3.64m Heavy scale. 4.32m Lateral with heavy scale. 4.89m Rest bend with heavy scale. 7.20m Heavy scale. 9.68m Displaced joint with heavy scale. 10.18m Enters inspection chamber. Comments: This section of pipework has shown a restriction to the flow. Pipe Reference: RWP3 Downstream Line: A Pipe Size: 45/55mm Pipe Use: Storm Pipe Material: Lead 0.00m Start of survey. 0.43m Moss. 1.30m Moss stops. 2.30m Enters SVP. 0.00m Lateral for SVP. 0.96m Heavy scale. 4.43m Heavy scale. 6.04m Rest bend. 6.72m Heavy scale. 12.93m Heavy scale. 16.47m Heavy scale unable to push further. Comments: This section of pipework has shown a restriction to the flow. Pipe Reference: RWP 4 Downstream Line: A Recommendations: 1. To attend site with a 3-man team and use high pressure water jetting to remove scale as this is cement pipework, we cannot use a picotee machine as the pipe would shatter. This would be a light jet due to the pipework condition; after jetting we could find leaks as we remove the scale. Due to flat 7 putting tooth floss down the pipework, they have reduced the pipework size to 75% RWP 1 downstream line A. £345.00 Plus VAT. We can clean the communal stack pipe but flat 7 will have to get plumbers to remove the toilet and private contractors to clean the float line to the stack pipe as the tooth floss is coming from this property. 2. To attend site with a 3-man team and use high pressure water jetting to remove scale from RWP 2 downstream line A. £345.00 Plus VAT. 3. To attend site with a 3-man team and use high pressure water jetting to remove scale and moss from RWP 3 downstream line A. £345.00 Plus VAT. 4. To attend site with a 3-man team and use high pressure water jetting to remove scale and moss from RWP 4 downstream line A. £345.00 Plus VAT. To carry out these works, we will require access to the properties. Our team will be using a specialised Spin Jet system to remove debris and scale from the stack pipe. A high-definition drainage camera will also be used throughout the process to monitor the condition of the pipework and ensure no damage is caused during cleaning. Each stack pipe is expected to take approximately 1 to 5 hours to clean, depending on the level of build-up and accessibility. As a precaution, we will need tenants to be present in their flats during the cleaning process in case any water leaks occur internally. Should any damage be identified, it may be necessary to remove boxing-in within the flats in order to carry out repairs to the SVP (Soil Vent Pipe). The Spin Jet will be operated using a rope-assisted method to safely and effectively clean the vertical sections of the stack. Please note: A scissor lift will be required on site to carry out these works. The provision of this equipment is not included in our costs and must be arranged separately or discussed prior to the start of works. Page 1 of 6 RPK1055 – St Silas Estate - Progress Meeting Minutes 02 JS/252077 7 – 29.10.24 Ref: 2520777 Minutes of Progress Meeting 02 Better Homes Programme 2021/22 – RPK / 1055 St Silas Estate Meeting held at LB Camd en Office Tuesday 29 October 2024 @ 10:00am Attendees: Item No. Description/Comment Action 1.0 Introduction and Apologies 1.1 As above. Noted 1.2 No queries were raised regarding the content or accuracy of the previous meetings and therefore they were taken to be a true and accurate account of the previous meetings. Agreed 2.0 Actions from Previous Meeting Minutes 2.1 Previous Item – 2.1 – Performance Bond: 2.1.1 A performance bond of 10% of the contract sum is required (clause x13). Ultimate parent company guarantee to be issued by Durkan . AT confirms this should be issued within the next 2 weeks Ongoing from previous meeting AT 2.2 Previous Item – 2.2 – Programme 2.2.1 KG has issued a new programme. JS to review JS (MM) Project Manager London Borough of Camden (KG) Contracts Manager Durkan (AT) Quantity Surveyor Durkan (KO) Senior Site Manager Durkan (HF) Assistant Site Manager Durkan (DB) Resident Liaison Officer Durkan (JS) Employers Agent / Project Manager (via teams) Pellings LLP Apologies: (RH) Commercial Manager Durkan (SA) Managing Resident Liaison Officer Durkan Page 2 of 6 RPK1055 – St Silas Estate - Progress Meeting Minutes 02 JS/252077 7 – 29.10.24 Item No. Description/Comment Action 2.3 Previous Item – 2.3 – Cashflow 2.3.1 AT confirms this will be provided once the validation has been approved Ongoing from previous meeting AT 2.4 Previous Item – 2.4 – Schedule of Meetings Dates 2.4.1 JS to produce schedule of meetings and send out invites . JS 2.5 Previous Item – 2.7 – Clarke of Works 2.5.1 LB Camden have confirmed Pellings are providing CoW services. HP confirms Pellings CoW inspections will take place 2 times a week for half a day . Durkan to arrange with CoW accordingly. Durkan Site Manager 2.7 Previous Item – 2.7 – Existing Services Identified 2.7.1 It is proposed the supply will be taken from the existing communal electrical supply / water to be taken from communal water supply – Durkan to take meter readings and the contractor is to pay for all of their usage. A check meter must be installed to all new connections. This information should be provided by the contractor via a CEN and LB Camden will provide payment details . Ongoing from previous meeting AT 2.8 Previous Item – 2.8 – Social Value 2.8.1 DB provides an update on Du rkan social values over the last few months . JS requests an e mail summary . DB 2.8.2 POST MINUTE NOTE - DB prov ide an email on 30 October with the following : Just a quick synopsis on the following social values we have had the pleasure of doing over the last few months. Apprentices We have had apprentices from different sectors in construction visit and learn from all persons on site for approximately 4 week 2 persons per week. RLO Boot Camp 17th -21st October 2024 From the 17th -21st October 2024 my colleagues and I have attended an Rlo Boot camp for person who are on job seeker or people who want to change their job role. Noted Page 3 of 6 RPK1055 – St Silas Estate - Progress Meeting Minutes 02 JS/252077 7 – 29.10.24 Item No. Description/Comment Action We had the incredible opportunity to attend an RLO boot camp alongside other construction companies on a panel. We shared our personal stories about what it truly means to be an RLO. On Monday, October 21st, 2024, we conducted interviews with the candidate s, and afterward, we engaged in a thoughtful deliberation about who we believed would best fit within Durkan and provide them with valuable experience in this field. The selected candidate will have the chance to work with us for 5 days, immersing themselv es in this new role. If they excel, there’s a strong possibility we could bring them on board in the near future. It was a brilliant event to be a part of! Presentation at the Pavilion Centre 22nd October 2024 We had an incredible opportunity to present to secondary school students about the vibrant world of construction, and it was truly a passionate experience! Our goal was to inspire and motivate these young minds, opening their eyes to the vast possibilities that a career in construction can offer. As we spoke, we shared not just facts and figures, but stories of innovation, creativity, and the thrill of building something from the ground up. We emphasised that construction is more than just bricks and beams; it’s about shaping communities and making a tangible impact on people’s lives. We encouraged the students to see themselves as future builders, architects of change, and problem solvers. It was heartwarming to see their eyes light up with curiosity and excitement as we discussed the diverse roles available in this field —from engineer s and architects to skilled tradespeople and project managers. Our message was clear: construction is an industry full of opportunities for growth, creativity, and personal fulfilment. We invited them to envision their future, to dream big, and to understand that their unique talents and interests have a place in this dynamic field. By the end of our presentation, we hoped to have ignited a spark of interest and passion in each student, encouraging them to explore the possibilities of a career in construction and to take the first steps toward building their own dreams. It was a rewar ding experience, and we can't wait to see how these young minds will shape the future of our communities! Toolbox Talk I Euston Centre 5th November 2024 This is booked in for the 5th November 2024 Where we will be speaking to students more or less about the above plus adding processes and why they are important to be adhered to, presenting fun facts and information about the industry, along with all the roots we have taken to get here, showing that nothing is out of reach if you just try and always put your best foot forward. Page 4 of 6 RPK1055 – St Silas Estate - Progress Meeting Minutes 02 JS/252077 7 – 29.10.24 Item No. Description/Comment Action 2.9 Previous Item – 2.9 – Schedule of Condition 2.9.1 Durkan to load to the sharefile link Ongoing from previous meeting Durkan 2.10 Previous Item – 2.10 – Southfleet – Parapet Wall to Roof Issue 2.10.1 JS requests for costs for the scaffold . Ongoing from previous meeting AT 2.11 Previous Item – 2.16 – Scaffold / Hoist Location 2.11.1 KG to update locations of the scaffold so we can see where scaffold will be erected Ongoing from previous meeting KG 2.11.2 JS to arrange a meeting with HP (previo us PM from Camd en) 3.0 Contractor Report 3.1 KG issues contractor report 0 2 via email runs through it Noted 3.2 Progress: Cheriton Block: • Asbestos surveys have been completed and reports have been issued. • Roof replacement work is now underway, weather condition has had an impact on the progress. • Concrete / bricks repairs surveys have been completed and awaiting on surveys logs sheets and cost to be issued for review and approval. • Bauder will be attending site next week to inspect the communal areas walkways for the liquid coating work and Bauder will issues reports to client for review and approval before commencing work Fordcombe block: • Erecting of scaffold have been completed and hoist has been installed • Asbestos surveys have been completed and reports have been issued • Roof replacement work is now underway. • Concrete / bricks repairs surveys have been completed and awaiting on surveys logs sheets and cost to be issued for review and approval. Noted Page 5 of 6 RPK1055 – St Silas Estate - Progress Meeting Minutes 02 JS/252077 7 – 29.10.24 Item No. Description/Comment Action Halstow block : • Erecting of scaffold have been completed • Asbestos surveys have been carried out and reports have been issued. • Concrete / bricks repairs surveys have been completed and awaiting on surveys logs sheets and cost to be issued for review and approval. Lenham Block • Asbestos surveys have been completed. 3.3 Factors affecting or potentially affecting progress • Updated FRA reports to be received, confirmation of what is being done to all blocks except Southfleet and Burmarsh • FD30s. Confirmation of how many doors to be done as per latest FRA surveys. • BSR. Initial delays to programme, potential future delays to programme for Southfleet and Burmarsh. • Emergency lightings, Quantities affected by above items, confirmation as to how to proceed • Liquid coating awaiting guidance on how to proceed. • Access issues. Noted 3.4 Financial Report • Application 2 issued for works to end of September, awaiting certification • Updated quantities and costs for roofing and other works to continue throughout project duration. Noted 3.5 Resident Liaison Report Noted 3.6 Summary of Information : • Resident Notifications: 1 2 • Access Difficulties: 2 0 • Complaints / Clams: 0 • Resident Feedback: 0 • Disclaimer: 0 • Refusal: 1 • Voids: 1 • Other Resident Issues: 2 • Newsletter: 0 • Resident Information Booklet: 0 Noted 3.7 Access issues to: • 10 / 18 Cheriton Noted Page 6 of 6 RPK1055 – St Silas Estate - Progress Meeting Minutes 02 JS/252077 7 – 29.10.24 Item No. Description/Comment Action • 8 Fordcombe 4.0 Health and Safety 4.1 KG confirms there have been no near misses or accident this period. Noted 5.0 Clerk of Works 5.1 No inspections. JS to arrange JS 6.0 Risk Reduction Meeting 6.1 None Noted 7.0 Any Other Business 7.1 FRA R eport 7.1.1 MM is to issue FRA reports which have not had resident flat no covered up MM 7.1.2 KG to issue a E WN stating there is disparity between the BoQ and the FRA reports and how should Durkan deal with this KG 7.2 Liquid Coating of Balconies 7.2.1 AT to provi de coats for this with a Bau der Spec AT 7.3 Validation Reports 7.3.1 MM states he req uire Validation Rports as par t of the contract and provide example . Durkan to issue AT / KG 7.3.2 JS states validation surveys review needs to tak e place as ap as access has be en provided for over 2 weeks Noted 7.4 Asbestos Reports 7.4.1 Asbestos Reports need to be accepted by LB Camd en Asbestos team . If KG or the team require assistance, please let us know Noted 8.0 Next Meeting 8.1 Progress Meeting No 03: Thursday 20 November 2024 – 2pm Locations: Site Meeting Room Noted (Meeting closed) Page 1 of 6 RPK1055 – St Silas Estate - Progress Meeting Minutes 03 JS/252077 7 – 21.11.24 Ref: 2520777 Minutes of Progress Meeting 03 Better Homes Programme 2021/22 – RPK / 1055 St Silas Estate Meeting held at Site Meeting Room Thursday 21 November 2024 @ 2pm Attendees: Item No. Description/Comment Action 1.0 Introduction and Apologies 1.1 As above. Noted 1.2 No queries were raised regarding the content or accuracy of the previous meetings and therefore they were taken to be a true and accurate account of the previous meetings. Agreed 1.3 We welcome who will be replacing Noted 1.4 is on sick leave Noted 2.0 Actions from Previous Meeting Minutes 2.1 Previous Item – 2.1 – Performance Bond: 2.1.1 A performance bond of 10% of the contract sum is required (clause x13). Ultimate parent company guarantee to be issued by Durkan . Ongoing from previous meeting Noted (MM) Project Manager London Borough of Camden (KG) Contracts Manager Durkan (AF) Contracts Manager Durkan (AT) Quantity Surveyor Durkan (KO) Senior Site Manager Durkan (HF) Assistant Site Manager Durkan (DB) Resident Liaison Officer Durkan (JS) Employers Agent / Project Manager (via teams) Pellings LLP Apologies: (RH) Commercial Manager Durkan (SA) Managing Resident Liaison Officer Durkan (DB) Resident Liaison Officer Durkan Page 2 of 6 RPK1055 – St Silas Estate - Progress Meeting Minutes 03 JS/252077 7 – 21.11.24 Item No. Description/Comment Action 2.1.2 JS states this has been ongoing for far too long . AT to issue next week Noted 2.2 Previous Item – 2.2 – Programme 2.2.1 KG has issued a new programme. JS to review JS 2.3 Previous Item – 2.3 – Cashflow 2.3.1 AT confirms this will be provided once the validation has been approved Ongoing from previous meeting AT 2.4 Previous Item – 2.4 – Schedule of Meetings Dates 2.4.1 JS to produce schedule of meetings and send out invites . JS 2.5 Previous Item – 2.5 – Clerk of Works 2.5.1 JS to arrange for CoW Inspections JS 2.6 Previous Item – 2.7 – Existing Services Identified 2.6.1 It is proposed the supply will be taken from the existing communal electrical supply / water to be taken from communal water supply – Durkan to take meter readings and the contractor is to pay for all of their usage. A check meter must be installed to all new connections. This information should be provided by the contractor via a CEN and LB Camden will provide payment details . Ongoing from previous meeting AT 2.7 Previous Item – 2.10 – Southfleet – Parapet Wall to Roof Issue 2.7.1 JS requests for costs for the scaffold . Ongoing from previous meeting AT 2.8 Previous Item – 2.16 – Scaffold / Hoist Location 2.8.1 POST MIN NOTE – KO has provided this via email after the meeting KO 2.9 Previous Item – 7.1 – FRA Report 2.9.1 POST MIN NOTE – JW is reviewing this action to see if new reports can be commissioned due to the inconsistencies between them MM / JW Page 3 of 6 RPK1055 – St Silas Estate - Progress Meeting Minutes 03 JS/252077 7 – 21.11.24 Item No. Description/Comment Action 2.10 Previous Item – 7.2 – Liquid Coating of Balconies 2.10.1 AT to provide coats for this with a Bauder Spec AT 2.11 Previous Item – 7.3 – Validation Reports 2.11.1 Durken confirm this will be issued early next week for Cherrington and Fordham e AT / AF 3.0 Contractor Report 3.1 KG issues contractor report 0 3 via email runs through it and KO runs through it Noted 3.2 Progress: Cheriton Block: • Roof replacement work is underway, weather condition has had an impact on the progress. • Concrete / bricks repairs surveys are ongoing we are now using a Spider (cherry picker) to complete the surveys throughout the block. Surveys log sheets will be submitted to the client for review & approval once surveys being completed. • Bauder attended site on Thursday 19th of November and surveyed the private balconies and Bauder will issue a spec/report for the Liquid coating work for review and approval for both communal walkways & private balconies. • The bricks & concrete repairs surveys log sheets have been reviewed and agreed by the clients (Pellings) which was on site on Tuesday the 12th of November. (for the low - level areas) Fordcombe block: • Roofing work is in progress and expecting to be completed by end of the week. • Concrete & brick repairs surveys now ongoing, we are now using a Spider (cherry picker) to complete the surveys throughout the block. • Bauder were on Tuesday the 19th of November to survey the private balconies and will issue spec/ reports on how to proceed with the liquid coating work. Noted Page 4 of 6 RPK1055 – St Silas Estate - Progress Meeting Minutes 03 JS/252077 7 – 21.11.24 Item No. Description/Comment Action Halstow block : • Erecting of scaffold have been completed and hoist has been installed. • Roofing work will be starting w/c 18th November • Concrete / bricks repairs surveys is underway and surveys log sheets will be issued for review and approval once surveys bein g completed. Lenham Block • Roof surveys have been completed by Bauder and we are waiting for reports to be issued for the client review and approval. • Erecting of scaffold will be starting w/c 18th November • Concrete & bricks repairs surveys now underway • Asbestos surveys have been completed and reports has been issued. Southfl eet (Emergency Works ) • Erecting of L Shape scaffold on the side elevation is now underway to carry out concrete & bricks’ repair work following the structural Engineer reports. • The concrete & brick repairs work will be commenced once scaffold being handed over and cost being agreed 3.3 Factors affecting or potentially affecting progress : • Updated FRA reports to be received, confirmation of what is being done to all blocks except Southfleet and Burmarsh • FD30s. Confirmation of how many doors to be done as per latest FRA surveys. • BSR. Initial delays to programme, potential future delays to programme for Southfleet and Burmarsh. • Emergency lightings, Quantities affected by above items, confirmation as to how to proceed • Liquid coating awaiting guidance on how to proceed. • Access issues. Noted 3.4 Financial Report • Application 2 certified and payment processed. • Application 3, awaiting certificate and invoice number. Awaiting updated template for next valuation purposes. • Updated quantities and costs for roofing and other works to continue throughout project duration. Noted Page 5 of 6 RPK1055 – St Silas Estate - Progress Meeting Minutes 03 JS/252077 7 – 21.11.24 Item No. Description/Comment Action 3.5 Resident Liaison Report Noted 3.6 Summary of Information : • Resident Notifications: 1 6 • Access Difficulties: 17 • Complaints / Clams: 0 • Resident Feedback: 0 • Disclaimer: 0 • Refusal: 1 • Voids: 1 • Other Resident Issues: 8 • Newsletter: 0 • Resident Information Booklet: 0 Noted 3.7 Access issues to: • As per RLO report • DB to liaise with MM for a ccess issues Noted 4.0 Health and Safety 4.1 KG confirms there have been no near misses or accident this period. Noted 5.0 Clerk of Works 5.1 No inspections. JS to arrange JS 6.0 Risk Reduction Meeting 6.1 None Noted 7.0 Any Other Business 7.1 Cherry Picker / Boom Lift H&S 7.1.1 AF to review RAMS of working with Cherry Picker / Boom Lift H&S AF 7.2 Spandrel panels 7.2.1 KO to measure spandrel panels and then AT to reviews costs as these are noted within the BoQ KO / AT 7.3 Class O Paint 7.3.1 MM states it’s a LB Camden requirement to have all decorations external as Class O. AF to review this with Crown / Timolux AF Page 6 of 6 RPK1055 – St Silas Estate - Progress Meeting Minutes 03 JS/252077 7 – 21.11.24 Item No. Description/Comment Action 7.4 Emergency Lighting 7.4.1 AT to issue however LB Camden need to make their comments . MM 7.5 Christmas Close Down 7.5.1 Durkan close from 23 December to 2 January Noted 7.5.2 JS polite rem inds KO to : 1. Ensure he removes all ladders, and they are locked away 2. All rubbish and skips and removed 3. All material is safety store away 4. Emergency contact details are issued 5. Plenty of photos are taken to protect all parties Noted 8.0 Next Meeting 8.1 Progress Meeting No 04: Wednesday 18 December 2024 – 10am Locations: Site Meeting Room Noted (Meeting closed) Page 1 of 6 RPK1055 – St Silas Estate - Progress Meeting Minutes 04 JS/252077 7 – 218.12. 24 Ref: 2520777 Minutes of Progress Meeting 04 Better Homes Programme 2021/22 – RPK / 1055 St Silas Estate Meeting held via teams Wednesday 18 December 2024 @ 10.00am Attendees: Item No. Description/Comment Action 1.0 Introduction and Apologies 1.1 As above. Noted 1.2 No queries were raised regarding the content or accuracy of the previous meetings and therefore they were taken to be a true and accurate account of the previous meetings. Agreed 1.3 We welcome who will be replacing Noted 1.4 is on sick leave Noted 2.0 Actions from Previous Meeting Minutes 2.1 Previous Item – 2.1 – Performance Bond: 2.1.1 A performance bond of 10% of the contract sum is required (clause x13). Ultimate parent company guarantee to be issued by Durkan . Ongoing from previous meeting Noted 2.1.2 AF confirmed this will be issued by the end of the week by AF (MM) Project Manager London Borough of Camden (AF) Contracts Manager Durkan (AT) Quantity Surveyor Durkan (KO) Senior Site Manager Durkan (JS) Employers Agent / Project Manager (via teams) Pellings LLP Apologies: (RH) Commercial Manager Durkan (SA) Managing Resident Liaison Officer Durkan (HF) Assistant Site Manager Durkan (DB) Resident Liaison Officer Durkan Page 2 of 6 RPK1055 – St Silas Estate - Progress Meeting Minutes 04 JS/252077 7 – 218.12. 24 Item No. Description/Comment Action 2.2 Previous Item – 2.2 – Programme 2.2.1 AF has issued . JS to issue a PMC after MM / JS review it JS 2.3 Previous Item – 2.3 – Cashflow 2.3.1 AT confirms this will be provided once the validation has been approved Ongoing from previous meeting AT 2.4 Previous Item – 2.6 – Existing Services Identified 2.4.1 It is proposed the supply will be taken from the existing communal electrical supply / water to be taken from communal water supply – Durkan to take meter readings and the contractor is to pay for all of their usage. A check meter must be installed to all new connections. This information should be provided by the contractor via a CEN and LB Camden will provide payment details . Ongoing from previous meeting AT 2.5 Previous Item – 2.7 – Southfleet – Parapet Wall to Roof Issue 2.5.1 Additional costs for additional scaffold to be issued by AT by COP today AT 2.6 Previous Item – 2.9 – FRA Report 2.6.1 POST MIN NOTE – JW has confirmed in another mee ting the latest FRA report is one to use and no new ones to be commissioned is reviewing this action to see if new reports can be commissioned due to the inconsistencies between them Noted 2.7 Previous Item – 2.10 – Liquid Coating of Balconies 2.7.1 AT to provide coats for this with a Bauder Spec Ongoing from previous meeting AT 2.8 Previous Item – 7.2 – Spandrel panels 2.8.1 KO to measure spandrel panels and then AT to reviews costs as these are noted within the BoQ KO / AT Page 3 of 6 RPK1055 – St Silas Estate - Progress Meeting Minutes 04 JS/252077 7 – 218.12. 24 Item No. Description/Comment Action 2.9 Previous Item – 7.3 – Class O Paint 2.9.1 MM states it’s a LB Camden requirement to have all decorations external as Class O. AF to review this with Crown / Timolux AF 2.10 Previous Item – 7.4 – Emergency Lig2025-07-14T00:00:00CAM103812025-07-04T00:00:00leaseholder contributionsDate: 04/07/2025 Case reference : CAM10381London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 02/06/2025 about leaseholder contributions.   We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA 2000) and the Environmental Information Regulations 2004 (EIR 2004). Response The council holds the information requested.  However, we are withholding the information because it is exempt under the FOIA 2000 and excepted under the EIR 2004.  We have explained where we are withholding information and what exemption and what exception applies.  Please see the refusal notice at the end of the answer which explains how and why they apply.  I am a leaseholder ( address) currently engaged in a dispute with Camden Council regarding substantial major works charges. In light of the high annual service charges that leaseholders across Camden have paid for many years — alongside the absence of sufficient reserve funds to cover such works — I am requesting full disclosure of Camden Council’s historical financial management of leaseholder contributions and housing capital projects. Specifically, I request the following information: 1. Annual financial records for the past 50 years (1975–2025) relating to: a) Leaseholder service charge income b) Reserve fund (sinking fund) contributions and balances c) Major works expendituresd) Any transfers or reallocations from reserve funds or Housing Revenue Account (HRA) 2. A breakdown of how Camden Council has historically used or withheld leaseholder reserve funds, particularly in relation to the Kilburn Gate estate (Flats 9–60), if available. 3. Any audits, internal reviews, or external reports conducted over the past 20 years evaluating the council’s management of leaseholder funds, reserve fund strategies, or budgeting for capital works. 4. A list of projects or estates over the last 25 years where: a) Major works were funded without using reserve funds b) Leaseholders were issued bills exceeding £15,000 per unit c) Discretionary reductions were applied The requester has clarified: For the purpose of my Freedom of Information request, “major works” refers to: Any planned maintenance, repair, improvement, or replacement projects carried out by Camden Council (or on its behalf) to residential leasehold properties or estates, where the cost of the work exceeds £250 per leaseholder and triggers statutory consultation under Section 20 of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1985. This includes, but is not limited to: Structural repairs (e.g. roof, façade, concrete frame) Lift replacements or refurbishments Window and door replacements Fire safety upgrades (e.g. alarms, doors, cladding removal) Internal or external estate-wide decorationsDrainage or plumbing infrastructure upgrades Major electrical rewiring or communal system upgrades Communal heating system replacements I am particularly interested in projects undertaken on estates with long leaseholders, where Camden Council: Issued Section 20 notices or carried out works above the statutory threshold, and Either charged leaseholders directly or used Housing Revenue Account/reserve funds. If possible, I would appreciate information about these major works: Spanning the last 50 years, but prioritising anything from 1990 onward Particularly in relation to the Kilburn Gate Estate (Flats 9–60) Including cost breakdowns, contractor names, funding sources (e.g. HRA, reserve funds), and any decisions on applying or not applying discretionary caps or reductions We are not processing this request as it would require a disproportionate amount of time, effort, and expense to identify and collate the information falling within the scope of your request and then examine it information to deal with each element under the appropriate information access regime.  Please see set out below an exemption notice under the FOIA and an exception notice under the EIR 2004. Refusal Notices The FOIA exemption that applies is: section 12: cost of compliance exceeds appropriate limit We are refusing your request under section 12 on cost grounds because we estimate that compliance with your request will exceed the "appropriate limit".  This is £450 which is equivalent to 18 hours at £25 per hour. The per hour figure is set by Regulations rather than actual salary paid to any officers handling requests. The appropriate limit includes the time it will take the council to discover if it holds the information requested, to locate it, extract it and collate it as well as putting it into any particular format requested by the requester. We have calculated that it will take approx. 7,383 hours (minimum) for our leaseholder services to comply with your question 4(c) alone of your request because: there is no central record of discretionary reductions that is searchable electronically• individual leasehold property records would have to be searched to collate the information• there are 9,845 individual property records to search and collate the information from• each of these records would take an average 45 minutes to search and collate the information• it would take significant additional time to answer the other questions and assess which information access regime they fall under• The EIR 2004 exception that applies is: regulation 12(4)b which states that a public authority may refuse to disclose information to the extent that the request for information is manifestly unreasonable. We have also considered the time it will take the council to locate the information requested in the request, to extract it, collate it and then to review and redact any sensitive information that will be subject to further exceptions under the EIR 2004. In addition to the reasons outlined above, question 1(c) about Major works expenditures would require disproportionate time to identify and collate relevant information.  Searching data where leaseholders were residents in a major works packet for only the last six years (in line with the Limitation Act requirements) would require examining 92 files per year.  Each file would take an average minimum of 20 minutes to check.  This would take 184 hours for those six years alone. Further disproportionate time would be needed to redact personal information and redact or remove information that is subject to other exceptions under regulation EIR 2004 after consideration of the public interest involved. We have considered the impact and burden that processing this request would have on the teams who would have to deal with it. We have concluded that the time, effort and costs involved would place a disproportionate burden on these teams and severely impact their ability to perform their normal duties.In applying this exception, the Council has also considered the balance of the public interest in line with the EIR 2004.  We have indicated the weight of each of these considerations. The public interest argument for releasing this information is: - it would improve the transparency for the general public of the council’s decisions and processes in dealing with information requested (Medium).• The public interest arguments for withholding the information are: - processing this request in full would be provide a large burden in terms of officer time and cost to the Council (High).• this would necessarily constitute a significant diversion of resources away from the council’s core business activities, (High) and:• it would consequently have a proportionally detrimental impact on it’s provision of services to the public (High).• it is not in the public interest public interest that the Council neglect its provision of services to the public to focus on one information request (High).• It is felt that in all the circumstances of the case, the public interest in maintaining the exception outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information. There is a presumption in favour of disclosure in the EIR 2004. We considered whether this overrides the public interest test conclusion and have concluded that it does not. Advice and assistance We do not operate a sinking fund. Leaseholders are recharged retrospectively for their proportion of the actual costs incurred. All projects are funded without using reserve funds. We estimate that we may be able to provide responses for the remaining questions (other than those exempted/excepted above), without resorting to the FOIA exemption and EIR 2004 exception, if the questions were limited to the last six years in line with the Limitation Act requirements. Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations.Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk , Telephone: 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website https://www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Peter Williams Information Rights Officer2025-07-14T00:00:00CAM103892025-07-04T00:00:00procurement fraudDate: 04/07/2025 Case reference : CAM10389London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 03 June 2025 and clarified on 17 June 2025 about  procurement fraud.  We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds some of the information requested. The answers to your questions are below. We have stated where we do not hold the information requested and why. PROCUREMENT FRAUD - INFORMATION AND INTELLIGENCE - NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE MODEL (NIM) OR OTHER REGULATORY INTELLIGENCE FRAMEWORK 1. Does the authority finance and accounts section/department (F/A section) have an audit member or team trained through and registered with the a. Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE)? No b. Fraud Professional Accreditation Board (CFPAB)? Yes c. Government Counter Fraud Profession (GCFP)? No2. Have the F/A section an internal policy to consult with external counter-fraud professionals investigating procurement fraud or dealing with procurement fraud risk? No 3. Has the F/A section developed counter-fraud investigation methods dealing with specific procurement fraud risk and can a copy be provided? No 4. Have the F/A section developed counter-fraud investigation methods through a NIM risk management model and if so can a copy be provided? No 5. Do the F/A section have a drafted model identifying vulnerabilities of potential procurement fraud within its procure-to-pay cycles to NIM standards or other statutory framework and if so can a copy be provided? No 6. Do the F/A section share detected threats and intelligence through and register or operating strategy with other authorities? No 7. Do the F/A section have in place a tactical response and enforcement plan in place which involves the economic crime unit of the Police Service Northern Ireland? No 8. What assurance measures (if any) does the F/A section  have in place that ensure the effective application of information and intelligence relating to procurement fraud risk by its counter fraud or audit staff is being implemented successfully? We have an Anti-Fraud and Corruption Strategy policy document that states “AFIT risk assesses and prioritises all referrals received to ensure they are looked at in a fair, consistent and equal way proportionate to the alleged offence”. (AFIT is the council’s Anti-Fraud and Investigations Team) 9. Do the F/A section operate independently under the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 and if so under what authority? Yes, the AFIT performs an independent and objective function within the council. 10. Do the F/A section operate independently in accordance with the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 and if so under what authority? Yes, AFIT performs an independent and objective function within the council and can utilise the provisions under RIPA 2000 and IPA 2016. PROCUREMENT FRAUD - CORRUPTION AND COLLUSION. [From 2010-2025] We do not hold this information.  This is because AFIT has a retention period of 7 years, and we do not hold relevant information beyond this. Questions 11-19 have been answered based on this retention period and date back to 2018. 11. Have procurement fraud investigations been successful in uncovering procurer and bidder collusion through the discovery of inappropriate gifts or monetary kickbacks or has discovery been made through whistleblower disclosure? No 12. Have procurement fraud investigations been successful in uncovering procurer and bidder collusion through contract specification manipulation and lack of performance auditing by Contract Managers? No 13. Have procurement fraud investigations been successful in uncovering procurer and bidder collusion by a contractor been awarded frequent multiple contracts unlawfully or has discovery been made through whistleblower disclosure No14. Have procurement fraud investigations been successful in uncovering procurer and bidder collusion through the discovery of new supplier unaudited agreements? No 15. Have procurement fraud investigations been successful in uncovering bid and tender manipulation between contractors for tendered works? No 16. Have procurement fraud investigations been successful in uncovering duplicated tender submissions involving duplicated rates, duplicated schedules, duplicated worksheets records? No 17. Have procurement fraud investigations found concealment active by managers leading to abuse of position resulting if fraud or whistleblower disclosure? No 18. Has procurement fraud investigations been successful through any whistleblower disclosure? No 19. Has the authority been sued successfully or settled any out of court action for failing to protect whistleblowers under employment rights legalisation or other NI Order? No PROCUREMENT FRAUD – PRESS AND MEDIA PUBLICATION POLICY 20. Does the authority have a drafted policy on publishing fraud investigation prosecutions through the media and can you provide a copy? No, not specifically, but we would follow the council’s usual media protocols and procedures.21. Which media outlets are used to publish fraud prosecutions? We do not hold this information.  This is because we have no recent examples to reference. 22. Are whistle-blowers provided protection by the authority when reporting procurement fraud to the media? Yes, under the Public Interest Disclosure Act 1998. Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk , Telephone: 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website https://www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Peter Williams Information Rights Officer2025-07-14T00:00:00CAM104222025-07-04T00:00:00number of abatement notices relating to noise issued under s80 Environmental Protection Act 1990 between 1st January 2022 and 1st January 2025Date: 04/07/2025 Ref: CAM10422 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 09/06/2025 about number of abatement notices relating to noise issued under s80 Environmental Protection Act 1990 between 1st January 2022 and 1st January 2025. We have dealt with this under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested. 1. Between 1st January 2022 and 1st January 2025, how many abatement notices relating to noise were issued by your authority under s80 Environmental Protection Act 1990? 42. 2. Of those abatement notices issues as per above, how many were subject to appeal to the Magistrates’ Court under s80(3) Environmental Protection Act 1990? 2. 3. Of those abatements issued as per above, how many were subject to enforcement proceedings under s80 Environmental Act 1990? 1. 4. Subject to the restrictions under s12 Freedom of Information Act 2000, are you able to provide any particulars in respect of any of the notices and enforcement action as per above? If you could let us know exactly what information you are looking for we can see what we can provide. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner ’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Kieran Heneghan Information Rights Officer2025-07-14T00:00:00CAM104232025-07-10T00:00:00cycleway schemes involving continuous footways in your boroughDate: 10/07/2025 Ref: CAM10423 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 09/06/2025 about cycleway schemes involving continuous footways in your borough. We have dealt with this under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested, however, we are withholding this information because it is excepted. We have stated where we are withholding information and what exceptions apply. Please see the refusal notices at the end of the answers which explain how and why the exceptions apply. Following a doubling of the number of collisions involving serious injury to cyclists for the cycleway on the Ewell Road in Kingston I am researching the safety outcomes of cycleway schemes using continuous footways. London Cycling Design Standards Chapter 3 section 3.5.3 pp 42-43, describes continuous footways in detail. I am requesting the following information about cycleway schemes involving continuous footways in your borough under the terms of the Freedom of Information Act or Environmental Information Regulations. 1. The location of the scheme in terms of the name of the principal road affected, e.g. Shaftsbury Avenue (London Borough of Camden), Ewell Road (Royal Borough of Kingston) etc. 2. The geospatial coordinates for the start and end for the continuous footway sections of schemes. If a section of the scheme covers more than one junction then I only need the start of the continuous section through to the end by major intersection. 3. The date the scheme was constructed. 4. The engineering diagrams showing junction layouts for the scheme as originally constructed. 5. The date of any updates to the scheme. 6. The engineering diagrams showing junction layouts for the scheme updates post original construction. 7. The details of the Experimental Traffic Order / Experimental Traffic Management Order / Experimental Traffic Regulation Order associated with the scheme. 8. If no ETO / ETMO / ETRO was put in place, details of why the scheme is not considered experimental including references to supporting research evidence stating why it was considered appropriate to implement without an ETO being in place. 9. Whether TfL funding was provided for the scheme (Y/N)? 10. The level of funding granted if Yes. 11. The date funding granted if Yes. 12. The Initial Costs of the Scheme. 13. The costs of any repairs to the continuous footways. 14. The costs of any reconstruction of the scheme’s junctions and footways. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Clarified – I am requesting information on every continuous footway, as defined by the LCDS chapter 3, in the borough of Camden. I am comfortable restricting the date range to footways implemented 2014 or later as 2014 corresponds to the publication of the London Cycling Design Standards. I have attached a document containing example photographs of the continuous footways on the Ewell Road as examples of original state, patched and in a reconstructed state with block setts. The main common feature is that there is no kerb or boundary defining the pedestrian footway and the shared space. The footway may be paving slabs, asphalt repaired surfaces or block setts, IMG_3544, or other materials that are intended to create the visual appearance of a continuous pavement. As the DfT and TfL have told me they are not collecting collision outcome data on these experimental schemes I am aiming to combine the data I am requesting with publicly available collision data to investigate what the broader safety outcomes are. We are not processing this request. It would involve a disproportionate amount of time, effort and expense to the council and is excepted under the EIR 2004. Please see the exception notice set out below. Refusal Notice: Under Regulation 12(4)(b) it would be considered manifestly unreasonable to provide a response to your request because the cost of compliance, and burden of dealing with your request, is excessive. The exception protects the Council’s ability to carry out its public functions and provides a balance between transparency and the protection of resources. Footways are a common and expected element within our streetscape infrastructure, and as such, we do not maintain dedicated records for them. Instead, information about footways is typically embedded within broader street improvement or maintenance schemes. Because these details are not catalogued separately or indexed in a searchable format, identifying specific records related to footways would require manually reviewing a large volume of documentation. We estimate that this task would require approximately 56 to 60 hours to complete. However, due to the broad nature of the subject and the unknown number of sites involved, this estimate should be considered a rough approximation. In applying this exception the Council has also considered the balance of the public interest. The public interest argument for releasing this information is: • It would improve transparency to the general public of the Council (medium weight) • The presumption in favour of disclosure in the regulations (low weight) The public interest arguments for withholding the information are: • Processing this request would be a large burden in terms of Officer time and cost to the Council. (heavy weight) • This request would necessarily constitute a significant diversion of resources away from the Council’s core business activities. (heavy weight) • It would consequently have a proportionally detrimental impact on the provision of services to the public (heavy weight) • It is not in the public interest that the Council neglect its provision of services to the public to focus on one information request (heavy weight) It is felt that in all the circumstances of the case, the public interest in maintaining the exception outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information. Advice and Assistance: As advice and assistance, we suggest that you streamline your request to provide one or two schemes in particular and we can see what information we hold. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Kieran Heneghan Information Rights Officer2025-07-14T00:00:00CAM104372025-07-01T00:00:00number of council properties/homes allocated/let in hampstead and highgate constituency since Tulip Saddiq became MP for the constituencyDate: 01/07/2025 Ref: CAM10437 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 11/06/2025 about number of council properties/homes allocated/let in hampstead and highgate constituency since Tulip Saddiq became MP for the constituency. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested. 1. how many council properties/homes have been allocated/let in hampstead and highgate constituency since Tulip Saddiq became mo for the constituency. 294. 2. how many were direct offers or to tenants that do not meet criteria of homeless or priority need. 106. To clarify the second question, if tenants do not meet the criteria of homeless or priority need then they are not eligible for the housing register, so would not be allocated housing. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner ’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Kieran Heneghan Information Rights Officer2025-07-14T00:00:00CAM104392025-07-09T00:00:00the Domestic Abuse, Stalking and ‘Honour-Based’ violence risk identification checklist (DASH RIC)Date: 09/07/2025 Ref: CAM10439 Dear Requester, Thank you for your request for information dated 11/06/2025 about the Domestic Abuse, Stalking and ‘Honour-Based’ violence risk identification checklist (DASH RIC). We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested and the answers to your questions are as follows: 1. Is the DASH RIC used by your organisation as part of services (e.g. domestic abuse provision, victim support)? Yes. 2. Is the use of DASH RIC a standard provision or a requirement in contracts with third-party providers of relevant services (e.g. domestic abuse services, sheltered housing)? The use of the DASH RIC is not a standard provision or requirement in contrac ts. 3. If the DASH checklist is used by your organisation, which organisation or organisations provide the training that includes DASH training? (e.g. Domestic Abuse Matters training) Camden Safety Net is the in-house independent domestic and sexual violence advocacy (IDSVA) service that provides training as does the Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) Head of Service. 4. What is the cost to your organisation of such training? Please break this down by financial year over the last five years, as well as by organisation (if more than one organisation provides the relevant training) Not applicable. Training is delivered internally and as such does not require any additional resources. If the answer to any of the above is more complicated than a “yes/no”, please provide a short explanation. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Lorna Jonas-Tinson Information Rights Officer2025-07-14T00:00:00CAM104432025-07-08T00:00:00parental responsibility measures in the 2023/24 academic yearDate: 08/07/2025 Ref: CAM10443 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 11/06/2025 about parental responsibility measures in the 2023/24 academic year. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested. However, we are withholding all of the information because it is exempt as explained below. We have explained where we are withholding information and what exemptions apply. Please see the refusal notices at the end of the answers which explain how and why they apply. The information concerns parental responsibility measures in the 2023/24 academic year, based on figures provided by local authorities in the parental responsibility measures attendance census (referred to henceforth as “the census”). My request relates directly to the figures provided by the council in response to this census, and subsequently published by the Department for Education. A spreadsheet containing relevant figures is attached, and my questions will refer to the spreadsheet. 1. Of the pupil enrolments in academic year 2023/24 submitted in response to the census, and shown in column K of the attached spreadsheet, how many pupils had an Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP) and/or SEN support short of an EHCP? 2. Of the pupil enrolments in academic year 2023/24 submitted in response to the census, and shown in column K of the attached spreadsheet, how many pupils had an Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP)? 3. Of the penalty notices issued in relation to school attendance in 2023/24, as per column L of the attached spreadsheet, how many were in relation to pupils who had an Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP) and/or SEN support short of an EHCP? 4. Of the penalty notices issued in relation to school attendance in 2023/24, as per column L of the attached spreadsheet, how many were in relation to pupils who had an Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP)? 5. Of the penalty notices issued in relation to school attendance for reasons other than holidays or lateness in 2023/24, as per column P of the attached spreadsheet, how many were in relation to pupils who had an Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP) and/or SEN support short of an EHCP? London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk 6. Of the penalty notices issued in relation to school attendance for reasons other than holidays or lateness in 2023/24, as per column P of the attached spreadsheet, how many were in relation to pupils who had an Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP)? Some of these questions concern “EHCP and/or SEN support short of an EHCP”, while others concern just EHCPs. This is in case the council does not record the requested information in relation to “SEN support short of an EHCP”. We are withholding this information as we consider the following exemption applies. Refusal notice: Section 12: Cost of Compliance Exceeds the Appropriate Limit We are refusing your request under section 12 on cost grounds because we estimate that compliance with your request will exceed the "appropriate limit". This is £450 which is equivalent to 18 hours at £25 per hour. The per hour figure is set by Regulations rather than actual salary paid to any officers handling requests. The appropriate limit includes the time it will take the council to discover if it holds the information requested, to locate it, extract it and collate it as well as putting it into any particular format requested by the requester. Regarding questions 1 and 2, the information required to respond is not held in an easily accessible format. There are currently 1,693 pupils with active Education, Health and Care Plans (EHCPs) on the School Census. We estimate that it would take approx. 45 to 60 seconds per case to identify and extract the relevant data by matching pupil addresses with School Census records. Based on an average of 52.5 seconds per case, we calculate it would take approx. 24.69 hours to complete question 2. In regard to questions 3, 4, 5 and 6, we don’t record whether pupils who get a penalty notice have an EHCP or not - or even their SEN status. There is no statutory requirement to collect this information, and we have no plans to collect it in our next form, but we may be able to extract this when our new database is operational in future years. To answer questions 3 to 6, our Children and Learning service would need to do a manual database check on each case file and establish if they had an EHCP at that time frame and then check if they had an SEN marker associated on the Local Authority database. A total of 547 penalty notices were issued in 2023/24. Extracting the requested data would take approximately 5 -10 minutes per case. Based on an average of 7.5 minutes per case, we estimate the task would require around 68.3 hours to complete. This significantly exceeds the 18-hour limit set by the Act. Advice and Assistance As advice and assistance, you may wish to refine your request to focus on a more specific aspect, which could help ensure it falls within the appropriate cost limit. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Kieran Heneghan Information Rights Officer2025-07-14T00:00:00CAM104442025-07-08T00:00:00the report produced following the co-design phase of the Dartmouth Park Healthy Neighbourhood schemeDate: 08/07/2025 Ref: CAM10444 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 11/06/2025 about the report produced following the co-design phase of the Dartmouth Park Healthy Neighbourhood scheme . We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested. However we are withholding some or all of the information because it is exempt as explained below. We have explained where we are withholding information and what exemptions apply. Please see the refusal notices at the end of the answers which explain how and why they apply. I am writing to request a copy of the report produced following the co -design phase of the Dartmouth Park Healthy Neighbourhood scheme. The co-design phase concluded on 18th August 2024. On 18th March 2025, Councillor Richard Olszewski, Leader of Camden Council, stated that "the full report of the Co-Design phase will be available later in Spring 2025." (Source: https://news.camden.gov.uk/camden-provides-an-update-on-dartmouth-park-area- plans/) At the date of this request, the report has not been published. We understand the report has been shared with Islington Council for review, given the cross - borough nature of the project. However, this internal review does not preclude the public’s right to access information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Accordingly, I am requesting the following: - A copy of the report produced following the co-design phase of the Dartmouth Park Healthy Neighbourhood scheme. If the final version is not available, please provide the most recent version held by Camden Council. This report is exempt under Section 22(2) of the Freedom of Information act. See the refusal notice below. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Refusal Notice: The council holds the information requested but we are applying the qualified exemption in section 22(2) of the Act because the information is intended for future publication, and it is not reasonable to publish it ahead of planned publication. In applying this exemption, we have had to balance the public interest in withholding the information against the interest in favour of disclosure. The public interest arguments for releasing this information are as follows: • Improving transparency in decision making (medium weight) • Ensuring value for money (low weight) • To ensure accountability of the authority (medium weight) The public interest arguments for withholding the information are as follows: • There is a defined schedule for publishing this information and it would cause disruption to the council to publish ahead of this time (medium weight) • Early release would pre-empt a decision that should be made by the council or someone else (medium weight) • The ability to consider and discuss all options available out of the public eye will help more effective decision making (high weight) We have decided that the public interest in withholding the information outweighs the public interest in disclosing it. Advice and Assistance: As advice and assistance, the council intends to publish this information in summer 2025. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Philip Lewis Information Rights Officer2025-07-14T00:00:00CAM115602026-01-19T00:00:00the number of teachers, by nationality, employed in state-funded schools for the academic year 2018/19Date: 19 January 2026 Ref: CAM11560 Dear Requester, Thank you for your request for information dated 13 November 2025 about the number of teachers, by nationality, employed in state-funded schools for the academic year 2018/19. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Please note that this correspondence replaces our earlier response dated 15/01/2026. Response The council holds some of the information requested and the answers to your questions are as follows: Data concerning the nationality of teachers employed in state-funded schools in England (including maintained schools and academies). 1. Please provide the total headcount of teachers in state-funded schools in your area for the Academic Year 2018/2019 or Calendar Year 2019, broken down by the teacher’s nationality group (UK citizen, Non-UK citizen, or however your council records this). Please breakdown by state-funded primary, state-funded nursery, state-funded secondary and state-funded special or PRU. Please also provide the total headcount for comparison. We have provided the requested information in the spreadsheet attached. 2. Please provide the total headcount of teachers in state-funded schools in your area for the Academic Year 2024/2025 or Calendar Year 2025, broken down by the teacher’s nationality group. Please breakdown by state-funded primary, state-funded nursery, state-funded secondary and state-funded special or PRU. Please also provide the total headcount for comparison. Please see the response to question 1 above. 3. For the 2024/25 Academic Year or Calendar Year 2025, please break these down by individual nationality, for example Irish, Nigerian etc. I request the information in a readily reusable electronic format, ideally as an Excel spreadsheet or CSV file. If any part of this request is refused, please explain the reasons for refusal and, if applicable, state which exemption under the Act is being relied upon. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk We are withholding this information because we consider the following exemption applies. Refusal Notice: Section 38: Health and Safety (1) Information is exempt if its disclosure under this Act would or would be likely to: (a) endanger the physical or mental health of any individual, or (b) endanger the safety of any individual. We are withholding this information because releasing the individual nationalities of teachers employed in state funded schools, broken down by school phase could pose a risk to the physical or mental health of the teachers themselves, as well as their colleagues and other employees at their place of work. It could also compromise the safety of pupils, guests and visitors in those settings. The number of teachers identified as having a nationality other than British is exceptionally low. Disclosure of the requested data could render those individuals identifiable, enabling others to identify or locate them. This presents a significant risk of causing distress, anxiety or harm and may subject them to additional, unwarranted attention beyond the already demanding nature of their role. Freedom of Information responses are public documents and, once disclosed are accessible to anyone, not just the original requester. Releasing this information would therefore create an unacceptable risk to the wellbeing and safety of the individuals concerned. As an employer, the authority has a duty of care to protect staff from unnecessary risk and harm, including safeguarding their personal information where disclosure could compromise their safety or wellbeing. As Section 38 is a qualified exemption, the public interest test must be considered. Factors in favour of disclosure: • There is a genuine public interest in promoting transparency and accountability within public authorities. Disclosure of information can support public understanding of decision-making processes and the delivery of public services. (Medium weight). • Making the information available supports meaningful discussion about the delivery of local services, workforce diversity and the allocation of public resources, leading to constructive dialogue and improvements in policy and practice. (Medium weight). • Providing data on teacher nationality could assist stakeholders in assessing diversity within the education workforce, which may help identify trends and inform strategies aimed at promoting equality and inclusion in schools. (Medium weight). Factors in favour of withholding: • The information requested would clearly identify some employees. Releasing this information may increase incidents of being targeted, as it would allow others to determine their work location more easily, potentially exposing them to risk. This could endanger their physical or mental health, increase their vulnerability and cause additional distress, thereby undermining their safety and wellbeing. (High weight). • Employees at the various school sites may be exposed to the increased risk of harassment or intimidation as they arrive at and leave work. Such actions could interfere with their ability to perform their roles effectively and may create an unsafe working environment. (High weight). • The stress and anxiety caused by being singled out or targeted due to nationality could have a serious impact on employees’ mental health. This risk is concerning, given the already demanding nature of their role. (High weight). • There is an ongoing social climate and public discourse on immigration. Protests have attracted considerable attention and, in some cases, have led to heightened tensions and hostility. Disclosure of nationality data could exacerbate these issues, increasing the likelihood of targeted harassment or discrimination against individuals and contributing to feelings of insecurity among both the affected groups and the wider community. (High weight). • There is no wider public interest in the specific information requested that would outweigh the potential risk of harm. While transparency is important, it does not justify exposing individuals to significant personal risk. (Medium weight). We have carefully considered the relevant factors and concluded that, on balance, the public interest lies in upholding the exemption and not releasing the information. This is because the harm likely to be caused to individuals by the disclosure would be significant and far outweighs the public interest in making the information available. Under our duty to provide advice and assistance, we can provide the total number of teachers by nationality. If you would like this information, please submit a new request to foi@camden.gov.uk. Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Lorna Jonas-Tinson Information Rights Officer2026-01-26T21:45:05CAM115812026-01-16T00:00:00dedicated school grants and related mattersDate: 16 January 2026 Ref: CAM11581 Dear Requester, Thank you for your request for information dated 14 November 2025 about dedicated school grants and related matters. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested. However, we are withholding some of the information because it is exempt as explained below. We have explained where we are withholding information and what exemptions apply. Please see the refusal notices at the end of the answers which explain how and why they apply. I would like the information sent by email, using the spreadsheet which will follow, for questions 1-15. DSG deficits 1. Please state the cumulative (i.e. multi-year not in-year) Dedicated Schools Grant (DSG) net surplus or deficit position on 31st March 2024 £22,344,133.46 surplus. 2. Please state the cumulative DSG net surplus or deficit position on 31st March 2025 £18,931,046.36 surplus. 3. Please state the most recent forecast of the cumulative DSG net surplus or deficit position for 31st March 2026. Please state what month or quarter of the financial year this forecast is correct to. Quarter 1 monitoring: forecast DSG reserve at year end 2025/26 is £10,831,046. 4. Please state the most recent forecast of the cumulative DSG net surplus or deficit position for 31st March 2028 You clarified: Yes, 31 March 2028 [is the correct date] Potential deficit of £1.86million by the end 2026/27 if high needs DSG mitigations are not applied. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk 5. If the council is forecasting an in-year DSG deficit in 2025/26, what percentage of the council's total DSG grant funding for 2025/26 is this in-year deficit equal to? For the purpose of this question, an in-year deficit should be measured relative to a balanced outturn, rather than being measured relative to any pre-planned in-year deficit. 3.91% 6. In what financial year is the cumulative DSG deficit currently forecast to be cleared? This question does not apply if there is both no deficit at present and no deficit forecast for future years Not applicable. 7. If the council's DSG reserve is currently in a cumulative deficit position, has the council estimated (or calculated) the annual direct or indirect cost to the council of carrying this deficit and if so, what is that estimated/calculated annual cost? This cost may arise in a number of ways, potentially including (these are all real examples from councils): Not applicable. a. the direct cost of interest on borrowing to fund or effectively cover the DSG reserve deficit – Not applicable. b. the deficit reducing the council's ability extent to internally borrow from its working capital balances, thus forcing the council to borrow externally quicker than it otherwise would at high interest rates – Not applicable. c. carrying a deficit means the council has access to less cash than it would otherwise, meaning the council effectively forgoes potential interest on investment, increasing pressure on the General Fund NMISS placement costs – Not applicable. 8. For each academic year from 2022/23 to 2025/26 inclusive, how many SEND children with council-funded EHCPs were placed in non-maintained independent special schools (NMISS) within the local authority area? We have provided data from the January snapshots, in accordance with the annual SEN2 census return to the Department for Education. January 2023 January 2024 January 2025 January 2026 0 2 3 3 9. For each academic year from 2022/23 to 2025/26 inclusive, what was the average cost to the council per child (i.e. unit cost] of funding a SEND child with a council-funded EHCP to go to an NMISS school within the local authority area (please use a forecast/estimate for 2025/26 if necessary)? We do not hold the requested information by academic year. The data is held and has been provided in the financial year format (1 April to 31 March). 2022/23 2023/24 2024/25 2025/26 (Projected) £0 £90,522 £95,183 £99,319 10. For each academic year from 2022/23 to 2025/26 inclusive, how many SEND children with council-funded EHCPs were placed in non-maintained independent special schools (NMISS) outside the local authority area? We have provided data taken from the January snapshots. This is in accordance with the annual SEN2 census return to the Department for Education. January 2023 January 2024 January 2025 January 2026 62 76 74 83 *Data provided from the January snapshots, in accordance with the annual SEN2 census return to the Department for Education. 11. For each academic year from 2022/23 to 2025/26 inclusive, what was the average cost to the council per child [i.e. unit cost] of funding a SEND child with a council-funded EHCP to go to an NMISS school outside the local authority area (please use a forecast/estimate for 2025/26 if necessary)? 2022/23 2023/24 2024/25 2025/26 (Projected) £52,281 £56,681 £59,218 £69,471 *Data held and provided in the financial year format (1 April to 31 March). 12. For each academic year from 2022/23 to 2025/26 inclusive, how many SEND children with council-funded EHCPs were placed in state-sector special schools? January 2023 January 2024 January 2025 January 2026 330 321 334 338 *Data provided from January snapshots, in accordance with the annual SEN2 census return to the Department for Education. 13. For each academic year from 2022/23 to 2025/26 inclusive, what was the average cost to the council per child (i.e. unit cost] of funding a SEND child with a council-funded EHCP to go to a state-sector special school (please use a forecast/estimate for 2025/26 if necessary)? 2022/23 2023/24 2024/25 2025/26 (Projected) £36,238 £40,166 £41,210 £43,888 *Data held and provided in the financial year format (1 April to 31 March). 14. For each academic year from 2022/23 to 2025/26 inclusive, how many SEND children with council-funded EHCPs were placed in mainstream state schools? January 2023 January 2024 January 2025 January 2026 672 713 778 792 *Data provided from the January snapshots, in accordance with the annual SEN2 census return to the Department for Education. 15. For each academic year from 2022/23 to 2025/26 inclusive, what was the average cost to the council per child (i.e. unit cost] of funding a SEND child with a council-funded EHCP to go to a mainstream state school, factoring in both baseline funding and any top-ups (please use a forecast/estimate for 2025/26 if necessary)? 2022/23 2023/24 2024/25 2025/26 (Projected) £16,561 £18,866 £19,958 £20,317 *Data held and provided in the financial year format (1 April to 31 March). Schools in deficit 16. Please provide a list of maintained schools that registered a cumulative revenue deficit at the end of 2024/25 Cumulative revenue deficit at the end of 2024/25 Brecknock primary school Brookfield primary school Fitzjohn’s primary school Hampstead Parochial Kentish Town primary school St Joseph’s primary school St Patrick’s primary school St Eugene De Mazenod Haverstock school Robson House Harmood school Thomas Coram 17. Please provide a list of maintained schools that are forecast to register a cumulative revenue deficit at the end of 2025/26 Forecast year end deficits as at Q1 2025/26 Argyle primary school Fleet primary school Netley primary school Rhyl primary school Richard Cobden school Gospel Oak School Eleanor Palmer primary school Holy Trinity NW3 Rosary School St Albans CoE school William Ellis school La Sainte Union School (LSU) Swiss Cottage 18. Please provide a list of maintained schools that are forecast to register a cumulative revenue deficit at the end of 2027/28 La Sainte Union school. 19. Please provide a list of maintained schools that are forecast to register a cumulative revenue deficit three years in a row None are planned due to the Sustainability Project Intervention by the Schools Department. 20. Please provide copies of the existing deficit reduction plans of maintained schools in the council area as agreed by the council The council holds the information you have requested; however, we are applying the qualified exemption under Section 22(2) of the Freedom of Information Act. This is because the information is intended for future publication, and it would not be reasonable to release it prior to the planned publication date in. In applying this exemption, we have carefully considered the balance between the public interest in disclosing the information and the public interest in withholding it. Public interest factors in favour of disclosure: • Improving transparency in decision making (medium weight). • Ensuring public funds are used effectively and represent value for money (medium weight). • Supporting accountability within the council (medium weight). • Encouraging greater public and resident engagement and trust in local governance (medium weight). Public interest factors in favour of withholding the information: • There is a defined schedule for publishing this information and releasing it earlier would cause disruption to the council’s processes (high weight). • Premature disclosure may pre-empt decisions that are yet to be formally made by the council or relevant authorities (high weight) • The announcement may be designed to prompt public enquiries and is likely to lead to increased workload. We must therefore ensure that appropriate administrative arrangements are in place before the information is released. (medium weight). Following the assessment, we have carefully considered the relevant factors and concluded that, on balance, the public interest lies in upholding the exemption and not releasing the information. Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Lorna Jonas-Tinson Information Rights Officer2026-01-26T21:45:06CAM104512025-07-10T00:00:00licenses for dog boarding (kennels), home boarding for dogs, dog day care, dog breeding, cat boarding, and selling animals as petsDate: 10/07/2025 Ref: CAM10451 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 12/06/2025 about licenses for dog boarding (kennels), home boarding for dogs, dog day care, dog breeding, cat boarding, and selling animals as pets. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested. As of every April 1 of each year 2020 to 2025 inclusive: • For each of the following activities: dog boarding (kennels), home boarding for dogs, dog day care, dog breeding, cat boarding, and selling animals as pets, please provide: o Number of licenses in force o Number of 1-year, 2-year, and 3-year licenses issued in the 12 months up to that point o Number of 1-year, 2-year, and 3-year licenses renewed in the above period o Number of 1-star, 2-star, 3-star, 4-star, and 5-star licenses issued in the above period o Number of licenses revoked, refused, or varied in the above period o Number of FPNs issued regarding licence violations o Number of prosecutions regarding licence violations o Number FTEs inspecting and enforcing licensing o Names of license holders For the period above, for dog breeding, please provide the following information if held: • Average number of breeding bitches per licensed breeder • Average number of puppies born per year per breeder • Average number of staff working directly with breeding bitches (staff ratios) Please provide details of the training requirements for FTEs regarding inspecting and enforcing the licensing of the following activities: dog boarding (kennels), home boarding for dogs, dog day care, dog breeding, cat boarding, and selling animals as pets. Please see the attached spreadsheet. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner ’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Kieran Heneghan Information Rights Officer2025-07-14T00:00:00CAM104582025-07-07T00:00:00complaints at Gaisford StreetDate: 07/07/2025 Ref: CAM10458 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 16/06/2025 about complaints at Gaisford Street. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested. However we are withholding the information because it is exempt as explained below. We have explained where we are withholding information and what exemptions apply. Please see the refusal notices at the end of the answers which explain how and why they apply. I am writing to request information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 regarding complaints involving the former occupant(s) of Flat xxx, located at Gaisford street for the purposes of establishing a documented history of anti -social or harassing behaviour. Specifically, I request: 1. A record of all formal complaints, incident reports, or disputes involving the previous tenant(s)/occupant(s) of Flat xxx, dating back six years prior to July 2005 (i.e. from July 1999 to July 2005). 2. The nature of each complaint including whether the complaint involved allegations of harassment, intimidation, anti-social behaviour, or threats – and a brief summary of the incident, if available. 3. Details of the individuals, organisations, or neighbours who made or were involved in the complaints (names may be anonymised in line with data protection laws). 4. Any available information on the outcomes, investigations, or actions taken by the authority in response to these complaints. This request is made in support of an ongoing dispute involving harassment concerns, and I am seeking to demonstrate a pattern of behaviour consistent with previous incidents involving this individual. This request is exempt under Section 40(2) of the Freedom of Information Act. See the refusal notice and advice below. Refusal Notice: Section 40(2) The council considers that to disclose the personal data requested would not be in accordance with data protection legislation and therefore we have withheld the information under the absolute exemption in Section 40(2). London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk The exemption states that personal data requested may be withheld when to release it would be a breach of the requirements of data protection law which is the UK General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the Data Protection Act 2018. The information withheld is personal information because it allows living individuals to be identified. The council considers that it would be a breach of the General Data Protection Regulation article 5 requirements of fairness and proportionality to publish this personal information in a FOI request. In doing this we have considered the legitimate public interest in disclosure against the interests of the data subject/s and concluded that in the circumstances disclosure would contravene the data protection requirements of fairness and proportionality particularly considering that Freedom of Information responses are public documents and published to the world and not provided just to the requester. Advice and assistance: As advice and assistance, depending on the circumstances, it might be possible to release this information under a disclosure request. Please email disclosurerequests@camden.gov.uk. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Philip Lewis Information Rights Officer2025-07-14T00:00:00CAM104622025-07-07T00:00:00Laney Building, Bourne Estate questionsDate: 07/07/2025 Ref: CAM10462 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 16/06/2025 about Laney Building, Bourne Estate questions. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested. However we are withholding some of the information because it is exempt as explained below. We have explained where we are withholding information and what exemptions apply. Please see the refusal notices at the end of the answers which explain how and why they apply. For Flat X, Laney Building, Bourne Estate, Portpool Lane, London EC1N 7UL: 1) Is the London Borough of Camden (or any of its entities) the landlord to current occupying tenant(s)? 2) Is the London Borough of Camden (or any of its entities) responsible for: a) the maintenance and upkeep of fixtures and fittings inside the property? b) answering about liability in the event of a claim about a matter that might arise from the property? This is refused under Section 40(2) of the Freedom of Information Act. See the refusal notice and advice below. 3) If the London Borough of Camden (or any of its entities) uses a third- party service/agent to manage lettings to council housing tenants, what is the name and address of the business or businesses it is using to manage all council tenants on the Bourne Estate? The London Borough of Camden does not use any third parties to manage our council tenants – we provide a direct landlord service. 4) Please provide a copy of the agreement a council housing tenant would need to sign to occupy any property on the Bourne Estate. See attached. 5) Please provide the text of the council's already established policy for: a) what rights neighbours have in the event a council tenant undertakes in wreck -less or anti- social behaviour and how they can complain; and b) what process is followed in the event of a complaint about a council tenant; and c) what action will be taken once a complaint has been made. This information is publicly available on our website here. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk As the information requested is already reasonably accessible elsewhere it is exempt under the absolute exemption in Section 21. Refusal Notice: Section 40(2) The council considers that to disclose the personal data requested would not be in accordance with data protection legislation and therefore we have withheld some/all of the information under the absolute exemption in Section 40(2). The exemption states that personal data requested may be withheld when to release it would be a breach of the requirements of data protection law which is the UK General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the Data Protection Act 2018. The information withheld is personal information because it allows living individuals to be identified. The council considers that it would be a breach of the General Data Protection Regulation article 5 requirements of fairness and proportionality to publish this personal information in a FOI request. In doing this we have considered the legitimate public interest in disclosure against the interests of the data subject/s and concluded that in the circumstances disclosure would contravene the data protection requirements of fairness and proportionality particularly considering that Freedom of Information responses are public documents and published to the world and not provided just to the requester. Advice and Assistance: If the situation you describe above is affecting you and your home, we advise you to contact the Disclosures team disclosurerequests@camden.gov.uk. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Philip Lewis Information Rights Officer2025-07-14T00:00:00CAM104682025-07-04T00:00:008 Prince Arthur Road, NW3Date: 04/07/2025 Case reference : CAM10468 London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 16/06/2025 about 8 Prince Arthur Road, NW3. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 / Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested and the answers to your questions are as follows: I would like to find out what plans the Council has for its property at 8 Prince Arthur Road, NW3 6AU, which is falling into disrepair [] Are repairs to be made, will the Council sell this property which might be towards the end of a lease? The council has no current plans to sell its interest in the property.  Repairs and maintenance are done in line with policies which are already publicly available.  Please enter the links below into your web browser: www.camden.gov.uk/housing-repairs www.camden.gov.uk/housing-policies-and-strategies Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations.Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk , Telephone: 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website https://www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Peter Williams Information Rights Officer2025-07-14T00:00:00CAM104692025-07-07T00:00:00veterans qualification for social housingDate: 07/07/2025 Ref: CAM10469 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 16/06/2025 about veterans qualification for social housing. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested. • Has Camden Council updated its guidance online to reflect government’s new policy removing the local connection requirement for veterans to qualify for social housing? • Has Camden Council begun implementing government’s new policy removing the local connection requirement for veterans to qualify for social housing? • If yes, when did it begin implementing government’s new policy removing the local connection requirement for veterans to qualify for social housing? Camden's housing allocation policy contains a number of exceptions to the local residency test including for current and recently served members of the armed forces. This exception has been in place since 2018. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Philip Lewis Information Rights Officer2025-07-14T00:00:00CAM104702025-07-07T00:00:00Mandatory HMO Licences questionsDate: 07/07/2025 Ref: CAM10470 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 13/06/2025 about Mandatory HMO Licences questions. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested. For Mandatory HMO Licences within your borough, how many properties are in the application process for a new Mandatory HMO Licence / pending approval? (Not including live mandatory HMOs) 362. For Additional HMO Licences within your borough, how many properties are in the application process for an Additional Mandatory HMO Licence / pending approval? (Not including live additional HMOs) 1,708. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Yours sincerely Philip Lewis Information Rights Officer2025-07-14T00:00:00CAM104772025-07-07T00:00:00LABS co-workingDate: 07/07/2025 Case reference : CAM10477London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 17/06/2025 about LABS co-working.  We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and/or the Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds some of the information requested. The answers to your questions are below. We have stated where we do not hold the information requested and why. I am writing to raise concerns regarding the LABS co-working space scheme, as advertised on Camden Council’s website (https://www.camden.gov.uk/en/free-co-working-space-for-your-business) and set out in the associated application form. The website states that the scheme is open to all Camden-based start-ups, SMEs and established businesses, without restriction. However, the application form goes further, inviting applicants to self- identify against a list of demographic and socio-economic characteristics, including ethnicity, disability, care-leaver status, and low household income. I would therefore be grateful if you could confirm: [A]1. Whether any of the listed characteristics are used in the selection process; No. Demographic and socio-economic characteristics are not used in the assessment or selection of applicants.2. If so, what legal basis under the Equality Act is relied upon; Please see the response above. 3. Whether an Equality Impact Assessment or similar justification has been undertaken; No Equality Impact Assessment or equivalent equality analysis has been undertaken specifically for this scheme. 4. Whether steps will be taken to clarify the public-facing messaging and ensure the scheme is delivered in a lawful and inclusive manner. We are content that the scheme is and will be delivered in a lawful and inclusive manner so no checks for this are required. However, as with all our schemes we continue to review the application form and associated web content in light of user feedback.. [B] 1. A copy of any Equality Impact Assessment (EqIA) or equivalent equality analysis undertaken in relation to the LABS co-working space scheme; We do not hold this information.  The Council does not hold an Equality Impact Assessment or equivalent equality analysis for this scheme. Please see the response above. 2. Any internal guidance, briefing notes, or meeting minutes relating to the consideration of equality and diversity impacts during the development and delivery of this scheme; . There are no relevant documents. 3. The data or evidence used to justify the inclusion of demographic characteristics in the application process and any steps taken to ensure compliance with Sections 158–159 and 149 of the Equality Act 2010. Demographic questions are included for monitoring purposes only. This approach supports the Council’s Diversity Mission to build an inclusive local economy by helping ensure the scheme reaches a broad and diverse range of local businesses. Further InformationWe do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk , Telephone: 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website https://www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Peter Williams Information Rights Officer2025-07-14T00:00:00CAM104792025-07-07T00:00:00disabled staffDate: 07/07/2025 Case reference : CAM10479London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 17/06/2025 about disabled staff.   We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.   Response The council holds the information requested.  However, we are withholding the information because it is exempt as explained below.  We have explained what exemption applies.  Please see the refusal notice which explains how and why it applies: The request is: 1. Does your council currently employ any disabled staff members who receive in-person workplace support via a Support Worker, Personal Assistant, or Access to Work–funded workplace support? 2. If yes, how many such employees are currently supported in this way? 3. What departments or roles do they work in? 4. Has your council previously supported any employee with a support worker funded by Access to Work within the last 3 years? 5. If yes, were confidentiality or data protection concerns (e.g. GDPR, handling of sensitive material) raised in relation to the support worker? 6. Where such concerns were raised, were they addressed via confidentiality agreements or other controls?We are not processing this request as it would require a disproportionate amount of time, effort, and expense.  Please see the exemption notice set out below. Refusal Notice The exemption that applies is: section 12: cost of compliance exceeds appropriate limit We are refusing your request under section 12 on cost grounds because we estimate that compliance with your request will exceed the "appropriate limit". This is £450 which is equivalent to 18 hours at £25 per hour. The per hour figure is set by Regulations rather than actual salary paid to any officers handling requests. The appropriate limit includes the time it will take the council to discover if it holds the information requested, to locate it, extract it and collate it as well as putting it into any particular format requested by the requester. We have calculated that it will take approx. 60 hours (minimum) to comply with your request because: no central records are maintained regarding in-person workplace support.• these arrangements are managed locally, and records are kept and maintained locally.• we have 120 service areas which would need to be contacted and information collated from.• this would take an average minimum of 30 minutes for each service area.• Advice and Assistance We may be able to provide the requested information for Chief Officers and those Officers who are at Director level and above or for a specific service area that is of interest to you. Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations.Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk , Telephone: 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website https://www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Peter Williams Information Rights Officer2025-07-14T00:00:00CAM116022026-01-12T00:00:00planning application 2025/1375/PDate: 12/01/2026 Case reference: CAM11602 London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 18/11/2025 about planning application 2025/1375/P.    We have dealt with this under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004 (EIR 2004). Response The council holds the information requested.  However, we are withholding some of the information. We have explained where we are withholding information and what exception applies.  Please see the refusal notice at the end of the answer which explains how and why it applies. Please could you kindly send me any correspondence / emails between planning officer Daren Zuk and the Conservation officer, and between Daren Zuk and the Urban Design officer, regarding planning application 2025/1375/P (also known as 'Lamorna') in 2025. And please include any reference to the 'Conservation Officer comments' and 'Urban Design Officer comments' on the same application, written by those two officers. You clarified your request on 15 December 2025: Two officers, a Conservation Officer and an Urban Design officer, wrote two reports for planning application 2025/1375/P. These reports are known as the "Conservation Officer Comments", and the "Urban Design Officer Comments". As you say, the two documents were published on the planning application page on your website, on September 30th 2025. What I am looking for is any and all correspondence / emails between the case officer Daren Zuk and each of these two officers (who are unnamed in the reports) on the subject of planning application 2025/1375/P and on the subject of their respective reports.Please find relevant information attached than can be disclosed under the EIR 2004.  This information has been redacted to remove the names and addresses of neighbours and direct contact details that are not in the public domain.  Please see the exception notice set out below. Please also note that officers of the council are entitled to debate the merits of a proposal against planning policy in an informal manner before forming a final view of ‘officers.’ The final professional advice of officers on the proposal will be as set out in the planning committee report which was due to be published on 07/01.   Refusal Notice The exception that applies is: Regulation 12(3) which states - To the extent that the information requested includes personal data of which the applicant is not the data subject, the personal data shall not be disclosed otherwise than in accordance with regulation 13 The council considers that to disclose the personal data requested would not be in accordance with data protection legislation and therefore we have withheld some of the information under the absolute exemption in Regulation 12(3). The exemption states that personal data requested may be withheld when to release it would be a breach of the requirements of data protection law which is the UK General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the Data Protection Act 2018. The information withheld is personal information because it allows living individuals to be identified or is personal information about them. The council considers that it would be a breach of the General Data Protection Regulation article 5 requirements of fairness and proportionality to publish this personal information in an EIR request. In doing this we have considered the legitimate public interest in disclosure against the interests of the data subjects and concluded that in the circumstances disclosure would contravene the data protection requirements of fairness and proportionality particularly considering that EIR responses are public documents and published to the world and not provided just to the requester. Therefore, the names and addresses of neighbours and the direct contact details of relatively junior staff members or members of outside agencies have been redacted from the information released as they would have no expectation that their details would be released into the public domain, and especially given the content of the request as we consider that to include them would be a breach of the requirements to act fairly and proportionately. Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk, Telephone: 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website https://www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Peter Williams Information Rights Officer2026-01-26T21:45:06CAM117212026-01-23T00:00:00planning application 2025/1375/PDate: 23/01/2026 Case reference: CAM11721 London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 05/12/2025 about planning application 2025/1375/P.  We have dealt with this under the  Environmental Information Regulations 2004 (EIR 2004). Response The council holds the information requested.  However, we are withholding some of the information. We have explained where we are withholding information and what exception applies.  Please see the refusal notice at the end of the answer which explains how and why it applies. Please would you provide copies of all communications between all Camden Borough departments and the applicant or their agents, in relation to the planning application known as Lamorna, Ref: 2025/1375/P between 1st June 2025 and 1st December 2025. For the avoidance of doubt such communication should include emails/ letters/ notes to and from these persons where available: Daren Zuk/ Senior Planner, David Fowler/ Principal Planner, Victoria Hinton/ Senior Urban Designer. You clarified your request on 27 December 2025: To clarify, this request is for communication (emails / letters / notes / minutes of meetings) regarding the planning application known as Lamorna 2025/1375/P between Daren Zuk senior planner, David Fowler principal planner, and Victoria Hinton senior urban designer, and the Applicant, and between any of these officers internally. Between 1 June 2025 and 1 December 2025. On 08 January 2026 we replied to a request which contains all the information in scope of this request between 01 July 2025 to 17 November 2025.  From a phone conversation with you on the day it was released you confirmed you had sight of this reply before it was published on our disclosure log.  This was presumably provided by other requesters with whom you are acting in concert.  For ease of reference this reply can be viewed here: CAM11757 . Please find relevant information, than can be disclosed under the EIR 2004, between 01 June 2025 - 1 July 2025 and between 17 November 20025 - 1 December 2025 attached.  This information has been redacted to remove the direct contact details of the workers from outside agencies that are not in the public domain.  Please see the exception notice set out below. Please also note that officers of the council are entitled to debate the merits of a proposal against planning policy in an informal manner before forming a final view of ‘officers.’ The final professional advice of officers on the proposal will be as set out in the planning committee report which was due to be published on 07/01.   Refusal Notice The exception that applies is: Regulation 12(3) which states - To the extent that the information requested includes personal data of which the applicant is not the data subject, the personal data shall not be disclosed otherwise than in accordance with regulation 13 The council considers that to disclose the personal data requested would not be in accordance with data protection legislation and therefore we have withheld some of the information under the absolute exemption in Regulation 12(3). The exemption states that personal data requested may be withheld when to release it would be a breach of the requirements of data protection law which is the UK General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the Data Protection Act 2018. The information withheld is personal information because it allows living individuals to be identified or is personal information about them. The council considers that it would be a breach of the General Data Protection Regulation article 5 requirements of fairness and proportionality to publish this personal information in an EIR request. In doing this we have considered the legitimate public interest in disclosure against the interests of the data subjects and concluded that in the circumstances disclosure would contravene the data protection requirements of fairness and proportionality particularly considering that EIR responses are public documents and published to the world and not provided just to the requester. Therefore, the direct contact details of workers for outside agencies have been redacted from the information released as they would have no expectation that their details would be released into the public domain, and especially given the content of the request as we consider that to include them would be a breach of the requirements to act fairly and proportionately. Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk, Telephone: 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website https://www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Peter Williams Information Rights Officer2026-01-26T21:45:07CAM104802025-07-10T00:00:00Noise / nuisance / neighbour disputes - Herbrand StreetDate: 10/07/2025 Ref: CAM10480 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 17/06/2025 about Noise / nuisance / neighbour disputes - Herbrand Street. We have dealt with this under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested. Noise / nuisance / neighbour disputes - Herbrand Street I would like to receive a breakdown of the number of noise/nuisance/neighbour disputes in Coram House, Dickens House, and Thackeray House on Herbrand Street, Bloomsbury. I would like the number of reports per calendar month/year over the past 3 years, with the action(s) taken and/or stage of any outstanding complaints. I would like to receive the information electronically via a spreadsheet to the above email address. Please see the attached spreadsheet. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner ’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Kieran Heneghan Information Rights Officer2025-07-14T00:00:00CAM104832025-07-10T00:00:00care services for adults with learning disabilitiesDate: 10/07/2025 Ref: CAM10483 Dear Requester, Thank you for your request for information dated 12/06/2025 about care services for adults with learning disabilities. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested. However, we are withholding all of the information because it is exempt as explained below. We have explained where we are withholding information and what exemptions apply. Please see the refusal notices at the end of the answers which explain how and why they apply. Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, I am writing to request information regarding your borough’s commissioning, referral and funding of supported housing and supported living services for vulnerable adults. I am particularly interested in services for adults with: • Learning disabilities • Autism spectrum conditions • Mild to moderate mental health needs • Other vulnerabilities requiring support for semi-independent or independent living Please provide the following information for the past three full financial years (e.g. 2021/22, 2022/23, 2023/24): 1. Demand and Referrals a) The total number of adults referred by your council to supported housing or supported living services in each year, broken down by: • Learning disabilities • Autism • Mental health • Dual diagnoses • Other (please specify) London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk b) The number of individuals currently on your waiting list for supported housing or supported living placements. c) Any projections or internal estimates your authority holds regarding future demand for supported accommodation services in the borough. 2. Funding and Payment Rates a) The average weekly rate paid (or upper/lower range) per tenant for supported accommodation under the following categories: • Exempt accommodation (enhanced housing benefit) • Spot-purchased supported living placements • Block-contracted supported living placements b) A breakdown of what is typically included in these rates (e.g. rent, service charge, staffing, utilities, support hours). c) Whether your borough currently pays enhanced housing benefit rates for exempt accommodation providers, and if so, what the current benchmark rates are. 3. Providers and Housing Types a) The number of supported living placements currently commissioned by your authority, broken down by: • Registered social landlords • Private providers • Charities or community interest companies (CICs) b) A list of the top 10 providers (by volume of placements) currently used by your borough. c) Whether your authority is currently seeking new supported accommodation providers or new properties for placement. 4. Policies and Criteria a) Please provide a copy of, or a link to, any relevant placement/referral policies, framework agreements, or commissioning guidance documents used when selecting or approving supported living providers. b) Any standard lease or licence agreement templates, or stated property/landlord requirements, used for supported housing arrangements. We are applying section 12 of the Freedom of Information Act to this request. Please see the exemption notice set out below. Refusal notice: Section 12: Cost of Compliance Exceeds the Appropriate Limit We are refusing your request under section 12 on cost grounds because we estimate that compliance with your request will exceed the "appropriate limit". This is £450 which is equivalent to 18 hours at £25 per hour. The per hour figure is set by Regulations rather than actual salary paid to any officers handling requests. The appropriate limit includes the time it will take the council to discover if it holds the information requested, to locate it, extract it and collate it as well as putting it into any particular format requested by the requester. We are sorry, some of the information you have requested is not held in a format that is readily accessible. The council does not operate a waiting list for supported housing or supported living placements, nor do we maintain projections or internal estimates regarding future demand for supported accommodation services in the borough. We do not maintain records of supported living placements commissioned, broken down by provider type (e.g., registered social landlords, private providers, charities, or community interest companies). Currently, there are 355 open commitments, each of which would require manual review by a council officer. This figure remains relatively consistent year-on-year. For questions 1a (the total number of adults referred by your council to supported housing or supported living services in each year, broken down by key health diagnosis types) and 2a (the average weekly rate paid per tenant for supported accommodation) , it is estimated that reviewing each record would take approximately 10 minutes. This process would need to be repeated for each year requested. For a single year, this equates to approximately 3,550 minutes, or 59.1 hours of officer time. For the three year period specified, the total estimated time required is over 177 hours, which substantially goes beyond the appropriate limit set under the Act. Advice and Assistance You may wish to make a new request for a snapshot of data or a much shorter time period of 2-3 months, refining your questions accordingly. This would help ensure the request remains manageable, given the earlier advice that each case may require up to 10 minutes to review. Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Lorna Jonas-Tinson Information Rights Officer2025-07-14T00:00:00CAM104852025-07-04T00:00:00information regarding Think and Do who are running 'Sharing Spaces' in Camden librariesDate: 04/07/2025 Ref: CAM10485 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 17/06/2025 about information regarding Think and Do who are running 'Sharing Spaces' in Camden libraries . We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested. I would like to make a freedom of information request regarding Think and Do who are running 'Sharing Spaces' in Camden libraries. 1. Are these Sharing Spaces being funded by Camden Council? No they are not funded by Camden Council. Think & Do has been working with an organisation called Ashden supported by the Kusuma Trust developing Sharing Spaces in 6 London Boroughs. Ashden provided the funding for the Queens Crescent Library Sharing Space. 2. How much has been paid out in vouchers for activities hosted by Think and Do? It seems that some of these £20 vouchers come out of the library budgets? Think & Do vouchers are funded by the Ashden funding - £495 has been issued so far. 3. How many libraries do Think and Do operate in? As at 23/06/25, they are currently at Queens Crescent Library in Camden. 4. What are the feedback processes? Think & Do use feedback boxes, where participants post their ideas into the box. A feedback book has also been present. Think & Do always provide an 'impact report' to partners on completion of any project and the libraries team are co-delivering. 5. What independent body is monitoring the success rate of these 'Sharing Spaces.' There is no independent body although it is a partnership project involving Ashden. The feedback will be shared with the partners and be summarised in a report. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner ’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Kieran Heneghan Information Rights Officer2025-07-14T00:00:00CAM104872025-07-07T00:00:00planning application reference 2024/1364/PDate: 07/07/2025 Case reference : CAM10487 London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 17/06/2025 about planning application reference 2024/1364/P.  We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 / Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested and the answers to your questions are as follows: NCP Car Park 45 - 54 Saffron Hill and 3 Saffron Street London EC1N 8UN Planning Application reference 2024/1364/P 1. All correspondence (whether via email or otherwise) between the Council and Point 2 surveyors as well as between the Council and the Developer regarding Point 2’s findings, regarding application reference 2024/1364/P This information is already publicly available.  There is no information to disclose beyond that available on the Council statutory register of planning applications accessible using the following links: https://accountforms.camden.gov.uk/planning-search/ https://planningrecords.camden.gov.uk/NECSWS/PlanningExplorer/GeneralSearch.aspx 2. A register/index of all documents and correspondence held on the planning file for application reference 2024/1364/PThe planning file is available to view on the Council statutory register of planning applications accessible using the links provided above. The full register including documents set as ‘sensitive’ and not made publicly visible is attached. The documents marked as sensitive are either unredacted versions of third-party representations (e.g. with personal emails visible), duplicate copies of information, or back-office proformas or templates generated on registration of the application. 3. All correspondence (via email or otherwise) between the Council and the Developer and/or their advisors regarding the verified views submitted by Ziggurat Freehold Limited in the objection to the planning application reference 2024/1364/P This information is already publicly available.  There is no information to disclose beyond that available on the Council statutory register of planning applications accessible using the links provided above. Advice and assistance We would like to draw your attention to two documents which are on the public file and may be relevant to your request. These are: 1. Point 2 Surveyor’s letter to the Council on behalf of the developer in regard to their response to the issues raised in the representations submitted by the residents group; 2. DP9 letter of response on behalf of the developer to the feedback received from residents during the consultation on the application (which mentions Point 2’s findings). Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets.Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk , Telephone: 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website https://www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Peter Williams Information Rights Officer2025-07-14T00:00:00CAM104892025-07-04T00:00:00Fire Risk Assessment for Vesage Court, 8a Leather Ln, London EC1N 7SSCAM10489 - Fire Risk Assessment ADDRESS: 1-120 Vesage Court , London EC1N 7RE SURVEY DATE: 12-08-2024 DATE OF ISSUE: 23-08-2024 UPRN: B03041FRA01 Fire Risk Assessment Report Type of assessment Type 1 Fire Risk Assessment Date of assessment 19/08/2024 Strategic review frequency Annual Next assessment due 19/08/2025 Name of Assessor Address 1-120 Vesage Court, London EC1N 7RE Overall Risk Rating of Building Moderate * The periodic review is subject to the risk remaining the same as that encountered at the time of this assessment, if the risk changes then a review may be required earlier than the date given above. Applicable Fire Safety Legislation: The Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 (RRO) The Fire Safety (England) Regulations 2022 Contents Scope of Report 4 Building Description and Use 5 Risk Assessment Ratings 8 Findings of the Fire Risk Assessment 9 Recommendations 9 Identification of People at Risk 13 Fire Hazards and their Elimination or Control 15 Fire Protection Measures 20 Measures to Limit Fire Spread and Development 23 Fire Safety Signs and Notices 30 Means of Giving Warning in Case of Fire 31 Fire-Fighter Access and Fire -Fighting Equipment 32 Management of Fire Safety 33 Testing & Maintenance 37 Resident Engagement 39 Risk Level Estimator 40 Document Control 42 Scope of Report This Fire Risk Assessment was undertaken by Frankham Risk Ma nagement Services to assist The London Borough of Camden satisfy ing their responsi bilities under the RR(FS)O 2005. Article 9 of The Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 requires every responsible person to make a suitable and sufficient assessment of the fire risks to which relevant persons are exposed, with respect to premises within their control. This is for the purpose of identifying the general fire precautions that are needed to comply with the requirements and prohibitions imposed by the Order. The responsible person, or any other person who has to any extent control of the premises, must ensure that the duties imposed by the relevant articles of The Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 are complied with in respect of those premises, so far as the requirements relate to matters within their control. Where the premises are licensed, an alterations notice is in force, or the responsible person has five or more employees, it is a requirement to record the significant findings of the fire risk assessment including the measures which have been or will be t aken as a result of the assessment and details of any group of persons identified by the assessment as being especially at risk. This report therefore incorporates such relevant information, significant findings and recommended actions that are considered necessary to demonstrate compliance with The Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005. This risk assessment only takes into account the life safety arrangements for the relevant part or parts of the building audited, and any risk or shortcoming that could affect the lives of any person or persons employed or relevant persons that may lawfull y use or transgress through or by the premises. Where areas are deemed inaccessible for safety reasons, could not be physically accessed, or were outside the visual range of our assessor, we cannot provide comment on these areas. Under these circumstances the responsibility for these areas remains solel y with the duty holder. Where fire compartments/fire dampers or ceiling voids were inaccessible on safety grounds they have not been examined, and responsibility for these areas remains with the responsible person / duty holder. Frankham RMS accepts no responsibility to any parties whatsoever, following the issue of the survey report, for any matters arising outside the agreed scope of work. This report is issued in confidence to the Client and Frankham RMS has no responsibility to any third parties to whom this survey report may be circulated, in part or in full, and any such parties rely on the contents of the survey report solely at their o wn risk. Unless specifically assigned or transferred with the terms of the agreement, the consultant asserts and retains all Copyright, and other Intellectual Property Rights, in and over the survey report and its contents. 8.2 There were combustible items found to be stored within various service risers throughout . 8.4 There were combustible items found to be stored on residential balconies throughout. 12.4 The north stair exit door on the 3rd floor is provided with push button to open device with no evident override button or manual handle. 14.1 Upon inspection of the service risers fire stopping works were found to have been carried out and were tagged/labelled throughout. Works were found to have been completed by Nene Valley Fire & Acoustic in 2017 , the standard of installation appeared to vary throughout the risers, therefore it is advised that the client satisfies itself and confirms that, to ensure compliance, all fire - stopping works have been carried out using approved materials applied in accor dance with manufacturers recommendations. 14.4 Ductwork was identified within the mechanical service risers on each level which appeared to potentially be a shared extraction system via the residential dwellings. It could not be confirmed from a visual only inspection whether the ductwork is fitted with fire dampers. 16.1 The letterplate fitted to the entrance door to flat was not considered to be fire rated . 16.1 The entrance door s to flats were inspected and found to be showing excessive gaps to the top edge of the door leaf. 17.1 There were no vision panels fitted to communal pedestrian doors throughout the residential areas. 17.1 Riser cupboard doors within the roof level boiler room were found to not be fitted with intumescent strips or smoke seals. 17.1 Stairwell doors were found to be FD30S fire doors throughout. As the building is >18m current standards require the building to have a firefighting stair shaft, which should be fitted with FD60S fire doors. 17.1 Some riser cupboard doors within the residential lobbies were noted to be showing excessive gaps. 17.1 Riser cupboard door opposite flat was found to be missing intumescent strips/smoke seals. 17.1 The basement level water tank room door and the 13th floor electrical riser door were found to be damaged. 17.1 Stairwell doors were found to be FD30S fire doors throughout. As the building is >18m current standards require the building to have a firefighting stair shaft, which should be fitted with FD60S fire doors. 17.2 The ground floor stair door to the south staircase was found to be wedged open at the time of assessment. 18.3 There was no fire door signage fitted to numerous electrical service risers. 24.4 Fire extinguisher located within the roof level lift motor rooms and boiler room were found not to have been serviced within the last 12 months.2025-07-14T00:00:00CAM104902025-07-10T00:00:00Disabled Facilities Grants (DFG) approved for outdoor garden offices, workspaces or podsDate: 10/07/2025 Ref: CAM10490 Dear Requester, Thank you for your request for information dated 18/06/2025 about Disabled Facilities Grants (DFG) approved for outdoor garden offices, workspaces or pods . We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested and the answers to your questions are as follows: 1. Number of Disabled Facilities Grants approved for the construction or conversion of outdoor garden offices/workspaces/pods. None. 2. Any case summaries or decision documents where the grant was awarded specifically to alleviate needs arising from a mental health or neurodevelopmental condition (e.g. ADHD, autism), requiring a quiet workspace. Not applicable. 3. Confirmation that an Occupational Therapist recommended the adaptation. If no such cases exist, please confirm that as well. Not applicable. Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Lorna Jonas-Tinson Information Rights Officer2025-07-14T00:00:00CAM104922025-07-10T00:00:00Queen's Crescent ProjectDate: 10/07/2025 Ref: CAM10492 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 18/06/2025 about Queen's Crescent Project. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested. 1. Who signed off the QC public realm design now being built? The designs for the public realm works were signed off by the Executive Director Supporting Communities on 28 October 2024. 2. Who signed off on the use of WKTE & Wendling feasibility funds for the QC works? No funds allocated for the West Kentish Town Estate or Wendling Developments were used as part of the Queen’s Crescent public realm works. 3. I note that "the fountain" was omitted from the works now underway as late as the summer last year. Who OK'd that? The plans agreed were subject to design development based on feasibility surveys and were included in the decision made by the Executive Director Supporting Communities on 28 October 2024. 4. Why were WKTE & Wendling development feasibility monies used to pay ICC? No funds allocated for the West Kentish Town Estate or Wendling Developments were used as part of the Queen’s Crescent public realm works, including fees paid to consultants. 5. What percentage of the total paid to ICC (from all sources) comes from the WKTE/Wendling feasibility monies? No funds allocated for the West Kentish Town Estate or Wendling Developments were used as part of the Queen’s Crescent public realm works, including fees paid to consultants. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Philip Lewis Information Rights Officer2025-07-14T00:00:00CAM104962025-07-10T00:00:00all responses received to the Parking Policy Review – Phase 2 Traffic Management Order ConsultationDate: 10/07/2025 Ref: CAM10496 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 19/06/2025 about all responses received to the Parking Policy Review – Phase 2 Traffic Management Order Consultation. We have dealt with this under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004.. Response The council holds the information requested, however , we are withholding this information because it is excepted. We have stated where we are withholding information and what exceptions apply. Please see the refusal notices at the end of the answers which explain how and why the exceptions apply. Please publish, in full with appropriate redactions for anonymity of respondents, all responses recieved to the Parking Policy Review – Phase 2 Traffic Management Order Consultation during February and March 2025. We are not processing this request. It would involve a disproportionate amount of time, effort and expense to the council and is excepted under the EIR 2004. Please see the exception notice set out below. Refusal Notice: Under Regulation 12(4)(b) it would be considered manifestly unreasonable to provide a response to your request because the cost of compliance, and burden of dealing with your request, is excessive. The exception protects the Council’s ability to carry out its public functions and provides a balance between transparency and the protection of resources. The feedback received during the Parking Policy Review was submitted in the form of free -text comments. As a result, the information is not stored in a structured or standardized format, making it difficult to extract or analyse directly from the system. We have estimated the time and resources required to extract the data and convert it into a clear, structured, and visually accessible format would take on average 2.5 minutes per response – noting that some would take less than this and others more . There were 658 responses so this would take 27.42 hours. In applying this exception the Council has also considered the balance of the public interest. The public interest argument for releasing this information is: • It would improve transparency to the general public of the Council (medium weight) London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk • The presumption in favour of disclosure in the regulations (low weight) The public interest arguments for withholding the information are: • Processing this request would be a large burden in terms of Officer time and cost to the Council. (heavy weight) • This request would necessarily constitute a significant diversion of resources away from the Council’s core business activities. (heavy weight) • It would consequently have a proportionally detrimental impact on the provision of services to the public (heavy weight) • It is not in the public interest that the Council neglect its provision of services to the public to focus on one information request (heavy weight) It is felt that in all the circumstances of the case, the public interest in maintaining the exception outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information. Advice and Assistance: As advice and assistance, we have give the number of responses above. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner ’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Kieran Heneghan Information Rights Officer2025-07-14T00:00:00CAM117292026-01-19T00:00:00planning application 2025/1375/PDate: 19/01/2026 Case reference: CAM11729 London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 08/12/2025 about planning application 2025/1375/P.  .  We have dealt with this under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004 (EIR 2004). Response The council holds the information requested.  However, we are withholding some of the information. We have explained where we are withholding information and what regulation applies.  Please see the refusal notice at the end of the answer which explains how and why it applies. Hello, I am requesting any previous heritage reports and communication produced by Camden regarding the Lamorna application (ref: 2025/1375/P). We were able to see a report published in September 2025. However, as noted by our solicitor: We have seen the Conservation Officer's ("CO") comments dated 30 September 2025 but note that there will no doubt be previous responses to the planning application given that it was made in March 2025, so we ask that those are now provided and published forthwith. You clarified your request on 21 December 2025: Timescale and scope Please treat my request as covering the period from 1 March 2025 to 30 September 2025, and as limited solely to planning application ref. 2025/1375/P (Lamorna). I am seeking copies of any heritage-related reports/assessments/advice produced or commissioned by Camden (including drafts and final versions), together with the heritage-related officer records associated with them (e.g. internal notes/briefings/emails). Scope of “communication” Yes—by “communication” I mean communications concerning those heritage reports and/or heritage advice on the application, including correspondence (email/letters) and meeting notes between relevant Camden officers and (where held) communications with the applicant/agent/consultants insofar as they relate to heritage matters for application 2025/1375/P. Please find relevant information attached than can be disclosed under the EIR 2004. Refusal Notice The council holds correspondence from the legal representative of the requester.  This information is therefore the personal information of the requester and personal information is not accessible through the EIR 2004. Regulation 5 of the EIR 2004 states 5(1) - a public authority that holds environmental information shall make it available on request. (3) To the extent that the information requested includes personal data of which the applicant is the data subject, paragraph (1) shall not apply to those personal data. Please note EIR responses are considered to be public documents and are published to the world and not provided just to the requester. You can obtain your own personal information by making a subject access request under the General Data Protection Regulation. Please email SubjectAccess@camden.gov.uk with the details should you require this personal information. Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets.Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk, Telephone: 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website https://www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Peter Williams Information Rights Officer2026-01-26T21:45:07CAM117402026-01-09T00:00:00anonymised, aggregated admissions data for Emmanuel Church of England Primary SchoolDate: 9 January 2026 Ref: CAM11740 Dear Requester, Thank you for your request for information dated 8 December 2025 about XX. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds some of the information requested and the answers to your questions are as follows: Please provide anonymised, aggregated admissions data for Emmanuel Church of England Primary School (NW6) for the last 5 Reception entry years (e.g. 2020/21 to 2024/25, or the most recent available). For each admission year, please provide: 1. Total number of applications received for Reception entry. The information you have requested is already publicly available and can be accessed via the Council’s website at the following link: Camden Freedom Of Information Response Search by searching for references CAM11357 and CAM7936. As the information is reasonably accessible by other means, it is exempt from disclosure under Section 21 of the Freedom of Information Act. This section provides an absolute exemption for information that is already in the public domain. 2. Number of offers made, including how many were first-preference offers. Please see the response to question 1 above. 3. Number of pupils admitted under each oversubscription category (for example): o Looked-after / previously looked-after children o Sibling priority o Faith-based criteria (Route A), if recorded o General / community criteria (Route B) o Any other relevant category used by the school Again, the information you have requested is publicly available and can be accessed via Emmanuel CoE primary school website at the following link: Emmanuel Church of England Primary School - Admissions. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Section 21 applies as mentioned above. Information related to the academic year 2021/22 is attached as a PDF. 4. Oversubscription information, including: o Whether the school was oversubscribed in each year o The number of applicants placed on the waiting list Please see the response to question 3 above. 5. Waiting-list outcomes, including: o Number of offers made from the waiting list o Number of offers accepted Please see the response to question 3 above. Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk, telephone 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Lorna Jonas-Tinson Information Rights Officer2026-01-26T21:45:08CAM117442026-01-09T00:00:00planning permissions secured through a S106 agreementDate: 9 January 2026 Ref: CAM11744 Dear Requester, Thank you for your request for information dated 8 December 2025 about planning permissions secured through a S106 agreement. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested and the answers to your questions are as follows: Please provide the following information for all planning permissions granted between the financial years 2020/21 and 2024/25 that include an affordable housing contribution secured through a S106 agreement. For each applicable site, please provide: 1. Date of the S106 agreement or deed 2. Total number of affordable housing units required under the S106 agreement 3. Number of affordable housing units delivered under the S106 agreement (i.e. constructed and transferred to a Registered Provider (RP), or otherwise signed off by the Council as fulfilling the affordable housing obligation) 4. Has a Registered Provider been secured for the affordable units? (Please answer Yes / No / Unknown) 5. If a Registered Provider has not been secured, has this directly delayed or prevented: a. Completion of the affordable housing units? (Yes / No / Unknown) b. Formal discharge of the affordable housing obligation under the S106 agreement? (Yes / No / Unknown) 6. If any sites remain undelivered, please indicate the reason(s) recorded by the Council for non-delivery, selecting from the following categories (select all that apply): a. No Registered Provider confirmed b. Development not commenced c. Development incomplete London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk d. Viability renegotiation / deed of variation pending e. Market or funding issues f. Other (please specify) 7. Forward-looking information: How many affordable housing units (or sites) are expected to be completed within the current financial year (2025/26), by either developers or the local authority, that currently do not have a Registered Provider assigned? The response to your request is attached as a spreadsheet. Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk, telephone 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Lorna Jonas-Tinson Information Rights Officer2026-01-26T21:45:08CAM117862026-01-09T00:00:00publishing AI informationDate: 09/01/2026 Case reference: CAM11786 London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 15/12/2025 about publishing AI information. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested.  However, we are withholding some of the information because it is exempt as explained below.  We have explained where we are withholding information and what exemption applies.  Please see the refusal notice at the end of the answers which explains how and why it applies. Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, I request the below information regarding Camden Council's response to one of my previous FOIs, ref. number CAM11607. Please provide any official, contemporaneous, and dated record demonstrating that the council had decided, prior to the receipt of my original FOI request (ref. CAM11607), to publish the specific information requested in February 2026. This may include, but is not limited to: a) internal memoranda or briefing notes b) internal or external email correspondence c) reports, project plans, publication schedules, or meeting papers d) minutes or notes of meetings where the decision was discussed or agreedThe record must: i) clearly identify the date on which the decision to publish was made, and ii) constitute an official council record created at the time, rather than a document produced retrospectively for the purpose of responding to this request. To ensure the integrity of the evidence, please provide the document in a fixed, non-editable format that preserves the original creation date and content (for example, a PDF generated from the original system of record, or a scanned copy of the original document). This request is made in light of the council’s earlier statement that the information sought in my original FOI could not be released because it was intended for future publication. Under the Freedom of Information Act, this exemption requires that the intention to publish must have been settled and demonstrable prior to the FOI request. Accordingly, I am seeking documentary evidence that substantiates that prior intention. Please provide this in an appropriate electronic format (PDF). I respectfully request that any fees be waived, or, if there is an unavoidable fee associated with this request, for you to please let me know before you complete the request. I understand that some of this information might be broad or resource-intensive to collect. If any part of this request would exceed your unduly burdensome threshold, please let me know which parts you cannot reasonably provide and why, and give me instructions on how I can revise this request to make it manageable, per ICO mandate. Section 22 can be applied where we hold information with a genuine intent to publish it at a later date.  Relevant information showing that we planned to publish the information requested in the earlier request  CAM11607 is attached.  These documents clearly evidence our intention to publish: an email dated 11 December 2024 showing the creation of a “central list of where AI is in use across the organisation, which can be shared both internally and externally” was part of the agenda and remit of the steering group proposed to support our development and usage of GenAI tools • an IT process initiated on 11 September 2025 showing the creation of an AI data store on our OpenData portal ready for the information to be uploaded • Text from an internal article ‘Artificial Intelligence Risk Assessment’ (AIRA) internally published on 14 February 2025 showing our commitment to publishing AI Risk Assessments • Linked from the above article the first page of the AIRA Template clearly states “The completed AIRA form will be published along with the connected DPIA for this use case as one document on •our Open Data Portal.” This information has been redacted to remove the name and contact details of a relatively junior officer – please see the exemption notice set out below. Refusal Notice The exemption that applies is: section 40(2): personal information The council considers that to disclose the personal data would not be in accordance with data protection legislation and therefore we have withheld some of the information under the absolute exemption in Section 40(2). The exemption states that personal data requested may be withheld when to release it would be a breach of the requirements of data protection law which is the UK General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the Data Protection Act 2018. The information withheld is personal information because it allows a living individual to be identified. The council considers that it would be a breach of the General Data Protection Regulation article 5 requirements of fairness and proportionality to publish this personal information in a FOI request. In doing this we have considered the legitimate public interest in disclosure against the interests of the data subject and concluded that in the circumstances disclosure would contravene the data protection requirements of fairness and proportionality particularly considering that Freedom of Information responses are public documents and published to the world and not provided just to the requester. The council’s redaction policy states that junior staff member names, unless in public facing positions, would not be released in a FOI response. Therefore, the names and contact details of a relatively junior staff member has been redacted from the information disclosed as they would have no expectation that their details would be released into the public domain, and to include them would be a breach of the requirements to act fairly and proportionately. Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk, Telephone: 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website https://www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Peter Williams Information Rights Officer2026-01-26T21:45:08CAM104972025-07-13T00:00:00how much money is being spent on the Windrush festival in Talacre ParkDate: 11/07/2024 Ref: CAM10497 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 19/06/2025 about how much money is being spent on the Windrush festival in Talacre Park. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested. I would like to know how much money is being spent on the Windrush festival in Talacre Park and where this money is coming from. The budget for Windrush Homecoming is £60,000. This is funded from the Local Community Investment Levy funding from the Haverstock Ward, and the Strategic Community Investment Levy funds. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Philip Lewis Information Rights Officer London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk2025-07-14T00:00:00CAM104982025-07-08T00:00:00legal adviceDate: 08/07/2025 Case reference : CAM10498 London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 19/06/2025 about legal advice.  We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 / Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested and the answers to your questions are as follows: Highgate Cemetery Swain's Lane London N6 6PJ - 2024/5407/P & 2024/5423/L We are writing in relation to the freedom of information act and request the attached document which contains legal advice obtained and provided by the LPA to the applicant is made publicly available and the redaction is removed. The council has now decided to waive any LPP attracted by the information.  Please find the information attached. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets.Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk , Telephone: 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website https://www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Peter Williams Information Rights Officer2025-07-14T00:00:00CAM104992025-07-08T00:00:00Learning Management SystemDate: 08/07/2025 Case reference : CAM10499 London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 18/06/2025 about Learning Management System . We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 / Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested and the answers to your questions are as follows: 1. Current Learning Management System (LMS) a. What Learning Management System (LMS) or e-learning platform(s) does your organisation currently use? Our current LMS is Learning Pool and Adapt as an eLearning authoring tool. b. If Totara or Moodle is in use, please confirm which version is currently implemented. The LMS is based on Totara but developed and customised by Learning Pool. We do not have any contact with Totara nor are we able to customise Totara elements. c. What is the LMS primarily used for (e.g. internal staff development, compliance training, onboarding, external learner access, apprenticeship delivery)? The LMS is used for internal staff development and compliance training, limited external learning access such as small voluntary sector organisations and schools.2. Contract and Provider Details Learning Pool – 12 months contract at the moment Who is your current LMS support, hosting, or implementation provider?a. Learning Pool b. What is the value of your LMS-related contract per annum? £45K c. What is the contract start and end date (including any optional extension periods)? 1st April 2025 to 31st March 2026 d. Please confirm if the LMS is hosted on-premise, via a private cloud, or through a SaaS model. On a SaaS basis 3. Procurement and Decision-Making a. What is the name and role of the person responsible for the learning platform and/or digital learning strategy? Jaimi Modha, Culture, Innovation and Learning Lead b. What is the name and role of the commercial contact responsible for LMS procurement or renewals? Jaimi Modha, Culture, Innovation and Learning Lead 4. Planned Changes or Reviews a. Are there any plans to review or replace your LMS in the next 12–24 months? Yes, we will be carrying out a procurement process towards the end of this year.b. Are there any scheduled or anticipated procurement events or tenders related to learning, compliance, or workforce development systems? We are yet to plan any procurement events / tenders in line with our processes. 5. Integration and Strategic Use a. Is your LMS currently integrated with other internal systems (e.g. HRIS, payroll, CRM)? No, we manually integrate our LMS with our internal HR system and have an annual maintenance of SSO. b. Are there strategic goals linked to digital learning, compliance reporting, or learner engagement which the LMS is expected to support? Our digital learning platforms are linked to compliance reporting such as, organisational wide mandatory learning, social care compliance training and is a key enabler in organisational wide staff development and progression Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk , Telephone: 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website https://www.ico.org.uk may be useful.Yours sincerely, Peter Williams Information Rights Officer2025-07-14T00:00:00CAM105002025-07-11T00:00:00early years expansion grant childcare expansion capital grant schemesDate: 11/07/2025 Ref: CAM10500 Dear Requester, Thank you for your request for information dated 18/06/2025 about early years expansion grant childcare expansion capital grant schemes. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested and the answers to your questions are as follows: Early years expansion grant scheme 1. How much in (in £) of your local authority’s allocation under the Early years expansion grant scheme has been distributed to any eligible recipients? £177,499.00. 2. What % of your distribution to date has gone to the following types of providers? a. Private, Voluntary, Independent (PVI) including Childminders 90% b. Maintained settings including School Based Nurseries and maintained nursery schools 10% 3. Please give any information about how you have distributed the early years expansion grant: a. Distributed your total allocation between providers as a flat rate per -PTE, according to the number of 2-year-olds and under 2s taking up the early education entitlements in settings. Flat rate per PTE b. Used your local 2-year-old and under 2s local funding formulae to determine provider-level funding. Not applicable. c. Developed a bespoke approach tailored to support specific growth needs in your area. Not applicable. If your answer to question 3 is C please provide information about the bespoke distribution approach. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk 4. Do you plan to distribute all your distribution grant fund before the end of August 2025? Yes/No. If No how much do you estimate will remain to be distributed? Yes. Childcare expansion capital grant 1. How much (in £) of your local authority’s allocation under the Childcare Expansion Capital Grant scheme has been distributed to any eligible recipients? £224,149.66 2. How much (in £) of your local authority’s allocation under the Childcare Expansion Capital Grant scheme has been distributed to: a. Private, Voluntary or Independent (PVI) providers in the early years sector £224,149.66 b. School based settings £0. c. Local authority infrastructure projects £0. 3. Please provide a % breakdown of the distributed funds under the Childcare Expansion Capital Grant that has been spent between: a. Children taking up an early years place through the expanded 30- hours entitlement for qualifying working parents 100% b. Increasing the supply of wraparound childcare for primary -school aged children 0% 4. Do you plan to distribute all your distribution grant fund before the end of August 2025? Yes/No. If No how much do you estimate will remain to be distributed? Yes. Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Lorna Jonas-Tinson Information Rights Officer2025-07-14T00:00:00CAM105012025-07-11T00:00:00complaints received about dog barking between January 2022 and May 2024Date: 11/07/2025 Ref: CAM10501 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 18/06/2025 about complaints received about dog barking between January 2022 and May 2024. We have dealt with this under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested. However we are withholding the information because it is excepted as explained below. We have explained where we are withholding information and what exceptions apply. Please see the refusal notices at the end of the answers which explain how and why they apply. 1. The total number of complaints received about dog barking between January 2022 and May 2024. 2. If recorded, how many of these complaints referred to barking occurring in early morning hours (between 4:00am and 8:00am)? 3. Any available data or summary that categorises complaints by: • Time of day • Reason for complaint (e.g., persistent noise, sleep disturbance, early wake -ups) The Council will not process your request as it falls under an exception in the EIR 2004 because the cost or burden of dealing with your request is manifestly unreasonable. See the refusal notice below. Refusal Notice: Under Regulation 12(4)(b) it would be considered manifestly unreasonable to provide a response to your request because the cost of compliance, and burden of dealing with your request, is excessive. The exception protects the Council’s ability to carry out its public functions and provides a balance between transparency and the protection of resources. The Council does not maintain this data in a format that allows for consistent retrieval. Some noise-related issues are recorded as public nuisances, while others are logged as breaches of condition. Regarding the second part of question 3, you’ve requested any available data or summaries categorising complaints by their reason. There were 420 complaints during the specified period. If each complaint takes approximately 3 minutes to locate and review, compiling the requested information would require around 21 hours of work . London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk In applying this exception the Council has also considered the balance of the public interest in line with the EIR 2004. The public interest argument for releasing this information is: • It would improve transparency to the general public of the Council (medium weight) • The presumption in favour of disclosure in the regulations (medium weight) The public interest arguments for withholding the information are: • Processing this request would be a large burden in terms of Officer time and cost to the Council (heavy weight) • This request would necessarily constitute a significant diversion of resources away from the Council’s core business activities (heavy weight) • It would consequently have a proportionally detrimental impact on the provision of services to the public (heavy weight) • It is not in the public interest that the Council neglect its provision of services to the public to focus on one information request (heavy weight) It is felt that in all the circumstances of the case, the public interest in maintaining the exception outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information. Advice and Assistance: As advice and assistance, we have provided the answers to questions 1 and 2. As mentioned above, there were 420 complaints received about dog barking between January 2022 and May 2024. 14 of these complaints were received between 4am to 8am. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Kieran Heneghan Information Rights Officer2025-07-14T00:00:00CAM105032025-07-08T00:00:00Housing Land Supply figuresDate: 08/07/2025 Case reference : CAM10503 London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 18/06/2025 about Housing Land Supply figures.  . We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 / Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested and the answers to your questions are as follows: Please could you provide me with the most recent Housing Land Supply (HLS) figures held by your authority, based either on internal calculations or appeal decisions, including: 1. The most recent calculation of the five-year housing land supply (expressed in years) 2. The base date for the calculation 3. The published document or evidence base that supports this calculation 4. The date on which this information was last published or updated This information is already publicly available in the Camden Authority Reports which are available here: https://opendata.camden.gov.uk/Your-Council/Camden-Council-Authority-Monitoring-Report-2018- 19/wm9f-abzj/about_data https://www.data.gov.uk/dataset/f04fb60b-55c9-4785-9bc5-bc95e4382879/camden-council-authority-monitoring-report-2021-22-2022-23 Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk , Telephone: 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website https://www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Peter Williams Information Rights Officer2025-07-14T00:00:00CAM105102025-07-11T00:00:00residential propertiesDate: 11/07/2025 Case reference : CAM10510 London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 20/06/2025, and clarified on 23/06/2025, about residential properties.   We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 / Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested and the answers to your questions are as follows: Can I have a full list of all residential properties in the Camden borough please? You clarified your request on 20 June 2025: I'm interested in all properties that are eligbile to pay council tax please. Please find relevant information attached. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets.Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk , Telephone: 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website https://www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Peter Williams Information Rights Officer2025-07-14T00:00:00CAM105112025-07-10T00:00:00pedestrian safety on Heath Drive, Reddington Road, Frognal and surrounding roadsDate: 10/07/2025 Ref: CAM10511 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 20/06/2025 about pedestrian safety on Heath Drive, Reddington Road, Frognal and surrounding roads . We have dealt with this under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested. I am writing to raise serious concerns about pedestrian safety on Heath Drive, Reddington Road, Frognal and surrounding roads. Although these are clearly marked as 20mph zones, vehicles frequently exceed the speed limit, often travelling at dangerous speeds through these residential streets. There are currently no designated pedestrian crossings or refuge points on these roads, making it unsafe — particularly for children, adolescents, and older residents — to cross. With multiple schools in the area, it is essential that Camden Council prioritises the safety of local families and vulnerable road users. I would be grateful if you could provide: 1. Any available data on recorded accidents, near -misses, or traffic enforcement actions on these roads over the past five years; and See attached. 2. Information on whether there are any planned or proposed measures to introduce formal pedestrian crossings, traffic calming features, or speed checks in this area. We are planning a pedestrian crossing in Frognal as well as speed control measures on Reddington Road. We are extremely concerned that, unless action is taken, a serious incident is inevitable. Please let me know what steps can be taken to improve safety in this neighbourhood. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Philip Lewis Information Rights Officer2025-07-14T00:00:00CAM105162025-07-10T00:00:00property attributesDate: 10/07/2025 Case reference : CAM10516London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 20/06/2025 about property attributes.  .  We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA) and/or the Environmental Information Regulations 2004 (EIR 2004) Response The council does not holds the information requested: The request is: We write with specific reference to the Freedom of Information Act, requesting that you supply us with detailed information regarding properties within your borough (jurisdiction) possessing the following attributes: Requested Criteria • Properties that have not been converted into a loft conversion. • Properties with a pitched roof featuring a centrally located ridge. • Properties with an existing ridge height of between 1.3m and 1.8m from the top of the existing floor joists (immediately underneath the ridge) to the underside of the ridge. Details Required1. Addresses including postcodes for all properties matching the above criteria. Please exclude any personal homeowner information. 2. For each property, specify whether it falls within a Conservation Area or does NOT fall within a Conservation Area. We do not hold this information.  This is because not information we would collect or record and therefore have no dataset containing relevant information. As the information not held is environmental, we have to comply with a technicality and tell you that because it is not held it is excepted under Regulation 12 (4)(a) of the EIR 2004.  The Information Commissioner does not require a public interest test where the information is not held. Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk , Telephone: 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website https://www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Peter Williams Information Rights Officer2025-07-14T00:00:00CAM105262025-07-11T00:00:00s106 affordable housingDate: 11/07/2025 Case reference : CAM10526 London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 23/06/2025 about s106 affordable housing . We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 / Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested and the answers to your questions are as follows: FOI request - Section 106 Affordable Housing Delivery: Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, I am requesting the following information relating to Section 106 affordable housing delivery and the involvement of Registered Providers (RPs): 1. How many completed Section 106 affordable housing units (i.e. physically built and ready for occupation) currently remain unsold due to the absence of a contract with a Registered Provider? 5 units. 2. How many Section 106 affordable housing units that are either under construction or due to commence construction within the next 12 months are not currently under contract with a Registered Provider? Under construction – 47 units, due to commence construction within next 12 months – 160 units. 3. In total, how many residential development sites that include Section 106 affordable housing have been delayed or stalled in the past three years due to the inability to secure an RP to acquire the affordable units?None, (0) have been delayed or stalled in the past three years. 4. Where no RP has agreed to acquire Section 106 affordable housing units, what alternative solutions has the council implemented? (e.g. payments in lieu, variations to S106 agreements, direct purchase by the council or other delivery mechanisms). None implemented.  All of the above would be/are being considered. 5. Does the council currently accept the inclusion of cascade mechanisms in newly negotiated Section 106 agreements to address situations where no RP can be secured? This is not the current approach. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk , Telephone: 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website https://www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Peter Williams Information Rights Officer2025-07-14T00:00:00CAM105272025-07-11T00:00:00238 Gray’s Inn RoadDate: 11/07/2025 Case reference : CAM10527London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 23/06/2025 about 238 Gray’s Inn Road .  We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and the Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested.  However, we are withholding some of the information because it is exempt as explained below.  We have explained where we are withholding information and what exemption applies.  Please see the refusal notice at the end of the answer which explains how and why it applies.  Freedom of Information Request – 238 Gray’s Inn Road, London WC1X Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, I am writing to request the following information in relation to the property at 238 Gray’s Inn Road, Camden, London WC1X and its rental to Black Antelope Group: 1. Rental Terms and Tenancy Agreement Please provide: a) The current rental amount being paid by Black Antelope Group for the property. b) The date the tenancy or licence agreement commenced. c) The duration of the agreement and whether it is commercial, peppercorn, or subsidised.d) Any public tender process or selection criteria used to choose the tenant. This information is already publicly available from the land registry . 2. Change of Usage / Planning Consent Please provide: a) Details of any planning applications or change of use requests submitted for this property in the last 10 years. b) The decision documents, including the date of approval, and the name or department of the official(s) or committee who granted the change. c) A copy of the approval notice or internal council communications related to the change of use. Planning information is already publicly available on the planning portal of our website which provides a record of all applications submitted and the outcome.  You can search the records to look at these applications.   Please enter the links below into your web browser https://planningrecords.camden.gov.uk/Northgate/PlanningExplorer/GeneralSearch.aspx https://accountforms.camden.gov.uk/planning-search/ You can also use the open data portal of our website for a set of records that are easier to search – and this data includes links to the public access files (as above) for the relevant record : Planning decisions - Open Data Portal . 3. Internal Authorisation and Oversight Please provide: a) The name and position of the Camden Council officer(s) or councillor(s) who signed off or authorised the letting of the property to Black Antelope Group. This information is exempt.  Please see the exemption notice set out below.b) Copies of relevant minutes, internal memos, or correspondence related to the authorisation of this arrangement. c) Any declaration of interest made by officers or councillors in relation to this tenancy. 4. Ownership and Public Register Details Please confirm: a) Whether the property is owned, leased, or managed by Camden Council. b) If not, please advise which public body or organisation owns or manages the property on behalf of the council. This information is already publicly available from the land registry . Refusal Notice The exemption that applies is: section 40(2):  personal information The council considers that to disclose the personal data requested would not be in accordance with data protection legislation and therefore we have withheld the information under the absolute exemption in Section 40(2). The exemption states that personal data requested may be withheld when to release it would be a breach of the requirements of data protection law which is the UK General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the Data Protection Act 2018. The information withheld is personal information because it allows living individuals to be identified. The council considers that it would be a breach of the General Data Protection Regulation article 5 requirements of fairness and proportionality to publish this personal information in a FOI request. In doing this we have considered the legitimate public interest in disclosure against the interests of the data subject/s and concluded that in the circumstances disclosure would contravene the data protection requirements of fairness and proportionality particularly considering that Freedom of Information responses are public documents and published to the world and not provided just to the requester. The council’s redaction policy states that relatively junior staff member names, unless in public facing positions, would not be released in a FOI response. Therefore, the names of a relatively junior staff member has been redacted from the request details as they would have no expectation that their details would be released into the public domain, and especially given the content of the request as we consider that to include them would be a breach of the requirements to act fairly and proportionately. Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk , Telephone: 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website https://www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Peter Williams Information Rights Officer2025-07-14T00:00:00CAM105302025-07-11T00:00:00LGBTQ+ people in situations of homelessness questionSDate: 11/07/2025 Ref: CAM10530 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 23/06/2025 about LGBTQ+ people in situations of homelessness questions. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested. Freedom of Information Request - Homelessness information: I am part of a group of academics interested in helping local authorities provide proactive, safe, and inclusive support / services for LGBTQ+ people in situations of homelessness. I would like to request the following information: • Do you collect data on LGBTQ+ identity from applicants for homelessness services? Yes. The council is required to ask the sexual orientation of the main homelessness applicant as part of the Homelessness Case Level Information Collection (HCLIC) statutory data return. This question was recommended by the Government Equalities Office to MHCLG. Option Description Applicant prefers not to say Gay / Lesbian Heterosexual / Straight Other sexual orientation Bisexual • Please can you share a copy of your intake/point of entry form and the questions it asks of applicants when they present as homeless (.pdf / word doc format if possible). This information is publicly available at the following location. https://www.camden.gov.uk/homelessness-in-camden As the information requested is already reasonably accessible elsewhere it is exempt under the absolute exemption in Section 21. • Is any specific guidance given to staff around the collection of LGBTQ+ identity data during homelessness application? Please can you share a copy of this guidance or provide a summary? • Do any specific policies exist on the collection of LGBTQ+ identity data during homelessness applications? Please can you share a copy of these policies or provide a summary? London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Camden does not hold any guidance or policies for the collection of LGBTQ+ identity data during homelessness applications. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Philip Lewis Information Rights Officer2025-07-14T00:00:00CAM105402025-07-10T00:00:00questions about Fixed Penalty Notice for dog-fouling and flytippingDate: 10/07/2025 Ref: CAM10540 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 25/07/2025 about questions about Fixed Penalty Notice for dog-fouling and flytipping. We have dealt with this under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested. FOI request -- Fixed Penalty Notice for dog-fouling and flytipping: Can you please tell me, under the terms of the Freedom of Information Act 2000: 1. How many Fixed Penalty Notices has Camden Council issued in each of the last five years for dog fouling? 2. How many Fixed Penalty Notices has Camden Council issued in each of the last five years for flytipping? FPNs issued from April 2018 - March 2024 can be accessed via Camden's Open Data Portal . Please note, no FPNs were issued for dog fouling in this period. April 24 to April 25 132 fly tips April 25 until July 25 125 fly tips 3. And how many reports of dog fouling incidents have been reported to Camden Council in each of the last five years? Year No. of Dog fouling reports 2020 1027 2021 1126 2022 1730 2023 2451 2024 2325 2025 1099 Grand Total 9758 London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner ’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Kieran Heneghan Information Rights Officer2025-07-14T00:00:00CAM105492025-07-10T00:00:00income from cycle hire bays, both capital and revenueDate: 10/07/2025 Ref: CAM10549 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 26/06/2025 about income from cycle hire bays, both capital and revenue. We have dealt with this under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested. However we are withholding some or all of the information because it is excepted as explained below. We have explained where we are withholding information and what exceptions apply. Please see the refusal notices at the end of the answers which explain how and why they apply. Can you tell me how much income does Camden Council get from cycle hire bays, both capital and revenue? Refusal Notice: Regulation 12(5)(e) - The regulation states that confidentiality of commercial or industrial information where such confidentiality is provided by law to protect a legitimate economic interest, a public authority can refuse to disclose information if this would adversely affect the confidentiality of commercial or industrial information. The council is relying upon the higher threshold of likelihood that disclosure would have a prejudicial effect. The parties whose commercial interests are concerned are Lime, Forest, Dott and Voi, is that their commercial details such as usage, and business model, would be revealed which would negatively impact their trading position and ability to secure future contacts. The harm that would be caused to the council is that our ability to achieve the best process for a new contract would be reduced as the ‘going rate’ would be disclosed. While we haven’t confirmed with them on this FOI they have always considered this data commercially sensitive in previous requests. The council may procure more contracts in this area and therefore disclosing this information would reduce the chances of the council getting a better deal on a new procurement. The link between the disclosure and harm is that for Lime, Forest, Dott and Voi, rival companies would have awareness of their business model which would allow rivals to undercut them and reduce their chances of successfully tendering. In applying this qualified exemption, we have had to balance the public interest in withholding the information against the interest in favour of disclosure. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk The public interest arguments for releasing this information are as follows: • Improving transparency in decision making (medium weight) • Ensuring value for money (medium weight) • To ensure accountability of the authority (heavy weight) • Demonstrating the council is meeting its fiduciary duties (heavy weight) The public interest arguments for withholding the information are as follows: • It is not in the public interest to disclose information that would be likely to damage the commercial interests of a company, as this could lead to financial problems for the company and/or job losses (heavy weight) • It is not in the public interest to damage the council’s commercial interests, as this affects how it spends public money and the services it can provide to residents and other stakeholders (heavy weight) • It is not in the public interest to release information that could negatively influence ongoing and future negotiations as this could have an adverse effect on value for money for the council, so for residents and other stakeholders (heavy weight) • Withholding the figures does not prevent scrutiny of the council’s actions and decisions (heavy weight) We have decided that the public interest in withholding the information outweighs the public interest in disclosing it. We considered whether the presumption in favour of disclosure in the regulations overrides the decision to withhold and have concluded that it does not. Advice and Assistance: As advice and assistance, we can share the links to the contract award and extension report which are already in the public domain: Decision - Contract Award for Dockless Bike Hire Services in Camden - Camden Council Decision - Contract Extension Report for Dockless Bike Hire Contracts - Camden Council Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Kieran Heneghan Information Rights Officer2025-07-14T00:00:00CAM102122025-07-02T00:00:00schools in Camden that have engaged with Solutions Not SidesDate: 02/07/2025 Ref: CAM10212 Dear Requester, Thank you for your request for information dated 06/05/2025 about schools in Camden that have engaged with Solutions Not Sides. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds some of the information requested and the answers to your questions are as follows: Information about schools in the London Borough of Camden that have engaged with the registered charity Solutions Not Sides: 1. **List of Schools**: Names of all state-funded primary/secondary schools and colleges in Camden that have hosted visits or received learning materials from Solutions Not Sides since September 2020 (academic year 2020/21 onward) . I can confirm the council holds the requested information for question 1. All state-funded primary and secondary schools in Camden have received learning materials from Solutions Not Sides since September 2020. Additionally, every state-funded secondary school has hosted at least one workshop since 2019. A list of all state-funded schools can be found on the Council’s website, through the following link - Schools and children's learning - Camden Council and selecting ‘primary schools’ or ‘secondary schools.’ As the information requested is already reasonably accessible elsewhere it is exempt under the absolute exemption in Section 21. 2. **Visit Details**: For each school identified in (1), provide: - Dates of visits/workshops conducted by Solutions Not Sides . - Year groups or classes involved. We do not hold this information. Schools are aware of Solutions Not Sides and are able to book workshops at their own discretion. In line with our duty to provide advice and assistance to requesters, we recommend contacting individual schools directly for this information. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk 3. **Materials Provided**: Copies of any educational resources, lesson plans, or digital content distributed to schools by Solutions Not Sides during this period. If copies cannot be provided, please specify the titles/types of materials. Schools have been offered in-school workshops delivered by Solutions Not Sides. In 2023, resources from Solutions Not Sides were shared with schools, alongside more than twenty-five other resources and websites, which schools are free to use at their discretion. Further details are available on their website - Solutions Not Sides. 4. **Selection Process**: Criteria or policies used by Camden Council or individual schools to select Solutions Not Sides for engagements, including any tendering or due diligence processes. Camden has a close relationship with schools and seeks to understand their needs as part of ongoing conversations with school staff. Where a common need is identified across multiple schools, efforts are made to provide support through, free resources, advice or on occasion funding, where available. 5. **Future Engagements**: Any planned visits, workshops, or material distributions scheduled for the 2024/25 academic year. For the 2024/25 academic year, all secondary schools in Camden have been offered one workshop from Solutions Not Sides, which they may choose to take up at their discretion. This initiative is still in progress. Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Lorna Jonas-Tinson Information Rights Officer2025-07-03T00:00:00CAM102442025-07-01T00:00:00Curnock Street Estate boilerDate: 01/07/2025 Case reference : CAM10244 London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 12/05/2025 about the  Curnock Street Estate boiler  We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 / Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested and the answers to your questions are as follows: On the Curnock Street Estate, you told me under REF: 8605027 (13 July 2013) that there are 16 pumps in total in the boiler room. I would like to know the following: 1) Does the council still have 16 pumps? No, there are 22 pumps / circulators. 2) Model types for all pumps (i.e., TPE 125-70/4) and the manufacturer. If model types are not known, please explain how you or GEM manages to maintain them without knowing what they are. Model types are not known. Pump are working components; some are inverter driven and some are wired into the boiler management system. Maintenance is based on how the system is working, and pump performance i.e. heat noise pressures and distribution. 3) Age for each pump Not known.4) Times the Shafts have been replaced in each pump. This is data that is not held by Camden Council as it forms part of the maintenance contract, so it is included in general works and the contractor is not required to record that information. 5) Maintenance records for each pump (regular inspections, cleaning, lubrication, replacement of worn parts, etc) Plant is inspected monthly, and this is a staffed site i.e. someone should visit this plant room daily. 6) Who is responsible for the cost of the replacement parts (GEM or council) Both GEM and the Council. It depends on the circumstances. 7) Who is responsible for the cost of replacing the whole pump if necessary? It depends on size and where the pump is located, including variables such as if component has been damaged due to a leak or other circumstances. 8) Age of the current leading equipment (boilers, pumps, inverters) Boilers pre 2016, BMS pre 2016 calorifiers pre 2016. 9) Normal life expectancy for the main equipment according to the manufacturer. This question is too generic and has too many variables. However in general, BMS 25 years, pumps 10-20 years. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk , Telephone: 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website https://www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Philip Lewis Information Rights Officer2025-07-03T00:00:00CAM102512025-07-01T00:00:00communal heating and hot water system(s)Date: 01/07/2025 Case reference : CAM10251London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 12/05/2025 about communal heating and hot water system(s) .  We have dealt with this under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds some of the information requested.  However we are withholding some or all of the information because it is excepted as explained below.  We have explained where we are withholding information and what exceptions apply.  Please see the refusal notices at the end of the answers which explain how and why they apply. This FOI request relates to the communal heating and hot water system(s) that serve the properties within the Lymington Road Estate NW6, and we would be grateful if you could please respond to the following: 1. How many complaints/notifications have you received regarding heating and/or hot water outages on the Lymington Road Estate NW6 within the last 6 years. Please can this information be provided in either PDF or excel format broken down into months e.g. May 2024 “x” complaints, June 2024 “x” complaints etc. a. If you are unable to provide data for the past 6 years, please provide information for the past 3 years instead. This question is refused under Regulation 12(4)(b). See the refusal notice below. 2. Where complaints have been made regarding outages between the months of September and April over the past 6 years, please confirm how long the outages lasted for. Please provide this information in PDF or excel format broken down into months e.g. September 2024 outages lasted “x” days, October 2024 outages lasted “x” days. a. If you are unable to provide data for the past 6 years, please provide information for the past 3 years instead. Complaints are not logged in this way, so it is not possible to calculate this. 3. How many instances of outages lasting more than 3 days have been reported on the Lymington Road Estate in the last 6 years. Please provide this information in PDF or excel format and specify the dates for each outage of 3 days or more and which block(s) on the estate was impacted. a. If you are unable to provide data for the past 6 years, please provide information for the past 3 years instead. Outages are not logged in this way, loss of service is based on jobs raised for no service and date when job is completed on system, this may also be an individual property or part of the estate based on different distribution pipework. 4. How many times have the Council arranged for the communal heating and hot water systems that serve the properties on the Lymington Road Estate to undergo maintenance from May 2019 to date. If possible, for each of these occasions please provide a start and end date for the maintenance. Please provide this information in PDF or Excel format, broken down into years and blocks/buildings within the estate e.g. Doulton Mews system maintenance from 01/01/2019 until 02/01/2019. a. If you are unable to provide data for the past 6 years, please provide information for the past 3 years instead. Planned maintenance is monthly. But for unplanned, see Q1. 5. Please list all blocks within the Lymington Road Estate that have been identified as requiring their communal heating and/or hot water systems to be upgraded within the past 6 years, and whether such upgrades have been (i) completed, (ii) are currently in progress or (iii) still pending further action. Please provide this information in excel or PDF format (preferably in a table) differentiating between the different blocks on the estate where upgrades have been identified and which category they fall within (e.g. Doulton Mews | Oct. 2019 identified need for upgrade | upgrade completed Dec. 2019).a. If you are unable to provide data for the past 6 years, please provide information for the past 3 years instead. All blocks have been identified as requiring an upgrade and tenders have been sought and option appraisal have also been sought. Refusal Notice: Under Regulation 12(4)(b) it would be considered manifestly unreasonable to provide a response to question 1 because the cost of compliance, and burden of dealing with the question, is excessive. The exception protects the Council’s ability to carry out its public functions and provides a balance between transparency and the protection of resources. To answer question 1 would require a manual search of our records. There are around 3,031 orders over the last 3 years. It is estimated that it would take 10 minutes to check each record, and so it would take over 500 hours to answer question 1. In applying this exception the Council has also considered the balance of the public interest. The public interest argument for releasing this information is: It would improve transparency to the general public of the Council (medium weight)• The presumption in favour of disclosure in the regulations (low weight)• The public interest arguments for withholding the information are: Processing this request would be a large burden in terms of Officer time and cost to the Council. (medium weight)• This request would necessarily constitute a significant diversion of resources away from the Council’s core business activities. (medium weight)• It would consequently have a proportionally detrimental impact on the provision of services to the public (medium weight)• It is not in the public interest that the Council neglect its provision of services to the public to focus on one information request (medium weight)• It is felt that in all the circumstances of the case, the public interest in maintaining the exception outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information. Further InformationWe do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk , Telephone: 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website https://www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Philip Lewis Information Rights Officer2025-07-03T00:00:00CAM102572025-07-01T00:00:00Curnock Street EstateDate: 01/07/2025 Case reference : CAM10257London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 13/05/2025 about the  Curnock Street Estate .  We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and the Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested.  However, we are withholding some of the information because it is excepted as explained below.  We have explained where we are withholding information and what exceptions apply.  Please see the refusal notices at the end of the answers which explain how and why they apply. For the last 3 years, I would like to receive the following information regarding the heating and hot water solution installed on the Curnock Street Estate: 1) How many heating or hot water service breakdowns have you registered in the last 5 years? Please specify the reasons for the breakdowns. This question is refused under Regulation 12(4)(b). See the refusal notice below. 2) How many repair calls regarding heating or hot water loss have you received in the last 5 years via the Camden Repairs communication channels? Once a job has been raised we have no way of accurately tracking this number. 3) There are 16 pumps in the boiler room. I need to know the following for the last 10 years:a) Frequency of inspection and maintenance according to the manufacturer's guidelines. For example, every year they clean the pumps, inspect them, etc Maintenance is based on how system is working, and pump performance i.e. heat noise pressures and distribution. b) The number of times the pump shafts have been replaced, and for which pumps has this repair been done. If it has not been done yet, when was the last time the pump shafts were replaced? Camden do not hold the information in this format. c) The number of times the pumps have been cleaned. This information is not held. d) The number of times the proper airflow of the pumps has been checked. Plant room ventilation is checked monthly. e) any maintenance logs from GEM regarding pumps and inverters Maintenance for this plant room is not logged in that way. f) The procedure of how the Camden council checks the contractors' procedures and ensures they follow the correct guidelines. Monthly meetings and more frequently when collaborative working required. 6) Known issues with the heating and hot water service. For example, rusty pipes between buildings, lack of pipe insulationin the underground garage, etc This is an aging system with a lack of regulating valves, long distribution pipework and some corrosion issues. 7) Plans to correct known issues.A company has been brought in to carry out efficiency savings. This estate is ‘earmarked’ for capital works investment Refusal Notice: Under Regulation 12(4)(b) it would be considered manifestly unreasonable to provide a response to question 1 because the cost of compliance, and burden of dealing with the question, is excessive. The exception protects the Council’s ability to carry out its public functions and provides a balance between transparency and the protection of resources. To answer question 1 would require a manual search of our records. There are around 3,500 works orders over the last 3 years. It is estimated that it would take 10 minutes to check each record, and so it would take over 583 hours to answer question 1. In applying this exception the Council has also considered the balance of the public interest. The public interest argument for releasing this information is: It would improve transparency to the general public of the Council (medium weight)• The presumption in favour of disclosure in the regulations (low weight)• The public interest arguments for withholding the information are: Processing this request would be a large burden in terms of Officer time and cost to the Council. (medium weight)• This request would necessarily constitute a significant diversion of resources away from the Council’s core business activities. (medium weight)• It would consequently have a proportionally detrimental impact on the provision of services to the public (medium weight)• It is not in the public interest that the Council neglect its provision of services to the public to focus on one information request (medium weight)• It is felt that in all the circumstances of the case, the public interest in maintaining the exception outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information. Advice and Assistance: As advice and assistance, if you have any further general questions, we will attempt to answer them. Further InformationWe do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk , Telephone: 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website https://www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Philip Lewis Information Rights Officer2025-07-03T00:00:00CAM103192025-06-26T00:00:00planning appealsDate : 05/06/ 2025 Case ref : CAM10319 London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 21 May 2025 about planning appeals . We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA ) / Environmental Information Regulations (EIR 2004) . Response The council holds some of the information requested. The answers to your questions are below. We have stated where we do not hold the information requested and why. All timeframes specified relate to financial years and all questions relate to residential planning applications and appeals. Please provide the total for 2022/23; 2023/24 and 2024/25 for all questions. 1. The total number of residential planning appeals submitted per year. 2. The number of appeals: a) Allowed b) Dismissed c) Withdrawn This information is already publicly available online here: Planning Appeals Search and adding the relevant dates. This information is not collated in terms of “residential” but by appeal type depending on the planning application type. 3. The average and median time (in calendar days) from submission of the appeal to final decision. Please see the response above. You can collate this information from the data from the above search. 4. The total number of residential units approved via appeal each year Please see the response above. This is something you can work out using the above search. 5. The total number of residential units refused (i.e., appeals dismissed) via appeal each year. As above. 6. The total cost to the council of external services used for managing and responding to residential planning appeals per year (e.g., legal costs and external consultants where applicable). We do not hold this information. This is because we have not calculated or recorded this figure for residential appeals alone. 7. The total amount in costs awarded against the council by the Planning Inspectorate for residential planning appeals. We do not hold this information. This is because o f the 3 cost decisions awarded against the Council during the time periods requested , the costs to date have not been determined. As the information not held is environmental, we have to comply with a technicality and tell you that because it is not held it is excepted under Regulation 12 (4)(a) of the EIR 2004. The Information Commissioner does not require a public interest test wh ere the information is not held . Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk , Telephone: 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact -us/live -chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact -us/. The ICO website https://www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Peter Williams Information Rights Officer2025-07-03T00:00:00CAM103472025-06-27T00:00:00social housing tenantsDate: 24/06/2025 Case reference : CAM10347 London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 28/05/2025 about social housing tenants. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 / Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested and the answers to your questions are as follows: Somers Town Social Housing Tenants: 1. How many UK born Social Housing tenants in Somers Town are retired, employed or unemployed? And 2. How many non UK born Social Housing tenants are retired, employed, or unemployed? This information is already publicly available on the website of the Office for National Statistics. Please enter this link into your web browser: https://www.ons.gov.uk/ Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations.Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk , Telephone: 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website https://www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Lorna Jonas-Tinson Information Rights Officer2025-07-03T00:00:00CAM103492025-06-26T00:00:00commissioned supervised contact servicesDate: 26/06/2025 Ref: CAM10349 Dear Requester, Thank you for your request for information dated 28/05/2025 about commissioned supervised contact services. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested and the answers to your questions are as follows: 1. What are your current arrangements regarding Family Time Services, in - house/outsourced, including current contracted provider(s) of any commissioned supervised contact services and the contract length? You clarified: By Family Time, i am referring to supervised contact. We have an in-house Family Time service, which consider as the first option before exploring outsourcing. 2. If you have a commissioned contract in place, when will this be due for re-tender? We do not have a commissioned contract in place. 3. If you have an in-house service, do you ever spot purchase to support the service? Do you have a recommended list of providers? We make spot purchases in specific circumstances, for example due to logistical challenges. 4. If you spot purchase, how do organisations join this? We do not maintain a spot purchase list, as we communicate directly with residential providers or foster agencies to arrange external family time near the child’s placement location. 5. Do you have any intentions to review the existing provisions in place for your Family Time Service? No. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk 6. What is the council’s annual spend for the Family Time Service? 2024/25 - £282,640.77 7. What is the name and contact details of the council officer responsible for this service? We are withholding this information as we consider the following exemption applies. The council considers that to disclose the personal data requested would not be in accordance with data protection legislation and therefore we have withheld all of the information under the absolute exemption in Section 40(2). The exemption states that personal data requested may be withheld when to release it would be a breach of the requirements of data protection law which is the UK General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the Data Protection Act 2018. The information withheld is personal information because it allows living individuals to be identified. The council considers that it would be a breach of the General Data Protection Regulation article 5 requirements of fairness and proportionality to publish this personal information in a FOI request. In doing this we have considered the legitimate public interest in disclosure against the interests of the data subject/s and concluded that in the circumstances disclosure would contravene the data protection requirements of fairness and proportionality particularly considering that Freedom of Information resp onses are public documents and published to the world and not provided just to the requester. The council’s redaction policy states that junior staff member names, (those below Assistant Director level) unless in public facing positions, would not be released in a FOI response. Therefore, the names of junior staff members have been redacted from the request details as they would have no expectation that their details would be released into the public domain, and especially given the content of the request as we consider that to include them would be a breach of the requirements to act fairly and proportionately. 8. Where does the council advertised their tender opportunities? Not applicable. Please see the response to question 2. Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Lorna Jonas-Tinson Information Rights Officer2025-07-03T00:00:00CAM103802025-06-30T00:00:00children currently living in temporary accommodation located outside of the borough in receipt of an EHCP from CamdenDate: 30/06/2025 Ref: CAM10380 Dear Requester, Thank you for your request for information dated 30/05/2025 about children currently living in temporary accommodation located outside of the borough in receipt of an EHCP from Camden. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested. However, we are withholding all of the information because it is exempt as explained below. We have explained where we are withholding information and what exemptions apply. Please see the refusal notices at the end of the answers which explain how and why they apply. The request is - “children” refers to those aged 0-18, rather than the whole age range covered by Education, Health and Care Plans. This is to try and keep the request aligned with housing department record-keeping. 1. Please state the number of children currently living in households housed in temporary accommodation outside your local authority area 2. Of the figure in question 1, please state the number of children who are in receipt of an Education, Health and Care Plan (ECHP) from your local authority 3. Of the figure in question 2, please list the local authorities in which they are temporarily housed, and how many are housed in each local authority 4. Of the figure in question 2, please state the number of children who attend school within your local authority area (rather than in the local authority where they have been temporarily housed) 5. Of the figure in question 4, please state the number of children who receive home to school transport funded by your local authority 6. Of the figure in question 3, please state the number of children housed in each recipient local authority area who attend school within your local authority area (rather than in the local authority where they have been temporarily housed) London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk 7. Of the figure in question 6, please state the number of children in each recipient local authority who receive home to school transport funded by your local authority You clarified: Questions 4 and 5 combine all children with ECHPs in out -of-area temporary accommodation, whereas questions 6 and 7 break these figures down by “recipient” local authority. We are withholding this information as we consider the following exemption applies. Refusal notice: Section 12: Cost of Compliance Exceeds the Appropriate Limit We are refusing your request under Section 12 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 on cost grounds. This is because we estimate that complying with your request will exceed the "appropriate limit" of £450, which equates to 18 hours of staff time at a rate of £25 per hour. The per hour figure is set by Regulations rather than actual salary paid to any officers handling requests. The appropriate limit includes the time it will take the council to discover if it holds the information requested, to locate it, extract it and collate it as well as putting it into any particular format requested by the requester. Once it is reasonably estimated that the cost limit will be exceeded, the Council is not obliged to calculate the precise time required or to process the request up to the 18- hour threshold. The information required to respond to questions 2 through 7 is not held in an easily accessible format. Currently, there are 1,693 pupils with active Education, Health and Care Plans (EHCPs) on the School Census. For question 2, we estimate it would take approx. 45 to 60 seconds per case to identify and extract the relevant data by matching pupil addresses with School Census records. Similar processes would be required for questions 3 and 4 (matching EHCP pupils to temporary accommodation both within and outside the borough) and question 5 (matching to home-to-school transport services). Based on an average of 52.5 seconds per case, we calculate it would take approx. 24.69 hours to complete question 2. Advice and Assistance You may wish to refine your request to focus on a more specific aspect, which could help ensure it falls within the appropriate cost limit. Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Lorna Jonas-Tinson Information Rights Officer2025-07-03T00:00:00CAM103932025-06-26T00:00:00IT contract detailsDate: 26/06/2025 Case reference : CAM10393London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 04/06/2025 about IT contract details.   We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and the Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested.  However, we are withholding the information because it is exempt as explained below.  We have explained where we are withholding information and what exemption applies.  Please see the refusal notice at the end of the answer which explains how and why it applies.  I would be grateful if you could provide the most recent contract information you hold for the following areas: 1. Standard Firewall (Network) Firewall services that protect the organisation’s network from unauthorised access and other internet security threats.• 2. Anti-virus Software Application Programs designed to prevent, detect, and remove viruses, malware, trojans, adware, and related threats.• 3. Microsoft Enterprise Agreement A volume licensing agreement that may include:Microsoft 365 (Office, Exchange, SharePoint, Teams)• Windows Enterprise• Enterprise Mobility + Security (EMS)• Azure services (committed or pay-as-you-go)• 4. Microsoft Power BI Or any alternative business intelligence platform used for data connectivity, dashboards, and reporting.• For each of the above areas, I kindly request the following: 1. Who is the existing supplier for this contract? 2. What is the annual spend for each contract? 3. What is the description of the services provided? 4. Primary brand (where applicable) 5. What is the start date of the contract? 6. What is the expiry date of the contract? 7. What is the total duration of the contract? 8. Who is the responsible contract officer? Please include at least their job title, and where possible, name, contact number, and direct email address• 9. How many licences or users are included (where applicable)? This information is exempt. Please see the exemption notice set out below. Refusal Notice The exemption that applies is:section 31(1)(a) – Law Enforcement We do not release information about cyber security – our ICT architecture, processes and software as disclosure could compromise our cyber security. We consider releasing this information would make the council a target of crime. Therefore, this information is exempt from disclosure under section 31 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Section 31(1)(a) says that we do not need to provide information that would be likely to prejudice the functions of law enforcement - the prevention and detection of crime. Camden believes that disclosing this information would increase the likelihood of criminals using the information to target attacks against public bodies. For example, releasing this information may make the council a more attractive target for cyber or ransomware attacks. Public Interest Test: As Section 31 is a qualified exemption we need to consider the public interest test. Factors in favour of disclosure: It would help transparency and accountability of the council (medium weight)• It could show how effective our cyber security and measures taken to mitigate or prevent the effects of cyber-attacks (medium weight)• Factors in favour of withholding: There is an inherent public interest in crime prevention (high weight)• There is public interest in avoiding the costs (financial, distress, inconvenience, publicity, regulatory) associated with any cyber or ransomware attacks (high weight)• There is public interest in preventing any threat to the integrity of council data (high weight).• There is public interest in ensuring the council can comply with its duties to take all necessary steps to safeguard data (high weight)• We believe that the balance of public interest lies in upholding the exemption and not releasing the information, Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk , Telephone: 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website https://www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Peter Williams Information Rights Officer2025-07-03T00:00:00CAM103952025-06-26T00:00:00planning application feesDate: 26/06/2025 Case reference : CAM10395 London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 04/06/2025 about planning application fees.  We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 / Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested and the answers to your questions are as follows: Please provide a breakdown of how the additional income generated from the increase in planning application fees introduced on 6 December 2023 has been allocated or spent. Where possible, please specify the services or functions supported and the amount allocated to each. 1. Has the additional income generated from the planning application fee increase introduced on 6 December 2023 been used exclusively to support the delivery of the Local Authority’s planning function? The planning fee income goes into the development management budget and is spent on covering the costs of running that service. The development management service is responsible for processing planning applications. 2. What percentage of residential planning applications (minor and major), submitted after 6 December 2023, have resulted in an agreed extension of time? 55% have resulted in an agreed extension of time. 3. What percentage of residential planning applications (minor and major), submitted after 6 December 2023, have resulted in fee refunds under the Planning Guarantee?0.08% have resulted in fee refunds. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk , Telephone: 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website https://www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Peter Williams Information Rights Officer2025-07-03T00:00:00CAM103982025-06-27T00:00:00follow up request to CAM10127 regarding the Hampstead Cemetery toilet refurbishment projectDate: 27/06/2025 Ref: CAM10398 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 03/06/2025 about follow up request to CAM10127 regarding the Hampstead Cemetery toilet refurbishment project . We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000/Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds some of the information requested. We have stated where we do not hold the information requested and why. Thank you for your response to my FOI request regarding the Hampstead Cemetery toilet refurbishment project. I would like to request further clarification and detail on several points, as some parts of my original request appear not to have been addressed specifically, or have been answered in a broader context that does not directly relate to the toilet project in question. 1. Remedial Works Specific to the Toilet Facility and Access Path: The response refers to remedial works relating to the cemetery lodge as a whole. However, I am seeking information specifically about the toilet refurbishment project and the access path leading to the toilet, including: - Any remedial works required due to issues with the construction of the toilet unit itself, including compliance with building regulations or accessibility standards. - Any remedial or additional works carried out on the pathway or external access to the toilet, particularly relating to wheelchair access or compliance with disability access requirements. Please confirm: - The nature of any such works carried out specifically for the toilet and its access. - The cost of those works, broken down if possible. - The contractors involved in any remedial or follow -up works distinct from the original build. We are unable to provide the granular level of detail requested limited to one section of the project, namely, the accessible toilet portion. The project was costed as a whole and this included refurbishment of the staff facilities which were then extended to include a public accessible toilet with ramp access, associated roof works and additional remedial works to the main building, including remedial works to a number of windows. There were also mechanical & electrical works carried out as part of the project, therefore we are unable to provide the costs specifically for the toilet and its access. The information requested was carried out under Planning Award 2023/1385/P, which is publicly available on The Camden Planning Portal. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Please enter the links below into your web browser https://planningrecords.camden.gov.uk/Northgate/PlanningExplorer/GeneralSearch.aspx https://accountforms.camden.gov.uk/planning-search/ 2. Clarification of "Current Costs": Your response refers to the “current costs” for the project. Please clarify: - Whether these costs represent the final and complete expenditure for the project. - If not, please indicate: - What outstanding or anticipated costs remain. - when the final cost of the project will be confirmed and available. - whether further remedial or corrective works are expected relating to the toilet facility or its accessibility infrastructure. The only contract-related cost we are currently holding is the retention amount, which is typically withheld until the completion of the defect liability period. This is £3994.45. The cost for the project was given in the previous response - £159,778.15. 3. Contractor Oversight and Performance: As referenced previously, it is publicly known that there were concerns about the initial standard of works. Please confirm: - Whether any contractual penalties or issues were raised due to substandard work on the toilet or pathway. - Whether any contractors were removed, replaced, or required to return to rectify their work. I appreciate your help in clarifying these points and respectfully ask that they are addressed specifically in relation to the toilet project and associated works, rather than general works to the cemetery lodge or surrounding buildings. The project was awarded under a JCT Minor Works Building Contract, and the payment certification process requires the contract administrator to provide their certificate for work that has been completed, and if it is in accordance with the specification. On one occasion, late in the contract an element of the work did not comply with the specifications, and payment was withheld, and subsequently omitted from their contract, and was awarded to another contractor. As some of the information requested is already reasonably accessible elsewhere it is excepted under Regulation 6(1)(b). Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner ’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Kieran Heneghan Information Rights Officer2025-07-03T00:00:00CAM104002025-06-27T00:00:00survey dates, findings and test results from the water tanks on top of 1-12 clarence gardens nw1 3lhDate: 27/06/2025 Ref: CAM10400 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 05/06/2025 about survey dates, findings and test results from the water tanks on top of 1-12 clarence gardens nw1 3lh. We have dealt with this under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds some of the information requested. i would like to know the survey dates,findings and test results from the water tanks on top of 1 - 12 clarence gardens nw1 3lh. plus all other information concerning the safety and function of the tanks and pipes connected to them serving 1-12 clarence gardens. i would like this information to cover the period between 1990 to present day. Due to data retention periods, the council does not hold this information as far back as 1990. The information held is attached. Personal information has been redacted under Regulation 12(3). See the refusal notice below. As the information not held is environmental we have to comply with a technicality and tell you that because it is not held it is excepted under Reg ulation 12(4)(a). The Information Commissioner does not require a public interest test where the information is not held. Refusal Notice: Regulation 12(3) The council considers that to disclose the personal data requested would not be in accordance with data protection legislation and therefore we have withheld some/all of the information under the absolute exemption in Regulation 12(3). The exemption states that personal data requested may be withheld when to release it would be a breach of the requirements of data protection law which is the UK General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the Data Protection Act 2018. The information withheld is personal information because it allows living individuals to be identified. The council considers that it would be a breach of the General Data Protection Regulation article 5 requirements of fairness and proportionality to publish this personal information in a FOI request. In doing this we have considered the legitimate public interest in disclosure against the London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk interests of the data subject/s and concluded that in the circumstances disclosure would contravene the data protection requirements of fairness and proportionality particularly considering that Freedom of Information responses are public documents and published to the world and not provided just to the requester. The council’s redaction policy states that junior staff member names, (those below Assistant Director level) unless in public facing positions, would not be released in a FOI response. Therefore, the names of junior staff members have been redacted from the request details as they would have no expectation that their details would be released into the public domain, and especially given the content of the request as we consider that to include them would be a breach of the requirements to act fairly and proportionately. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Philip Lewis Information Rights Officer2025-07-03T00:00:00CAM119202026-02-05T00:00:00Tree preservation orderDate: 05/02/2026 Case reference: CAM11920 London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 08/01/2026 about a Tree Preservation Order.  We have dealt with this under  the Environmental Information Regulations 2004 (EIR 2004). Response The council holds the information requested.  However, we are withholding some of the information. We have explained where we are withholding information and what exception applies.  Please see the refusal notice at the end of the answer which explains how and why it applies. the refusal notice at the end of the answer which explains how and why it applies. I would like to make a FOI request for all emails and communications between Camden's Tree Preservation Officers, [Named Officer], any Camden Councillors and any others with respect to the provisional Tree Preservation Order in place at the Hampstead Hill Mansions.  The Camden Council reference is 7352344; the Order may be cited as C1375 2025.  These are based on the original planning approval 2025/2828/T.  Clarification from requester: - The dates begin on 1 July 2025 and end on 11 November 2025. With respect to the scope of the FOI, it should cover Tom Little, [Named Officer] and Nick Bell; it should also please cover any Camden Councillor or officer of the Council; and it should ideally, if possible, include any other individual specifically commenting on this matter.  Please feel free to redact names if helpful but I am interested to better understand what happened in the process of overturning the original approval.Please find relevant information that can be disclosed under the EIR 2004 attached.  This information has been redacted to remove the names, addresses and contact details of members of the public and relatively junior council officers that are not in the public domain.  Please see the exception notice set out below. Refusal Notice The exception that applies is: Regulation 12(3) which states - To the extent that the information requested includes personal data of which the applicant is not the data subject, the personal data shall not be disclosed otherwise than in accordance with regulation 13 The council considers that to disclose the personal data requested would not be in accordance with data protection legislation and therefore we have withheld some of the information under the absolute exemption in Regulation 12(3). The exemption states that personal data requested may be withheld when to release it would be a breach of the requirements of data protection law which is the UK General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the Data Protection Act 2018. The information withheld is personal information because it allows living individuals to be identified or is personal information about them. The council considers that it would be a breach of the General Data Protection Regulation article 5 requirements of fairness and proportionality to publish this personal information in an EIR request. In doing this we have considered the legitimate public interest in disclosure against the interests of the data subjects and concluded that in the circumstances disclosure would contravene the data protection requirements of fairness and proportionality particularly considering that EIR responses are public documents and published to the world and not provided just to the requester. Therefore, the names, addresses and contact details of members of the public and relatively junior council officers that are not in the public domain have been redacted from the information released as they would have no expectation that their details would be released into the public domain and especially given the content of the request as we consider that to include them would be a breach of the requirements to act fairly and proportionately. Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk, Telephone: 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website https://www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Peter Williams Information Rights Officer2026-02-10T21:45:04CAM104022025-06-26T00:00:00Highgate CemeteryDate: 26/06/2025 Case reference : CAM10402 London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 05/06/2025 about Highgate Cemetery.   We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 / Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested and the answers to your questions are as follows: The council holds the information requested and the answers to your questions are as follows: - Highgate Cemetery Swain's Lane London N6 6PJ - 2024/5407/P & 2024/5423/L we request that the all the Design Review Panel reports in relation to the above application Please find relevant information attached. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets.Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk , Telephone: 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website https://www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Peter Williams Information Rights Officer2025-07-03T00:00:00CAM104092025-07-02T00:00:00registering as a temporary accommodation provider, nightly rates paidDate: 02/07/2025 Ref: CAM10409 Dear Requester, Thank you for your request for information dated 04/06/2025 about registering as a temporary accommodation provider, nightly rates paid. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds some of the information requested and the answers to your questions are as follows: 1. The current contact details (names, job titles, email addresses, and phone numbers) for the department or officer responsible for onboarding private properties for temporary accommodation within your borough. We hold the information requested. You can find this information on the Council’s website, through the following link: Camden Freedom Of Information Response Search and searching for CAM8007. As the information requested is already reasonably accessible elsewhere it is exempt under the absolute exemption in Section 21. 2. A detailed outline of the onboarding process, including all necessary requirements, documentation, inspections, and any contracts or agreements typically involved. Please see the response to question 1 above. 3. Any guidance documents, policy frameworks, or internal procedures relating to the approval, management, or engagement of temporary accommodation providers. Please see the response to question 1 above. 4. A breakdown of the current budget or pricing guidelines used by the council for the provision of temporary accommodation, specifically: The maximum or average nightly rate the council is prepared to pay for: • 2-bedroom properties • 3-bedroom properties • 4-bedroom properties and larger London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk We do not hold the information in the format requested. This is due to the complexity of the agreements that govern the rates used for procuring temporary accommodation in London. The Local Housing Allowance (LHA) rate assigned to a household serves as the starting point for calculating placement costs. These rates vary depending on the size and location of the accommodation and are set nationally by the Valuation Office Agency (VOA). Camden is one of the boroughs that have committed to procure temporary accommodation at Pan-London rates, in accordance with the Inter Borough Accommodation Agreement (IBAA), which is managed by the West London Alliance. The VOA divides London into Broad Rental Market Areas (BRMAs), each with distinct rates that often span multiple boroughs. Under the IBAA, boroughs may pay slightly different rates for properties within the same BRMA, adding to the complexity of how the data is held. 5. If any of this information is already publicly available, please kindly direct me to the appropriate resource or website. Please see the response to question 1 above. Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Lorna Jonas-Tinson Information Rights Officer2025-07-03T00:00:00CAM104102025-06-30T00:00:00information about storage of goods for people in temporary accommodationDate: 30/06/2025 Ref: CAM10410 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 06/06/2025 about information about storage of goods for people in temporary accommodation. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds some of the information requested. Can you please send me the following information about storage of goods for people in temporary accommodation: a) The name(s) and postcode area (eg. N1 or N5) of service provider(s) contracted to store goods for people in temporary accommodation. Crown Promotions, RM13 b) The cost of storing the volume equivalent of a standard shipping container (33 cubic metres) charged to the council, and the charging period (eg. per day, week, or month). and c) The cost of storing the volume equivalent of a standard shipping container (33 cubic metres) charged to the person whose goods are being stored, and the charging period (eg. per day, week, or month). The council does not hold costings for the volume of a shipping container. However the provider charges £21 for a crate at a nightly rate. As an example of the items that fit in one crate: A kitchen appliance; 11 boxes of clothing and kitchen items; 5 bags of other items; 1 large piece of exercise equipment. There is also a flat-rate assessment fee (£20) and a removals charge which varies according to what is to be stored. There is no charge to the client for these fees. Extra charges made by the provider (for example for a plumber to remove a washing machine) would be passed through to the client. d) Details of any charges levied to the person to access the goods while they are being stored. To access goods while in storage there is a rate of £40 per hour, paid in cash at the site by the client. To have all goods returned is free of charge to the client. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner ’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Philip Lewis Information Rights Officer2025-07-03T00:00:00CAM104202025-06-30T00:00:00data on noise complaints and enforcement actions taken against live music events or premises in your council area for the period 2022-2024Date: 30/06/2025 Ref: CAM10420 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 09/06/2025 about data on noise complaints and enforcement actions taken against live music events or premises in your council area for the period 2022-2024. We have dealt with this under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested. However we are withholding the information because it is excepted as explained below. We have explained where we are withholding information and what exceptions apply. Please see the refusal notices at the end of the answers which explain how and why they apply. 1. Please could you provide copies of any available data on noise complaints and enforcement actions taken against live music events or premises in your council area (if possible, including reference to the genre(s) of music involved in each case), for the period 2022 - 2024. 2. Please could you provide copies of (or any data analysing) any serious incident reports received from or relating to live music events or premises in your council area for the period 2022-2024. 3. Please could you provide copies of any Equality Impact Assessments or evidence of community engagement with Black and South Asian stakeholders relating to live music events or premises in your council area. The Council will not process your request as it falls under an exception in the EIR 2004 because the cost or burden of dealing with your request is manifestly unreasonable. See the refusal notice below. Refusal Notice: Under Regulation 12(4)(b) it would be considered manifestly unreasonable to provide a response to your request because the cost of compliance, and burden of dealing with your request, is excessive. The exception protects the Council’s ability to carry out its public functions and provides a balance between transparency and the protection of resources. Year No. of Noise Complaints Average Review Time per Complaint 2022 2720 4 mins per complaint 2023 1702 2024 1209 London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk We do not categorise our noise complaints in the way requested. Figures above exclude complaints that were clearly categorised as: • residential, • non related noise activity such as car alarm DIY banging, street noise, car alarms etc . There have been a total of 5631 noise complaints between 2022 and 2024 as shown in the table above. In order to work out the number of noise complaints, the Noise and Pollution Team would have to check the details of each complaint detailed above. It is estimated that it would take 4 minutes to check each record so to check all of the 2720 records detailed above for 2022, it would take over 181 hours. In applying this exception the Council has also considered the balance of the public interest in line with the EIR 2004. The public interest argument for releasing this information is: • It would improve transparency to the general public of the Council (medium weight) • The presumption in favour of disclosure in the regulations (medium weight) The public interest arguments for withholding the information are: • Processing this request would be a large burden in terms of Officer time and cost to the Council (heavy weight) • This request would necessarily constitute a significant diversion of resources away from the Council’s core business activities (heavy weight) • It would consequently have a proportionally detrimental impact on the provision of services to the public (heavy weight) • It is not in the public interest that the Council neglect its provision of services to the public to focus on one information request (heavy weight) It is felt that in all the circumstances of the case, the public interest in maintaining the exception outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information. Advice and Assistance: As advice and assistance, you may want to refine your request by asking for premises of interest. In regard to question 3, we have a EIA in the Licensing Policy. We do not carry out individual EIA s for events. If you would like to make a new request, Please email FOI@camden.gov.uk Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner ’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Kieran Heneghan Information Rights Officer2025-07-03T00:00:00CAM104242025-06-30T00:00:00Prevent fundingDate: 30/06/2025 Case reference : CAM10424London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 09/06/2025 about Prevent funding.   We have dealt with this under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested.  However, we are withholding the information because it is exempt as explained below.  We have explained where we are withholding information and what exemptions apply.  Please see the refusal notice at the end of the answer which explains how and why they apply.  How much did your organisation receive in Prevent Strategy programme funding in each of the following financial years: 2020-21, 2021-22, 2022-23, 2023-24 and 2024-25?1. A breakdown of where this money was spent by your organisation in each of the following financial years: 2020-21, 2021-22, 2022-23, 2023-24 and 2024-25.2. This information is exempt. Please see the exemption notices set out below. Which council department is responsible for administering Prevent Strategy spending (please list all applicable).3. Delivery of the Prevent Duty is a shared responsibility across all departments, with a strong emphasis on those with safeguarding remits.  The management and budget for the activity sits in Community Safety with governance responsibilities sitting with the Community Safety Partnership Board and Camden Children’s Safeguarding Partnership Board. By ‘where this money was spent’ please provide the organisation names that you gave money to, how much each received and what reasons/projects they were given it for.Refusal Notice The exemptions that apply are: section 24(1) national security Information which does not fall within section 23(1) is exempt information if exemption from section 1(1)(b) is required for the purpose of safeguarding national security . Section 24(1) allows a public authority not to disclose information if it considers releasing the information would make the UK or its citizens more vulnerable to a national security threat. The Prevent programme is an integral part of counter-terrorism strategy: Disclosing our budget and the details requested would enable individuals to ascertain the strengths and weaknesses of our work in this area.• it would also highlight how the Camden compares to other areas• individuals could then build up a ‘threat map’ of the UK• this map could then better enable them to focus radicalisation efforts individuals could use this information to devise counterstrategies to projects undermining their effectiveness• these projects aim to stop people becoming terrorists. If their effectiveness was undermined it would increase the likelihood of more people becoming terrorists, damaging national security• The public interest arguments for releasing this information are: - releasing the information would help the public understand, in greater depth, how these programmes are working in the Camden (medium weight)• this would allow informed public scrutiny with regard to these programmes and the spending of public funds (medium weight)• The public interest arguments for withholding the information are: - it is not in the public interest to release information on programmes which could be used by those who threaten, or wish to threaten, the UK by targeting certain areas and or individuals (high weight)• disclosure is not in the public interest, because it undermines the ability of the operators to carry out these programmes by allowing those who would seek to undermine the programme to know where and how best to target their efforts (high weight)• it is not in the public interest to undermine National Security (high weight)• It is considered that the public interest in withholding the information outweighs the public interest in disclosing it.section 31(1)a: prejudicial to law enforcement (1) Information which is not exempt information by virtue of section 30 is exempt information if its disclosure under this Act would, or would be likely to, prejudice— (a) the prevention or detection of crime This exemption applies because: Provision of information about these programmes would increase the likelihood of terrorism being promoted and vulnerable individuals being recruited and thereby hinder the prevention or detection of crime The public interest arguments for releasing this information are:- releasing the information would help the public understand, in greater depth, how these programmes are working in the Borough (medium weight)• this would allow informed public scrutiny with regard to these programmes and the spending of public funds (medium weight)• The public interest arguments for withholding the information are:- provision of information about these programmes could reveal where the threat to the national security of the UK is greatest and the strategies and action plans in place to counter this threat (high weight)• this information if disclosed could present individuals with information as to the potential vulnerabilities of the programmes (high weight)• this would increase the likelihood of terrorism being promoted and vulnerable individuals being recruited (high weight)• this would hinder the prevention or detection of crime (high weight)• it is in the public interest to ensure the effectiveness of law enforcement (high weight)• It is considered that the public interest in withholding the information outweighs the public interest in disclosing it. This letter constitutes a refusal notice under the terms of the Act. Further InformationWe do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk , Telephone: 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website https://www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Peter Williams Information Rights Officer2025-07-03T00:00:00CAM104252025-06-30T00:00:00Completion NoticesDate: 30/06/2025 Case reference : CAM10425 London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 09/06/2025 about Completion Notices.   We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 / Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested and the answers to your questions are as follows: Could you please provide a list of all Completion Notices issued since 1st April 2025 including; 1. Property Address 2. Date Notice was served 3. Completion Date adopted in the Notice Please find relevant information attached. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk , Telephone: 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website https://www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Peter Williams Information Rights Officer2025-07-03T00:00:00CAM104282025-06-30T00:00:00contact with the MHCLGDate: 30/06/2025 Case reference : CAM10428London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 09/06/2025 about contact with the MHCLG.   We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council does not holds the information requested: 1) Please confirm whether the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) has recently been in touch with this council about (i) the Electoral Registration Officer Portal (ii) postal votes. (2) If the MHCLG has recently been in touch with this council via telephone about the above-mentioned topics, please provide the following information: (i) the date of the telephone call/s (ii) a description as to what exactly was discussed (iii) copies of notes made during the telephone call/s (iv) internal and external correspondence and communication relating to this call/s (3) If the MHCLG has recently been in touch with this council via email (or any other similar communication) about the above-mentioned topics, please provide copies of all correspondence and communications between the MHCLG and this council.We do not hold this information. This is because any such communication or contact would have been with the Electoral Registration Officer (EOR). EORs are not classified as public authorities under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.  They are therefore not required to confirm if information is held or disclose any relevant information they may hold.  Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk , Telephone: 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website https://www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Peter Williams Information Rights Officer2025-07-03T00:00:00CAM104292025-06-30T00:00:00he proportion of licensing reviews which took place in 2023 and 2024 which were for black and asian owned venuesDate: 30/06/2025 Ref: CAM10429 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 10/06/2025 about the proportion of licensing reviews which took place in 2023 and 2024 which were for black and asian owned venues . We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council does not hold the information requested. we are looking at the proportion of licensing reviews which took place In 2023 and 2024 were for black and asian owned venues. Could I please ask for this information regarding the licensing reviews for premise liscenses for these venues in 2023 and 2024, within the London Borough of Camden The Council does not collect or hold data on the ethnic backgrounds of licence holders as part of the premises licensing process. Information about all licensing applications and reviews —including the names of venues, their locations, and the outcomes of any decisions - is publicly accessible through the Council’s Camden Licensing Register . Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner ’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Yours sincerely Kieran Heneghan Information Rights Officer2025-07-03T00:00:00CAM119322026-02-05T00:00:00156 West End LaneDate: 05/02/2026 Case reference: CAM11932 London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 12/01/2026 about 156 West End Lane.  We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 / Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested and the answers to your questions are as follows: Please provide the following recorded information held by Camden Council in relation to the development at 156 West End Lane, West Hampstead, and the sloping pavement and subsequent remedial works at the boundary with the public highway. 1. Copies of the approved planning and highways drawings showing the pavement levels, gradients, steps, or level changes at the West End Lane frontage. Please provide regardless if already in public domain. The approved plans as part of the planning permission can be found on the planning portal of our website by searching using the reference 2019/4140/P and then selecting “view related documents”. Please enter the links below into your web browser: https://accountforms.camden.gov.uk/planning-search/ https://planningrecords.camden.gov.uk/NECSWS/PlanningExplorer/GeneralSearch.aspx These plans only involve the works within the red line of the site ownership for the applicant which did not include the pavement. This was later varied by 2023/1716/P.2. The date on which Camden Council first recorded that the pavement as constructed differed from the approved plans (if applicable), including any inspection notes, internal reports, or correspondence evidencing this. The land in question is owned by Camden as Highway Authority. The developer undertook works to the pavement without the highway authority’s consent. The breach is unauthorised works to the highway rather than a breach of planning control contrary to approved plans. 3. Copies of any records showing whether planning enforcement or breach-of-condition action was considered, initiated, or ruled out, including reasons recorded for the decision. This matter was not a breach of planning control. This was work undertaken to the pavement without the highway authority’s consent. 4. Records of risk assessments, safety audits, internal communications relating to the decision to install temporary barriers and/or planters, including: No risk assessment or safety audit was undertaken.  a) dates of installation and removal   Planters were placed on site on 25 March 2025. b) departments involved   Our Engineering Service   c)  costs incurred (including contractor costs and officer time where recorded) There was no charge for the placing of the planters as they were being disposed from another site.  5. Funding / costs a) Any records stating the estimated or actual total cost of the permanent remedial works currently underwayThe cost will be determined upon the completion of all works.  b) Records identifying which party or parties are contractually responsible for these costs The council will apply the applicable clauses within the associated legal agreement. (Agreement attached).  c) Any records showing whether Camden Council has paid, committed to pay, or advanced any funds in relation to these works (including amounts and dates) We have not committed to pay for any of these works.   d) Whether any costs incurred by Camden Council will be recovered from the developer, and if so, under what mechanism and anticipated timescale. We will apply the clauses within the legal agreement to recover costs upon completion of all works.   6. Any records relating to recovery or intended recovery of costs by Camden Council from the developer or third parties, or BT Openreach relating to these works, including the legal mechanism relied upon (e.g. Section 278 or enforcement agreement). Please see the responses above.  Any recovery is progressed at the end of implementation when final measure has been undertaken.  7. Any internal timeline, project log, or equivalent record showing key dates from completion of the original pavement works to commencement of the permanent remedial works. Adjustment of BT apparatus was completed last week. Marlborough, Camden's Highways Term Contractor, resumed on site from Monday 19 January and the duration of the reinstatement work is anticipated to be 4 weeks.  Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations.Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk, Telephone: 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website https://www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Peter Williams Information Rights Officer2026-02-10T21:45:04CAM119342026-02-05T00:00:00planning application 2025/1375/PDate: 05/02/2026 Case reference: CAM11934 London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 09/01/2026 about planning application 2025/1375/P.   We have dealt with this under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004 (EIR 2004). Response The council holds the information requested.  However, we are withholding some of the information. We have explained where we are withholding information and what exception applies.  Please see the refusal notice at the end of the answer which explains how and why it applies. On 8 January 2026 you responded by disclosing 226 pages of material (the “Disclosure Bundle”). Pursuant to the EIR, please disclose the following: a) Any further comments received from or drafted by Katherine Frost (Senior Sustainability Officer, Camden) or any other Sustainability Officer at Camden Council relating to application 2025/1375/P following Katherine Frost’s comments on 16 September 2025 (At PDF page 184 of the Disclosure Bundle, Daren Zuk, Principal Planner at Camden Council, stated that Katherine Frost “has drafted a further response”); b) Any record, note, or transcript of the meeting described in Billy Mavropoulos’ (Bureau de change) email to Daren Zuk on 22 September 2025 (see PDF page 107 of the Disclosure Bundle) in which Daren is said to have “reassured” Billy that Colette Hatton’s (Senior Planner, Conservation) comments would not be shared with the residents and if Billy worked on addressing some of Colette’s concerns, “that she would be supportive”; c) Any records of any additional emails (not already disclosed), communications, meetings, or calls to Colette Hatton from Camden Council staff between 22 September 2025 and 9 January 2026 regarding Colette’s comments on Conservation relating to planning application 2025/1375/P; and d) Any record, note, summary or transcript of the meeting described by Daren Zuk between him and Katherine Frost that took place on 22 October 2025 (see his email dated 21 October 2025 to Ollie Cooper, Associate at Maddox Planning, at PDF page 184 of the Disclosure bundle). Please find relevant information that can be disclosed under the EIR 2004 attached.  This information has been redacted to remove the name and address of a member of the public that is not in the public domain.  Please see the exception notice set out below. Please also note that officers of the council are entitled to debate the merits of a proposal against planning policy in an informal manner before forming a final view of ‘officers.’ The final professional advice of officers on the proposal will be as set out in the planning committee report which was due to be published on 07/01. We have previously applied regulation 12(4)b ‘manifestly unreasonable’ of the EIR 2004 to some of the requests made by requesters acting in concert because of the cost and burden to the council in processing those requests.  However, a decision of the Court of Appeal made clear that the terms ‘manifestly unreasonable’ and ‘vexatious’ have essentially the same meaning. Since 22 September 2025, 13 separate requests have been made concerning 2025/1375/P from 3 separate requesters as well as a legal representative.  These requests are often overlapping and as noted above have proved a significant burden on council officers to respond to.  While we have no doubt that the motives of the requesters are genuine the effect of these requests is casing a degree of harassment as well as burden to council officers and we will now have to consider refusing further requests on these grounds under regulation 12(4)b ‘manifestly unreasonable.’ Refusal Notice The exception that applies is: Regulation 12(3) which states - To the extent that the information requested includes personal data of which the applicant is not the data subject, the personal data shall not be disclosed otherwise than in accordance with regulation 13 The council considers that to disclose the personal data requested would not be in accordance with data protection legislation and therefore we have withheld some of the information under the absolute exemption in Regulation 12(3). The exemption states that personal data requested may be withheld when to release it would be a breach of the requirements of data protection law which is the UK General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the Data Protection Act 2018. The information withheld is personal information because it allows living individuals to be identified or is personal information about them. The council considers that it would be a breach of the General Data Protection Regulation article 5 requirements of fairness and proportionality to publish this personal information in an EIR request. In doing this we have considered the legitimate public interest in disclosure against the interests of the data subjects and concluded that in the circumstances disclosure would contravene the data protection requirements of fairness and proportionality particularly considering that EIR responses are public documents and published to the world and not provided just to the requester. Therefore, the name and address of a member of the public has been redacted from the information released as they would have no expectation that their details would be released into the public domain and especially given the content of the request as we consider that to include them would be a breach of the requirements to act fairly and proportionately. Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk, Telephone: 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/. The ICO website https://www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Peter Williams Information Rights Officer2026-02-10T21:45:05CAM104302025-06-30T00:00:00council taxDate: 30/06/2025 Case reference : CAM10430 London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 10/06/2025 about council tax.  We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 / Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested and the answers to your questions are as follows: please could you kindly provide the historical council tax rates/charges for properties in Band C in the Camden Council district, for the period from 2016 to 2024. Please find relevant information attached. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk , Telephone: 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website https://www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Peter Williams Information Rights Officer2025-07-03T00:00:00CAM104382025-07-03T00:00:00various questions regarding engine idlingDate: 03/07/2025 Ref: CAM10438 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 11/06/2025 about various questions regarding engine idling. We have dealt with this under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested. However we are withholding some or all of the information because it is excepted as explained below. We have explained where we are withholding information and what exceptions apply. Please see the refusal notices at the end of the answers which explain how and why they apply. 1 - Whether the council maintains records of public complaints or reports of engine idling. Yes. 2 - How many reports or complaints about engine idling have been made, broken down monthly from January 2020 to the most recent month in 2025? The Council will not process your request as it falls under an exception in the EIR 2004 because the cost or burden of dealing with your request is manifestly unreasonable. See the refusal notice below. 3 - The number of fines issued for engine idling offences, broken down monthly for each calendar year from January 2020 to the most recent month in 2025. Please see the attached spreadsheet. 4 - The total revenue generated from these fines, also provided as a monthly breakdown for the same period. Please see the attached spreadsheet. 5 - The number of verbal or written warnings issued for engine idling, broken down monthly from January 2020 to the most recent month in 2025. Written = zero. Please see the answer to question 9 for context. For verbal warnings please see the attached spreadsheet. 6 - The location or street name/postcode where each fine or warning was issued, if available. Please see the attached spreadsheet. 7 - The current fixed penalty amount for engine idling offences. £110, reduced to £55 if paid within 14 days from the date of issue of the Penalty Charge Notice. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk 8 - Whether the council operates any designated “anti -idling zones” (e.g., around schools, hospitals, or town centres). If so, please provide a list of these zones. There is a traffic management order in place which prohibits engine idling across the entire borough. 9 - Whether the council has a specific enforcement policy or procedure for engine idling (e.g., how long a vehicle must idle before action is taken, whether a warning is required first, what evidence is needed, etc.). If a Civil Enforcement Officer (CEO) identifies a vehicle parked with the engine running, the driver will be requested to switch off the engine. Refusal of this request will result in a penalty charge notice being issued. 10 - Whether civil enforcement officers or other staff are authorised to issue engine idling fines. If so, how many currently hold this authority? All civil enforcement officers deployed in Camden are authorised to issue a penalty charge notice for engine idling. 11 - The minimum idling time required before a fine or warning can be issued (e.g., 1 minute, 2 minutes). See response to question 9. 12 - The number of engine idling fines that have been appealed, cancelled, or remain unpaid, broken down monthly from January 2020 to the most recent month in 2025. Please see the attached spreadsheet. 13 - Whether the council has considered or implemented a Public Spaces Protection Order (PSPO) or any similar legal instrument to support engine idling enforcement. No. I would appreciate it if the information could be provided in a digital format, such as a spreadsheet (.xls/.csv) or document, for ease of analysis. If any of the above data is only available in financial years (rather than calendar years), please make this clear and provide the information in that format instead Refusal Notice: Under Regulation 12(4)(b) it would be considered manifestly unreasonable to provide a response to your request because the cost of compliance, and burden of dealing with your request, is excessive. The exception protects the Council’s ability to carry out its public functions and provides a balance between transparency and the protection of resources. Because of an IT issue which prevents us from retrieving this data, in order to answer this question our Parking Operations team would need to manually sift through thousands of records to find and collate this data. If it took 5 minutes to check one record then to check eg. 500 records would take over 41 hours. In applying this exception the Council has also considered the balance of the public interest in line with the EIR 2004. The public interest argument for releasing this information is: • It would improve transparency to the general public of the Council (medium weight) • The presumption in favour of disclosure in the regulations (medium weight) The public interest arguments for withholding the information are: • Processing this request would be a large burden in terms of Officer time and cost to the council (heavy weight) • This request would necessarily constitute a significant diversion of resources away from the Council’s core business activities (heavy weight) • It would consequently have a proportionally detrimental impact on the provision of services to the public (heavy weight) • It is not in the public interest that the Council neglect its provision of services to the public to focus on one information request (heavy weight) It is felt that in all the circumstances of the case, the public interest in maintaining the exception outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information. Advice and Assistance: Our IT team is currently investigating the issue that is preventing us from retrieving the data required for Question 1. We recommend submitting a new Freedom of Information request in approximately three months, at which point we may be able to provide the requested information. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner ’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Kieran Heneghan Information Rights Officer2025-07-03T00:00:00CAM104402025-07-01T00:00:00MultiverseDate: 01/07/2025 Case reference : CAM10440 London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 11/06/2025 about Multiverse.  We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested and the answers to your questions are as follows: I am writing to the Camden Borough Council to find out about any contracts/partnerships that the council has with Multiverse, Euan Blair's EdTech firm. Multiverse uses an AI service called Atlas that claims to provide "personalised learning" to apprentices on its program by using all kinds of data, and I understand that they have contracts with various public bodies including councils. In the light of this, could you please answer the following questions: 1) Does the Camden Borough Council have any dealings with Multiverse? Yes 2) Is this in the form of any formal contracts with Multiverse for services? Please give a full list of any contracts the council has with Multiverse with information on the duration of the contracts, money awarded and what they are for. Two contracts of service related to apprenticeship training for two of our staff members.  These were members of staff recruited by Camden who had already started apprenticeship training with Multiverse with their old employer.  The training continued in their new role at Camden.  Total cost of completing the training was £7,446 paid from our apprenticeship levy, not from council budget . 3) Does this include sending apprentices on Multiverse's Apprenticeship program? If yes, how many apprentices has the council sent to Multiverse over the years for upskilling and training? No.  The 2 learners were not sent on Multiverse’s Apprenticeship by Camden. They were already enrolled with Multiverse before they joined Camden. 4) How much money in total has the council awarded Multiverse for various services over the years? Give a breakdown of what services the funding was put towards. £7,446 was awarded from our apprenticeship levy funds to complete the 2 staff members apprenticeship training. 5) What kind of data exchange happens between the council and Multiverse during the course of the apprenticeship and before/after? Is it only the apprentice's personal data that gets fed into Multiverse's AI system or any other form of council/public data is shared? Give a list of what kind of data points that get shared. Multiverse already had all the relevant learner details due to their enrolment prior to joining Camden, however, the learners shared their new Camden contact details.   Camden shared our Apprenticeship Service Digital Account ID to allow payment of apprenticeship training via our levy funds.  Also contact details for the apprentices’ managers. 6) Does Multiverse share any form of data in return with the council? Give a list of what kind of data points get shared. Contact details for tutors and other staff at Multiverse in relation to the apprenticeships are shared with the apprentices’ managers as are learner progress reports and the results of any related assessments. 7) Is any other public data shared by the council with Multiverse under other arrangements? Give a list of what kind of data points get shared. No other data is shared.  They are not set up on our procurement system and the only information we hold and the reasons for it is set out above.8) Are there any data protection guidelines in place to protect public's data being shared with a private company without due consent? Please find our data protection guidelines using the link below: Data protection, privacy and cookies - Camden Council Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk , Telephone: 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website https://www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Peter Williams Information Rights Officer2025-07-03T00:00:00CAM104412025-06-26T00:00:00Biodiversity Net Gain benchmarking studyDate: 26/06/2025 Ref: CAM10441 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 11/06/2025 about Biodiversity Net Gain benchmarking study. We have dealt with this under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested. However we are withholding some of the information because it is excepted as explained below. We have explained where we are withholding information and what exceptions apply. Please see the refusal notices at the end of the answers which explain how and why they apply. The questions and answers are in the attached spreadsheet except the following which is excepted under Regulation 12(4)(b). See the refusal notice below. Since 1 January 2025, how many retrospective applications have you received, that if they had not been retrospective would have been subject to mandatory BNG? Refusal Notice: Under Regulation 12(4)(b) it would be considered manifestly unreasonable to provide a response to your request because the cost of compliance, and burden of dealing with your request, is excessive. The exception protects the Council’s ability to carry out its public functions and provides a balance between transparency and the protection of resources. To answer the above question would require a manual search of our records. There are around 600 records to check, and it would take around 5 minutes per record and so at least 50 hours to respond to this one question. In applying this exception the Council has also considered the balance of the public interest. The public interest argument for releasing this information is: • It would improve transparency to the general public of the Council (medium weight) • The presumption in favour of disclosure in the regulations (low weight) The public interest arguments for withholding the information are: • Processing this request would be a large burden in terms of Officer time and cost to the Council. (medium weight) London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk • This request would necessarily constitute a significant diversion of resources away from the Council’s core business activities. (medium weight) • It would consequently have a proportionally detrimental impact on the provision of services to the public (medium weight) • It is not in the public interest that the Council neglect its provision of services to the public to focus on one information request (medium weight) It is felt that in all the circumstances of the case, the public interest in maintaining the exception outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information. Advice and Assistance: As advice and assistance we have answered all the other questions in your spreadsheet. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Philip Lewis Information Rights Officer2025-07-03T00:00:00CAM104422025-06-30T00:00:00Temporary Accommodation Practices and ComplianceDate: 30/06/2025 Ref: CAM10442 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 10/06/2025 about Temporary Accommodation Practices and Compliance. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested. Temporary Accommodation Practices and Compliance 1. Planning Compliance – Use of C3 Flats or HMOs as Temporary Accommodation: a) What procedures does your local authority follow to determine whether the properties it uses for temporary accommodation, particularly flats, houses or HMOs, have the necessary planning permission for such use, given that the use would amount to Sui Generis hostel use? We use flats & houses to provide temporary accommodation for households. However, the properties must comply with our minimum property standards which makes clear that fact that all accommodation must comply with planning regulations and be health and safety compli ant. All planning permissions and health & safety certificates are checked prior to the property being allocated to a household. Camden does not use Houses in Multiple Occupation ( HMO’s) for the provision of temporary accommodation. b) How many current TA placements made by your authority are into properties that are classified under planning use Class C3 or C4? Currently, Camden accommodates 610 households in properties classed as C3 and 0 in C4. 2. Safeguards Against Unlawful Evictions: a) What safeguards does your authority have in place to ensure residents placed in C3 accommodations as temporary accommodation are protected against unlawful eviction? Prior to onboarding temporary accommodation providers, Camden undertakes a robust assessment of the provider/s, ensuring they have a proven track record of providing these services to other local authorities. We obtain references from other authorities these providers have worked with. It is accepted practice that once the accommodation is cancelled, the accommodation provider must secure vacant possession through legal means. When a booking is cancelled by Camden, the tenant and the accommodation provider are verbally advised that the Council is ceasing the booking and if the household refuses to vacate the property, the accommodation provider is advised to pursue a legal process to secure vacant possession. However, as part of the recent service restructure, the temporary accommodation procurement and management process will also require accommodation providers to sign up to a service level London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk agreement, which will make clear that once the booking is cancelled by Camden, the accommodation provider must pursue a legal process to secure vacant possession. b) Please provide copies or summaries of any guidance or information routinely given to residents in C3 temporary accommodation regarding their eviction rights and protections following the closure of their booking. As above. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner ’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Philip Lewis Information Rights Officer2025-07-03T00:00:00CAM104462025-07-01T00:00:00numbers of illicit vapes have seized in June 2025Date: 01/07/2025 Ref: CAM10446 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 12/06/2025 about numbers of illicit vapes have seized in June 2025. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested. I am requesting data to support a public awareness campaign on the disposables and illicit vaping products. 1. How many illicit vapes have been seized in June 2025? 0. 2. How many disposable vapes have been seized in June 2025? 0. 3. How many retailers have had fines or enforcements for selling disposable vapes in June 2025? 0. 4. How many fines or enforcements have you issued from January 2025 for selling vaping products to minors? 0. There have been 9 advisory visits to check compliance in June 2025. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner ’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Kieran Heneghan Information Rights Officer2025-07-03T00:00:00CAM104502025-07-03T00:00:00student accommodationDate: 03/07/2025 Case reference : CAM10450 London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 12/06/2025 about student accommodation . We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 / Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested and the answers to your questions are as follows: 1. I would like to make a freedom of information request as to the total number of student accommodation dwellings have been given planning permission over the past ten years in the London Borough of Camden? There are 19 planning permissions granted for developments related to student accommodation. Please find relevant information attached. 2. Also how many units each dwelling contains? 3. Also if possible what these dwellings are used for during the university or college holidays.   Are there any conditions on the granting of planning permission and what checks are required? This information is already publicly available information applications from our open-data platform using the case number provided (see attached).  Please enter the links below into your web browser: https://accountforms.camden.gov.uk/planning-search/ https://planningrecords.camden.gov.uk/Northgate/PlanningExplorer/GeneralSearch.aspx The number of units proposed has been included where it can be retrieved directly from the application’s description. For the remaining cases (marked with an asterisk), the information can be found from the Officers’ Report, Decision Notice and/or S106 agreement relating to the permission. The information related to Q3 can also be founded from Officers’ Report, Decision Notice and/or S106 agreement relating to the permission. Please note that restrictions related to student accommodation may change over time reflecting the changing policy context in which the decision was made – for example, The London Plan 2021 includes policies on student housing which include how they should be used outside term time. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk , Telephone: 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website https://www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Peter Williams Information Rights Officer2025-07-03T00:00:00CAM104522025-06-26T00:00:00venues with a potential capacity of over 100Date: 26/06/2025 Ref: CAM10452 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 12/06/2025 about venues with a potential capacity of over 100. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested. Can I please have a copy of any venue with a potential capacity of over 100 please? Details of licensed premises are available via the councils licensing public register . As the information requested is already reasonably accessible elsewhere it is exempt under the absolute exemption in Section 21. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication R egulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Philip Lewis Information Rights Officer London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk2025-07-03T00:00:00CAM104542025-07-01T00:00:00charge rates for prosecutions brought by the Trading StandardsDate: 01/07/2025 Ref: CAM10454 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 13/06/2025 about charge rates for prosecutions brought by the Trading Standards. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested. Would you kindly advise what the charge rate for prosecutions brought by the Trading Standards Department of the Council are, when reclaiming costs for the following: 1. A Trading Standards Officer (TSO). £70.78 per hour. 2. A Senior Trading Standards officer (TSO). £70.78 per hour. 3. A Trading Standards manager who reviews criminal cases and investigations. £70.78 per hour. 4. What are the storage costs for property seized by the Council. £0 - we do not incur storage costs. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner ’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Kieran Heneghan Information Rights Officer2025-07-03T00:00:00CAM118462026-02-03T00:00:00the number of Education, Health and Care Plan appeals lodged against the councilDate: 3 February 2026 Ref: CAM11846 Dear Requester, Thank you for your request for information dated 23 December 2025 about the number of Education, Health and Care Plan appeals lodged against the council. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested. However, we are withholding all of the information because it is exempt as explained below. We have explained where we are withholding information and what exemptions apply. Please see the refusal notices at the end of the answers which explain how and why they apply. For each year from 2023 to 2025 (to date), please provide: 1. The total number of EHCP appeals lodged against Camden Council. You clarified: Yes correct through Tribubal 2. For each appeal, the number that related to each of the following categories: • 1:1 teaching assistant support • Speech and Language Therapy (SALT) provision • Occupational Therapy (OT) provision • Placement disputes • Any other type of provision challenged (please specify categories if recorded) 3. For each category above, please provide: • How many appeals were fully upheld, partially upheld, or unsuccessful • Any further breakdown of the outcome where available, including: - Hours or frequency of 1:1 support increased or reinstated - SALT sessions reinstated, increased, or amended - OT provision reinstated, increased, or amended - Placement decisions changed - Any other specific amendments or adjustments resulting from the appeal London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk 4. If possible, please provide the information in electronic format (Excel or CSV). We are withholding this information as we consider the following exemption applies. Refusal - Section 12: Cost of Compliance Exceeds the Appropriate Limit We are refusing your request under Section 12 of the Freedom of Information Act on cost grounds because we estimate that compliance with your request will exceed the "appropriate limit". This is £450 which is equivalent to 18 hours at £25 per hour. The per hour figure is set by Regulations rather than actual salary paid to any officers handling requests. The appropriate limit includes the time it will take the council to discover if it holds the information requested, to locate it, extract it and collate it as well as putting it into any particular format requested by the requester. ICO guidance confirms that once a public authority calculates that more than 18 hours would be required to locate, extract and collate the requested information, it may refuse the request in full. There is no requirement to calculate the exact time or work up to the limit. Accessing the information you have requested would require significant manual effort due to the way it is currently stored. We therefore do not hold the information in an easily reportable format. For each appeal registered, officers would need to manually review all associated tribunal orders. Each appeal typically generates an average of 4-5 detailed orders, and final orders can extend up to six pages. These documents are legally complex and do not explicitly record outcomes as “upheld,” “partially upheld” or “unsuccessful.” Instead, multiple elements may be disputed within a single appeal, with some upheld and others not. Determining the outcome categories you have requested would therefore require a manual, line-by-line review of each order. We estimate that this review would take 15 minutes per order. During the specified period, 161 appeals were registered. Some 2024 cases and many 2025 cases remain ongoing, therefore the figures for appeals closed and those concluded prior to hearing are still subject to change. We calculate that complying with your request would take approximately 40.25 hours in total, including locating information held, analysing the content and collating it into your preferred format. As this exceeds the 18-hour appropriate limit, Section 12 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 applies. Advice and Assistance It is difficult to refine the scope of your request in a way that would bring it with the 18- hour cost limit. While we may be able to undertake a limited spot check of a small number of orders over a short time period, this would not produce reliable or meaningful information for the purpose of your request. Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk, telephone 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Lorna Jonas-Tinson Information Rights Officer2026-02-10T21:45:10CAM104562025-06-26T00:00:00regarding sellers who have taken payment for goods but failed to deliver them and have also refused to issue a refund or respond appropriatelyDate: 26/06/2025 Ref: CAM10456 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 13/06/2025 about regarding sellers who have taken payment for goods but failed to deliver them and have also refused to issue a refund or respond appropriately. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council does not hold the information requested. 1. The number of reports received by your Trading Standards office between April 2024 to May 2025 regarding sellers who have taken payment for goods but failed to deliver them and have also refused to issue a refund or respond appropriately 
 2. The reported total or estimated value of the undelivered items in these cases The council does not hold this information because the information is produced by the Citizens Advice Consumer Service. Information on how to contact them is here. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Yours sincerely Philip Lewis Information Rights Team2025-07-03T00:00:00CAM104632025-07-02T00:00:00a list of all your public waste binsDate: 02/07/2025 Ref: CAM10463 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 16/06/2025 about a list of all your public waste bins. We have dealt with this under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds some of the information requested. We have stated where we do not hold the information requested and why. Please could you provide a list of all your public waste bins, including the following information for each bin: Latitude and longitude (or other geolocation coordinates) Bin type (e.g. general waste, recycling, dog waste, etc.) And if it's available the installation date and servicing frequency would be useful! Please see below. We do not hold information of installation dates. Also, we do not record geolocation coordinates. Frequency of collection varies depending on the street, for instance bins on busier streets are emptied daily. April 2017 -date Bin Type Number of bins (approx) Street litter bins 1211 Street dog bins 35 Parks & open spaces 505 Parks & open spaces dog bins 107 As the information not held is environmental, we have to comply with a technicality and tell you that because it is not held it is excepted under Regulation 12 (4)(a) of the EIR 2004. The Information Commissioner does not require a public interest test where the information is not held. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner ’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Kieran Heneghan Information Rights Officer2025-07-03T00:00:00CAM104762025-07-03T00:00:00how many incidents where refuse collectors were physically assaulted by members of the public while carrying out council dutiesDate: 03/07/2025 Ref: CAM10476 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 17/06/2025 about how many incidents where refuse collectors were physically assaulted by members of the public while carrying out council duties. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested. 1. In the last financial year 2024/25 how many incidents did your authority record where refuse collectors were physically assaulted by members of the public while carrying out council duties? Please give a brief description of the circumstances of the incident. NOTE: By refuse collectors I mean all employees whose main duties are involved in the collection of rubbish (all types) from homes and businesses with your authority. NOTE: If the refuse collection duties are carried out by a third party company hired by the council the information is still HELD by the council, because it is information held on your behalf. There were five incidents of verbal abuse reported in 2024 however none were reported via the formal log as employees did not want to participate. Most cases were a result of a vehicle blocking a road during collections. To date there have been no reports in 2025. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner ’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Kieran Heneghan Information Rights Officer2025-07-03T00:00:00CAM102082025-06-25T00:00:00information relating to the cycle lane on Drake Street WC1CAM10208 - Proctor St leading to Red Lion Sq WC1. 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We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000/Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested. Local Authorities must comply with the RR(Fire Safety) Order 2005 to make its street properties compliant with current fire safety regulation. This includes installation of multi-sensor detectors, fitted in communal stairwells and then within each residence properties, a heat detector. Also Emergency lighting in communal areas, and upgrade of new fire doors where necessary. Please can you provide me with information relating to the schedule of costs the Council will be charging for these works, and how these charges will be passed on to leaseholders under the S.20 process for Major Works. Clarified as – I refer to your response to my FOI request regarding costs for works. I understand that some information relating to Tenders/Contracts can be sensitive and not generally available to the public. I am a leaseholder resident in the London Borough of Islington. Where Islington Council is the landlord of premises, Section 20 notices have been served on leaseholders where the Council intends to undertake fires safety works as outlined in my FOI. The cost of these works seems extemely exorbitant - for a leasehold property (3 flats) the cost (contribution under S.20) can range betweem £8,000 and £20,000 plus per flat. Therefore, on behalf of a serveral leaseholders, I have been asked to try to ascertain the costs from other neighbouring London boroughs so we can compare costs. Are you able to share a schedule of costs for installation of the works or if possible an example of costs for a building in your area containing 3 flats. Below is an example of a Bill of Quantities for similar fire safety works that Camden has received through a competitive tendering process. It should be noted that these costs are from June 2023. This won’t be a like for like comparison as your work will be specific to your block and what the Fire Risk Assessment (FRA) says is needed in your building and how Islington tendered the works. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Element Total Asbestos works £45,988.80 Firestopping £485,234.80 Fire doors and related works £430,772.28 Emergency Lighting £351,820.00 Total works £1,313,815.88 Project Overheads £302,407.16 Central Overheads & Profit £96,973.38 TOTAL £1,713,196.42 The above relates to 164 blocks containing 688 homes. In regard to your question - how these charges will be passed on to leaseholders under the S.20 process for Major Works, if leaseholders are consulted, they may be recharged the full amount permissible under the terms of the lease. However, the extent of what can be recharged is not solely determined by the lease; it is also governed by both primary and secondary legislation. While the general consultation process is widely publicised, its specific application will depend on the individual terms of each lease. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Kieran Heneghan Information Rights Officer2025-06-27T00:00:00CAM103642025-06-23T00:00:00Additionally Resourced ProvisionsDate: 23/06/2025 Case ref: CAM10364 London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 28 May 2025 about the Additionally Resourced Provisions. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested and the answers to your questions are as follows: - Additionally Resourced Provisions (ARPs) currently being used for young people aged 16 and under with Education, Health and Care Plans (EHCPs) or statements for the previous and current academic years (2023/2024 and 2024/2025): Please include the following information in an Excel document, broken down under these headings: • Category of Need supported by the ARP (e.g., ASD, SEMH, etc.) • Name of School hosting the ARP • Number of pupils placed in the ARP • Type of placement (e.g., Full-time, Part-time) • Cost per pupil per year Please find relevant information attached. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk, Telephone: 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/. The ICO website https://www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Peter Williams Information Rights Officer2025-06-27T00:00:00CAM103692025-06-25T00:00:00Fire Doors in Social HousingDate: 25/06/2025 Ref: CAM10369 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 29/05/2025 about Fire Doors in Social Housing. We have dealt with this under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested. Freedom of Information Request - Fire Doors in Social Housing: I would be grateful if you could provide data relating to the fire safety compliance of residential properties under your authority’s supervision, particularly in relation to fire doors. Specifically, I am seeking information on compliance with regulations and guidance introduced following the Grenfell Tower fire and subsequent government reviews. Could you please provide the following: 1. As of the date of this request, how many individual residential units (flats, maisonettes, etc.) are owned or managed by the council? Of these, how many are located in buildings over 11 metres in height (or 5+ storeys)? There are 33,689 individual residential units of which 14,324 are located in buildings over 11 metres in height (or 5+ storeys). 2. How many flat entrance doors are currently installed across your housing stock? How many of these are currently certified to at least FD30 standard (30 minutes fire resistance)? There are 33,689 flat entrance doors of which 7,934 are currently certified to at least FD30 standard. 3. How many communal fire doors (e.g. in corridors, stairwells, lobbies) exist across your housing properties? How many of these are currently certified to at least FD30 standard (30 minutes fire resistance)? 4,910. 4. Since the Fire Safety (England) Regulations 2022 came into force on 23 January 2023, how many: a. Flat entrance doors have been inspected? 11,761 as of 1st May 2023. b. Communal fire doors have been inspected? 4,910. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk c. How many doors were found to be non-compliant (e.g. missing self-closers, damage, inadequate certification)? 3,792. d. Of those non-compliant doors, how many have since been replaced or repaired? 2,217 Identified as still needing replacement to meet current standards? 1,575. 5. Do you have a forward programme or procurement plan for fire door replacements in the next 1–3 years? If so: a. How many doors are scheduled for replacement? 4,607. b. What is the estimated timeline or completion target? By the end of 2027/28. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Philip Lewis Information Rights Officer2025-06-27T00:00:00CAM103962025-06-26T00:00:00various questions about social housing stockDate: 26/06/2025 Ref: CAM10396 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 05/06/2025 about various questions about social housing stock. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000/Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds some of the information requested. 1. How many units of social housing stock do you currently have? 2. How many units of social housing stock did you own in the years 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025? The information for questions 1 & 2 is available as a dataset on our Open Data Portal at Camden Council - Camden Housing Stock . 3. How many of these social housing units are currently in rental arrears? As of 1 June 2025, 9,526 were in arrears. 4. How many of these social housing units were in rental arrears in the years 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025? See the answer to question 6. 5. What is the total value of these rental arrears? The total value is £17,154,756. 6. What was the total value of these rental arrears in the years 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025? Due to the limitations of our current systems, we do not retain data dating back to 2019. Year Number in arrears Arrears value 2019 No data available No data available 2020 8,662 £8,066,914 2021 9,140 £10,387,511 2022 9,608 £12,363,773 2023 11,088 £15,433,219 2024 10,037 £17,408,007 London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner ’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Kieran Heneghan Information Rights Officer2025-06-27T00:00:00CAM104012025-06-25T00:00:00licence granted by the Camden Events Team for the Eid al-Adha event on the morning of Friday 6 June 2025Date: 25/06/2025 Ref: CAM10401 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 06/06/2025 about licence granted by the Camden Events Team for the Eid al-Adha event on the morning of Friday 6 June 2025. We have dealt with this under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested. Please can you send me the licence granted by the Camden Events Team for the Eid al -Adha event, organised by the Kilburn and Hampstead Masjid, on the basketball court of Kilburn Grange Park, and in the park itself, on the morning of Friday 6 June 2025. Please find the event permit attached. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner ’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Yours sincerely Kieran Heneghan Information Rights Officer2025-06-27T00:00:00CAM104032025-06-25T00:00:00numbers of people with a learning disability that have been moved from their own home into a nursing or residential dementia care home for older peopleDate: 25/06/2025 Ref: CAM10403 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 05/06/2025 about numbers of people with a learning disability that have been moved from their own home into a nursing or residential dementia care home for older people. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested. 1. Between April 2023 – March 2025 how many people with a learning disability have been moved from their own home into a nursing or residential dementia care home for older people 0. 2. Between April 2023 – March 2025 how many people with the specific diagnosis of Down’s Syndrome have been moved from their own home into a nursing or residential dementia care home for older people? 0. 3. Between April 2023 – March 2025 how many people with a learning disability have moved from a supported living service or residential home that specialises in supporting people with a learning disability into a nursing or residential dementia care home for older people? 0. 4. In all cases of the above, what was the average cost per week to support a person with learning disabilities prior to their move into a nursing or residential dementia care home for older people? Please see below. 5. Between April 2023 – March 2025 what was the average cost to support an older person living in a nursing or residential care home for older people? £1,150.61. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner ’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Kieran Heneghan Information Rights Officer2025-06-27T00:00:00CAM104052025-06-25T00:00:00the Council's strategies to tackle Child Sexual Exploitation (CSE)Date: 25/06/2025 Ref: CAM10405 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 06/06/2025 about the Council's strategies to tackle Child Sexual Exploitation (CSE). We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds some of the information requested. 1. Does the council have a standalone Child Sexual Exploitation (CSE) strategy? If so, please provide a copy of the most recent version. Camden has a Vulnerable Adolescents Strategy which oversees our response to CSE and other forms of extra familial harm; including CCE, CSE, Harmful Sexual Behaviour, Youth Violence, Radicalisation and Modern Slavery. 2. Does the council have any other strategies to tackle other forms of child exploitation? For clarity the primary focus of the strategy should be child exploitation, not included as part of wider safeguarding strategies. As above. 3. Has the local authority undertaken any evaluation or impact assessment of any child exploitation strategy or services in the past 3 years? If so, please provide a copy of any relevant reports, Camden Safeguarding Children Partnership (CSCP) publishes an annual report every year to assess impact. We’ve attached the last published report in 2023/24, the report for 2024/25 will be available shortly and published on the Camden Safeguarding Children Partnership website . 4. Are elected members given briefings or oversight of the council’s work on child exploitation? (e.g. briefings, training sessions, regular reports at committee or scrutiny meetings?) Yes. 5. Please provide a copy of any current multi-agency protocol or partnership agreement relating to child exploitation (including CSE, criminal exploitation, trafficking, or online harm). Please find the CSCP Extra familial harm and Child Exploitation Guidance attached. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk 6. Please provide membership by organisation and frequency of meetings for the multi - agency partnership for child exploitation. Multiagency Child Exploitation (MACE) Panel Frequency: Monthly Membership Local Authority Services including; Children Social Care, Gangs Partnership, Education, Youth Justice Service, Prevent and Community Safety Metropolitan Police Service Health (NHS) Sexual Health Services Vulnerable Adolescent Strategy Group Frequency: Bimonthly Membership Local Authority Services including; Children Social Care, Family Help, Gangs Partnership, Education, Youth Justice Service, Youth Services, Prevent, Community Safety, Children’s Commissioning, VAWG Lead Metropolitan Police Service Health (NHS) Sexual Health Services Camden’s Safeguarding Children Partnership Probation Service 7. Does the local authority undertake regular audits of child exploitation cases (including CSE)? If so, please provide: Yes, we routinely audit children’s records, including those of children at risk of exploitation. However, these audits have generally been conducted across all children rather than thematically, so we are unable to provide data in the format requested below. The number of audits carried out in the last 12 months The key findings from these audits Any improvement actions identified and their current status? 8. What specific services or interventions does the local authority provide or commission to prevent child exploitation? Missing outreach service, intelligence and analysis, gangs partnership, Engage (support for children in custody), Turnaround (early intervention YJS support), Evolve (transitional support for young people experiencing exploitation or youth violence risk aged 17.5 to 25 yrs), Youth Early Help and Youth Hubs, The Hive (health and wellbeing hub, delivered by Catch 22 and the NHS), Community Safety response, NRM Panel pilot site. Partnership response through the Vulnerable Adolescents strategy and training and development. 9. How many children were referred to early help or preventative services due to risk of exploitation in the last 12 months? Please provide the number of: Our interpretation of the question is that this refers to children identified as vulnerable to exploitation where the lead professional sits outside of social work. Below are those children risk assessed for vulnerability to exploitation in early help and youth services. Children identified as at risk of CSE in the last 12 months We do not highlight children within our datasets as either ‘at risk’ of or ‘victims of’ as we consider children across a spectrum of risk. Below are the risk categories identified High risk – 0 Medium risk – 2 Low risk – 6 No concerns - 3 Children identified as victims of CSE in the last 12 months As above. Children identified as at risk of other forms of exploitation (e.g. criminal exploitation, modern slavery, trafficking) We do not highlight children within our datasets as either ‘at risk’ of or ‘victims of’ as we consider children across a spectrum of risk. Below are the risk categories identified. High risk – 6 Medium risk – 4 Low risk – 8 No concerns - 8 Children identified as victims of other forms of exploitation (e.g. criminal exploitation, modern slavery, trafficking) As above. 10. What was the total budget allocated to child exploitation work (including prevention and victim support) in the previous three financial years (22/23, 23/24, 24/25)? Our response to exploitation is embedded across multiple services; including Children’s social care, Early Help, Youth Services (including the Youth Justice Service) and Community Safety. Our preventative response is delivered through a wider contextual safeguarding lens, to ensure all children and adults feels safe in the borough. It is not possible for us to quantify the specific budget responding to child exploitation across the local authority due to the dynamic nature of this response. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner ’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Kieran Heneghan Information Rights Officer2025-06-27T00:00:00CAM104072025-06-26T00:00:00number of looked after children that have gone missingDate: 26/06/2025 Ref: CAM10407 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 06/06/2025 about number of looked after children that have gone missing. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested. Under the FOIA 2000, please could you tell me (i) the number of looked after children in the council area have gone missing one or more times in the last year, 67. (ii) how many have been subsequently found, and 66. (ii) after how long. The majority of these missing episodes ended within 24 hours. Our longest missing episode for one of our children was 36 days. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner ’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Kieran Heneghan Information Rights Officer2025-06-27T00:00:00CAM104142025-06-26T00:00:00how many days were Rockwood Pictures given permission to film in Camden in May/June/July/Auguest in CamdenDate: 26/06/2025 Ref: CAM10414 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 09/06/2025 about how many days were Rockwood Pictures given permission to film in Camden in May/June/July/Auguest in Camden. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council does not hold the information requested. How many days were Rockwood Pictures given permission to film in Camden in May/June/July/Auguest in Camden? What did Rockwood Pictures pay per day for this? What is the cost of policing each day given that the sets were subject to significant disruption from protestors? The film office, Film Fixer, has confirmed that we do not have any productions in Camden operating under the name Rockwood Pictures. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner ’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Yours sincerely Kieran Heneghan Information Rights Officer2025-06-27T00:00:00CAM104172025-06-26T00:00:00a list of council run youth centres and clubs which have operated at any point between 2009 and nowDate: 26/06/2025 Ref: CAM10417 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 09/06/2025 about a list of council run youth centres and clubs which have operated at any point between 2009 and now. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds some of the information requested. Could I please have a list of council run youth centres and clubs with their address (including postcode), which have operated at any point between 2009 and now, along with dates of opening and closure if they started or ceased operation over the period? Please find the information attached and note that in the absence of centralized records, we do not hold data from before 2013. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner ’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Yours sincerely Kieran Heneghan Information Rights Officer2025-06-27T00:00:00CAM104262025-06-25T00:00:00solar energy investment and/or sustainability energy initiativesDate: 25/06/2025 Ref: CAM10426 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 09/06/2025 about solar energy investment and/or sustainability energy initiatives. We have dealt with this under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested. 1. Governance & Responsibility o Do you have a dedicated person or team responsible for solar energy investment and/or sustainability energy initiatives within your organisation? No, several teams deploy solar e.g. regeneration team, climate team, schools property team and housing. o If so, please provide their role/title (personal names are not required). N/A. 2. Current Solar Deployment o How many solar panel installations (PV systems) do you currently operate across your estate? We have 99 PV systems recorded on the renewable energy generation summary; however, we do not hold all the MCS certs/generation information. o What is the total installed capacity of these systems (in kWp)? Installed capacity = 1,181 kW Annual kWh generation = 1,004,169 kWh. o What proportion of your organisation’s energy usage is currently provided by solar generation? Based on Camden’s Oct 24 – Sep 25 electricity schedules, approximately 2% of Camden’s energy usage is currently provided by solar generation. 3. Investment & Strategy o Does your organisation have a documented investment strategy for expanding the use of solar panels or increasing on-site renewable energy generation? o If so, please provide a copy of or link to the relevant strategy or plan (or summarise key points if not published). Not specifically solar, but we have a carbon reduction strategy please see www.camden.gov.uk/climate-crisis London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk 4. Solar and Net Zero Commitments o Does solar energy form part of your organisation’s Net Zero / Carbon Reduction Strategy? Yes. o If yes, how is progress against this strategy communicated to the public (e.g. via website, reports, dashboards, etc.)? The annual reports are on the webpages above. 5. Future Plans o Are there any planned solar panel projects or expansions within the next 3 years? If yes, please provide high-level details (e.g. number of sites, scale of deployment, approximate timescales). Yes - major installation across 3,000 homes planned as well as at least 8 further schools . o Have you conducted any feasibility studies on increasing solar capacity in the past 3 years? If so, can these be shared? No. 6. Procurement & Partnerships o Does your organisation currently use any third -party companies or frameworks to deliver solar energy solutions or manage installations? If yes, which ones? We deliver some of our solar through a community energy partnership, but the majority are not via frameworks or dedicated 3rd parties. o Are there any upcoming procurement exercises planned relating to solar energy or wider renewable energy solutions? We are looking at a 6-8 school solar project using a community energy model. 7. Battery Storage o Do you currently use battery storage alongside your solar panels? No. o Are there plans to invest in battery storage in future? Potentially. 8. Funding o Has your organisation accessed or applied for any external funding to support solar energy projects (e.g. SALIX, Public Sector Decarbonisation Scheme, LEP funding)? Yes. 9. Barriers o What are the main barriers your organisation faces to further adoption of solar energy (e.g. funding, planning restrictions, roof suitability, internal resource)? No barriers other than funding and business case. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Philip Lewis Information Rights Officer2025-06-27T00:00:00CAM104322025-06-25T00:00:00amount of money you believe construction contractor ISG owed London Borough of Camden when it went into administration in September 2024Date: 25/06/2025 Ref: CAM10432 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 10/06/2025 about amount of money you believe construction contractor ISG owed London Borough of Camden when it went into administration in September 2024. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested. 1) The amount of money you believe construction contractor ISG owed your London Borough of Camden when it went into administration in September 2024. The Council has not had any contracts with ISG and so no money is owed. 2) What the impact has been. Ie, have you had to make staff redundant because of it, have projects been delayed, etc? N/A. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Yours sincerely Philip Lewis Information Rights Officer2025-06-27T00:00:00CAM105022025-06-25T00:00:00sewage blockages in Chancellor's Court, Tybalds EstateDate: 25/06/2025 Ref: CAM10502 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 19/06/2025 about sewage blockages in Chancellor's Court, Tybalds Estate. We have dealt with this under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested. I would appreciate if the following information could be located and forwarded either under FOI or under EIR 1. Recorded number of sewage blockages that required intervention in flat x Chancellor's Court, Tybalds Estate. This question is excepted under Regulation 12(3) as it is personal information to that flat occupier. See the refusal notice below. However based on your comments below we advise you to make a disclosure request to disclosurerequests@camden.gov.uk and quote the EIR reference number above. 2. Number of leaks and water ingress/damage/burst pipes in the communal area of Chancellor's Court, Tybalds Estate 7. 3. Number of sewage interventions due to blockages/ water accumulations and similar located outside flats and in particular outside Chancellor's Court. 27. 4. Water supply in Chancellor's Court; Bathroom water is supplied via a tank at the top of the building whilst the kitchen water is supplied via mains. Please provide any information available in regards to this setting. The Chancellors Court schematic drawing of the water services layout is attached. While I appreciate that information relating to the flat number x may be confidential these incidences relate directly to me as the occupier of flat number x. Elem, in order for the each interventions to take place the plumber required access to my flat. In relation to burst pipes in the communal area, I am aware of the event in October 2024 which directly impacted my supply of water and heating. I would like to know if there were recorded any other instances. There have been no other jobs raised before October 2024. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk In regards to points 1, 2 and 3 I only require information in terms of numbers from the period of June 2019 until June 2025. In terms of point number 4 I am trying to ascertain the quality of water and steps that I could take to improve for my personal benefit. Water supply quality is predominantly the responsibility of Thames water as the distribution network operator. Thames water are required to provide wholesome ( drinkable) water to the property. Camden council ( the landlord) are required to manage the water services in the block to comply with the relevant legislation ( L8 Approved code of practice, HSG 274 part 2 and 3) . I sincerely hope that you could meet my requirement. Refusal Notice: Regulation 12(3) The council considers that to disclose the personal data requested would not be in accordance with data protection legislation and therefore we have withheld some/all of the information under the absolute exemption in Regulation 12(3). The exemption states that personal data requested may be withheld when to release it would be a breach of the requirements of data protection law which is the UK General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the Data Protection Act 2018. The information withheld is personal information because it allows living individuals to be identified. The council considers that it would be a breach of the General Data Protection Regulation article 5 requirements of fairness and proportionality to publish this personal information in a FOI request. In doing this we have considered the legitimate public interest in disclosure against the interests of the data subject/s and concluded that in the circumstances disclosure would contravene the data protection requirements of fairness and proportionality particularly considering that Freedom of Information responses are public documents and published to the world and not provided just to the requester. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Philip Lewis Information Rights Officer2025-06-27T00:00:00CAM101302025-05-13T00:00:00Rosemary House area designated for emergency servicesDate: 12/06/2025 Ref: CAM10130 Updated Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 13/05/2025 about Rosemary House area designated for emergency services. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested. There is an area directly outside my block where the refuse bins are kept (Rosemary House, Leighton Road, NW5 2UX), which many years ago we were told is designated for emergency services use only and no one is allowed to park there. Please could you tell me: 1. Is this area truly for emergency services only? If so, for how long has it been a designated space? No, there are no parking restrictions on this area. That is because t his estate is not currently subject to the Traffic Management Act (TMA) 2004 enforcement. That means that any implied ‘restrictions’ on the housing estate land, whether signed or marked are advisory only and have no force in law. The Council currently cannot enforce these but welcome details of cars that are parking where they shouldn’t so we can consider what further action we could take. 2. Have there ever been and/or are there any current plans to clearly mark out this specific area as being for emergency vehicles only (e.g floor markings and signs)? Not in this way, but if a Traffic Management Order is made then restrictions could be made. 3. What are the penalties for cars/vans parking in that space if it is strictly for emergency vehicles only? There are currently no restrictions in place that can be enforced, so there are no penalties. 4. What regulations does Camden Council have regarding the 24/7 unobstructed provision of space for emergency vehicles inside Willingham Close estate, specifically the area directly outside Rosemary House where the refuse bins are? There are currently no restrictions in place that can be enforced, because there is no Traffic Management Order in place. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk 5. Does Camden Council have legal obligations to ensure 24/7 unobstructed emergency vehicle access to designated areas, including this specific space outside Rosemary House where the refuse bins are? None of the markings on estates, other than the few that have been included in a TMO, and which have Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions (TSRGD) compliant signing, currently have any force in law. 6. Can Camden Council provide records of any agreements or formal communications between Camden Council and emergency services (such as the London Fire Brigade) regarding the 24/7 protection of designated spaces for emergency services? There is nothing held by the council around this specific issue. 7. Are there any internal policies or external legal requirements Camden Council has in place that they must follow to ensure that emergency vehicle spaces are kept clear at all times for emergency use only? Can you provide relevant documentation of these policies? There is nothing held by the council around this specific issue. 8. Have there been any past complaints or incidents involving blocked access to the emergency services space outside Rosemary House where the refuse bins are, and how were these complaints handled? What actions were taken to resolve any such incidents? There has been one complaint about this issue in the past 2 years, in April 2025. It was resolved through advice being given to the complainant. 9. Is Camden Council aware of the potential violation of emergency vehicle space due to unauthorised parking in this designated area? What steps have been taken or are planned to address this issue and ensure the space remains available 24/7 for emergency vehicles only? There is no formal designation of parking- any signs and spaces are advisory only and so there cannot be violations as such. Council has recently completed the first phase of a programme to introduce Traffic Management Orders (TMOs) across a number of estates, providing us with the legal powers needed to enforce against dangerous and inconsiderate parking. This has already been implemented on nine estates. This is an option for the future for this estate. 10. Does Camden Council have any plans to implement a Traffic Management Order (TMO) for the area inside Willingham Close estate opposite Rosemary House, to enhance enforcement of parking restrictions? If not, can you explain why this estate has not been included in the TMO rollout, especially given recent and past reports with photographic evidence of cars parking illegally in a space for emergency vehicles? There are no current specific plans, but the council will shortly prioritise the locations for Phase 2 of this programme and eventually aims to have a TMO for all estates. 11. Can Camden Council provide any documentation or records of communications with enforcement contractors (e.g., NSL) regarding the monitoring and enforcement of parking restrictions at Rosemary House? If not, why not? There is nothing held, but as there is no TMO in place there can be no enforcement by NSL and so communication would not be expected. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Philip Lewis Information Rights Officer2025-06-24T00:00:00CAM102372025-05-23T00:00:00the top 10 camera locations that have issued PCNsDate: 17/06/2025 Ref: CAM10237 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 27/05/2025 about the top 10 camera locations that have issues PCN's. We have dealt with this under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested. For the past 12 months that data is available, please provide the top 10 camera locations that have issues PCN's to motorists please include the full address of each camera. Please include the times of operating and any dates that the cameras do not operate. Source Enforcement_Location Nearest_Junction Issued PCNs Control_Hours LW2672 TOTTENHAM COURT ROAD W1 Howland Street 22,264 Monday - Saturday 08:00 to 19:00 LW2560 TOTTENHAM COURT ROAD W1 Chenies Street (NORTHBOUND) 17,486 Monday - Saturday 08:00 to 19:00 LW2564 TOTTENHAM COURT ROAD W1 Hanway Street / Great Russell 8,973 Monday - Saturday 08:00 to 19:00 LW2562 TOTTENHAM COURT ROAD W1 University Street 6,721 Monday - Saturday 08:00 to 19:00 LW2300 SANDALL ROAD NW5 Bartholomew Road 6,013 Monday - Friday 08:00 to 09:00, 15:00 to 16:00 (during term time only) LW2563 MAPLE STREET W1 Tottenham Court Road 5,798 AT ALL TIMES LW2677 ELSWORTHY ROAD NW3 5,583 8:00 -9:00 and 3:00 -4:00 Monday to Friday, during school term time only LW2561 TOTTENHAM COURT ROAD W1 Chenies Street (SOUTHBOUND) 5,011 Monday - Saturday 08:00 to 19:00 LW2298 HARMOOD STREET NW1 Clarence Way 3,843 AT ALL TIMES LW2235 FROGNAL (CA -B) NW3 Arkwright Road 3,452 Monday - Friday 08:00 to 09:00, 15:00 to 16:15 (during term time only) London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Please split the PCN data down to day of the week (and hour bands if that data is possible). Day of the week Issued PCN's Mon 13,826 Tue 14,324 Wed 14,473 Thu 14,884 Fri 14,456 Sat 12,054 Sun 1,127 Hour Issued PCN's 0 203 1 121 2 86 3 75 4 51 5 52 6 104 7 527 8 9567 9 7187 10 6054 11 6794 12 7088 13 7075 14 7156 15 12016 16 7386 17 5754 18 6265 19 391 20 363 21 315 22 289 23 225 Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Philip Lewis Information Rights Officer2025-06-24T00:00:00CAM102432025-06-02T00:00:00housing staff assaultsDate: 23/05/2025 Case ref: CAM10243 London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 09 May 2025 about housing staff assaults. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA). Response The council holds some of the information requested. The answers to your questions are below. We have stated where we do not hold the information requested and why. Please provide the following data for your council: 1. How many assaults were reported against your council's housing staff in 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, and in the first quarter of 2025? 2. For each of these years, how many of these assaults were verbal? 2019: 1; 2020: 8; 2021: 5; 2022: 7; 2023: 22; 2024: 9; 2025 (Q1): 4 3. For each of these years, how many of these assaults were physical? 2019: 0; 2020: 0; 2021: 1; 2022: 2; 2023: 6; 2024: 3; 2025 (Q1): 0 4. For each of these years, how many of these assaults were sexual? 5. For each of these years, how many of these assaults involved abuse related to a protected characteristic/hate speech? We do not hold all of this information. This is because we have not recorded or maintained a relevant dataset regarding all of the categories requested, and before 2019 incidents were recorded by a previous provider and our Housing teams have since been restructured. We would not retain such information indefinitely. Please find see above the that we do hold. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication R egulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk, Telephone: 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/. The ICO website https://www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Peter Williams Information Rights Officer2025-06-24T00:00:00CAM103452025-06-23T00:00:00Council spend on contingency accommodation for asylum seekers, those granted asylum, and those in the country illegally in each year since 2020Date: 23/06/2025 Ref: CAM10345 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 27/05/2025 about Council spend on contingency accommodation for asylum seekers, those granted asylum, and those in the country illegally in each year since 2020. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council does not hold the information requested. How much has the council spent on contingency accommodation for : • asylum seekers, Contingency accommodation for asylum seekers has been provided by the Home Office, as opposed to the Council, in the years 2020 to 2025. This includes contingency hotels, contracted by the Home Office or their providers and smaller units of dispersed accommodation. • those granted asylum, The Council has not provided contingency accommodation for those who have been granted asylum, in the years 2020 to 2025. • and those in the country illegally in each year since 2020. The Council has not provided contingency accommodation for individuals deemed to be living in the country illegally, in the years 2020 to 2025 Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Lorna Jonas-Tinson Information Rights Officer2025-06-24T00:00:00CAM103722025-06-24T00:00:00dementia care placementsDate: 24/06/2025 Case reference : CAM10372London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 28/05/2025 about dementia care placements.  We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.   Response The council holds the information requested.  However, we are withholding the information because it is exempt as explained below.  We have explained what exemption applies.  Please see the refusal notice which explains how and why it applies: The request is:  1. Who within the LA, has the commissioning responsibility for specialist nurse-led care home placements for older people (aged 65+) Please provide their: a. Name b. Job title c. Telephone number d. Email address 2. Does the LA categorise dementia care placements using the Seven-Tiered Model of Service Delivery for Behavioural and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia (BPSD), where Tier 1 indicates no dementia and Tier 7 represents very severe BPSD requiring secure specialist inpatient care? 3. If not, what framework or criteria does the LA use to categorise differing levels of complexity in dementia care placements? 4. Please provide the total number of older people (aged 65+) with dementia, funded by the LA, receiving nursing care in a care home, for the financial year 2023/24, 2024/25 and 2025/26 (projected), broken down by the A. Under £2,000 per week B. Over £2,000 per week 5. Please provide the total number of adults (aged 18-64) with a primary need of dementia (including early-onset dementia), funded by the LA, receiving long-term nursing care in a care home, for the financial year 2023/24, 2024/25 and 2025/26 (projected), broken down by the following weekly fee bands A. Under £2,000 per week B. Over £2,000 per week 6. Please provide a list of all providers with which the LA is funding older people (aged 65+) with dementia receiving nursing care in care homes, where the cost of care exceeds £2,000 per week. Please provide the list of providers as of 30th April 2025 7. Please provide a list of the five providers with which the LA is funding the largest number of older people (aged 65+) with dementia receiving nursing care in care homes, where the cost of care exceeds £2,000 per week. For each of the top five providers by volume of older people, please provide the number of older people funded during April 2025 and the corresponding expenditure by the Local Authority during the month of April 2025. 8. Please provide a list of all providers with which the LA is funding adults (aged 18–64) with a primary diagnosis of dementia (including early-onset dementia) receiving long-term nursing care in care homes, where the cost of care exceeds £2,000 per week Please provide the full list of providers as of 30 April 2025 9. Please provide a list of the five providers with which the LA is funding the largest number of adults (aged 18–64) with a primary diagnosis of dementia (including early-onset dementia) receiving long-term nursing care in care homes, where the weekly cost of care exceeds £2,000. For each of the top five providers by volume of services users, please provide the number of service users funded during April 2025 and the corresponding expenditure by the Local Authority during the month of April 2025. 10. During the financial year 2024/25, how many out-of-area placements did the LA make for older people (aged 65+) with dementia receiving nursing care in care homes, where the cost of care exceeded £2,000 per week? We are not processing this request as it would require a disproportionate amount of time, effort, and expense.  Please see the exemption notice set out below. Refusal Notice The exemption that applies is: section 12: cost of compliance exceeds appropriate limit We are refusing your request under section 12 on cost grounds because we estimate that compliance with your request will exceed the "appropriate limit". This is £450 which is equivalent to 18 hours at £25 per hour. The per hour figure is set by Regulations rather than actual salary paid to any officers handling requests. The appropriate limit includes the time it will take the council to discover if it holds the information requested, to locate it, extract it and collate it as well as putting it into any particular format requested by the requester.We have calculated that it will take approx. 19 hours (minimum) to comply with your request. This is because the data is not recorded in a way that would make it immediately available through an electronic report.  We have the technical expertise to extract it – but this would require time consuming production of bespoke programmes or scrips, we estimate it would take: -   Q1-3 - 1 hours’ worth of work for completing the qualitative information• Q4 - 4 hours work to develop and test• Q5 - 4 hours work to develop and test• Q6/7 - 4 hours work to develop and test• Q8/9 - 4 hours work to develop and test.• Q10 - 2 hours work to develop and test.• The information would have to be collated and formatted.• Advice and Assistance The request could be reduced to be under the appropriate limit by choosing the elements outlined above that are of most interest / importance. Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk , Telephone: 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website https://www.ico.org.uk may be useful.Yours sincerely, Lorna Jonas-Tinson Information Rights Officer2025-06-24T00:00:00CAM103992025-06-23T00:00:00Delivery of Affordable Jewellery Workspace under Policy S3 Hatton Garden Jewellery Industrial AreaDate: 23/06/2025 Ref: CAM10399 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 05/06/2025 about Delivery of Affordable Jewellery Workspace under Policy S3 Hatton Garden Jewellery Industrial Area. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds some of the information requested. 1. Delivery of Affordable Jewellery Workspace under Policy S3: o Since the inception of Policy S3 Hatton Garden Jewellery Industrial Area (as detailed in the Camden Local Plan 2017), please provide the total amount (e.g., in square metres or number of units) of affordable jewellery workspace that has been delivered within the designated Hatton Garden Jewellery Industrial Area. • Please provide a breakdown of this delivery by year, if possible. • Please see the table below. We do not hold the information on the year of delivery. Planning Application reference Development Name / Address Status Uses Affordable Workspace (sqm) 2014/2782/P 120 Holborn & 12A Leather Lane , EC1N 2TD complete Re-provided small jewellery studios 379 2010/0646/P Hatton Square Business Centre, Baldwins Gardens , EC1N 7RJ complete Re-provided small jewellery studios 1,183 2014/5873/P 18-26 Hatton Wall , EC1N 8JH complete Re-provided small jewellery studios 161 2018/0910/P 20-23 Greville Street, London, EC1N 8SS complete Re-provided 138sqm small jewellery studios & 25sqm Jewellery retail - exclusive use 163 2016/2181/P Minerva House, 26 -27 Hatton Garden, EC1N 8BR complete Re-provided small jewellery studios 71 2015/1925/P 84 HATTON GARDEN, EC1N 8JR complete Re-provided small jewellery studios 60 2020/5897/P 21 Baldwin's Gardens , EC1N 7UY complete Re-provided small jewellery studios 46 2016/6759/P Arundel House, Kirby Street , EC1N 8TE complete Re-provided small jewellery studios 491 London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk 2. Evidence Base for Draft Local Plan 2025 (Policies relating to Hatton Garden Jewellery Workspace): o With regards to the emerging Camden Draft Local Plan (anticipated for 2025/2026- 2041), please identify and provide copies of the specific evidence base documents, or relevant sections thereof, that are being used to support the continuation, modification, or replacement of policies aimed at providing and protecting affordable jewellery workspace within the Hatton Garden area (i.e., the successor or equivalent to Policy S3). Evidence to support the Inclusive Economy policies in the Camden Draft Local Plan, including the approach to Hatton Garden, is provided by the London Borough of Camden Economic Needs Assessment available on our website at https://www.camden.gov.uk/evidence and also attached. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Philip Lewis Information Rights Officer2025-06-24T00:00:00CAM104162025-06-24T00:00:00Section 106 Carbon offset payments made follow upDate: 24/06/2025 Ref: CAM10416 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 09/06/2025 about Section 106 Carbon offset payments made follow up. We have dealt with this under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested. Relating to Section 106 Carbon offset payments made, a request of the total expenditure of the payments made since the payments reported in FOI 5951 with a breakdown of the £732,943 spent since September 2023 Since September 2023 up until 1st April 2025, there has been a total of £761,171.19 spent of s106 carbon offset payments. A breakdown of the spend by project types is as follows: Project Type Spend Two school heat decarbonisation plans £26,989.48 Camden Climate Fund eligible projects £161,306.40 Energy efficiency works in 5 council buildings £271,844.81 Delivery of a solar photovoltaic array on Camden Owned sheltered housing - Henderson Court £120,500.00 LED lighting upgrades across 2 corporate buildings and Camden owned sheltered housing £80,503.00 Delivery of retrofit project at Spectrum Centre £100,027.50 Grand Total £761,171.19 Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Philip Lewis Information Rights Officer2025-06-24T00:00:00CAM104672025-06-24T00:00:00traffic, parking, LTN, other traffic contraventions where the vehicle owner is the Metropolitan Police but the car is non liveriedDate: 24/06/2025 Ref: CAM10467 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 05/06/2025 about traffic, parking, LTN, other traffic contraventions where the vehicle owner is the Metropolitan Police but the car is non liveried. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council does not hold the information requested. Could you let me know how many traffic, parking, LTN, other traffic contraventions (e.g bus lanes) and other vehicle fines were: a) issued, b) Paid c) Any other category (e.g. still open) during calendar year 2024 where the vehicle owner is the Metropolitan Police but the car is non liveried? The council does not hold this information. In a previous request you made, CAM6810, we refused the same request but for a different time period, under Section 12 of the Freedom of Information act. We stated that we would have to search through each of the 2000 PCNs which would take over 66 hours. The figures provided by the Parking Operations team was intended as an internal discussion in an attempt to find ways that the request could potentially be answered. On reflection the information cannot be provided as it is not collated, and we cannot get the information from images of contraventions as by definition the vehicles are non- livered. So checking each record manually would not have provided the information. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Philip Lewis Information Rights Team2025-06-24T00:00:00CAM102522025-06-18T00:00:00financial incentives offered to private landlords to accommodate the homeless, those at risk of becoming homelessDate: 18/06/2025 Ref: CAM10252 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 12/05/2025 about financial incentives offered to private landlords to accommodate the homeless, those at risk of becoming homeless . We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested. My request relates to the practice of local authorities paying private landlords monetary incentives to house clients who have approached the council as homeless or threatened with homelessness. 1. During the financial year 2024/25 how many occasions did the council pay a private landlord a monetary incentive to house a client who had approached the council as homeless or threatened with homelessness? 136. 2. Overall, during the financial year 2024/25, how much money did the council pay to private landlords in incentives to house clients who had approached as homeless or threatened with homelessness? £747,626. 3. Across the financial year 2024/25, what was the highest individual incentive the council paid to a private landlord to house a client who had approached as homeless or threatened with homelessness? £13,500 for a 3-year tenancy. 4. During the financial year of 2024/25, how many times did the council pay a private landlord to house a household who had approached as homeless or threatened with homelessness in the following types of accommodation: a) Temporary accommodation Zero. b) Assured shorthold tenancy in the private rented sector Clarified - You have interpreted question 4b correctly, it is a request for information specifically on homelessness prevention placements within the private rented sector under assured shorthold tenancies. Placements 136 Total incentives paid £747,626 London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Lorna Jonas-Tinson Information Rights Officer2025-06-23T00:00:00CAM102582025-06-13T00:00:00council taxDate: 13/06/2025 Case reference : CAM10258 London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 12 May 2025, and clarified on 23 May 2025, about  council tax.  We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 / Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested and the answers to your questions are as follows: The number of properties you have invoiced for the 100% council tax premium since 1st April 2025.1. As you clarified that you are only interested in the new second home levy with effect from 1 April 2025 (and therefore not the long-term empty & unfurnished 100% levy) the figures below are based on the current volume of each we have for each: empty and furnished (second home) levy = 5,974 properties• Please note the figure is given as the ‘as is’ as the actual number will have been higher, due to residents advising us the property was furnished but owners provided evidence it was not or even owners who had moved in permanently but not advised the council until they got a bill double the standard amount, etc. 2. The number of properties you have invoiced for the 100% council tax premium since 1st April 2025, who have applied for an exemption (split by reason for exemption). Please note the figures below are the number of exempt properties from the above levy scheme.  Some of these properties did not apply for the exemption as information in the council’s possession meant we automatically exempted them from the charge. Empty and furnished (second home) levy: - Class F exception (annexes forming part of, or being treated as part of, the main dwelling) = 5 Class G exception (dwellings actively marketed for sale) = 31 Class H exception (dwellings actively marketed for let) = 177 Class I exception (12 months from grant of probate / letters of administration) = 24 Class J exception (job related dwelling) = 2 Total = 239 Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk , Telephone: 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website https://www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Peter Williams Information Rights Officer2025-06-23T00:00:00CAM132502026-07-24T00:00:00131-148 Makepeace MansionsDate: 24/07/2026 Case reference: CAM13250 London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 08/07/2026 about 131-148 Makepeace Mansions.  We have dealt with this under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004 (EIR 2004). Response The council holds some of the information requested. The answers to your questions are below. We have stated where we do not hold the information requested and why. Thank you for your advice and assistance provided in your response dated 25/06/2026 (Ref: CAM12994). [CAM12994] In accordance with your guidance to submit a narrowed and targeted inquiry, I am submitting a new request under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004 (EIR).  Please restrict the scope of all searches exclusively to the specific property address listed below, including the building itself and any council-owned or managed land immediately adjoining it: Target Address: 131-148 Makepeace Mansions, Makepeace Avenue, N6 6ER For this specific location only, please provide: 1. Confirmation of whether any telecommunications equipment, 5G infrastructure, antennas, repeaters, rooftop communications equipment, or smart infrastructure is installed on or immediately adjoins this property. Having searched our records, we have not identified any active telecommunications equipment, 5G infrastructure, antennas, repeaters, rooftop communications equipment or other telecommunications infrastructure installed on, or immediately adjoining, the property. 2. Copies of the most recent ICNIRP compliance assessments or radiation assessments held by the council for any such equipment at this location. We do not hold this information.  As no telecommunications installation has been identified at this location, we do not hold any ICNIRP compliance certificates or radiation assessments relating to this property. 3. Access to, or copies of, the current licences, leases, or wayleave agreements held by the council relating to any active telecommunications equipment at this address. We do not hold any current licences, leases or wayleave agreements relating to active telecommunications equipment at this address. As the information not held is environmental, we have to comply with a technicality and tell you that because it is not held it is excepted under Regulation 12 (4)(a) of the EIR 2004.  The Information Commissioner does not require a public interest test where the information is not held. Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 40 working days of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk, Telephone: 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website https://www.ico.org.uk may be useful.Yours sincerely, Peter Williams Information Rights Officer2026-08-21T21:45:14CAM132522026-07-24T00:00:00planning enforcementDate: 24/07/2026 Case reference: CAM13252 London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 08/07/2026 about planning enforcement.    We have dealt with this under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004 (EIR 2004). Response The council holds the information requested. However, we are withholding all of the information because it is excepted as explained below. We have explained where we are withholding information and what exceptions apply. Please see the refusal notice at the end of the request which explains how and why it applies.   1. Information on how to access the public planning enforcement case register with your council, such as a link to a public portal online. 2. A machine-readable spreadsheet in XLSX or ODS format of alllogged by your authority this year in April, May, June, and July to date with the following columns: reference number, date received, address/location concerned, description of alleged breach, current status, date closed (if applicable). If this bulk dataset is already available for download as a spreadsheet and would therefore be exempt from disclosure, I’d be most grateful if using the link belowyou could point me to the correct place to do so. Information on planning enforcement is already publicly available: Enforcement Search. The further information requested is excepted from release under the EIR 2004.  Please see the exception notice set out below. Refusal NoticeThe exception that applies is: regulation 12(5)(b): the course of justice and inquiries exception    Regulation 12(5)(b) provides an exception from the disclosure of environmental information which would adversely the ability of a public authority to conduct an inquiry. In this case, there are ongoing enforcement investigations, and disclosure of the requested  information at this stage would be likely to prejudice the Council’s position by revealing details that could undermine the conduct of those investigations. In applying this exception, the Council has also considered the balance of the public interest in line with the EIR 2004.  The public interest argument for releasing this information is:  the Council would be providing information in an open and transparent way. (Medium weight) • the public would gain knowledge about planning enforcement cases in Camden. (Medium weight) • The public interest arguments for withholding the information are:  The public interest arguments for withholding the information are:- disclosure of this information would have the potential to prejudice the Council’s ability to successfully take any legal or enforcement actions by prematurely revealing details of the investigations. (High weight) • disclosure of this information would have the potential to prejudice other parties’ ability to successfully defend any legal or enforcement action by prematurely revealing details of the investigations. (High weight) • premature disclosure may result in the public being presented with incomplete information that gives a distorted or inaccurate view of the facts of the case. (Medium weight) • The council has concluded that the public interest in withholding the information outweighs the public interest in disclosing it.  We considered whether the presumption in favour of disclosure in the regulations overrides the decision to withhold and have concluded that it does not. Further InformationWe do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 40 working days of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk, Telephone: 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website https://www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Peter Williams Information Rights Officer2026-08-21T21:45:14CAM133052026-08-12T00:00:00safeguarding concerns where individuals were considered to be at risk of experiencing sexual exploitationDate: 12 August 2026 Ref: CAM13305 Dear Requester, Thank you for your request for information dated 14 July 2026 about safeguarding concerns where individuals were considered to be at risk of experiencing sexual exploitation. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds some of the information requested. However, we are withholding all of the information because it is exempt as explained below. We have explained where we are withholding information and what exemptions apply. Please see the refusal notices at the end of the answers which explain how and why they apply. In 2025, how many adult safeguarding concerns did you receive where the subject was considered to be experiencing or at risk of experiencing sexual exploitation? • Of those referrals, how many resulted in (1) a Section 42 enquiry, and (2) other safeguarding enquiries? • Is there a multi-agency forum in this local authority area which discusses individual cases of children who have been subject to sexual exploitation (e.g. Slavery Exploitation Risk Assessment Conference)?1 o If yes: - Please provide the name(s) of the group(s) - Does it focus specifically on sexual exploitation or on exploitation or other forms of harm more broadly? - What happens when a child subject to multi-agency case management in relation to sexual exploitation turns 18?2 • Is there a multi-agency forum in this local authority area which discusses individual cases of adults who have been subject to sexual exploitation (e.g. Slavery Exploitation Risk Assessment Conference)?1 o If yes: - Please provide the name(s) of the group(s) - Does it focus specifically on sexual exploitation or on exploitation or other forms of harm more broadly? - Which agencies are involved? • What housing pathways are available for people experiencing or at risk of homelessness due to fleeing sexual exploitation?3 London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk • Do you commission a service to support women who have experienced sexual exploitation and/or who are involved in the sex industry? • If yes: o How much funding is provided? o Is this funded via a particular funding stream? o Is the funding specifically for support for those who have experienced sexual exploitation and/or who are involved in the sex industry, or is this part of a wider service (e.g. a sexual assault service that also supports those who have experienced sexual exploitation)? Explanatory note 1: Multi-agency forum could refer to a panel, hub, co-located teams etc. that brings together partner agencies to share information and coordinate responses to children or adults at risk. The equivalent in domestic abuse would be MARAC. We are interested in panels, hubs etc. that discuss a wider range of cases than just sexual exploitation, provided it would be a suitable forum for sexual exploitation to be discussed. Explanatory note 2: Examples of measures might include, but are not limited to, keeping young adults on the caseload up to a certain age; referring cases to an adult panel; referring to specialist adult services. Explanatory note 3: This could be a formalised housing pathway, similar to what is often used in domestic abuse cases, or commissioning of specialist services for people experiencing homelessness as a result of sexual exploitation. Alternatively, people may only be able to access the mainstream housing pathway. Please advise if this request is likely to take longer than 18 hours in which case we can adapt the questions accordingly. We are withholding this information as we consider the following exemption applies. Refusal Notice Section 12: Cost of Compliance Exceeds the Appropriate Limit We are refusing your request under Section 12 of the Freedom of Information Act on cost grounds because we estimate that compliance with your request will exceed the "appropriate limit". This is £450 which is equivalent to 18 hours at £25 per hour. The per hour figure is set by Regulations rather than actual salary paid to any officers handling requests. The appropriate limit includes the time it will take the council to discover if it holds the information requested, to locate it, extract it and collate it as well as putting it into any particular format requested by the requester. Where the council reasonably estimates that responding would exceed the 18-hour limit, it is permitted to refuse the entire request without calculating the exact time or working up to the limit. We have noted your comments about the scope of your request. However, the council is required to assess the request, together with any clarifications provided, as submitted and apply any relevant provisions of the Act where appropriate. In relation to adults, Camden does not operate a multi-agency forum dedicated exclusively to adult sexual exploitation. Concerns involving adults with care and support needs who are experiencing, or at risk of, sexual exploitation may be considered through the Adult Social Care MASH and the Care Act safeguarding process. Where wider multi-agency risk management is required, cases may also be considered through the High-Risk Panel or other relevant multi-agency arrangements, including adult cuckooing arrangements and Community MARAC, depending on the nature of the risk. To assess the scope of this element of your request, we identified 98 concerns, together with 40 section 42 enquiries that may fall within scope. Based on this scoping exercise, we estimate that it would take approximately 15 minutes per record to locate, retrieve and extract the relevant information. Information relating to adult safeguarding concerns involving sexual exploitation is not held in a readily reportable format and cannot be identified through a standard system report or search. To establish whether the information is held, individual safeguarding records would need to be manually reviewed to determine whether sexual exploitation was a factor in each case. To estimate the cost of compliance, we identified 98 concerns, together with 40 section 42 enquiries that may be relevant to your request. Based on this assessment, we estimate that it would take approximately 15 minutes per record to locate, retrieve and extract the relevant information. Complying with your request would take approximately 34.5 hours. As this significantly exceeds the 18-hour appropriate limit set by the Act, Section 12 applies. Advice and assistance If submitting a new request, you should consider refining this, by narrowing its scope and reducing the period to a quarter year or six month period. A Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk, telephone 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Lorna Jonas-Tinson Information Rights Officer2026-09-02T21:45:31CAM134812026-08-27T00:00:00the total number of public liability claims received relating to pedestrians who allegedly tripped, slipped or fell due to defects in the pavement or footwayDate: 27/08/2026 Ref: CAM13481 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 03/08/2026 about the total number of public liability claims received relating to pedestrians who allegedly tripped, slipped or fell due to defects in the pavement or footway. We have dealt with this under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested. Please provide the following data for the period 1 January 2023 to the date this request is processed: 1. The total number of public liability claims received relating to pedestrians who allegedly tripped, slipped or fell due to defects in the pavement or footway, including (but not limited to): • Potholes • Uneven paving slabs • Raised or sunken surfaces • Damaged kerbs • Other footway or highway defects 196. 2. Of these claims, please state: • The number that were settled in favour of the claimant; 5. • The number that were rejected; and 141. • The number that remain outstanding (if recorded). 39. A total of 11 claims were subsequently withdrawn. 3. The total amount paid in compensation to claimants during this period (excluding legal costs where these are recorded separately). £34,372.00. Please note that this figure includes any legal costs and associated expenses, as our systems do not enable these to be separated from the compensation payments recorded. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk 4. The value of the largest single compensation payment made in relation to such a claim during this period. £14,717.00. Please note that this figure includes any legal costs and associated expenses, as our systems do not enable these to be separated from the compensation payments recorded. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Kieran Heneghan Information Rights Officer2026-09-02T21:45:55CAM134852026-08-26T00:00:00various questions about the Council's use of the Vagrancy ActDate: 26/08/2026 Ref: CAM13485 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 03/08/2026 about various questions about the Council's use of the Vagrancy Act. We have dealt with this under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested. Please may I have answers to the following questions. Where applicable, can I have a breakdown of how many of each individual enforcement measure/piece of legislation was issued/used. 1.) In the month before the repeal of the Vagrancy Act 1824 (28 May 2026 - 29 June 2026), how many times was the legislation used by your local authority? Zero. We have never used the Vagrancy Act in Camden. 2.) In the month before the repeal of the Vagrancy Act 1824 (28 May 2026 - 29 June 2026), how many times was other legislation/enforcement measures (including Anti-Social Behaviour, Crime & Policing Act 2014, Crime and Policing Act 2026, Respect Orders, Community Protection Notices, Public Space Protection Orders, Community Protection Warnings) used by your local authority? Anti-Social Behaviour Crime & Policing Act 2014 – 136 ASB warning notices issued. Respect Orders – zero. Respect Orders are not used yet until Home Office guidance is published. Community Protection Notice Written Warnings – 1 issued. Community Protection Notices – 0 issued. Public Space Protection Orders – zero. We have not given out any enforcement, choosing advice and guidance as a first interaction. More information can be found on our website here. 3.) In the month since the repeal of the Vagrancy Act 1824 (29 June 2026 - 1 August 2026), how many times has your local authority used legislation/enforcement measures (including Anti- Social Behaviour, Crime & Policing Act 2014, Crime and Policing Act 2026, Respect Orders, Community Protection Notices, Public Space Protection Orders, Community Protection Warnings)? Anti-Social Behaviour Crime & Policing Act 2014 – 58 ASB Warning Notices Issued. Respect Orders – see answer to question 2. Community Protection Notice Written Warnings – 4 issued. Public Space Protection Orders – see the answer to question 2. Community Protection Notices – 2 issued. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Kieran Heneghan Information Rights Officer2026-09-02T21:45:56CAM103202025-06-13T00:00:00various questions about enforcement officers and compliance related to dogsDate: 13/06/2025 Ref: CAM10320 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 21/05/2025 about various questions about enforcement officers and compliance related to dogs . We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested. 1. What is the population of the area for which you are responsible? According to the Office for National Statistics ,this figure is around 210,100. 2. How many enforcement officers does your authority have who are responsible for enforcing regulations and compliance related to dogs? 18. 3. In the calendar year 2024, how many enforcement notices, e.g. fixed penalty notices, did your officers issue regarding dogs? 0. 4. How many of these were in relation to a antisocial behaviour (e.g. noise, excessive barking)? N/A. 5. How many of these were in relation to someone failing to clean up their dog's mess (i.e. dog fouling)? N/A. 6. How many of these were in relation to dogs being out in a public place whilst not wearing a tag with the legally-required information on (i.e. owner's name and address)? N/A. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Kieran Heneghan Information Rights Officer2025-06-23T00:00:00CAM103292025-06-13T00:00:00the number of council-owned residential properties unoccupied for more than three consecutive months during the last full calendar year (2024)Date: 13/06/2025 Ref: CAM10329 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 24/06/2025 about the number of council-owned residential properties unoccupied for more than three consecutive months during the last full calendar year (2024). We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested. Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, I would like to request the following information: 1. How many council-owned residential properties were unoccupied for more than three consecutive months during the last full calendar year (2024)? 2. For each of these unoccupied properties, please provide the reason for the vacancy (e.g. awaiting repairs, awaiting sale, legal issues, lack of demand, regeneration plans, etc.). 3. If possible, please also include a breakdown by bedroom size and postcode or ward. Please provide the data in a spreadsheet format (e.g. CSV or Excel) if available. Please see the attached spreadsheet. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Yours sincerely Lorna Jonas-Tinson Information Rights Officer2025-06-23T00:00:00CAM103312025-06-13T00:00:00baliffsDate: 13/06/2025 Case reference : CAM10331 London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 23/05/2025 about bailiffs. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested and the answers to your questions are as follows: 1. Tax year 24/25: The number of times between 1st April 2024 – 31st March 2025 that private bailiffs/enforcement agents have been instructed to enforce council tax debts owed to the local authority. 4,054 2. Tax year 23/24: The number of times between 1st April 2023 – 31st March 2024 that private bailiffs/enforcement agents have been instructed to enforce council tax debts owed to the local authority. Please provide a separate figure for each tax year, rather than a combined figure. By “private bailiffs/enforcement agents” we mean those who are self-employed or who work for private companies, including as high court enforcement officers.  Please include cases where local authority employees have visited a property to enforce a warrant of control.   4,221 3. Do you currently have a policy of exempting recipients of Council Tax Support / Reduction from the use of bailiff action? ( Yes/No)Yes Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk , Telephone: 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website https://www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Peter Williams Information Rights Officer2025-06-23T00:00:00CAM103332025-06-13T00:00:00information regarding the council’s approach to fire door inspections across its estate and housing portfolioDate: 13/06/2025 Ref: CAM10333 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 27/05/2025 about information regarding the council’s approach to fire door inspections across its estate and housing portfolio . We have dealt with this under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested. I am writing to request information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 regarding the council’s approach to fire door inspections across its estate and housing portfolio. Please could you provide the following: 1. Does the council currently have a formal contract in place for fire door inspections across: a) its housing stock (including general needs and supported housing); and b) its corporate estate (e.g. offices, schools, libraries, leisure centres)? 2. If a contract is in place: What is the name of the supplier or suppliers appointed to deliver fire door inspections? What is the scope of the contract? (e.g. number of properties, estimated number of doors, property types covered) What is the contract duration, including start and end dates and any extension options? What is the pricing structure — including the current rate per door inspection? Was this contract awarded via a framework or dynamic purchasing system? If so, which one? 3. If no contract is in place: Are there any plans to tender for a formal fire door inspection contract within the next 12 months? For both the Council’s housing stock and corporate properties, fire door inspections are carried out by our in-house engineers who are trained and have received the appropriate accreditation. There are no plans to tender the service. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Kieran Heneghan Information Rights Officer2025-06-23T00:00:00CAM103342025-06-18T00:00:00cycle lanes on Prince of WalesDate: 18/06/2025 Ref: CAM10334 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 27/05/2025 about cycle lanes on Prince of Wales. We have dealt with this under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested. Under the freedom of Information act I would like to know: The cost of : A.Temporay cycle lanes on Prince Of Wales Road £161,374,11. B.Permanent cycle lanes on Prince Of Wales Road. £865,709.19. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Yours sincerely Philip Lewis Information Rights Officer2025-06-23T00:00:00CAM103362025-06-13T00:00:002015/3936/PDate: 13/06/2025 Case reference : CAM10336London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 27/05/2025 about 2015/3936/P.  We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA) / Environmental Information Regulations 2004 (EIR 2004). Response The council holds some of the information requested. The answers to your questions are below. We have stated where we do not hold the information requested and why. I should like to seek the following information in respect of planning application 2015/3936/P: 1. the number units constructed for private residential sale 125 2. the number of private residential units which have been sold and the number remaining unsold. We do not hold any information on the sale of the private housing units. This is because we have not collated or recorded any relevant data.  3. the amount of CIL monies raised to date, from the sale of private residential units and car parking places. The amount of CIL received for this development was as follows:Mayor of London CIL: £506,940.14 ; Camden CIL: £4,364,774.13. We do not hold any information on the extent to which this was funded by the sale of the private units and parking spaces.  This is because we have not collated or recorded any relevant data. 4. the amount of CIL monies still outstanding £0 – none. 5. when Camden expects to receive all the CIL monies due from the grant of planning consent 2015/3936/P The funds were received in 2016. 6. how much this will amount to in total, for all units. £4,871,714.27 As the information not held is environmental, we have to comply with a technicality and tell you that because it is not held it is excepted under Regulation 12 (4)(a) of the EIR 2004.  The Information Commissioner does not require a public interest test where the information is not held. Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk , Telephone: 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website https://www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Peter Williams Information Rights Officer2025-06-23T00:00:00CAM103382025-06-13T00:00:00council tax discountsDate: 13/06/2025 Case reference : CAM10338London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 27/05/2025 about council tax discounts.   We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.   Response The council holds the information requested.  However, we are withholding the information because it is exempt.  We have explained the exemption applies.  Please see the refusal notice at the end of which explains how and why it applies.  1. What percentage of households currently receive any form of Council Tax discount in the 2025/26 financial year? Please include all discount types (e.g. single person discount, low income-based reductions, disability- related discounts, student exemptions, etc.). 2. What percentage of households received Council Tax discounts in the 2024/25 financial year? 3. Have any Council Tax discounts or exemptions been reduced, removed, or otherwise changed in 2025/26 compared to 2024/25? If so: a) Please specify the types of changes made (e.g. eligibility rules, discount rates, categories affected). b) The effective date(s) of these changes.4. Of the households that received any Council Tax discount in 2024/25, how many (and what percentage) are receiving a reduced discount or no discount in 2025/26? If possible, please provide this by discount type (e.g. single person, low income, disability-related, etc.). 5. If available, please provide any impact assessments, internal reports, consultation documents, or equality impact assessments related to these changes. We are not processing this request as it would require a disproportionate amount of time, effort, and expense.  Please see the exemption set out below. Refusal Notices The FOIA exemption that applies is: section 12: cost of compliance exceeds appropriate limit We are refusing your request under section 12 on cost grounds because we estimate that compliance with your request will exceed the "appropriate limit".  This is £450 which is equivalent to 18 hours at £25 per hour. The per hour figure is set by Regulations rather than actual salary paid to any officers handling requests. The appropriate limit includes the time it will take the council to discover if it holds the information requested, to locate it, extract it and collate it as well as putting it into any particular format requested by the requester. We have calculated that it will take approx. 2,496.7 hours (minimum) to comply with your request for 2024 alone.  This is because: we are not able in most cases to identify electronically if the liable party is a resident or not• a household could move within Camden during a year, and this is not identifiable electronically• properties may have multiple discounts within the relevant year due to tenants moving in or out• we would there need to manually examine and collate relevant information from every account• there are 94,146 accounts for 2024 with discounts or exemptions for 74,901 unique properties• so far 70,414 accounts in 2025 have discounts or exemptions for 70,397 unique properties• for the 74,901 properties in 2024 alone this would take an average minimum of 2 minutes each• (additionally, we would then need to examine new accounts for 2025 not in the 2024 data)•Advice and Assistance For us to possibly answer the request without taking a disproportionate amount of time, effort, and expense, the request would need to be: based on either unique ‘accounts’ or ‘properties’ – if the property option is chosen you would need to confirm if we only use the most recent discount/exemption at the end of 2024 and current ‘as is’ for 2025 for the response, and:• specifically state what discounts and exemptions you require – for example if we remove codes relating to empty and furnished or empty and unfurnished properties this would move it closer to ‘households’ (note this still won’t guarantee it is a household)• For question 4 you would need to clarify what you mean.  Are you asking for only if there is a yes to question 3 and therefore only reporting on those affected by the response to question 3. Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk , Telephone: 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website https://www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Peter Williams Information Rights Officer2025-06-23T00:00:00CAM103402025-06-17T00:00:00various questions about carbon reduction plan and fleet EV vehiclesDate: 17/06/2025 Ref: CAM10340 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 17/05/2025 about various questions about carbon reduction plan and fleet EV vehicles. We have dealt with this under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested. Please provide answers to the following questions, grouped for clarity using the attached spreadsheet if possible, please: 1. Organisational Profile (Contextual Data) a. Does the authority contract out services for the collection of waste and recycling? b. Which political party currently holds overall control of the authority? c. What is the current total number of employees in the organisation? d. What is the approximate size of the population served by the authority? 2. Policy and Governance a. Does the authority have a formal carbon reduction plan or strategy? b. In what year was this strategy adopted? c. What is the authority’s declared net zero target date? 3. Technical and Infrastructure a. What percentage of the fleet were EV or hybrid vehicles in each financial year from 2019/20 to 2024/25? b. What was the total number of fleet vehicles (diesel, petrol, hybrid, and electric) in each financial year from 2019/20 to 2024/25? c. Has the authority implemented the use of low carbon fuels (e.g., HVO)? If so, what year did this begin? d. What percentage of the fleet used low carbon fuels in each financial year from 2019/20 to 2024/25 since implementation, if applicable? 4. Financial and Economic Implications a. What was the total capital expenditure on low/zero -emission (EV/hybrid) fleet vehicles in each financial year from 2019/20 to 2024/25? b. What was the level of financial reserves (in £) held by the authority in each financial year from 2019/20 to 2024/25? c. Has external or grant funding been used to purchase low carbon or zero carbon vehicles, or implement EV charging infrastructure? Please see the answers to your request in the attached spreadsheet. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Kieran Heneghan Information Rights Officer2025-06-23T00:00:00CAM103462025-06-13T00:00:00Children Looked After in the care of your authority, total numbers, those missing, those UASC for the past five yearsDate: 13/06/2025 Ref: CAM10346 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 27/05/2025 about Children Looked After in the care of your authority, total numbers, those missing, those UASC for the past five years . We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested. Please release the following information relating to looked after children in the care of your authority for the periods: - 1 January 2022 to 31 December 2022 - 1 January 2023 to 31 December 2023 - 1 January 2024 to 31 December 2024 - 1 January 2025 to May 31 2025 (or to May 27 2025 if you have to count it to the date I sent this FOI request). 1. Please tell me the total number of looked after children in the care of your authority during each of these time periods. Calendar year period Number of Camden CLA in specified period 2022 (01.01.2022 -31.12.2022) 337 children 2023 (01.01.2023 -31.12.2023) 337 children 2024 (01.01.2024 -31.12.2024) 321 children 2025 (01.01.2025 -31.05.2025) 247 children London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk 1a. Please tell me the total number of looked after children in the care of your authority who have gone missing or absent during each of these time periods. Calendar year period Number of Camden CLA who have gone missing or absent 2022 (01.01.2022 -31.12.2022) 55 Children 2023 (01.01.2023 -31.12.2023) 74 Children 2024 (01.01.2024 -31.12.2024) 63 Children 2025 (01.01.2025 -31.05.2025) 38 Children 1b. Please tell how many of them in total are still missing? Calendar year period Number of Camden CLA that remain missing 2022 (01.01.2022 -31.12.2022) 4 Children 2023 (01.01.2023 -31.12.2023) 2 Children 2024 (01.01.2024 -31.12.2024) 3 Children 2025 (01.01.2025 -31.05.2025) 0 Children 2. Please tell me the total number of looked after children in the care of your authority that have identified as an unaccompanied asylum-seeking child (UASC) or a separated child in each of the above specified time periods (1 January 2022 to 31 December 2022; 1 January 2023 to 31 December 2023; 1 January 2024 to 31 December 2024; 1 January 2025 to May 31 2025/ or to May 27 2025 if you have to count it from the date I sent this FOI request). Calendar year period Number of Camden CLA who were Unaccompanied Minors (UAM) or Unaccompanied Asylum Seeking Children (UASC) in specified period 2022 (01.01.2022 - 31.12.2022) 105 children 2023 (01.01.2023 - 31.12.2023) 79 children 2024 (01.01.2024 - 31.12.2024) 73 children 2025 (01.01.2025 - 31.05.2025) 44 children 3. Please tell me the total number of looked after children in the care of your authority identified as an UASC or separated child and that have gone missing or absent in each of the above listed years. Calendar year period Number of Camden CLA who were Unaccompanied Minors (UAM) or Unaccompanied Asylum -Seeking Children (UASC) who were missing or absent 2022 (01.01.2022 -31.12.2022) 31 Children 2023 (01.01.2023 -31.12.2023) 25 Children 2024 (01.01.2024 -31.12.2024) 15 Children 2025 (01.01.2025 -31.05.2025) 6 Children 3a. If possible, please tell me the age and nationality of each of these children. 2022 Cohort for Q.3 Age (As of 01/01/2022) Nationality #1 16 Moroccan #2 15 Afghan #3 17 Sudanese #4 17 Iraqi #5 17 Moroccan #6 17 Iraqi #7 17 Moroccan #8 17 Iranian #9 17 Iranian #10 17 Sudanese #11 16 Moroccan #12 17 Sudanese #13 17 Sudanese #14 17 Sudanese #15 17 Sudanese #16 16 Moroccan #17 20 (Age later disclosed) Moroccan #18 24 (Age later disclosed) Algerian #19 16 Sudanese #20 17 Albanian #21 17 Iranian #22 16 Iraqi #23 15 Moroccan #24 17 Algerian #25 17 Eritrean #26 16 Ethiopian #27 17 Sudanese #28 16 Syrian #29 16 Eritrean #30 16 Moroccan #31 15 Algerian 2023 Cohort for Q.3 Age (As of 01/01/2023) Nationality #1 17 Sudanese #2 25 (Age later disclosed) Algerian #3 16 Moroccan #4 17 Moroccan #5 16 Algerian #6 16 Afghan #7 17 Iraqi #8 17 Moroccan #9 17 Eritrean #10 17 Afghan #11 17 Eritrean #12 16 Syrian #13 17 Albanian #14 17 Iranian #15 15 Moroccan #16 16 Iranian #17 16 Eritrean #18 16 Sudanese #19 17 Sudanese #20 15 Afghan #21 14 Sudanese #22 16 Sudanese #23 15 Moroccan #24 16 Eritrean #25 14 Sudanese 2024 Cohort for Q.3 Age (As of 01/01/2024) Nationality #1 16 Moroccan #2 16 British #3 15 Sudanese #4 17 Eritrean #5 17 Algerian #6 16 Moroccan #7 17 Sudanese #8 16 Sudanese #9 17 Afghan #10 15 Sudanese #11 15 Sudanese #12 15 Sudanese #13 15 Syrian #14 14 Sudanese #15 16 Libyan 2025 Cohort for Q.3 Age (As of 01/01/2025) Nationality #1 16 Syrian #2 17 Moroccan #3 17 Moroccan #4 17 Afghan #5 15 Moroccan #6 14 Moroccan 4. Please tell me the total number of individual incidents (which could involve the same kid on more than one occasion) of looked after children in the care of your authority identified as an UASC or separated child and that have gone missing or absent in each of the above listed years. Calendar year period Number of individual Incidents of missing or absence by Camden CLA who were Unaccompanied Minors (UAM) or Unaccompanied Asylum-Seeking Children (UASC) 2022 (01.01.2022 -31.12.2022) 209 2023 (01.01.2023 -31.12.2023) 133 2024 (01.01.2024 -31.12.2024) 136 2025 (01.01.2025 -31.05.2025) 22 5. Please tell me the total number of looked after children in the care of your authority that are still missing or absent (including those who subsequently turned 18 without being found) that were identified or suspected as an UASC or separated child. Calendar year period Number of Camden CLA who were Unaccompanied Minors (UAM) or Unaccompanied Asylum -Seeking Children (UASC) who remained missing or absent 2022 (01.01.2022 -31.12.2022) 3 Children 2023 (01.01.2023 -31.12.2023) 2 Children 2024 (01.01.2024 -31.12.2024) 3 Children 2025 (01.01.2025 -31.05.2025) 0 Children 5a. If possible, please tell me the age and nationality of each of these children. 2022 Cohort for Q.5 Age (As of 01/01/2022) Nationality #1 12 British #2 17 Iraqi #3 17 Moroccan 2023 Cohort for Q.5 Age (As of 01/01/2023) Nationality #1 16 Moroccan #2 24 Algerian 2024 Cohort for Q.5 Age (As of 01/01/2024) Nationality #1 17 Eritrean #2 17 Libyan #3 17 Moroccan Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Lorna Jonas-Tinson Information Rights Officer2025-06-23T00:00:00CAM103522025-06-17T00:00:00peat-free policyDate: 17/06/2025 Ref: CAM10352 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 28/05/2025about peat-free policy. We have dealt with this under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested. Do you have your own local authority plant nursery? Does it have a peat- free policy? Camden Green Spaces do not have a local authority plant nursery . Do you have a peat-free policy for sourcing plants and growing media (compost) for parks? Camden Green Spaces do not have a peat free policy, however we do not permit plants or trees to be supplied in or with growing media containing peat nor soil improvers or other products, as stipulated in our grounds maintenance contract specification. What percentage of peat-free plants do you estimate you currently use? Camden’s Grounds maintenance procure 100% peat free plants and trees however we cannot guarantee the percentage of peat free plants as residual amounts of peat may remain in sourced plants from its use in the original propagation. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Philip Lewis Information Rights Officer2025-06-23T00:00:00CAM103542025-06-13T00:00:00number of fines issued to landlords for breaches of fire safety regulations in residential propertiesDate: 13/06/2025 Ref: CAM10354 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 28/05/2025 about number of fines issued to landlords for breaches of fire safety regulations in residential properties . We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000/Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested. 1. The number of fines issued to landlords for breaches of fire safety regulations in residential properties, for each of the past five financial years. Please provide the total number of fines issued per year. 2020/21 16 2021/22 18 2022/23 12 2023/24 34 2024/25 25 2. The total monetary value of those fines, broken down by year for the same five -year period. 2020/21 £49,500 2021/22 £63,875 2022/23 £60,250 2023/24 £207,875 2024/25 £174,950 London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk 3. A breakdown of the types of fire safety breaches that led to these fines (e.g., missing smoke alarms, blocked fire escapes), for each of the past five financial years. Please provide the number of fines issued for each type of breach per year. Fire safety breaches found 2020/21 2021/22 2022/23 2023/24 2024/25 Fire alarm panel fault 1 No fire alarm system 2 7 6 8 Inadequate fire alarm system 13 11 4 17 5 No fire door in kitchen 1 11 Means of escape in good order 2 Fire door maintenance 6 5 No fire blanket in kitchen 4 8 22 4 Ill-fitting fire doors 2 7 Fire compartmentation of cupboard 3 Failing to maintain fire detection system 2 Inadequate fire doors 15 9 4 6 4 Inner rooms 1 6 Obstructions in common parts 6 10 3 7 1 Lack of fire doors 1 4 11 6 Transom glass not fire resistant 2 2 7 1 Inadequate fire separation 1 Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Kieran Heneghan Information Rights Officer2025-06-23T00:00:00CAM103592025-06-16T00:00:00rewards and recognitionDate: 16/06/2025 Case reference : CAM10359 London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 29/05/2025 about rewards and recognition.  We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 / Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested and the answers to your questions are as follows: I understand that camden operates a rewards and recognition scheme for staff and would like to know the numbers of how many staff were awarded a 1% or 2% reward payment in the last 12 months please During the 12-month period ending 30th April 2025 (covering the period 1st May 2024 – 30th April 2025); 1,198 directly employed members of staff received a 1% or 2% reward payment. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk , Telephone: 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website https://www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Peter Williams Information Rights Officer2025-06-23T00:00:00CAM103602025-06-19T00:00:00IT decommissioningDate: 19/06/2025 Case reference : CAM10360 London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 29/05/2025 about IT decommissioning . We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 / Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested and the answers to your questions are as follows: 1. How many devices, such as laptops, monitors, tablets, and mobile phones, were decommissioned last year?  2,035 devices, including laptops, monitors, desktops and mobile devices were decommissioned in 2024. 2. How were these devices decommissioned? Were they broken down, thrown away, wiped and sold, donated, other?  30 laptops were donated to the Good Things Foundation. Stone Group collected all other devices for secure disposal and recycling. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations.Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk , Telephone: 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website https://www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Peter Williams Information Rights Officer2025-06-23T00:00:00CAM103612025-06-12T00:00:00fees paid to the local authority for music festivals or concertsDate: 12/06/2025 Ref: CAM10361 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 28/05/2025 about fees paid to the local authority for music festivals or concerts. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested. Please provide me with an annual list of fees paid to the local authority for music festivals or concerts - generally ticketed events held in parks - by their organisers for each of the last five financial years, including 2024/25. Please break down fees per individual named festival, where possible. The Council does not hold music festivals or concerts , which we charge for, in parks. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Yours sincerely Philip Lewis Information Rights Officer2025-06-23T00:00:00CAM128612026-07-30T00:00:00copies of all Fire Risk Assessments (FRAs) for Taplow House from 2010 to 2013Date: 30/07/2026 Ref: CAM12861 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 13/05/2026 about copies of all Fire Risk Assessments (FRAs) for Taplow House from 2010 to 2013. We have dealt with this under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds some of the information requested. However, we are withholding the information because it is excepted under the EIR 2004. We have explained where we are withholding information and what exception applies. Please see the refusal notice at the end of the answer which explains how and why they apply. I request the following information relating to Taplow House, Chalcots Estate, London NW3: 1. Copies of all Fire Risk Assessments (FRAs) for Taplow House from 2010 to 2013, including any defects, recommendations or action points identified within them. 2. Copies of any post-fire reviews, investigations, reports, or internal assessments produced following the 2012 fire at Taplow House. 3. Documents relating to refurbishment or maintenance works carried out at Taplow House before the 2012 fire, including records identifying: • the contractor or PFI arrangement responsible for the works; and • the scope of refurbishment works undertaken. Clarified – Documents relating to refurbishment works carried out at Taplow House between 2006-2009, • the contractor or PFI arrangement responsible for the works; and • the scope of refurbishment works undertaken. 4. Any building control completion certificates or inspection records relating to those refurbishment works. After careful consideration, the Council considers that the requested information is exempt from disclosure under Regulations 12(4)(b) of the EIR. Refusal Notice Regulation 12(4)(b) - manifestly unreasonable request The Council considers the request manifestly unreasonable because of the substantial burden associated with identifying, reviewing, consulting upon and redacting information suitable for disclosure. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk We estimate that an initial review and exception identification would take 35 hours. Detailed line-by-line assessment – 20 hours. Redaction exercise - 45 hours. Legal Services consultation -10 hours. Third-party consultation – 8 hours. Quality assurance and senior review – 1 hour. The Information Rights Team estimates that compliance would require more than 119 officer hours, equivalent to approximately three to four weeks of full-time officer resource. This exception is subject to a Public Interest Test and this is below. I have noted the factors for and against disclosure together with their relevant weights. The public interest argument for releasing this information is: • It would improve transparency to the general public of the Council (medium weight) • The presumption in favour of disclosure in the regulations (low weight) There are a lot of residents and other local stakeholders who will be affected by the regeneration (heavy weight) The public interest arguments for withholding the information are: • Processing this question would be a large burden in terms of Officer time and cost to the Council. (heavy weight) • Answering these questions would necessarily constitute a significant diversion of resources away from the Council’s core business activities. (heavy weight) • It would consequently have a proportionally detrimental impact on the provision of services to the public (heavy weight) • It is not in the public interest that the Council neglect its provision of services to the public to focus on one information request (medium weight) Advice and Assistance As advice and assistance, we can provide the following information. 1. Copies of all Fire Risk Assessments (FRAs) for Taplow House from 2010 to 2013, including any defects, recommendations or action points identified within them. The current Fire Risk Assessment can be found at the following link. Camden Open Data - Camden Fire Risk Assessments Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Kieran Heneghan Information Rights Officer2026-08-21T21:45:08CAM130072026-07-24T00:00:00BT TowerDate: 24/07/2026 Case reference: CAM13007 London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 04/06/2026 about BT Tower.  We have dealt with this under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004 (EIR 2004). Response The council holds some, but not all of the information requested. We explain below what we hold and what we do not hold. We are withholding some of the information we hold because it is excepted as explained below.  We have explained where we are withholding information and what exceptions apply.  Please see the refusal notice at the end of the answer which explains how and why they apply. This request for information concerns the proposed redevelopment of the BT Tower site, as described here https://www.bttowerconsultation.co.uk/ I understand that pre-planning discussions have been held between the developer and planning officers and councillors in the London Borough of Camden. I would like the following information: 1. What is the total rateable value of the BT Tower development site? We do not hold this information.   This is because despite its sale the BT Tower is in the central list for rating purposes, its business rates are handled directly by the Valuation Office Agency (VOA), 2. What is the existing gross internal area (GIA) in square metres (sqm) of the BT Tower development site? We do not hold this information.  This has not been provided in any pre-application documents.3. Is there a site planning brief that describes what the planning department consider as potential development opportunities for the site? No, there is no adopted or emerging site allocation for the site or guidance in the form of a planning brief or framework. 4. I would like to see documents and drawings presented to planners and councillors by the developers as part of pre-planning discussions and advice. This information is excepted – please see the exception notices set out below. 5. I would like to see the pre-planning advice and comments offered by officers and members of any strategic design panel with regard to this development site. We do not hold this information.  We have not yet issued any written pre-application advice. 6. I would like to know how much of a material consideration the draft new Local Plan will have on this application. The planning system is a plan-led system, the legislation sets out that local authorities should determine applications in accordance with the development plan taking account of material considerations. The new Local Plan is a material consideration but with limited weight at this stage, as it progresses through the local plan hearing to adoption it will gain more weight.   Refusal Notice The exceptions that apply are: Regulation 12(4)(d): material in the course of completion, unfinished documents and incomplete data We consider that the requested material falls within regulation 12(4)(d) because it consists of draft and incomplete pre-application material, including drawings, visualisations, design iterations, and preliminary environmental and sustainability data. The documents themselves are described as draft, work in progress, evolving, preliminary, or to be updated, and the schedule supplied identifies numerous pages as containing incomplete design material and data that are not final. The ICO’s guidance confirms that regulation 12(4)(d) is engaged where the information is still in the course of completion, relates to unfinished documents, or relates to incomplete data; it is not necessary to show adverse effect in order for the exception to be engaged, although the likely consequences of disclosure are relevant to the public interest test. The ICO also explains that draft documents can remain unfinished even where later versions exist, and that incomplete data or material still being developed may properly fall within this exception. The documents are not final planning proposals. They are part of an iterative pre-application process, during which early design concepts are exchanged with officers to inform further development. The fact that the proposals have materially evolved since these documents were produced, and that updated versions were presented publicly on 25 June 2026, confirms that the material is superseded and incomplete rather than final and settled. Disclosure would therefore risk presenting the public with a misleading and outdated picture of the scheme. We also consider that disclosure at this stage would undermine the purpose of the pre-application process. The ICO guidance recognises that the timing of a request is relevant under regulation 12(4)(d), and that there can be a strong public interest in protecting a “safe space” for the development of proposals before they are finalised. It also recognises that disclosure of draft or incomplete material can cause misleading public debate, distract from proper decision-making, and create a chilling effect on future exchange of early-stage information. Regulation 12(5)(e): confidentiality of commercial or industrial information The information is commercial in nature because it concerns the developer’s early design strategy, development approach, sustainability assumptions, and planning-related commercial position for a high- profile redevelopment project. The ICO guidance states that the exception applies where the information is commercial or industrial in nature, confidentiality is provided by law, that confidentiality protects a legitimate economic interest, and disclosure would adversely affect that confidentiality. In this case, confidentiality is provided by law through the common law duty of confidence and by the Planning Performance Agreement (“PPA”) between the Council and the developer. The PPA expressly states that discussions during the planning process are to remain confidential, and that information disclosed in confidence is to be maintained in strict confidence and not disclosed to third parties except as required to perform obligations under the agreement. That contractual framework is strong evidence that the information was exchanged on a confidential basis in order to facilitate candid pre-application engagement.The information also protects a legitimate economic interest. The documents contain commercially sensitive design and development information about a major redevelopment of a landmark site. Premature disclosure of draft plans, early design alternatives, and preliminary sustainability assumptions could materially weaken the developer’s position in the development process, expose strategy before it is settled, and invite market, media and stakeholder commentary on incomplete information. The ICO guidance recognises that legitimate economic interests can include protecting bargaining position, business strategy, and development-related commercial confidentiality, and that the focus is on whether disclosure would adversely affect the confidentiality that protects those interests. We consider that disclosure would adversely affect that confidentiality. The information is not merely commercially sensitive in the abstract; it is sensitive because it concerns incomplete, evolving, and strategically significant material that was shared for the specific purpose of obtaining officer feedback in confidence. Releasing such material now would diminish the value of confidentiality in the pre-application process and could deter future applicants from engaging openly with the Council at an early stage. The ICO guidance specifically recognises that the preservation of confidential commercial information can carry substantial public interest weight because it supports candid exchange and protects legitimate economic interests. Regulation 12(5)(f): interests of the person who provided the information We also consider that regulation 12(5)(f) applies. The documents were provided voluntarily by the developer in the course of pre-application discussions. The developer was not under, and could not have been put under, any legal obligation to supply them; the information was not supplied in circumstances in which the Council was entitled apart from the EIR to disclose it; and the developer has not consented to disclosure. Those are the three conditions set out in regulation 12(5)(f)(i)–(iii). The ICO guidance explains that the threshold for adverse effect under regulation 12(5)(f) is not a high one, and that disclosure may adversely affect the provider’s interests where it would cause commercial or reputational harm, prejudice negotiations or planning strategy, or undermine the confidence with which parties provide information in future. The developer’s representations explain that disclosure of superseded design iterations and incomplete environmental information would cause direct commercial and reputational harm, could generate adverse press coverage based on inaccurate material, and would damage the developer’s position as proposals continue to evolve. In addition, the information was given in circumstances importing confidence. The schedule and covering representations make clear that the material was shared as part of officer engagement in the pre-application process, before finalisation of the scheme. The reason for that engagement is to allow a frank exchange of early ideas without those early-stage iterations being prematurely placed into the public domain. The public interest in preserving the ability of applicants to test ideas openly and receive candid feedback is a substantial factor supporting the maintenance of this exception. Public interest The public interest arguments for releasing this information are: - it would improve the transparency in the planning matters, particularly where a scheme is high profile and may affect the local environment, views, heritage, townscape and local amenity • it would the increase the understanding of the general public in how a major redevelopment proposal is being developed • The public interest arguments for withholding the information are: - there is a strong public interest in preserving trust between the local planning authority and prospective applicants so that pre-application discussions remain frank, effective and useful. • if parties believe draft and exploratory material will be disclosed prematurely, they may withhold early design thinking or provide only near-final material, reducing the quality of pre-application engagement and harming the planning process more generally. The First-tier Tribunal in Meira v Information Commissioner recognised the risk of a chilling effect on the pre-application process and the adverse consequences of premature disclosure. • there is also a strong public interest in avoiding the release of material that is likely to mislead. The draft documents are incomplete, superseded and expressly marked as draft, work in progress or preliminary. Releasing them now could cause confusion about the nature of the proposals, distort public debate, and generate objections or commentary based on information that no longer reflects the project’s current position. The ICO guidance expressly recognises that misleading information and the need for accurate information are significant factors in the public interest test under regulation 12(4)(d). • the public interest in early disclosure is limited. The public will have a full opportunity to scrutinise the finalized proposals once a formal planning application is submitted. At that stage, the final plans, environmental information and supporting documents will be made publicly available and subject to the planning consultation process. In those circumstances, disclosure now would not materially advance transparency; it would simply release incomplete and outdated material before the point at which the public can most usefully engage. The ICO guidance recognises that the timing of disclosure matters and that the public interest may favour withholding where premature release would impair the quality of future debate and decision-making. • the developer is continuing to release the most up-to-date information on the proposals as the scheme develops. That means the public is not being denied access to current information; rather, what is being withheld is outdated draft material that no longer provides an accurate basis for understanding the scheme. • It is felt that in all the circumstances of the case, the public interest in maintaining the exception outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information. There is a presumption in favour of disclosure in the EIR 2004. We considered whether this overrides the public interest test conclusion and have concluded that it does not. As the information not held is environmental, we have to comply with a technicality and tell you that because it is not held it is excepted under Regulation 12 (4)(a) of the EIR 2004.  The Information Commissioner does not require a public interest test where the information is not held. Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 40 working days of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk, Telephone: 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website https://www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Peter Williams Information Rights Officer2026-08-21T21:45:09CAM103622025-06-16T00:00:00Citizen Engagement platformDate: 16/06/2025 Case reference : CAM10362 London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 28/05/2025 about Citizen Engagement platform. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 / Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested and the answers to your questions are as follows: The council holds the information requested and the answers to your questions are as follows: - 1) Do you use a Citizen Engagement platform? Yes 2) If so, what tools do you use? We use the following Citizen Engagement Platforms: Citizen Space by Delib CommonPlace Digital Engagement and Consultation Platform by CommonPlace 3) How much do you spend annually on a Citizen Engagement tool?Citizen Space - £10K CommonPlace - £25K 4) Which month & year does your contract with your supplier end? Citizen Space – Mar 2026 CommonPlace – Sept 2025 Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk , Telephone: 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website https://www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Peter Williams Information Rights Officer2025-06-23T00:00:00CAM103652025-06-17T00:00:00whether the parking location identified as 13318 Newmans Row was operated by RingGo during the year 2022Date: 17/06/2025 Ref: CAM10365 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 29/05/2025 about whether the parking location identified as 13318 Newmans Row was operated by RingGo during the year 2022 . We have dealt with this under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested. 1. Please could you confirm whether the parking location identified as 13318 Newmans Row, in the London Borough of Camden, was operated by RingGo during the year 2022. Location 13318 Newmans Row was operated by JustPark in 2022. In particular, I would like to know: 2. Whether RingGo was the authorised cashless parking service provider at this location during 2022. JustPark was Camden’s cashless parking provider in 2022. 3. Whether payment options at that time included both the RingGo smartphone app and the phone service accessible via 020 3003 2532. Payment was through the JustPark app in 2022. The phone number has not changed for parking and has remained 020 3003 2532 across all contract changes. 4. The date on which RingGo began and, if applicable, ceased operations at this location. JustPark took over from RingGo from 11 th October 2021 with RingGo being switched off in Camden on 20 th December 2021. From 8th April 2024 RingGo again became our Cashless parking provider and JustPark was switched off on 1 st May 2024. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Kieran Heneghan Information Rights Officer2025-06-23T00:00:00CAM103672025-06-16T00:00:00salaries and leaveDate: 16/06/2025 Case reference : CAM10367 London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 27/05/2025 about salaries and leave.  We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested and the answers to your questions are as follows: I am writing to make a request for information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. I would like to request the following information: 1. Pay Scales: Please provide the current pay scales for all Council Officers and Directors, including salary bands. I’m specifically requesting the salary scales for Directors and Council Officers. Level 1 to Level 6 and Directors. Please see the attached pdf documents which outline our salary scales for Council Officers and Directors: Service Provider Pay Scale: Pay scales for Level 1 and - Level 2 roles. Practitioner and Manager Pay Range: Pay scales for Levels 3 to Level 3 roles.LBC Pay Policy Statement 2025-26: Pay scales for Chief Officers within the Council including Directors are outlined on page 2. 2. HR Policies: Please provide copies of the following Human Resources policies: 3. Special Leave Policy (including provisions for bereavement, emergency leave, etc.) 4. Flexi Leave Policy (including accrual, usage, and carry-over entitlements) Please refer to the attached LB of Camden Leave pdf document which provides information on the types of leave available to staff. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk , Telephone: 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website https://www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Peter Williams Information Rights Officer2025-06-23T00:00:00CAM103702025-06-17T00:00:00how many shops has your council’s Trading Standards team seized illegal cigarettes, tobacco or vaping products fromDate: 17/06/2025 Ref: CAM10370 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 29/05/2025 about how many shops has your council’s Trading Standards team seized illegal cigarettes, tobacco or vaping products from. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested. I am writing to request the following information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000: 1. How many shops has your council’s Trading Standards team seized illegal cigarettes, tobacco or vaping products from in the individual financial years 2022- 2023, 2023-2024 and 2024-2025? If possible please break this down by: a. Estimated value in Pound Sterling of items seized b. Total number of items seized c. Product type seized (cigarettes, vapes, other vaping products such as e -liquids, rolling tobacco or other) d. Type of shop (e.g. mini mart, vape shop, barber, car wash) 2. How many shops have been shut in your local authority due to seizures of illegal cigarettes, tobacco or vapes in the individual financial years 2022- 23, 2023-24 and 2024-25? Within each financial year, please break this down by: a. Temporary closures b. Permanent closures (Please indicate whether your Trading Standards body has the power to permanently close shops. If not, please indicate who does have this power and if you hold information on these figures.) c. Number of times the same shop has been closed due to the above. Please indicate whether the most recent closure was permanent or temporary. Please see the attached spreadsheet for the answers to your request. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Kieran Heneghan Information Rights Officer2025-06-23T00:00:00CAM103762025-06-20T00:00:0089 Holmes RoadDate: 20/06/2025 Case reference : CAM10376 London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 02/06/2025 about 89 Holmes Road . We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 / Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested and the answers to your questions are as follows: for 89 Holmes Road, London, NW5 3AU i would like to do a freedom of information request for any and all planning applications that have been lodged on the site. including pre applications Any planning applications made are already publicly available.  Please enter the links below into your web browser and search by the address: https://accountforms.camden.gov.uk/planning-search/ https://planningrecords.camden.gov.uk/Northgate/PlanningExplorer/GeneralSearch.aspx/ Please find relevant pre application information attached. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations.Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk , Telephone: 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website https://www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Peter Williams Information Rights Officer2025-06-23T00:00:00CAM103782025-06-19T00:00:00paving problemDate: 19/06/2025 Case reference : CAM10378 London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 30/05/2025 about a  paving problem . We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 / Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested and the answers to your questions are as follows: I now request the Council's response to the  followIng questions relating to the previous poor condition of the pavement at the junction of Drury Lane and Parker Street WC2B 5QA on the corner adjacent to the Gillian Lynne Theatre (now rectified). 1. When was the council first made aware that there was a paving problem at the junction? 16th July 2024 2. Over the past five years (2019-2024), how many people have lodged compensation claims with the Council for injuries caused by the poor condition of the pavement at this junction? One 3. What was the nature and severity of each injury? Facial and arm fracture 4. What were the specific dates on which injury occurred and when were they first reported to the Council?Occurred: 18th June 2024 Reported: 16th July 2024 5. Were the circumstances of each occurrence fully investigated by the Council's Insurance Section and how long did it take for them to come to a determination for each case? A liability decision was communicated on 19th September 2024, just over two months following the report, and after a full investigation by the our Insurance Team. 6. What are the specific elements of any claim that are considered during an investigation (e.g. any permanent scarring or disfigurement to the claimant, impairment of their ability to carry out daily tasks or adverse effects to their mental health)? The Insurance team considers first the liability element of any claim before the nature and impact of any injury is assessed. In considering liability, we consider the size of the defect, previous reports, and the system of inspection in place. The insurance team reviews the Inspection Records and receives a detailed report from the Highways team which includes information specific to the location of accident, and times of inspection and reporting. 7. Over the past five years (2019-2024), how many compensation claims were upheld by the Council and how many were rejected? This question relates to injuries sustained by poor paving at any location within the Council's area of responsibility. 7 claims settled 12 claims withdrawn and not pursued by the claimant 157 repudiated and closed All other claims remain under investigation, negotiation, or referred to third parties. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk , Telephone: 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website https://www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Peter Williams Information Rights Officer2025-06-23T00:00:00CAM103822025-06-19T00:00:00information relating to the waste management contract between Camden Council and Veolia ES covering the period from January 2023 to presentDate: 19/06/2025 Ref: CAM10382 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 02/06/2025 about information relating to the waste management contract between Camden Council and Veolia ES covering the period from January 2023 to present. We have dealt with this under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested. I am seeking information relating to the waste management contract between Camden Council and Veolia ES (UK) Ltd (Operator Licence: OK0216394) covering the period from January 2023 to present. 1. Wheel-Off Incidents • Confirmation of any reports received from Veolia, its subcontractors, or members of the public regarding wheel detachment (“wheel-off”) incidents involving collection vehicles operating under the Camden contract. • Any internal reports, investigations, or correspondence related to such incidents. Veolia had one wheel off incident in 2024, but have not had any incidents from any of our subcontractors or reports from the public. 2. Vehicle Safety and Maintenance • Copies of any audits, inspections, or concerns raised by the Council regarding the maintenance, safety, or roadworthiness of vehicles used by Veolia in Camden during the same period. Veolia do not have any documentation or correspondence from Camden Council referencing concerns of our fleet. • Any communications with the DVSA, HSE, or Traffic Commissioner regarding vehicle condition or operator compliance. Veolia’s fleet team liaise with the DVSA, HSE and Traffic Commissioner when required and are fully compliant in this regard. 3. Waste Mixing Policies and Exception Handling • Clarification on whether any formal agreement exists permitting Veolia to collect different waste streams together (e.g., food, recycling, nappies, garden waste) in emergency or “mop-up” situations (e.g., when clients complain or missed collections need clearing). We do not have an agreed Service Level Agreement . Mop-up rounds are organized as needed but are not set up to co-mingle all waste streams. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Waste streams are collected according to their specified methodologies. If urgent ad -hoc collections need to be addressed, a decision will be determined on contract to recover this based on volume. Between January 2023 to February 2025, the total full or part non-conforming waste load rejections equated to 21 out of a minimum total tipped of 6864 loads. This equates to 0.31%. Note, 10 of the 21 were part non-conforming load rejections. • Specific internal guidance, service-level agreements, or documented correspondence regarding the authorization or restriction of “mop- up” rounds that involve combining segregated waste streams for disposal as general waste. The combining of segregated waste streams would be agreed with the Council if it was going to have a detrimental impact to the load at the time. 4. Contractual Breach Reporting • Records of any complaints, breach notices, or contractual concerns raised against Veolia Camden since January 2023 relating to: • Mismanagement of waste categories There are no contractual concerns raised by the Council about breaches of waste streams. • Failure to follow agreed collection procedures None - all collection procedures are scheduled as required from the contracted services and deployed daily. • Any risks to public safety (including those from vehicles or incorrect waste handling) There will always be some risk associated with waste collections but this is mitigated by the use of professional HGV drivers, vehicle aids and loaders. If loaders are available then they are trained to act as reversing assistants for all reversing manoeuvres. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Kieran Heneghan Information Rights Officer2025-06-23T00:00:00CAM103832025-06-20T00:00:00pension fundDate: 20/06/2025 Case reference : CAM10383London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 02/06/2025 about our  pension fund.  We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and/or the Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds some of the information requested. The answers to your questions are below. We have stated where we do not hold the information requested and why. Today, 06.02.2025, we are requesting quarterly cash-flow reports from Q3 2024, if available, of all your private capital investments, in digital format. This is a follow-up to our initial request sent in Q1 of 2025. Private capital investments include private equity, real estate, natural resources, infrastructure, venture, and private debt funds. Each report would ideally contain these fund attributes: 1. Investment or fund name and vintage year 2. Period or date of investment performance 3. Net capital calls or contributions 4. Net distributions 5. Net asset value or remaining value6. Net IRR 7. Net multiple or TVPI 8. Assets Under Management (AUM) breakdown by asset class 9. Asset Allocations breakdown as it relates to investments Relevant information is already publicly available in our Pension Committee reports – particularly the performance report. These can be found here: Browse meetings - Pension Committee - Camden Council We do not hold information concerning the Net IRR and Net multiple or TVPI.  This is because they are not something reported quarterly or periodically tracked.  Instead, we monitor and assess the private investments against their set benchmarks as provided in the performance reports. Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk , Telephone: 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website https://www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely,Peter Williams Information Rights Officer2025-06-23T00:00:00CAM103842025-06-18T00:00:00the average fee paid to external home care providers per hour of care for each quarter from 2014, Q2 to 2019 Q1Date: 18/06/2025 Ref: CAM10384 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 26/05/2025 about the average fee paid to external home care providers per hour of care for each quarter from 2014, Q2 to 2019 Q1 . We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested. Please provide data on the average fee that Camden council paid to external home care providers per hour of care for each quarter from 2014 Q2 to 2019 Q1? Please only include home care providers who provide care for those 18 and over. Please include all fees paid to for -profit or not-for-profit providers, but do not include any services provided in -house by the council. Please provide your response in the following format: Quarter Average fee to external home care providers per hour of care (£, to 2 decimal places) 2014 Q2 2014 Q3 2014 Q4 2015 Q1 2015 Q2 2015 Q3 2015 Q4 2016 Q1 2016 Q2 2016 Q3 2016 Q4 2017 Q1 2017 Q2 2017 Q3 2017 Q4 2018 Q1 2018 Q2 2018 Q3 2018 Q4 2019 Q1 London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk If you are not able to provide data at a quarterly frequency, please provide data for each financial year from 2014-15 to 2018-19 in the following format: Financial year Average fee to external home care providers per hour of care (£) 2014/15: £15.14 2015/16: £15.76 2016/17: £17.56 2017/18: £18.12 2018/19: £18.05 Additional Notes 2016/17 -introduction of London Living Wage to homecare hourly rate (average of £1.80 per hour increase) 2018/19 - although 2018/19 appears as an anomaly (showing a decrease in the average rate) it is most likely related to new contracts in place from 1 st April 2018. The Council moved to a lead neighbourhood provider model, which included a work programme to transfer residents from spot providers to the new neighbourhood provider arrangements. Consequently , the contracted providers adopted a larger proportion of the market and there was a substantial reduction in the use of higher rate spot provision. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Lorna Jonas-Tinson Information Rights Officer2025-06-23T00:00:00CAM104062025-06-20T00:00:00Blue badge contractDate: 20/06/2025 Ref: CAM10406 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 06/06/2025 about Blue badge contract. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested. Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, I kindly request information. a. What Blue Badge Concessionary Travel solution does your council currently use? Netcall – Liberty Create. b. When is the contract end date for the Blue Badge Concessionary Travel solution? There is no separate contract for the Blue Badge Concessionary Travel solution, as it is built on one of our existing Digital Technology platforms. c. When was Blue Badge Concessionary Travel solution contract last re -tendered? N/A. See question b. d. Could you please provide the contract value and duration for the Blue Badge Concessionary Travel solution? N/A. See question b. e. Was the solution procured via a framework or direct? N/A. See question b. f. Is there an intent to release a tender for a Blue Badge Concessionary Travel solution in the foreseeable future? If so, please kindly provide an estimated timeline or relevant details. No, there are no plans to release a tender for a Blue Badge Concessionary Travel solution in the foreseeable future. g. Does your Council have a Digital Strategy around the use of AI for other service areas? Our approach to AI focuses on safely and responsibly embedding generative AI across services to improve productivity, service delivery, and resident outcomes. Our approach is collaborative and iterative—engaging staff across departments through pilots, training, and governance to ensure tools are effective, inclusive, and aligned with public service values. We are building capability, managing risks, and exploring where AI adds the most value to the people we serve. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Philip Lewis Information Rights Officer2025-06-23T00:00:00CAM100632025-05-13T00:00:00unaccredited online schools in each of the past eight academic yearsDate: 13/05/2025 Ref: CAM10063 Dear Requester, Thank you for your request for information dated 10/04/2025 about unaccredited online schools in each of the past eight academic years . We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The Council does not hold the information requested. The answers to your questions are as follows: For your information, I am aware that the Online Education Accreditation Scheme was only launched in the 2022/2023 academic year so all online school providers prior to 2022/2023 will have been unaccredited. Please provide the following information: 1. The total number of children the council has funded to attend unaccredited online schools in each of the past eight academic years (2017/2018 through to 2024/2025 inclusive). Within each academic year, please break down the total by: a. Sex, i.e. how many of these children are male and how many are female. b. Age or ‘Key Stage’ year. c. Ethnicity. d. The proportion of these children that qualify/qualified for free school meals (but not including infant free school meals). e. The proportion of these children that have/had special educational needs. We do not hold the information requested. Schools may independently procure this type of provision; however, the Council does not maintain records of these arrangements. We advise you contact schools directly to obtain the requested information. 2. The total amount the council has spent on this attendance at unaccredited online schools in each of the past eight academic years (2017/2018 through to 2024/2025 inclusive). Not applicable. Please see the response to question 1 above. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk 3. The mean cost per placement in an unaccredited online school in each of the past eight academic years (2017/2018 through to 2024/2025 inclusive). Not applicable. Please see the response to question 1 above. 4. The median cost per placement in an unaccredited online school in each of the past eight academic years (2017/2018 through to 2024/2025 inclusive). Not applicable. Please see the response to question 1 above. 5. The names of the unaccredited online school providers, or the top five most used unaccredited online school providers in each of the past eight academic years (2017/2018 through to 2024/2025 inclusive). Not applicable. Please see the response to question 1 above. Please provide the most up-to-date information as of the date this request is fulfilled. Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Lorna Jonas-Tinson Information Rights Officer2025-06-12T00:00:00CAM100642025-06-05T00:00:002025/26 weekly fees rates for residential and nursing care homes excluding funding nursing care (FNC)Date: 05/06/2025 Ref: CAM10064 Dear Requester, Thank you for your request for information dated 07/05/2025 about 2025/26 weekly fees rates for residential and nursing care homes excluding funding nursing care (FNC). We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested and the answers to your questions are as follows: What was the lowest rate (£ per week) you paid for placing a person in your area for 2025/26. Please disregard Funding Nursing Care (FNC) from these calculations. They clarified: If you have the 2025/26 data that would be great, if not just the 2024/25 data is fine. The information provided reflects data held as of 19 May 2025 and may be subject to change based on uplift negotiations with providers. Please be aware that we are unable to disaggregate the data by the requested categories, as dementia care is not recorded separately within residential or nursing care settings. Fee Rates - Working Aged Adults (18-64) FY2025/26 Residential £914.80 Nursing (excl. FNC) £824.94 Fee Rates - Older People (65+) FY2025/26 Residential - All Residential £864.00 Residential Dementia - N/A Nursing (excl. FNC) - All Nursing £843.12 Nursing Dementia (excl. FNC) – N/A Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Lorna Jonas-Tinson Information Rights Officer2025-06-12T00:00:00CAM100682025-06-09T00:00:00a list of care providers, social housing associations, supported living organisations and care homes contracted within the past three yearsDate: 09/06/2025 Ref: CAM10068 Dear Requester, Thank you for your request for information dated 10/03/2025 about a list of care providers, social housing associations, supported living organisations and care homes contracted within the past three years. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council does not hold the information requested. The answers to your questions are as follows: For the most recent quarter please provide: 1. A full list of care providers, social housing associations, supported living organizations, and care homes that Camden London Borough Council currently works with or has contracted with. • Company/Provider Name • Type of Service Provided (e.g., domiciliary care, supported living, social housing, veterans' housing, women's support housing, mental health housing, etc.) • Business Address • Date of Contract Start/End (if applicable) • Funding or Support Received from the Council (if applicable) We noted that the scope of your request was quite broad and recommended refining question 1 for greater clarity. You clarified: Please narrow the scope to block contracts and framework agreements specifically relating to supported accommodation and supported living services only. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Provider Property Support level/staffing Contract start date Contract end date Contract type Business address St Mungos* (Mental Health Supported Living) High 01/04/2020 31/03/2026 Block St Mungos 5th Floor 3 Thomas More Square Tower Hill London E1W 1YW Low Block Low Block Low Block Low Block High 01/04/2020 31/03/2026 Block High 01/04/2020 31/03/2026 Block High Block High Block Low Block Low Block Low Block The Riverside Group* (Mental Health Supported Living) High 01/10/2020 31/03/2026 Block 2 Estuary Boulevard Estuary Commerce Park Liverpool L24 8RF High Block High Block High Block High 01/10/2020 31/03/2026 Block High 01/04/2020 31/03/2026 Block High 01/08/2022 31/03/2026 Block LDN London (Learning Disabilities) Supported living - north locality 01/10/2020 30/0920/26 Block** 16a Croxley R oad London W9 3HL LDN London (Learning Disabilities) Supported living - central locality 01/10/2020 30/09/2026 Block** 16a Croxley R oad London W9 3HL LDN London (Learning Disabilities) Supported living - west locality 01/10/2020 30/09/2026 Block** Wellington House 131 Wellington Road South Stockport SK1 3TS LDN London (Learning Disabilities) Supported living - south locality 01/10/2020 30/09/2026 Block** 31-33, Lumiere Court 209 Balham High Rd London SW17 7BQ * Mental Health Supported Living contracts are currently undergoing a tendering process, with new contracts scheduled to commence in April 2026 ** This contract includes an option to extend for an additional 2 years, with a further 2- year extension available. 2. A breakdown of contracts awarded or preferred providers under specific categories such as: • Adult Social Care Services • Children’s Care Services • Housing Support for Vulnerable Groups (e.g., women fleeing domestic violence, veterans, mental health support, homelessness support, young people leaving care, disabled individuals, etc.) • Supported Living and Emergency Housing Providers You clarified: I am particularly interested in adult services within this category, but if you also hold data for children's supported accommodation, I would welcome that as well — please feel free to include if available within scope. The information I’m requesting remains limited to: o Provider Name o Type of Supported Accommodation (if specified) o Contract Start and End Dates o Whether the provider is part of a framework or block contract o Business Address (if easily accessible) o Public contact details such as phone number or general email (not personal data) The public contact details for all providers are available online. Please enter the provider name into your website search engine. As the information requested is already reasonably accessible elsewhere it is exempt under the absolute exemption in Section 21. Provider name Accommodation type Contract start date Contract end date Contract type Business address Mi Homecare Homecare 01/04/2025 30/09/2026 Block 1st Floor Elscott House Arcadia Avenue Finchley Central London , N3 2JE Hartwig Care Homecare 01/04/2025 30/09/2026 Block 245 Hammersmith Rd London W6 8PW Hopscotch Asian Women's Centre Homecare 01/04/2025 30/09/2026 Block 44 Hampstead Road London NW1 2PY Focus Care Link Homecare 01/04/2025 30/09/2026 Block First Floor 248 Kentish Town Rd London NWS 2AB Rather Home Care Homecare 01/04/2025 30/09/2026 Block 169-171 Queens Crescent London NW5 4DS Hartwig Care Reablement 01/04/2025 30/09/2026 Block 5 Ella Mews London NW3 2NH Focus Care Link Reablement 01/04/2025 30/09/2026 Block First Floor, 248 Kentish Town Road, London NWS 2AB Rather Home Care Reablement 01/04/2025 30/09/2026 Block 169-171 Queens Crescent London NW5 4DS Maitland Park Dual registered care homes 2011 2041 Block Maitland Park Villas London NW3 2DU Wellesley Road Dual registered care homes 2011 2041 Block 1 Wellesley Road London NW5 4PN Ash Court Nursing home 2018 2025 Block 12-14 Ascham St London NW5 2PW Lansdowne Nursing home 2018 2025 Block Claremont Road London NW2 1TU Gospel Oak Court Extra care 2011 2041 Block Maitland Park Villas London NW3 2DU Esther Randall Court Extra care 2018 2026 Block 2 Little Albany St London NW1 4DY Roseberry Mansions Extra care 2018 2026 Block 1 Tapper Walk London N1C 4AQ Centrepoint Children’s supported living for ages 16-25 years 01/11/2018 31/05/2026 Block The Rowe 59-63 Whitechapel High Street London E1 7PF Riverside Housing Association Children’s supported living for ages 16-25 years 01/11/2018 31/05/2026 Block 2 Estuary Boulevard Estuary Commerce Park Liverpool L24 8RF St Christopher's Fellowship Children’s supported living for ages 16-25 years 01/11/2018 31/05/2026 Block 1 Putney High St London SW15 1SZ DePaul UK Children’s supported living for ages 16-25 years 01/11/2018 31/05/2026 Block 291-299 Borough High St London SE1 1JG KPMS Residential children’s home 01/04/24 31/03/2028 Block St James' Hall Mill Road, Lancing West Sussex BN15 0PT 3. Any public framework agreements or lists of approved providers that the council refers to for social care and supported housing services. The council holds the information requested. You can access it via the Council’s Open Data Portal at the following link: https://opendata.camden.gov.uk/stories/s/Camden- Freedom-Of-Information-Response by searching for CAM9822. As this information is already publicly available and easily accessible, it is exempt from disclosure under the absolute exemption in Section 21 of the Freedom of Information Act. Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Lorna Jonas-Tinson Information Rights Officer2025-06-12T00:00:00CAM100692025-06-11T00:00:00adult neurological and mental health services funding by the Local AuthorityDate: 11/06/2025 Ref: CAM10069 Dear Requester, Thank you for your request for information dated 11/04/2025 about adult neurological and mental health services funding by the Local Authority. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested and the answers to your questions are as follows: 1. Please provide the total number of adults (aged 18 to 64) with a primary support need of mental-ill health funded by the Local Authority and receiving long-term nursing care in a care home. Please provide the total number in placement at 31 March of each year from 2023 to 2025, and projected at 31 March 2026. 2. Please provide the total number of adults (aged 18 to 64) with a primary support need of mental-ill health funded by the Local Authority and receiving long-term nursing care in a care home. Please provide the total number of new placements made during the financial year to 31 March 2025. 3. Please provide a list of providers with which the Local Authority is funding adults (aged 18 to 64) with a primary support need of mental -ill health receiving long-term nursing care in a care home. Please provide the full list of providers at 31 March 2025. 4. Please provide a list of the five providers with which the Local Authority is funding the largest number of adults (aged 18 to 64) with a primary support need of mental-ill health receiving long-term nursing care in a care home. For each of the top five providers by volume of service users, please provide the number of service users funded during March 2025 and the corresponding expenditure by the Local Authority during the month of March 2025. 5. Please provide a list of the five providers with which the Local Authority is spending the most with on placements for adults (aged 18 to 64) with a primary support need of mental-ill health receiving long-term nursing care in a care home. For each of the top five providers by expenditure on placements, please London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk provide the number of service users funded during March 2025 and the corresponding expenditure by the Local Authority during the month of March 2025. 6. Please provide the number of adults (aged 18 to 64) with a primary support need of mental-ill health funded by the Local Authority and receiving long- term care in a nursing care home setting with fees per week of a) less than £1,000, b) £1,000 to £3,000, and c) more than £3,000. Please provide the number of adults at 31 March 2025. 7. Please provide the total number of adults (aged 18 to 64) with a primary support need of neurological condition funded by the Local Authority and receiving long-term nursing care in a care home. Please provide the total number in placement at 31 March of each year from 2023 to 2025, and projected at 31 March 2026. 8. Please provide the total number of adults (aged 18 to 64) with a primary support need of neurological condition funded by the Local Authority and receiving long-term nursing care in a care home. Please provide the total number of new placements made during the financial year to 31 March 2025. 9. Please provide a list of providers with which the Local Authority is funding adults (aged 18 to 64) with a primary support need of neurological condition receiving long-term nursing care in a care home. Please provide the full list of providers at 31 March 2025. 10. Please provide a list of the five providers with which the Local Authority is funding the largest number of adults (aged 18 to 64) with a primary support need of neurological condition receiving long-term nursing care in a care home. For each of the top five providers by volume of service users, please provide the number of service users funded during March 2025 and the corresponding expenditure by the Local Authority during the month of March 2025. 11. Please provide a list of the five providers with which the Local Authority is spending the most with on placements for adults (aged 18 to 64) with a primary support need of neurological condition receiving long- term nursing care in a care home. For each of the top five providers by expenditure on placements, please provide the number of service users funded during March 2025 and the corresponding expenditure by the Local Authority during the month of March 2025. 12. Please provide the number of adults (aged 18 to 64) with a primary support need of neurological condition funded by the Local Authority and receiving long-term care in a nursing care home setting with fees per week of a) less than £1,000, b) £1,000 to £3,000, and c) more than £3,000. Please provide the number of adults at 31 March 2025. For the avoidance of doubt, when referring to the terms 'neurological' and ‘neurological care need’, please include; brain injury (including acquired brain injury and traumatic brain injury), spinal injury, neuro- disabilities (including but not limited to Parkinson's disease, early-onset dementia, multiple sclerosis, motor neurone disease, Huntington's disease, cerebral palsy and epilepsy), stroke, neurobehavioural rehabilitation and cognitive rehabilitation. This list is meant as a guide and is by no means exhaustive. Where ‘neurological’ or ‘neurological care need’ is not recorded, please provide figures for ‘physical support: access & mobility only’ and ‘physical support: personal care support’. For the avoidance of doubt, when referring to the term 'mental ill -health', please include; anxiety, depression, personality disorder, severe affective disorders, schizophrenia, and mental ill-health that causes challenging behaviour, all of which are to such a degree that the person experiences significant impairment and as such is unable to care for themselves independently. This list is meant as a guide and is by no means exhaustive. Please see the spreadsheet attached setting out the available data held. Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Lorna Jonas-Tinson Information Rights Officer2025-06-12T00:00:00CAM101212025-06-09T00:00:00a list of all -cides used by the BoroughDate: 09/06/2025 Ref: CAM10121 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 22/04/2025 about a list of all -cides used by the Borough. We have dealt with this under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds some of the information requested. We have stated where we do not hold the information requested and why. I would like to request the following: 1. A list of all -cides used by the Borough. This is inclusive of, but not limited to: any and all avicides, biocides, fungicides, herbicides, insecticides, pesticides, and rodenticides. Please see the attached spreadsheet. 1. These -cides may be used on property and assets that the Borough 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 body, like TfL, please note this down — I would, here, like to prevent data duplication between public bodies. Camden’s Grounds Maintenance service covers a number of Housing Estates, Parks, Education sites, Temporary Accommodation sites, Corporate Property sites and Verges. Please see our webpage for the location of the trees we manage – Trees - Camden Council . 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: 1. -Cide 2. Product Name 3. Volume Purchased 4. Price Paid 5. Purchase Date Please see the attached spreadsheet. Camden Grounds Maintenance/Green Spaces does not hold information regarding the price paid or purchase date. The attachment includes product name , volume purchased and year used. Camden Green Spaces only hold records from 2019. Camden Pest Control Service only holds financial data from 2018 due to a new system being implemented in 2018, therefore, we are unable to provide the requested information within the timespan requested. The data presents the annual expenditure of orders raised for all pest-related materials. Please note that this expenditure is not limited exclusively to pesticides due to the way the data is recorded and stored, however, it is important to highlight that approximately 95% of the cost would be attributed to pesticides. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk 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. Please see the attached spreadsheet. Camden Trees Service does not record this information. Environment Services – Streets - the stock was allocated to Camden as required, so there was no surplus / excess / unused. Pest Control Service - due to the way the data is stored, specifically relating to Purchase Date, Volume Purchased, and Price Paid, we are unable to provide the requested information. 4. Only if available and easily accessible, the location and purpose of each specific - cide’s use. For the former, this may be classified by: location grouping, address, coordinate, or otherwise. Camden Green Spaces do not hold this information. Trees Service – we only use herbicides to poison stumps that cannot be removed through mechanical means. Please see the ‘Tree Service stump locations’ tab in the attached spreadsheet for the locations of stump poisoning from 2014-2015 to 2024-2025. Our data is stored by financial year, so we are unable to provide it in the data range requested. Environment Services – Streets – herbicide is used on all Camden Streets. Pest Control Service – this information is not recorded in this way As some of the information not held is environmental we have to comply with a technicality and tell you that because it is not held it is excepted under Regulation 12 (4)(a) of the EIR 2004. The Information Commissioner does not require a public interest test where the information is not held. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Kieran Heneghan Information Rights Officer2025-06-12T00:00:00CAM101502025-06-03T00:00:00questions about community enforcement officers (CEOs)Date: 03/06/2025 Ref: CAM10150 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 25/04/2025 about questions about community enforcement officers (CEOs). We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds some of the information requested. We have stated where we do not hold the information requested and why. 1) Please tell me how many community enforcement officers (CEOs) are employed by your council (either on a full or part-time basis) as of the date of this request, and at what cost to the taxpayer (£). Please provide the same information for the calendar years of 2022, 2023 and 2024. As of the date requested we have 18 officers (full time) from April 2024. At a cost of £1,092,690. This team was set up for April 1st 2024 as an enforcement team so we do not hold data previous to this. 2) Please tell me the purpose of employing the CEOs and what powers they have when dealing with members of the public. Community Safety Enforcement Officers (CSEOs) patrol areas affected by anti-social behaviour (ASB), such as drug-related activities, aggressive begging, graffiti, and public nuisances. They provide reassurance to residents and take action to prevent further incidents, working closely with the police, CCTV operators, Environmental Services and outreach teams . They issue Fixed Penalty Notices (FPNs) for offences like fly -tipping, presentation of waste dog fouling, graffiti and littering. CSEOs also enforce business waste disposal regulations, ensuring that local businesses adhere to environmental standards . They also issue FPNs for illegal street trading, highways breaches, antisocial behaviour such as street urination. They also can prosecute should fixed penalty notices not address the issue CSEOs also issue antisocial behaviour warnings for drug use, they can issue Community Protection Warnings (CPWs) and Community Protection Notices (CPNs) A key priority for CSEOs is engaging with individuals who are rough sleeping or part of the street population. They collaborate with outreach teams and homelessness services to provide support and take enforcement action when necessary to address associated ASB issues . CSEOs work in partnership with various stakeholders, including the police, environmental services, parks services, and community groups, to improve safety in Camden. They are a visible presence in the community, wearing high-visibility jackets or vests, and residents can approach them during patrols to share concern London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk 3) Since 1 January 2022 to the date of this request, could you please send me a log of all the actions CEOs have taken (i.e. issuing FPNs, reporting anti -social behaviour to the police etc) and the outcomes of such actions (i.e. business being fined after receiving a FPN, illegal street vendors being arrested after they were reported by a CEO to the police). Please see the attached spreadsheet. As stated in the answer to question 1, please note that the Enforcement Team was set up on 01/04/24. 4) Please tell me how many complaints about CEOs were submitted to the council by members of the public, telling me what the nature of the complaint was, the date of the complaint, whether the council found in favour of the complainant and if so what punishment - if any - was given to the CEO. There have been two complaints submitted to our Complaints Team. The first was submitted on 12/08/24 and concerned apparently unprofessional behaviour of a CEO. The was not upheld. The second complaint was received on 17/10/24 and entailed the issuing of a PCN to a driver parked in a permit holder only bay. This was not upheld. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Kieran Heneghan Information Rights Officer2025-06-12T00:00:00CAM101952025-06-04T00:00:00Communal Heating on the Alexandra and Ainsworth EstateDate: 04/06/2025 Ref: CAM10195 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 02/05/2025 about Communal Heating on the Alexandra and Ainsworth Estate. We have dealt with this under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested. Communal Heating on the Alexandra and Ainsworth Estate (Blocks A, B, and C) 1. Is Camden Council aware of the extreme discomfort caused by the system running at high temperatures, even during warm weather, leading to overheating in Blocks A, B, and C, and creating health hazards for residents? Extensive work has been done to design a replacement heating system. This received planning approval in February 2025 and we are now inviting tenders for the work. The Planning Committee report is on the Council’s we bsite here . Because of the high ambient temperatures, the supply to the heating coils was ‘switched off’ earlier than usual in May 2025. 2. The target internal temperature currently set for our communal heating system. There is no internal target temperature, however we would generally aim for a temperature of around 22 degrees centigrade in the living space. Please note that the system as it is designed does not have thermostatic controls therefore it is very difficult to regulate the heat for individual dwellings. 3. Whether the system is fitted with a weather compensation sensor that adjusts flow temperatures based on outdoor conditions: a. Is it operational? The weather compensation system is not compatible for the current system on the estate. Engineers have to manually adjust flow temperatures. b. What are the temperature thresholds used to control the heating output?? Flow temperatures are based on the requirement to get heat to the full extremities of the estate. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk 4. The maximum internal temperature permitted under council or contractor policy. There is no stated maximum internal temperature, however engineers attempt to regulate the system as best they can to provide a consistent level of heat in winter months. 5. The total volume of gas used by the communal heating system for these blocks during the heating season. There is one gas supply at Alexandra Road Estate, supplying the whole estate. 12,516,071 kWh of gas were used during the heating season for the Apr 24 – Mar 25 financial year. The heating season, as confirmed by the heat charges team, runs from 1 October - 31 May. 6. An estimate of how much of that gas use exceeds what is needed to maintain standard comfort levels (e.g. 21°C), and consequently of: a. The estimated avoidable CO₂ emissions b. The estimated additional cost of that excess gas, as it is reflected in residents’ heating bills or service charges. The Council wrote to the Chair of the TRA as per the attached letter on the CO2 reductions that would be secured under an alternative heating system. 7. Confirmation that Camden records the data specified at Item 6 and is aware of it. Please see answer to question 6. 8. The council’s policy or contractual specification for temperature settings, heating controls, and energy efficiency in our communal heating system, including any reference to CIBSE Guide A or similar standards Camden Council is aware that the system does not conform to modern standards. All considerations are set out in the Planning Committee report. We have also included our heating policy document which sets out the guidance we consider for replacement systems. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication R egulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Kieran Heneghan Information Rights Officer2025-06-12T00:00:00CAM102002025-06-04T00:00:00a list of properties managed by letting agents within the London Borough of CamdenDate: 04/06/2025 Ref: CAM10200 Dear Requester, Thank you for your request for information dated 06/05/2025 about a list of properties managed by letting agents within the London Borough of Camden. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The Council does not hold the information requested. The answer to your question are as follows: I'd like to request a full list of properties that are looked after by managing agents in the Camden borough. We do not hold the information requested. Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Yours sincerely, Lorna Jonas-Tinson Information Rights Officer2025-06-12T00:00:00CAM102032025-06-03T00:00:00the total spend by the council on alternative provision for years 2019/20-2023/24 split by setting typeDate: 03/06/2025 Ref: CAM10203 Dear Requester, Thank you for your request for information dated 02/05/2025 about the total spend by the council on alternative provision for years 2019/20- 2023/24 split by setting type. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested. However, we are withholding all of the information because it is exempt as explained below. We have explained where we are withholding information and what exemptions apply. Please see the refusal notices at the end of the answers which explain how and why they apply. 1) What was the total spend by your LA on alternative provision for the following years? Note: If you are unable to provide for each year, please provide as many years as possible. Year Total spend, £ 2019/20 2020/21 2021/22 2022/23 2023/24 2) Please provide total spend on AP split by setting type a) LA operated provision (i.e. PRU) b) Academy and free school provision (i.e. AP academies, and AP free schools, state-funded but independently managed) c) In-person independent schools (i.e. privately funded schools with AP specialism) d) Online learning provision and online learning providers (i.e. dedicated online schools, AP services or tutors online) e) Unregistered provider f) Charity Note: If you are unable to provide the full breakdown, please provide the breakdown that you have for state-funded vs. independent schools and if unable to provide for each year, please provide as many years as possible. Spend, £, by setting type London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Year LA operated provision (e.g. PRUs) Academy and free school provision In-person independent schools Online learning providers Unregistered providers Charities 2019/20 2020/21 2021/22 2022/23 2023/24 3) Please provide total number of children in AP split by setting type • LA operated provision (i.e. PRU) • Academy and free school provision (i.e. AP academies, and AP free schools, state-funded but independently managed) • In-person independent schools (i.e. privately funded schools with AP specialism) • Online learning provision and online learning providers (dedicated online schools, AP services or tutors online) • Unregistered provider • Charity Note: If you are unable to provide the full breakdown, please provide the breakdown that you have for state-funded vs. independent schools and if unable to provide for each year, please provide as many years as possible. Number of children, by setting type Year LA operated provision (e.g. PRUs) Academy and free school provision In-person independent schools Online learning providers Unregistered providers Charities 2019/20 2020/21 2021/22 2022/23 2023/24 4) Please provide a list of providers used by your local authority for Alternative Provision, including the number of placements and total spend for each provider in 2023/24. Note: if the number of placements or total is not available, please continue to provide a list of providers used for alternative provision 2023/24 No. of current students placed Total Spend, £ Provider A Provider B Provider C 5) How many children attend an AP setting located outside the local LA area? (please provide data for as many years as possible) Year Number of children 2019/20 2020/21 2021/22 2022/23 2023/24 6) How many children were on a waiting list to attend an AP setting? Note: Please provide data for as many years as possible. I f waiting list data is not available, please share the number of children who have been waiting for more than one month for an AP placement in our local LA area. Year Number of children on a waiting list Number of children waiting more than 1 month for AP placement 2019/20 2020/21 2021/22 2022/23 2023/24 7) Please list all of your council’s funding sources for alternative provision spend in: a) The current year (2024/25 to date) Source Funding amount, £ [Source 1] [Source 2] [Source 3] b) Last year 2023/24 Source Funding amount, £ [Source 1] [Source 2] [Source 3] 8) Please provide any forecast of budgets for future LA spend on alternative provision and how that splits by funding source (for as many years as possible) Year Source 1 Source 2 Source 3 Source 4 Source 5 2025/26 2026/27 2027/28 2028/29 2029/30 9) How does the forecast of budgets for future LA spend on alternative provision breakdown by setting Note: please provide data for as many years as possible Year LA operated provision (e.g. PRUs) Academy and free school provision In-person independent schools Online learning providers Unregistered provider Charity 2025/26 2026/27 2027/28 2028/29 2029/30 10) Have any of the state-funded AP schools in the LA area expanded their capacity in the last 5 years? If so, please provide details of: (for as many years as possible) Year Number of new sites (from previous year) Number of new AP placements by additional sites (from previous year) 2020/21 2021/22 2022/23 2023/24 2024/25 (YTD) 11) Are there any plans to increase the capacity of state- funded AP schools in the LA area in the next 5 years? If so, please provide details of: (for as many years as possible) Year Number of new sites (from previous year) Number of new AP placements by additional sites (from previous year) 2025/26 2026/27 2027/28 2028/29 2029/30 We are withholding this information as we consider the following exemption applies. Refusal notice: Section 12: Cost of Compliance Exceeds the Appropriate Limit We are refusing your request under Section 12 of the Act on the grounds that compliance would exceed the appropriate cost limit. The cost limit for local authorities is set at £450, which equates to 18 hours of staff time, calculated at a statutory rate of £25 per hour. This rate is prescribed by the relevant Regulations and does not reflect actual staff salaries. The cost estimate includes the time required to determine whether the information is held, locate it, extract the relevant data, and collate it into the format requested. Once it is reasonably estimated that the cost limit will be exceeded, the Council is not obliged to continue processing the request or to estimate the total time required to complete it. The entire request may be refused on this basis. Your request particularly questions 2-4 and 7-11 covers a wide range of data across multiple years, including detailed financial breakdowns, provider -level data, placement numbers, forecasts, and strategic planning. Much of this information is not held in a readily accessible format and would require significant manual collation from various systems and departments. There are approximately 350 pupils within scope of your request. We estimate it would take a council officer approx. 5 minutes per record to locate, retrieve, and extract the relevant information. This includes checking multiple systems, verifying placement types, and identifying associated financial and provider data. Based on this, we estimate that fulfilling the request would take approx. 29 hours, which exceeds the 18-hour limit set by the Act. Advice and Assistance You may wish to consider narrowing the scope of your request —for example, by limiting it to a specific year or a shorter range of years, or by focusing on a particular type of provision or data (such as total expenditure or the number of placements by setting type). This may help bring the request within the appropriate cost limit and facilitate a more targeted response. Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Lorna Jonas-Tinson Information Rights Officer2025-06-12T00:00:00CAM102042025-06-04T00:00:00substance misuse testing, including drug and alcohol screening of parents with parenting concernsDate: 04/06/2025 Ref: CAM10204 Dear Requester, Thank you for your request for information dated 06/05/2025 about substance misuse testing, including drug and alcohol screening of parents with parenting concerns. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested and the answers to your questions are as follows: We are gathering information about drug and alcohol testing that children’s social care services in the United Kingdom carry out where there are signs and/or concerns that a parent’s drug or alcohol use may be affecting their parenting. We are interested in drug and alcohol testing that is not directed by the family court or part of family court proceedings. Name of local authority - London Borough of Camden 1. Does your organisation commission or carry out drug testing or breathalyse parents where there are concerns about substance use ? We commission substance misuse testing, including drug and alcohol screening of parents. 2. Does the organisation have policy and criteria for testing parents? No. 3. At what point in children’s social care proceedings are tests carried out ? In the context of early help to families? No. When Child in Need procedures are in place Not usually, but if there is a supervision order in place and the case is then at Child in Need (CIN) level, drug and alcohol testing may be included as part of the supervision support plan. When Child Protection procedures are in place? Yes, this may be included as a recommendation with the Child Protection (CP) plan and would be carried out with parental consent. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Post proceedings with the child at home? Yes, this may be stipulated as a recommendation under the Su pervision Order plan and would be undertaken with the informed consent of the parent. 4. Who carries testing out? Dedicated substance use social worker? No. All social workers? No. Family support/early help service? No. Substance use treatment service Yes. (on behalf of children’s social care) Yes – as recommendation of Child Protection plan, Supervision Order plan or within proceedings. Other? – Commissioned specialist drug testing services. 5. What substances are tested for? Substances testing is determined by the specific concerns raised regarding substance use. Accordingly, the testing request will specify the particular substances to be screened, which may range from a single substance to multiple, depending on the circumstances of the case. Alcohol YES/NO Crack cocaine/cocaine YES/NO Illicit and prescribed opiates YES/NO Cannabis YES/NO Amphetamines Benzodiazepines Ketamine Methamphetamines Other? 6. What kind of tests are carried out? Breathalyser - No. Oral fluid tests - Yes. Urine tests - Yes. Hair strand tests - Yes. SCRAM alcohol bracelet - Yes. Alcohol blood test - Yes. Other 7. Where are tests conducted Social services offices - No. In parents’ homes - Yes. Substance use treatment services - Yes. Somewhere else? - Testing may be conducted at hospitals during scheduled midwifery appointments and/or at an alternative location mutually agreed upon by the parent or adult involved. 8. Are samples analysed: Immediately by social worker/substance use practitioner etc. No. Sent away for analysis? Yes – analysis is typically conducted by the commissioned service responsible for sample testing, wh o provide an analytical report offering a summary and interpretation of the results . Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Lorna Jonas-Tinson Information Rights Officer2025-06-12T00:00:00CAM102102025-06-04T00:00:00the number of Section 42 safeguarding enquiries received by the council concerning financial or material abuseDate: 04/06/2025 Ref: CAM10210 Dear Requester, Thank you for your request for information dated 06/05/2025 about the number of Section 42 safeguarding enquiries received by the council concerning financial or material abuse. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds some of the information requested and the answers to your questions are as follows: 1. How many concluded section 42 safeguarding enquiries for 'financial or material abuse' took place for working age adults (18-64 years) for each of the following years: a. 2018/19 - 2 2019/20 - 21 b. 2020/21 - 36 c. 2021/22 - 28 d. 2022/23 - 29 e. 2023/24 - 37 f. 2024/25 (if available) - 46 2. How many other safeguarding concerns for 'financial or material abuse' were logged for working age adults (18-64 years) for each of the following years: a. 2018/19 - 16 2019/20 - 68 b. 2020/21 - 110 c. 2021/22 - 85 d. 2022/23 - 91 e. 2023/24 - 127 f. 2024/25 (if available) - 137 3. For both of the above questions 1 and 2, please also provide the breakdown of the source of risk of the safeguarding enquiry or concern, i.e. how many relate to a service provider, known to individual, not known to individual. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk We do not hold some of the information requested as the category codes ‘known to individual’ and ‘not known to the individual’ are not used by the council. Instead, we have provided data based on our internal classification system, specifically the variable ‘referral source’. Concluded section 42 safeguarding enquiries for adults aged 18 -64 years relating to financial or material abuse, by fiscal year Referral Source 2018/19 2019/20 2020/21 2021/22 2022/23 2023/24 2024/25 Camden - Other dept 0 1 2 0 5 2 4 Education/Training/ Workplace 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 Emergency Services 0 2 5 6 4 9 10 Family/Friend/Neighbour 0 3 2 1 1 1 6 Housing 0 0 3 2 1 4 9 NHS Staff 1 4 9 6 3 7 4 Other 0 5 5 4 11 3 2 Probation Service 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Social Care Staff 1 6 10 8 4 11 11 Total 2 21 36 28 29 37 46 Other safeguarding concerns recorded for adults aged 18-64 years relating to financial or material abuse , by fiscal year Referral Source 2018/19 2019/20 2020/21 2021/22 2022/23 2023/24 2024/25 Camden - Other dept 1 4 4 6 7 9 8 Education/Training/ Workplace 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 Emergency Services 2 5 35 19 41 32 41 Family/Friend/Neighbour 0 4 4 1 2 6 6 Housing 1 6 9 9 5 19 19 NHS Staff 5 25 25 15 14 17 22 Other 3 8 20 15 11 12 13 Probation Service 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 Social Care Staff 4 15 13 18 10 31 25 Total 16 68 110 85 91 127 137 Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Lorna Jonas-Tinson Information Rights Officer2025-06-12T00:00:00CAM102172025-06-09T00:00:00various questions about LTN accessibility exemption permitsDate: 09/06/2025 Ref: CAM10217 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 06/06/2025 about various questions about LTN accessibility exemption permits. We have dealt with this under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds some of the information requested. We have stated where we do not hold the information requested and why. I would be grateful if you could provide the following information, preferably in Excel spreadsheet format: By LTN accessibility exemptions, I mean permits that allow Blue Badge holders to travel through restricted LTN traffic filters. 1. LTN accessibility exemption permits (broken down by calendar year from 2020 to present): A. Number of applications received for LTN accessibility exemptions B. Number of exemptions granted C. Number of exemption applications refused We do not hold this information. Camden does not have an exemption policy for Blue Badge Holders for at all times motor vehicle restrictions. 2. Please provide a breakdown of the reasons why LTN accessibility exemption permit applications were refused. If possible, this should include: • A categorisation of the reasons for refusal, and the numbers in each category (e.g., applicant is not a borough resident, applicant does not hold a Blue Badge, incomplete or missing documentation, etc.) • An indication of the primary reason for refusals. I would be grateful if you could provide the following information, preferably in Excel spreadsheet format, and broken down by calendar year from 2020 to the present: We do not hold this information. Camden does not have an exemption policy for Blue Badge Holders for at all times motor vehicle restrictions. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk 3. Complaints related to LTN accessibility exemptions: A. The number of complaints received relating to LTN accessibility exemptions and exemption permits. B. A breakdown of these complaints, categorised by subject matter (e.g., delays in processing applications, confusing application processes, restrictions on which/how many traffic filters the permit applies to, refusal of exemption, unclear eligibility criteria, etc.). We do not hold this information. Camden does not have an exemption policy for Blue Badge Holders for at all times motor vehicle restrictions. 4. Complaints regarding the impact of LTNs on accessibility A. The number of complaints received related to accessibility issues resulting from the implementation of LTNs. B. A breakdown of these complaints, categorised by subject matter (e.g., extended journey times, difficulty accessing essential services, barriers for disabled residents, reduced access for carers, etc.). There are no complaint cases related to accessibility issues resulting from the implementation of Low Traffic Neighbourhoods (LTNs). 5. Complaints related to pavement issues within the borough: A. The number of complaints received regarding issues with pavements. B. A breakdown of these complaints, categorised by subject matter, and the numbers in each category (e.g., obstructions, physical damage, uneven surfaces, accessibility concerns for wheelchair users or people with mobility impairments, etc.). Clarified - Please disregard question 5. As the information not held is environmental we have to comply with a technicality and tell you that because it is not held it is excepted under Regulation 12 (4)(a). The Information Commissioner does not require a public interest test where the information is not held. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Kieran Heneghan Information Rights Officer2025-06-12T00:00:00CAM102202025-06-04T00:00:00provision of interim accommodation under section 188 of the Housing Act 1996 and temporary accommodation related mattersDate: 04/06/2025 Ref: CAM10220 Dear Requester, Thank you for your request for information dated 06/05/2025 about the provision of interim accommodation under section 188 of the Housing Act 1996 and temporary accommodation related matters. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested. However, we are withholding all of the information because it is exempt as explained below. We have explained where we are withholding information and what exemptions apply. Please see the refusal notices at the end of the answers which explain how and why they apply. 1. Demand and Usage 1. The number of homeless applications in the past 12 months where interim accommodation was provided under section 188 of the Housing Act 1996. 2. The number of households currently accommodated under: o Section 188 (interim duty) o Section 193 (main housing duty) 3. Average duration (in days) of stay in: o Section 188 interim accommodation o Temporary accommodation before permanent housing 4. Number of applicants currently on the housing waiting list, by: o Single adult o Couple o Family of 3, 4, and 5+ ________________________________________ 2. Supply and Providers 5. Number and type of providers currently contracted for: o Interim accommodation under section 188 o Temporary accommodation under section 193 or other housing duties London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk 6. Types of properties used (e.g. HMO, hotel, B&B, self-contained units). 7. Current available units broken down by: o Studio o 1-bed o 2-bed o 3-bed o 4+ beds ________________________________________ 3. Financial Data 8. Average nightly rate paid by the council to accommodate: o A single adult o A couple o A family of 4 o A family of 5 (Please specify separately for interim and temporary accommodation if possible) 9. Annual spend on: o Interim accommodation (section 188) o Temporary accommodation For: o 2022–23 o 2023–24 o 2024–25 (planned or projected) 10. Additional payments to providers (e.g. utilities, food, management/support fees) and what these typically include. ________________________________________ 4. Provider Duties and Compliance 11. What duties and responsibilities are shared between the council and its housing providers in relation to: • Resident support and welfare • Safety and safeguarding • Reporting obligations • Compliance with housing standards 12. What specific requirements must a housing provider meet in order to offer interim or temporary housing services, including: • Licensing (e.g. HMO licence) • Health and safety standards • Staff qualifications or DBS checks • Support service capabilities • Insurance cover (public liability, professional indemnity, etc.) • Experience or accreditation (e.g. landlord accreditation schemes) ________________________________________ 5. Procurement and Process 13. The current procedure by which a private landlord or HMO owner may become an approved provider of interim or temporary accommodation. 14. Whether the council uses: • Only works within it Jurisdiction • A procurement framework • A direct proposal process 15. Contact details of the team, officer, or department responsible for provider onboarding and accommodation procurement. ________________________________________ 6. Outcomes and Performance 16. The average time between section 188 placement and the conclusion of the homelessness assessment. 17. Outcomes following section 188 accommodation in the past 12 months: • Number of cases where no duty was owed • Relief duty granted under section 189B • Main duty accepted under section 193 18. Number or percentage of households moved from interim or temporary accommodation into permanent social housing during the past year. We are withholding this information as we consider the following exemption applies. Refusal notice: Section 12: Cost of Compliance Exceeds the Appropriate Limit We are refusing your request under section 12 on cost grounds because we estimate that compliance with your request will exceed the "appropriate limit". This is £450 which is equivalent to 18 hours at £25 per hour. The per hour figure is set by Regulations rather than actual salary paid to any officers handling requests. The appropriate limit includes the time it will take the council to discover if it holds the information requested, to locate it, extract it and collate it as well as putting it into any particular format requested by the requester. Your request covers a wide range of data across multiple years, including detailed financial information. Much of this data is not maintained in an easily accessible format and would require extensive manual collation from various housing service systems or the creation of bespoke datasets. There are currently 1,008 households in temporary accommodation. To retrieve the information requested in question 1.3, a council officer would need to generate a report of all households currently placed and conduct a manual review of each individual case record to determine the duration of stay. This process would also require distinguishing between placements made under Section 188 and other forms of temporary accommodation. It is estimated that to extract and interpret the relevant data would take approx. 10 minutes per case. We have calculated to provide the information for all households would take approx. 168 hours. We note the request does not specify the time period over which the average should be calculated. Calculating an average for a defined period, such as the previous financial year, would require the inclusion of households no longer in temporary accommodation, further increasing the volume of records to be reviewed and the time required to fulfil the request. Advice and Assistance Some information related to question 1.3 is available on the Council’s Open Data Portal. Please enter the following link into your web browser: https://opendata.camden.gov.uk/stories/s/Camden-Freedom-Of-Information-Response and search for CAM9603. We receive a number of requests for temporary accommodation and have published a standard FOI response to explain why we do not currently hold some of the information, the exemption we use and further details. The response is in the Freedom of Information FAQ dataset, the exact link is: Freedom Of Information FAQs | Open Data Portal, scroll down to ‘Temporary Accommodation Commercial FOI requests FAQs 091024.pdf.’ As the information requested is reasonably accessible elsewhere it is exempt under the absolute exemption in Section 21. You may wish to consider submitting a revised request with a narrower scope and more focused questions to ensure they fall within the 18-hour time limit outlined above. Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Lorna Jonas-Tinson Information Rights Officer2025-06-12T00:00:00CAM102212025-06-05T00:00:00the number of housing applications accepted under sections 189B, 195 & 193 of the Housing Act 1996Date: 05/06/2025 Ref: CAM10221 Dear Requester, Thank you for your request for information dated 06/05/2025 about the number of housing applications accepted under sections 189B, 195 & 193 of the Housing Act 1996. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested. However, we are withholding all of the information because it is exempt as explained below. We have explained where we are withholding information and what exemptions apply. Please see the refusal notices at the end of the answers which explain how and why they apply. I am seeking information relating to your local authority’s handling of homelessness applications and the provision of temporary accommodation, with particular focus on performance against statutory obligations under the Housing Act 1996 (as amended by the Homelessness Reduction Act 2017). Please provide the following information for the financial years 2021/22, 2022/23, and 2023/24 (if available): 1. Homelessness Applications o The total number of homelessness applications received. o The number of applications where the local authority: - Accepted a duty under Section 189B (relief duty). - Accepted a duty under Section 195 (prevention duty). - Accepted a main housing duty under Section 193. 2. Timeliness and Decision-Making o The average and median time taken to issue a decision on homelessness applications. o The number of cases where the decision exceeded the 56- day timeframe. o The number of reviews requested under Section 202 and the average time taken to complete them. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk 3. Temporary Accommodation o The number of households placed in temporary accommodation, broken down by: - Household type (e.g. single adult, family with children). - Type of accommodation used (e.g. B&B, nightly paid, self -contained). - Length of stay in temporary accommodation. o The number of households placed in B&B accommodation for longer than 6 weeks, and the reasons why. 4. Out-of-Borough Placements o The number of households placed in temporary accommodation outside of the local authority area. o The average distance from the original place of residence. o The number of placements involving children and/or vulnerable adults. 5. Compliance and Monitoring o Details of any internal or external audits or reviews carried out regarding homelessness decision-making and/or temporary accommodation provision during this period. o Any recorded breaches or non-compliance with statutory timeframes, and the corrective actions taken. We are withholding this information as we consider the following exemption applies. Refusal notice: Section 12: Cost of Compliance Exceeds the Appropriate Limit We are refusing your request under section 12 on cost grounds because we estimate that compliance with your request will exceed the "appropriate limit". This is £450 which is equivalent to 18 hours at £25 per hour. The per hour figure is set by Regulations rather than actual salary paid to any officers handling requests. The appropriate limit includes the time it will take the council to discover if it holds the information requested, to locate it, extract it and collate it as well as putting it into any particular format requested by the requester. The requested information is not readily available in an easily accessible format. Specifically, for question 3 and the second part of question 4, the council does not maintain aggregated data that differentiates between single-person and family households. Additionally, determining the length of stay or the average distance from the original place of residence would require a manual review of individual case records, as this data is not stored in a way that allows for automated extraction or analysis. There are currently 1,008 households in temporary accommodation. We estimate it would take approximately 5 minutes for a council officer to extract, analyse and collate the required data for each case. Based on this, we have calculated providing the information for all current cases would take approximately 84 hours of work. This estimate only covers households presently in temporary accommodation. Addressing the full scope of the request, which includes historical data spanning the past three year s would increase the time needed and further exceed the appropriate cost limit set by the Act. Advice and Assistance I can confirm the council holds the requested information for question 1. This is published on the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC) website at: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/homelessness -statistics#statutory- homelessness. To access the relevant data, select the appropriate year and open the Excel file titled ‘Detailed local authority level tables financial year 2023-24.’ Within the spreadsheet, refer to worksheet tabs A1, A2P and A2R to locate the requested information. For equivalent datasets from previous years click o, please use the following link: https://www.gov.uk/search/all?keywords=statutory+homelessness+in+England%3A+fina ncial+year+2022-23 . As the information requested is already reasonably accessible elsewhere it is exempt under the absolute exemption in Section 21. For questions 2 to 5, we suggest narrowing the scope of your request and submitting a revised version - perhaps focusing on a shorter timeframe, such as a 2-3 month period. Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Lorna Jonas-Tinson Information Rights Officer2025-06-12T00:00:00CAM131642026-07-31T00:00:00services for adults with learning disabilities / autismDate: 31 July 2026 Ref: CAM13164 Dear Requester, Thank you for your request for information dated 25 June 2026 about services for adults with learning disabilities / autism. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested. However, we are withholding all of the information because it is exempt as explained below. We have explained where we are withholding information and what exemptions apply. Please see the refusal notices at the end of the answers which explain how and why they apply. Under the Freedom of Information Act, I would like to request the following information regarding services for adults with learning disabilities and/or autism. Where possible, please kindly include responses on the attached Excel spreadsheet. 1. Please could you supply the name, email address and telephone number of the commissioner with responsibility for learning disabilities placements? For questions 2 to 4, please supply this information as a snapshot at the end of the year for the financial year 2025/26 and the most up to date snapshot available for 2026/27. You clarified that a combined figure for learning disabilities and autism would suffice. 2. Please provide the total number of adults aged 18-64 with learning disabilities and/or autism funded by the Local Authority in residential care. 3. Of the total number of adults aged 18-64 with learning disabilities and/or autism funded by the Local Authority in residential care (q.2), please provide the number that are in ‘in area’ placements and the number that are in ‘out of area’ placements. 4. Please provide the total number of adults aged 18-64 with learning disabilities and/or autism funded by the Local Authority in supported living. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk 5. Please provide the local authority’s total expenditure on residential care and supported living for adults aged 18-64 with learning disabilities and/or autism for the financial year 2025/26, and budgeted expenditure for 2026/27. 6. Please provide the highest, lowest, and average weekly rate paid by the Local Authority for residential care placements for adults aged 18-64 with learning disabilities and/or autism for each of the financial years 2025/26 and 2026/27. If the Local Authority has weekly rate bands, please also provide these. 7. Please provide the number of adults aged 18-64 with learning disabilities and/or autism funded by the Local Authority in residential care with fees per week of: • Less than £1,500 • £1,500 to £2,999 • £3,000 to £4,999 • £5,000 or more 8. Please provide a list of providers used by the Local Authority to deliver long-term residential care to adults aged 18-64 with learning disabilities and/or autism. For each named provider, please provide both of the following for the same single month — the most recent full calendar month available (or, if a single month cannot be provided, the financial year 2025/26): a. the number of such adults funded by the Local Authority in long-term residential placements with that provider in that month; and b. the Local Authority’s total gross expenditure with that provider for that month, including all payments for these placements (e.g. any block/core hours). Please use the same month for (a) and (b) and confirm which month, so the two figures are directly comparable. 9. Does the Local Authority consider there is sufficient local residential care provision to meet the needs of adults aged 18-64 with learning disabilities and/or autism who have a high level of complex needs, and which providers does the Authority mainly use for these placements? What are the occupancy levels locally? We are withholding this information as we consider the following exemption applies. Refusal Notice Section 12: Cost of Compliance Exceeds the Appropriate Limit We are refusing your request under Section 12 of the Freedom of Information Act on cost grounds because we estimate that compliance with your request will exceed the "appropriate limit". This is £450 which is equivalent to 18 hours at £25 per hour. The per hour figure is set by Regulations rather than actual salary paid to any officers handling requests. The appropriate limit includes the time it will take the council to discover if it holds the information requested, to locate it, extract it and collate it as well as putting it into any particular format requested by the requester. Where the Council reasonably estimates that responding would exceed the 18-hour limit, it is permitted to refuse the entire request without calculating the exact time or working up to the limit. The council does not hold the requested information in a readily reportable format. The Adult Social Care data system does not have the functionality to generate reports identifying service users with autistic conditions or autism related care needs. Instead, information is recorded under the broader primary support reason of learning disability. This category includes a wide range of conditions and levels of need, which include mild, moderate, severe and profound learning disabilities and therefore not limited to individuals with autistic conditions. As a result, the data held does not provide the level of detail required to identify service users with autism specifically, without a manual review of individual records by a council officer. The learning disability category cannot be used as a proxy for autism, as this would capture individuals who do not have an autistic condition and would therefore be likely to produce either inaccurate or misleading results. Similarly, the financial information requested cannot be extracted or disaggregated from the council’s financial records through a simple search or report. To identify the information requested, the council would need to undertake a manual review of individual case records and cross-reference these against relevant financial reports and records. There are approximately 440 service users within the scope of your request. To comply with your request we estimate that reviewing, analysing and extracting the relevant information from each record would take approximately 5 minutes per case. This would result in an estimated total of 36.66 hours of officer time, equivalent to 36 hours and 40 minutes. As compliance with your request would exceed the appropriate limit set by the Act, Section 12 applies. Advice and assistance If you wish to submit a new request, please consider refining its scope to the primary need category of learning disabilities bearing in mind that this would not identify individuals with autistic conditions specifically. Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk, telephone 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Lorna Jonas-Tinson Information Rights Officer2026-08-21T21:45:09CAM131862026-07-28T00:00:00expenditure on home-to-school transport for children with an EHCP of compulsory school ageDate: 28 July 2026 Ref: CAM13186 Dear Requester, Thank you for your request for information dated 29 June 2026 about expenditure on home-to-school transport for children with an EHCP of compulsory school age. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested. However, we are withholding all of the information because it is exempt as explained below. We have explained where we are withholding information and what exemptions apply. Please see the refusal notices at the end of the answers which explain how and why they apply. To replace my original request, please provide, for each of the last four financial years (2022/23, 2023/24, 2024/25 and 2025/26): 1. The total amount the council spent on home-to-school transport arranged for children with an EHCP of compulsory school age (5 to 16). This is a budget or finance figure and should not require any review of individual case files. 2. The number of children with an EHCP for whom the council arranged home- to-school transport in each year. This is the number of children actually transported, which I understand will be considerably smaller than the total number of EHCPs held. 3. Of those transported children, the number placed (a) outside the council's boundary and (b) outside Greater London. As placement location is recorded for the statutory SEN2 return, I understand this to be held as structured data. I am happy to drop my earlier questions about journey times and the longest single trip. If, however, the council holds one-way journey time information in any structured or reportable system, rather than in case notes, I would welcome a simple banded count of how many transported children have a one-way journey over 45 minutes and over 75 minutes. If that information is only available from individual case files, please disregard this paragraph. The same exclusions apply as before: this concerns statutory home-to-school transport only, excluding post-16 transport and excluding personal travel budgets or mileage payments made to parents and carers. If any single element above still exceeds the appropriate limit, please advise me which one, and provide the remaining elements that fall within it, rather than refusing the request as a whole. We are withholding this information as we consider the following exemption applies. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Refusal Notice Section 12: Cost of Compliance Exceeds the Appropriate Limit We are refusing your request under Section 12 of the Freedom of Information Act on cost grounds because we estimate that compliance with your request will exceed the "appropriate limit". This is £450 which is equivalent to 18 hours at £25 per hour. The per hour figure is set by Regulations rather than actual salary paid to any officers handling requests. The appropriate limit includes the time it will take the council to discover if it holds the information requested, to locate it, extract it and collate it as well as putting it into any particular format requested by the requester. The council does not maintain records of home-to-school journey times in minutes and therefore does not hold the information requested for this part of your request. The remaining information is not held in a readily reportable format and cannot be extracted through an existing report or database query. Whilst the council holds information relating to pupils who receive home-to-school transport, the specific breakdown requested is held across operational and financial records that would require substantial analysis and assessment to identify, retrieve and collate. To identify the requested information, a council officer would need to undertake a detailed assessment of individual transport records, cross-referencing these against financial and transport datasets. This would involve examining transport arrangements for individual pupils, determining their age during each relevant financial year, establishing whether the transport provision was delivered outside the Council's boundary or the Greater London boundary and correlating this information with expenditure data recorded in budget reports. There are approx. 950 records that fall within scope of your request. We estimate that reviewing these records would take approx. 3 minutes per record. As a result, complying with the request would require approx. 47.5 hours of officer time. This significantly exceeds the appropriate limit of 18 hours set by the Act. Advice and Assistance Should you wish to submit a further refined request, you may wish to consider reducing the timeframe of your request to a period of 12 months and narrowing the scope of your request. Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk, telephone 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Lorna Jonas-Tinson Information Rights Officer2026-08-21T21:45:09CAM131942026-07-29T00:00:00Individual Placement and Support (IPS) for individuals in drug and alcohol treatmentDate: 29 July 2026 Ref: CAM13194 Dear Requester, Thank you for your request for information dated 30 June 2026 about Individual Placement and Support (IPS) for individuals in drug and alcohol treatment. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested and the answers to your questions are as follows: Further to your FOI response in which you confirmed that a total of 38 job starts were recorded across the combined years 2023/2024, 2024/2025, and 2025/2026 within IPS services in Camden drug and alcohol treatment services, I would like to request the following (still in relation to IPS services in Camden drug and alcohol treatment services): 1) Are instances of employer engagement (including “face-to-face employer contact”) recorded? No, the council have not required this information be supplied by providers. If so: a) How and where are these interactions logged? Not applicable. Please see the response provided in question 1 above. b) Is it possible to link or compare employer engagement records with job start data in order to identify which job starts occured following prior 'employer engagement' / "face to face ocntact" with the employer? Not applicable. Please see the response provided in question 1 above. 2) Of those 38 job starts, how many were with employers for whom IPS services in Camden drug and alcohol treatment services had recorded evidence of employer engagement (including "face-to-face employer contact") prior to the recorded start date of the job? IPS Grow is the system in which all IPS providers record their activities and outcomes. Up until April 2026, IPS providers were not required to record the source or type of outcome on IPS Grow. The council have not asked CGL to record this type of information locally. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk, telephone 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Lorna Jonas-Tinson Information Rights Officer2026-08-21T21:45:10CAM132042026-07-28T00:00:00information relating to abandoned vehiclesDate: 28/07/2026 Ref: CAM13204 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 30/06/2026 about information relating to abandoned vehicles. We have dealt with this under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested. I am writing to make a request for information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and, where applicable, the Environmental Information Regulations 2004 (EIR). I ask that you consider this request under whichever regime is most appropriate, given that some of the information requested may relate to environmental matters including the management of waste vehicles under the Refuse Disposal (Amenity) Act 1978. Please provide the following information relating to abandoned vehicles: 1. The total number of reports of abandoned vehicles received by the council for each of the last five financial years (2019/20, 2020/21, 2021/22, 2022/23, 2023/24). • 2019/20 204 • 2020/21 110 • 2021/22 106 • 2022/23 147 • 2023/24 142 2. The total expenditure incurred by the council in the removal of abandoned vehicles for each of the same five financial years. Zero. 3. Whether the council has a contract in place with a private provider for the removal of abandoned vehicles. If so, please provide: a) The name of the contractor. Redcorn (ELV). b) The annual payment made to that contractor for each of the last five financial years. Zero. c) The start and end date of the current contract. 1 October 2023 – 30 September 2026. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk 4. The specific statutory powers used by the council to authorise the removal of abandoned vehicles (for example, the Refuse Disposal (Amenity) Act 1978, the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984, or other legislation). Refuse Disposal (Amenity) Act 1978 and Clean Neighbourhoods and Environment Act (CNEA) 2005. 5. Whether the council is a registered DVLA Power Partner for the purpose of accessing vehicle keeper data in connection with abandoned vehicle enforcement. Camden is not a DVLA Power Partner for the purpose of obtaining vehicle keeper information in relation to abandoned vehicle enforcement. Instead, vehicle keeper data is obtained through the council's corporate agreement with the National Anti-Fraud Network (NAFN). 6. For each of the last five financial years, the average and maximum number of days elapsed between an initial report of an abandoned vehicle being received and the vehicle being removed or the case being closed. • 2019/20 42 • 2020/21 37 • 2021/22 40 • 2022/23 39 • 2023/24 34 7. For each of the last five financial years: a) The number of reported vehicles that were found to be untaxed (no valid Vehicle Excise Duty) at the time of inspection. • 2019/20 201 • 2020/21 109 • 2021/22 104 • 2022/23 136 • 2023/24 140 b) The number of reports that were assessed and subsequently closed on the basis that the vehicle did not meet the criteria to be classed as abandoned. • 2019/20 5 • 2020/21 6 • 2021/22 2 • 2022/23 10 • 2023/24 17 Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Kieran Heneghan Information Rights Officer2026-08-21T21:45:10CAM102242025-06-05T00:00:00anonymised demographic data of current allotment holdersDate: 05/06/2025 Ref: CAM10224 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 07/05/2025 about anonymised demographic data of current allotment holders. We have dealt with this under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds some of the information requested. We have stated where we do not hold the information requested and why. Please could you provide me with anonymised demographic data of current allotment holders and those on waiting lists for 2024-2025. Please could I have: - Demographic data including age, gender, ethnicity, employment Please see the information in the attached spreadsheet. We do not hold employment information. Where NULL is recorded under age and ethnicity, we do not hold the data. This could be because we didn't ask for it or because the person didn't provide it. - How long they have been an allotment holder - If they are on the waiting list, and how long they have been on the waiting list. Please see the information in the attached spreadsheet. As some of the information not held is environmental we have to comply with a technicality and tell you that because it is not held it is excepted under Regulation 12 (4)(a) of the EIR 2004. The Information Commissioner does not require a public interest test where the information is not held. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Kieran Heneghan Information Rights Officer2025-06-12T00:00:00CAM102262025-06-05T00:00:00adult social care charging policy for an individual in receipt of PIP/DLA Mobility ComponentDate: 05/06/2025 Ref: CAM10226 Dear Requester, Thank you for your request for information dated 07/05/2025 about adult social care charging policy for an individual in receipt of PIP/DLA Mobility Component. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested and the answers to your questions are as follows: 1. Does your adults' social services charging policy (or the practice required of your social services assessors and care planners during earlier stages of the Care Act process) mention a person's receipt of PIP/DLA Mobility Component as a reason for your adult social services department not funding transport to services within their Personal Budget (services that are being commissioned in the person's care plan to meet the person's eligible unmet needs)? No, it does not. 2. If so, is it possible for the person to provide evidence that their Mobility Component income is not otherwise available for such transport, in order to bring about a different outcome regarding the scope of their Personal Budget? Not applicable. 3. Does your adults' social services charging policy (or the practice required of your adults' social services assessors and/or care planners during earlier stages of the Care Act process) state that a person's request for a disregard from income of privately incurred Disability Related Expenditure on the person's transport needs will only be allowed to the extent that and for the sum by which their transport expenditure exceeds the PIP/DLA Mobility Comp onent? Yes, our financial assessment practice guidance for assessing Disability Related Expenditure includes this provision. 4. If in doubt about whether the wording in your charging policy or practice guidance to staff has the effect of the stances at 1) and 3), above, please just London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk provide us with the wording related to Mobility Component, and any link to the document that might be found online. Not applicable. Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Lorna Jonas-Tinson Information Rights Officer2025-06-12T00:00:00CAM102302025-06-06T00:00:00why the anticipated removal of the residents parking bay situated near Prince Arthur Road and Fitzjohns Avenue was not put into effectDate: 06/06/2025 Ref: CAM10230 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 08/05/25 about why the anticipated removal of the residents parking bay situated near Prince Arthur Road and Fitzjohns Avenue was not put into effect. We have dealt with this under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested. In line with Freedom of Information requests kindly let me know why the anticipated removal of the residents parking bay situated near the junction of Prince Arthur Road and Fitzjohns Avenue was not put into effect on 10th/11th March 2025, as detailed in the notice attached to the parking bay sign This was because of a miscommunication with our contractors. A request for the suspension of this bay, and other locations across the borough, was sent to the parking team and subsequently followed through with suspension notices placed on site. Unfortunately this one was missed from being followed through to delivery therefore, the suspension had to be rebooked. I can confirm that the road-markings have now been amended on site and the redundant post & sign will be removed on 05/06/25. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Kieran Heneghan Information Rights Officer2025-06-12T00:00:00CAM102332025-06-05T00:00:00a copy of your most recent Gypsy and Traveller Accommodation Needs Assessment or an equivalent assessment of housing needs pertaining to these communitiesDate: 05/06/2025 Ref: CAM10233 Dear Requester, Thank you for your request for information dated 07/05/2025 about a copy of your most recent Gypsy and Traveller Accommodation Needs Assessment or an equivalent assessment of housing needs pertaining to these communities . We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested and the answers to your questions are as follows: I would like to request the following information regarding the support provided by your local authority to Gypsy, Roma, and Traveller (GRT) families. 1. A copy of your most recent Gypsy and Traveller Accommodation Needs Assessment (GTANA) or equivalent housing needs assessment. I can confirm this information along with its accompanying addendum, is publicly available through the Council’s website. Please refer to the following links: Parent site: https://www.camden.gov.uk/evidence-and-supporting-documents Main assessment: https://www.camden.gov.uk/documents/20142/15759323/4.+2014+10+28+Camden+Gyp sy+and+Traveller+Accommodation+Assessment.pdf/64ac9fb3- e9a9-5d4e-0429- 3a74b2714069 Addendum: https://www.camden.gov.uk/documents/20142/15759323/5.+2016+01+10+Camden+GTA A+Stakeholder+Addendum.pdf/81e61884-e46a-1da4-7149-257a22a13b79 As the information requested is already reasonably accessible elsewhere it is exempt under the absolute exemption in Section 21. 2. Details of any permanent or transit sites provided or commissioned by the council for Traveller families, including: London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk o Number of pitches o Site locations o Whether sites are council-managed or contracted out. There are two designated Gypsy and Traveller sites located in the northwest of the borough, providing a total of five pitches. Additionally, a privately owned site is situated in the northern part of the borough. This site is neither managed by the Council nor operated under any contractual agreement. Historically, it has been owned and occupied by members of the Travelling Showpeople community. 3. Information on any Traveller Education Support Services or initiatives aimed at supporting school attendance and attainment among Traveller children. There are no specific initiatives aimed at supporting school attendance and attainment among Traveller children. 4. The number of Traveller families assessed as homeless or at risk of homelessness under the Homelessness Reduction Act 2017 in the last three years. This data is publicly available for all local authorities in England and is published quarterly on the website of the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC). Please note that ethnicity is self-reported during the homelessness assessment process and may therefore be subject to underreporting. To access the most recent return, please refer to the following link: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/statutory-homelessness-in-england-october-to- december-2024. To access the relevant data, select the Excel file titled ‘Detailed local authority level tables [quarter period].’ Within the spreadsheet, refer to worksheet tab A8 to locate the requested information. Additional returns, including those dating back more than three years, can be accessed via the link provided below: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-homelessness. As this information is already reasonably accessible through other sources, S ection 21 as explained above remains applicable. 5. Any equality impact assessments or strategic plans your authority holds that address the needs of GRT communities. The newly published Submission Draft of the Camden Local Plan 2025 aims to meet the needs of the Traveller community through the allocation of a new site. https://www.camden.gov.uk/documents/d/guest/camden- local-plan-proposed-submission- draft-april-2025_low-res It is also supported by a site search: https://www.camden.gov.uk/documents/d/guest/gypsy-and-traveller-site-identification- study The existing Camden Local Plan 2017 acknowledges the needs of travellers and has a general policy for assessing proposed sites, but does not allocate any sites: https://www.camden.gov.uk/documents/20142/3912524/Local+Plan+Low+Res.pdf/54bd0f8c-c737-b10d-b140-756e8beeae95. Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Lorna Jonas-Tinson Information Rights Officer2025-06-12T00:00:00CAM102412025-06-09T00:00:00the number of council-funded spaces for specialist short breaks for children with a disability over the past five yearsDate: 09/06/2025 Ref: CAM10241 Dear Requester, Thank you for your request for information dated 09/05/2025 about the number of council-funded spaces for specialist short breaks for children with a disability over the past five years. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested and the answers to your questions are as follows: How many council-funded spaces for specialist short breaks were there for children with a disability in a) 2020/21 b) 2021/22 c) 2022/23 d) 2023/24 e) 2024/25 How much local authority spending was allocated to specialist short breaks for children with a disability in a) 2020/21 b) 2021/22 c) 2022/23 d) 2023/24 e) 2024/25 This is for both commissioned and spot purchased provision. This would fall under the core offer. The age range is 0-25. The requested information has been provided in your preferred format of an Excel file. Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Lorna Jonas-Tinson Information Rights Officer2025-06-12T00:00:00CAM102462025-06-05T00:00:00complaints made by traders to Camden Council regarding the management of Camden MarketDate: 05/06/2025 Ref: CAM10246 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 09/05/2025 about complaints made by traders to Camden Council regarding the management of Camden Market. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council does not hold the information requested. Details of all complaints made by traders to Camden Council regarding the management of Camden Market. This includes, but is not limited to: a. Lease terms or issues b. Tablets or points of sale equipment c. Service charge and fees d. Behaviour or conduct of the Management For the purpose of this request, please include all areas commonly referred to as part of Camden Market, including: The Stables, Hawley Wharf, Camden Lock, and Union Street. The Council received one complaint The Council does not hold any complaints made by traders regarding the management of Camden market. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Kieran Heneghan Information Rights Officer2025-06-12T00:00:00CAM102482025-06-09T00:00:00the number of children referred to children's services following a police protection orderDate: 09/06/2025 Ref: CAM10248 Dear Requester, Thank you for your request for information dated 09/05/2025 about the number of children referred to children's services following a police protection order. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested. However, we are withholding all of the information because it is exempt as explained below. We have explained where we are withholding information and what exemptions apply. Please see the refusal notices at the end of the answers which explain how and why they apply. 1. How many children came into contact with children’s social care following a Police Protection Order between 01/01/2024 to 31/12/2024? 2. Of those children, how many were accommodated overnight at a police station while under a Police Protection Order? Please note that question 1 is of primary importance, and I would appreciate a response to this even if question 2 is not possible to answer. We are withholding this information as we consider the following exemption applies. Refusal notice: Section 12: Cost of Compliance Exceeds the Appropriate Limit We are refusing your request under section 12 on cost grounds because we estimate that compliance with your request will exceed the "appropriate limit". This is £450 which is equivalent to 18 hours at £25 per hour. The per hour figure is set by Regulations rather than actual salary paid to any officers handling requests. The appropriate limit includes the time it will take the council to discover if it holds the information requested, to locate it, extract it and collate it as well as putting it into any particular format requested by the requester. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk The information you are seeking is not readily available nor held in an easily accessible format. In some cases, children are taken into Police Protected (PP) and placed in foster care for a single night before returning to their families. Due to the short duration of these interventions, such instances are not consistently recorded in our data management system, MOSAIC. In 2024, Children’s Services received 2,048 contacts. Identifying whether each child had subsequent involvement with us following being Police Protected (brought into police protection) would require a manual review of individual case files. We estimate this would take approximately 2 minutes per case to gather, analyse and extract the information for question 1, totalling 68.2 hours of work. This exceeds the 18-hour time limit set by the Freedom of Information Act. Advice and Assistance You may wish to consider submitting a new request covering a shorter time frame of perhaps one to two months - taking into account the estimated two minutes required to review each case. We note that such a limited sample is unlikely to yield data that is representative or meaningful for your purposes. Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Lorna Jonas-Tinson Information Rights Officer2025-06-12T00:00:00CAM102542025-06-05T00:00:00the number of incidents and/or complaints received by the Trading Standards Team related to trading standards breaches at Camden MarketDate: 05/06/2025 Ref: CAM10254 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 12/05/2025 about the number of incidents and/or complaints received by the Trading Standards Team related to trading standards breaches at Camden Market. We have dealt with this under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested. I would like to submit a request for information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA) regarding breaches of Trading Standards at Camden Market. Please could you provide the following information from January 1, 2015 until the date this request is processed: The number of incidents and/or complaints received by the Trading Standards Team of Camden Council related to trading standards breaches at Camden Market. For each incident or complaint, please could you provide: 1. The name of the trader shop involved who breached the trading standards (where not exempt under Section 40 or other applicable exemptions). 2. The nature or type of trading standards breach reported or identified. 3. Whether the incident or complaint resulted in enforcement action or sanctions by the council. If it has led to sanctions, please could you let me know which of the following sanctions the council has imposed: a. Informal warnings b. Fixed / Variable Penalty / Monetary Notices c. Refusal, revocation or suspension of licence d. Statutory Notices e. Stop / Prohibition Notices f. Simple Cautions g. Undertakings / Injunctive Proceedings h. Prosecution i. Confiscation / Forfeiture Please see the attached spreadsheet. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Kieran Heneghan Information Rights Officer2025-06-12T00:00:00CAM102612025-06-04T00:00:00various questions about the council's librariesDate: 04/06/2025 Ref: CAM10261 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 12/05/2025 about various questions about the council's libraries. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds some of the information requested. We have stated where we do not hold the information requested and why. Under the Freedom of Information Act, for each of the past three financial years (April to March) 2022/23, 2023/24, and 2024/25, please could you provide me with • the number of complaints about books in the collections of the council's libraries • the number of requests for removal for books in the collections of the council's libraries • the titles of books the above complaints or requests for removal relate to • the number of reports of damage to books held in council library collections • the titles of books damaged • the number of complaints about books in local authority school library collections We are sorry but we do not hold or record this information. Schools are data controllers in their own right and as such this information would be held by them. Please contact the school directly for this information. Their contact details can be found at the following link under ‘Primary’ and ‘Secondary’ - Camden Council - Schools • the number of requests for removal for books in local authority school library collections • the titles of books the above complaints or requests for removal relate to Please can you provide this information as a CSV or spreadsheet file. Please see the attached spreadsheet for the answers to your questions. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Kieran Heneghan Information Rights Officer2025-06-12T00:00:00CAM102622025-06-09T00:00:00the number of homeless presentations resulting from mortgage repossessionDate: 09/06/2025 Ref: CAM10262 Dear Requester, Thank you for your request for information dated 12/05/2025 about the number of homeless presentations resulting from mortgage repossession. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested and the answers to your questions are as follows: Please could you tell me how many people have presented themselves to the council as homeless as a result of losing their home as a result of mortgage repossession in each of the past three financial years (2022- 23, 2023-24 and 2024- 25) and how many, in each of those years, how many of those who presented as homeless because of mortgage repossessions have since been homes. Please could this information be provided broken down on a year -by-year basis. 2022/23 - 0 2023/24 - 0 2024/25 - 9. In 2024/25, nine individuals presented as at risk of homelessness due to mortgage repossession. Of these, one case remains open, while no statutory homelessness duty was accepted for the remaining eight cases. Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Lorna Jonas-Tinson Information Rights Officer2025-06-12T00:00:00CAM102642025-06-10T00:00:00homecare services delivered to people aged 65Date: 10/06/2025 Ref: CAM10264 Dear Requester, Thank you for your request for information dated 12/05/2025 about homecare services delivered to people aged 65. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. This response replaces the one previously sent on 09/06/25. Response The council holds the information requested and the answers to your questions are as follows: We ask you to provide the information described below, including the prices paid to independent and voluntary sector Homecare Providers for the provision of regulated Homecare services delivered to people aged 65 years and over in their own home during the seven-day Reference Period which includes Monday 14 April 2025. Questions (a)-(i) refer to Homecare services. (a) The lowest rate per hour paid to any individual Homecare Provider during the Reference Period, expressed in pounds and pence per hour - £17.54 per hour. (b) The highest rate per hour paid to any individual Homecare Provider during the Reference Period, expressed in pounds and pence per hour - £67.70 per hour. (c) The average (“arithmetic mean”) rate per hour paid to all Homecare Providers for all Homecare services purchased during the Reference Period, expressed in pounds and pence per hour - £23.72 per hour. (d) The total hours of Homecare purchased from all Homecare Providers during the Reference Period (i.e. any period of seven consecutive days which includes Monday 14 April 2025) - 17,591 hours. (e) The total hours of Homecare purchased from all Homecare Providers during a seven-day period which includes Monday 15 April 2024 (i.e. the figure which provides a like-for-like comparison with item (d), above, for the previous year) - 15,019 hours. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk (f) Your organisation’s total spend on Homecare services purchased from all Homecare Providers during the Reference Period. £406,669. This value is committed spend. Payment to homecare providers is paid monthly in arrears. Payments for homecare during the reference period have yet to be completed, so we are unable to provide an accurate picture of actual final spend. (g) The total number of Homecare Providers that delivered the total hours of Homecare purchased during the Reference Period (as specified in item (d), above) - 30. (h) The total number of people aged 65 years and over that received Homecare services from Homecare Providers during the Reference Period - 887 people. (i) A brief description of the type of contracts you currently hold with Homecare Providers (i.e. whether they are block contracts, lead provider contracts, framework contracts, spot contracts, etc.). We hold lead homecare contracts aligned to designated neighbourhoods, with one lead provider allocated to each of the five areas. These providers are responsible for delivering the majority of care within their respective neighbourhoods. Their services are complemented by a small number of spot contracts, which are typically commissioned to address specific needs or circumstances. Questions (j) and (k) refer to Direct Payments. (j) The 2025-26 rate per hour for a Direct Payment, expressed in pounds and pence per hour. If you have more than one Direct Payment rate per hour, please select the rate paid to a recipient to employ a personal assistant (PA). If you have more than one Direct Payment PA rate per hour, please provide all such rates. £19.80 per hour. (k) The total number of adults in receipt of a Direct Payment as of: (I) 1 April 2024 – 617. and (II) 1 April 2025 (or dates as close to these as possible) - 630. Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Lorna Jonas-Tinson Information Rights Officer2025-06-12T00:00:00CAM102722025-06-12T00:00:00what highway design guidelines or standards does the council use and whereCAM10272 - Notes: These questions apply to both the development of new highways, such as those in residential estates, and the redevelopment of existing highways. Question 1 What highway design guidelines or standards does the council us e and where? (Please mark the appropriate box) Road / street type Council’s own highway guidelines Council’s own highway standards DMRB 1 Manual for Streets Manual for Streets 2 Other (please specify) Arterial road x x x many Distributor / connector road x x x many Relief / ring road x x x many Avenue / boulevard x x x many High / main street x x x many Mixed-use street x x x many Residential street x x x many Rural roads and lanes N/A Village street N/A Comment Too many other design guides to specify. If the requester lets us know what they would like to know specifically we may be able to help further. 1 Design Manual for Roads and Bridges Question 2 If the council has its own documented / published highway design guidelines and/or standards, please provide a link or an electronic copy thereof. Comment Camden no longer maintain published borough specific design guidance documents and instead refer to national and regional design guidelines. Question 3 How does the council classify its road / street network? (Please mark the appropriate box) Arterial, distributor / connector, access / local (or similar) Avenue, main street, high street, mixed-use, residential, mews (or similar) Other, please specify: Comment Mixed – we have many types of roads. Question 4 For the following aspects of Manual for Streets and Manual for Streets 2, please select the most appropriate option: (Please mark the appropriate box) Required by Council Encouraged by Council Permitted by Council Discouraged by Council Prohibited by Council Not applicable LAYOUT AND CONNECTIVITY Permeable or connected street layouts MfS: 4.2.3 / MfS2: 1.2; 2.5 x Direct frontage access on 30mph roads with up to 10 000 vehicles per day (e.g. distributor / collector roads in built up areas) MfS: 4.2.3; 7.9 / MfS2: 9.10 x CARRIAGEWAYS 20mph design speeds or lower for residential streets MfS: 7.2; 7.4.2 x 20mph design speeds for streets with significant pedestrian activity, such as high streets or main streets MfS2: 8.2 x 30mph design speeds or lower for other streets in urban areas MfS2: 8.2 x Required by Council Encouraged by Council Permitted by Council Discouraged by Council Prohibited by Council Not applicable MfS recommended horizontal alignment 2 MfS2: 8.3 x MfS recommended stopping sight distances MfS: 7.5 / MfS: 10.1 - 2 x Restricted forward visibility to reduce vehicle speeds MfS: 7.8 / MfS2: 10.3 x MfS recommended junction visibility splays MfS 7.7 / MfS2: 10.4 - 7 x MfS recommended carriageway and lane widths MfS: 5.2.4; 7.2 / MfS2: 8.6 x 2 Parameters for horizontal curves, including minimum desirable curve radii.2025-06-12T00:00:00CAM102752025-06-11T00:00:00private SEND transportation providersDate: 11/06/2025 Ref: CAM10275 Dear Requester, Thank you for your request for information dated 14/05/2025 about private SEND transportation providers. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested and the answers to your questions are as follows: 1. The list of all SEND Transportation companies the council uses for transporting children with SEND. • Brent Couriers • Fox Transport • HATS Group • Jimac Radio Cars 2. The average passenger rate per trip that the council pays to private SEND transportation providers (I.e. Cost per mile). Rates vary based on vehicle type and journey length. We apply three rate bands: • 0 to 4 miles • 4.1 to 10 miles • 10 miles and above For a saloon vehicle, the average rate is approximately £8.69. 3. The requirements/criteria private SEND transportation providers have to meet in order to work with the council in this capacity. To work with the council, private SEND transportation providers must meet the following criteria: • Safeguarding and ability to manage challenging behaviour • Effective workforce management • Strong customer care • Demonstration of social value London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk 4. The total amount of (£) the council spends annually (I.e. 2024/25) on private providers for SEND transportation of children. 2024/25 - £3,297,780. 5. The total number of children the council is facilitating this cost for using private SEND transportation providers The council currently supports 233 children through private SEND transportation providers. Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Lorna Jonas-Tinson Information Rights Officer2025-06-12T00:00:00CAM102792025-06-11T00:00:00school in-year financial outturns and their cumulative outturn balanceDate: 11/06/2025 Ref: CAM10279 Dear Requester, Thank you for your request for information dated 14/05/2025 about school in-year financial outturns and their cumulative outturn balance . We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested and the answers to your questions are as follows: 1. A list of all LA-maintained schools in the local authority area and the following information for 2023/24: a. the type of school (nursery, primary, secondary, PRU, special etc) b. each school’s unique reference number (URN) c. each school’s in-year financial outturn – i.e. the surplus or deficit the school recorded on its revenue budget in 2023/24 d. each school’s cumulative outturn balance at the end of 2023/24 (i.e. factoring in previous years) I can confirm that the London Borough of Camden holds the information requested. The information is publicly available on the Department for Education (DfE) website: https://financial-benchmarking-and-insights-tool.education.gov.uk/. To access the data, select "Start" and follow the on-screen instructions provided. As the information requested is already reasonably accessible elsewhere it is exempt under the absolute exemption in Section 21. 2. A list of all LA-maintained schools in the local authority area and the following information for 2024/25: a. the type of school (nursery, primary, secondary, PRU, special etc) b. each school’s unique reference number (URN) c. each school’s in -year financial outturn – i.e. the surplus or deficit the school recorded on its revenue budget in 2024/25 (please use the most up to date figures available) d. each school’s cumulative outturn balance at the end of 2024/25 (i.e. factoring in previous years) (please use the most up to date figures available) London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk The council holds the information you have requested; however, we are applying the qualified exemption under Section 22(2) of the Freedom of Information Act. This is because the information is intended for future publication, and it would not be reasonable to release it prior to the planned publication date. The Department for Education (DfE) publishes this data annually, following submission of financial data by schools during the summer term. In applying this exemption, we have carefully considered the balance between the public interest in disclosing the information and the public interest in withholding it. Public interest factors in favour of disclosure include: • Ensuring public funds are used effectively and represent value for money (medium weight) • Supporting accountability within the council (medium weight) • Encouraging greater public / resident engagement and trust in local governance (medium weight) Public interest factors in favour of withholding the information include: • There is a defined schedule for publishing this information and it would cause disruption to the council to publish ahead of this time (high weight) • Premature disclosure may pre-empt decisions that are yet to be formally made by the council or relevant authorities (high weight) • An announcement may be designed to prompt enquiries from the public and may be expected to result in an increase in workloads. The authority has to ensure that our administrative arrangements are in place before the information is released. (medium weight) We have decided that the public interest in withholding the information outweighs the public interest in disclosing it. 3. A list of all LA-maintained schools in the local authority area and the following information for 2025/26: a. the type of school (nursery, primary, secondary, PRU, special etc) b. each school’s unique reference number (URN) c. the forecast in-year financial outturn (as defined in question 1c) for 2025/26 for each LA-maintained school in the local authority area d. the forecast cumulative outturn balance (as defined in question 1d) for the end of 2025/26 for each LA-maintained school in the local authority area Please see the response to question 2 above. Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Lorna Jonas-Tinson Information Rights Officer2025-06-12T00:00:00CAM126682026-05-12T00:00:00council rentDate: 12/05/2026 Case reference: CAM12668 London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 17/04/2026 about council rent.  We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 / Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested and the answers to your questions are as follows: How many council tenants aged between 60 and retirement age pay full council rent There are 3,183 General Needs Council Tenants with no Housing Benefit between the age of 60 and 66 as of 1 March 2026. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk, Telephone: 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website https://www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Peter Williams Information Rights Officer2026-05-26T21:45:15CAM102812025-06-05T00:00:00a list of all veterinary practices or veterinary-related services currently operating within the borough of CamdenDate: 05/06/2025 Ref: CAM10281 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 15/05/2025 about a list of all veterinary practices or veterinary-related services currently operating within the borough of Camden. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council does not hold the information requested. I would like to request the following information: A list of all veterinary practices or veterinary-related services (e.g. clinics, animal hospitals, mobile vets) currently operating within the borough of Camden, including: Business name Business address (including postcode) Contact telephone number and/or email Type of service (e.g. small animals, exotic pets, emergency care) Whether the business is currently active or inactive (if applicable) If available, please also include: Licensing or registration status Date of registration with the council (if held) Any public ratings or inspection outcomes, where applicable his information will be used to support a not-for-profit initiative aiming to improve access to local pet care for London residents. We do not hold this information as veterinary practices are not required to register with the Council. They are required to register with the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons who hold this information. They can be contacted at the following link - Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Kieran Heneghan Information Rights Officer2025-06-12T00:00:00CAM102862025-06-11T00:00:00Fire Risk Assessments for two propertiesDate: 11/06/2025 Ref: CAM10286 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 15/05/2025 about Fire Risk Assessments for two properties. We have dealt with this under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds some of the information requested. We have stated where we do not hold the information requested and why. This request relates to the following properties: - Breakaway Short Breaks, 120 Rowley Way, London NW8 0SP - Kingsgate Resource Centre, 208 Palmerston Road, London NW6 2JU I would like to request copies of the following documents: 1. Fire safety strategy for the property, this document looks at how the functional requirements of building regulations are achieved, it looks at design and management of the property . In regard to Breakaway Short Breaks, we do not hold the fire safety strategy. This is part of a special school. The Adult Care service team vacated 174 Prince of Wales Road to go to the Rowley Way address and set up their own arrangement with the local school F acilities Management provider (Kier Services Ltd). We do not hold a formal fire safety strategy for Kingsgate Resource Centre. This may be due to fire safety considerations having been addressed in consultation with the Fire Service at the time of planning, and subsequently integrated into the overall planning process . 2. Fire risk assessments for the property. Please find the Fire Risk Assessment for Kingsgate Resource Centre attached. In regard to Breakaway Short Breaks, please see the response to question 1. As some of the information not held is environmental we have to comply with a technicality and tell you that because it is not held it is excepted under Regulation 12 (4)(a) of the EIR 2004. The Information Commissioner does not require a public interest test where the information is not held Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Kieran Heneghan Information Rights Officer2025-06-12T00:00:00CAM102882025-06-09T00:00:00reports of incidents, accidents and fatalities involving sharp/irregular edges or protrusions on headstones, memorials or monuments in U.K. cemeteriesDate: 09/06/2025 Ref: CAM10288 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 16/05/2025 about reports of incidents, accidents and fatalities involving sharp/irregular edges or protrusions on headstones, memorials or monuments in U.K. cemeteries. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested. I would like to make a Freedom Of Information request regarding reports of incidents, accidents and fatalities involving sharp/irregular edges or protrusions on headstones, memorials or monuments in U.K. cemeteries over the last thirty years. I wish to specifically exclude incidents, accidents and fatalities relating to fallen or falling headstones, memorials or monuments – it is only sharp/irregular edges or protrusions I am concerned about. If information is known: 1. Please provide the cause, if known, of each accident or fatality. 2. Please provide any details of the sharp/irregular edges or protrusions of the memorials concerned in each incident, accident, or fatality. 3. Please provide the approximate locality of each incident, accident, or fatality. 4. Please provide, in the case of incidents and accidents their severity and whether hospitalisation was required. 5. Please provide the ages of each incident or accident victim. Please provide the above information preferably in Excel, pdf or Microsoft compatible format. There have been no reports of incidents, accidents and fatalities involving sharp/irregular edges or protrusions on headstones, memorials or monuments within cemeteries used by the London Borough of Camden in our records. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Philip Lewis Information Rights Officer2025-06-12T00:00:00CAM102892025-06-09T00:00:00Spink auctionsDate: 09/06/2025 Ref: CAM10289 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 16/05/2025 about Spink auctions. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested. All documents relating to auctions held by Spink from January 1 2024 to December 31 2024. The information that you have requested is attached. Personal information has been redacted under Section 40(2) of the Freedom of Information Act. Section 40(2) The council considers that to disclose the personal data requested would not be in accordance with data protection legislation and therefore we have withheld some/all of the information under the absolute exemption in Section 40(2). The exemption states that personal data requested may be withheld when to release it would be a breach of the requirements of data protection law which is the UK General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the Data Protection Act 2018. The information withheld is personal information because it allows living individuals to be identified. The council considers that it would be a breach of the General Data Protection Regulation article 5 requirements of fairness and proportionality to publish this personal information in a FOI request. In doing this we have considered the legitimate public interest in disclosure against the interests of the data subject/s and concluded that in the circumstances disclosure would contravene the data protection requirements of fairness and proportionality particularly considering that Freedom of Information responses are public documents and published to the world and not provided just to the requester. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Philip Lewis Information Rights Officer2025-06-12T00:00:00CAM102902025-06-05T00:00:00listed buildingsDate: 05/06/2025 Case reference : CAM10290London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 16/05/2025 about listed buildings.  We have dealt with this under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested.  However, we are withholding the information because it is excepted as explained below.  We have explained where we are withholding information and what exception applies.  Please see the refusal notice at the end of the answer which explains how and why it applies. Under Environmental Information Regulations (2004), I ask you to provide: a) The addresses of all listed buildings in your area that have been altered or demolished without authorised consent between January 2015 into the present day b) Whether it was alteration or demolition that took place in each case c) The year in which each offence occurred d) Whether enforcement action was taken in each case We are not processing this request.  It would involve a disproportionate amount of time, effort and expense to the council and is excepted under the EIR 2004.  Please see the exception notice set out below. Refusal NoticeThe exception that applies is: regulation 12(4)b which states that a public authority may refuse to disclose information to the extent that the request for information is manifestly unreasonable. We have also considered the time it will take the council to locate the information requested in the request, to extract it, collate it and then to review and redact any sensitive information that will be subject to further exceptions under the EIR 2004. We have had ~ 1515 reported breaches to listed buildings since 2015. We would have to manually check and examine each file to collate relevant information.  This would take an average minimum of 20 minutes for each file. Further disproportionate time would be needed to redact personal information and redact or remove information that is subject to other exceptions under regulation EIR 2004 after consideration of the public interest involved. We have considered the impact and burden that processing this request would have on the team who would have to deal with it. We have concluded that the time, effort and costs involved would place a disproportionate burden on the team and severely impact their ability to perform their normal duties. In applying this exception, the Council has also considered the balance of the public interest in line with the EIR 2004.  We have indicated the weight of each of these considerations. The public interest argument for releasing this information is: - it would improve the transparency for the general public of the council’s decisions and processes in dealing with the ‘planning activities’ of an MP and associates (Medium).• The public interest arguments for withholding the information are: - processing this request in full would be provide a large burden in terms of officer time and cost to the Council (High).• this would necessarily constitute a significant diversion of resources away from the council’s core business activities, (High) and:• it would consequently have a proportionally detrimental impact on it’s provision of services to the public (High).•it is not in the public interest public interest that the Council neglect its provision of services to the public to focus on one information request (High).• It is felt that in all the circumstances of the case, the public interest in maintaining the exception outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information. There is a presumption in favour of disclosure in the EIR 2004. We considered whether this overrides the public interest test conclusion and have concluded that it does not. Advice and assistance You can greatly reduce the time period of your request.  Although this will not be comprehensive or cover the entire period since 2015 it can produce a representative sample that may be of use. Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk , Telephone: 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website https://www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Peter Williams Information Rights Officer2025-06-12T00:00:00CAM110562025-09-29T00:00:00the number of youth and community workers currently employed in CamdenDate: 29/09/2025 Ref: CAM11056 Dear Requester, Thank you for your request for information dated 01/09/2025 about the number of youth and community workers currently employed in Camden. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested and the answers to your questions are as follows: 1. How many youth and community workers does your local authority currently employ? (Please provide a headcount number). As of 31 March 2025, 35. 2. Does your local authority utilise the Joint Negotiating Committee (JNC), the National Joint Council (NJC), a combination of both, or an alternate framework for the grading and payment of youth and community workers? Camden youth workers are employed under JNC terms and conditions, with pay determined by JNC grading structures. Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Lorna Jonas-Tinson Information Rights Officer2025-10-10T09:46:48CAM102912025-06-09T00:00:00housing properties managed by Altwood Properties or its partner organisations on behalf of the Local AuthorityDate: 09/06/2025 Ref: CAM10291 Dear Requester, Thank you for your request for information dated 16/05/2025 about housing properties managed by Altwood Properties or its partner organisations on behalf of the Local Authority. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested and the answers to your questions are as follows: 1) Please provide information on the number of housing properties managed by Altwood Properties or their partner companies on behalf of your council (Altwood Housing Group, Altwood Developments Ltd, Altwood Housing Ltd, Altwood Care Ltd) for fiscal year ending 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 2020/21 - 0 2021/22 - 0 2022/23 - 0 2023/24 - 0 2024/25 - 0 2) Please provide information on the amount of money your council has paid to Altwood Properties, or their partner companies for the managing of properties on the council’s behalf (Altwood Housing Group, Altwood Developments Ltd, Altwood Housing Ltd and Altwood Care Ltd) - Please provide this data for each of the following time periods financial year ending 2021, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025. Not applicable. Please see the response to question 1 above. Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Lorna Jonas-Tinson Information Rights Officer2025-06-12T00:00:00CAM102922025-06-05T00:00:00the social model of disabilityDate: 05/06/2025 Case reference : CAM10292 London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 16/05/2025 about the  social model of disability.  We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 / Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested and the answers to your questions are as follows: 1. Has your authority adopted the social model of disability in its practices? Yes, Camden's Disability Charter is based on the social model of disability and has been developed to create awareness and inclusivity and providing a basis for change. 2. If yes to Q1, has this been formally adopted at a council meeting or similar? The Charter was formally adopted in November 2020.  3. Have your staff and councillors been trained in disability awareness, including the social model of disability? Our Camden staff is trained every two years in disability awareness through our conscious inclusion mandatory learning. In addition, managers have attended a more in-depth training through Camden Disability Learning Offer in 2023.  Councillors are also trained via the conscious inclusion mandatory training.4. Do your equality impact assessments include reference to the social model of disability and its implications for policy decisions? Our EQIA form does not make direct reference to the term ‘Social Model of Disability’ but has been developed in accordance with the Equality Act 2010 and is focused on the implications of policy decisions on nine protected characteristics—disability being one of them. 5. Does your authority employ an access officer or similar (e.g. access design officer or disabilities officer) to provide advice to officials and others about access standards and design? If yes, please provide the specific job title. Yes, we employ a ‘Streets Design Team Manager’ and an ‘Accessibility Project Officer’. People and Inclusion and Equalities and Social Purpose services provide advice to officials and others about access standards and design.  In addition, Camden also has a disability staff network that supports disabled staff in the organisation as well as helping the organisation in being inclusive of everyone's needs, fostering a working environment that is equal for all. 6. Does your authority have a policy or charter covering accessible streets for disabled people, for example a Streets Charter, accessible streets policy or similar? If so, please can you provide a copy. Our Camden Transport Strategy documents which include a Walking & Accessibility Action Plan can be found here: https://www.camden.gov.uk/transport-strategies-and-plans   7. Is your authority part of the Disability Confident scheme? If so, at what level - Committed, Employer, Leader? Yes, we are in the process of renewing our Disability Confident Employer status.  Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations.Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk , Telephone: 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website https://www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Peter Williams Information Rights Officer2025-06-12T00:00:00CAM102942025-06-05T00:00:00maternity payDate: 05/06/2025 Case reference : CAM10294 London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 19/05/2025 about maternity pay.  We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 / Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested and the answers to your questions are as follows: What is the entitlement to occupational maternity pay for employees of Camden Council? Please specify: a) any service requirement There is no qualifying period to receive Occupational Maternity Pay (OMP).  Providing staff are employed by the Council on a permanent basis and confirm that will return to work for at least 6 months after their maternity leave, they are entitled to OMP from ‘day one’ of their employment.  OMP must be repaid if the employee doesn’t return to work for at least 6 calendar months at the end of the leave period. Employees on fixed term contracts that are due to end before they will have returned to work for at least six calendar months are entitled to SMP only. b) period for which occupational maternity pay is paid c) level of payment eg. 26 weeks paid at 100% of pay for staff with one year’s service Occupational Maternity Pay (OMP) is paid for 28 weeks at full pay.Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk , Telephone: 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website https://www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Peter Williams Information Rights Officer2025-06-12T00:00:00CAM102992025-06-05T00:00:00the funding gapDate: 05/06/2025 Case reference : CAM10299London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 19/05/2025 about the  funding gap.  We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and/or the Environmental Information Regulations 2004 Response The council holds some of the information requested. The answers to your questions are below. We have stated where we do not hold the information requested and why. There is a good deal of uncertainty about the estimated budget gap.  The Government is expected to issue a multi-year funding settlement later in the year that will cover 2026/27 and the following 2/3 years. At present the Council does not have any details regarding the level of funding it will receive in 2026/27 or 2027/28. In addition, the budget gap and net budget forecasts include estimates for future years cost inflation and demand for services, which are liable to change from the current estimates.  The Council's forecast budget gap is kept under review and will be updated through the year The net revenue is the budget for services and grant funding net of Council Tax and retained business Rates/Revenue Support Grant. 1. What is your current predicted funding gap by the end of the financial year 2026/27? £25.6m 2. What is your current predicted net revenue budget for the financial year 2026/27?£381.5m 3. What is your current predicted cumulative funding gap by the end of the financial year 2027/28? (the total combined predicted funding gap of the financial years 2026/27 and 2027/28 £35m 4. What is your current predicted net revenue budget for the financial year 2027/28? £400.9m Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk , Telephone: 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website https://www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Peter Williams Information Rights Officer2025-06-12T00:00:00CAM103012025-06-09T00:00:00Blue Badge fraud casesDate: 09/06/2025 Ref: CAM10301 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 19/05/2025 about Blue Badge fraud cases. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds some of the information requested. Please could you provide the following information regarding Blue Badge fraud cases prosecuted by Camden Borough Council: The case reference numbers of prosecutions brought by the council under sections 115 or 117 of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 over the past 24 months. The Council does not hold court case reference numbers. The dates and locations of any upcoming hearings or trials related to Blue Badge misuse or fraud that the council is prosecuting and that are currently listed to take place within the next 12 months. None. Please note that I am not requesting any personal data or information that would identify individuals involved. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Philip Lewis Information Rights Officer2025-06-12T00:00:00CAM103052025-06-05T00:00:00forms of payment acceptedDate: 05/06/2025 Case reference : CAM10305London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 20/05/2025 about forms of payment accepted. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds some of the information requested. The answers to your questions are below. We have stated where we do not hold the information requested and why. I am writing to request clarification regarding the forms of payment your office currently accepts for Council-related services and obligations. In particular, I would like to confirm: 1. The full list of payment methods currently accepted (e.g., bank transfer, debit/credit card, cash, cheque, promissory notes, bill of exchange etc.). We accept cash, cheques, bacs, chaps, credit and debit cards and barcode payments. 2. Whether Camden Council accepts a Bill of Exchange/Promissory Notes as a valid form of payment, considering that the Bills of Exchange Act 1882 remains in force under UK law. We do not hold this information. This is because we have no recorded information on whether we would accept a particular archaic form of payment for the many different types of debts that could be owed to us. Please see the response above for the payment methods we accept. The forms of payment that are accepted would be listed on the relevant bill, invoice or penalty etc.  3. All the relevant act/laws that the Camden Council falls under this Bill for not accepting such form of payment. I would appreciate your guidance on whether such an instrument would be honoured by the Camden Council for the settlement of liabilities and, if so, any specific requirements or procedures that must be followed. Please see the responses above. Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk , Telephone: 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website https://www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Peter Williams Information Rights Officer2025-06-12T00:00:00CAM103062025-06-09T00:00:00motorcycle parking policyDate: 09/06/2025 Ref: CAM10306 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 20/05/2025 about motorcycle parking policy. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested. In its proposed motorcycle parking policy Camden Council proposes that residents who own a motorcycle will pay the same permit price as those who own a hybrid SUV car. This will remove any incentive for owners of such vehicles to downsize to a motorcycle, which would reduce emissions, congestion and parking pressure in the borough. Accordingly, the proposed policy will therefore mean more emissions, congestion, and parking pressure in the Borough than would otherwise be the case, contrary to the aims of Camden’s Climate Change, Air Quality and Transport Strategies. In forming the policy the Council was required to assess the impact that this element of the policy would have on its wider strategic transport and environmental aims. Please share any and all information relating to such assessments which have been undertaken. • The review was undertaken to ensure that the way motor vehicle parking (including that of motorcycles) is facilitated in Camden contributes to: • Camden Transport Strategy (CTS), 2019 – 2041 - To transform mobility in Camden, enabling and encouraging people to travel, and goods to be transported, healthily and sustainably (reviewing parking fees and charges is a key commitment within the CTS). • Camden Climate Action Plan, 2020 – 2025 - In 2019, the Council declared a climate and ecological emergency and committed to do everything it could to reduce emissions in Camden to ‘net-zero’ by 2030. • The Camden Clean Air Strategy 2019-2034 - Commits the Council to achieving the World Health Organization (WHO) (revised 2021) air quality guidelines for NO2, PM10 and PM2.5 borough-wide no later than 2034. • We Make Camden - Camden should be a green, clean, vibrant, accessible, and sustainable place with everyone empowered to contribute to tackling the climate emergency. • Camden Joint Health and Wellbeing Strategy 2021- 2030: Commits to addressing the determinants of health and health inequality, including encouraging more active travel to address mental well-being and inclusion. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk • The Constitution: Places new duties on the Council to protect and enhance the natural environment and mitigate and build resilience to climate change. • Motorcycles contribute to carbon and other emissions, noise pollution (in the case of non - electric motorcycles, which make up the majority of motorcycles licensed in the UK) • Data from the UK Department for Transport and motorcycle manufacturers shows that for the top 10 most common motorcycles registered in the UK, the average CO2 emissions are 72 g/km. Two of the 10 most common motorcycles had emissions of 110 g/km. • Motorcycles are not an active form of travel • It is cheaper to park a motorcycle in a solo motorcycle bay than a bicycle in a bike hangar Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Philip Lewis Information Rights Officer2025-06-12T00:00:00CAM110662025-09-29T00:00:00advertising on public highwaysDate: 29/09/2025 Case reference: CAM11066 London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 01/09/2025 about advertising on public highways.    We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and the Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested.  However, we are withholding some of the information because it is excepted as explained below.  We have explained where we are withholding information and what exceptions apply.  Please see the refusal notices at the end of the answers which explain how and why they apply. Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, I would like to request the following information: 1. The total income generated by the Council from advertising located on or adjacent to the public highway (for example, billboards, bus shelters, digital displays, or any other advertising installations on highway land). This information is excepted under the EIR 2004.  Please see the exception notice set out below. 2. A breakdown of this income by financial year, for the past 3 years. This information is excepted under the EIR 2004.  Please see the exception notice set out below. 3. Where possible, please provide a breakdown by category of advertising (e.g. bus shelters, roadside billboards, digital screens).This information is excepted under the EIR 2004.  Please see the exception notice set out below. 4. Details of any contracts or concession agreements currently in place relating to such advertising, including: a) The parties to the agreement J C Decaux UK Ltd, Bus Shelter Advertising commenced 01/01/2019 for a period of 10 years plus 5 optional 1-year extensions. Further details available in the contract award notice: 169117-2019 - Result - TED Clear Channel UK, (now known as Bauer Media) Small Format Digital Advertising Panels contract commenced 01/09/2025 for a 7-year period. Further details available in the contract award notice: Small Format Digital Advertising Panels - Find a Tender Bay Media Limited, Lamp Column Banner Advertising Concession Contract commenced 01/10/2023 for a 5-year period with 2 optional 1-year extensions. Further details available in the contract award notice: Lamp Column Banner Advertising Concession Contract - Find a Tender b) The start and end dates of the agreement Please see the response to 4a above. c) The nature of the agreement (e.g. fixed fee, revenue share, etc.) Please see above. This is provided in the further detail’s links provided for response to 4a above. Refusal Notice The exemption that applies is: Regulation 12(5)(e) - The regulation states a public authority may refuse to disclose information to the extent that its disclosure would adversely affect the confidentiality of commercial or industrial information where such confidentiality is provided by law to protect a legitimate economic interest. The council is relying upon the higher threshold of likelihood that disclosure would have a prejudicial effect. The parties whose commercial interests are concerned are J C Decaux UK Ltd, Clear Channel, Bay Media, and the council.  The harm to the contractors is that their commercial details such their as profit margins and business model, would be revealed which would negatively impact their trading position and ability to secure future contacts. The harm that would be caused to the council is that our ability to achieve the best process for a new contract would be reduced as the ‘going rate’ would be disclosed. Disclosure of the current amounts paid and prices would reduce the chances of higher revenues being achieved in the anticipated new tenders for similar areas. The council is actively looking to procure more contracts in this area and so procurements will be live imminently and therefore disclosing the rates paid and amounts tendered would reduce the chances of the council getting a better deal on a new procurement. The link between the disclosure and harm is that for J C Decaux UK Ltd, Clear Channel and Bay Media, rival companies would have awareness of their business model which would allow rivals to undercut them and reduce their chances of successfully tendering. In applying this qualified exemption, we have had to balance the public interest in withholding the information against the interest in favour of disclosure. The public interest arguments and waiting for releasing this information are as follows: Improving transparency in decision making.• Ensuring value for money.• To ensure accountability of the authority.• Demonstrating the council is meeting its fiduciary duties.• The public interest arguments for withholding the information are as follows: It is not in the public interest to disclose information that would be likely to damage the commercial interests of a company, as this could lead to financial problems for the company and/or job losses. • It is not in the public interest to damage the council’s commercial interests, as this affects how it spends public money and the services it can provide to residents and other stakeholders. • It is not in the public interest to release information that could negatively influence ongoing and future negotiations as this could have an adverse effect on value for money for the council, so for residents and other stakeholders. • Withholding the figures does not prevent scrutiny of the council’s actions and decisions.• We have decided that the public interest in withholding the information outweighs the public interest in disclosing it.We considered whether the presumption in favour of disclosure in the regulations overrides the decision to withhold and have concluded that it does not. Advice and Assistance: As advice and assistance, we have answered some of this request and would be happy to answer further general questions on this contract if you email a new request to FOI@camden.gov.uk . Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk, Telephone: 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website https://www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Peter Williams Information Rights Officer2025-10-10T09:46:48CAM103072025-06-09T00:00:00payments offered to care homes above existing contractual agreements to accept Covid-19 positive patientsDate: 09/06/2025 Ref: CAM10307 Dear Requester, Thank you for your request for information dated 20/05/2025 about payments offered to care homes above existing contractual agreements to accept Covid-19 positive patients. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested and the answers to your questions are as follows: Q1 Did your Local Authority offer any additional fees, over and above any payments arising from existing contractual arrangements to care/nursing homes in your area, specifically to receive Covid-19 positive patients from hospitals? Please respond with Yes or No: No. Q2 If the answer to Q1 is ‘yes’, would you provide us with details and copies of any written communications i.e. emails, letters etc. Please describe: Not applicable. Q3 Did any care/nursing homes accept those offers and receive such payments? Please respond with Yes or No: Not applicable. Q4 If the answer to Q3 is ‘yes’, what were the names of the care/nursing homes? Not applicable. Q5 What amount of money was paid? And how was the payment administered? Not applicable. Q6 If a payment was made, was it per patient, for the block purchasing of beds or both or for some other purpose? Please describe: Not applicable. Q7 Under which funding stream were the payments made? Please describe: Not applicable. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Q8 Did your local Authority enter new contracts with care/nursing homes which included contractual terms providing for additional payments if they received Covid-19 positive patients/residents? Please respond with Yes or No: No. Q9 If the answer to Q8 is ‘yes’, are you able to name the care/nursing homes? If your answer is no, can you say why you cannot name the home(s)? Not applicable Q10 What were those contractual terms? Please describe: Not applicable. Q11 Were any care/nursing homes advised that they risked losing funding or access to funding if they refused to accept Covid-19 positive patients/residents? Please respond with Yes or No: No. Q12 If so, how much funding was withdrawn? Not applicable. Q13 If the answer to Q11 is ‘yes’, are you able to name the care/nursing homes? If your answer is no, can you say why you cannot name the home(s)? Not applicable. Q14 Were any fines levied to your Local Authority or delayed discharges from the NHS? Please respond with Yes or No: No. Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Lorna Jonas-Tinson Information Rights Officer2025-06-12T00:00:00CAM103082025-06-10T00:00:00the policy for upgrading a council tenant's kitchen and bathroomDate: 10/06/2025 Ref: CAM10308 Dear Requester, Thank you for your request for information dated 20/05/2025 about the policy for upgrading a council tenant's kitchen and bathroom. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested and the answers to your questions are as follows: Could you please inform me on how many years does a person have to live in a council property before upgrades are made to the kitchen and bathroom [and provide a copy of the current criteria/policy for these types of upgrades]. Upgrades to kitchens and bathrooms are carried out based on whether they meet the definition of ‘decent’ as set out in the Government's official guidance. The age of an installation alone does not necessarily mean it falls below the standard. Further details can be found in the guidance document: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5a7968b740f0b63d72fc5926/138355.pdf A Cabinet Decision on 15 January 2025 confirmed this approach and full details are available at: https://democracy.camden.gov.uk/documents/s122613/Housing%20Investment%20Strat egy%20report.pdf As the information requested is already reasonably accessible elsewhere it is exempt under the absolute exemption in Section 21. Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Lorna Jonas-Tinson Information Rights Officer2025-06-12T00:00:00CAM103132025-06-12T00:00:00the number of incidents of anti-social behaviour reported to the council in the past four calendar years: 2024, 2023, 2022 and 2021Date: 12/06/2025 Ref: CAM10313 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 20/05/2025 about the number of incidents of anti-social behaviour reported to the council in the past four calendar years: 2024, 2023, 2022 and 2021. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.. Response The council holds some of the information requested. 1. How many incidents of anti-social behaviour were reported to your council in the past four calendar years: 2024, 2023, 2022 and 2021? ASB reports received by Camden Council’s Community Safety team (CS) and the Responsive Security Patrol team (RSP) are as follows - 2021: 2313 (CS) 2022: 2566 (CS) 2023: 2704 (CS) and 2410 (RSP), total reports = 5114 2024: 1742 (CS) and 1805 (RSP), total reports = 3547 2. Please break down the numbers of incidents reported during working hours - and out of hours. Community Safety receive ASB reports via our online reporting form, these reports are processed/ logged during working hours: Monday to Friday, 9am –5pm. See response to question 1. Out of Hours reports related to Camden Housing Estates are managed by the RSP team via the Contact Centre. 2021: The data is not stored in a format that allows for straightforward retrieval, and therefore we are unable to provide it. 2022: As above. 2023: 2410 2024: 1805 3. For each of those four years, what proportion of the calls led to a representative from the council visiting the scene of the incident. Community Safety does not hold data on number of visits made in relation to ASB reports. Due to limited resources Community Service Enforcement Officers (CSEOs) are tasked to patrol locations based on risk assessments, intelligence and officer availability. Many patrols are managed through investigation, partnership working, and planned patrols. The RSP team do provide a response service for Anti-Social Behaviour reported in Camden Council estates, between 4pm and 4am daily. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk 2021: The data is not stored in a format that allows for straightforward retrieval, and therefore we are unable to provide it. 2022: As above. 2023: 98.8% of calls resulted in officers attending the scene of the incident 2024: 98.6% of calls resulted in officers attending the scene of the incident 4. Please break down the numbers for incidents reported during working hours - and out of hours. As noted above – see response to question 2. 5. For each of those four years, what was the average length of time it took a representative from the council to attend the scene of the incident? Community Safety does not operate as a real-time response service and therefore does not hold average response times. Patrols are scheduled in response to trends and risks identified. In some urgent cases, reassurance visits are arranged quickly. The RSP team provide real-time attendance for Housing Estates during Out of Hours and does track response times: 2021: We do not hold data going back this far. 2022: We do not hold data going back this far. 2023: 20 minutes 2024: 21 minutes 6. Please break down the numbers of incidents reported during working hours - and out of hours. See response to question 2. 7. What hours, on which days of the week, is your Out Of Hours anti -social behaviour reporting hotline currently answered by a representative of the council . We don’t have a dedicated ‘ASB hotline’. Camden Housing provides an Out of Hours service for Housing Estates, via the Responsive Security Patrols (RSP) team. Reports are made via telephone, RSP operates 7 days a week, from 4pm to 4am. Contact Camden’s out of hours telephony service is 6pm-8am weekdays, 24 hours at weekends and bank holidays. 8. How long, on average, does it take for calls to your Out Of Hours anti -social behaviour hotline to be answered by a representative of the council ? We have answered this question as per our general out of hours telephony service . These calls include other types of contact and isn’t limited to reports of anti -social behaviour and we’re unable to isolate it in this way. We do not hold data going back as far as requested so have provided information for 2023 and 2024. While we don’t have a dedicated ‘ASB hotline’, the average response time for Camden’s out-of-hours calls (covering all emergency issues except Repairs) is as follows: 2023: 57 seconds 2024: 1 mins 38 seconds Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Kieran Heneghan Information Rights Officer2025-06-12T00:00:00CAM103142025-06-03T00:00:00checks of all funeral homesDate: 03/06/2025 Ref: CAM10314 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 20/05/2025 about checks of all funeral homes. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested. Last year the government wrote to all councils to ask them to carry out checks of all funeral homes in their area. I understand that it was largely environmental health teams who carried out this work. Please can you tell me: • if the council has completed these checks • where any concerns about specific funeral homes were identified please provide a summary of the concern and the name of the business Towards the end of 2024, the council's Regulatory Health and Safety team carried out visits to all the Funeral Directors in the Borough. A total of 8 Funeral Directors were found to be operating from a physical premises. No notable concerns were found in relation to any specific premises. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication R egulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Philip Lewis Information Rights Officer2025-06-12T00:00:00CAM103162025-06-09T00:00:00Adult Social Care adopting the assessment and care planning approach The Three ConversationsDate: 09/06/2025 Ref: CAM10316 Dear Requester, Thank you for your request for information dated 21/05/2025 about Adult Social Care adopting the assessment and care planning approach The Three Conversations ®. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested and the answers to your questions are as follows: Has adults social care services adopted the assessment and care planning approach known as The Three Conversations® Camden Adult Social Care services have adopted the assessment and care planning approach known as The Three Conversations. This model is central to Camden’s “What Matters” approach, which is a strengths-based framework that focuses on empowering individuals by recognising their strengths and connecting the m with community resources. The Three Conversations® approach is designed to move away from traditional, deficit-based models of care, emphasising collaboration and prevention . Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, live chat London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Lorna Jonas-Tinson Information Rights Officer2025-06-12T00:00:00CAM103172025-06-12T00:00:00about the number of investigations into illegal dog breedingDate: 12/06/2025 Ref: CAM10317 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 21/05/2025 about the number of investigations into illegal dog breeding. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested. 1) How many investigations into illegal dog breeding has your council been involved in during the financial year 1st April 2024 to 31st March 2025? 2) How many prosecutions related to illegal dog breeding were carried out by your council in the same period? 3) If available, please also provide the same figures for each individual financial year from 2018–19 to 2023–24. If possible, please provide this information in an Excel spreadsheet. Please find the answers to your questions in the attached spreadsheet. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Yours sincerely Kieran Heneghan Information Rights Officer2025-06-12T00:00:00CAM103222025-06-09T00:00:00London Borough of Camden participation in the Youth Guarantee Trailblazer programmeDate: 09/06/2025 Ref: CAM10322 Dear Requester, Thank you for your request for information dated 22/05/2025 about the London Borough of Camden participation in the Youth Guarantee Trailblazer programme. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The Council does not hold the information requested. 1. A list of all documents required from your authority to obtain government approval for Youth Guarantee Trailblazer funding. The council does not hold the information requested. 2. A copy of the main plan, business case, or equivalent document outlining how the Youth Guarantee Trailblazer is being delivered locally, along with the date when this plan was signed off or approved by the government. Please see the response to question 1 above. 3. A description of the performance measures, key performance indicators (KPIs), or expected outcomes agreed upon for monitoring delivery, and the frequency with which your authority is expected to report on performance or delivery progress to the government. Please see the response to question 1 above. Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Lorna Jonas-Tinson Information Rights Officer2025-06-12T00:00:00CAM110702025-09-26T00:00:00list of all companies which worked on the Agar Grove 1C projectDate: 26/09/2025 Ref: CAM11070 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 03/09/2025 about list of all companies which worked on the Agar Grove 1C project. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested. I would like to request a list of all companies which worked on the Agar Grove 1C project. Consultants: • Arcadis • Hawkins \ Brown • Mae • Max Fordham • Stantec • Pellings • Grant Associates • WARM: Low Energy Building Practice • Urban Splash • Savills • JLL • CMA planning • Design Fire Consultants • BWC Fire • Freeths • Salter Rex Package Subcontractor Site Hoarding Acute Hoarding and Fencing Ltd Demolition Northeast Demolition (UK Ltd) Tree Surgery Included in ROL package Security Shutters VPS Tower Cranes Tower Cranes UK Ltd Lightning Protection BLL Associates Ltd Mechanical Design Max Fordham LLP Groundworks & RC Frame ROL Construction LTD Piling Van Elle Total Foundation Solutions Dust Monitoring Turnkey Instruments Ltd London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Security Daleks PID Pile Mat Included in ROL package CCTV Star Group FM Substation Door Supply Sunray Engineering Limited Substation Doors Install GPC Ltd Precast Stairs London Precast Window Supply Internorm Safety Signs T & E Signs (UK) Limited Lifts Orona Ltd Safe Gates CJS Safety System TBS Wyse Power Ltd Scaffolding BMS Scaffolding Ltd Core Drilling Premier Diamond Drilling Slab Waterproofing Cast Contracting Ltd Car Park Fencing Acacia Masonry Support SIG Distribution GRC Manufacturing GRC UK Mechanical Promech Electrical RB Emersons Ltd Brickwork Excel AOV &Roof Lighting Lamilux UK Ltd Window Fixer APW Glazing Ltd Plastering Sudbury Dry Lining Group LTD Screeding Sudbury Dry Lining Group LTD Kitchens (Supply) The Symphony Group PLC PV Panels Carbon 3 Ltd External Doors Neos Protect Ltd Shop Fronts Neos Protect Ltd Curtain Walling Nueco Group Ltd White Goods DBD Distribution Ltd BWIC J & I Ltd Temporary Doors Grand Project Construction Ltd Blown Fibre Novora Building Services Limited Architectural Metalwork ESK Balustrade Systems Ltd Fire Stopping Castle Hill Fire Protection Ltd GRC Install PCS Brick and Stone Solutions Ltd LO Carpentry Grand Project Construction Ltd Roofing AYM (Services) Ltd Platform Lift Orona Ltd Acoustic Housing Spectra Engineering Services Ltd Flooring Loughton Contract Mirrors (Block I) LN Glazing Internal Glazed Screens Fire Glass UK Tiling Jobber Projects Ltd Cleaning SCG Cleaning Wardrobes Portico GB Christmas Security Signet CCTV Ltd Painting & Decorating Southgrove Painting Contractors Limited Mastic Direct Sealants Limited Play Equipment Wicksteed Playgrounds Planters & Landscaping Idverde External Furniture (Mat Req) Specialist Insulations Aliminium Rainwater Goods Roweaver Aliminum Soffits Lockmetal Blinds KaydeeSayfa Replacement Curtain Walling UKTop Limited Magic Man K&D Polishing Ltd Block I Binstore Street Space Limited External Steelwork ESK Balustrade Systems Ltd Equitone Soffits & Parapet Lining Lockmetal Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk Telephone: 0303 123 1113 , live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/ Yours sincerely Philip Lewis Information Rights Officer2025-10-10T09:46:49CAM103322025-06-10T00:00:00traffic monitoring cameras on West End LaneDate: 10/06/2025 Ref: CAM10332 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 27/05/2025 about traffic monitoring cameras on West End Lane. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested. I don’t have exact dates, but in recent times (I think the past 24 months or so) the council had setup some sort of traffic monitoring cameras on West End Lane. If memory serves me correctly they were in both directions. Could you please tell me: 1. The purpose of the cameras? 2. What data was collected? 3. Where the data was published for review? 4. How the council (or TFL) will use that data? 5. Where can I get access to that data? Clarified: It might have been TFL that did it. They were some form of traffic monitoring cameras, they were daisy chained and I recall they started by the traffic lights at the west end lane/ woodchurch rd junction. The Transport Strategy Team have no knowledge of any monitoring cameras on West End Lane. We advise you to make an information request to TfL using the following link. https://tfl.gov.uk/corporate/transparency/freedom -of-information. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Philip Lewis Information Rights Officer2025-06-12T00:00:00CAM103372025-06-09T00:00:00property guardians questionsDate: 09/06/2025 Ref: CAM10337 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 27/05/2025 about property guardians questions. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds some of the information requested. 1. How many individuals are property guardians in your local authority? We do not have any direct managed property guardians within the local authority. We do have a contract with a guardian provider who vets and selects suitable guardians for any vacant properties that we pass to them for a service, and they have currently provided 115 guardians. 2. How many properties owned/operated by your local authority are occupied by property guardians? We currently have 64 properties occupied by guardians. 3. How many of these properties have had some form of inspection that assessed living standards? Guardian properties are not reviewed under living standards as it’s a service contract. All sites are assessed by the guardian contractor to agree suitability for their service offer. They all need to meet statutory requirements prior to appointing somebody from their agreed guardian listing. All properties have regular inspections, repairs and maintenance throughout their licenced period, and these are reviewed at monthly contract meetings . 4. How much does the local authority make via property guardians in total? This changes all the time dependent on how many properties are under licence at any time. The council has received an approximate average of about £500k pa and this income goes into the central housing budget to offset other housing costs. The last 3 years figures are: 2022 - £ 584,258.09 2023 - £ 428,270.47 2024 - £ 483,400.89 Jan 2025 to March 2025 - £140,664. 5. How much does the local authority pay via contracts or agreements with property guardian firms? The council does not make any direct payment to the property Guardian company. It does retain responsibility for the structural integrity and major plant failure/replacement of the building , and London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk any works required are presented to the council in the contract meetings . Any agreed works will be paid for from the income generated. Please could information be provided for each calendar year for the years 2023, 2024 and 2025 (or latest available). Please provide the information in either PDF or Excel form, whichever is more convenient. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Philip Lewis Information Rights Officer2025-06-12T00:00:00CAM103752025-06-09T00:00:00number of standard reviews under Section 51 of the Licensing Act 2003 and Summary reviews (expedited reviews) under Section 53A of the Licensing ActDate: 09/06/2025 Ref: CAM10375 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 30/05/2025 about number of standard reviews under Section 51 of the Licensing Act 2003 and Summary reviews (expedited reviews) under Section 53A of the Licensing Act. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested. Can I have - the number of standard reviews under Section 51 of the Licensing Act 2003 requested by the Metropolitan Police - 1st April 2023 to 31st March 2025. 4. - the number of Summary reviews (expedited reviews) under Section 53A of the Licensing Act 2003 from 1st April 2023 to 31st March 2025 Please 2. I had asked this information from the Police but they have directed me to the local authority . Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Philip Lewis Information Rights Officer2025-06-12T00:00:00CAM104082025-06-10T00:00:00progress toward the council’s net zero targetDate: 10/06/2025 Ref: CAM10408 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 06/06/2025 about progress toward the council’s net zero target. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested. I am writing an article about the regional progress of the UK's net zero drive. Please provide the most recent internal reports, audits, or assessments on progress toward the council’s net zero target, including performance KPIs. All reports are available on our website www.camden.gov.uk/greener-camden This includes the Annual Reviews of our Climate Action Plan, our Annual Reviews of our Carbon Reduction Programme, and our Annual Climate Budgets. As the information requested is already reasonably accessible elsewhere it is exempt under the absolute exemption in Section 21. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Philip Lewis Information Rights Officer2025-06-12T00:00:00CAM96032025-05-21T00:00:00temporary accommodation spend in calendar year 2024, broken down by supplier nameDate: 14/04/2025 Ref: CAM9603 Dear Requester, Thank you for your request for information dated 10/02/2025 about temporary accommodation spend in calendar year 2024, broken down by supplier name. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested. 1. The amount of money the council paid to providers of temporary accommodation in calendar year 2024, broken down by individual provider (i.e. showing how much was paid to each provider). If the provider is a company, please provide the full company name and, *if known*, the company registration number If the information is not available by calendar year, please provide the figures for the 2024/25 financial year (year-to-date if necessary). Clarification point: Please can you tell us if you are seeking net expenditure on temporary accommodation or total spend including VAT? You clarified: Net spend. The attached spreadsheet outlines the available data held by the council. Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Lorna Jonas-Tinson Information Rights Officer2025-06-03T00:00:00CAM126692026-05-13T00:00:00all documents and emails relating to costings, procurement of contractors, invoices for major works relating to Bourne Estate, Laney House, Portpool LaneDate: 13/05/2026 Ref: CAM12669 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 17/04/2026 about all documents and emails relating to costings, procurement of contractors, invoices for major works relating to Bourne Estate, Laney House, Portpool Lane. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds some of the information requested. For major works relating to Bourne Estate, Laney House, Portpool Lane (RPK/961 Better Home Externals / Estate code 303002) which has fire risk works, specifically the replacement of doors to the Electrical Intake Cupboards, that are to be recharged to leaseholders to contribute towards, please provide the clauses contained the leases of the leaseholders of this block that allow this to be recharged to leaseholders. The London Borough of Camden as your landlord, relies on the 5 th schedule of your lease to charge the costs of repair, replacement and maintenance work at Bourne Estate and Laney House onto leaseholders. Specifically Schedule 5 paragraph 1; ‘The expenses of maintaining repairing redecoration and renewing amending cleaning repointing painting graining varnishing whitening or colouring the Estate and all parts thereof including the glass in all windows (other than the interior surface of the windows of the Flat) and all appurtenances apparatus and other things belonging including those items described in Clauses 4.2 and 4.3’ But also Schedule 5 paragraph 10; ‘The cost of installing maintaining repairing and renewing any television and radio receiving ariels answer entry phones fire alarm systems telephone relay systems and used or capable of being used by the Tenant in common as aforesaid’ Please provide all documents and emails relating to costings, procurement of contractors, invoices and other related documents that show how the total cost of the works was determined. We do not hold this information. The Council confirms that the works to which your request relates have not yet taken place. The buildings concerned are categorised as Higher Risk Buildings (HRBs) and, as such, the works are subject to additional regulatory and gateway approval requirements. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Accordingly at this time, the Council does not hold the following information in relation to the electrical intake cupboards at Laney House: • Contractor invoices or payment records; • Final accounts or reconciled cost statements; • Emails or correspondence evidencing agreement of a final cost; However, the cost identified to leaseholders as an estimate at this stage represents the element value at tender stage and is subject to validation during the progress of the works. This validation process has yet to be determined and may alter the final number of electrical intake cupboard doors required and may identify any unforeseen issues or additional works, which could affect the final cost. As the works have not yet commenced and validation has not yet taken place, no confirmed or final total cost has been determined. As a result, the Council does not hold any further documents or emails that demonstrate a finalised total cost for the works. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk Telephone: 0303 123 1113 , live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/ Yours sincerely Kieran Heneghan Information Rights Officer2026-05-26T21:45:16CAM132082026-07-29T00:00:00prosecutions and fines for non-attendance at schoolDate: 29 July 2026 Ref: CAM13208 Dear Requester, Thank you for your request for information dated 30 June 2026 about prosecutions and fines for non-attendance at school. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested. However, we are withholding all of the information because it is exempt as explained below. We have explained where we are withholding information and what exemptions apply. Please see the refusal notices at the end of the answers which explain how and why they apply. Can you answer the four questions below for the most recent six full academic years for which data is available (ie. 2019/20, 2020/21, 2021/22, 2022/23, 2023/24, 2024/25). For each academic year, please provide: 1.The total number of prosecutions initiated by the Local Authority against parents under Section 444 of the Education Act 1996 for their child's non- attendance at school. 2. The number of prosecutions initiated by the Local Authority against parents under Section 444 of the Education Act 1996 for their child's non-attendance at school, where the child concerned had an Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP) at the time the prosecution was initiated. 3. The total number of fixed penalty notices issued by the Local Authority against parents under Section 444 of the Education Act 1996 for their child's non-attendance at school, where the child involved had an Education, Health and Care Plan at the time the fine was issued. 4. The amount of money raised by the local authority through fixed penalty notices issued against parents under Section 444 of the Education Act 1996 for non-attendance at school, where the child involved had an Education, Health and Care Plan at the time the fine was issued. We are withholding this information as we consider the following exemption applies. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Refusal Notice Section 12: Cost of Compliance Exceeds the Appropriate Limit We are refusing your request under Section 12 of the Freedom of Information Act on cost grounds because we estimate that compliance with your request will exceed the "appropriate limit". This is £450 which is equivalent to 18 hours at £25 per hour. The per hour figure is set by Regulations rather than actual salary paid to any officers handling requests. The appropriate limit includes the time it will take the council to discover if it holds the information requested, to locate it, extract it and collate it as well as putting it into any particular format requested by the requester. For questions 3 and 4, the information requested is not held in a readily reportable format and cannot be extracted through an existing report, database query or other automated process. Whilst the council holds information relating to school prosecutions and fixed penalty notices, this is not held within a single system. Instead, the data is held across separate attendance enforcement, SEND and financial systems. To identify the requested information, a council officer would need to manually review fixed penalty notice records, cross-reference them against SEND records to establish whether a pupil held an Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP) at the relevant time and then correlate the results with financial data. There are 2,767 fixed penalty notice records that fall within the scope of your request. We estimate that reviewing and cross-referencing each record would take approximately five minutes. We have calculated that compliance with your request would take approximately 230.58 hours. As this significantly exceeds the appropriate limit set by the Act, Section 12 applies. Advice and Assistance The council does not maintain a record of whether a pupil has an EHCP at the time of a prosecution is initiated or a fixed penalty notice is issued. However, given the relatively small number of prosecutions involved, we were able to undertake a manual review of the relevant records and provide a response to the first two questions of your request. 1. The total number of prosecutions initiated by the Local Authority against parents under Section 444 of the Education Act 1996 for their child's non-attendance at school. 2019/20 2020/21 2021/22 2022/23 2023/24 2024/25 7 0 7 12 7 5 2. The number of prosecutions initiated by the Local Authority against parents under Section 444 of the Education Act 1996 for their child's non-attendance at school, where the child concerned had an Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP) at the time the prosecution was initiated. 2019/20 2020/21 2021/22 2022/23 2023/24 2024/25 1 0 1 0 0 0 Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk, telephone 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Lorna Jonas-Tinson Information Rights Officer2026-08-21T21:45:11CAM133842026-08-14T00:00:00a copy of the traffic management order for the motor vehicles prohibition on Christchurch Hill, NW3Date: 14/08/2026 Ref: CAM13384 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 23/07/2026 about a copy of the traffic management order for the motor vehicles prohibition on Christchurch Hill, NW3. We have dealt with this under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested. I would like to request a copy of the traffic management order for the motor vehicles prohibition on Christchurch Hill, NW3. Please could this be provided in PDF format, with searchable / selectable text, and inclusive of all schedules. Please note, this request is for the traffic order in its entirety, not only the part of the order relevant to the location mentioned above. Please do not provide any sort of "extract" that is anything less than the full document. Please note this is a request for the sealed / formally enacted order, please do not provide any informal "working copy". If the order has been amended multiple times by later orders, please provide the sealed copy of the original order as enacted, plus the sealed version of all amending orders (again with searchable / selectable text, and inclusive of all schedules). Please follow the link relating to Christchurch Hill, NW3 - Healthy School Streets – Christchurch Hill Area Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Kieran Heneghan Information Rights Officer2026-09-02T21:45:44CAM99662025-05-27T00:00:00trends in foster carers adopting children in Camden over the past seven yearsDate: 27/05/2025 Ref: CAM9966 Dear Requester, Thank you for your request for information dated 26/03/2025 about trends in foster carers adopting children in Camden over the past seven years . We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested and the answers to your questions are as follows: In the past 7 years: 1. What percentage of foster carers who look after babies on behalf of LBC transition to adoptive parents? You clarified: I would like to define babies age range from birth to 12 months if that’s possible. Please can you collect the data year by year separately. We have presented data held using the calendar year format January 1 to December 31. 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 2. What incentives / financial incentives does LBC offer to staff who recruit foster carers/adoptive parents to the service? The council offers a referral fee of £900 for each individual who is successfully approved as a foster carer. We do not undertake the recruitment of adopters as this falls outside the scope of our service offer. Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Lorna Jonas-Tinson Information Rights Officer2025-06-03T00:00:00CAM100742025-05-27T00:00:00budget, spending, and community issuesDate: 27/05/2025 Case reference : CAM10074London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 14/04/2025 about budget, spending, and community issues.  We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and the Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds some of the information requested.  However, we are withholding information that falls under the FOIA 2000 because it is exempt, and information that falls under EIR 2004 because it is excepted, as explained below.  We have explained where we are withholding information and what exemption or exception applies.  Please see the refusal notice at the end of the answer which explains how and why they apply.  Enquiry Regarding Budget, Spending, and Community Issues 1. Budget and Spending a) What is the total budget allocated to Camden Council for the current financial year? b) How is the budget distributed across different departments (e.g., education, health, infrastructure)? c) Can you provide a detailed breakdown of how the council's budget has been spent over the past year? [Financial year 2024/25] 2. Capital Projects a) What are the major capital projects currently underway, and what is their budget allocation?b) How much funding is allocated to community projects and initiatives? [This is for all projects in the community]. [A project is a specific, temporary endeavor with defined objectives and a clear start and end date, aimed at achieving a particular outcome; and An initiative is a broader, long-term effort aimed at achieving strategic goals, often encompassing multiple projects] 3. Specific Councillor Spending a) What are the expenses claimed by Councillors Adam Harrison, Sabrina Francis, and Rishi Madlani over the past year? b) Which projects or initiatives have Councillors Adam Harrison, Sabrina Francis, and Rishi Madlani been directly involved in, and what is the budget for these projects?  [All projects and initiatives since they have been elected (Councillor Harrison since 2010 and Councillor Madlani and Councillor Francis since 2014)] 4. Financial Strategy and Reports a) Can you provide the latest financial strategy documents for Camden Council? b) Can you share the most recent audit reports for Camden Council? c) What are the primary sources of revenue for Camden Council? 5. Transparency and Accountability a) How does Camden Council ensure public consultation and transparency in budget allocation and spending? b) What metrics are used to evaluate the effectiveness of spending in various departments? 6. Crime on the Streetsa) What are the latest crime statistics for Camden, broken down by type of crime and area? b) What measures are currently in place to prevent crime in Camden, and what new initiatives are planned? c) How does the Camden Community Safety Partnership work to reduce crime and support victims? 7. Drug Use a) What policies and programs are in place to address drug use in Camden? b) What support services are available for individuals struggling with drug addiction? c) What percentage of crime in Camden is related to drug use, and what steps are being taken to address this? 8. Street Begging a) What policies are in place to address street begging in Camden? b) What support services are available for homeless individuals and those involved in street begging? 9. Litter and Cleanliness a) What measures are in place to control litter and maintain cleanliness in Camden? b) How can residents get involved in keeping Camden clean? 10. Broken Lampposts and Street Maintenance a) What budget is allocated for street maintenance and repairs, and how is it being utilized? 11. Budget Cuts and Financial Impact a) How does the budget for the current financial year compare to previous years? [Please provide all data back to the financial year prior to Councillor Harrison’s election in 2010 – so from financial year 2009/2010 through to the present]. b) To what extent have funding cuts impacted Camden Council's services and operations? [In an email dated 3 July 2024, Councillor Harrison stated: "It’s certainly not been easy with the cuts, which have been 50% to our core budget over the years and we certainly feel the effects of austerity generally and even more so in Camden." Please confirm whether this is correct and if so, how this has impacted Camden Council’s services and operations. For example, have you had to reduce a particular service as a result of the cuts?] c) What specific areas or services have been most affected by budget cuts? [Which services have been cut as a result of the 50% reduction in the core budget that Councillor Harrison referred to in July 2024?] 12. Funding Sources and Allocation a) What are the primary sources of funding for Camden Council? b) To what extent is the council's funding earmarked for specific purposes or projects? c) Can you provide a detailed breakdown of the council's revenue sources for the current financial year? 13. Political Influence on Budget a) How have political changes, such as the shift from Conservative to Labour leadership, affected the council's budget and funding? [There was a Conservative Government in place throughout the time that the three Councillors in Bloomsbury have been elected save for the period since July 2024 when the Labour party swept to victory in the General Election. Has the change from Conservative Government to Labour Government changed the level of core budget etc. Noting that Councillor Harrison suggested that the core budget had been cut as a result of Conservative austerity. etc. Noting that Councillor Harrison suggested that the core budget had been cut as a result of Conservative austerity.] We are not processing this request as it would require a disproportionate amount of time, effort, and expense to identify and collate the information falling within the scope of your request and then examine the information to deal with each element under the appropriate information access regime.  Please see set out below an exemption notice under the FOIA and an exception notice under the EIR 2004. Refusal NoticesThe FOIA exemption that applies is: section 12: cost of compliance exceeds appropriate limit We are refusing your request under section 12 on cost grounds because we estimate that compliance with your request will exceed the "appropriate limit".  This is £450 which is equivalent to 18 hours at £25 per hour. The per hour figure is set by Regulations rather than actual salary paid to any officers handling requests. The appropriate limit includes the time it will take the council to discover if it holds the information requested, to locate it, extract it and collate it as well as putting it into any particular format requested by the requester. We have calculated that it will take approx. 115 hours (minimum) for our finance service alone to comply with your request because: we would have to collate and check items from 66 different financial records    • collating and checking these items would take an average minimum of 105 minutes per item• this does not include the collation of information held by services outside finance• The exception under the EIR 2004 that applies is: regulation 12(4)b which states that a public authority may refuse to disclose information to the extent that the request for information is manifestly unreasonable. We have also considered the time it will take the council to locate the information requested in the request, to extract it, collate it and then to review and redact any sensitive information that will be subject to further exceptions under the EIR 2004. Disproportionate time would be needed to identify and collate relevant information as outlined above.   Additionally, further disproportionate time would be needed to redact personal information and redact or remove information that is subject to other exceptions under regulation EIR 2004 after consideration of the public interest involved. We have considered the impact and burden that processing this request would have on the team who would have to deal with it. We have concluded that the time, effort and costs involved would place a disproportionate burden on the team and severely impact their ability to perform their normal duties.In applying this exception, the Council has also considered the balance of the public interest in line with the EIR 2004.  We have indicated the weight of each of these considerations. The public interest argument for releasing this information is: - it would improve the transparency for the general public of the council’s decisions and processes in dealing with information requested (Medium).• The public interest arguments for withholding the information are: - processing this request in full would be provide a large burden in terms of officer time and cost to the Council (High).• this would necessarily constitute a significant diversion of resources away from the council’s core business activities, (High) and:• it would consequently have a proportionally detrimental impact on it’s provision of services to the public (High).• it is not in the public interest public interest that the Council neglect its provision of services to the public to focus on one information request (High).• It is felt that in all the circumstances of the case, the public interest in maintaining the exception outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information. There is a presumption in favour of disclosure in the EIR 2004. We considered whether this overrides the public interest test conclusion and have concluded that it does not. Advice and assistance We estimate that we may be able to provide responses for questions 1a & b, 2b, 3a, 4a, b & c, 5a, 6c, 7a & b, 8a & b, 9a & b, 10a, 11a, b &c, and 12a &c without resorting to the above FOIA exemption and EIR 2004 exception. We do not hold relevant information for 1c yet as the outturn reporting process still ongoing. We do not hold information for 6a & b and 7c as crime data, as well data concerning the responsibility for preventing crime, is held by the Metropolitan Police Service. We do not hold information on the financial impact of political changes specifically – so we are not able to answer question 13 as FOIA / EIR 2004 only give access to information already recorded.Questions 4c, 12a and 12c – are all very similar and could be clarified or rationalised. Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk , Telephone: 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website https://www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Peter Williams Information Rights Officer2025-06-03T00:00:00CAM101162025-05-22T00:00:00housing register wait times, temporary accommodation annual expenditure and related mattersDate: 22/05/2025 Ref: CAM10116 Dear Requester, Thank you for your request for information dated 23/04/2025 about housing register wait times, temporary accommodation annual expenditure and related matters. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested and the answers to your questions are as follows: 1) How much has the council spent on Temporary Accommodation from 2022 -2025 (to date) - a breakdown per annual? The council holds the requested data by fiscal year. To ensure consistency in reporting temporary accommodation expenditure, we have not broken down the financial information by calendar year. For clarity, we have provided net expenditure. 2022/23 2023/24 2024/25 Temporary Accommodation Net Cost £ 8,254,657 £ 13,171,542 £ 19,006,429 2) Number of people on the housing waiting list as of Feb- 2025 (broken down between single occupant & families)? Single household Family household (with at least one child under the age of 18 ) Number of households on the housing register as of 29 February 2025 2,703 4,169 3) Number of properties currently owned by the council used to house Temporary Accommodation needs? 60. 4) How many individuals and families are currently being housed in alternative nightly housing (hotels, b&b's, hostels) awaiting permanent accommodation? Single household Family household (with at least one child under the age of 18) London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Number of households in hotels, b&b’s and hotels as of 29 February 2025 296 107 5) How many properties have the council acquired over the past 5 years (broken down yearly)? I can confirm that the London Borough of Camden holds the requested information. This can be accessed via the government services and information website: Local Authority Housing Statistics data returns for 2023 to 2024 - GOV.UK To find the relevant data, select the ‘Local Authority Housing Statistics’ Excel spreadsheet. Navigate to tab A, scroll through the worksheet to view the data requested. You may navigate to the equivalent dataset for previous years using this link - Local authority housing data - GOV.UK. As the information requested is already reasonably accessible elsewhere it is exempt under the absolute exemption in Section 21. Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Lorna Jonas-Tinson Information Rights Officer2025-06-03T00:00:00CAM101182025-05-20T00:00:00HMO licence inspections conducted by the local authority on asylum accommodation during the years 2023, 2024 and 2025Date: 20/05/2025 Ref: CAM10118 Dear Requester, Thank you for your request for information dated 17/05/2025 about HMO licence inspections conducted by the local authority on asylum accommodation during the years 2023, 2024 and 2025 We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds some of the information requested. The answers to your questions are as follows: It is my understanding that there are several local authority teams that will inspect asylum accommodation properties including, but not limited to, environmental health inspections and HMO licence inspections. Environmental health inspections 1. The number of inspections carried out on asylum accommodation by environmental health officers in each of a) 2023 b) 2024 and c) the first quarter of 2025 The Home Office is responsible for carrying out environmental health inspections on asylum accommodation and shares the results with local authorities. While we have the authority to inspect such accommodation, particularly in relation to HHSRS standards and HMO licensing, our focus has been on securing licensing for contingency hotels as HMOs. Calendar year Number of environmental health inspections carried ou t on asylum accommodation by the London Borough of Camden 2023 0 2024 0 2025 0 2. A breakdown, by category, of the hazards recorded from these inspections in each of these time periods (for example pests, mould, fire safety risks etc) Not applicable. Please see the response to question 1 above. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk 3. A breakdown, by category, of any notices issued to the accommodation provider or the Home Office in each of these time periods (for eg improvement plans, remedial instructions, full enforcement action) Not applicable. Please see the response to question 1 above. 4. If held in a reportable format, the number of asylum accommodation properties that have had multiple inspections by environmental health officers in each of these time periods Not applicable. Please see the response to question 1 above. HMO licence inspections 1. The number of HMO licence inspections carried out on asylum accommodation by the local authority in each of a) 2023 b) 2024 and c) the first quarter of 2025 Calendar year Number of HMO licence inspections carried ou t on asylum accommodation by the London Borough of Camden 2023 3 2024 3 2025 0 2. A breakdown, by category, of the hazards recorded from these inspections in each of these time periods (for fire safety risks, gas safety, room sizes, sufficient amenities etc) Calendar year Breakdown of hazards recorded by category 2023 No cooking facilities Management (fire alarm panel fault) Fire doors Window restrictors Rubbish collection in corridor Excess cold / heat Crowding and space Personal hygiene and sanitation Falls on stairs Falls on level 2024 No cooking facilities Fire doors 2025 None 3. A breakdown, by category, of any notices issued to the accommodation provider or the Home Office in each of these time periods (for eg improvement plans, remedial instructions, full enforcement action) Calendar year Breakdown of n otice s issued by category 2023 Housing Act 2004, section 235 - 17 Local Government (Miscella neous Provisions) Act 1976, section 16 - 10 Housing Act 2004, section 62(2) - 1 Intention to issue Civil Penalty Notice - 4 Housing Act 2004, section 62 - 1 2024 Housing Act 2004, section 235 - 3 Housing Act 2004, section 255 - 1 Housing Act 2004, section 62 - 1 2025 Nil to date 4. If held in a reportable format, the number of asylum accommodation properties that have had multiple HMO inspections in each of these time periods 3. Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Lorna Jonas-Tinson Information Rights Officer2025-06-03T00:00:00CAM101242025-05-20T00:00:00complaints about noise issues in 2024Date: 20/05/2025 Ref: CAM10124 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 22/04/2025 about complaints about noise issues in 2024. We have dealt with this under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested. 1. In the 2024 calendar year could you please state how many complaints about noise issues were recorded by your environmental health/noise complaints department? Total number of noise complaints received between 1 st January 2024 to 31st December 2024: 6089. 2. In relation to the complaints in 2024 calendar year how many of these related to complaints about: (i) Barking dogs 69 (ii) Chickens and cockerels 0 (iii) Building noise and/or DIY Construction noise – 566 DIY – 69 (iv) Wind chimes in a neighbour’s garden 0 (iii) Sexual noise. 0 1. If you had any complaints that related to (iii) sexual noise please state (a) a summary of the nature of the complaint and (b) what you as the local authority did as a result of the complaint. N/A. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Philip Lewis Information Rights Officer2025-06-03T00:00:00CAM101252025-05-19T00:00:00Public Bin ProvisionDate: 19/05/2025 Ref: CAM10125 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 22/04/2025 about Public Bin Provision. We have dealt with this under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds some of the information requested. We have stated where we do not hold the information requested and why. I would like to request the following information as a freedom of information request. If possible please provide the data as an Excel. By public litter bin I mean a bin provided by the council for the public to put their rubbish in, on the street/park etc. 1. How many public litter bins has your council provided for each of the years 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024? 2. How often have each of your public bins been emptied for each of the years, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024? 3. How many complaints have you received related to public litter bins for each of the years 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024? And if possible, broken down by topic of complaint e.g. not enough bins, overflowing bins. Please see the attached spreadsheet for the answers to the above questions. 4. What was the cost to your council to provide, maintain, and empty public bins for each of the years 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024? This information is not held as it is incorporated into the wider street cleansing contract. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Kieran Heneghan Information Rights Officer2025-06-03T00:00:00CAM111122025-09-29T00:00:00how many dogs entered your local authority poundsDate: 29/09/2025 Ref: CAM11112 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 10/09/2025 about how many dogs entered your local authority pounds. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council does not hold the information requested. For the years 2023, 2024 and 2025 to current date: 1. How many dogs entered your local authority pounds (also known as kennels or shelters)? 2. How many of these dogs (1.) died while being held in pounds? 3. Of the dogs that died while being held in pounds (2.) how many were suspected or assessed to be XL bullies? 4. How many dogs that entered your pounds (1.) were later euthanised? 5. Of the dogs that were euthanised (4.) how many were suspected or assessed to be XL Bullies? 6. Of the dogs that entered your pounds (1.) how many were returned to their owners? The London Borough of Camden’s stray dog/ dog warden service is provided by the London Borough of Hackney. They can provide the information you have requested by contacting them here. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk Telephone: 0303 123 1113 , live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/ Yours sincerely Philip Lewis Information Rights Officer2025-10-10T09:46:49CAM101262025-05-20T00:00:00Swimming pool temperaturesDate: 20/05/2025 Ref: CAM10126 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 22/04/2025 about Swimming pool temperatures. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested. Freedom of Information request - Swimming pool temps: Under the FOI Act please provide me with the information below. Please confirm receipt of this request as soon as possible. 1. What is the temperature that each pool in your local authority area aims to achieve (as of March 2025) – please provide in degrees Celsius, please be as specific as possible, and provide temperatures for different pools if applicable (eg main pool and toddler pool). Main Pools: 27-29 degrees; Teaching Pools 28-30 degrees. Oasis Outdoor Pool: 25-27 degrees. 2. Has there been a change in this aimed-for temperature changed in the past 5 years? If yes, please be as specific as possible on all changes since 2020. No, there have been no changes in the aimed for range of temperatures. 3. If yes to Q2, for each pool what is the primary reason for any changes in temperature? N/A. 4. If yes to Q2, was there any public consultation regarding a temperature change? If so, please share responses if possible. N/A. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Philip Lewis Information Rights Officer2025-06-03T00:00:00CAM101282025-05-22T00:00:00Ofsted registered supported accommodation for 16-17 year old care leaversDate: 21/05/2025 Ref: CAM10128 Dear Requester, Thank you for your request for information dated 23/04/2025 about Ofsted registered supported accommodation for 16-17 year old care leavers. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested and the answers to your questions are as follows: 1. Weekly Commissioned Care Packages Please provide the number of care/support packages currently commissioned on a weekly basis by your local authority for young people aged 16 –17 in Ofsted- registered supported accommodation. Specifically, please break this down by: a) Single occupancy - 0 b) Ring-fenced shared accommodation - 31 c) Shared accommodation (non-ring-fenced) - 0 2. Current Demand for Supported Accommodation Please outline the current demand (as of the most recent reporting period) for Ofsted-registered supported accommodation for care leavers aged 16 –17. This should also be broken down by: a) Single occupancy - 0 b) Ring-fenced/shared - 31 c) Shared (non-ring-fenced) - 0 3. Placement Model or Framework What model or framework does the local authority use to identify and secure suitable placements for 16–17-year-old care leavers in Ofsted-registered supported accommodation? For example, do you operate under a framework agreement, dynamic purchasing system, or use spot purchasing? The council does operate under a framework or a dynamic purchasing system. We procure services from the private market on a spot purchase basis. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk 4. Weekly Costs Please provide the base or minimum weekly rate your authority currently pays providers for the following types of placements: a) Single occupancy - 0 b) Ring-fenced shared accommodation – Between £900-£2,296 for private Ofsted registered supported accommodation and £297 per week for inhouse supported accommodation. c) Shared accommodation (non-ring-fenced) - 0 5. Preferred or Approved Providers Please supply a list of your current preferred, approved, or frequently used providers of Ofsted-registered supported accommodation services for 16 –17-year- old care leavers. We have 122 beds Ofsted registered beds specifically for 16-17 year olds, which are owned and operated by the council. List of frequently approved providers: • Key Property Management • Equipped4Life LTD • We Care Homes • Higher Level Care • KT’s Care Angels Ltd Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Lorna Jonas-Tinson Information Rights Officer2025-06-03T00:00:00CAM101352025-05-22T00:00:00guidance, policies or assessment criteria used when determining eligibility for Discretionary Housing PaymentDate: 22/05/2025 Ref: CAM10135 Dear Requester, Thank you for your request for information dated 23/04/2025 about guidance, policies or assessment criteria used when determining eligibility for Discretionary Housing Payment. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds some of the information requested. The answers to your questions are as follows: 1. A copy of Camden Council’s internal guidance, policy documents, or assessment criteria used when determining eligibility for Discretionary Housing Payment (DHP); I can confirm that the London Borough of Camden holds the requested information. This can be accessed on the council website: www.camden.gov.uk/discretionary-housing-payments. We also use the following documents for decision making and reviews: • DWP Discretionary Housing Payments guidance manual www.gov.uk/government/publications/discretionary-housing-payments-guidance- manual/discretionary-housing-payments-guidance-manual • The Discretionary Financial Assistance Regulations 2001 www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2001/1167/contents As the information requested is already reasonably accessible elsewhere it is exempt under the absolute exemption in Section 21. 2. Any documents or policies outlining how disability, serious health conditions, or income levels are considered in DHP applications Please see the response to question 1 above. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk 3. Statistical data showing the number of DHP applications received, approved, and rejected in the last 12 months, including how many involved applicants with a declared disability. We approved 595 DHP applications during the fiscal year 2024/25. We do not hold data on the number of applications received, those that were declined, or the number submitted by applicants who declared a disability. Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Lorna Jonas-Tinson Information Rights Officer2025-06-03T00:00:00CAM101412025-05-29T00:00:00section 42 enquiries, safeguarding adult reviewsDate: 29/05/2025 Ref: CAM10141 Dear Requester, Thank you for your request for information dated 29/04/2025 about section 42 enquiries, safeguarding adult reviews. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested. However, we are withholding some of the information because it is exempt as explained below. We have explained where we are withholding information and what exemptions apply. Please see the refusal notices at the end of the answers which explain how and why they apply. 1. How many safeguarding concerns relating to adults at risk were raised with your authority between 01.04.2024-31.03.2025? 2. Of those concerns, how many led to a formal Section 42 enquiry? 3. Please break down the Section 42 enquiries by primary type of abuse/risk identified (e.g. neglect, physical abuse, financial abuse, self -neglect, domestic abuse, organisational abuse). 4. What percentage of safeguarding concerns did not progress to a Section 42 enquiry, and what were the most common reasons? 5. How many Section 42 enquiries concluded with the desired outcomes of the adult at risk being: - Fully achieved - Partially achieved - Not achieved 6. What is the average time taken to complete a Section 42 enquiry? 7. How many repeat safeguarding concerns were received for the same individual within 12 months? 8. Please provide a breakdown of safeguarding referrals by source (e.g. care provider, hospital, family member, GP, self-referral). 9. How many safeguarding concerns originated from care homes or other regulated providers? 10. How many provider-led enquiries were accepted or rejected by the local authority? 11. How many cases of organisational abuse were investigated under Section 42? London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk 12. What formal action was taken in response to organisational abuse cases (e.g. provider suspension, contract termination, improvement plans)? 13. How many providers were placed on an enhanced monitoring or safeguarding risk protocol during the reporting period? 14. Please provide any internal or external reports on adult safeguarding performance presented to: - The Adult Safeguarding Board - Scrutiny Committees - Senior leadership or Cabinet 15. Please provide anonymised case audits or evaluations (if available) used to assess the quality of safeguarding practice. 16. What mechanisms are in place to capture and apply learning from safeguarding enquiries, including those involving death or serious harm? 17. How many Safeguarding Adults Reviews (SARs) were: - Commissioned - Completed - Published 18. Please provide links or copies of any SARs published in the last 24 months. 19. What improvements or service changes have been implemented as a result of completed SARs? We are withholding some of this information as we consider the following exemption applies. Refusal notice: Section 12: Cost of Compliance Exceeds the Appropriate Limit We are refusing your request under section 12 on cost grounds because we estimate that compliance with your request will exceed the "appropriate limit". This is £450 which is equivalent to 18 hours at £25 per hour. The per hour figure is set by Regulations rather than actual salary paid to any officers handling requests. The appropriate limit includes the time it will take the council to discover if it holds the information requested, to locate it, extract it and collate it as well as putting it into any particular format requested by the requester. In response to question 10, the information requested is not held in an easily accessible format. During the specified period, approximately 409 enquiries were received. It is estimated that each enquiry would require around 10 minutes of a council officer’s time to manually locate, review, and extract the relevant information. Based on this, the approximate total time taken to process all enquiries would exceed 68 hours. Advice and Assistance We began compiling some of the requested data and have included the available information below. You may wish to submit questions 14-19 as a new request. 1. How many safeguarding concerns relating to adults at risk were raised with your authority between 01.04.2024-31.03.2025? 1,398. 2. Of those concerns, how many led to a formal Section 42 enquiry? 409. 3. Please break down the Section 42 enquiries by primary type of abuse/risk identified (e.g. neglect, physical abuse, financial abuse, self -neglect, domestic abuse, organisational abuse). Category Type Number of Section 42 enquiries Physical Abuse 62 Sexual Abuse 13 Psychological Abuse 115 Financial or Material Abuse 131 Discriminatory Abuse 1 Organisational Abuse 22 Neglect and Acts of Omission 158 Domestic abuse 47 Sexual exploitation 8 Modern slavery 3 Self-Neglect 146 4. What percentage of safeguarding concerns did not progress to a Section 42 enquiry, and what were the most common reasons? 70.4%. Common reason – adult at risk signposted to alternative services. 5. How many Section 42 enquiries concluded with the desired outcomes of the adult at risk being: - Fully achieved - 119 - Partially achieved - 114 - Not achieved - 21 6. What is the average time taken to complete a Section 42 enquiry? 24 days. 7. How many repeat safeguarding concerns were received for the same individual within 12 months? 457. 8. Please provide a breakdown of safeguarding referrals by source (e.g. care provider, hospital, family member, GP, self-referral). Safeguarding referrals by source Number of referrals Anonymous 2 C&I NHS Trust Teams 38 Camden -other dept 56 Care Quality Commission 3 Education/Training/Workplace establishment 8 Emergency services 429 Family Member 77 Friend/Neighbour 24 Housing 122 NHS Staff - Primary Health/ Community health 193 NHS Staff - Secondary Health 193 Other 85 Other LA 7 Other service user 4 Probation Service 4 Self-Referral 24 Social care staff - day care 11 Social care staff - Domiciliary 29 Social care staff - Other 94 Social care staff - Residential Care 48 Social care staff - Social Worker/ Care Manager 114 Voluntary Sector 28 9. How many safeguarding concerns originated from care homes or other regulated providers? Safeguarding concerns from care home or another regulated provider Number of concerns Own Home 321 In the community (excluding community services) 32 In a community service 6 Care Home -Nursing 9 Care Home - Residential 17 Hospital - Acute 16 Hospital - Mental health 1 Hospital - Community 9 Other 27 11. How many cases of organisational abuse were investigated under Section 42? 22. 12. What formal action was taken in response to organisational abuse cases (e.g. provider suspension, contract termination, improvement plans)? Not applicable. 13. How many providers were placed on an enhanced monitoring or safeguarding risk protocol during the reporting period? 1. Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Lorna Jonas-Tinson Information Rights Officer2025-06-03T00:00:00CAM101542025-05-23T00:00:00if XXX Prince of Wales Road is a council houseDate: 23/05/2025 Ref: CAM10154 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 28/04/2025 about if XXX Prince of Wales Road is a council house. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested. However we are withholding the information because it is exempt as explained below. We have explained where we are withholding information and what exemptions apply. Please see the refusal notice below which explains how and why it applies. I would like to know if XXX Prince of Wales Road is a council house. Section 44 - Prohibitions on disclosure. (1) Information is exempt information if its disclosure (otherwise than under this Act) by the public authority holding it— (a) is prohibited by or under any enactment, Section 44 is an absolute exemption, which means that, if information is covered by any of its subsections, it is exempt from disclosure. This information is withheld as the Local Government Transparency Code 2015 states that individual property addresses must not be disclosed, authorities can publish their valuation data at postal sector level, i.e. the first part of the postcode and first digit of the ‘inbound’ code (second part of the postcode). This provides an average size of 2,500 households, which should be large enough to prevent identification of individual dwellings. However, in particular areas where the postcode sector gives a number of households below 2,500 the postcode level should be set higher, the government transparency code states that this is at postcode district level (e.g.WC1 ***). Advice and Assistance You may be able get the information from a land registry search, however as above, the Local Government Transparency Code 2015 states that as a council we cannot release addresses of individual properties. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Kieran Heneghan Information Rights Officer2025-06-03T00:00:00CAM101552025-05-22T00:00:00library questionsDate: 22/05/2025 Ref: CAM10155 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 25/04/2025 about library questions. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds some of the information requested. I am writing to you under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 to request the following information: For each public library in this borough, between the years 2010 to 2024, please specify: 1. The number of visitors received in each library in those years 2. The allocated budget for each library in those years 3. The opening hours for each library in those years 4. The number of official requests to ban a book in each library in those years(and what book) 5. The number of full-time library staff for each library in those years 6. The number of staff on zero-hour contracts for each library in those years 7. The number of books borrowed from each library in those years 8. The number of books ordered to the library in each library in those years Please provide this information in spreadsheet format (CSV or XLS). The spreadsheet is attached. However there are some notes about these figures: At the beginning of the period requested, Camden Libraries had 13 fixed libraries, a m obile library and the Home Library Service. In 2011/12 and 2012/13, the mobile service and one library was closed, and three libraries were handed over to be community -run libraries, independent of Camden. For the Libraries budget, FTE library staff and Books ordered, we only have total figures for the whole service. Unfortunately, we don't have data for some of the questions for 2011/12 to 2013/14: Libraries budget, FTE staff and number of Books ordered. For the Libraries budget, we have provided two figures: the total of all costs (including "Support Service Costs", i.e. the libraries share of the costs of administrative buildings, central support services etc. From 2014/15, Highgate Library has been run jointly by Camden Library staff and volunteers from the Friends of Highgate Library. Therefore, we have provided a figure for the total volunteers in the FTE staff sheet. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk During the pandemic in 2020, all our nine libraries were closed from March until July. We started reopening with a limited service and limited hours from August. In 2024, Highgate Library was closed for ten months for decarbonisation and refurbishment. During that period a more limited service was offered in a mobile bus, located near to the library. In 2024/25, West Hampstead and Holborn libraries were closed for about three months each, for refurbishment. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Philip Lewis Information Rights Officer2025-06-03T00:00:00CAM101572025-05-28T00:00:00information provided to newly arrived asylum seekers and refugees to support their settlement and integration into local communitiesDate: 28/05/2025 Ref: CAM10157 Dear Requester, Thank you for your request for information dated 28/04/2025 about information provided to newly arrived asylum seekers and refugees to support their settlement and integration into local communities. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested and the answers to your questions are as follows: 1. What information does the authority provide to new asylum seekers / refugees / those currently awaiting processing to help them settle and integrate into the local area? For example - what information is provided on law and expected behaviour in the UK? The Home Office is responsible for setting out the rights and responsibilities for asylum seekers and refugees entering the UK. These are usually determined by the visa conditions for each individual or household, including Leave to Remain (LTR) periods and eligibility for public funds. Camden council supports the settlement and integration of asylum seekers and refugees within the local area by assisting households with GP and school registrations, facilitating access to language courses and signposting to local voluntary sector organisations. The nature and extent of support available are often determined by the specific resettlement pathway and its associated funding, such as the Afghan Resettlement Programme or the Homes for Ukraine community sponsorship scheme. 2. What information is provided to the existing, settled population in the local area to prepare them for the presence of asylum seekers / refugees / those currently awaiting? The placement of asylum seekers is determined by the Home Office, not by the local authority. In instances where asylum seekers are accommodated in contingency hotels, the Home Office does not always provide notice to the Local Authority, limiting the opportunity for effective community engagement. When an asylum hotel opens in the borough, Camden council convenes a Multi-Agency Forum (MAF), which includes partners from the voluntary and community sector (VCS), to coordinate a collaborative response. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Under the Homes for Ukraine scheme, refugees arriving in the UK are sponsored by local resident. Camden council has published detailed information regarding its response to the Ukrainian crisis, which can be accessed via the following links : - Homes for Ukraine Sponsorship scheme - Camden Council - Help and support if you've recently arrived from Ukraine - Camden Council Afghan resettlement homes in Camden are sourced across the borough with elected members kept informed of developments. Further information regarding the Council’s response to the Afghan crisis can be found on the Camden website at the following link: - Help and support if you've recently arrived from Afghanistan - Camden Council. 3. What information or instruction does the authority provide to staff on the subject of new asylum seekers / refugees / those currently awaiting processing? For example, is there any internal set of training materials that might offer advice on handling migrant communities, or maintaining social cohesion? We provide front line staff, such as support workers and social workers, with trauma-informed training for those working with displaced people. The Council’s mandatory training also covers safeguarding, trafficking, suicide awareness, handling sensitive information, anti-racism and conscious inclusion. 4. What information or instruction has been provided to the local authority, or its staff, from central government to assist with the settlement of asylum seekers / refugees / those currently awaiting processing? For example, any training days to help staff learn best practice for dealing with migrant populations? Have any booklets been provided on maintaining social cohesion? Central government hold a range of meetings with local authorities, both directly through the Resettlement Local Authority Network, and indirectly through their Strategic Migration Partners, such as the Refugee Resettlement Coordinators meeting. While relevant information concerning refugee resettlement, such as visa extensions is shared with local authorities, central government has not provided formal training sessions or guidance materials specifically addressing social cohesion. How did the Home Office notify the local authority that migrants would be housed in the area? Before the Home Office procure new dispersed accommodation for asylum seekers they consult with the relevant local authority in advance, and ask the following questions: • Any considerations you wish to highlight regards location? • Any considerations you wish to highlight regards community cohesion? • Any other considerations you wish to highlight? However, once the accommodation is in use, the Home Office do not inform the local authority every time there is a change of occupant. Where the Home Office commission a contingency hotel in a Local Authority area, consultation is negligible, and notice can be as short as 48 hours. Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Lorna Jonas-Tinson Information Rights Officer2025-06-03T00:00:00CAM101582025-05-20T00:00:00Alexandra Road EstateDate: 20/05/2025 Case reference : CAM10158 London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 28/04/2025 about Alexandra Road Estate . We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 / Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested and the answers to your questions are as follows: Under the Freedom of Information Act I would like to request the following information: Was any thermal modelling used to evaluate the heating design which is proposed for the Alexandra Road Estate? Please supply a Yes or No answer only For clarification only The intended works are covered by two Planning Applications (references 2023/5338/P and 2024/0091/L, and references 2023/5339/P and 2024/0286/L). Our question relates to the works that will be carried out for these applications and relate to the replacement heating, external pipework, and associated internal pipework which will serve the new heat interface units and cover the replacement of the glazing, removal of domestic hot water cylinders and installation of new heating interface units, emitters and associated internal works, on the Alexandra Road Estate.This information is already publicly available on the planning portal of our website which provides a record of all applications submitted and the outcome.  Please enter the links below into your web browser https://planningrecords.camden.gov.uk/Northgate/PlanningExplorer/GeneralSearch.aspx https://accountforms.camden.gov.uk/planning-search/ You can also use the open data portal of our website for a set of records that are easier to search – and this data includes links to the public access files (as above) for the relevant record : Planning decisions - Open Data Portal . Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk , Telephone: 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website https://www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Peter Williams Information Rights Officer2025-06-03T00:00:00CAM101592025-05-23T00:00:00pre-application adviceDate: 23/05/2025 Case reference : CAM10159London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 28/04/2025 about pre-application advice.    We have dealt with this under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested.  However, we are withholding some of the information because it is excepted as explained below.  We have explained what exceptions apply.  Please see the refusal notice which explains how and why they apply. We are grave owners in Highgate Cemetery and have written to object against the gardeners Building proposed in the above applications We’d like to request the pre-application advice given for the scheme under the freedom of information act. We are stakeholders in this project but were never consulted or made aware of any proposals for a 2 storey building adjacent to the mound section of the cemetery. Please find relevant information attached.  Information has been withheld or redacted because it is excepted under the EIR 2004 – please see the exception notices set out below. Refusal Notice The exceptions that apply are: regulation 12(5)b which states “a public authority may refuse to disclose information to the extent that its disclosure would adversely affect the course of justice, the ability of a person to receive a fair trial or the ability of a public authority to conduct an inquiry of a criminal or disciplinary nature.” Information concerning legal advice protected by Legal Professional Privilege (LPP) has been withheld and redacted.  LPP covers communications between lawyers and their clients for obtaining legal advice.  The exception has been applied to protect the confidential relationship between lawyer and client, to ensure openness between them, and safeguard access to fully informed, realistic and frank legal advice. This exception is subject to a public interest test. The public interest arguments for releasing this information are as follows: It would improve the transparency of the decision-making process (low weight).• It will allow the council’s decisions to be examined and held to account (medium weight).• The public interest arguments for withholding the information are as follows : There is very strong inherent public interest in maintaining LPP and allowing the council to take legal advice in a confidential way.  Disclosure of the legal advice could prejudice the Council’s ability to defend or prosecute its legal interests, by unfairly exposing its legal position to challenge, or by disclosing its approach to and tactics in legal areas (high weight)• The Council received confidential legal advice in relation to this matter. It is in the public interest that the decisions taken by the Council are taken in a fully informed legal context (high weight).• Such legal advice was of a comprehensive nature and without it the quality of the Council’s decision making would have been reduced which would be contrary to the public interest (high weight).• The council has concluded that the public interest in withholding the information outweighs the interest in disclosing it. There is a presumption in favour of disclosure in the  regulations and we have considered whether this overrides the public interest test conclusion, and have concluded that it does not. Regulation 12(3) - where appropriate we have redacted comments of a personal nature, as it is not reasonable to release them under the exception Regulation 12(3) of the EIR 2004 for personal information. The information withheld is personal information because it allows a living individual to be identified or is information about an identifiable living individual. We have considered the legitimate public interest in disclosure against the interests of the data subject/s and concluded that disclosure would contravene the principle in the General Data Protection Regulation that personal data is processed fairly and lawfully. In the circumstances of the case disclosure would not be fair to the individuals particularly considering that EIR 2004 responses are public documents and published to the world and not provided just to the requester. Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk , Telephone: 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website https://www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Peter Williams Information Rights Officer2025-06-03T00:00:00CAM101642025-05-29T00:00:00Young Carer assessments carried out in the past three fiscal yearsDate: 29/05/2025 Ref: CAM10164 Dear Requester, Thank you for your request for information dated 29/04/2025 about Young Carer assessments carried out in the past three fiscal years . We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The Council holds some of the information requested. The answers to your questions are as follows: 1. How many young carer assessments has the local authority carried out in your area each year for the past three financial years, and how many young carers are currently registered in your local authority area? Sorry, we do not hold the information requested. 2. How much local authority funding (with figures) has there been for Young Carer activities and/or short breaks in your area each year for the last three financial years? 2022/23 - £215,263 2023/24 - £219,110 2024/25 - £228,854 3. How many youth club sessions and/or activities, short breaks or trips for Young Carers are provided in your area? How many of these are fully or partially funded by the council? We do not hold or record the information requested. Although young carers are entitled, as Camden residents, to access evening and holiday activities at any of our three youth hubs free of charge, we do not identify or register them as young carers within our services . 4. Is there any additional provision in your area for Young Carers over school holidays - and if so, what? How much of this is fully or partially funded by the council? Not applicable. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Lorna Jonas-Tinson Information Rights Officer2025-06-03T00:00:00CAM101652025-05-20T00:00:00new homesDate: 20/05/2025 Case reference : CAM10165 London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 29/04/2025 about new homes.  We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 / Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested and the answers to your questions are as follows: For the New Homes Small Sites Program-Phase 1 (SC/2023/09) it is stated that a budget of £1.248M is needed to appoint a client team. Please could you provide details as to whether this sum was achieved and also where the funding came from. The cabinet paper referenced, (SC/2023/09) was endorsed at Cabinet in February 2023 , which allocated the requested budget of £1.248M to support design development work as outlined within the report. This funding comes from within the council, through the Housing Revenue Account, and is subsidised through further site sales. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets.Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk , Telephone: 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website https://www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Peter Williams Information Rights Officer2025-06-03T00:00:00CAM124242026-05-27T00:00:00various questions about dog‑related ASB and fouling incident dataDate: 27/05/2026 Ref: CAM12424 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 13/03/2026 about various questions about dog‑related ASB and fouling incident data. We have dealt with this under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds some of the information requested. The answers to your questions are below. We have stated where we do not hold the information requested. I am submitting a request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. FOI 1: Dog‑related ASB and fouling incident data (2019–2026) Please provide the raw data (not summaries or aggregated figures) for all dog‑related incidents recorded by Camden Council between 1 January 2019 and 6 March 2026, including: • dog fouling reports Please see the attached spreadsheet and note – these are the only dog related reports we capture and as far back as we can go. • dog‑related antisocial behaviour reports 137. • dangerous dog reports 36. • dog control complaints – we do not hold this information. • any incident logs used to support the extension of the Responsible Dog Ownership PSPO For each incident, please include: • date • location • nature of the incident • outcome • whether enforcement action was taken • any officer notes or narrative descriptions (with personal data redacted as required) If any categories of data are held in separate systems, please provide each dataset individually. If any information is withheld, please specify the exemption relied upon and provide the remainder of the dataset. We do not hold incident logs. This is because any incidents are reported via a system to which we do not have access. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk FOI 2: Enforcement actions under the Dog Control PSPO (2017–2026) Please provide all enforcement actions taken by Camden Council under the Dog Control Public Spaces Protection Order(s) between 1 January 2017 and 6 March 2026, including: • all Fixed Penalty Notices issued • One FPN issued on 23 September 2025 for allowing a dog to enter Iverson Open Space. This is an area where dogs are strictly prohibited under the PSPO. • One FPN issued on 27th February 2026 for dog fouling on a grassy area of Maiden Lane Estate. • One FPN issued on 28th June 2023 for dog fouling on Dornfell Street, West Hampstead. • all written or verbal warnings We do not hold this information. • all prosecutions There were no prosecutions. • all officer interventions or enforcement attempts We do not hold this information. • any records of non‑compliance or repeat offenders For each enforcement action, please include: • date • location • nature of the alleged offence • outcome (e.g., FPN paid, withdrawn, cancelled, escalated) • any officer notes or narrative descriptions (with personal data redacted as required) We do not hold this information. This is because enforcement activity (e.g. issuing warnings, Fixed Penalty Notices, or incident reports) is logged on a system to which we do not have access. FOI 3: Clarified - Please limit the search period to: 1 January 2025 – 10 March 2026 This period covers the development, drafting, consultation, analysis, and decision-making process for the Responsible Dog Ownership PSPO (Decision Ref: 67-26-IPO). Equality Impact Assessment evidence base – Responsible Dog Ownership PSPO Please provide all documents, data, and internal communications used to inform the Equality Impact Assessment (EIA) for the extension of the Responsible Dog Ownership Public Spaces Protection Order (PSPO), including but not limited to: 1. All drafts of the EIA, including earlier versions prior to the final published document. Please see the attached EQIA. There are 2 versions - one prior to consultation and one post consultation which were developed and updated as work progressed, so we do not hold previous drafts. 2. All internal emails, memos, or correspondence discussing: • equality impacts • potential disproportionate effects on protected groups • mitigation measures • concerns raised by officers or legal services We do not hold internal emails, memos or correspondence as discussions were held informally rather than via email. Please see the attached EQIA. 3. All data relied upon to assess impacts on: • disabled residents • elderly residents • residents with assistance dogs • low‑income residents • residents with mobility issues • any other protected groups Please see the attached EQIA. 4. Any consultation, engagement, or communication with: • disability groups • carers • elderly residents • dog‑owner groups • any other stakeholders relevant to equality impacts The following provides a summary of the consultation. The consultation was shared on: Camden Council Social Media- Facebook, X and Nextdoor The consultation was shared with the following groups: • Camden Resident ENewsletter • Business ENewsletter • Community Partnership Newsletter • All Camden Councillors Update • Camden Community Safety Partnership Board • Community Voluntary Sector Leads • Business Improvement Districts • Housing Associations • Camden Parks Team • The Dog Hub (Camden) • RSPCA • Kennel Club • Dogs Trust • Disability Rights UK • Metropolitan Police • MOPAC • City of London Cooperation • Royal Parks 5. Any assessments, reports, or analysis relating to: • potential disproportionate impact • alternative options considered • mitigation measures proposed or rejected If any information is withheld, please specify the exemption relied upon and provide the remainder of the material. I look forward to your response within the statutory timeframe. The decision report for going to consultation and the second report for decision to extend the PSPO as well as the EQIAs provide discussion on the alternate options considered, mitigations and impacts of the PSPOs. Decision - Public Spaces Protection Order to Address Anti-social Behaviour Associated with Irresponsible Dog Ownership Decision - Extension of Dog Control Public Space Protection Order FOI 4: Clarified - Please limit the search period to: 1 January 2025 – 10 March 2026 This period covers the development, drafting, consultation, analysis, and decision-making process for the Responsible Dog Ownership PSPO (Decision Ref: 67-26-IPO). Consultation analysis and internal deliberations – Responsible Dog Ownership PSPO Please provide all documents and internal communications relating to the analysis, interpretation, and consideration of responses to the public consultation on the extension of the Responsible Dog Ownership Public Spaces Protection Order (PSPO), including: 1. Consultation Coding & Analysis • all coding sheets used to categorise consultation responses • any spreadsheets, databases, or internal logs of responses • officer notes summarising themes or concerns • any scoring, weighting, or categorisation applied to responses As the officer who worked on this has now left the council, the information has been intentionally deleted. Therefore, we do not hold this information. 2. Internal Deliberations • internal emails, memos, or correspondence discussing consultation responses • discussions about objections raised by residents • any internal concerns raised about evidence, proportionality, or legality • drafts of the consultation summary report (Appendix F) We do not hold this information. This may have been discussed informally rather than as above. 3. Consideration of Objections • documents showing how objections were evaluated • any officer recommendations relating to objections • any legal advice or internal commentary on objections (with personal data redacted as required) Please see the attached EQIA. 4. Decision‑Making Materials • any internal reports, briefings, or summaries prepared for the Director of Recreation and Public Safety relating to the consultation • any documents showing how consultation feedback influenced (or did not influence) the final decision Please see the attached EQIA and briefing note. If any information is withheld, please specify the exemption relied upon and provide the remainder of the material. I look forward to your response within the statutory timeframe. FOI 5: Clarified - Please limit the search period to: 1 January 2025 – 10 March 2026 This period covers the development, drafting, consultation, analysis, and decision-making process for the Responsible Dog Ownership PSPO (Decision Ref: 67-26-IPO). Evidence and risk assessments for exclusion zones – Responsible Dog Ownership PSPO Please provide all evidence, assessments, and internal documents used to justify the inclusion of each exclusion zone listed in the extended Responsible Dog Ownership Public Spaces Protection Order (PSPO), including but not limited to: • children’s play areas • fenced sports areas • multi‑use games areas (MUGAs) • outdoor gyms • picnic areas • flower beds and planted beds • community gardens • nature conservation areas • water features • squares and other designated exclusion areas For each exclusion zone category, please provide: 1. Risk Assessments • any risk assessments carried out • any hazard analysis • any safety assessments • any officer reports relating to risk 2. Incident Data • all dog‑related incidents recorded in these areas (2019–2026) • nature of incidents • outcomes • any enforcement actions 3. Justification Documents • internal emails or correspondence discussing why each zone was included • any evidence relied upon to demonstrate necessity • any proportionality analysis • any consideration of less restrictive alternatives 4. Legal or Policy Advice • any legal advice (with personal data redacted) • any internal policy guidance • any drafts or working documents relating to exclusion zone decisions If any information is withheld, please specify the exemption relied upon and provide the remainder of the material. We do not hold this information. This may have been discussed informally rather than as above. As some of the information not held is environmental we have to comply with a technicality and tell you that because it is not held it is excepted under Reg 12 (4)(a). The Information Commissioner does not require a public interest test where the information is not held. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk Telephone: 0303 123 1113 , live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/ Yours sincerely Kieran Heneghan Information Rights Officer2026-05-28T21:45:07CAM133862026-08-21T00:00:00appeals registered with the First-Tier Tribunal for Special Educational Needs and DisabilitiesDate: 21 August 2026 Ref: CAM13386 Dear Requester, Thank you for your request for information dated 23 July 2026 about appeals registered with the First-Tier Tribunal for Special Educational Needs and Disabilities. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested. However, we are withholding all of the information because it is exempt as explained below. We have explained where we are withholding information and what exemptions apply. Please see the refusal notices at the end of the answers which explain how and why they apply. Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, please provide the following information concerning appeals against your local authority registered with the First-tier Tribunal (Special Educational Needs and Disability). Please provide the information separately for each of these financial years: • 2021/22 • 2022/23 • 2023/24 • 2024/25 • 2025/26 For each year, please provide: 1. The total number of SEND Tribunal appeals concluded during that year. 2. The number of those appeals that did not proceed to a contested final hearing because the local authority conceded or settled the appeal. 3. Of the appeals identified in question 2, the number conceded or settled: • Before a final hearing date had been scheduled • More than 28 calendar days before the scheduled final hearing • 15 to 28 calendar days before the scheduled final hearing • 8 to 14 calendar days before the scheduled final hearing • 4 to 7 calendar days before the scheduled final hearing • 2 to 3 calendar days before the scheduled final hearing • One calendar day before the scheduled final hearing • On the scheduled day of the final hearing, before the hearing began For this request, “conceded or settled” means a case in which the local authority changed or withdrew its position so that the appeal did not proceed to a contested final hearing. This includes cases resolved through a consent order, agreement between the parties or withdrawal by the parent or young person following a change in the local authority’s position. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk It does not include cases withdrawn solely at the initiative of the parent or young person without the local authority changing its position. Where a hearing was rescheduled, please calculate the interval using the final hearing date that was scheduled at the time the appeal was conceded or settled. If the information is not already held in the time bands requested, please instead provide, for each appeal identified in question 2: • The financial year in which the appeal concluded • The date on which the local authority conceded or settled the appeal • The scheduled final hearing date in place at that time, or confirmation that no hearing date had yet been scheduled Please provide these dates without names, tribunal reference numbers or any other information that could identify a child, young person or family. I can calculate the relevant intervals from the anonymised dates. If exact dates cannot be disclosed because of the risk of identification, please provide the number of calendar days between the concession or settlement and the scheduled final hearing instead. Please provide the information electronically, preferably in a spreadsheet or CSV file. We are withholding this information as we consider the following exemption applies. Refusal Notice Section 12: Cost of Compliance Exceeds the Appropriate Limit We are refusing your request under Section 12 of the Freedom of Information Act on cost grounds because we estimate that compliance with your request will exceed the "appropriate limit". This is £450 which is equivalent to 18 hours at £25 per hour. The per hour figure is set by Regulations rather than actual salary paid to any officers handling requests. The appropriate limit includes the time it will take the council to discover if it holds the information requested, to locate it, extract it and collate it as well as putting it into any particular format requested by the requester. Where the council reasonably estimates that responding would exceed the 18-hour limit, it is permitted to refuse the entire request without calculating the exact time or working up to the limit. The council holds information relating to SEND Tribunal appeals. However, the information is not recorded in the structure or format requested and cannot be extracted through a simple report or search. SEND Tribunal data is maintained and reported by calendar year rather than financial year. Therefore, to identify all cases falling within each of the financial years specified in your request, would require a council officer to manually review individual case records and determine the relevant dates for each appeal. Whilst the council records information about SEND Tribunal appeals, it does not record the specific date on which cases are concluded where they do not proceed to a contested final hearing following a concession or settlement. Furthermore, the council does not maintain a central record showing: • the date on which an appeal was conceded or settled • whether a hearing date had been scheduled at that point • the interval between any concession or settlement and the scheduled hearing date • or the time bands specified in your request. We estimate that complying with your request would take approximately 51 hours. This would include locating the information (1 hour), retrieving the relevant records (2 hours) and manually reviewing approximately 360 case files to identify the requested information (approximately 8 minutes per file, equating to 48 hours). This significantly exceeds the appropriate limit set by the Act and Section 12 therefore applies. Advice and Assistance If choosing to submit a revised request, the council may be able to consider a request limited to the total number of SEND Tribunal appeals concluded in each calendar year (2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025) and the number of appeals concluded following a concession or settlement, where this information can be identified from existing records without the need for a manual review of individual case files. Any revised request would be considered on its own merits and subject to the availability of the information requested. Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk, telephone 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Lorna Jonas-Tinson Information Rights Officer2026-09-02T21:45:44CAM134892026-08-27T00:00:00Fitzroy Mews - household waste collectionDate: 27/08/2026 Ref: CAM13489 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 03/08/2026 about Fitzroy Mews - household waste collection. We have dealt with this under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested. 1) Any policy, guidance, instruction, decision record or internal correspondence specifying where residents of Fitzroy Mews are required or expected to present their household waste for collection. Crews are instructed to collect from the front of the properties in the Mews, there are no records or policies specifying any other collection points. 2) Any recorded information relating to the closure of the Fitzroy Mews bin store, including the date of closure, the reason for it, and any decision record or correspondence about alternative arrangements for residents to leave waste following that closure. The crew does not collect from a bin store in the Mews; there is a bin store for the flats above shops in Cleveland Court, which are collected on Monday and Thursday. 3) Any recorded information indicating whether residents of Fitzroy Mews are expected to leave household waste on the corner of Cleveland Street (or at any designated point other than outside their own properties), including any correspondence, decision or instruction establishing that arrangement. No communications were shared with residents stating that collections would take place outside of the designated locations in the Mews. 4) Any recorded information relating to the signage previously installed along Cleveland Street indicating where residents should leave rubbish, including the reason for its installation, the dates it was in place, the reason for its subsequent removal, and any correspondence or work orders relating to it. None. 5) The current collection schedule (days and designated presentation point) applicable to Fitzroy Mews, and any record showing whether collections have been made from outside the properties in the Mews. Collection days are Monday to Friday, with no weekend collections. The designated presentation point is outside each household property within the Mews. Our data only confirms that the collection was completed. We do not specify details such as location change. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Philip Lewis Information Rights Officer2026-09-02T21:45:56CAM101702025-05-20T00:00:00Camden Council has issued licences to companies to bottle waterDate: 20/05/2025 Ref: CAM10170 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 29/05/2025 about whether Camden Council has issued licences to companies to bottle water. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council hold does not hold the information requested. I would like to know if Camden Council has issued licences to companies to bottle water. If Camden has issued licences to any companies to bottle water, I would like to know if the companies are charged for using water. I would like to know the amount of this charge. I would like the names and location of the companies. The source of the water (i.e. tap water or another source) to be bottled. The quantity of water authorized to be bottled. Water supply and sewerage licences are regulated by Ofwat, not local councils. Please contact the Drinking Water Inspectorate (DWI) which was established in 1990 to provide independent assurance that water supplies in England and Wales are safe and that the quality of drinking water meets consumer expectations. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Kieran Heneghan Information Rights Officer2025-06-03T00:00:00CAM101752025-05-20T00:00:00emails between a council officer and an outside workerDate: 20/05/2025 Case reference : CAM10175London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 30/04/2025 about emails between a council officer and an outside worker .  We have dealt with this under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004 (EIR 2004). Response The council holds the information requested.  However, we are withholding the information because it is excepted as explained below.  We have explained where we are withholding information and what exception applies.  Please see the refusal notice at the end of the answer which explains how and why it applies.  Copes of emails to and from Elizabeth Beaumont (Elizabeth.Beaumont@camden.gov.uk) and Adrian Begent (Adrian.Begent@kier.co.uk) between the dates of 1st January 2024 and 30th April 2025. The information requested concerns a live enforcement investigation related to a planning application.  This information is subject to an exception under the EIR 2004.  Please see the exception notice set out below. Refusal Notice The exemption that applies is: regulation 12 (5)(b) which states that “ a public authority may refuse to disclose information to the extent its disclosure would adversely affect the course of justice, the ability of a person to receive a fair trial or the ability of a public authority to conduct an inquiry of a criminal or disciplinary nature. ” Information has been withheld while the Council conducts an investigation that may result in enforcement action. When applying this exception, we have to show why we believe it is in the public interest to apply the exception. We do this by balancing the arguments for and against disclosure: The public interest argument for releasing this information is: - it would improve the transparency for the general public of the Council’s enforcement processes and investigation in this case (low weight)• The public interest arguments for withholding the information are: - disclosure of this information would have the potential to prejudice the Council’s ability to successfully take any enforcement or legal action by prematurely revealing details of the investigation (high weight)• disclosure of this information would have the potential to prejudice the other party’s ability to successfully defend any enforcement or legal action by prematurely revealing details of the investigation (high weight)• premature disclosure may result in the public being presented with incomplete information that gives a distorted or inaccurate view of the facts of the case (medium weight)• We believe that in all the circumstances of the case, the public interest in maintaining the exception outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information. There is a presumption in favour of disclosure in the  regulations and we have considered whether this overrides the public interest test conclusion and have concluded that it does not. Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk , Telephone: 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website https://www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Peter Williams Information Rights Officer2025-06-03T00:00:00CAM101762025-05-22T00:00:00Fixed Penalty Notices (FPNs) issued by Camden CouncilDate: 22/05/2025 Ref: CAM10176 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 30/04/2025 about Fixed Penalty Notices (FPNs) issued by Camden Council. We have dealt with this under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested. I am writing to request information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 regarding Fixed Penalty Notices (FPNs) issued by Camden Council between January 1, 2022, and April 23, 2025. Specifically, I am seeking the following data, broken down by calendar year (2022, 2023, 2024, and 2025 to date): 1. FPNs Issued to Businesses: o Total number of Environmental Protection Act (EPA) FPNs issued to businesses. o Breakdown of these offences by type (e.g., fly-tipping, duty of care breaches, incorrect waste presentation). 2. FPNs Issued to Individuals: o Total number of littering FPNs issued to members of the public. 3. Payment Status of FPNs: o Number of FPNs paid versus unpaid for each year. The information for these questions is already published on our Open Data Portal, Open Data Camden , at the following link. All the information is filterable and downloadable using the on screen tools. Fixed Penalty Notices Issues by the Camden Education and Enforcement Team As the information requested is already reasonably accessible elsewhere it is excepted under Regulation 6(1)(b). (for EIR.) 4. FPNs Referred to Court: o Number of FPNs that progressed to court proceedings. o Breakdown by year, type of offence, and the specific court involved. Please see the attached spreadsheet. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk 5. Annual Unpaid FPN Totals: o For each year, the total number of unpaid FPNs (e.g., "In 2022, 3,084 FPNs remained unpaid"). Please refer to the link given for questions 1, 2 and 3. If possible, please provide this information in a machine -readable format such as CSV or Excel. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Kieran Heneghan Information Rights Officer2025-06-03T00:00:00CAM101772025-05-29T00:00:00the number of care proceedings initiated by the Local Authority for each of the past three yearsDate: 29/05/2025 Ref: CAM10177 Dear Requester, Thank you for your request for information dated 29/04/2025 about the number of care proceedings initiated by the Local Authority for each of the past three years . We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested. However, we are withholding all of the information because it is exempt as explained below. We have explained where we are withholding information and what exemptions apply. Please see the refusal notices at the end of the answers which explain how and why they apply. 1. How many children were subject to the following legal statuses in each of the past three full financial years: - Interim Care Order - Full Care Order - Placement Order - Supervision Order - Emergency Protection Order - Section 20 accommodation (voluntary agreement) 2. How many care proceedings were initiated by the local authority in each of the past three years? 3. What was the average duration (in weeks) of care proceedings for each of the past three years? 4. How many cases concluded within the statutory 26- week timeframe each year? 5. How many proceedings exceeded 40 weeks, and what were the main reasons cited for delays? 6. What is the average number of weeks between a child entering care and final legal order being granted? London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk 7. How many cases have been subject to judicial criticism or findings of delay, poor practice, or failure to comply with court directions over the last three years? 8. How many legal planning meetings were held in the last full year, and how many resulted in legal proceedings? 9. What percentage of legal proceedings were initiated without a prior legal planning meeting in the last year? 10. What is the average time from the legal planning meeting to the issuing of proceedings? 11. How many children exited care via: - Adoption - Special Guardianship Order - Return home 12. What percentage of children returned to care within 12 months of being returned home? We are withholding this information as we consider the following exemption applies. Refusal notice: Section 12: Cost of Compliance Exceeds the Appropriate Limit We are refusing your request under section 12 on cost grounds because we estimate that compliance with your request will exceed the "appropriate limit". This is £450 which is equivalent to 18 hours at £25 per hour. The per hour figure is set by Regulations rather than actual salary paid to any officers handling requests. The appropriate limit includes the time it will take the council to discover if it holds the information requested, to locate it, extract it and collate it as well as putting it into any particular format requested by the requester. Once the Council has determined that the appropriate time limit will be exceeded, it is not required to estimate how much additional time would be needed to complete the remainder of the request. There is no obligation for the Council to continue working on a request up to the 18-hour limit. If it is reasonably estimated that the limit will be reached, the entire request may be refused. The council has calculated that this limit will be exceeded by some margin. This is because the request is wide ranging covering 12 questions many of which seek multiple pieces of information. Additionally, the date range specified for questions 2, 3, and 4 spans three years. We have applied this date range across the entire request, which has further increased its scale. For Children’s Services the data relevant to questions 4-10 is not readily available in existing reports. A new PLO workflow, introduced earlier this year, is now in place and will support future PLO-related enquiries. There are approximately 120 case files that fall within the scope of your request. We estimate that it would take a council officer approx. 20 minutes per case to locate, review, and extract the necessary information. This results in an estimated total of 40 hours of work, which is well beyond the 18 -hour limit set by the Act. Advice and Assistance We recommend submitting questions 1-3, 11 and 12 as a new request, retaining the existing date range. Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Lorna Jonas-Tinson Information Rights Officer2025-06-03T00:00:00CAM101782025-05-29T00:00:00Falls Management Exercise (FaME) programmes delivered by Postural Stability Instructors (PSIs)Date: 29/05/2025 Ref: CAM10178 Dear Requester, Thank you for your request for information dated 29/04/2025 about Falls Management Exercise (FaME) programmes delivered by Postural Stability Instructors (PSIs) . We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The Council holds the information requested. The answers to your questions are as follows: FaME is a group based structured falls prevention programme delivered by Postural Stability Instructors (PSIs) trained by Later Life Training. It may be delivered under different local names. We are collecting information to map FaME provision across the UK, as part of a national analysis of falls prevention service provision to inform future policy and commissioning recommendations. In relation to your organisation’s commissioning and/or provision of FaME during the financial year 1 April 2024 to 31 March 2025: 1. Commissioning Did your organisation commission any FaME programmes delivered by PSIs during this period? ☐ Yes ☐ No - X ☐ No, but we have done so in the past 2. Provision Did your organisation provide any FaME programmes delivered by PSIs during thi s period? ☐ Yes ☐ No - X ☐ No, but we have done so in the past London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk 3. Participation Approximately how many individuals took part in the FaME classes that you commissioned or provided during this period? Not applicable. 4. Programme Duration What is the typical length of the programme funded per participant? Not applicable. 5. Toolkit Usage Have you used the FaME Implementation Toolkit to support its commissioning or provision? ☐ Yes ☐ No - X ☐ Not sure 6. Follow-Up Would your organisation be willing to be contacted for further information about your programme(s)? ☐ Yes ☐ No - X Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Lorna Jonas-Tinson Information Rights Officer2025-06-03T00:00:00CAM101802025-05-21T00:00:00total number of lock-up domestic garages owned by your councilDate: 21/05/2025 Ref: CAM10180 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 30/04/2025 about total number of lock-up domestic garages owned by your council. We have dealt with this under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested. 1. The total number of lock-up domestic garages owned by your council. 2517. 2. The total number of these garages that are currently empty. 978. 3. The total number that are currently let to council estate residents. 1405. 4. The total number that are let to non council estate residents. 53. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Kieran Heneghan Information Rights Officer2025-06-03T00:00:00CAM101842025-05-22T00:00:00volume of domestic white goods processed by your waste and recycling servicesDate: 22/05/2025 Ref: CAM10184 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 01/05/2025 about volume of domestic white goods processed by your waste and recycling services . We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested. For each of the calendar years 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, and 2024, please provide: 1. The total volume of domestic white goods (specifically washing machines, tumble dryers, fridges/freezers, and dishwashers) processed by your waste and recycling services. Please provide this data: o by item count or o by weight (tonnes/kilograms)—whichever is available. 2. Of the total volume in each year: o How much was recycled? o How much was sent to landfill? Please provide the data in spreadsheet format (e.g. Excel or CSV) if possible. Please see attached for tonnages - none was sent to landfill, all was recycled. Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 20/21 WEEE - Large Domestic App 2.75 12.67 15.24 19.72 50.38 WEEE - Fridges & Freezers 6.32 21.81 21.97 22.55 72.65 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 21/22 WEEE - Large Domestic App 3.92 7.35 13.17 8.59 33.02 WEEE - Fridges & Freezers 21.9 18.13 18.41 16.98 75.43 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 22/23 WEEE - Large Domestic App 3.33 8.97 10.83 12.52 35.65 WEEE - Fridges & Freezers 21.31 24.15 18.35 19.4 83.21 London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 23/24 WEEE - Large Domestic App 12.38 13.91 11.07 14.69 52.05 WEEE - Fridges & Freezers 22.36 23.14 18.43 37.88 101.81 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 24/25 WEEE - Large Domestic App 10.12 6.13 10.02 26.27 WEEE - Fridges & Freezers 28.9 27.04 25.04 80.98 Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Philip Lewis Information Rights Officer2025-06-03T00:00:00CAM101872025-05-29T00:00:00holiday childcare surveyDate: 29/05/2025 Ref: CAM10187 Dear Requester, Thank you for your request for information dated 01/05/2025 about holiday childcare survey. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The Council does not hold the information requested: We have used this Freedom of Information Act request to collect information from those local authorities who were not able to complete the Holiday Childcare Survey 2025 by Wednesday 30 April. This is to make sure that our results are representative of the whole country. The original survey was sent out by email to our local authority contacts (often a ‘Family Information Service’ or early years team) on Friday 4 April 2025. Your answers are invaluable in enabling us to calculate average childcare prices, and availability levels, throughout Great Britain. The figures are used by the UK governments, by the media, by some providers and by other research organisations. We also use them to make sure that our work at Coram Family and Childcare is based on accurate data. The responses you provide will only be used to calculate averages for your region, for England as a whole, and (where comparison is possible) for GB as a whole. We will not name your local authority without your permission. We will send you a copy of the Holiday Childcare Survey 2025 report before it is released to the public in July 2025. The questionnaire will follow. We do not hold the information requested. In line with our duty to offer advice and assistance we recommend contacting the relevant providers directly. You may also request a list of contacts from Ofsted by emailing: informationrequest@ofsted.gov.uk. Additionally, a previous response relevant to your request can be accessed by searching for reference CAM7671 through the following link: FOI response. As the information requested is already reasonably accessible elsewhere it is exempt under the absolute exemption in Section 21. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Lorna Jonas-Tinson Information Rights Officer2025-06-03T00:00:00CAM101882025-06-02T00:00:00Local Welfare Assistance Scheme 2024/25 breakdown by type of supportDate: 02/06/2025 Ref: CAM10188 Dear Requester, Thank you for your request for information dated 01/05/2025 about Local Welfare Assistance Scheme 2024/25 breakdown by type of support. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested and the answers to your questions are as follows: 1. What was the total spend on your scheme in 2024/25? £2,704,002. 2. How many applications did you receive to this scheme in 2024/25? 10,046. 3. How many applications were successful in 2024/25? 7,701. 4. What percentage of your entire scheme (including food, fuel and furniture support) was delivered via: • Cash – 99% • Vouchers – 1% • In-kind provision of goods – 0% 5. How much was spent on the provision of furniture, white goods and furnishings (including flooring and window coverings) in 2024/25? This includes cash, vouchers and the provision of the item itself. None. 6. What percentage of your furniture and appliance spend only was: • Cash – Not applicable • Vouchers – Not applicable • Provision of the item itself – Not applicable. 7. Our research finds that, on average, 37% of Local Welfare Assistance is spent on furniture and white goods. If your authority does provide furniture and white goods, can you explain the positive impact this has on peoples lives? If you do not, can you explain why furniture is not part of your LWA offering? We operate a cash-first policy, as many residents have diverse and complex needs. This approach provides them with the autonomy to decide how best to use the funds to meet their individual circumstances. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk 8. (a) What percentage of your 2024/25 spend was funded by your core spending power (as opposed to additional Govt. funding provided via Section 31 grants, such as the Household Support Fund) 57% from local funding. (b) What percentage of your 2024/25 spend came from the Household Support Fund? 43% (c) What other sources did you use to fund your LWA scheme in 2024/25 and what percentage of the scheme did each source make up respectively? Not applicable. 9. What is your budget for 2025/26? Budget for applications based grants is £2.6m. 10. What percentage of your 2025/26 budget is funded by your core spending power? 67% If this budget is not 100% core funded, how is the remaining budget funded? 33% 11. The current tranche of the Household Support Fund is due to end on 31 March 2026. If no further funding is provided by central government after this date, how will this affect the funding for your Local Welfare Provision scheme in 2026/27? • We will spend more on our Local Welfare Scheme • It will have no impact, spending will remain at the same level throughout the year • Our local welfare provision budget will be reduced – please provide estimated percentage reduction • There will be no local welfare provision – we will close our scheme on 1 April 2026 We would keep our local welfare budget, reduce spending on proactive awards and our Local Welfare Assistance reactive grants would reduce by 33%. Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Lorna Jonas-Tinson Information Rights Officer2025-06-03T00:00:00CAM101912025-06-02T00:00:00public toilets maintained by the borough that are not restricted by genderDate: 02/06/2025 Ref: CAM10191 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 01/05/2025 about public toilets maintained by the borough that are not restricted by gender. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the requested information. However, we are withholding some of the information because it is exempt as explained below. We have explained below what we hold and what we do not hold. We have explained what exemption has been considered and applied. Please see the refusal notice which explains how and why it applies. In accordance with the Freedom of Information Act, I would like to request the following information: a) Number of public toilets maintained by the borough that are not restricted by gender ( i.e. not women or men’s toilets) and the location of these public toilets within the borough None of Camden's purpose-built maintained toilets are gender neutral. However, some toilets such as those that fall within our community toilet scheme or accessible toilets may be gender neutral. Further details can be found here. The list of the council’s public toilets including location can be seen on this page Public toilets - Camden Council and there is an interactive map that can be accessed from that page which provides information about the toilets including location, gender availability, whether there are accessible toilets, if a RADAR key is required etc. b) Any internal documents, such as emails, memos, or meeting minutes outlining the implications of the UK Supreme Court judgment in For Women Scotland v The Scottish Ministers and the subsequent ECHR update for the council’s public toilet facilities since April 16, 2025 We are withholding this information as we consider the following exemptions apply. Refusal Notice: Section 36 - prejudicial to the effective conduct of public affairs Section 36 of the Act sets out an exemption from the right to know if the disclosure of information, in the reasonable opinion of a qualified person, would or would be likely to prejudice the effective conduct of public affairs. Information is withheld under sections 36 (b)(i) and 36 (b)(ii) because in the opinion of the Qualified Person (the Monitoring Officer who is also the Borough Solicitor), disclosure of the requested information would be likely to: • inhibit the free and frank provision of advice 36(b)(i), and • inhibit the free and frank exchange of views for the purposes of deliberation 36(b)(ii) London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Section 36 (b)(i) The exemption s36(b)(i) applies because, in the reasonable opinion of the Qualified Person, release of the withheld information would be likely to inhibit the free and frank provision of advice. This is because the Qualified Person considers that i t is essential that our staff feel able to express themselves with complete honesty, as we expect from the external organisations and bodies we consult. However, staff may feel constrained by their professional loyalty to the organisation, particularly if they believe that their views or requests for advice could be exposed to public scrutiny. This supports the argument that disclosing internal communications could inhibit staff from providing honest and candid advice, for fear of reputational consequences or misinterpretation. This chilling effect is precisely what section 36(b)(i) is designed to prevent. The chilling effect could inhibit the openness and candour necessary for effective internal dialogue. It is important that employees are completely free to express their views in a frank and uninhibited manner, as would apply to any of the organisations and outside bodies from whom we seek advice. Although individual views being exchanged and deliberated would not be directly attributable to specific staff members, they would nonetheless be perceived as representing the views of our organisation. Therefore, the private exchange of views between our employees and external partners—even when shared collectively—should remain confidential. Preserving this safe space for honest and uninhibited communication is vital to ensuring the integrity and effectiveness of our decision-making processes. The matters in question have already attracted, and are likely to continue attracting, attention in both local and national media. In this context, disclosure of internal correspondence could lead to staff and external contributors self-censoring their views to protect the public image of the Council. Such self-censorship would risk undermining the purpose of these communications, potentially resulting in senior management - and by extension, the public - being presented with a distorted or incomplete picture of the issues at hand. This would compromise the integrity of the decision-making process and hinder the Council’s ability to respond effectively and transparently. The risk of self-censorship undermines the quality and integrity of internal discussions. Section 36 (b)(ii) The exemption s36(b)(ii) applies because, in the reasonable opinion of the Qualified Person (the Monitoring Officer who is also the Borough Solicitor) , release of the withheld information would be likely to inhibit the free and frank exchange of views for the purposes of deliberation and decision making by senior management for equalities issues, and prejudice the effective conduct of public affairs. It is important that employees are completely free to express their views in a frank and uninhibited manner, as would apply to any of the organisations and outside bodies from whom we seek advice. Although individual views being exchanged and deliberated would not be directly attributable to specific staff members, they would nonetheless be perceived as representing the views of our organisation. It is crucial that employees do this with the understanding that their views and the responses from colleagues and external bodies would be seen and inform the deliberations and decision making of senior management – but would not be made public. The matters in question have already attracted, and are likely to continue attracting, attention in both local and national media. In this context, disclosure of internal correspondence could lead to staff and external contributors self-censoring their views to protect the public image of the Council. Such self-censorship would risk undermining the purpose of these communications, potentially resulting in senior management - and by extension, the public - being presented with a distorted or incomplete picture of the issues at hand. This would compromise the integrity of the decision-making process and hinder the Council’s ability to respond effectively and transparently. The risk of self-censorship undermines the quality and integrity of internal discussions. Additionally, the public sector is currently awaiting guidance from both the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) and the government, while also carefully considering the implications of the recent Supreme Court judgment across all public bodies. In light of this ongoing deliberation, releasing our current position at this stage could risk misleading the public, as it may not reflect the final policy stance we ultimately adopt. As a qualified exemption there is a Public Interest Test. The public interest arguments for disclosure: • Releasing this information would improve transparency about the equality issues facing a publicly funded and democratically accountable organisation (medium weight) • Public trust in the Council and its institutions is strengthened when there is openness about the challenges faced and the actions being taken. Demonstrating transparency in how issues are addressed reassures the community that the Council is actively working to improve outcomes and is accountable for its decisions (medium weight) • This is an area of active public debate and interest, and the council has been active on such issues (medium weight) The public interest arguments for withholding: • While there is a clear public interest in transparency and accountability, particularly in relation to Equalities issues, it is equally important to recognise the sensitive nature of the matters under discussion and to protect the space in which public employees and external organisations can engage in open and honest dialogue (heavy weight). • Employees must feel able to seek advice and express their views candidly, without concern that their preliminary thoughts or exploratory discussions will be made public. This expectation of confidentiality extends to the contributions of external organisations and partners, whose input is often sought to inform our understanding and approach (heavy weight). • These internal exchanges are shared with the understanding that they will inform the deliberations of senior management, not be subject to public scrutiny. The outcomes of such correspondence are carefully considered and used to shape future decision- making on Equalities matters (heavy weight). • At this early and sensitive stage of development following the decision of the UK Supreme Court judgement, where we are still establishing our approach, premature disclosure of internal discussions would likely inhibit the free flow of ideas and undermine the effectiveness of our work (heavy weight). • Disclosing the working emails could imply that the council has adopted a particular stance, which may not align with its final, settled position. This could create uncertainty and confusion, potentially requiring officers to spend time clarifying discrepancies —an outcome that is not in the public interest (heavy weight). It is considered that the public interest in withholding the information outweighs the public interest in disclosing it. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Kieran Heneghan Information Rights Officer2025-06-03T00:00:00CAM101932025-05-20T00:00:00Blue Badge questionsDate: 20/05/2025 Ref: CAM10193 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 01/05/2025 about Blue Badge questions. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested. Blue badge scheme questions See attached. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Philip Lewis Information Rights Officer London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk2025-06-03T00:00:00CAM101942025-05-28T00:00:00Unauthorised encampmentsDate: 28/05/2025 Ref: CAM10194 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 02/05/2025 about Unauthorised encampments. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds some of the information requested. Unauthorised encampments 1. How many complaints have the council received between the calendar years 2019 and 2024 about unauthorised encampments in the local authority area. There are no complaint cases regarding unauthorised encampments from 2022 to 2024. We do not hold data from 2019 to 2022 due to changing the Complaints database and no longer holding the data. 2. The number of times your local authority has evicted members of the Romani Gypsy and Irish Traveller communities from encampments from public or private land between 2019 and 2024. The London Borough of Camden does not have a category on its systems for “Romani Gypsy or Irish Traveller” and so we are unable to identify them in this manner. 3. Of those, how many were carried out using: a. Anti-social behaviour powers (please specify which) b. Planning enforcement powers N/A. 4. Whether the authority works in partnership with the police or private bailiffs in these cases, and any costs incurred. N/A. 5. Copies of any internal policies or protocols used in making decisions to evict. The Council do not use policies or protocols in these cases, it’s purely based on the legal entitlement to recover land that is being trespassed on. Anti-social behaviour powers 1. A list of all anti-social behaviour powers used by your authority that were directed at members of Romani Gypsy or Irish Traveller communities/any orders that specifically mention members of these communities. None. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk 2. For each instance, please provide: a. The type of power used (e.g., Community Protection Notice, Public Spaces Protection Order, Dispersal Order, Injunction, Criminal Behaviour Order, etc.) b. The location c. The date d. The reason for its use e. Whether the action was challenged and the outcome of any challenge N/A 3. Please confirm whether your authority has a specific policy or guidance for the use of ASB powers against Romani Gypsy or Irish Traveller or nomadic communities. None. Injunctions 1. Has your authority applied for, obtained, or enforced any injunctions (interim or final) to prevent unauthorised encampments, including “wide” or “persons unknown” injunctions? No. 2. For each injunction, please provide: a. The type (e.g. interim, final, wide-area, “persons unknown”) b. The date it was granted and by which court c. The geographic area or sites it covers d. The legal grounds on which it was sought (e.g. nuisance, ASB, trespass) e. Whether it was directed at specific individuals or groups, and whether Traveller communities were named or implicitly included N/A. 3. The number of times the injunction has been enforced, including: a. How enforcement took place (e.g. eviction, arrest, fine) b. Whether any individuals from Romani Gypsy or Irish Traveller communities were affected c. Any challenges or appeals, including outcomes N/A. • Copies of any Equality Impact Assessments or Human Rights Assessments conducted in connection with seeking or enforcing such injunctions. N/A Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Philip Lewis Information Rights Officer2025-06-03T00:00:00CAM127532026-05-22T00:00:00council taxDate: 22/05/2026 Case reference: CAM12753 London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 29/04/2026 about council tax.   We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA). Response The council holds the information requested.  However we are withholding some of the information because it is exempt as explained below.  We have explained where we are withholding information and what exemption applies.  Please see the refusal notices at the end of the answers which explain how and why it applies. 1. The number of people on the ”Members Of Religious Communities” Council tax discount/ exemption of your most recent available figures. There are 25 people 14 different accounts 2. The breakdown of which religious communities people claiming the exemption/ discount are members of. This information is exempt from disclosure under the FOIA.  Please see the exemption notice set out below. Refusal Notice The exemption that applies is: section 40(2) – personal informationThe absolute exemption under Section 40(2) applies where disclosure would involve the release of personal data of third parties and would contravene one of the data protection principles set out in the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR) and Data Protection Act 2018. The information requested relates to individuals’ religious beliefs, which constitute special category personal data under Article 9 of the UK GDPR.  The breakdown by specific religious communities involves small numbers within Camden.  Disclosure of such information could lead to the identification of individuals, either directly or indirectly, when combined with other information reasonably available. The council considers that it would be a breach of the General Data Protection Regulation article 5 requirements of fairness and proportionality to publish this personal information in a FOI request. In doing this we have considered the legitimate public interest in disclosure against the interests of the data subjects and concluded that in the circumstances disclosure would contravene the data protection requirements of fairness and proportionality particularly considering that Freedom of Information responses are public documents and published to the world and not provided just to the requester. Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk, Telephone: 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website https://www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely,Peter Williams Information Rights Officer2026-05-28T21:45:13CAM133872026-08-14T00:00:00information relating to Crane Operation Licence No. 63347 issued in respect of 125 Shaftesbury Avenue, London WC2HDate: 14/08/2026 Ref: CAM13387 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 23/07/2026 about information relating to Crane Operation Licence No. 63347 issued in respect of 125 Shaftesbury Avenue, London WC2H. We have dealt with this under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council does not hold the information requested. We have explained where we do not hold the information and why. This is a follow on from previous request CAM13173. I write to make a request for environmental information under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004. This request relates to Crane Operation Licence No. 63347 issued in respect of 125 Shaftesbury Avenue, London WC2H 8BS. I seek copies of, or access to, the following information considered by the London Borough of Camden before granting the crane licence. 1. All structural, engineering or highway assessments considered before the licence was granted. The London Borough of Camden does not undertake or hold structural, engineering or highway assessments relating to the suitability of a crane location as part of the licence application process. Under the Lifting Operations and Lifting Equipment Regulations 1998 (LOLER), lifting operations must be properly planned, appropriately supervised, and carried out safely. Responsibility for planning and managing the lifting operation rests with those undertaking the lift, including the crane operator, crane supplier and the Appointed Person responsible for preparing the lifting plan. In accordance with BS 7121-1 (Code of Practice for the Safe Use of Cranes), the person planning the lift is responsible for assessing the suitability of the proposed crane location, including but not limited to ground bearing capacity, outrigger loads, underground structures, apparatus, cellars, vaults and any other factors that may affect the stability of the crane. Camden Council does not carry out these assessments on behalf of applicants and does not hold any documents falling within this category. 2. All structural calculations, ground-bearing pressure calculations, outrigger loading calculations, pavement loading assessments or temporary works designs submitted by or on behalf of the applicant. The Council does not require these documents to be submitted as part of the licence application process and does not hold any information falling within this category. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk 3. All correspondence and consultations between the applicant and Camden’s Highways, Structures, Network Management or engineering teams relating to the suitability of the proposed crane location. The Council holds no recorded information of this nature. The Authority does not undertake ground bearing or structural assessments on behalf of promoters or crane operators, as responsibility for such assessments rests with those carrying out the lifting operation under LOLER and BS 7121-1. 4. Any risk assessments or engineering reports concerning the structural integrity of the highway at the crane location. The Council does not hold any risk assessments or engineering reports of this nature. Responsibility for undertaking and retaining such assessments rests with the crane operator and/or their appointed engineers. 5. Any records identifying underground utilities, vaults, cellars, basements, tunnels or other sub-surface structures that were considered when determining the application. The Council does not hold any recorded information falling within this category that was considered as part of determining the licence application. 6. Any records identifying or referring to previous highway collapse, subsidence, structural failure, emergency highway repairs or other significant defects at, or in the vicinity of, the proposed crane location that were considered during determination of the application. The Council holds no records of previous highway collapse, subsidence, structural failure, emergency highway repairs or other significant defects at, or in the immediate vicinity of, the location that were considered as part of determining the application. 7. Any inspection reports, approvals, engineering sign-off documents or internal assessments confirming that the highway was considered suitable to support the proposed crane and its outrigger loads. The Council does not hold any inspection reports, approvals, engineering sign-off documents or internal assessments of this nature. Determining the suitability of a crane location and the adequacy of the supporting ground is the responsibility of those undertaking the lifting operation. 8. If no documents falling within any of the above categories exist, please confirm this expressly and identify what engineering or structural due diligence, if any, the Council undertook before granting the licence. The Council confirms that it does not hold documents falling within the categories described in questions 1, 2, 4, 5 or 7. The Council did not undertake engineering or structural assessments of the proposed crane location before granting the licence. Responsibility for undertaking and retaining the relevant structural assessments, risk assessments, engineering calculations, method statements, design checks and supporting technical documentation rests with the crane operator and/or their appointed engineers. These documents are not required to be submitted to the Council as part of the licence application process and are therefore not held by the Council. As the information not held is environmental, we have to comply with a technicality and tell you that because it is not held it is excepted under Regulation 12 (4)(a) of the EIR 2004. The Information Commissioner does not require a public interest test where the information is not held. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Kieran Heneghan Information Rights Officer2026-09-02T21:45:45CAM133882026-08-21T00:00:00Use of External Property Tracing ServicesDate: 21/08/2026 Ref: CAM13388 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 24/07/2026 about Use of External Property Tracing Services. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested. For the attention of: • The officer with responsibility for the management of privately owned residential empty properties; and • Any other officer or team with responsibility for private residential empty homes. In accordance with the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act, I would be grateful if you could provide the following information: 1. Use of External Property Tracing Services Please confirm whether the Council currently engages, or has engaged within the last three years, any external organisation to assist in identifying, tracing, or locating the owners of privately owned residential properties that are empty, or suspected to be empty. If so, please provide: • The name of each organisation engaged. • The nature of the services provided; and • The dates during which those services were used. The Council has not used any external organisations to trace owners of privately owned empty properties. 2. Responsible Officers and Teams Please provide the following details for the officer(s) and/or team responsible for the Council's work relating to privately owned residential empty homes: • Name: • Job title: • Email address: • Direct telephone number: Where individual contact details are exempt from disclosure, please provide the relevant team contact details instead. Joyce Amoateng - Empty Homes Coordinator. Email: Joyce.Amoateng@camden.gov.uk. Telephone number 020 7974 3023 London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Patrick Friel - Empty Homes Officer. Email: Patrick.Friel@camden.gov.uk. Telephone number 020 7974 2536 Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Philip Lewis Information Rights Officer2026-09-02T21:45:45CAM134952026-09-01T00:00:00women owed a prevention or relief duty due to sexual violence, sexual abuse or sexual exploitationDate: 1 September 2026 Ref: CAM13495 Dear Requester, Thank you for your request for information dated 3 August 2026 about women owed a prevention or relief duty due to sexual violence, sexual abuse or sexual exploitation. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council does not hold the information requested. The answers to your questions are as follows: I am an independent researcher, gathering information on women who have experienced sexual violence, exploitation or abuse outside of the statutory definition of 'domestic abuse' and who have approached a local housing authority for assistance under the Homelessness Reduction Act 2017. As part of my research, I would like to request the following data from you, under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Over the past 12 months: 1. How many women were owed a prevention or relief duty due to sexual violence, sexual abuse or sexual exploitation outside of the statutory definition of ‘domestic abuse’? Information not held. The council does not record homelessness applications in a way that allows cases involving sexual violence to be identified separately. Information is recorded under broad categories such as domestic abuse, racial harassment, and other forms of violence or harassment. We do not record detailed information about the type of abuse experienced. In addition, only one main reason for homelessness and one priority need category for each application. This means that where a person has experienced sexual violence, another reason may have been recorded as the primary cause, and we are therefore unable to identify all relevant cases. While the council records support needs relating to sexual abuse or exploitation, domestic abuse, and non-domestic abuse, these categories overlap and cannot be used to reliably identify cases involving sexual violence. As a result, the Council does not hold the information requested. 2. How many women who approached the local authority as homeless or at risk of homelessness due to sexual violence, sexual abuse or sexual exploitation outside of the statutory definition of ‘domestic abuse’ were not owed a prevention or relief duty? Please see the response provided in question 1 above. 3. For those in Question 1, whose prevention or relief duty ended with accommodation secured, please list the types of accommodation secured and the numbers in each type. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Please see the response provided in question 1 above. 4. How many women were owed a main duty due to sexual violence, sexual abuse or sexual exploitation outside of the statutory definition of ‘domestic abuse’? Please see the response provided in question 1 above. 5. For those in Question 4 whose main duty ended with accommodation secured, please list the types of accommodation secured and the number of applicants in each type. If you do not record 'other violence or harassment' in further detail (i,e. if this is sexually motivated) please state that this is the case, and provide me with all the above information using the category of 'other violence and harassment'. Please see the response provided in question 1 above. Wherever possible, please provide this data in Microsoft Excel. Not applicable. Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk, telephone 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Lorna Jonas-Tinson Information Rights Officer2026-09-02T21:45:56CAM102052025-05-22T00:00:00installation of Fast Chargers at Argyle StreetDate: 22/05/2025 Ref: CAM10205 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 06/05/2025 about installation of Fast Chargers at Argyle Street. We have dealt with this under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested. FM Conway were given a contract to install Fast Chargers within the borough specifically at the location Argyle Street. I would like to get all the information available about this contract, ideally when it was instructed and by whom The charge point operator for the borough is TotalEnergies – formerly called Source London. TotalEnergies are a private company, independent of the Council. TotalEnergies were awarded a contract to install fast Electric Vehicle Charging Points (EVCPs) in the borough. The decision has been published online: Contract Award for 2 Lots of Electric Vehicle Charge Points Camden installs its fast charge points on island buildouts in the carriageway so as to minimise the impact on pedestrians. The island buildouts are installed by the Council’s term contractors – FM Conway and Marlborough. This FOI relates to Argyle Street, and therefore the term contractor for this EVCP was FM Conway. The electrical work to connect the charge points to the electricity grid are undertaken by TotalEnergies’ contractor. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Kieran Heneghan Information Rights Officer2025-06-03T00:00:00CAM102062025-05-22T00:00:00IT contract detailsDate: 22/05/2025 Case reference : CAM10206 London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 02/05/2025 about IT contract details.  We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested and the answers to your questions are as follows: Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, I would like to request the following information relating to your organisation’s technology and service contracts. Please provide the following details where available: 1. Managed Service Provider Contracts Name of the Managed Service Provider(s)• Description of the services provided• Contract start date• Contract end/renewal date• Total contract value or annual cost (if available)• Please see relevant information attached. 2. Service Consulting Contracts Name of the consulting firm(s) providing technology, digital, or service transformation consultancy Scope or description of the services• Contract start date• Contract end/renewal date•Total contract value or annual cost (if available)• We do not have any service consulting contracts. 3. Technology Solutions in Use For each of the following solution categories, please provide: Name of the technology/product• Vendor/Supplier• Date of initial purchase or contract start• Contract renewal/end date• Total contract value or annual licence/support cost (if available)• Please see relevant information attached. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk , Telephone: 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website https://www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Peter Williams Information Rights Officer2025-06-03T00:00:00CAM102092025-06-02T00:00:00complaints related to Japanese Knotweed in domestic gardensDate: 02/06/2025 Ref: CAM10209 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 06/05/2025 about complaints related to Japanese Knotweed in domestic gardens. We have dealt with this under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds some of the information requested. Please find below a request for information under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004. 1.How many complaints related to Japanese Knotweed in domestic gardens did the council receive in the following years; 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021 and 2020. There was 1 complaint in June 2023. Please note that the Complaints Team went live with our complaint dashboard and associated keyword search functionality on 10 January 2022. As such, we are unable to cover any records prior to this. 2. Of the above complaints relating to Japanese knotweed in domestic gardens, how many of the following actions were taken in 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021 and 2020. a. Section 80; Abatement Notice under the Environmental Protection 1990 and under which subsection of section 79. b. Community Protection Notice under the Anti-Social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014 Camden’s Green Spaces do not have any records of either Section 80; Abatement Notice under the Environmental Protection 1990 and under which subsection of section 79 or Community Protection Notice under the Anti-Social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014 for Japanese knotweed cases. 3. Please provide a link or attachment of any policy or procedure related to Japanese knotweed complaints the local authority utilises when handling complaints on the invasive plant. Camden Council does not have a policy related to Japanese knotweed complaints . Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Philip Lewis Information Rights Officer2025-06-03T00:00:00CAM102112025-05-30T00:00:00records regarding Veolia UK’s compliance with its waste separation and recycling obligationsDate: 30/05/2025 Ref: CAM10211 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 06/05/2025 about records regarding Veolia UK’s compliance with its waste separation and recycling obligations . We have dealt with this under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds some of the information requested. We have stated where we do not hold the information requested and why. I am requesting records from January 2023 to present regarding Veolia UK’s compliance with its waste separation and recycling obligations under the Camden Council contract. This includes: • Audit reports or performance reviews; The most recent annual review report, which includes recycling rates can be viewed here . We do no not have audit reports. • Complaints or investigations into waste misclassification or contamination; We do not hold any complaints or investigations on waste misclassification or contamination . • Communications involving the Trade West round or similar routes mixing recycling and general waste. We do not hold any records with this information. As some of the information not held is environmental we have to comply with a technicality and tell you that because it is not held it is excepted under Regulation 12 (4)(a) of the EIR 2004. The Information Commissioner does not require a public interest test where the information is not held. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Kieran Heneghan Information Rights Officer2025-06-03T00:00:00CAM102142025-05-28T00:00:00inspections or compliance activities your authority has carried out in relation to single-use plastic regulationsDate: 28/05/2025 Ref: CAM10214 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 06/05/2025 about inspections or compliance activities your authority has carried out in relation to single -use plastic regulations. We have dealt with this under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested. Environmental Information Request Please provide the following information covering the period from 2020 to the present: 1. The number of inspections or compliance activities your authority has carried out in relation to single-use plastic regulations (for example bans on plastic straws, cutlery, polystyrene containers, and/or similar). A Trading Standards Officer will deal this when out on inspections and advise accordingly. Environmental Services removed non-recyclable takeaway cups and plastic cutlery from council buildings and replaced with crockery and metal cutlery in 2021. 2. The number and type of enforcement actions (and no actions) taken. This may include warnings, fixed penalties, prosecutions, or other enforcement actions available to your authority. 0 from Trading Standards Team. 3. Any local strategy, internal guidance, or policy documents used to monitor or enforce compliance. 0 from Trading Standards Team. Environmental Services are currently working alongside London councils and ReLondon to reduce single use plastic across all boroughs. 4. Any complaints or reports of non-compliance received by your authority. Please kindly provide the number and the outcome. 0 from Trading Standards Team. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Philip Lewis Information Rights Officer2025-06-03T00:00:00CAM102152025-05-27T00:00:00financial accountabilityDate: 27/05/2025 Case reference : CAM10215 London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 06/05/2025 about financial accountability . We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 / Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested and the answers to your questions are as follows: Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, I would like to request the following information regarding your council’s approach to financial accountability, budget management, and the escalation of non- compliance: Q1. Does your council have a Budget Accountability Framework, Budget Escalation Framework, or any other policy, protocol, or document which sets out the expectations of budget holders and the procedures for addressing non-compliance (e.g. overspends)? The budget responsibility of officers is documented in the Council’s financial standing orders. If yes, please answer Questions 2 to 4 only. If no, please answer Questions 3 to 8 only. Q2. In relation to Q1, please provide a copy of the document(s), or a link to where they can be accessed. They can be found here: Financial Standing OrdersQ3. Does the council provide training or guidance to budget holders on their financial responsibilities and/or escalation procedures? Training and guidance is provided face to face by finance officers to budget holders. Q4. In relation to Q3, please provide a copy of the relevant training material, policy, or guidance documents. Please see relevant information attached. Q5. What procedures are in place if a budget holder or service area is forecasting or reporting an overspend? Budget overspends are reported to Directorate Management Teams and the Corporate Management Team on a quarterly basis. Q6. Are there defined thresholds (e.g. percentage variance, monetary value) that trigger escalation? All budget forecast positions are reported to Service Management Teams and Directorate Management Teams. Q7. Once escalation is triggered via a defined threshold or otherwise, what actions follow (e.g. reporting to senior leadership, finance team involvement, development of a recovery plan)? Please see the response to question 6 above. Q8. Are such escalations reported to any council committees (e.g. Cabinet, Audit Committee, Scrutiny Committee)? An overview of the Council’s forecast position is reported to Cabinet three times a year.   Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations.Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk , Telephone: 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website https://www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Peter Williams Information Rights Officer2025-06-03T00:00:00CAM102162025-05-29T00:00:00Trauma cleaningDate: 29/05/2025 Ref: CAM10216 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 02/05/2025 about Trauma cleaning. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds some of the information requested. 1. Procurement/Allocation Process: a. How does the council allocate trauma cleaning jobs -e.g., is there a framework agreement, preferred supplier list, or competitive tendering process? Ad hoc purchasing by operational teams. b. What criteria are used to select and approve trauma cleaning companies? N/A. c. Please supply any relevant procurement policy or criteria documents (or links to where these are publicly available). N/A. d. Which companies does the council currently contract? N/A. 2. Tenant or Housing-Related Clean-ups: a. The number of cases where trauma cleaning was required in council -owned or council- managed housing stock within your area from January 1, 2020, to the present, and within this: i. The number of trauma cleaning jobs commissioned by the council (directly or via contractors) in the same period, and the total costs. We do not specifically record this information presently. ii. The number of trauma cleaning jobs not commissioned by the council, and the total cost (if known) As above. iii. The types of jobs that the council did commission (vulnerable resident, serious crime scene etc) As above. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk iv. The reasons that the council did not commission trauma cleaning jobs Our estate services team respond to incidents on our estates both in working hours and out of hours. We are currently reviewing our approach to biohazard cleaning as this requires specialist equipment and training. For an issues within a council home, we will work with our colleagues in social services to provide services that meet the requirements of the individual. 3. Complaints: The number of complaints received by the council regarding trauma cleaning companies from January 1, 2020, to the present. Please provide a brief description of each complaint, including the date (year), nature of the complaint, type of complainant (ie resident, landlord) the company which was the subject of the complaint, and outcome/action taken (where available). There have been no complaints received by the council regarding trauma cleaning companies from January 1, 2020. 4. Health and Safety/Enforcement Action: a. Any incidents where a trauma cleaning company was found to be in breach of health and safety, environmental health, or public health standards within your area during this period. None. b. Details of any enforcement action, notices, or legal proceedings taken against these companies. None. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Philip Lewis Information Rights Officer2025-06-03T00:00:00CAM102182025-05-27T00:00:00data relating to your electricity half-hourly supplied portfolioDate: 27/05/2025 Ref: CAM10218 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 06/05/2025 about data relating to your electricity half-hourly supplied portfolio. We have dealt with this under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested. We formally request under the FOI 2000 regulations Act and EIR 2004 regulations Act data you hold, relating to your electricity half-hourly supplied portfolio. For at least your Top 20 largest electricity meter consumers we please require disclosure for the most recent years data available to know their kwh usage, Maximum Demand (if known) and current and associated Available Capacity kva London Borough of Camden Site Name & Address Consumption kWh Apr24 -Mar25 Highest MD Apr24 -Mar25 Available Capacity (KVA) 5 Pancras Square, Goods Way * 1,562,506.80 307.7 1050 Swiss Cottage Academy - NW8, 80 Avenue Road 1,437,867.60 438.4 775 Camden Town Hall Judd Street, Judd Street 1,156,759.00 296 1200 5 Pancras Square, Goods Way * 1,141,957.20 487 1050 Regent High School, Charrington Street 785,048.30 448.4 430 Crowndale Centre, 218 Eversholt Street 612,720.80 143.3 350 Holmes Road Depot - NW3 3AP, 78 Holmes Road 547,082.20 194.8 554 Acland Burghley School, 93 Burghley Road 515,530.70 222.7 450 Haverstock School, Crogsland Road 513,785.80 179.8 550 Rowley Road Boiler House, Rowley Way 486,802.10 89.3 125 Hampstead Secondary School, Westbere Road 410,880.80 192.5 550 Bacton, Lismore Circus, Landlords Supply, Haverstock Road 365,150.90 50 70 Swiss Cottage Library, 88 Avenue Roa d 335,408.20 104.4 350 Netley Primary School - NW1 3RY, Stanhope Street 317,605.20 108.9 300 William Ellis School, Highgate Road 304,174.50 139 200 Parliament Hill School, Highgate Road 299,164.10 184.4 400 Taplow, Chalcots Estate, Fellows Road 283,579.20 62.2 0 Camden School For Girls - NW5 2DB, Sandall Road 272,263.40 153.9 125 Wendling - NW5 4DG, Malden Road 263,426.90 44.9 50 Maria Fidelis Catholic School Fcj, 1 -39 Drummond Crescent 250,385.00 163.5 250 * Please note that there are two electricity supplies at 5 Pancras Square , which have their own accounts, which is the reason for it appearing twice on the list. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Philip Lewis Information Rights Officer2025-06-03T00:00:00CAM102192025-05-28T00:00:00Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL)Date: 28/05/2025 Ref: CAM10219 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 07/05/2025 about Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL). We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds some of the information requested. However we are withholding some of the information because it is exempt as explained below. We have explained where we are withholding information and what exemptions apply. Please see the refusal notices at the end of the answers which explain how and why they apply. I am writing to request information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 relating to two separate funding streams administered by your local authority: Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) Carbon offset / carbon levy funds (arising from planning conditions or Section 106 agreements aimed at mitigating carbon emissions) This request forms part of strategic research to assess potential opportunities for coordinated applications to these funds, particularly by groups of churches and community buildings pursuing sustainability, decarbonisation, or infrastructure improvement projects. 1. Fund Status – CIL and Carbon Offset Funds (Separately) For both CIL and carbon offset/carbon levy funds, please provide the following information separately: Total fund value (since inception) Total amount collected to date Total amount spent or committed to date Current unallocated balance (if known) 2. Project Spending Breakdown Please provide a breakdown of projects funded by each stream (CIL and carbon offset), including: Project name and description Project location or ward Funding source (CIL or carbon offset) Amount of funding allocated Year of allocation Delivery partner or lead organisation London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Project type/theme (e.g. energy efficiency, new infrastructure, green spaces, accessibility improvements, etc.) Delivery status (planned, in progress, completed) If this information is published in a register or dataset, a link or spreadsheet would be greatly appreciated. 3. Allocation Mechanisms For both funding streams (CIL and carbon offset): What proportion of funds were allocated: Via internal council-led projects Through open calls or application processes We are refusing your request under Section 12 on cost grounds because we estimate that compliance with your request will exceed the "appropriate limit". This is £450 which is equivalent to 18 hours at £25 per hour. The per hour figure is set by Regulations rather than actual salary paid to any officers handling requests. The appropriate limit includes the time it will take the council to discover if it holds the information requested, to locate it, extract it and collate it as well as putting it into any particular format requested by the requester. To provide accurate collated information in the format requested would require a review of in excess of 600 spending records that Camden has collected. We have calculated it would take around 15 minutes to look at each project then this would take at least 150 hours . Advice and Assistance: As advice and assistance much of the requested information has already been published on Camden’s web site. An Infrastructure Funding Statement and an Annual CIL and Section 106 report which provide an explanation of what funds have been collected and funded can be viewed on the link below. This includes lists of projects funded and an explanation of how CIL funds are allocated. About the Community Infrastructure Levy - Camden Council More historic information of CIL and s106 spending can be viewed at the following link. Section 106 spending and financial information - Camden Council Carbon offset payments are secured through Section 106 legal agreements where required carbon dioxide reductions cannot be met on site. The agreements require the Council to apply the contributions to offset carbon emissions. £10.3 million in carbon offset contributions have been collected so far (the majority since 2023), with £1.2 million having been spent to date. Of the £9.1 million unspent, £1.3 million is committed for ongoing projects that support the corporate decarbonisation programme. The remainder is being allocated for work areas and projects developed via the Carbon Management Plan and wider programme for decarbonising emissions from the Council’s own estate and operations, as well as the Camden Climate Fund. The Camden Climate Fund is the mechanism through which we provide financial assistance to residents, businesses and third sector organisations and community groups for projects that help to reduce carbon emissions in the borough. The fund is financed through Section 106 carbon offset payments. Since 2021, over £225,000 has been awarded to 29 projects across the borough, ranging from community energy installations, energy efficiency improvements in buildings and community climate action. The Climate Fund has recently been revised to improve uptake by extending the range of eligible residents, community organisations and businesses, as well as increase the support available for higher-impact carbon reduction projects. Current Fund Structure (Phase 4: 2025–2028) The Camden Climate Fund is currently structured into four distinct streams each tailored to a different applicant type: households, businesses, community energy projects, and wider climate action initiatives. Each stream has its own eligibility criteria and funding limits, summarised below : Fund Stream Maximum Grant Match Funding Key Eligible Measures Household £15,000 50% required Insulation, heat pumps, solar PV, glazing, lighting Business £5,000 – £15,000 Tiered (0% – 50%) LED lighting, HVAC upgrades, solar PV, insulation Community Energy £50,000 (capital) 50% required Solar PV, energy efficiency, lighting, glazing Climate Action £10,000 Variable Community -led projects with carbon and social benefits Across all streams, applicants are required to demonstrate that proposed measures will result in a measurable reduction in carbon emissions. A key eligibility criterion is that the cost to the fund must not exceed £880 per tonne of CO₂e saved over the lifetime of the measure. CCF Historic Performance (2021–2024) Phase 3 of the Camden Climate Fund ran for four years, concluding at the end of last year. The table below summarises the total funding awarded across each stream during this period: Fund Stream Projects Approved Total Funding Awarded Household 13 £48,925 Business 4 £49,967 Community Energy 3 £83,035 Climate Action 9 £43,192 Total 29 £225,119 CCF Phase 4 Launch and Current Activity (2025–2028) Phase 4 of the CCF launched in January 2025. The table below summarises performance to date: Fund Stream Applications Received Applications Approved Total Value Awarded Household 10 5 £37,603.81 Business 4 3 £23,425.00 Community Energy 0 0 £0.00 Climate Action 4 3 £12,187.00 Total 18 11 £73,215.81 Further information on the types of projects supported through the Camden Climate Fund can be found via our published case studies, available here: Camden Climate Fund – Project Case Studies These examples illustrate how residents, businesses, and community groups have used the fund to deliver practical, carbon-saving improvements across the borough. Any organisation can submit an Expression of Interest, via the CCF website, as a first step to determine if their project is eligible for funding. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Philip Lewis Information Rights Officer2025-06-03T00:00:00CAM102272025-05-29T00:00:00brain mapping, slow killing, and tortureDate: 29/05/2025 Case reference : CAM10227London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 07/05/2025 about brain mapping, slow killing, and torture.   We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council is not processing your request as we are relying on an exemption under the FOIA 2000.  We have explained what exemption applies.  Please see the refusal notice at the end which explains how and why it applies. According to the FOI Request, I, [name] as a resident of London would like to enquire about the following questions: 1. Does your organization Camden Council and particulary Social services or any of your departments have any knowledge or participation in brain mapping of the residents? 2. Does your organization Camden Council and particulary Social services or any of the departments you aware of participation or have knowledge about, slow killing, tortures fascistic and illegal technology known under the various names: - Remote Neural Monitoring, V2K ( Voice to scull ), Electronic harassment, Synthetic Telepathy used on the residents? 3. Does your organization Camden Council and particulary Social services were aware or took part in the online interactive TV-Online  game advertised by the certain Russian Tourists in London, named Realitation or Realitation of the sins? 4. Does your organization Camden Council and particulary Social services or any departments using the services or deals with so called Jimmy Savile people, DJS from Russia or other countries other than parties organization? 5. Does your organization Camden Council and particulary Social services or anyone you know have any connections to the Host of the Russian TV, Olga Shelest? We are not processing your request.  Please see the exemption notice set out below. Refusal Notice The exemption that applies is: section 14(1): vexatious request Section 14 of the FOIA creates an exemption where a public authority does not need to provide information or comply with a request for information if the request is vexatious. We have decided that your request is vexatious because it clearly does not have any serious purpose or value or proper or justified cause for making it. We will not respond to any further similar requests received from you.  Section 17(6) of the Act states that there is no need to issue a refusal notice if: the authority has already given the same person a refusal notice for a previous vexatious or repeated request; and• it would be unreasonable to issue another one.• Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your RightsIf you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk , Telephone: 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website https://www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Peter Williams Information Rights Officer2025-06-03T00:00:00CAM102282025-05-30T00:00:00various questions regarding Parking Service's revenue and reserve fundDate: 30/05/2025 Ref: CAM10228 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 07/05/2025 about various questions regarding Parking Service's revenue and reserve fund. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested. Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, I would like to request the following information relating to your council's parking operations, covering the past three full financial years (2022/23 to 2024/25). This request excludes the current financial year. 1. Parking Income Breakdown Please provide a breakdown of budgeted and actual income by year and by category, using the table below as a guide. This should include, where applicable, both on- street and off-street parking revenue streams, along with enforcement -related income (e.g., PCNs, bus lanes, CCTV, etc.). Every fiscal year a council will be required to submit a balanced council budget, and the parking services will be required to provide a budget of what income they expect to generate. I am requesting what those budgeted forecasts were, and the actuals of what income was generated from each category. Income Table Template (Please fill in for each financial year) Please see table 2.6 and 2.7 in the Annual Parking Report 2024. This year’s data won’t be available until October when the latest APR is available and published online. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk 2. Parking Expenditure, Surplus, and Use of Funds For each of the above years, please also provide: • a) Total parking operations expenditure • b) Total parking income • c) The net surplus or deficit • d) How much of the surplus (if any) was used for: o Highways improvements o Sustainable transport o Other ring-fenced legal uses • e) The council's overall total budget in each year, to provide proportional context Please see table 2.6 and 2.7 in the Annual Parking Report 2024. This year’s data won’t be available until October when the latest APR is available and published online. ________________________________________ 3. Parking Reserve Fund • Does the council operate a dedicated parking reserve fund? • If so, please provide the reserve balance at the end of each of the past three financial years. • If available, please also include any drawdowns or contributions made to/from this fund in each year. • What does the current parking reserve sit at? While the Council does operate a dedicated parking reserve , the balance of his has been zero for the past three years. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Kieran Heneghan Information Rights Officer2025-06-03T00:00:00CAM102292025-05-22T00:00:00void homes on the West Kentish Town Estate and HMOsDate: 22/05/2025 Ref: CAM10229 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 08/05/2025 about void homes on the West Kentish Town Estate and HMOs. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested. Are the void homes on the West Kentish Town Estate especially Durston, Milverton, Ashington & Beckington being converted into HMOs (houses of multiple occupancy) The void properties are not being converted into HMOs. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Philip Lewis Information Rights Officer London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk2025-06-03T00:00:00CAM102312025-05-30T00:00:00various questions about Civil Penalties relating to housing offences served to private landlordsDate: 30/05/2025 Ref: CAM10231 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 07/05/2025 about various questions about Civil Penalties relating to housing offences served to private landlords . We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested. 1. The total number of Civil Penalties relating to housing offences served to private landlords per year for the following years: 2023/2024 196 2024/2025 107 2. The number of Civil Penalties issued to private landlords each year (so 2023/2024 & 2024/2025) for each of the following offences per year: a) Failure to comply with an Improvement Notice (section 30 of the Housing Act 2004) 2023/2024 1 2024/2025 2 b) Offences in relation to licensing of Houses in Multiple Occupation (section 72 of the Housing Act 2004) 2023/2024 126 2024/2025 42 London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk c) Offences in relation to licensing of houses under Part 3 of the Act (section 95 of the Housing Act 2004) Camden does not currently operate a selective licensing scheme. 2023/2024 0 2024/2025 0 d) Offences of contravention of an overcrowding notice (section 139 of the Housing Act 2004) 2023/2024 0 2024/2025 0 e) Failure to comply with management regulations in respect of Houses in Multiple Occupation (section 234 of the Housing Act 2004) 2023/2024 69 2024/2025 63 f) Banning Orders under the Housing and Planning Act 2016 2023/2024 0 2024/2025 0 g) Offences in relation to Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards (MEES) Regulations 2023/2024 0 2024/2025 0 h) Smoke and Carbon Monoxide (England) Regulations 2015 2023/2024 0 2024/2025 0 3. The total amount of income (£) levied (so before appeals/negotiations/legal costs etc) in Civil Penalties relating to housing offences to private landlords per year for the following years: 2023/2024 £1,905,571 2024/2025 £632,165 4. The total amount of income (£) collected (after appeals/negotiations/legal costs etc) in Civil Penalties relating to housing offences to private landlords per year for the following years: Figures below are based on fines collected so far, some fines will be on a payment plan (typically no more than 12 months) 2023/2024 £582,517 2024/2025 £257,445 Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Kieran Heneghan Information Rights Officer2025-06-03T00:00:00CAM102322025-05-29T00:00:00electoral rollDate: 29/05/2025 Case reference : CAM10232 London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 07/05/2025 about electoral roll.  We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested and the answers to your questions are as follows: Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, I would like to request the following information relating to overseas electors registered in the Camden local authority: 1. The number of registered voters on your current electoral roll who are known to be residing overseas. a) If an exact number is not available, please provide an estimate or approximate percentage based on the information available to you. The current number of overseas electors registered to vote is 2,671. 2. If possible within the time and cost limits of the Act, please provide a breakdown of the overseas electors by country of residence. I understand that this information may be drawn from the full electoral register and is subject to data protection constraints. I am not seeking any personally identifiable information, only aggregate figures. If providing the country-level breakdown would exceed the cost/time threshold for FOI responses, I would be grateful if you could fulfil part (1) alone.Please find relevant information attached. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk , Telephone: 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website https://www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Peter Williams Information Rights Officer2025-06-03T00:00:00CAM102342025-05-29T00:00:00savings target, deficit, and specific spendingDate: 29/05/2025 Case reference : CAM10234London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 08/05/2025 about savings target, deficit, and specific spending.   We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA) and the Environmental Information Regulations 2004 (EIR 2004). Response The council holds some of the information requested.  However, we are withholding the information because it is exempt under the FOIA 2000 and excepted under the EIR 2004.  We have explained where we are withholding information and the exemption and the exception that apply.  Please see the refusal notice at the end of the answer which explains how and why they apply.  Freedom of Information Request – Savings Target, Deficit, and Specific Spending Details: I am submitting a Freedom of Information request to obtain specific financial information regarding Camden Council’s savings targets, current deficit, and spending in certain areas. Please provide the following information: 1. Did Camden Council meet its £40 million savings target by 2022, as outlined in the 2018 Medium-Term Financial Strategy (MTFS)? Please provide a breakdown of savings achieved by category (e.g., agency staff reductions, digital service improvements, parking system changes) for the period 2018-2022. 2. If the £40 million savings target was not met, what was the shortfall, and what factors contributed to this outcome? Please provide any relevant reports or assessments from 2022 or later that discuss the target’s achievement. 3. The council has projected a £40 million deficit by 2025/26, as noted in recent financial updates. Please provide a detailed breakdown of the factors contributing to this deficit, including any specific overspending or unexpected costs since 2022. 4. What has been the total annual expenditure on agency staff from 2018 to 2024? Please provide a breakdown by year and department, highlighting any changes following the 2018 savings target to reduce agency staff costs. 5. What has been the total expenditure on consultations (e.g., public consultations, professional services for consultation processes) from 2018 to 2024? Please provide a breakdown by year and type of consultation, including any related to HS2 proposals or other major projects. 6. What has been the total expenditure on climate change policies and initiatives (e.g., Camden Climate Investment, Citizens’ Assembly on the Climate Crisis, renewable energy projects, electric vehicle charging points) from 2018 to 2024? Please provide a breakdown by year and specific initiative. 7. What has been the total expenditure on other potentially wasteful spending, such as ceremonial events, non-essential public relations, or diversity, equality, and inclusion programs (excluding those focused on integration, civic pride, or counter-extremism), from 2018 to 2024? Please provide a breakdown by year and type of expenditure, including any events similar to the 2019 mayor-making ceremony costing £11,000. Please provide the requested information in a clear format where possible, covering the period from 2018 to 2024. The requester has ‘clarified’: - By "potentially wasteful spending," I refer to expenditures by Camden Council that do not directly address the borough’s most pressing resident needs. To clarify, I consider the following categories to constitute "potentially wasteful spending" for the purposes of this request, and I am seeking expenditure data within these specific areas from 2018 to 2024, broken down by year and type: a) Ceremonial events and hospitality (e.g., mayor-making ceremonies, receptions, celebratory functions). b) Non-essential public relations and marketing (e.g., promotional campaigns, branding, or social media activities unrelated to core council functions).c) Diversity, equality, and inclusion programs, excluding those focused on integration, civic pride, or counter-extremism. d) Climate change and net zero initiatives (e.g., renewable energy schemes, electric vehicle charging points, sustainability certifications). e) External consultant fees for non-core services (e.g., environmental planning, diversity audits, branding). f) Agency staff costs beyond essential needs (e.g., where permanent staffing would be more cost-effective). g) Non-essential community engagement (e.g., repetitive or poorly attended consultations not leading to actionable outcomes). We are not processing this request as it would require a disproportionate amount of time, effort, and expense to identify and collate the information falling within the scope of your request and then examine it information to deal with each element under the appropriate information access regime.  Please see set out below an exemption notice under the FOIA and an exception notice under the EIR 2004. Refusal Notices The FOIA exemption that applies is: section 12: cost of compliance exceeds appropriate limit We are refusing your request under section 12 on cost grounds because we estimate that compliance with your request will exceed the "appropriate limit".  This is £450 which is equivalent to 18 hours at £25 per hour. The per hour figure is set by Regulations rather than actual salary paid to any officers handling requests. The appropriate limit includes the time it will take the council to discover if it holds the information requested, to locate it, extract it and collate it as well as putting it into any particular format requested by the requester. We have calculated that it will take approx. 245 hours (minimum) for our finance service alone to comply with your request because: For question 7 we would have to collate and check items from 47 different financial records    • collating and checking these items would take an average minimum of 300 minutes per item• this does not include the collation of information held by services outside finance• further time would be needed to locate and collate information for the other questions•The exception under the EIR 2004 that applies is: regulation 12(4)b which states that a public authority may refuse to disclose information to the extent that the request for information is manifestly unreasonable. We have also considered the time it will take the council to locate the information requested in the request, to extract it, collate it and then to review and redact any sensitive information that will be subject to further exceptions under the EIR 2004. Question 7 includes environmental information, and disproportionate time would be needed to identify and collate relevant information as outlined above.  Question 6 would also require the collation and checking of 63 different financial records, each taking an average minimum of 180 minutes, and further collation of information from more than 9 different teams within the council. Additionally, further disproportionate time would be needed to redact personal information and redact or remove information that is subject to other exceptions under regulation EIR 2004 after consideration of the public interest involved. We have considered the impact and burden that processing this request would have on the team who would have to deal with it. We have concluded that the time, effort and costs involved would place a disproportionate burden on the team and severely impact their ability to perform their normal duties. In applying this exception, the Council has also considered the balance of the public interest in line with the EIR 2004.  We have indicated the weight of each of these considerations. The public interest argument for releasing this information is: - it would improve the transparency for the general public of the council’s decisions and processes in dealing with information requested (Medium).• The public interest arguments for withholding the information are: - processing this request in full would be provide a large burden in terms of officer time and cost to the Council (High).• this would necessarily constitute a significant diversion of resources away from the council’s core business activities, (High) and:•it would consequently have a proportionally detrimental impact on it’s provision of services to the public (High).• it is not in the public interest public interest that the Council neglect its provision of services to the public to focus on one information request (High).• It is felt that in all the circumstances of the case, the public interest in maintaining the exception outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information. There is a presumption in favour of disclosure in the EIR 2004. We considered whether this overrides the public interest test conclusion and have concluded that it does not. Advice and assistance We estimate that we may be able to provide responses for questions 1 – 5 without resorting to the above FOIA exemption and EIR 2004 exception. Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk , Telephone: 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website https://www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely,Peter Williams Information Rights Officer2025-06-03T00:00:00CAM102362025-05-29T00:00:00completion noticesDate: 29/05/2025 Case reference : CAM10236 London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 08/05/2025 about completion notices.  We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 / Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested and the answers to your questions are as follows: Could you please provide a list of all Completion Notices issued since 1st May 2025 including; a) Property Address b) Date Notice was served c) Completion Date adopted in the Notice Please find relevant information attached. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk , Telephone: 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website https://www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Peter Williams Information Rights Officer2025-06-03T00:00:00CAM102452025-06-02T00:00:00Housing Revenue accountDate: 02/06/2025 Case reference : CAM10245 London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 09/05/2025 about the  Housing Revenue account.  We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA) / Environmental Information Regulations 2004 (EIR 2004). Response The council holds the information requested and the answers to your questions are as follows: 1. How much money from the Housing Revenue account has been used to fund the demolition of council housing? (past 5 years) We do not hold the information as requested.  This is because the construction contracts that Camden procures do not typically specify demolition expenditure separately from main works. The following schemes have achieved start on site in the last 5 years and have included some element of demolition. Contract award NKEDs are linked below: 2020/21 CIP Project Starts Agar Grove Estate Phase 1c – the third phase of Agar Grove estate redevelopment commenced in January 2021 https://democracy.camden.gov.uk/ieDecisionDetails.aspx?ID=3093• Maitland Park estate – demolition works commenced in 2020 - https://democracy.camden.gov.uk/ieDecisionDetails.aspx?ID=3224• 2021/22 CIP Project Starts Daleham demolition started October 21 https://democracy.camden.gov.uk/ieDecisionDetails.aspx?ID=3048•2022/23 CIP Project Starts Abbey Phase 3 – the third and final phase of the Abbey Area masterplan will deliver 139 homes. This phase required the demolition of Emminster and Hinstock, two existing residential buildings. https://democracy.camden.gov.uk/ieDecisionDetails.aspx?ID=3839• Tybalds 1a – the first phase of the Tybalds redevelopment delivered the 10 social rented homes in what was previously underutilised undercroft space. No demolition of existing housing took place to deliver the new homes. https://democracy.camden.gov.uk/ieDecisionDetails.aspx?ID=3840• 2023/24 CIP Project Starts Agar 2a – this phase of Agar Grove estate redevelopment will deliver 94 homes for residents of Lulworth to move into to allow for the retrofit to take place. https://democracy.camden.gov.uk/ieDecisionDetails.aspx?ID=4046• Godwin and Crowndale – this CIP project will deliver 10 new social rented homes on a site where there are currently none. The space utilised used to be a car park and greenspace. https://democracy.camden.gov.uk/ieDecisionDetails.aspx?ID=4163• 2024/25 CIP Project Starts Camden Road and Chester Road Hostels – the new hostels will be built on sites where there were existing hostels. The hostel accommodation was not suitable for current needs and they were demolished in 2021 to make way for new facilities that better catered for borough needs. https://democracy.camden.gov.uk/ieDecisionDetails.aspx?ID=3326• 2. How much money from the Housing Revenue account has been used to construct mixed-tenure developments? (past 5 years) The Council spend a total of £178.304m within its Housing Revenue Account on mixed tenure projects over the last five financial years to 31/3/2025, a proportion of the expenditure is funded through asset disposals, including proceeds from private sales.  More information about schemes delivered is available on CIP’s website Home - CIP - Camden Council , which also contains financial information in the CIP annual report. As the information not held is environmental, we have to comply with a technicality and tell you that because it is not held it is excepted under Regulation 12 (4)(a) of the EIR 2004.  The Information Commissioner does not require a public interest test where the information is not held. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk , Telephone: 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website https://www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Peter Williams Information Rights Officer2025-06-03T00:00:00CAM102592025-06-02T00:00:00self-build registerDate: 02/06/2025 Case reference : CAM10259 London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 12/05/2025 about the  self-build register.  We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 / Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested and the answers to your questions are as follows: The Self-build and Custom Housebuilding Act 2015 (as amended by the Housing and Planning Act 2016) provides a legal definition of self-build and custom housebuilding. Y=this includes Camden maintain a Register (in two parts). Please let me know soonest that you can: 1. How many people have registered in Part 1 of the Register and since when? There are currently 5 entries on part 1 of the register, four in the name of individuals and one in the names of a couple.  All of those currently entered on part 1 of the register were added between 2020 and 2023. There are no associations on part 1 of the register. 2. How many people have registered in Part 2 of the Register and since when There are currently 2 entries on part 2 of the register, both in the name of individuals.  One of those was added in 2018 and one was added in 2022. There are no associations on part 2 of the register.3. Whether Camden has ever granted consent and if so how many times for a self-build or custom build house? Consent is not granted for self-build or custom build housing specifically, it is granted for development of a "dwellinghouse".  Applicants are not required to indicate whether the dwellinghouse or home is for their own occupation or for occupation by others. However, relief from the Community Infrastructure Levy is available for self-build and custom housebuilding.  The Council usually receives requests for such relief in relation to 2-3 of the homes permitted each year.   4. Is there a dedicated Planning Officer for self-build? No, there is no dedicated Council officer for self-build.  The Self-build and Custom Housebuilding Register is maintained by the Council’s planning policy team. 5. Is there Planning Policy for this as part of the Local Plan? No, there is not a policy specifically for self-build housing in the Camden Local Plan 2017 . However: chapter 3 of the Local Plan sets out the Council’s approach to meeting housing needs, including self- build developments.• within Chapter 3, Policy H6 "Housing choice and mix" seeks inclusion of serviced plots available to people wishing to build their own homes where housing is proposed as part of a development with a site area of 0.5 ha or greater; and• paragraphs 3.174 – 3.182 of the supporting text provide more details of the Council’s approach to self-build housing development. • 6. The fees to register are high - what is the justification as this may put off people wishing to register? The legislation requires that self-build fees are set on a cost recovery basis.  The initial fees for Camden's register were set by the Cabinet Member for Investing in Communities in 2018 and are reviewed each year in the light of increasing costs. It should be noted that Camden's fees are single one-off payments upon entry, although the relevant legislation provides for fees to be levied annually from those entered on the register. It should also be noted that the fee is relatively modest compared to the minimum cost of buying a plot of land suitable for a single self-build or custom-build home in Camden, which we estimate at £360,000. 7. How long has the link to register web page had a broken link?All links from the Council’s Self-build and Custom Housebuilding Register webpage (Self-build and Custom Housebuilding Register - Camden Council) appear to be working. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk , Telephone: 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website https://www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Peter Williams Information Rights Officer2025-06-03T00:00:00CAM134982026-09-02T00:00:00information relating to catering expenditure recorded in the Council's published statement of payments over £500Date: 02/09/2026 Ref: CAM13498 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 04/08/2026 about information relating to catering expenditure recorded in the Council's published statement of payments over £500. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The Council holds some of the information requested. However, we are withholding some of the information because it is exempt under the FOIA 2000. We have stated where we are withholding information and what exemptions apply. Please see the refusal notices at the end - which explains how and why the exemptions apply. Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, please provide the following information relating to catering expenditure recorded in the Council's published statement of payments over £500. I have identified a payment (or series of payments) totalling approximately £327,000 categorised under "Catering Services" to Caterlink LTD in June's 2026, statement of payments over £500. For the payment(s) in question, please provide: 1. The exact date(s) of each individual payment The payment was made on 3 rd June 2026. 2. The individual amount of each payment (if this figure represents an aggregate or cumulative total, please provide the constituent transactions that make it up) This was one payment. 3. The invoice reference number(s) associated with each payment Disclosure of the invoice reference number would reveal information relating to Caterlink's internal financial and invoicing systems and could be used, when combined with other information already in the public domain, to identify commercially sensitive pricing and transactional information relating to the contract. 4. A description of the goods or services provided under this heading — e.g. whether this relates to a specific contract, event(s), ongoing supply arrangement, or staff/civic catering, including the purpose or occasion for the expenditure. Provision of school meals for May 2026. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk 5. Where the expenditure relates to a contract, please provide: 6. The contract start and end date 7. The procurement route used (e.g. open tender, framework, direct award, waiver of standing orders) and the contract value This information for questions 6 and 7 can be found at the following link – Decision - Contract award for School Meals Service 8. A copy of the contract or a link to it if published on Contracts Finder The Council has considered whether the contract can be disclosed in a redacted form. However, it has concluded that the commercially sensitive information and personal data are so integral to the contract that meaningful disclosure is not possible without removing substantial parts of the document. Accordingly, the information is withheld under sections 40(2) and 43(2) FOIA. 9. If the £327,000 figure is a cumulative total of multiple smaller payments to different suppliers, please provide an itemised breakdown of each constituent payment, including date, payee, amount and purpose. N/A. The £327,000 recorded in the published payments data relates to a single payment to Caterlink Ltd and is not a cumulative total comprising payments to multiple suppliers. Refusal Notice: Section 43(2) This exempts information whose disclosure would, or would be likely to, prejudice the commercial interests of any person (an individual, a company, the public authority itself or any other legal entity). Having considered the information requested, the Council considers that the following information is exempt from disclosure under Section 43(2) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (commercial interests): • Information contained within Caterlink's tender submission dated September 2024, including: o Responses to the Selection Criteria; o Responses to the Award Criteria; and o The Pricing Schedule. • The current meal prices charged by Caterlink, including the breakdown of prices across all meal categories. • Any itemised invoice information that would reveal, either directly or indirectly, the meal prices charged by Caterlink to schools and/or the Council. Section 43(2) exempts information where its disclosure would, or would be likely to, prejudice the commercial interests of any person or organisation. Caterlink operates within a competitive marketplace and the above information contains detailed pricing, costing and commercial methodology. Disclosure would enable competitors to gain insight into Caterlink's pricing structure, operational model and tendering approach, potentially undermining its ability to compete effectively in future procurement exercises. The Council considers that disclosure of this information would prejudice Caterlink's commercial interests and, therefore, the exemption under Section 43(2) is engaged. In applying this qualified exemption, we have had to balance the public interest in withholding the information against the interest in favour of disclosure. The public interest arguments for releasing this information are as follows: • Improving transparency in decision making (medium weight) • Ensuring value for money (medium weight) • To ensure accountability of the authority (medium weight) The public interest arguments for withholding the information are as follows: • It is not in the public interest to disclose information that would be likely to damage the commercial interests of a company, as this could lead to financial problems for the company and/or job losses (high weight) • It is not in the public interest to damage the council’s commercial interests, as this affects how it spends public money and the services it can provide to residents and other stakeholders (high weight) • It is not in the public interest to release information that could negatively influence ongoing and future negotiations as this could have an adverse effect on value for money for the council, so for residents and other stakeholders (high weight) • Disclosure would undermine Caterlink's commercial position during future procurement exercises by revealing pricing structures, cost assumptions and commercial methodologies that competitors could use to gain a competitive advantage (high weight). The Council has considered the public interest in disclosure, including promoting transparency and accountability in the expenditure of public funds. However, it has concluded that the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighs the public interest in disclosure, as release of the information would be likely to cause commercial harm to Caterlink and could adversely affect competition and future procurement processes. Refusal Notice: s40(2): personal information The council considers that to disclose the personal data requested would not be in accordance with data protection legislation and therefore we have withheld some of the information under the absolute exemption in Section 40(2). The contract contains the names, contact details and signatures of individuals acting on behalf of the parties. Disclosure of this information would constitute disclosure of personal data and would be unfair and unlawful under Article 5(1)(a) UK GDPR. The exemption states that personal data requested may be withheld when to release it would be a breach of the requirements of data protection law which is the UK General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the Data Protection Act 2018. The information withheld is personal information because it allows living individuals to be identified. The council considers that it would be a breach of the General Data Protection Regulation article 5 requirements of fairness and proportionality to publish this personal information in a FOI request. In doing this we have considered the legitimate public interest in disclosure against the interests of the data subject/s and concluded that in the circumstances disclosure would contravene the data protection requirements of fairness and proportionality particularly considering that Freedom of Information responses are public documents and published to the world and not provided just to the requester - they would have no expectation that their details would be released into the public domain, and especially given the content of the request as we consider that to include them would be a breach of the requirements to act fairly and proportionately. Advice and Assistance: As advice and assistance, the Council can advise that information relating to the procurement of the School Meals Service, including the contract award decision, procurement route, contract term and contract value, is publicly available at the link provided above in answer to questions 6 and 7. The Council can also advise that the payment referred to in the request relates to the provision of school meals under the School Meals Service contract for May 2026 and that the £327,000 figure recorded in the published payments data represents a single payment to Caterlink Ltd. Should you wish to obtain further information about the procurement process or publicly available contract award information, you may find this through the Council's decision records and procurement transparency publications. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Kieran Heneghan Information Rights Officer2026-09-02T21:45:57CAM135002026-08-27T00:00:00swimming poolsDate: 27/08/2026 Case reference: CAM13500 London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 03/08/2026 about swimming pools.   We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 / Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested and the answers to your questions are as follows: Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, I would like to request information relating to planning applications for residential swimming pools within your local authority area. For each of the following calendar years: 2021• 2022• 2023• 2024• 2025• 2026 (year to date)• Please provide: 1. The total number of planning applications submitted for residential swimming pools. 2. The total number of applications approved/granted. 3. The total number of applications refused/rejected.4. The total number of applications withdrawn (if recorded). For the purposes of this request, please include applications relating to private residential swimming pools, including but not limited to applications where the description contains terms such as: "swimming pool"• "outdoor swimming pool"• "indoor swimming pool"• "pool"• "plunge pool"• "lap pool"• "swim spa"• "pool enclosure"• and any other similar residential swimming pool developments associated with private dwellings. If the information is available, I would be grateful if it could be provided in an Excel form This information is already publicly available.  All our planning applications are available for viewing. Those from 2010 onwards can also be accessed via the open data portal of our website. The reason for publishing the data is so that customers can access it. Planning Applications | Open Data Portal You can use the keywords above and search for applications with them in the description.  This is the only way to try and identify relevant applications.  The applications identified will show the outcome of the application and you can also by filter by year. If you require more information on each application, you can review the associated casefile. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 40 working days of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk, Telephone: 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website https://www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Peter Williams Information Rights Officer2026-09-02T21:45:57CAM102602025-06-02T00:00:00alarm receiving centreDate: 02/06/2025 Case reference : CAM10260 London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 12/05/2025 about alarm receiving centre.  We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 / Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested and the answers to your questions are as follows: 1. How many full time call handlers do you employ within your ARC (alarm receiving centre) 16 and 4 seniors  2. What is their annual salary (range)? £33,000 - £39,000 plus night shift allowance and disruption allowances 3. What shift pattern do they work? how long is the shift (8 hrs / 12 hrs etc)? 12 hours 4. Do you pay Overtime at normal time or something else (double time / time and half etc)? Normal time 5. Do you pay double time for Bank Holiday working or something else (time and half, time off in lieu etc) ? Standard and time off in lieu 6. Do you have an on call ARC manager/ Team Leader for out of hours cover? if so, what is the rate of pay for “being on call”? What is their expected rota for being on call. i.e. 1 in 4 weeks? Standby payment of 5% of basic salary for the proportion of time they are required to be on standby which is for alternate weeks  7. Please share the organisation chart for the ARC Please see relevant information attached.  Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk , Telephone: 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website https://www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Peter Williams Information Rights Officer2025-06-03T00:00:00CAM102652025-06-02T00:00:00defibrillatorsDate: 02/06/2025 Case reference : CAM10265 London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 13/05/2025 about defibrillators.  We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested and the answers to your questions are as follows: 1. How many defibrillators are currently under the supervision of the council? There are 12 across the 5 main corporate sites. Please note: this does not include libraries, schools or children's centres. 2. How many defibrillator guardians are there per AED? By guardian, I mean person responsible for the maintenance and upkeep of the defibrillator. Those responsible are mainly our security and property officers. 3. Are all of the defibrillators currently registered on the circuit? No, they are not. 4. How many times have each of the defibrillators owned by the council been used between 01.05.2024 and 01.05.2025 They have not been used between those dates.5. How much does the council spend on defibrillator maintenance per financial year? We spend £400 annually - although pads & batteries only need to be replaced every few years. 6. How many out of the total defibrillators that the council owns are accessible 24/7? None are accessible 24/7. 7. In the last two months, how many AED’s have been checked? All are checked weekly. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk , Telephone: 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website https://www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Peter Williams Information Rights Officer2025-06-03T00:00:00CAM102672025-05-27T00:00:00ice cream vans currently licensed or with consent to street-tradeDate: 27/05/2025 Ref: CAM10267 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 13/05/2025 about ice cream vans currently licensed or with consent to street-trade. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested. 1. The number of ice cream vans currently licensed or with consent to street- trade in your council area 3 currently licensed and 1 in progress. 2. Any local bans, restrictions, or specific rules that apply to ice cream vans within your council area. This could include permitted operating hours, restricted zones, or other local policies Attached is a list of prohibited streets, each of the sites have different operating hours, and our terms and conditions are attached to all licences with additional conditional tailored for each site . Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Yours sincerely Philip Lewis Information Rights Officer2025-06-03T00:00:00CAM102692025-06-02T00:00:002025/1683/PDate: 02/06/2025 Case reference : CAM10269London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 13/05/2025 about 2025/1683/P . We have dealt with this under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004 (EIR 2004) Response The council holds some of the information requested. The answers to your questions are below. We have stated where we do not hold the information requested and why. We act for Anglo American who are the tenant of 17 Charterhouse Street. A planning application (the “Application”) has recently been submitted to the Council by Gerald Eve (now Newmark and for the purposes of this request Newmark and the entity that is the applicant are both referred to as the “Applicant”) for the redevelopment of the neighbouring property at 19 Charterhouse Street (planning reference: 2025/1683/P). On behalf of Anglo American we request that the following documents be supplied to us: 1. Copies of all pre-application feedback on the Application given by the Council to the Applicant We do not hold this information.  This is because there was no formal written response, and no record was made of officer comments in any meetings held. 2. The feedback given to the Applicant in respect of the Application by the Council’s Design Review Panel Please find relevant information attached. Please can the above information be supplied as soon as possible and in any event prior to 23 May which is the last working day before the deadline for comments on the Application (which is 25 May).As the information not held is environmental, we have to comply with a technicality and tell you that because it is not held it is excepted under Regulation 12 (4)(a) of the EIR 2004.  The Information Commissioner does not require a public interest test where the information is not held. Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk , Telephone: 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website https://www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Peter Williams Information Rights Officer2025-06-03T00:00:00CAM102742025-06-03T00:00:00second homesDate: 03/06/2025 Case reference : CAM10274London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 14/05/2025 about second homes.   We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and the Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested. We are withholding the information we hold because it is exempt as explained below. We have explained what exemption applies and why in the refusal notices at the end of the answers. The information I am requesting relates to the 100pc council tax premium and neighbours reporting second homeowners to the authorities.  1. How many reports has the council received of suspected second homes from residents? 2. How many second home premium charges have been issued as a result of reports? From April 2024 until May 2025 This information is exempt.  Please see the exemption notice set out below. Refusal Notice The exemption that applies is: section 12: cost of compliance exceeds appropriate limitWe are refusing your request under section 12 on cost grounds because we estimate that compliance with your request will exceed the "appropriate limit". This is £450 which is equivalent to 18 hours at £25 per hour. The per hour figure is set by Regulations rather than actual salary paid to any officers handling requests. The appropriate limit includes the time it will take the council to discover if it holds the information requested, to locate it, extract it and collate it as well as putting it into any particular format requested by the requester. We have calculated that it will take approx. 210 hours (minimum) to comply with your request because: we currently have 5,974 properties that have a second home premium awarded• a further 319 are exempt from the premium for various reasons permitted in the regulations• we would have to check each account to see if it was added due to disclosure by a neighbour• it would take an average minimum of 2 minutes each to manually check why the premium has been applied • Advice and Assistance We may be able to spot check a limited number of cases for a greatly reduced time period - but this is unlikely to provide a meaningful representative sample. Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk , Telephone: 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website https://www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Peter Williams Information Rights Officer2025-06-03T00:00:00CAM102762025-06-02T00:00:00completion noticesDate: 02/06/2025 Case reference : CAM10276 London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 13/05/2025 about completion notices.  We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 / Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested and the answers to your questions are as follows: Could you please provide a list of all Completion Notices issued since 1st April 2025 including; 1. Property Address 2. Date Notice was served 3. Completion Date adopted in the Notice Please find relevant information attached. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk , Telephone: 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website https://www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Peter Williams Information Rights Officer2025-06-03T00:00:00CAM102772025-06-03T00:00:00councillor support and policy officersDate: 03/06/2025 Case reference : CAM10277 London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 14/05/2025 about councillor support and policy officers. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 / Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested and the answers to your questions are as follows: 1. The total number of political assistants/researchers currently employed by your Council. These may be staff allocated to assist different councillor political groups. There are no political assistants or political researchers employed by the Council. 2. The total number of policy officers currently employed by your Council. [any officer anywhere in the council with policy in their job title - or part of a team dealing with policy] There are currently 58 individuals whose job title include the word “policy”- not all of these work within our Strategy function - policy officers are currently sitting across our directorates including in statutory roles such as in Planning Policy. 3. The total number of scrutiny officers/scrutiny co-ordinators employed by your Council to administer Council committees. [those who specifically administer the council's scrutiny committees] We do not employ any scrutiny officers or scrutiny coordinators. However, five strategy officers within the Strategy Function allocate approximately 10% of their total time to co-ordination of scrutiny committee work programmes and reports. 4. The total number of committee clerks (other than scrutiny officers/scrutiny co-ordinators) employed by your Council to administer Council committees There are 9 employees whose job includes (but is not limited to) administering Council and committee meetings. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk , Telephone: 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website https://www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Peter Williams Information Rights Officer2025-06-03T00:00:00CAM102782025-06-02T00:00:00refund paymentsDate: 02/06/2025 Case reference : CAM10278London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 13/05/2025 about refund payments.    We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested.  However, we are withholding the information because it is exempt as explained below.  We have explained where we are withholding information and what exemption applies.  Please see the refusal notice at the end of the answer which explains how and why it applies. 1. The sort code and account number from which refunds for Business Rates and Council Tax are paid. 2. The exact wording that appears on payments issued from your bank accounts (e.g., CX190707 BURNLEY BOROUGH CO 40151791206850). This information is exempt.  Please see the exemption notice set out below. Refusal Notice The exemption that applies is: section 31(1)(a) – Law Enforcement We will not release information showing the sort code and account number and the exact wording that appears on payments.  We are not suggesting that the reasoning below reflects the motives of the requester – but releases under the FOIA are published and readily available to everybody.We consider disclosing this information would undermine the financial security of the council and also can be used to perpetrate fraud against others by constructing false documents. Therefore, this information is exempt from disclosure under section 31 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Section 31(1)(a) says that we do not need to provide information that would be likely to prejudice the functions of law enforcement - the prevention and detection of crime. Camden believes that releasing this information would increase the likelihood of criminals using the information to take advantage of opportunities to commit crimes. Releasing this information may make the council area a more attractive target for criminal activity. As Section 31 is a qualified exemption we need to consider the public interest test. Factors in favour of disclosure: It would help transparency of the council (low weight).• Factors in favour of withholding: There is an inherent public interest in crime prevention (high weight)• There is public interest in avoiding the costs (financial, distress, inconvenience) associated with fraud (high weight).• There is public interest in preventing any threat to the integrity of our finances (high weight).• There is public interest in ensuring that law enforcement agencies can avoid extra use of resources and expense. (medium weight)• We believe that the balance of public interest lies in upholding the exemption and not releasing the information. Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your RightsIf you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk , Telephone: 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website https://www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Peter Williams Information Rights Officer2025-06-03T00:00:00CAM103182025-06-02T00:00:00fines or penalties issued related to the use of BBQsDate: 02/06/2025 Ref: CAM10318 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 21/05/2025 about fines or penalties issued related to the use of BBQs. We have dealt with this under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested. Time Period: January 2022 to the most recent available month in 2025 Breakdown: Monthly, if possible 1. The number of fines or penalties issued related to the use of BBQs, including: - BBQs in prohibited public spaces (e.g., parks) - Environmental or safety violations connected to BBQ usage There have been no fines or penalties issued relating to the use of BBQs. Please specify the types of offences (e.g., breach of park by -laws, fire bans, littering) and, if possible, include the location (e.g., park or postcode area). Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Philip Lewis Information Rights Officer2025-06-03T00:00:00CAM95142025-05-07T00:00:00about commissioning intentions for children in care and residential placementsDate: 07/05/2025 Ref: CAM9514 Dear Requester, Thank you for your request for information dated 27/01/2025 about commissioning intentions for children in care and residential placements . We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested and the answers to your questions are as follows: 1. Children in Care and Placement Capacity: • The total number of children currently in care within the borough. 210. • Annual statistics for children entering care over the past 12 months. 116. • The number of residential care places available within the borough. 3. • The number of children placed in borough vs. out-of-area placements, including average distances. Number of placements Average distance In borough 69 1.32 miles Out of borough 141 25.98 miles 2. Placement Gaps and Priorities: • Are there specific gaps in provision for certain groups (e.g., age, needs)? Age 11 - 14 foster placements are needed; foster managing complex behaviours. • Projections or insights into future demand for local residential placements. We are developing our own residential children’s homes. • Council priorities for local vs. out-of-area placements. We are actively working on the development of additional local residential children's homes, with the goal of providing a safe and nurturing environment for children in need. Our focus is not only on offering high-quality care in these London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk homes but also on supporting the transition of children from residential care into loving and supportive foster families. By facilitating this shift, we aim to create a more family-oriented environment that helps children build strong, lasting relationships and find stability, while also promoting their emotional and social well-being. 3. Placement Types: You clarified: I am seeking the number of children currently placed in long term residential care homes, as well as the number of children placed in emergency residential placements within the borough over the past 12 months. If available, it would also be helpful to understand the frequency of emergency placements and the number of emergency beds available. • Data on permanent care placements vs. emergency placements within the borough. Mosaic, the data system used by Children’s Services cannot differentiate between emergency or planned residential home placements. We currently have 29 children in residential homes. • Frequency and types of emergency placements used. We have our own emergency provisions, including two space s in our children's home and three spaces within our supported accommodation cohort. These spaces are utilised on a weekly basis to meet the immediate needs of children and young people requiring urgent support. 4. Care Outcomes and Demographics: Age range Number of children in care categori sed by age group Aged 0 -4 42 Aged 5 -9 33 Aged 10 -14 43 Aged 15 -17 92 Age range Number of children in care categorised by gender Aged 0 -4 110 Aged 5 -9 96 Aged 10 -14 4 Ethnicity group Number of children in care categorised by ethnicity Black or Black British 88 White 42 Mixed 35 Asian or Asian British 25 Chinese or other ethnic group 16 Unknown 4 • Educational outcomes (e.g., GCSE attainment, attendance). You clarified: I would like to request data on Level 2 attainment (GCSEs), specifically 5 or more GCSEs at grade 4 or above (including English and Maths), for children in care. For attendance, I am seeking data from the most recent full academic year available, ideally 2022–2023, if possible. For reference, the requested information on attainment can be found in section 11.5 - Key Stage 4 - GCSE or equivalent qualifications at the age of 15/16 on pages 25-26 of the attached 2023/24 Annual Report of the Virtual School Head. Attendance data can be found on page 16 of the report. • Transition outcomes for care leavers (e.g., employment, housing stability). You clarified: I am looking to understand the number of care leavers currently in education, employment, or training. By housing stability, I mean the number of care leavers in: • Semi-independent accommodation • Staying put arrangements • Supported housing • Temporary accommodation or experiencing homelessness Any information that provides insight into the type and stability of housing for care leavers in the borough would be greatly appreciated. Data on care leavers in education, employment or training is available on page 40 of the attached 2023/24 Annual Report of the Virtual School Head . 5. Costs and Feedback: • Average costs for local placements vs. out-of-area placements. Borough location Average costs per placement In borough £1,500 Out of borough £4,678 .14 • Average weekly manual cost care packages in borough £1,500. • Average weekly manual cost care packages out of borough £4,678.14. • Any reports or feedback from children in care and their families about local care provision. No. Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Lorna Jonas-Tinson Information Rights Officer2025-05-19T00:00:00CAM97902025-05-13T00:00:00dyslexia diagnoses and assessments in Camden schoolsDate: 13/05/2025 Ref: CAM9790 Dear Requester, Thank you for your request for information dated 03/03/2025 about dyslexia diagnoses and assessments in Camden schools. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested and the answers to your questions are as follows: We are keen to understand the current policies and practices regarding the assessment of dyslexia amongst Local Education Authorities. As part of our ongoing efforts to support individuals with dyslexia, we aim to gather comprehensive information to better inform our advocacy and support services. 1. Do the professionals working for your LA assess and identify dyslexia? Camden Educational Psychologist Service (EPS) evaluates and identifies ‘specific learning difficulties (SpLD)’ and ‘significant literacy difficulties.’ We use these terms to describe children young people who meet the criteria for conditions such as dyslexia, dyscalculia and dysgraphia. 2. Do you provide Practice Guidance or a policy for schools which sets out expectations for identifying and supporting dyslexic children? We do not currently offer practice guidance or a formal policy for schools. Our goal is to collaborate with local schools, professionals and partners working within the sector. Through consultation, we aim to establish a shared approach, unified terminology and consistent support for all children facing literacy challenges regardless of severity across Camden settings. 3. Do you provide Practice Guidance or a policy for schools which sets out expectations for identifying and supporting children with literacy difficulties? Please see the response to questions 1 & 2 above. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk 4. What terminology do you use to describe children in your schools who experience difficulties acquiring literacy skills. Recent research indicate that the term ‘dyslexia’ is often too narrowly defined to encompass all children and young people who face challenges in learning to read and write. We also recognise that there is no universally accepted definition of ‘dyslexia’ within international peer-reviewed studies. As a result, we use the term ‘significant literacy difficulties’ to describe students who meet the criteria. Our approach prioritises the early identification of all children struggling to acquire literacy and numeracy skills , ensuring that relevant assessments inform teaching approaches within a graduated intervention framework. To foster a shared understanding of SpLD, we use the following terminology during consultations, assessments, and written reports. We will use the following terms: Why have we used this term? Terms that are also used: Specific learning difficulties (SpLD) We have used this term as an umbrella term that includes severe and persistent difficulties with literacy and/or numeracy. Dyslexia Dyscalculia Dysgraphia Significant literacy difficulties When a child or young has severe and persistent difficulties learning to read and write, which remain despite intervention over time, we have used the term ‘significant literacy difficulties.’ The word significant highlights that the child’s needs are significantly above what would usually be expected for the child’s age or stage of development. Dyslexia Dysgraphia Significant numeracy difficulties When a child or young has severe and persistent difficulties learning numeracy skills, which remain despite intervention over time we have used the term ‘significant numeracy difficulties.’ Again, the child’s needs are significantly above what would usually be expected for the child’s age or stage of development. Dyscalculia 5. How do schools support children who have a confirmed diagnosis of dyslexia from an Educational Psychologist or Specialist Teacher Assessor. All educational settings should be able to identify early on, pupils who are experiencing - or at risk of experiencing - difficulties with phonological processing, early word recognition, reading and spelling. Schools may require support in developing and delivering a graduated or ‘waves’ based approach to provision. The Rose Report (2009) specifies three waves of provision to support students with SpLD. Furthermore, any direct intervention should follow the assess, plan, do, review cycle and be built upon quality first teaching. The majority of children will develop their phonological awareness and reading skills through high quality Wave 1 teaching. Wave 1: Quality First Teaching The majority of children achieve well through high quality classroom teaching. When children are being taught to read, Quality First teaching provides high quality, systematic phonic work as part of a broad and rich curriculum that engages children in a range of activities and experiences to develop their speaking and listening skills and phonological awareness. Wave 2: Small group and one -to-one interventions Some children require additional support to achieve well. This can often be provided through small group, time-limited intervention programmes delivered by a member of the school’s classroom-based support team that will advance students’ progress and help them achieve in-line with their peers. Wave 3: Intensive support This is for students who require the personalised approach of a programme that is tailored to their specific, often severe and persistent, difficulties. It is typically implemented as a one - to-one programme by a member of school staff who has undertaken additional training for supporting children with reading difficulties. 6. How many children in your local authority experience difficulties acquiring literacy skills? You clarified: For questions 6 and 7, we are asking about children in Camden schools (i.e. the schools within the local authority that they are responsible for). For question 10, we are asking about resident children within the Borough. The council does not hold this information, as only Department for Education (DfE) categories of need are reported. 7. How many children in your local authority have a diagnosis of dyslexia? The council does not hold the information requested. As explained in question 1 above Camden adopt a broader approach for children young people who have a need type of specific learning difficulty (SpLD) and significant literacy difficulties. 8. Can you provide data on how many children access SEN support for difficulties with literacy skills in a) primary and b) secondary school. Please see the response to question 6 above. 9. Can you provide data on how many children access SEN support for dyslexia i n a) primary and b) secondary school. We have provided data on all SEN support pupils in Camden state -maintained primary and secondary schools who have a need type of specific learning difficulty (SpLD). Phase Sum of primary need type = SpLD for Spring term 2025 State -funded primary 177 State -funded secondary 421 Grand Total 598 School census: Spring term 2025 Source: https://learntogether.peterborough.gov.uk/asset-library/decoding-the-school-census- updated-2023.pdf 10. How many children in your area have: a) an Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP) As of the January 2025 SEN2 census, there were 1,605 children and young people up to the age of 25 with an EHCP. b) dyslexia specified as a Special Educational Need in Section B of the EHCP Of these EHCPs, 24 are recorded with a primary need of SpLD, while none are recorded with SpLD as a secondary need. c) a Dyslexia Specialist School named in Section I of their EHCP? We are not aware of any schools that present as exclusively dyslexia specialists. Some independent special schools will list dyslexia as one of a number of needs they can support. Camden would expect dyslexia needs to be met in mainstream provision. Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Lorna Jonas-Tinson Information Rights Officer2025-05-19T00:00:00CAM100432025-05-09T00:00:00Section 47 enquiries or investigations relating to puberty blockersDate: 09/05/2025 Ref: CAM10043 Dear Requester, Thank you for your request for information dated 08/04/2025 about Section 47 enquiries or investigations relating to puberty blockers. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested. However, we are withholding all of the information because it is exempt as explained below. We have explained where we are withholding information and what exemptions apply. Please see the refusal notices at the end of the answers which explain how and why they apply. 1. Please confirm whether your local authority has issued/commenced a Section 47 enquiry or investigation as per the Children’s Act of 1989 concerning a child and/or their parents/guardian in relation to overseas access to puberty blockers since May 2024. 2. If yes, please list the total number of Section 47 investigations or enquiries concerning overseas access to puberty blockers, since May 2024. - I am aware that there may be anonymity concerns. In cases where too few Section 47 orders have been issued, for example <5, please simply state whether they have been issued or not as per question (1) 3. If yes to question (1), where possible, please confirm whether the child was: Aged 0-10 Aged 11 or above 4. Please confirm whether your local authority has issued/commenced a Section 47 enquiry or investigation as per the Children’s Act of 1989 concerning a child and/or their parents/guardian in relation to access to puberty blockers in the UK since May 2024. 5. If yes, please list the total number of Section 47 investigation or enquiries concerning access to puberty blockers in the UK, since May 2024: London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk - I am aware that there may be anonymity concerns. In cases where too few Section 47 orders have been issued, for example <5, please simply state whether they have been issued or not as per question (4) 6. If yes to question (4), where possible, please confirm whether the child was: Aged 0-10 Aged 11 or above We are withholding this information as we consider the following exemption applies. Refusal notice: Section 12: Cost of Compliance Exceeds the Appropriate Limit We are refusing your request under section 12 on cost grounds because we estimate that compliance with your request will exceed the "appropriate limit". This is £450 which is equivalent to 18 hours at £25 per hour. The per hour figure is set by Regulations rather than actual salary paid to any officers handling requests. The appropriate limit includes the time it will take the council to discover if it holds the information requested, to locate it, extract it and collate it as well as putting it into any particular format requested by the requester. The information requested is not held in a reportable format. Due to the unique nature of this request, the information cannot be easily extracted from the data system used by Children’s Services. Since May 2024, Camden has conducted 851 Section 47 investigations . Retrieving the data for questions 1-6 would require a manual review of case records, including referral and strategy meeting notes, to determine whether a Section 47 investigation was conducted in relation to puberty blockers. We estimate to review a single case record would take a council officer approximately 20 minutes. Providing the requested information for all records in the cohort would require 283.6 hours , which significantly exceeds the appropriate limit set by the Act. Advice and Assistance You may wish to submit a revised request covering a shorter time period - perhaps four weeks or a data snapshot - while refining the questions to narrow their scope. This should take into account the estimated 20-minute review time per case mentioned earlier. Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Lorna Jonas-Tinson Information Rights Officer2025-05-19T00:00:00CAM100452025-05-12T00:00:00complaints made by PRS (private rental sector) tenants regarding estate agencies, PRS landlords or property managersDate: 12/05/2025 Ref: CAM10045 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 08/04/2025 about complaints made by PRS (private rental sector) tenants regarding estate agencies, PRS landlords or property managers . We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested. I would like to request the number of complaints made by PRS (private rental sector) tenants regarding estate agencies, PRS landlords or property managers to this local authority from the beginning of 2010 to the present day, or as recent as the data goes. The data should be provided in a yearly format. I don't mind if the data is broken down by financial year. Year Number of complaints received 2010 No info 2011 No info 2012 No info 2013 No info 2014 No info 2015 No info 2016 No info 2017 956 2018 889 2019 729 2020 595 2021 683 2022 601 2023 721 2024 581 London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk I would also like a breakdown of how many of these complaints related to discrimination per year. If this is not possible, it is fine to stick with the main request. No complaints found concerning discrimination. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Philip Lewis Information Rights Officer2025-05-19T00:00:00CAM100482025-05-06T00:00:00Increases in charges to Leaseholders for insuranceDate: 06/05/2025 Ref: CAM10048 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 09/04/2025 about Increases in charges to Leaseholders for insurance. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds some of the information requested. Increases in charges to Leaseholders for insurance. What is the average increase, in both actual and percentage terms, in the insurance element of the service charge for Camden leasehold properties for the years 2022- 23; 2023-24; 2024-2025 and estimated for 2025-26 If an average might be misleading because of the variation in property types can you provide an illustrative range as well as the average. thanks 2022-23 - Insurance rate increase 12.5%. House Rebuild Cost Index 8.5% Total Increase 21% 2023-24 - Insurance rate increase 8.6%. House Rebuild Cost Index 18.4% Total Increase 27% 2024-25 - Insurance rate increase 12.6%. House Rebuild Cost Index 4.7% Total Increase 17.3% 2025-26 - Insurance rate increase 7%. House Rebuild Cost Index 2.7% Total Increase 9.7% We do not have the actual increases as the annual sums insured are changing all of the time. Unlike many councils Camden’s policy is rated on an individual sum insured rather that a bedroom rated policy. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication R egulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Philip Lewis Information Rights Officer2025-05-19T00:00:00CAM100502025-05-08T00:00:00bike storeDate: 08/05/2025 Case reference : CAM10050London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 08/04/2025 about a  bike store.  .We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and/or the Environmental Information Regulations 2004 (EIR 2004)  Response The council does not holds the information requested: -  Request: All emails, reports, meeting minutes, submissions, approvals and other documents related to Camden’s decision to not install lockable cages within the Chester Balmore Estate’s internal bike store on Chester Road. 1. Any designs, assessments, costings or other documents related to shelved plans to do so. Details: 2. The planning approval for the Chester Balmore Estate in N19 (2010/5478/P) states the following in clause 22: “The 68 cycle parking spaces shown on the approved drawings shall be provided with internal gated and locked caging to separate the area. The area and caging shall be provided prior to occupation of the development and shall thereafter be retained and used for no purpose other than for the parking of bicycles for users and occupiers of the development, unless otherwise agreed in writing by the local planning authority.”The bike store was fitted with much less secure open racks rather than cages and we cannot find written agreement of this change from the local planning authority. Preferred Format: -Via email or digital file transfer. -Any commonly used file type as needed: .doc, .xls, .pdf, .jpeg etc. We do not hold this information.  It does not appear obvious that the bike store is in breach of the condition. Please see the attached letter which seems to confirm that the lockable gate access at either end of the store and fencing around are sufficient to separate the bike area, which cannot be used other than by residents of the development. Planning permission was granted (ref 2010/5478/P) on 11th March 2011 for the ‘Erection of 4 storey buildings (plus basement level) to provide 53 residential units (Class C3) and commercial units (482.7sqm) to include retail (Class A1), non-residential institution (Class D1), and associated cycle parking and landscaping following demolition of buildings at 58-86 Chester Road and 41-71 at Balmore Street’ Condition 22 of this PP states ‘The 68 cycle parking spaces shown on the approved drawings shall be provided with internal gated and locked caging to separate the area. The area and caging shall be provided prior to occupation of the development and shall thereafter be retained and used for no purpose other than for the parking of bicycles for users and occupiers of the development, unless otherwise agreed in writing by the local planning authority’. This is a ‘compliance condition’ and therefore did not require submission of any details for approval. A decision notice from 2018 (relating to approval of some railings nearby) refers to the development being completed and refers to cycle storage being in place. A decision notice relating to details of highways and landscaping dated 3.4.18 states that all conditions requiring submissions have been discharged. However, on 10th February 2020 a letter and plan were submitted (see attached) in order ‘to discharge condition 22’. The letter states ‘I am writing to you concerning the above site and formally submit the enclosed information to discharge condition 22 – provision of 68 secured cycle parking spaces.• The cycle store has been securely designed with access only via fob tags and resident keys. • The room is monitored via CCTV and has additional privacy screening installed post completion to remove visibility from the street. • The room is dedicated solely for the purpose of bicycle parking. In light of the above information, we believe that the cycle parking provided meets the planning permit 2010/5478/P condition 22 requirements. We would appreciate your confirmation of the above’. The latest revision on the plan submitted with the letter is dated 19th January 2011 which pre-dates the planning permission. We have no response to this letter and nothing further on file. As the information not held is environmental, we have to comply with a technicality and tell you that because it is not held it is excepted under Regulation 12 (4)(a) of the EIR 2004. The Information Commissioner does not require a public interest test where the information is not held. Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk , Telephone: 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/. The ICO website https://www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Peter Williams Information Rights Officer2025-05-19T00:00:00CAM100522025-05-12T00:00:00the number of homelessness approaches to the council’s social housing register in specific yearsDate: 12/05/2025 Ref: CAM10052 Dear Requester, Thank you for your request for information dated 09/04/2025 about the number of homelessness approaches to the council’s social housing register in specific years. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested and the answers to your questions are as follows: 1. The total number of homelessness approaches to the council’s social housing register in 2022/23, 2023/24, and 2024/2025. I can confirm that the London Borough of Camden holds the requested information. This can be accessed via the government services and information website: Homelessness statistics - GOV.UK. To find the relevant data, select the appropriate period of your enquiry by fiscal or quarter year and review the ‘Detailed local authority level tables’ Excel spreadsheets. Navigate to spreadsheet tab A1 to view the data requested. As the information requested is already reasonably accessible elsewhere it is exempt under the absolute exemption in Section 21. 2. The number of homeless applicants to the social housing register placed in the following priority bands, in each year (2022/23, 2023/24, 2024/25): • Band A • Band B • Band C • Band D • Band E • Not accepted onto the register Please provide this information in an Excel format. We do not hold the requested information in this format. The London Borough of Camden does not operate a banding system for housing allocations, instead it operates a points- based bidding method known as choice-based lettings. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Further information on the housing allocation scheme is available from our website: https://www.camden.gov.uk/housing-allocation-scheme. Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Lorna Jonas-Tinson Information Rights Officer2025-05-19T00:00:00CAM135012026-08-26T00:00:00list of all residential properties registered as empty or unoccupied for council tax purposesDate: 26/08/2026 Ref: CAM13501 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 04/08/2026 about list of all residential properties registered as empty or unoccupied for council tax purposes. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested. However we are withholding the information because it is exempt as explained below. We have explained where we are withholding information and what exemptions apply. Please see the refusal notices at the end of the answers which explain how and why they apply. Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, please provide me with: A list of all residential properties registered as empty or unoccupied for council tax purposes within the London Borough of Camden, including the property address and the date they were first registered as empty. If providing this in full would exceed the cost limit, please instead provide a summary of the total number of empty residential properties by ward as of the most recent available date. If you need any clarification, please contact me. This request is refused under Section 31(1)(a) of the Freedom of Information Act. See the refusal notice below. Refusal Notice: We are frequently asked for lists of empty properties in Camden. We do not hold a list of all empty properties. Information we hold that is publicly available: We have information about properties that we have been informed are empty for Business Rates (NNDR) purposes. You can obtain a list of empty commercial premises on the Portal Open Data Camden. Look for the Business Rates – Non-Domestic Rates dataset. You can filter this by column B to find all voids and then column L to find those with no end date which means they are still void. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk We also hold a list of council owned properties which are available for sale or rent, some of which may be empty. This information is available online on our website here Information we hold that is not publicly available: We hold a list of empty domestic properties in our Council Tax records. We do not release this because we consider this is exempt from disclosure under section 31(1)(a) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Section 31(1)(a) – Law Enforcement We do not release the names or businesses or addresses of empty residential properties as we consider disclosing this information would make them a target of crime. Therefore this information is exempt from disclosure under section 31(1)(a) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Section 31(1)(a) says that we do not need to provide information that would be likely to prejudice the functions of law enforcement- the prevention and detection of crime. Camden believes that releasing this information would increase the likelihood of : • Empty properties being lived in by squatters. Squatting in a residential property is now a criminal offence. • Empty properties being targeted by vandals or graffiti artists and stripped of materials such as roofing, cables or piping, or otherwise vandalised or damaged. • Empty properties being targeted by criminals or terrorists for example allowing them to hide or store the proceeds of crime, or criminal or terrorist materials In the Information Tribunal Case Yiannis Voyias v Information Commissioner and the London Borough of Camden (EA/2001/0007 23 January 2013) the First-tier Tribunal (Information Rights) (the “Tribunal”) upheld Camden’s decision to withhold the addresses of empty houses under section 31(1)(a). In that instance the information had been collected for council tax purposes and to inform the council’s policies aimed at returning empty homes to the housing market and the Tribunal agreed that disclosing the information could facilitate squatting and/or criminal gangs engaged in asset stripping. The Tribunal was satisfied that the evidence was that disclosing this information would have the effect of assisting at least some of those wishing to engage in squatting, leading to an increase in the this. Squatting in residential property is a criminal offence which shows the negative nature of squatting and crimes such as criminal damage that are often associated with it. In Voyias the Tribunal concluded that an increase in squatting would also lead to various categories of associated criminal activity. As a result the Tribunal found that section 31(1) (a) was engaged in that it was likely that disclosure of the disputed information would have a negative impact on the prevention of crime. This approach has been followed by both the Information Commissioner (ICO) and other First Tier Tribunal Decisions. For example: • In 2019 the First Tier Tribunal (EA/2018/0055) upheld Sheffield City Council’s decision to apply s31(1)(a) to the information. • In 2029 the ICO Decision Notice FS50786336 upheld London Borough of Hackney’s decision to apply s31(1)(a) to the information • In 2022/3 the First Tier Tribunal upheld the ICO’s decision to uphold London Borough of Hounslow’s decision to withhold the information under s31(1)(a) • In 2024 the ICO Decision Notice IC-274382-J3Y0 upheld Newark and Sherwood District Council’s decision to withhold the information under s31(1)(a). The law is settled on this point. Public Interest Test: As Section 31 is a qualified exemption we need to consider the public interest test. Factors in favour of disclosure • There are general arguments in promoting transparency and accountability of public authorities. (Medium weight) • Raising the profile of vacant properties would help encourage public engagement and debate. (Medium weight) Factors in favour of withholding • There is an inherent public interest in crime prevention. This was considered in the Voyias case by the Tribunal. (High weight) • There is public interest in avoiding the costs associated with squatting, for example repair, security and eviction costs. (High weight) • The negative impact of squatting affects the surrounding community and public authorities involved, not just the individual property (High weight) We believe that the balance of public interest lies in upholding the exemption and not releasing the information. This decision has been consistently upheld by the ICO and the First Tier Tribunal. Advice and Assistance: We know that some requesters will have genuine reasons for asking for this information. However releasing information under the Freedom of Information Act is providing it to the whole world not just the individual requester and we cannot take an individual requester’s reasons for asking into account. You might find that the council’s Empty Homes page is useful: Empty homes - Camden Council The council also publishes the current list of council owned properties available for sale or rent on our website, some of which may be empty. The list of properties for sale and rent is here: here We have information about properties that we have been informed are empty for Business Rates (NNDR) purposes. You can obtain a list of empty commercial premises on the Portal Open Data Camden. Look for the Business Rates – Non-Domestic Rates dataset. You can filter this by column B to find all voids and then column L to find those with no end date which means they are still void. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 40 working days of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk Telephone: 0303 123 1113 , live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/ Yours sincerely Philip Lewis Information Rights Officer2026-09-02T21:45:57CAM135022026-09-01T00:00:00Questions to Trading Standards DeptDate: 01/09/2026 Ref: CAM13502 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 04/08/2026 about Questions to Trading Standards Dept. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds some of the information requested. Could you please answer the following Freedom of Information requests about your trading standards service? Staffing levels - How many FTE members of staff were employed by your trading standards service in 2018/19? Information not held. - How many FTE members of staff were employed by your trading standards service in 2022/23? 2.5 - How many FTE members of staff were employed by your trading standards service in 2025/26? 5.5 - How many FTE vacancies (if any) were your trading standards service carrying in 2018/19? Information not held. - How many FTE vacancies (if any) were your trading standards service carrying in 2022/23? 1 - How many FTE vacancies (if any) were your trading standards service carrying in 2025/26? 0 Trading standards activities - How many enforcement visits were carried out by your trading standards service in 2018/19? 269. - How many enforcement visits were carried out by your trading standards service in 2022/23? 19. - How many enforcement visits were carried out by your trading standards service in 2025/26? 191. - How many prosecutions were commenced by your trading standards service in 2019/19? 12 - How many prosecutions were commenced by your trading standards service in 2022/23? 9 - How many prosecutions were commenced by your trading standards service in 2025/26? 2 London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk - How many informal cautions, letters of advice and written warnings were issued by your trading standards service in 2018/19? Information not held. - How many informal cautions, letters of advice and written warnings were issued by your trading standards service in 2022/23? Information not held. - How many informal cautions, letters of advice and written warnings were issued by your trading standards service in 2025/26? Information not held. - How many age restricted test purchases (e.g. alcohol and tobacco, vapes, fireworks, knives etc) were carried out by your trading standards service in 2018/19? Information not held. - How many age restricted test purchases (e.g. alcohol and tobacco, vapes, fireworks, knives etc) were carried out by your trading standards service in 2022/23? 15 - How many age restricted test purchases (e.g. alcohol and tobacco, vapes, fireworks, knives etc) were carried out by your trading standards service in 2025/26? 66 - How many shop closures (either temporary or permanent) were ordered by your trading standards service in 2018/19? 0 - How many shop closures (either temporary or permanent) were ordered by your trading standards service in 2022/23? 1 voluntary. - How many shop closures (either temporary or permanent) were ordered by your trading standards service in 2025/26? 4 voluntary. - How many premises in your council area had their licences revoked or removed following concerns raised by your trading standards service in 2018/19? Information not held. - How many premises in your council area had their licences revoked or removed following concerns raised by your trading standards service in 2022/23? Information not held. - How many premises in your council area had their licences revoked or removed following concerns raised by your trading standards service in 2025/26? 11 reps/revs – 2 revoked, 3 withdrawn applications and 6 with additional conditions accepted. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Philip Lewis Information Rights Officer2026-09-02T21:45:58CAM135082026-08-13T00:00:00whether any UK government departments, defence organisations, research laboratories, subcontracted institutions, universities, or police units are involved in research, testing, or operational activity related to technologies sometimes described publicly as psycho electric, electromagnetic, remote neural monitoring, neurological interference, or directed energy systemsDate: 13/08/2026 Ref: CAM13508 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 04/08/2026 about whether any UK government departments, defence organisations, research laboratories, subcontracted institutions, universities, or police units are involved in research, testing, or operational activity related to technologies sometimes described publicly as psycho electric, electromagnetic, remote neural monitoring, neurological interference, or directed energy systems. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.. Response The council does not hold the information requested. I am submitting this request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 to obtain clarification about whether any UK government departments, defence organisations, research laboratories, subcontracted institutions, universities, or police units are involved in research, testing, or operational activity related to technologies sometimes described publicly as psycho electric, electromagnetic, remote neural monitoring, neurological interference, or directed energy systems. Over several years, I have interviewed more than 300 individuals from diverse backgrounds who report highly similar neurological, sensory, and physical symptoms. These symptoms appear artificial in nature and are consistent across many unrelated people. Because of the scale and consistency of these reports, I am seeking formal clarification from the relevant authorities. I want to emphasise that this request does not accuse any organisation of wrongdoing. It is strictly a request for information under the FOI Act. I am attaching case studies, publicly available research patents, articles, and videos that describe technologies some individuals believe may be relevant. These materials are provided only for context. Summary of Reported Symptoms Cognitive / Mental • Forced memory blanking • Induced erroneous actions • Perceived reading or broadcasting of thoughts • Controlled dreams • Forced waking visions, sometimes synchronised with body motion Auditory / Sensory • Sudden changes in hearing (direction, volume, or content) • “Microwave hearing” sensations • “Transparent eyelids” (seeing shapes through closed eyes) • Artificial tinnitus Physical Sensations • Sudden violent itching inside eyelids London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk • Remotely induced itching without rash • Needle like pains Motor / Bodily Control • Forced manipulation of airways • Perceived externally controlled speech • Forced jaw movement or teeth clacking • Forced nudging of arms during delicate work • Forced precision manipulation of hands • Forced muscle quaking in back muscles Cardiovascular / Bodily Responses • Rapid heart rate without cause Sensitive Areas • Itching in genital areas • Forced sexual arousal • Intense pain in sensitive regions FOI Questions Under the Freedom of Information Act, I respectfully request the following information: 1. Whether any UK government department, MOD unit, MOD research laboratory, subcontracted research organisation, MOD affiliated university, or police department is conducting research, testing, or operational activity involving electromagnetic, psycho electric, neurological interference, or remote neuro stimulation technologies capable of producing effects similar to the symptoms listed above. 2. If such research or testing exists, please provide: o The name of the programme or project o The responsible department or unit o Any publicly available documentation, safety guidelines, or ethics oversight procedures o Any external regulatory bodies involved in oversight 3. Whether any individuals in the UK have been enrolled, selected, monitored, or observed as part of such research, and if so: o The number of individuals involved o The criteria for selection o Any consent or safeguarding requirements o Whether vulnerable groups (students, migrants, temporary workers) are included 4. Any publicly available patents, technical descriptions, or research documentation held by UK institutions relating to: o electromagnetic stimulation technologies o remote neural interaction systems o psycho electric or neuro interference devices o directed energy research 5. Any internal MOD, policing, or research institution policies relating to: o human subject protection o non consensual exposure safeguards o testing limitations o reporting or whistleblowing procedures Response Format Please provide the requested information in electronic format (PDF or email text). And Keep in your department website . The Council does not hold the information requested. This is because councils are generally not responsible for defence research, electromagnetic technologies, military programmes, or police operational research. Advice and Assistance As advice and assistance, the requester may be better directed to: • Ministry of Defence (MOD) • Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) • Home Office • National Police Chiefs' Council (NPCC) • Relevant police forces • UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) • Individual universities conducting defence-related research Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Kieran Heneghan Information Rights Officer2026-09-02T21:45:58CAM135112026-09-01T00:00:00number of Building Control submissions for domestic developments within the London Borough of Camden between 2024 and 2025Date: 01/09/2026 Ref: CAM13511 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 05/08/2026 about number of Building Control submissions for domestic developments within the London Borough of Camden between 2024 and 2025. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested. However we are withholding the information because it is exempt as explained below. We have explained where we are withholding information and what exemptions apply. Please see the refusal notices at the end of the answers which explain how and why they apply. I am writing to request information regarding the number of Building Control submissions for domestic developments within the London Borough of Camden between 2024 and 2025. Specifically, I would like to know the total number of Building Control applications submitted either directly to the Council or notified to the Council by Registered Building Control Approvers (formerly private approved inspectors) during this period. My understanding is that the Council maintains records of both local authority applications and initial notices or notifications submitted by Registered Building Control Approvers. Please provide the above figures broken down by the reported construction value of each project within the following bands: • £10,000–£50,000 • £50,001–£150,000 • £150,001–£300,000 • £300,001–£500,000 • Over £500,000 We are refusing your request under Section 12 on cost grounds because we estimate that compliance with your request will exceed the "appropriate limit". This is £450 which is equivalent to 18 hours at £25 per hour. The per hour figure is set by Regulations rather than actual salary paid to any officers handling requests. The appropriate limit includes the time it will take the council to discover if it holds the information requested, to locate it, extract it and collate it as well as putting it into any particular format requested by the requester. The Council’s building control system does not allow for the information to be searched in a way that this information can be filtered for your request. We would have to check each record to London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk understand the cost of work provided and add the information to the corresponding category requested above. There are around 500 records for 3 job categories where we could find the information that you are looking for. If it was to take 5 minutes to check each record then it would take over 41 hours to check 500 records. This is without counting the jobs from the Registered Building Control Approvers which is around 2600 entries. So this would take an additional 216 hours. Advice and Assistance: As advice and assistance we do not see how we can reduce the scope of this request to fit within the permissible hours but if you have any other general questions on this subject, please email FOI@Camden.gov.uk. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 40 working days of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk Telephone: 0303 123 1113 , live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/ Yours sincerely Philip Lewis Information Rights Officer2026-09-02T21:45:59CAM100662025-05-09T00:00:00information relating to the MIPIM conference held in Cannes from 10th to 14th March 2025Date: 09/05/2025 Ref: CAM10066 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 11/04/2025 about information relating to the MIPIM conference held in Cannes from 10th to 14th March 2025 . We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested. This is an information request relating to the MIPIM conference held in Cannes from 10th to 14th March 2025 Please include the following information: • Did any members of the organisation attend MIPIM in an official capacity? If so, how many attended and what are their job titles? • If so, what was the total spend by the organisation on attending the conference? (please make clear how much was spent by the organisation itself, and how much it received, if any, in sponsorships or grants) • How much was spent on flights? (please provide information on the airline, and the class) • How much was spent on accommodation? (Please provide the name and address of the hotel) • How much was spent on food and subsistence? (Please provide receipts for any restaurants, cafes or bars visited) • How much was spent on conference costs? For example, tickets to the conference, any stands set up at the conference No one from the Council attended MIPIM. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Kieran Heneghan Information Rights Officer2025-05-19T00:00:00CAM100672025-05-15T00:00:00housing support spend on Ukrainian refugeesDate: 15/05/2025 Ref: CAM10067 Dear Requester, Thank you for your request for information dated 14/04/2025 about housing support spend on Ukrainian refugees. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds some of the information requested. The answers to your questions are as follows: We are researching the amount of money actually spent on Ukrainian refugees to date, over the nearly 3 years that Ukrainians have been arriving to us. We would like the information broken down into 3 categories - A, B, and C - as described below. A. Homes for Ukraine Tariffs received. Please provide the total H4U tariff you received to date (not including the Homelessness Prevention, host 'thank you' payments or Education grants, which are all additional): £8,795,412. We have provided expenditure data for the period 1 April to 31 December 2024, as at the time of your request the figures for Quarter 4 were closed for year-end reporting. Please provide the amount spent to date from the tariff received on Ukrainians: Broken down if possible by: - Council staff costs: £4,244,297. - Local partner costs: £198,446. - Temporary accommodation costs: £336,139. - Private or social housing rent / deposits costs: £446,597 If possible, please provide details of the rest of the tariff money: - How much is still unspent? £2,703,169 Pl. We forecast that all of the funding will be spent on Ukrainian refugees who continue to live in the London Borough of Camden. B. Homelessness Prevention Grant TopUp You received £932,928 in 2023 / 2024 under this HPG top up grant: London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Please provide figures of the money received under this specific grant that has been spent on Ukrainian refugees to prevent them from becoming homeless: Please break this down if possible by: - Amount spent on private rented or social housing which is irrecoverable (e.g. First month's rent paid): - Amount spent on private rented or social housing which is recoverable (e.g. Deposits or Guarantor schemes): - Amount spent on temporary accommodation: The council does not record information in the requested categories and is therefore unable to provide data at this level of granularity. C. Numbers of Ukrainians funded into accommodation by the council . Regardless of whether money came from the H4U tariff or the Homelessness Prevention Grant . Please provide the following: - Indication of absolute number of Ukrainians who were given council funds or guarantees to move into private rented accommodation or social housing, vs all Ukrainians arriving in the borough. The council has not made any ‘guarantees’ to Ukrainian guests regarding housing. Instead, guests have been advised that the council will support them in identifying and securing housing options that are both affordable and appropriate to their individual housing need. We have not suggested that social housing tenancies would be available through this scheme. When enquiries about social housing have been made, guests have been informed that such housing falls outside the scope of the support provided. Guests are instead directed to Camden’s website, where they can find detailed information on social housing schemes, including eligibility criteria, expected wait times, and application procedures. Expectations around access to social housing have been managed accordingly. To date, no placements in sheltered or supported housing have been successfully offered. Camden has recorded a total of 1,397 arrivals under the scheme, with 998 individuals successfully processed through the appropriate channels. Variations in these figures are attributed to duplicate records, incomplete data, and some families being register ed under other local authorities. To support move-on efforts, 75 households have been assisted in securing accommodation in the private rented sector. This includes properties sourced by the council’s Private Rented Sector (PRS) team, through the Open Market scheme, and by guests themselves with support from self-help initiatives. It should be noted that this figure does not include guests who may have independently secured tenancies without notifying the council, including cases where hosts or sponsors have transitioned into the role of landlord without council involvement. - Indication of absolute number of Ukrainians who were given temporary accommodation We are unable to provide accurate information for the period prior to April 2023, as sufficient records are not available to verify the details. However, from April 2023 onwards, 16 households have been placed in temporary accommodation. Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Lorna Jonas-Tinson Information Rights Officer2025-05-19T00:00:00CAM100712025-05-15T00:00:00number of Rapid Reviews carried out in response to a child’s death or serious injury, January 1 2020 to April 14 2025Date: 15/05/2025 Ref: CAM10071 Dear Requester, Thank you for your request for information dated 14/04/2025 about the number of Rapid Reviews carried out in response to a child’s death or serious injury, January 1 2020 to April 14 2025. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested and the answers to your questions are as follows: Question 1: Since 01.01.2020 - 14.04.2025; how many 'Rapid Reviews' has your local authority completed following a child death or a child being seriously injured? 13. Question 2: Please complete the following information for all of the rapid reviews you have completed. Rapid Review 1: YEAR RAPID REVIEW COMPLETED: 2020 REASON / THEME OF RAPID REVIEW: Death of an infant, one day born with no brain activity, after delay in parents accessing medical care OUTCOME OF RAPID REVIEW: Local Child Safeguarding Practice Review Rapid Review 2: YEAR RAPID REVIEW COMPLETED: 2020 REASON / THEME OF RAPID REVIEW: Serious injury to a 16-year-old following knife attack OUTCOME OF RAPID REVIEW: Extended Learning Review Rapid Review 3: YEAR RAPID REVIEW COMPLETED: 2021 REASON / THEME OF RAPID REVIEW: Death of a two month-old as a result of Sudden Unexpected Death in Infancy (SUDI) OUTCOME OF RAPID REVIEW: Case Learning Event London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Rapid Review 4: YEAR RAPID REVIEW COMPLETED: 2022 REASON / THEME OF RAPID REVIEW: Intrafamilial child sexual abuse, physical abuse emotional abuse of 8 year old and siblings OUTCOME OF RAPID REVIEW: Local Child Safeguarding Practice Review Rapid Review 5: YEAR RAPID REVIEW COMPLETED: 2022 REASON / THEME OF RAPID REVIEW: Neglect, malnourishment and emotional abuse of an infant and siblings OUTCOME OF RAPID REVIEW: Local Child Safeguarding Practice Review Rapid Review 6: YEAR RAPID REVIEW COMPLETED: 2023 REASON / THEME OF RAPID REVIEW: Serious injury to a 16-year-old following knife attack OUTCOME OF RAPID REVIEW: Case Learning Event Rapid Review 7: YEAR RAPID REVIEW COMPLETED: 2023 REASON / THEME OF RAPID REVIEW: Death of a 17-year-old due to stabbing OUTCOME OF RAPID REVIEW: Extended Learning Review Rapid Review 8: YEAR RAPID REVIEW COMPLETED: 2023 REASON / THEME OF RAPID REVIEW: Suicide of a 16-year-old OUTCOME OF RAPID REVIEW: Local Child Safeguarding Practice Review Rapid Review 9: YEAR RAPID REVIEW COMPLETED: 2023 REASON / THEME OF RAPID REVIEW: Child sexual abuse of a 16-year-old Child Looked After OUTCOME OF RAPID REVIEW: Case Learning Event Rapid Review 10: YEAR RAPID REVIEW COMPLETED: 2024 REASON / THEME OF RAPID REVIEW: Unexplained death and non-accidental injury of an infant OUTCOME OF RAPID REVIEW: Case Learning Event Rapid Review 11: YEAR RAPID REVIEW COMPLETED: 2024 REASON / THEME OF RAPID REVIEW: Four-month-old in life threatening condition, due to delay in accessing medical care OUTCOME OF RAPID REVIEW: Case Learning Event Rapid Review 12: YEAR RAPID REVIEW COMPLETED: 2024 REASON / THEME OF RAPID REVIEW: Neglect and physical abuse on four-month-old infant OUTCOME OF RAPID REVIEW: Case Learning Event Rapid Review 13: YEAR RAPID REVIEW COMPLETED: 2024 REASON / THEME OF RAPID REVIEW: Death of an infant due to SUDI/ co-sleeping OUTCOME OF RAPID REVIEW: Local Child Safeguarding Practice Review Question 3: Please share any relevant documents / information on the following: • The local authority’s arrangements to gather feedback from serious case reviews (Rapid Reviews / Child Safeguarding Practice Reviews) and what the local authority has done in response to improve practice. • CSCP Multi-agency Safeguarding Arrangements 2024 • CSCP Annual Report 2023-24 Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Lorna Jonas-Tinson Information Rights Officer2025-05-19T00:00:00CAM100762025-05-15T00:00:00Community Investment Program scheme employment questionsDate: 15/05/2025 Ref: CAM10076 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 15/04/2025 about Community Investment Program scheme employment questions. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested. How many individuals are currently employed under the Community Investment Program scheme? What was the total expenditure for salaries in the previous financial year to facilitate the running of this department? The Development division spent £3,549,691 in staffing costs. These costs represent staff working on Community Investment Programme projects as well as managing the interface with other Council services and securing grant for schemes. At the time of responding there were 43.2 Full Time Equivalent staff. The actual number of staff is higher as not everyone works full time. The costs represent the total cost of employing the staff, this includes salary, Employers' Pension contributions, Employers' national insurance contributions and apprenticeship Levy. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Philip Lewis Information Rights Officer2025-05-19T00:00:00CAM100772025-05-07T00:00:00the number of challenges to books received by your librariesDate: 07/05/2025 Ref: CAM10077 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 15/04/2025 about the number of challenges to books received by your libraries. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested. As a freedom of information request, please provide data regarding the number of challenges to books received by your library/libraries for each calendar year between 2018 and 2024, plus so far in 2025. For this request, a book challenge is defined as a formal complaint requesting that materials be removed from a library because of its content or alleged inappropriateness. For each year, please provide the number of books challenged. For each book challenged, please provide: • The title and author of the book challenged • The reason (if any) provided for the challenge • The action taken in response to the challenge We have not received any challenges to library books. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Kieran Heneghan Information Rights Officer2025-05-19T00:00:00CAM100782025-05-15T00:00:00the number of children in care broken down by Muslim faithDate: 15/05/2025 Ref: CAM10078 Dear Requester, Thank you for your request for information dated 14/04/2025 about the number of children in care broken down by Muslim faith. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested and the answers to your questions are as follows: I would like the data for the year 2024 (from January 1st to December 31st), as broken down in the points below. I am seeking information on children and families known to the council through Children Services. When referring to ‘children’ I mean from birth to their 18th birthday. Please note, for questions about foster care, I do not require information on kinship/connected carers or private fostering arrangements. Also, when referring to 'Muslim' children I mean where one or both of the parents are Muslim, or when the child identifies as Muslim. Likewise, when referring to Pakistani, I mean when one or more of the parents are Pakistani heritage (unless otherwise stated in the question). 12. The total number of children who were placed into children's homes (either for the first time, repeated times or continuing from the previous year - each child is only counted once). Some children do not have their religion recorded in our data system, Mosaic and is therefore excluded from the count of Muslims. Muslim children are identified based on the requested criteria, either one or both parents are Muslim, or the child identifies as Muslim. 50. 13. Of those counted in question 12, how many were Muslim children? 16. 17. The total number of children who were placed into fostering homes (either for the first time, repeated times or continuing from the previous year - each child is only counted once). 154. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk 18. Of those in question 17, how many children were Muslim. 59. 22. Of those in question 18, how many were placed with non- Muslim foster homes (if there are two foster carers, neither of them are Muslim) for any period of time? 28. 23. The total number of children subject to child protection arrangements (but haven’t been counted in any of the questions above). 411. 24. The number of children of question 23 that are Muslim 159. 28. The total number of children receiving support under child in need arrangements in 2024. Again, please ensure that this does not include any children counted in the points above. 2,797. 29. Of those counted in point 28, how many are Muslim? 1,050. Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Lorna Jonas-Tinson Information Rights Officer2025-05-19T00:00:00CAM100792025-05-13T00:00:00enforcement actionDate: 13/05/2025 Case reference : CAM10079London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 15/04/2025 about enforcement action.  We have dealt with this under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004 (EIR 2004). Response The council holds the information requested.  However, we are withholding the information because it is excepted as explained below.  We have explained where we are withholding information and what exception applies.  Please see the refusal notice at the end of the answer which explains how and why it applies.  Can I please request all information related to the review of a possible Planning Enforcement Action at [address 1] .  The address may also be indicated as [address 2] .  I am particularly interested in any/all email communications on the potential enforcement action involving Joshua Cheung, Planning Enforcement Officer.  The subject matter of the potential enforcement action was a glass brick window in the property's border wall. The council holds information provided by the requester who is the complainant regarding the potential enforcement action and who also copied into further correspondence concerning this matter.  This information is therefore the personal information of the requester. Regulation 5 of the EIR 2004 states 5(1) — a public authority that holds environmental information shall make it available on request. (3) To the extent that the information requested includes personal data of which the applicant is the data subject, paragraph (1) shall not apply to those personal data.Some of the information you have requested concerns your complaint and is therefore your own information.  This personal information is not accessible through the EIR 2004.  EIR responses are considered to be public documents and are published to the world and not provided just to the requester. You can obtain your own information by making a subject access request under the General Data Protection Regulation.  Please email SubjectAccess@camden.gov.uk with the details. The council also holds information concerning previous residents and other individuals involved in the matter.  This information is subject to an exception under the EIR 2004.  Please see the exception notice set out below. Refusal Notice The exemption that applies is: regulation 12(3): personal data The council considers that to disclose the personal data requested would not be in accordance with data protection legislation and therefore we have withheld some/all of the information under the absolute exemption in Regulation 12(3). The exemption states that personal data requested may be withheld when to release it would be a breach of the requirements of data protection law which is the UK General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the Data Protection Act 2018. The information withheld is personal information because it allows living individuals to be identified. The council considers that it would be a breach of the General Data Protection Regulation article 5 requirements of fairness and proportionality to publish this personal information in a EIR request. In doing this we have considered the legitimate public interest in disclosure against the interests of the data subject/s and concluded that in the circumstances disclosure would contravene the data protection requirements of fairness and proportionality particularly considering that EIR responses are public documents and published to the world and not provided just to the requester. They individuals concerned would have no expectation that their details would be released into the public domain, and to include them would be a breach of the requirements to act fairly and proportionately.Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk , Telephone: 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website https://www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Peter Williams Information Rights Officer2025-05-19T00:00:00CAM123292026-03-24T00:00:00all records of leaflet distribution for TMO 2526-0023Date: 24/03/2026 Ref: CAM12329 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 03/03/2026 about all records of leaflet distribution for TMO 2526-0023. We have dealt with this under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested. All records of leaflet distribution for TMO 2526-0023 including addresses used and delivery logs. We do not hold a list of individual addresses that the leaflets were delivered to. Instead, we hold information on the distribution areas and the GPS tracking for each one. Please see the attached document – and please note that GPS data is not fully reliable and may drop out around buildings. It can show that someone walked the route, but it does not confirm that a flyer was delivered to every property. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk Telephone: 0303 123 1113 , live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/ London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Yours sincerely Kieran Heneghan Information Rights Officer2026-03-27T21:45:12CAM100802025-05-07T00:00:00the number of reported incidences to your local authority of pothole damage to LCVs and vans and cars that required repairs in 2024Date: 07/05/2025 Ref: CAM10080 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 15/04/2025 about the number of reported incidences to your local authority of pothole damage to LCVs and vans and cars that required repairs in 2024. We have dealt with this under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds some of the information requested. I am requesting a breakdown of the number of reported incidences to your local authority of pothole damage to (1) LCVs and vans between 3,000 and 3,500kg and (2) cars that required repairs in 2024, and a breakdown of the total costs of the repairs by vehicle type in 2024. In particular, can you provide me with:   1. The total number of reported incidences of pothole damage to LCVs and vans between 3,000 and 3,500kg in 2024, that required vehicle repairs. We do not hold data at such a granular level to distinguish between vehicle types. The number of pothole claims regarding either cars or vans in 2024 = 11 . 2. The total number of reported incidences of pothole damage to cars in 2024, that required vehicle repairs. We do not hold data at such a granular level to distinguish between vehicle types. The number of pothole claims regarding either cars or vans in 2024 = 11 . 3. The total costs of repairs reported as a result of pothole damage to LCVs and vans between 3,000 and 3,500kg in 2024. We do not hold data at such a granular level to distinguish between vehicle types. The total value of damages paid over that period is £3,468.97. 4. The total costs of repairs reported as a result of pothole damage to cars in 2024. We do not hold data at such a granular level to distinguish between vehicle types. The total value of damages paid over that period is £3,468.97. Please note that a number of these claims have not yet reached the stage where investigations are complete. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Kieran Heneghan Information Rights Officer2025-05-19T00:00:00CAM100862025-05-15T00:00:00supported living and residential care costs for individuals with Learning DisabilitiesDate: 15/05/2025 Ref: CAM10086 Dear Requester, Thank you for your request for information dated 14/04/2025 about supported living and residential care costs for individuals with Learning Disabilities. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds some of the information requested. The answers to your questions are as follows: To collect data for individuals living in Supported Living and Residential Care settings with Learning Disabilities including those with Learning Disabilities and Autism. We are not asking for information related to those with only Autism who do not have a Learning Disability unless you are unable to separate the data. If this is the case, please make this clear in your response. LD Supported Living: 1. Please complete the following table with the information requested for the last full week of April 2025 The council does not hold the information requested. This is because we do not record or report on the category groupings listed below. Residential fees paid are not structured according to an hourly rate. Category Total hours for the week Mean hourly rate paid Median hourly rate paid Lowest hourly rate paid Highest hourly rate paid Hours provided during the day N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A Wake hours provided during the night N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A Sleep -ins provided N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A Total N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk 2. Please complete the following table with the information requested for the last full week of April 2025 Category Mean rate paid Median rate paid Lowest rate paid Highest rate paid Placements £1,700.98 £1,498.00 £721.00 £4,272.05 Current total placements as at 24/04/25 48 3. Please complete the following table with the information requested for the last full week of April 2025 Category Mean rate paid Median rate paid Lowest rate paid Highest rate paid Placements 1,372.46 1,154.17 1,018.18 2,036.41 Current total placements as at 24/04/25 6 4. Please provide the annual fee uplift for the current financial period. If you have paid a bespoke uplift to different care providers or residents, please provider the average % uplift paid to providers in the period stated: (Supported Living) Fiscal Year Percentage uplift Number of providers receiving this uplift Number of individuals receiving this uplift 2024 /25 5.96% * 12 19 Average uplift percentage* (Residential Care) Fiscal Year Percentage uplift Number of providers receiving this uplift Number of individuals receiving this uplift 2024 /25 7.12% 16 24 Average uplift percentage* (Residential Care with Nursing) Fiscal Year Percentage uplift Number of providers receiving this uplift Number of individuals receiving this uplift 2024 /25 N/A N/A N/A 5. For the period 1st April 2024 to 31st March 2025, please provide the number of individual residents, where their contracts for the provision of LD services for both residential care or supported living were either terminated by the care provider, handed back by the care provider, or were renegotiated due to the threat or notice of termination/handing back was made by the care provider. You should provide the number of residents this applies to and the number of care providers. The council does not record or hold the information requested. 6. Please provide a copy of your 2025 to 2026 fee uplift letter that was sent to care providers. If you have not yet reported your fee uplift, please outline the Council’s timeline for publication, including any internal dates where decisions related to the offer will be made. Attached are copies of the 2025/26 Annual Fee Review letters sent to supported living and residential care providers. Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Lorna Jonas-Tinson Information Rights Officer2025-05-19T00:00:00CAM100872025-05-15T00:00:00Local Authority contact with schools following an incident of domestic abuseDate: 15/05/2025 Ref: CAM10087 Dear Requester, Thank you for your request for information dated 14/04/2025 about Local Authority contact with schools following an incident of domestic abuse. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council does not hold the information requested. The answers to your questions are as follows: 1. The number of times your local authority contacted a school following an incident of domestic abuse, as per Operation Encompass, since the act became statutory on 24 May 2024. The Council does not hold this information. Operation Encompass is a police and education early information safeguarding partnership, with notifications sent directly from the police to schools. 2. How long it took for the school to be contacted after each of these domestic abuse incidents was attended by police. Not applicable. Please see the response to question 1 above. Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Lorna Jonas-Tinson Information Rights Officer2025-05-19T00:00:00CAM100882025-05-15T00:00:00placement costs for a child in either a children’s home, unregulated home or residential special schoolDate: 15/05/2025 Ref: CAM10088 Dear Requester, Thank you for your request for information dated 14/04/2025 about placement costs for a child in either a children’s home, unregulated home or residential special school . We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds some of the information requested and the answers to your questions are as follows: 1/ Please provide the highest annual amount paid in the 2024/25 financial year for an individual child's placement in either children’s homes, unregulated homes or residential special schools? Please state the nature of the placement e.g. children’s home. Please provide the total annual cost if the child has been placed in multiple placements. Please include all costs including all care and education costs, per child placement. £573,957.14. 2/ Please provide the highest weekly amount paid in the 2024/25 financial year for individual child's placement in either children’s homes, unregulated homes or residential special schools? Please state the nature of the placement e.g. children’s home. Please include all costs including all care and education costs, per child placement. £22,221.61. 3/ Please provide the highest annual amount paid in the 2024/25 financial year for an individual child’s placement in independent special schools. Please provide the total annual cost if the child has been placed in multiple schools during the financial year. £451,661.45. If known, please provide any mitigating reasons for any high costs (e.g. 4 -to-1 care) if you believe it to be relevant. If you are responding to this request on behalf of multiple local authorities, please provide data for all of them with a breakdown per local authority. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Lorna Jonas-Tinson Information Rights Officer2025-05-19T00:00:00CAM100912025-05-07T00:00:00the number of residential properties the council has purchasedDate: 07/05/2025 Ref: CAM10091 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 16/04/2025 about the number of residential properties the council has purchased. We have dealt with this under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested. Please could you tell me, per year, for each of the past five calendar years (2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, and 2020), and for 2025 to date: 1. The number of residential properties the council has purchased Financial Year Total number properties purchased 2020/21 42 2021/22 26 2022/23 60 2023/24 56 2024/25 20 2. The number of these which were previously purchased from the council under Right to Buy All acquisitions were previously purchased from the Council under R ight To Buy. 3. The total cost of these properties purchased Financial Year Total cost of properties purchased 2020/21 £16.47M 2021/22 £10.66M 2022/23 £25.6M 2023/24 £26.8M 2024/25 £10.3M London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk 4. The number of properties the council has sold under Right to Buy This information can be found at the following link – Camden Right To Buy Register | Open Data Portal 5. The value of these properties sold As above. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Kieran Heneghan Information Rights Officer2025-05-19T00:00:00CAM100932025-05-08T00:00:00the number of council-run padel courts are in your local authority areaDate: 08/05/2025 Ref: CAM10093 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 05/04/2025 about the number of council-run padel courts are in your local authority area. We have dealt with this under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested. This is a request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Please could you send me the following information. 1. How many council-run padel courts are in your local authority area? 2. For each of these courts, the year they opened. 3. For each of these courts, how much they cost to build. If there is other information pertinent to my enquiry please send it or indicate where it is available. If you have any difficulties in responding to this request please do contact me on the number below or via this email address, in line with your section 16 duty to advise and assist. Please supply the information in excel spreadsheet format. If you are able to supply some of this information more quickly than other items, please supply each item as soon as it is available. There are no Padel Courts in Camden although there is one in development at present. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Kieran Heneghan Information Rights Officer2025-05-19T00:00:00CAM100942025-05-12T00:00:00planning application and enforcement actionDate: 12/05/2025 Case reference : CAM10094London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 15/04/2025 about a  planning application and enforcement action. .  We have dealt with this under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004 (EIR 2004). Response The council holds the information requested.  However, we are withholding the information because it is exempt as explained below.  We have explained where we are withholding information and what exemption applies.  Please see the refusal notice at the end of the answer which explains how and why it applies.  I am writing to make a request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 in relation to the handling of planning application ref . [reference (address)] , including any assessment of enforcement action under ref. [reference] or planning status concerning the use of land to the front of the property for vehicle parking. I request the following information: 1. All internal correspondence, including emails, briefing notes, reports, officer comments and meeting records between planning officers, enforcement officers, legal services, highways officers, and external consultees (e.g. Transport for London), relating to: a) The lawful status or planning implications of the land fronting [address]; b) Whether the use of the land for vehicle parking constitutes a material change of use; c) The planning assessment of the land’s curtilage and/or whether the use is incidental under s.55(2)(d) of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990; d) Whether the site’s current use is capable of being enforced against under the Council’s statutory powers; e) The decision not to initiate enforcement action following the refusal of planning application 2024/5022. 2. Any internal or external legal advice or commentary (whether formal or informal) received in relation to the Council’s enforcement powers concerning the site. 3. Any documents, reports or instructions relating to liaison with TfL regarding unauthorised vehicular access across the footway at the site. 4. Any internal discussion of the delegated report’s conclusions in relation to application [reference], particularly where those conclusions intersect with current or historic enforcement decisions. Please include material dated from 1 October 2024 to the date of this request. The council holds information provided by the requester who submitted the planning application and who also corresponded concerning matter raised above.  This information is the personal information of the requester. Regulation 5(3) states 5(1) — a public authority that holds environmental information shall make it available on request. (3) To the extent that the information requested includes personal data of which the applicant is the data subject, paragraph (1) shall not apply to those personal data. Some of the information you have requested is your own information.  This personal information is therefore not accessible through the EIR 2004.  EIR responses are considered to be public documents and are published to the world and not provided just to the requester. You can obtain your own information by making a subject access request under the General Data Protection Regulation.  Please email SubjectAccess@camden.gov.uk with the details. The council also holds information concerning a live enforcement investigation related to this planning application.  This information is subject to an exception under the EIR 2004.  Please see the exception notice set out below. Refusal Notice The exemption that applies is: regulation 12 (5)(b) which states that “ a public authority may refuse to disclose information to the extent its disclosure would adversely affect the course of justice, the ability of a person to receive a fair trial or the ability of a public authority to conduct an inquiry of a criminal or disciplinary nature. ” Information has been withheld while the Council conducts an investigation that may result in enforcement action. When applying this exception, we have to show why we believe it is in the public interest to apply the exception. We do this by balancing the arguments for and against disclosure: The public interest argument for releasing this information is: - it would improve the transparency for the general public of the Council’s enforcement processes and investigation in this case (low weight)• The public interest arguments for withholding the information are: - disclosure of this information would have the potential to prejudice the Council’s ability to successfully take any enforcement or legal action by prematurely revealing details of the investigation (high weight)• disclosure of this information would have the potential to prejudice the other party’s ability to successfully defend any enforcement or legal action by prematurely revealing details of the investigation (high weight)• premature disclosure may result in the public being presented with incomplete information that gives a distorted or inaccurate view of the facts of the case (medium weight)• We believe that in all the circumstances of the case, the public interest in maintaining the exception outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information. There is a presumption in favour of disclosure in the  regulations and we have considered whether this overrides the public interest test conclusion and have concluded that it does not.  Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk , Telephone: 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website https://www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Peter Williams Information Rights Officer2025-05-19T00:00:00CAM100972025-05-06T00:00:00advertisingDate: 06/05/2025 Case reference : CAM10097 London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 15/04/2025 about advertising. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 / Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested and the answers to your questions are as follows: Please advise: 1. How much your Council spent on advertising in the financial year 2024/25. £280,246.96 2. How much your Council spent on advertising in the financial year 2023/24. £239,588.35 Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk , Telephone: 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website https://www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Peter Williams Information Rights Officer2025-05-19T00:00:00CAM100982025-05-06T00:00:00prosecutions of, and civil penalties issued to, companies by the council under the Housing Act 2004Date: 06/05/2025 Ref: CAM10098 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 16/04/2025 about prosecutions of, and civil penalties issued to, companies by the council under the Housing Act 2004 . We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested. I am writing to request the following information under the Freedom of Information act 2000: All prosecutions of, and civil penalties issued to, companies by the council under the Housing Act 2004 since 2010, including name of the company, date of prosecution/penalty, size of monetary penalty including costs awarded, and a brief description of the offence If this request is too wide or unclear, please get in touch This information is publicly available on the Rogue Landlord Checker here . You can also find further information on the Council’s FOI Search Portal here and searching for “Housing Act 2004” in the 2nd search box. As the information requested is already reasonably accessible elsewhere it is exempt under the absolute exemption in Section 21. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Philip Lewis Information Rights Officer2025-05-19T00:00:00CAM100992025-05-12T00:00:00provider for the collection and disposal of the Council's Clinical WasteDate: 12/05/2025 Ref: CAM10099 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 16/04/2025 about provider for the collection and disposal of the Council's Clinical Waste. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested. Under the FOI please could you answer the following questions: 1 - Who is the provider for the collection and disposal of the Council's Clinical Waste PHS. 2 - Who is the provider for the collection and disposal of the Councils Hygiene Waste PHS. 3 - Who collects the Sanitary Bins from the Council Properties4? PHS. 4 - When is the Tender due for renewal for Clinical Waste? 1 st Jan 2028. The contract has the option of annual extension. 5 - When is the Tender due for renewal for Sanitary Waste? As above. 6 - Who is the main contact for the Councils Clinical and Hygiene Waste? Facilities Management department. 7- What is the annual Value for both Services The annual figure for Corporate sites at award was £27.6k, but this would be subject to additions/removals. 8 - When will the Council put these services to tender in the public domain? 6 months prior to the contract end date. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Kieran Heneghan Information Rights Officer2025-05-19T00:00:00CAM101012025-05-13T00:00:00listed and derelict buildingsDate: 13/05/2025 Case reference : CAM10101London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 15/04/2025 about listed and derelict buildings.   We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA) and/or the Environmental Information Regulations 2004 (EIR 2004). Response The council holds some of the information requested. The answers to your questions are below. We have stated where we do not hold the information requested and why. I am making a freedom of information (FOI) request.  Please can you tell me  1. Whether you collect data on fires that occur in listed buildings in your planning area, and  2. Whether you keep record of derelict buildings in your planning area, including any records on risks associated with their condition 3. If yes, please share  a. Any records that you have of fires that have occurred in listed buildings in your planning area from 1st January 2018 to 31st December 2024 (inclusive) in a .csv or .xlsx file  b. Any records that you have of derelict buildings in your planning area from 1st January 2018 to 31st December 2024 (inclusive) in a .csv or .xlsx file  c. The name, date, and location of fires in derelict listed buildings in your area from 1st January 2018 to 31st December 2024 (inclusive) in a .csv or .xlsx file Partial or summary data is acceptable if full records aren't available. We do not hold this information.  This is because we have no recorded data that specifically identifies fires that occur in all listed buildings.  We only hold information for listed buildings owned by us – please see attached for this partial data. Historic England are responsible for keeping a record of Heritage Buildings at Risk, this can be viewed on their website: www.https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/heritage-at-risk/search-register/ We do not keep a list of derelict buildings in Camden. If buildings are reported as being in a poor state of repair, we may open a planning enforcement investigation to see if we can negotiate or require remedial works. As the information not held is environmental, we have to comply with a technicality and tell you that because it is not held it is excepted under Regulation 12 (4)(a) of the EIR 2004.  The Information Commissioner does not require a public interest test where the information is not held Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk , Telephone: 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/. The ICO website https://www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Peter Williams Information Rights Officer2025-05-19T00:00:00CAM101022025-05-19T00:00:00the number of registered children's homes operating in the London Borough of CamdenDate: 19/05/2025 Ref: CAM10102 Dear Requester, Thank you for your request for information dated 16/04/2025 about the number of registered children's homes operating in the London Borough of Camden. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The Council does not hold the information requested. The answers to your questions are as follows: 1. The number of registered children's homes currently in operation within your local authority. The council does not hold the information requested, as w e do not record details about all children’s homes in the borough. However, we can provide information on children homes commissioned by Children’s Services. 2. The number of unregistered children's homes known to be operating within your local authority. Please see the response to question 1 above. 3. The total number of children currently placed in: a) Registered children's homes Please see the response to question 1 above. b) Unregistered children's homes Please see the response to question 1 above. Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Lorna Jonas-Tinson Information Rights Officer2025-05-19T00:00:00CAM101052025-05-19T00:00:00non-housing premises owned by your Council that are currently emptyDate: 19/05/2025 Ref: CAM10105 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 17/04/2025 about non-housing premises owned by your Council that are currently empty. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds some of the information requested. Please advise: 1. The total number of non-housing premises owned by your Council that are currently empty. Please include a breakdown according to the intended use/previous use of the buildings - eg offices, retail, leisure. The Council has 984 units, of which 88 are vacant. The categories are as follows: 31 Shops 4 Community Use 33 Light Industrial/Workshops 18 Offices 2 Former Public Convenience 2. The total number of non-housing premises owned by your Council that have been empty for more than 12 months. Please include a breakdown according to the intended use/previous use of the buildings - eg offices, retail, leisure. From the property database, it is not possible to identify those that have been vacant for longer than a year. However not all of these are available to let as some are requiring works before they become lettable, and therefore some are also being kept vacant for wider strategy plans, including assisting with future Fire Compartmentation works . Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Philip Lewis Information Rights Officer2025-05-19T00:00:00CAM101062025-05-08T00:00:00data breachesDate: 08/05/2025 Case reference : CAM10106London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 15/04/2025 about data breaches .  We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response Data Breaches FOI Request: I am writing to request information under the Freedom of Information Act, please can you provide the following:  1. The number of data breach incidents the council has had in the last three years (between April 6th -April 5th 2022/23, 2023/24 and 2024/25) Broken down by years. 1a) Of those, how many were cyber-incidents? (Broken down by years as above). 2. How many compensation claims have been brought against the council for data breaches in the last three years (between April 6th -April 5th 2022/23, 2023/24 and 2024/25) Broken down by years. 2a) Of those, how many were settled with compensation? 2b) Of those, how many were refused? 2c) How much has the council paid out in compensation for data breach claims in the last three years? Broken down by years as above. ** By data breaches I refer to any or all information security incidents reported to your team that affect the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the Council’s data - including those that have been reported to the ICO. We are also often asked questions about malware, ransom ware, cyberattacks, data breaches, and the like. We are asked whether we have encountered any of these, the number of occurrences, their success rates, and the actions we have taken. We can be asked if we have been the victim of ransom ware, whether attacks were successful, if we paid ransoms, how often, when, to whom and for how much. We are also sometimes asked if we have received claims for compensation for any breaches or attacks etc. We have decided that we do not tell requesters if we hold this information or not. Under Freedom Information Act this is called a ‘neither confirm nor deny’ response. We can do this under section 31 of the act. We have explained why below. Refusal Notice The exemption that applies is: - Section 31(3) – Law Enforcement The council believes that telling requesters if we hold information about cyber-attacks, ransomware, data breaches, etc., will cause damage. This is because saying if we do or do not hold information would give cyber criminals insight into vulnerabilities which may, or may not, exist. This would be likely to damage our cyber security systems and plans. Therefore, we use the exemption in section 31(3). This allows us to refuse to confirm or deny if the information is held. In other words, the council is allowed to refuse to say if it holds information about this or not. When we use a neither confirm or deny response you should not assume that we do, or do not, hold any information. Section 31(3) is a qualified exemption which means we must do a public interest test where we compare the public interest for and against disclosing. The public interest test is not about whether we should disclose any information that we might hold. It is a test of whether we should say if we hold the information or not. Factors in favour of confirming or denying if we hold relevant information. • It would help transparency and accountability of the council (medium weight) • It would reassure people about whether our systems are vulnerable or not (high weight) • It would provide information about how effective our security systems are (medium weight)Factors against confirming or denying if we hold relevant information. • Saying if we hold information would provide information about how effective our security systems are. This would be likely to give cyber criminals insights into the strengths of the council’s cyber security and any potential weaknesses that may exist. This would increase the chances of cyberattacks. One of the reasons that cyber security measures are in place is to protect the integrity of personal and sensitive personal information so increasing the chances of an attack would have potentially serious repercussions. (high weight) • If the council confirms that it holds a lot of information then this could show criminals its systems are particularly vulnerable, encouraging attacks (high weight) • If the council confirms that it holds little information this could either show it has poor reporting and recording procedures which will encourage an attack, or it could show it has robust procedures which could encourage an attack to try out criminals’ new techniques or could encourage criminals to target other councils’ systems which would increase crime elsewhere (high weight) • There is public interest in complying with our legal obligations to keep personal data secure and to act appropriately which includes keeping areas confidential where necessary (high weight) We believe that the balance of public interest lies in upholding the exemption and not confirming or denying if we hold this information. Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk , Telephone: 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website https://www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Peter Williams Information Rights Officer2025-05-19T00:00:00CAM101082025-05-15T00:00:00NCP Car Park 45 - 54 Saffron HillDate: 15/05/2025 Case reference : CAM10108London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 17/04/2025 about the  NCP Car Park 45 - 54 Saffron Hill.  .  We have dealt with this under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004 (EIR 2004). Response The council holds the information requested.  However, we are withholding the information because it is excepted as explained below.  We have explained where we are withholding information and what exception applies.  Please see the refusal notice at the end of the answer which explains how and why it applies. NCP Car Park 45 - 54 Saffron Hill and 3 Saffron Street London EC1N 8UN Planning Application reference 2024/1364/P Failing such provision, please treat this letter as a request for information, as detailed below, pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and the Environmental Information Regulations 2004. We request that the following information: 1. All correspondence (including attached and enclosed documents), emails, instant messages, documents, telephone notes, meeting notes held or retained by the Council (in its capacity as local planning authority) regarding: 1.1 planning application reference 2024/1364/P 1.2 pre-application discussions regarding the site known as NCP Car Park 45 - 54 Saffron Hill and 3 Saffron Street since 1 January 2023 1.3 the property known as the Ziggurat Building since 1 January 2023 2. All correspondence (including attached and enclosed documents), emails, instant messages, documents, telephone notes, meeting notes held or retained by the Council (in its capacity as local planning authority) between the Council in its capacity as LPA and any third parties acting for or on behalf of the applicant in respect of planning application reference 2024/1364/P received since 1 April 2024. We are not processing this request.  It would involve a disproportionate amount of time, effort and expense to the council and is excepted under the EIR 2004.  Please see the exception notice set out below. Refusal Notice The exception that applies is: regulation 12(4)b which states that a public authority may refuse to disclose information to the extent that the request for information is manifestly unreasonable. We have also considered the time it will take the council to locate the information requested in the request, to extract it, collate it and then to review and redact any sensitive information that will be subject to further exceptions under the EIR 2004. The information that falls under the scope of the current request amounts to over 7091 pages when compiled. Disproportionate time would be needed to redact personal information and redact or remove information that is subject to legal professional privileged and may be excepted under regulation 12(5) after consideration of the public interest involved. Each page will need to be checked for this information and to check and redact or remove excepted information will take at least 3 mins per page. The time therefore to check and redact this information would be over a minimum time of 354 hours. Further disproportionate time would be needed to redact personal information and redact or remove information that is subject to other exceptions under regulation EIR 2004 after consideration of the public interest involved. We have considered the impact and burden that processing this request would have on the team who would have to deal with it.We have concluded that the time, effort and costs involved would place a disproportionate burden on the team and severely impact their ability to perform their normal duties. In applying this exception, the Council has also considered the balance of the public interest in line with the EIR 2004.  We have indicated the weight of each of these considerations. The public interest argument for releasing this information is: - it would improve the transparency for the general public of the council’s decisions and processes in dealing with the ‘planning activities’ of an MP and associates (Medium).• The public interest arguments for withholding the information are: - processing this request in full would be provide a large burden in terms of officer time and cost to the Council (High).• this would necessarily constitute a significant diversion of resources away from the council’s core business activities, (High) and:• it would consequently have a proportionally detrimental impact on it’s provision of services to the public (High).• it is not in the public interest public interest that the Council neglect its provision of services to the public to focus on one information request (High).• It is felt that in all the circumstances of the case, the public interest in maintaining the exception outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information. There is a presumption in favour of disclosure in the EIR 2004. We considered whether this overrides the public interest test conclusion and have concluded that it does not. Advice and assistance You may want to greatly reduce the time period of your request and/or consider which topics are of particular interest to you for which we could more easily search our records and result in compiled information that would not take a disproportionate time to process. Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations.Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk , Telephone: 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website https://www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Peter Williams Information Rights Officer2025-05-19T00:00:00CAM101092025-05-08T00:00:00details of the application for a road closure on Swinton StreetDate: 08/05/2025 Ref: CAM10109 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 17/04/2025 about details of the application for a road closure on Swinton Street. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council does not hold the information requested. On Saturday 29 March 2025 Swinton Street, WC1X 9NT, was closed to traffic, at approximate location: X: 530577 Y: 182773 (on Camden Council map). Traffic was diverted down Swinton Place. This was to facilitate a large mobile crane to operate in the area where Swinton Road meets Gray’s Inn Road. Please provide details of the application for a road closure, application for a crane operation, and details of the Council’s decision making, including the extent and duration of the road closure. This crane operation was facilitated by Transport for London ( TfL) on Swinton Street, which is on the red route maintained by them. Therefore, you would need to contact TfL at the following link - Freedom of Information - Transport for London Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Kieran Heneghan Information Rights Officer2025-05-19T00:00:00CAM101102025-05-12T00:00:00Section 106 Carbon offset payments madeDate: 12/05/2025 Ref: CAM10110 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 18/04/2025 about Section 106 Carbon offset payments made. We have dealt with this under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested. Please confirm: a) The total amount of Section 106 Carbon offset payments made since 06.09.23 (same information as requested in FOI 5951) A total of £2,364,722 has been received in carbon offset contributions since 06.09.23. b) A breakdown of these payments, including deed dates (as FOI 5951) See attached spreadsheet for a breakdown of these contributions, including deed dates. c) The total expenditure of the payments made since the payments reported in FOI 5951. £46,133 has been spent from s.106 contributions received since 06.09.23. However, this figure is misleading, as s.106 contributions are allocated and spent on projects according to the earliest available and unallocated s.106 contributions - in simple terms we have spent far more that £46,133 since 06.09.23 but the source of the expenditure is s.106 contributions received before September 2023. In total, £1,221,929 has been spent of the total amount of s.106 contributions received, with £732,943 being spent since September 2023. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Philip Lewis Information Rights Officer2025-05-19T00:00:00CAM101112025-05-13T00:00:00information dated 20/04/2025 about minutes of meeting for Executive (Environment) Sub-GroupDate: 13/05/2025 Ref: CAM10111 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 20/04/2025 about minutes of meeting for Executive (Environment) Sub-Group. We have dealt with this under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested. Can you urgently provide the minutes of meeting for Executive (Environment) Sub -Group Thursday, 19th June, 2008 Democratic Services does not hold a copy of these minutes due to data retention dates. However Camden Council’s Local Studies & Archives holds a copy. Please contact local.studies@camden.gov.uk . Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Yours sincerely Philip Lewis Information Rights Officer2025-05-19T00:00:00CAM101122025-05-15T00:00:00signs in Elsworthy road prohibiting cars and motorcycles during certain hoursDate: 15/05/2025 Ref: CAM10112 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 22/04/2025 about signs in Elsworthy road prohibiting cars and motorcycles during certain hours . We have dealt with this under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested. How do you let motorists know that the signs in Elsworthy road prohibiting cars and motorcycles during certain hours because of St. Paul's school, are not in opetation during school holidays? The Council uses folding signs at the entrances of restricted streets or sections of streets to enforce our School Street restrictions. All the signs are therefore folded after the afternoon restriction on the last day of each half term, and opened again before the start of the morning restriction on the first day back. Motorists are therefore not faced with any signs on the restricted streets. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Yours sincerely Kieran Heneghan Information Rights Officer2025-05-19T00:00:00CAM101172025-05-19T00:00:00total number of on-street residents, disabled and paid for parking spaces in CamdenDate: 19/05/2025 Ref: CAM10117 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 23/05/2025 about total number of on-street residents, disabled and paid for parking spaces in Camden . We have dealt with this under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested. Could Camden please advise re. the following. What is the total number of on-street residents, disabled and paid for parking spaces in Camden? And by what number has this changed as compared to 2015? i.e Has there been a reduction of on-street parking and if so by how much since 2015? The Council’s current Annual Parking Report provides up-to-date data on the availability of parking spaces by bay type, as detailed in the table below. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Corresponding information from 2015 can be found in the table below. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Kieran Heneghan Information Rights Officer2025-05-19T00:00:00CAM101192025-05-08T00:00:00requests to remove books from your library shelvesDate: 08/05/2025 Ref: CAM10119 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 17/04/2025 about requests to remove books from your library shelves. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested. I would like to know how many requests to remove books from your library shelves the authority has received in the last three years, and ideally a quarter -by-quarter breakdown of such requests. I'm especially interested in the period directly after the Trump- victory of last November's US election. If a geographical location (within authority area, out of authority area, out of UK) can be provided as well that would be most beneficial. If at all possible a list of the books requested to be de -shelved in the last six months would be of great use. We haven't received any requests to remove books from the shelves of Camden Libraries in the past three years. There have been no requests for books to be de-shelved in the last six months. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Yours sincerely Kieran Heneghan Information Rights Officer2025-05-19T00:00:00CAM101202025-05-13T00:00:00EV chargersDate: 13/05/2025 Ref: CAM10120 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 18/04/2025 about EV chargers. We have dealt with this under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested. Freedom of Information request - EV chargers (London) Dear Camden Borough Council, 1. How many public electric car charging points currently exist in your council area which you either own and/or manage? Please break this down by the type of charger they are. All electric car charging points in Camden are managed by Charge Point Operators in Camden. We currently own 92 lamp column charge points. 2. How many new public electric car charging points are you planning on installing in your council area in the next 2 years that you will own and/or manage? Please break this down by the type of charger they will be. None. Charge points will be owned and managed by Charge Point Operators. 3. How many requests for more public electric car charging points have you received from residents in your council area since 1.1.24? There have been 106 email requests sent to our evcprequests@camden.gov.uk inbox. Note: By ‘public’ charging point I mean any point that can be used by any motorist as long as they have the requisite membership card, app etc. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Philip Lewis Information Rights Officer2025-05-19T00:00:00CAM101222025-05-13T00:00:00Electronic Waste Collected by Local AuthorityDate: 13/05/2025 Ref: CAM10122 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 22/04/2025 about Electronic Waste Collected by Local Authority. We have dealt with this under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested. Freedom of Information request - Freedom of Information Request – Electronic Waste Collected by Local Authority I am writing to request information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. I am conducting research into the scale of electronic waste (e -waste) generated across UK local authorities for public awareness and educational purposes. Please could you provide the following information regarding electronic waste collected by your council: 1. Annual totals of electronic waste collected: Please provide the total amount (in kilograms or tonnes) of Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) collected by your authority per year for the years: 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2. Breakdown by type of item (if available): If possible, please break down the annual totals into categories such as: Large household appliances (e.g. fridges, washing machines) Small household appliances (e.g. toasters, kettles) IT and telecoms equipment (e.g. laptops, phones) Consumer electronics (e.g. TVs, speakers) Lighting equipment Other WEEE categories (if applicable) 3. Collection source: Please indicate whether the data includes: Household waste Commercial/business waste Or both Please see below for household items collected - data is provided by financial year from April 2020 - March 2024. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Electrical Items by type 2020 -21 2021 -22 2022 -23 2023 -24 Total tonnes collected WEEE - Large Domestic Appliances 50.38 48.55 55.86 46.38 201.17 WEEE - Small Domestic Appliances 110.55 167.56 122.50 31.64 432.25 WEEE - TVs & Monitors 24.09 36.38 32.96 24.45 117.89 WEEE - Fluorescent tubes and other light bulbs 0.65 0.86 1.49 83.16 86.16 WEEE - Fridges and Freezers 72.65 95.29 83.21 63.93 315.08 Grand total 258.32 348.64 296.01 249.57 1152.54 Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Philip Lewis Information Rights Officer2025-05-19T00:00:00CAM101232025-05-19T00:00:00various queries about street lighting columnsDate: 19/05/2025 Ref: CAM10123 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 22/04/2025 about various queries about street lighting columns. We have dealt with this under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested. Please find below a Freedom of Information (FOI) request for information which should be directed to your Highways Department, specifically the department that deals with public street lighting. I would be grateful if you could respond to the following 4 questions please: 1) How many public lighting columns is your authority responsible for? On the highway, the London Borough of Camden maintains circa 10,500 street lighting asset s. 2) In a typical year how many lighting columns does your authority test for structural integrity? Information on electrical testing is not required. In the last financial year 2024/25, we tested circa 4,000 units. 3) What methodology does your authority use to test structural integrity ? e.g. Ultrasonic Testing (UT), push-pull method etc. If you use more than one method please state all methods used on a regular basis and state which is the most used method. Our authority uses TR22 2007 / GN22 2019 - Structural (Expired Test Dates) and Structural Inspection and Testing from Low Level (Dipstick Method). 4) In a typical year, how many lighting columns does your authority replace? Preferably the response should be replacements due condition or end of serviceable life rather than replacement due to accidental damage, however if condition/service life data only is not available, then total number of replacements typically per annum is sufficient. Based on 2024/25, circa 500 lighting columns were replaced. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Kieran Heneghan Information Rights Officer2025-05-19T00:00:00CAM101272025-05-15T00:00:00Hampstead Cemetery Toilet Refurbishment ProjectDate: 15/05/2025 Ref: CAM10127 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 18/04/2025 about Hampstead Cemetery Toilet Refurbishment Project. We have dealt with this under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested. I am submitting this request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, regarding the recent refurbishment to add in a public toilet facility at Hampstead Cemetery, which has been described publicly by Camden Council as a “£100,000 investment.” Please provide the following information: Funding and Financial Sources: 1. What was the funding source(s) for this toilet refurbishment project? Please indicate if the funding came from Cemetery Services’ budget, a Camden Council capital budget, external funds, or other sources. If multiple sources were involved, please provide a breakdown by amount and origin. The funding for the Accessible Toilet at Hampstead Cemetery was the Camden Capital Programme, therefore, Camden Council funding. This was supplemented by additional Camden Council funding related to the works required to the lodge . Costs and Budget Details: 2. The originally projected cost for the project. The agreed bid relating to the accessible toilet was for £100,000. Additional issues relating to the Lodge were also included into the final project and additional funding sought from the Property Capital Programme as a result. 3. The current total cost to date. The current total cost: £159,778.15. 4. A cost breakdown (e.g., contractor fees, accessibility improvements, internal oversight, remedial work). The Project sum was £128,744.60 based on a tender exercise and a priced specification. Whilst the main work was to provide an accessible toilet, there were a number of items that were needed to improve the condition of the lodge, and these were: London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk • Minor roof repairs, replacing slipped slated, and ridge tiles • Lead valley repairs • Chimney repair • Replacement flashings • Stone repairs • window repairs Given that these were all at high level, a full access scaffold was required for a safe working platform. 5. Any overspend above the original budget, and if so, the reason(s). While the above were additional works added to the project post commencement, they account for the increase in costs from £128,744.60 to £159,778.15. 6. Was any remedial work necessary? If yes, what work was carried out and what additional cost did it involve? Please see the response to Question 4. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Kieran Heneghan Information Rights Officer2025-05-19T00:00:00CAM101292025-05-16T00:00:00completion noticesDate: 16/05/2025 Case reference : CAM10129London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 23/04/2025 about completion notices.  We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and/or the Environmental Information Regulations 2004 Response The council holds some of the information requested. The answers to your questions are below. We have stated where we do not hold the information requested and why. Under the terms of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 please could I request a list of Non-Domestic Completion Notices served by the authority from 01/02/2025 to the present date. I would be grateful if the list could include; 1. The property reference number (otherwise known as billing authority reference number). 2. The address of the property to which the notice relates. 3. The date the notice was served. 4. The completion date recorded. 5. The business or person to whom the notice was served. 6. Address to where the Notice was sent.7. Whether the notice was issued by the billing authority or a third party. Please find relevant information attached.   We do not have property reference numbers (PRN) at this point. This is because it is only when a property has appeared on a schedule from the Valuation Office Agency, that the property is then created on our system and PRN generated. Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk , Telephone: 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website https://www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Peter Williams Information Rights Officer2025-05-19T00:00:00CAM101322025-05-14T00:00:00carriageway repairs in the council areaDate: 14/05/2025 Ref: CAM10132 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 17/04/2025 about carriageway repairs in the council area. We have dealt with this under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds some of the information requested. We have stated where we do not hold the information requested and why. Carriageway Repairs: I am requesting information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 regarding carriageway repairs in the council area. I would like to request the following data: Question 1 Do you use internal or external contractors to facilitate the following pothole repairs, patching works, pre patching and small scale resurfacing projects We use external contractors to facilitate the tasks above. Question 2 What machinery do you use for pothole repairs, patching works, pre patching and small scale resurfacing works We do not hold this information. This is decided by our contractors. W e do not specify what machinery they need to use for these tasks. Question 3 How much do you spend per pothole repair on average via traditional methods and machinery repairs We do not hold this information. As our contractual arrangement with our Highways Contractor involves a lump sum payment to cover all defects, we are unable to break down the costs of just repairing potholes. Question 4 How much does it cost you to repair each identified pothole on average? We do not hold this information. As our contractual arrangement with our Highways Contractor involves a lump sum payment to cover all defects, we are unable to break down the costs of just repairing potholes. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Question 5 Are you in contact with a company for pothole/patching/pre -pathing repairs? if so who is this contractor with Our term Highways contractors are FM Conway and Marlborough Highways. Question 6 How many years does this contract have left to run for pothole/patching works Potentially another 4 to 5 years. The current contract started on 1st April 2023. Question 7 What machinery have you reviewed/received a demo on to speed up carriageway repairs We do not hold this information. This would be the responsibility of the contractor. Question 8 How do you fund pothole & patching repairs, Capital or revenue, what is the split? We fund this via a revenue lump sum. Question 9 Do you use your own internal teams for Highways repairs? In relation to potholes/ patching and pre patching? No, we use external contractors. Question 10 What frameworks do you call upon for additional machinery or operatives, in relation to Highway repairs? Our term contractors facilitate the above. As some of the information not held is environmental we have to comply with a technicality and tell you that because it is not held it is excepted under Regulation 12 (4)(a) of the EIR 2004. The Information Commissioner does not require a public interest test where the information is not held. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Kieran Heneghan Information Rights Officer2025-05-19T00:00:00CAM101342025-05-13T00:00:00call-off contractDate: 13/05/2025 Case reference : CAM10134 London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 17/04/2025 about a  call-off contract . We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 / Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested and the answers to your questions are as follows: I am doing a research project investigating call-off contracts in the public sector. I have identified a potential call-off contract awarded by London Borough of Camden, but I can't find details of the framework agreement it was awarded from. I have attached an Excel file that contains the information I am looking at. The last two columns ("Title of framework used" and "Further framework info") is where I am missing information. Please could you provide the name of the specific framework agreement or DPS used here. If there is any further info which you think would help me locate the framework agreement (e.g., a link to the framework's Contract Finder or FTS listing, the framework provider, or a widely-used reference number such as CCS's RM codes), please use the final column for this. Please note that I have identified this contract as a possible call-off contract, so there is a chance it is not a call-off. It could be, for instance, procured directly (without being called off from a framework agreement), or could be itself a notice of the establishment of a framework agreement. Therefore I would kindly ask you to specify in this instance what kind of procurement was used in the "Title of framework used" column. I have provided the title, description, the publication date, and procedure type used to award the potential call-off, as well as a URL link to the call-off in question and a unique reference ID for the potential call-off. Please let me know if there is anything else you need to complete the request.Please find relevant information attached. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk , Telephone: 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website https://www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Peter Williams Information Rights Officer2025-05-19T00:00:00CAM101362025-05-16T00:00:00CityPayDate: 16/05/2025 Case reference : CAM10136 London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 23/04/2025 about CityPay. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 / Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested and the answers to your questions are as follows: Under the Freedom of Information Act, I am requesting the following information. 1) Do you utilise the payment provider CityPay to facilitate any transactions, including, but not limited to, parking fines 2) If the answer to (1) is yes, please detail in the latest full financial year: a) How much has the council paid to CityPay for its services b) How many transactions have gone through CityPay c) What is the total value of transactions that have gone through CityPay d) Does CityPay take a percentage of transactions, or does the council pay a flat fee, or some other arrangement? e) What services utilise CityPay, e.g car parking fines, rent, waste collection fees, etc3) If the answer to (1) is no, please detail in the latest reportable full financial year: a) Which financial transaction firms are used by the council to facilitate payments We do not use CityPay for parking fines and they are not a supplier for any other services including facilitating any transactions. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk , Telephone: 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website https://www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Peter Williams Information Rights Officer2025-05-19T00:00:00CAM101382025-05-19T00:00:00council tax and contributions to the LGPSDate: 19/05/2025 Case reference : CAM10138London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 23/04/2025 about council tax and contributions to the LGPS.  We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds some of the information requested. The answers to your questions are below. We have stated where we do not hold the information requested and why. I would like to make a request under the Freedom of Information Act. Please can you tell me, during the 2024/25 tax year (Please can you send me the same figures for the four preceding tax years, so 2020/21, 2021/22, 2022/23 and 2023/24): 1. How much did you receive in council tax payments? 2024/25 = £183.98m 2023/24 = £169.85m 2022/23 = £163.07m 2021/22 = £157.50m 2020/21 = £141.07m Please note: the above figures may include payments received to clear outstanding balances from previous financial years (e.g., 2023/24 or earlier) and some prepayments for the 2025/26 financial year, such as instances where the April 2025 instalment was paid in March 2025 (within the 2024/25 financial year). These timing differences should be considered when interpreting the data. 2. How much did you spend on employer contributions to the Local Government Pension Scheme? Normal employer’s contributions only: - 2023/24 = £43.65m 2022/23 = £40.08m 2021/22 = £35.13m 2020/21 = £37.07m Please note: Point 2 relates to Administering and Scheduled bodies only.           We do not hold this information for 2024/25.  This is because we are still in the process of reconciling for the financial year 2024/25 closing.            Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk , Telephone: 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website https://www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Peter Williams Information Rights Officer2025-05-19T00:00:00CAM101392025-05-19T00:00:00Housing BenefitDate: 19/05/2025 Case reference : CAM10139London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 23/04/2025 about Housing Benefit.  . We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds some of the information requested. The answers to your questions are below. We have stated where we do not hold the information requested and why. Freedom of Information Request – Housing Benefit Overpayment Collections: Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, I hereby request the following information relating to your council’s Housing Benefit Overpayment (HBOP) collections: 1. **Team Structure & Size** a. Total number of staff dedicated to HBOP recovery. b. Organisational structure for this area, (e.g. team leads, case handlers, support staff). c. How many officers are in these roles & the grade range. We do not hold this information.  This is because our officers look after several debts not only HB. 2. **Scope of Work**a. Are HBOP collection staff exclusively assigned to overpayments, or do they also handle other debt types (e.g. Council Tax, Business Rates)? They do handle other debts – please see the response above. b. Rationale for this allocation of duties. It is a centralised function. 3. **HBOP Debt Position** a. Total value of outstanding HBOP debt at 31 March 2025. £8,784,278 (HB Sundry not by deductions from ongoing benefit) b. Number of active HBOP accounts as of that date. 3,169 (HB Sundry not by deductions from ongoing benefit) 4. **Account Allocation** a. Methodology for distributing HBOP cases among team members (e.g. by debt value, debtor location, alphabetical). Alphabetical for HB debt only b. Average caseload per team member. This is variable. c. Is there a separate team reviewing historic debt. No, there is not. 5. **Performance & Systems**a. Key performance indicators used (e.g. collection rate, days to recovery). There are no such indicators. b. Case management systems or digital tools employed. Ash Recovery System. c. Is there any Artifical Intellgence or robots used. No, there is not. 6. **Policy & Decision-Making** a. Any recent changes to HBOP collection policy or structure within the last two years and the reasoning behind them. No, there has not been any recent changes. b. Details of any external consultancy or externalisation arrangements. None, there are no such arrangements. Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk , Telephone: 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website https://www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Peter Williams Information Rights Officer2025-05-19T00:00:00CAM101402025-05-19T00:00:00recruitment agenciesDate: 19/05/2025 Case reference : CAM10140 London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 23/04/2025 about recruitment agencies.  We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested and the answers to your questions are as follows: Specifically, I am requesting details on ALL spending with recruitment agencies, particularly spending that is not via your managed service provider. 1. What is the name of your agency recruitment provider aka an MSP (example Matrix, Comensura, Reed)? Matrix. 2. What was the total spend via that MSP provider from 1/1/2024 to 1/1/2025? ~ £35m annually 3. What was the spend on ‘off contract’ Agency Workers/Consultants/Interims that were not supplied by the MSP from 1/1/2024 to 1/1/2025? We do not engage recruitment agencies outside of Matrix. 4. Please provide (preferably on excel) the spend, suppliers name, department, and most importantly the job title of that ‘off contract’ worker spend (as stipulated in point 3)Please see the response above. 5. What was the spend on recruitment agencies used for permanent recruitment, agencies name, spend and department Please see the response above. *For clarity, ‘off contract’ is spend on agency workers/consultants, whereby the supplier has invoiced the council directly and NOT via the MSP provider as outlined in point 1. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk , Telephone: 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website https://www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Peter Williams Information Rights Officer2025-05-19T00:00:00CAM101432025-05-12T00:00:00the commissioning and placement of Children Looked After aged under 16 placed into residential homesDate: 12/05/2025 Ref: CAM10143 Dear Requester, Thank you for your request for information dated 09/04/2025 about the commissioning and placement of Children Looked After aged under 16 placed into residential homes. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested and the answers to your questions are as follows: I would appreciate your assistance by providing the following brief information regarding the commissioning and placement of Looked After Children aged under 16 into residential homes from your local authority: 1. Name, direct email address, and direct dial contact number for the manager responsible for placements of Looked After Children into residential homes. Name: Brenda Amisi-Hutchinson Email address: Brenda.amisi-hutchinson@camden.gov.uk Direct phone: 0207 974 2072 2. General generic departmental email address used specifically for receiving communication with providers for referrals to source placements of Looked After Children aged under 16. Email address: PlacementsandResourcesdutyteam@camden.gov.uk 3. Does your local authority currently use a specific framework for residential placements for Looked After Children aged under 16? If yes, please provide the framework's name and the email address or precise details of whom to contact for information on joining this framework. Care Cubed. To contact the team for information, please refer to the response to question 1 above. 4. Does your local authority make direct placements with residential providers, or are placements exclusively commissioned through a framework or placement portal? If exclusively via a framework or portal, please specify which one is used? Combination of spot commissioning and use of the CRRAG . London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk 5. How many children under 17 years old (inclusive) are currently placed in Ofsted residential children’s homes by the local authority on spot purchase arrangements? 24. Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Lorna Jonas-Tinson Information Rights Officer2025-05-19T00:00:00CAM101442025-05-19T00:00:00occupational healthDate: 19/05/2025 Case reference : CAM10144 London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 24/04/2025 about occupational health.   We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested and the answers to your questions are as follows: I am writing to make a request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. I am conducting a benchmarking exercise on Occupational Health (OH) services across local authorities and would be grateful if you could provide the following information for your council’s OH provision over the last 2 years (2022–2023 and 2023–2024, or the most recent available data): 1. Service Provider(s): a) Name(s) of the organisation(s) currently delivering your OH services. People Asset Management Group Ltd (trading as PAM OH Solutions) b) Whether this is delivered in-house or via an external provider. External provider 2. Scope of Service:a) A brief description or list of the core services included (e.g. pre-employment screening, management referrals, health surveillance, etc.). 3 core services under contract are pre-employment screening, management referrals, and ill health retirement assessments. Other services can be purchased as required.  b) Whether Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) services are bundled into the OH contract or commissioned separately. EAP services are commissioned separately 3. Contract/Budget Information: a) Annual cost of your OH service for each of the last two financial years (or most recent figures). The annual price of the previous contract was £140,000. b) Contract start and end dates. 01/11/2025 - 30/10/2026 plus 2 x 12 months (latest possible end date 30/10/2028) c) Details of any contract renewals or reprocurements currently underway or planned. N/A – please see the response above. d) Whether the contract is a standalone OH contract or part of a wider wellbeing or HR services arrangement. It is a standalone OH contract. Performance Monitoring: a. Any performance or KPI reports relating to the OH service (please redact personal or sensitive data). Management reports detail attendance at appointments, average length of absence, appointment outcomes and next actions, the time between the referral to the appointment booking; the referral to the appointment; the appointment booking to the appointment; the referral to the consultation report. b) Any complaints or user feedback reports on the service, if available. N/A – please see the response above. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk , Telephone: 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website https://www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Peter Williams Information Rights Officer2025-05-19T00:00:00CAM101472025-05-19T00:00:00information about HMOs (homes of multiple occupancy)Date: 19/05/2025 Ref: CAM10147 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 23/04/2025 about information about HMOs (homes of multiple occupancy). We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested. This is a request for information about HMOs (homes of multiple occupancy).Please consider this request under the Freedom of Information Act. When a landlord decides to turn a property into an HMO, they must apply for a licence. 1. In your borough, how many HMO applications are currently pending? 1,653 (mixture of applications being validated and those awaiting inspection.) 2. In your borough, how many HMO applications are currently incomplete? None. 3. In your borough, how many HMOs have been declined in the last five years? (Please break this down year by year) 0. 4. In your borough, how many raids have been carried out in the last five years? (Please break this down year by year) 2020/21 - 18 2021/22 - 21 2022/23 - 21 2023/24 - 48 2024/25 - 39 5. In your borough, how many unlicenced HMOs have been discovered in the last five year? (Please break this down year by year) 2020/21 - 43 2021/22 - 36 2022/23 - 19 2023/24 - 66 2024/25 - 21 London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Philip Lewis Information Rights Officer2025-05-19T00:00:00CAM101482025-05-15T00:00:00planning activities of Tulip Siddiq MPDate: 15/05/2025 Case reference : CAM10148London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 22/04/2025 about the  planning activities of Tulip Siddiq MP.   We have dealt with this under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004 (EIR 2004). Response The council holds the information requested.  However, we are withholding the information because it is excepted as explained below.  We have explained where we are withholding information and what exception applies.  Please see the refusal notice at the end of the answer which explains how and why it applies. Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, I request information on planning activities (e.g., applications, objections, appeals, enforcement notices, consultation responses, or related correspondence) held by your authority between 18 April 2020 and 19 April 2025. This request relates to the following: Tulip Siddiq, Member of Parliament for Hampstead and Highgate.• Individuals sharing the surname Siddiq, particularly where involvement may reasonably relate to the MP.• Spouses, partners, family members, or co-inhabitants (“co-inhabitants”) at address(es) associated with Tulip Siddiq, where planning activities may reflect household interests, even if the MP is not named directly.• I understand that the constituency of Hampstead and Highgate spans multiple planning authorities and that Tulip Siddiq may or may not reside within your specific area. Nevertheless, as your authority covers part of the constituency in which the individual may reside, I request any relevant records falling within your jurisdiction. Scope of Requested Information Please provide details of any planning activities involving:a) Direct Involvement: Records naming Tulip Siddiq or reasonable derivations (for example e.g., “J. Smith”, “Jon Smith”, “Jonathan A. Smith”, “J.A. Smith”, “J Alexander Smith”, “Jon A Smith”). b) Address-Based Activity: Planning records linked to addresses associated with the MP, including where co-inhabitants are named (e.g., applications, objections, correspondence) and the MP is not explicitly mentioned. c) Surname-Based Records: If name or address searches yield limited results, include planning records involving the surname Siddiq, narrowed as needed to avoid excessive costs (e.g., filtering for derivations or known addresses). For each relevant record, please provide: 1. Applications / Appeals / Pre-applications: Reference number, date(s), property address, type of application, and where applicable, a note (e.g., “co-inhabitant at [address]”) with redacted names as appropriate. 2. Objections / Representations: Reference number, date, property address, summary of comments, and anonymised indicators of involvement by co-inhabitants. 3. Enforcement Notices / Correspondence: Brief summary (e.g., nature of issue, date, role), noting co- inhabitant involvement where relevant. 4. Consultation Responses: Summary, date, and anonymised indication of co-inhabitant participation. Where applicable, please anonymise or aggregate data in line with UK GDPR, but provide as much information as legally permissible in the public interest. We are not processing this request.  It would involve a disproportionate amount of time, effort and expense to the council and is excepted under the EIR 2004.  Please see the exception notice set out below. Refusal Notice The exception that applies is: regulation 12(4)b which states that a public authority may refuse to disclose information to the extent that the request for information is manifestly unreasonable. We have also considered the time it will take the council to locate the information requested in the request, to extract it, collate it and then to review and redact any sensitive information that will be subject to further exceptions under the EIR 2004. We receive 3000 planning applications and ~1000 enforcement cases per year. We would have to check each file to see if there was relevant information.  There is no way of doing this other than a manual  search.  This would take a minimum of 20 minutes even for small files.  Additionally, we don’t even know who her partner, family members or co-inhabitants are by name or address. Further disproportionate time would be needed to redact personal information and redact or remove information that is subject to other exceptions under regulation EIR 2004 after consideration of the public interest involved. We have considered the impact and burden that processing this request would have on the team who would have to deal with it. We have concluded that the time, effort and costs involved would place a disproportionate burden on the team and severely impact their ability to perform their normal duties. In applying this exception, the Council has also considered the balance of the public interest in line with the EIR 2004.  We have indicated the weight of each of these considerations. The public interest argument for releasing this information is: - it would improve the transparency for the general public of the council’s decisions and processes in dealing with the ‘planning activities’ of an MP and associates (Medium).• The public interest arguments for withholding the information are: - processing this request in full would be provide a large burden in terms of officer time and cost to the Council (High).• this would necessarily constitute a significant diversion of resources away from the council’s core business activities, (High) and:• it would consequently have a proportionally detrimental impact on it’s provision of services to the public (High).• it is not in the public interest public interest that the Council neglect its provision of services to the public to focus on one information request (High).•It is felt that in all the circumstances of the case, the public interest in maintaining the exception outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information. There is a presumption in favour of disclosure in the EIR 2004. We considered whether this overrides the public interest test conclusion and have concluded that it does not. Advice and assistance You may want to greatly reduce the time period of your request and/or consider which topics are of particular interest to you for which we could more easily search our records and result in complied information that would not take a disproportionate time to process. Planning information is already publicly available on the planning portal of our website which provides a record of all applications submitted and the outcome.  You can search the records to look at applications from 2020.   Please enter the links below into your web browser https://planningrecords.camden.gov.uk/Northgate/PlanningExplorer/GeneralSearch.aspx https://accountforms.camden.gov.uk/planning-search/ You can also use the open data portal of our website for a set of records that are easier to search – and this data includes links to the public access files (as above) for the relevant record : Planning decisions - Open Data Portal . Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk , Telephone: 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website https://www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Peter Williams Information Rights Officer2025-05-19T00:00:00CAM101532025-05-19T00:00:00various queries about penalty charge noticesDate: 19/05/2025 Ref: CAM10153 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 24/04/2025 about various queries about penalty charge notices. We have dealt with this under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested. 1. How many penalty charge notices have been issued in your region for breaches of parking rules -for example, overstaying - in 2022, 2023, 2024 & 2025? We publish all of our PCN data on our Open Data Portal - Open Data Camden . All the information is filterable and downloadable using the on-screen tools. The link to the relevant datasets is as follows – Parking Services Penalty Charge Notices . 2. The total amount collected in fines (in £) of penalty charge notices issued in 2022, 2023, 2024 & 2025? Please see the attached Annual Parking Reports. As of now, the recorded payment value for 2024/2025 stands at £18,809,439.85, based on operational data from the Parking Management System. Please note that this figure is provisional. Due to the timing of financial processes, the finalised value will be published in the Annual Parking Report. The final total is expected to be significantly higher, as it will include income received during the 2025/26 financial year for PCNs issued in 2024/25. 3. How many appeals have been lodged against the penalty charge notices in 2022, 2023, 2024 & 2025? For the most reliable source of official appeal statistics, we recommend consulting the annual reports published by the London Tribunals and Environment & Traffic Adjudicators. These reports are typically released around October and often receive media coverage upon publication. You can access them at: londontribunals.gov.uk/about/annual -reports-and-appeal-statistics . Additionally, our Open Data datasets (linked in the response to Question 1) include a “has appeal” field, which indicates whether an appeal has been lodged. While it may be possible to infer the outcome based on whether a case was paid or cancelled, please note that our recording methods may differ from those used in the official statistics. For the most accurate and comprehensive data—including final outcomes, appeal reviews, consolidated cases, and local authority challenges—please refer to the official London Tribunals statistics linked above. 4. How many appeals saw a successful outcome for the claimant in 2022, 2023, 2024 & 2025? Please see the answer to question 3. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk 5. Please can you share what the money from penalty charge notices was used for in 2022, 2023, 2024 & 2025? Please see the attached Annual Parking Reports. 6. Do you use a private parking company to issue penalty charge notices, if yes which company do you use? NSL Services Group issue PCNs on our behalf. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Kieran Heneghan Information Rights Officer2025-05-19T00:00:00CAM101682025-05-19T00:00:00bus lane/gate locations which were enforced in 2024Date: 19/05/2025 Ref: CAM10168 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 28/04/2025 about bus lane/gate locations which were enforced in 2024. We have dealt with this under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested. I am compiling a study of bus lane statistics across the UK, so can you please provide the following information, in a chart with five columns: 1. Locations Please list your bus lane/gate locations, which were enforced in 2024. 2. Categories Please state whether each location is intended/signed as a Bus Lane, Bus Gate, Bus Only Road, or some other category (please specify). 3. Dates For any locations which were new in 2024, please give the date that enforcement commenced. For older locations, please state the year that enforcement commenced. 4. PCNs Please state the number of PCNs issued at each location, during 2024. 5. Income Please state the income from penalty charges, at each location, during 2024. Please see the attached spreadsheet for the answers to your queries. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Kieran Heneghan Information Rights Officer2025-05-19T00:00:00CAM101692025-05-15T00:00:00cost for gardening and watering Queens Crescent’s new concrete plantersDate: 15/05/2025 Ref: CAM10169 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 29/04/2025 about cost for gardening and watering Queens Crescent’s new concrete planters . We have dealt with this under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested. I would like to make an FOI request as to the cost of the weekly contract awarded to Merristem contractors on a yearly basis. This is for gardening and watering Queens Crescent’s new concrete planters. For the 4 completed planters, the council is paying £2,500+VAT for 25 bi-month visits over 12months. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Yours sincerely Philip Lewis Information Rights Officer2025-05-19T00:00:00CAM101712025-05-13T00:00:00Bike rack outside 22 Gordon StreetDate: 13/05/2025 Ref: CAM10171 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 29/04/2025 about Bike rack outside 22 Gordon Street. We have dealt with this under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested. 22 Gordon Street building users have been asking us if the bike racks to the front are UCL or Camden owned. Lime Uber have started using them, actually delivering bikes to the racks, and when building users made enquiries Lime Uber said Camden gave them permission. Can you please confirm if the bike racks are council owned or UCL owned. Title plans suggest they are UCL owned unless there is separate documentation saying otherwise. The cycle stands on the footway outside 22 Gordon Street are located on private property owned by UCL. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Yours sincerely Philip Lewis Information Rights Officer2025-05-19T00:00:00CAM101822025-05-13T00:00:00licensed animal boarding establishments (kennels)Date: 13/05/2025 Ref: CAM10182 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 01/05/2025 about licensed animal boarding establishments (kennels). We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested. • A list of all currently licensed animal boarding establishments (kennels) in your local authority area. • For each licensed kennel, please include: o Name of the business o Address o Licence number o Licence expiry date o Type of boarding (e.g. kennels, home boarding, day care, etc.) If possible, please provide this information in spreadsheet (CSV or Excel) format. There are no licensed animal boarding establishments (kennels) within the London Borough of Camden. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Philip Lewis Information Rights Officer2025-05-19T00:00:00CAM102252025-05-12T00:00:00council tax exemptionsDate: 12/05/2025 Case reference : CAM10225London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 15/04/2025 about council tax exemptions.   We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and the Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested.  However, we are withholding the information because it is exempt as explained below.  We have explained where we are withholding information and what exemption applies.  Please see the refusal notice at the end of the answer which explains how and why it applies. Please provide a list of all residential properties currently claiming a Council Tax exemption under the following classes: CTL01 – Unoccupied and unfurnished properties CTL02 – Properties undergoing major repair or structural alteration For each property, please include (where available and not restricted by data protection laws): Full property address (including postcode) Date the exemption began Type of exemption claimed (CTL01 or CTL02)I am happy to accept the information in Excel, CSV, or any other machine-readable format. CTL01 and CTL02 apply to empty properties.  The information requested is therefore exempt under Freedom of Information Act. Please see the refusal notice below. Refusal Notice The exemption that applies is: section 31(1)(a) – law enforcement We do not release the names or businesses or addresses of empty residential properties as we consider disclosing this information could make them a target of crime. Therefore, this information is exempt from disclosure under section 31(1)(a) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Section 31(1)(a) says that we do not need to provide information that would be likely to prejudice the functions of law enforcement- the prevention and detection of crime. Camden believes that releasing this information would increase the likelihood of: - Empty properties being lived in by squatters. Squatting in a residential property is now a criminal offence.• Empty properties being targeted by vandals or graffiti artists and stripped of materials such as roofing, cables or piping, or otherwise vandalised or damaged.• Empty properties being targeted by criminals or terrorists for example allowing them to hide or store the proceeds of crime, or criminal or terrorist materials• In the Information Tribunal Case Yiannis Voyias v Information Commissioner and the London Borough of Camden (EA/2001/0007 23 January 2013) the First-tier Tribunal (Information Rights) (the “Tribunal”) upheld Camden’s decision to withhold the addresses of empty houses under section 31(1)(a). In that instance the information had been collected for council tax purposes and to inform the council’s policies aimed at returning empty homes to the housing market and the Tribunal agreed that disclosing the information could facilitate squatting and/or criminal gangs engaged in asset stripping. The Tribunal was satisfied that the evidence was that disclosing this information would have the effect of assisting at least some of those wishing to engage in squatting, leading to an increase in the this. Squatting in residential property is a criminal offence which shows the negative nature of squatting and crimes such as criminal damage that are often associated with it.In Voyias the Tribunal concluded that an increase in squatting would also lead to various categories of associated criminal activity. As a result, the Tribunal found that section 31(1) (a) was engaged in that it was likely that disclosure of the disputed information would have a negative impact on the prevention of crime. This approach has been followed by both the Information Commissioner (ICO) and other First Tier Tribunal Decisions. For example: In 2019 the First Tier Tribunal (EA/2018/0055) upheld Sheffield City Council’s decision to apply s31(1)(a) to the information.• In 2029 the ICO Decision Notice FS50786336 upheld London Borough of Hackney’s decision to apply s31(1)(a) to the information• In 2022/3 the First Tier Tribunal upheld the ICO’s decision to uphold London Borough of Hounslow’s decision to withhold the information under s31(1)(a)• In 2024 the ICO Decision Notice IC-274382-J3Y0 upheld Newark and Sherwood District Council’s decision to withhold the information under s31(1)(a).• The law is settled on this point. Public Interest Test: As Section 31 is a qualified exemption we need to consider the public interest test. Factors in favour of disclosure: There are general arguments in promoting transparency and accountability of public authorities (medium weight).• Raising the profile of vacant properties would help encourage public engagement and debate (medium weight).• Factors in favour of withholding: There is an inherent public interest in crime prevention. This was considered in the Voyias case by the Tribunal (high weight).• There is public interest in avoiding the costs associated with squatting, for example repair, security and eviction costs (medium weight).• The negative impact of squatting affects the surrounding community and public authorities involved, not just the individual property (high weight).• We believe that the balance of public interest lies in upholding the exemption and not releasing the information. This decision has been consistently upheld by the ICO and the First Tier Tribunal.Advice and Assistance We know that some requesters will have genuine reasons for asking for this information. However, releasing information under the Freedom of Information Act is providing it to the whole world not just the individual requester and we cannot take an individual requester’s reasons for asking into account. You might find that the council’s Empty Homes page is useful: Empty homes - Camden Council The council also publishes the current list of council owned properties available for sale or rent on our website, some of which may be empty. The list of properties for sale and rent is here. We have information about properties that we have been informed are empty for Business Rates (NNDR) purposes. You can obtain a list of empty commercial premises on the Portal Open Data Camden . Look for the Business Rates – Non-Domestic Rates dataset. You can filter this by column B to find all voids and then column L to find those with no end date which means they are still void. Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk , Telephone: 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website https://www.ico.org.uk may be useful.Yours sincerely, Peter Williams Information Rights Officer2025-05-19T00:00:00CAM99272025-04-22T00:00:00complex home care packages for adults aged over 18 years and children aged 0-18 yearsDate: 22/04/2025 Ref: CAM9927 Dear Requester, Thank you for your request for information dated 21/03/2025 about complex home care packages for adults aged over 18 years and children aged 0- 18 years. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested and the answers to your questions are as follows: Number of Hours: Some authorities may define complex home care based on the number of hours of care needed per week or per day. For instance, if a person requires a significant amount of care each day, involving multiple interventions and skilled nursing, it may be considered complex home care. Health Conditions: The presence of certain health conditions or combinations of conditions may also define complex home care. This could include chronic illnesses, severe disabilities, or a combination of physical and mental health needs that require ongoing support and monitoring. Interventions and Procedures: Complex home care may involve the need for specialized procedures, medication management, wound care, monitoring of vital signs, or other skilled nursing tasks that go beyond basic home assistance. Functional Limitations: Individuals with significant functional limitations, may require complex home care due to the level of assistance needed for daily activities and health maintenance. Risk Factors: Local authorities may also consider factors such as the risk of complications, hospital readmissions, or the need for emergency interventions when defining complex home care. Individuals with complex medical needs that require close monitoring to prevent health crises may fall into this category. If you can't make a classification using the above list generally I would be looking for anything above 100 hours per week. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Home care refers to packages of care delivered in the individuals’ own homes (not in care homes or residential facilities). Please provide data for the following financial years: 2020/21, 2021/22, 2022/23, 2023/24 and 2024/25 (projected) except questions 5 and 6 which require a current snapshot (instead of projections for 2024/25), and question 7 which only requires data for 2023/24. If any data for 2023/24 is not available, please provide budgeted figures for the year or the latest snapshot data that is available. Where possible, please kindly include responses on the attached spreadsheet. 1. Please could you supply the name, email address and telephone number of the commissioner with responsibility for packages of complex home care for (a) adults aged 18+ and (b) children aged 0-18 years old. 2. Please provide the number of people in receipt of complex home care packages (all active packages during the year including those which started prior) for (a) adults aged 18+ and (b) children aged 0-18 years old. 3. Please provide the total number of complex home care hours delivered for adults aged 18+. 4. Please provide the total gross expenditure on complex home care packages during the year for (a) adults aged 18+ and (b) children aged 0 -18 years old. 5. Please provide the lowest, mean and highest hourly rate for complex home care packages for adults aged 18+ for 2020/21 to 2023/24 as well as a current snapshot. 6. Please provide the lowest, mean and highest weekly fee for complex home care packages for adults aged 18+ for 2020/21 to 2023/24 as well as a current snapshot. 7. Please provide a list of the 10 providers who received the greatest amount of funding for complex home care packages. Please provide data for the last financial year 2023/24 for (a) adults aged 18+ and (b) children aged 0- 18 years old. i. For each provider, please provide the number of complex home care packages in 2023/24 (all active packages during the year including those which started prior). ii. For each provider, please provide total expenditure in 2023/24 related to complex home care. Please see the spreadsheet attached setting out the available data held. Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Lorna Jonas-Tinson Information Rights Officer2025-05-15T00:00:00CAM99922025-04-17T00:00:00the cost of demolition of the garages at Castle Road Estate.Date: 17/04/2025 Ref: CAM9992 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 31/03/2025 about the cost of demolition of the garages at Castle Road Estate. We have dealt with this under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested. I would like to know the cost of demolition of the garages at Castle Road Estate. Was this funded solely by Camden or was other funding applied for? If so, how much? This is part of the New Homes Small Sites program Phase 1 (SC/2023/09) The final contract value of the demolition of the garage structure at Castle Road Estate is £526,935. It was funded by LBC and Brownfield Land Release Fund (BLRF) funding, of which the BLRF was £242,500. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Yours sincerely Kieran Heneghan Information Rights Officer2025-05-07T00:00:00CAM100222025-04-29T00:00:00the management and operation of litter bins in your boroughDate: 29/04/2025 Ref: CAM10022 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 03/04/2025 about the management and operation of litter bins in your borough. We have dealt with this under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds some of the information requested. We have stated where we do not hold the information requested and why. I am writing to request information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 regarding the management and operation of litter bins in your borough. Specifically, I would like to request the following information for the most recent 12 -month reporting period available: 1. The total number of public litter bins managed by the borough. • Street Litter Bins - approximately 1,211 • Street Dog Bins - approximately 35 • Parks & Open Spaces Litter Bins - approximately 505 • Parks & Open Spaces Dog Bins - approximately 107 2. The total annual cost to the borough for: o Litter bin design or procurement o Installation and removals o Maintenance and repairs o Storage (if applicable) o Emptying/collection services (if broken down separately) This information is not held as it is incorporated into the wider street cleansing contract so we are unable to provide a breakdown of costs. 3. Whether these services are managed in-house or contracted out, and if contracted out: o The name of the contractor Services are contracted out to Veolia Environmental Services Ltd. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk o The contract value and duration The contract runs from 2017-18 - 2024-25, with an eight year extension recently agreed. Year Annual cost 2017/18 (year 1) £15.4M 2018/19 (year 2) £15.8M 2019/20 (year 3) £16.3M 2020/21 (year 4) £15.8M 2021/22 (year 5) £16.3M 2022/23 (year 6) £17.8M 2023/24 (year 7) £18.2M 2024/25 (year 8) £18.9M o A copy of the contract or a summary (if publicly available) Details of the contract are available here 4. Whether the litter bins are part of a street furniture advertising agreement, and if so: No. o The party responsible for advertising N/A. o Whether advertising revenue is shared with or received by the borough N/A. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Kieran Heneghan Information Rights Officer2025-05-07T00:00:00CAM96732025-04-16T00:00:00council initiatives to reduce meat consumptionDate: 23/04/2025 Ref: CAM9673 Dear Requester, Thank you for your request for information dated 17/02/2025 about council initiatives to reduce meat consumption. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. This updated response provides further clarification on our previous reply from 16/04/25. Response The council holds the information requested. The answers to your questions are as follows: The total number of initiatives, schemes, or campaigns undertaken by the local authority with the aim of reducing meat consumption. For each initiative, please provide: • The name or title of the initiative. • A brief description of its purpose and scope. • The start date and (if applicable) end date of the initiative. • The target audience (council employees, schools, general public, etc). You clarified: For the date range can it be from 5 May 2022 to the present day. While there was no specific activity during the specified period for your information , Camden council has set out a Camden Climate Action Plan 2020- 2025 to detail the commitment the council is doing to reduce CO2e emissions from the borough to net zero by 2030. To achieve this challenging target, the council is doing everything it can to reduce emissions from its estate and operations, including reviewing the current provision of food in schools with a focus on reducing high carbon footprint foods which includes a commitment to reducing the use of meat within school meals. Specifically, this Council is working towards: - Serving more plant-based food and supplementing meat-based dishes with a high proportion of beans, grains and pulses - Encouraging schools to take part in at least one plant-based day per week London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk - Working on changing misconceptions of plant-based meals, including ensuring that parents/carers and pupils view it as equal quality and value to other meals being offered - Review and update language, design and look of menus to ensure meat and non-meat options are shown equal importance and value Raising awareness of the reasons for taking a climate conscious approach to school meals and working with parents/carers and pupils to change misconceptions of plant - based meals. Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Lorna Jonas-Tinson Information Rights Officer2025-05-06T00:00:00CAM97302025-04-25T00:00:00council-owned homes classified as not fit for human habitation or deemed non-decentDate: 25/04/2025 Ref: CAM9730 Dear Requester, Thank you for your request for information dated 25/02/2025 about council-owned homes classified as not fit for human habitation or deemed non- decent. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response We have dealt with questions 1-4 as a routine request providing the information in a business as usual way on 25/02/25. The council holds some of the information requested and the responses to questions 5-8 are as follows: 5. The total number of council-owned homes managed by the local authority currently classified as not fit for human habitation under the Housing Act 2004 or deemed non-decent under the Decent Homes Standard. Our stock condition surveys assess properties against the Housing Health and Safety Rating System (HHSRS) and the Decent Homes Standard. We can report that 1,411 tenanted properties, representing 6.2% of homes, do not meet the Decent Homes standard. It is important to note that failing to meet this standard does not necessarily mean a property is unfit for habitation. If there is a serious hazard present that we cannot resolve promptly or mitigate we would decant the household in line with our policies and procedures. 6. A breakdown of the reasons why these homes have been classified as unfit (e.g., damp/mould, structural issues, electrical hazards, lack of heating, etc.). The Decent Homes failures we currently have recorded are as follows. All Category A hazards are reviewed and prioritised with the repairs team. As above, if a hazard cannot be addressed or mitigated, decanting the household is considered in line with policy and procedures. Decent Homes failure category Count of Homes Category A - It meets the current statutory minimum standard for housing 15 Category B - It is in a reasonable state of repair 1125 Category C - It has reasonably modern facilities and services 265 Category D - It provides a reasonable degree of thermal comfort 6 London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk 7. The number of complaints from tenants about poor housing conditions received by the council in each of the last five financial years (2019/20 to 2023/24). We hold the information requested for fiscal years 2019/20-2022/23. You can find this information on the Council’s website through the following link, Complaints - Camden Council. As the information requested is already reasonably accessible elsewhere it is exempt under the absolute exemption in Section 21. A link to the annual complaints report for 2023/24 has been provided: Annual Complaints Report 2023-2024.pdf. I t will be available on our website within the next three months. 8. The amount spent on repairs and maintenance of council homes in each of the last five financial years. The figures provided cover all repairs, building safety and maintenance activity within the Housing Revenue Account (HRA), not just homes but also some HRA commercial premises, community assets and tenant halls. It will also include overheads, including staffing, office costs, associated teams working on development projects. Thes e figures do not include capital investment into the council homes. Fiscal Year £’000 2023/24 76,895 2022/23 70,332 2021/22 69,125 2020/21 62,410 2019/20 68,225 Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Lorna Jonas-Tinson Information Rights Officer2025-05-06T00:00:00CAM110152025-09-22T00:00:00OKEachDay serviceDate: 22/09/2025 Ref: CAM11015 Dear Requester, Thank you for your request for information dated 22/08/2025 about OKEachDay service. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested and the answers to your questions are as follows: Have you in the past or, do you currently, allow as eligible for Housing Benefit or Universal Credit the “OKEachDay” service provided by: Alertacall Ltd, 45 Crescent Road, Windermere, LA23 1BL. We have not been approached by any landlord or resident about including OKEachDay costs as a service charge for Housing Benefit. The OKEachDay service requires that a tenant/resident presses a button each day before an agreed time to check that the tenant/resident is okay. If you do allow OKEachDay or a similar service by a different provider, can you tell me the date of that decision and why? Please see the response to question 1 above. If you do not allow OKEachDay or a similar service by a different provider, can you tell me the date of that decision and why? Please see the response to question 1 above. Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Lorna Jonas-Tinson Information Rights Officer2025-10-10T09:46:46CAM97872025-03-18T00:00:00information on commercially available rentsDate: 29/04/2025 Ref: CAM9787 Dear Requester, Thank you for your request for information dated 03/03/2025 about occupancy levels of CQC registered care homes in Camden. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds some of the information requested. For each of the following care home categories, where available, please provide data at the local authority level: • General residential • Dementia residential • General nursing • Dementia nursing • Learning disability residential • Learning disability nursing • Mental health residential • Mental health nursing • Transitional/short stay services (this may include the following services: Discharge to Assess, Intermediate Care, Reablement Suppor t, Rehabilitation, and Respite Care) • YPD – Young physically disabled (provides specialised support for younger adults aged 18-65 with physical disabilities) For each category, please provide: • Total number of care homes • Maximum capacity of these care homes • Total number of vacancies • Number of vacancies (unavailable/non-admittable beds) • Number of occupied beds Please provide data as a snapshot at March 2025 or, if that is not available, the most recent snapshot available, with the date specified. Attached are the answers to your questions, provided in CSV format. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Lorna Jonas-Tinson Information Rights Officer2025-05-06T00:00:00CAM97952025-04-29T00:00:00households in temporary accommodationDate: 29/04/2025 Ref: CAM9795 Dear Requester, Thank you for your request for information dated 07/02/2025 about households in temporary accommodation. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested. Following a point of clarification t he answers to your questions are as follows: • Of the single-person households placed by your authority currently in temporary accommodation, please provide a date for the household that was placed the earliest. o 24/07/2003 • Of the households with children placed by your authority currently in temporary accommodation, please provide a date for the households that was placed the earliest. o 27/03/2003 Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, live chat London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Lorna Jonas-Tinson Information Rights Officer2025-05-06T00:00:00CAM98072025-04-17T00:00:00disabled parking bays and blue badge holdersDate: 17/04/2025 Ref: CAM9807 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 06/03/2025 about disabled parking bays and blue badge holders. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Inform ation Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested. However we are withholding the information because it is exempt as explained below. We have explained where we are withholding information and what exemptions apply. 1. How many designated disabled parking bays are currently available within your council area? 2. How many active Blue Badge holders are currently registered within your council area? 3. How many Penalty Charge Notices (PCNs) have been issued for the misuse of disabled parking bays in each of the last 3 calendar years (2022, 2023, 2024)? 4. What is the total revenue generated from fines related to Blue Badge misuse in each of the last 3 calendar years (2022, 2023, 2024)? These offences might include but are not limited to using a fake blue badge, using an out-of-date one etc. 5. What is the total revenue generated from fines related to drivers parking in a bay without a blue badge in each of the last 3 calendar years (2022, 2023, 2024)? If time allows, please also provide. 6. Please share the total number of Blue Badge permit (a) renewal applications and (b) new applications in each of the last 3 calendar years (2022, 2023, 2024). Please specify how many of these were rejected and, if possible, for what reason. 7. Of all the Blue Badge parking permits that are currently valid within your area, how many are for (a) visible and (b) non-visible disabilities. Your request for information is an invalid request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. This is because requests defined by the Section 12 cost limits are invalid under section 8(1)(c). This is because their scope is determined by the extent of the record search that needs to be out within those limits, rather than the distinguishing characteristics of the information itself. In other words you would need to remove the following sentence from a future request “If time allows, please also provide”. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk However I have discussed this request with the Camden Accessible Travel Solutions Team, and they have stated that part 2 of question 6 would not be possible to answer within Section 12 18 hours costs limit. So if you were to resubmit the request removing the sentence “ If time allows, please also provide” and also remove “Please specify how many of these were rejected and, if possible, for what reason” from question 6, we will be able to provide you with a response. Please reconsider your request, bearing in mind all of the above and submit a new request to FOI@camden.gov.uk Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Philip Lewis Information Rights Officer2025-05-06T00:00:00CAM98182025-04-23T00:00:00Children Looked After placementsDate: 23/04/2025 Ref: CAM9818 Dear Requester, Thank you for your request for information dated 07/03/2025 about Children Looked After placements. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested and the answers to your questions are as follows: 1. Between 1st September 2023 and 31st August 2024, how many Looked After Children in academic Year 10 for whom your Local Authority is the corporate parent: a. Moved from one placement to another. 0. b. Moved from one school to another school. 0. c. Moved to a placement that was more than 20 miles from either their home or their last placement. 0. 2. Between 1st September 2023 and 31st August 2024, how many Looked After Children in academic Year 11 for whom your Local Authority is the corporate parent: a. Moved from one placement to another. 31. b. Moved from one school to another school. 7. c. Moved to a placement that was more than 20 miles from either their home or their last placement. 14 Children Looked After relocated more than 20 miles from their home, of these 6 moved more than 20 miles from their last placement. 3. Between 1st September 2023 and 31st August 2024, how many Looked After Children in academic Year 12 for whom your Local Authority is the corporate parent: a. Moved from one placement to another. 26. b. Moved from one school to another school. 3. c. Moved to a placement that was more than 20 miles from either their home or their last placement. 4 Children Looked After relocated more than 20 miles from their home, of these 1 moved more than 20 miles from their last placement. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk 4. Between 1st September 2023 and 31st August 2024, how many Looked After Children in academic Year 13 for whom your Local Authority is the corporate parent: a. Moved from one placement to another. 19. b. Moved from one school to another school. 0. c. Moved to a placement that was more than 20 miles from either their home or their last placement. 0. 5. Between 1st April 2024 and 30th June 2024, how many Looked After Children: a. In academic Year 11, for whom your Local Authority is the corporate parent, moved from one school to another. 4. b. In academic Year 11, for whom your Local Authority is the corporate parent, moved from one placement to another. 10. c. In academic Year 13, for whom your Local Authority is the corporate parent, moved from one placement to another. 0. d. In academic Year 13, for whom your Local Authority is the corporate parent, moved from one school to another school. 0. e. In academic Year 13, for whom your Local Authority is the corporate parent, left care (ceased to be a Looked After Child). 13. Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Lorna Jonas-Tinson Information Rights Officer2025-05-06T00:00:00CAM98192025-04-07T00:00:00data on people rough sleeping from 1st January 2024 – 31st December 2024 (inclusive)Date: 02/05/2025 Ref: CAM9819 Dear Requester, Thank you for your request for information dated 07/03/2025 about data on people rough sleeping from 1st January 2024 to 31st December 2024 (inclusive). We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested and the answers to your questions are as follows: The request is about the number of deaths from 1st January 2024 – 31st December 2024 (inclusive) in your local authority area, in each of the following housing situations: • accommodation for homeless people, commissioned or directly delivered by your council, including night shelter, hostels and supported housing services for people rough sleeping or with a history of rough sleeping • exempt accommodation • interim, emergency or temporary accommodation (commissioned or directly delivered) offered under Part VII Housing Act • supported accommodation for homeless young people (commissioned and directly delivered) • refuge accommodation for survivors of domestic abuse • rough sleeping or with no fixed abode We are seeking this information about adults and children of all ages who were experiencing homelessness at the time of their death. Please include the cause or suspected cause of death, date of death, the person’s gender, age when they died, ethnicity, and immigration status. If you cannot provide all of this information, then please just provide all that you can. You have requested all answers to your questions above be provided in a .CSV format. Please see the spreadsheet attached setting out the data held. Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Lorna Jonas-Tinson Information Rights Officer2025-05-06T00:00:00CAM98732025-04-24T00:00:00commissioning of an Adult Review ProjectDate: 24/04/2025 Ref: CAM9873 Dear Requester, Thank you for your request for information dated 14/03/2025 about commissioning of an Adult Review Project. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested and the answers to your questions are as follows: Has Camden Council ever commissioned an Adult Review Project team to work within the Adult Social Care division to conduct Adult Reviews? You clarified information was sought for: Adult Support Plan reviews. They are the primary monitoring function of the Care Act. Yes. If so, when did the team start and finish? 01/03/2024 - 20/10/2024. Are there any adult reviews in Camden Council that exceeds the 12 month review timeline? Yes. If so, how many? 936. Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Lorna Jonas-Tinson Information Rights Officer2025-05-06T00:00:00CAM98812025-04-28T00:00:00the Council’s use of herbicides in 2024Date: 28/04/2025 Ref: CAM9881 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 14/03/2025 about the Council’s use of herbicides in 2024. We have dealt with this under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested. I am writing to enquire about the Council’s use of herbicides in 2024. I would be very grateful if you could please respond to my questions below: 1. Does the Council, or contractors acting on behalf of the Council, use herbicides in the following areas: a) Parks and green spaces YES b) Cemeteries YES c) Playing fields Clarified as - yes, we are asking about both public playing fields and school playing fields. For school playing fields, we are sorry but we do not hold or record this information . Schools are data controllers in their own right and as such this information would be held by them. Please contact the school directly for this information. Their contact details can be found at the following link - Camden Council - schools As the information not held is environmental, we h ave to comply with a technicality and tell you that because it is not held it is excepted under Regulation 12 (4)(a) of the EIR 2004. The Information Commissioner does not require a public interest test where the information is not held. Regarding public playing fields, this is not applicable as we do not have any LBC managed playing fields. d) Road verges and roundabouts YES e) Hard surfaces such as pavements and highways YES f) Housing estates YES 2. What volume of herbicides did the Council, or contractors acting on behalf of the Council, use from 1st January to 31st December 2024? Please answe r in litres or kilograms. Green Spaces Grounds Maintenance and Arboriculture Team - 305 Litres. Environmental Services - 421.2 Litres of Trustee Amenity. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk 3. Does the council, or contractors acting on behalf of the Council, use glyphosate -based herbicides? YES. 4. How much money did the Council spend on costs associated to buying and using herbicides from 1st January to 31st December 2024? Please include all costs, including but not limited to; the purchase of pesticide products, application equi pment and Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), staff training and costs associated to outsourcing to contractors. Camden’s Green Spaces Grounds Maintenance and Arboriculture Team spent £76,319.43 between 1st January to 31st December 2024 on tasks associated with herbicide use. The Council does not have figures for invasive species treatment as we are within the financial year. Environmental Services can only provide costs by financial year (April-March) - the annual contract cost allocated to weed control in 2024-25 is £82,723. 5. How many complaints did the Council receive about weeds from 1st January to 31st December 2024? We received 60 requests for weed clearance in 2024 . 6. a) Does the Council have a policy in place aimed at reducing or ending the use of herbicides on land under its control? YES. b) If YES, please provide a link to the policy or provide a hard copy if not available online. Camden has a pesticide reduction policy for its housing land, parks and open spaces.  This aims to reduce the amount of chemicals used, and where possible, includes the design of ‘hard surface’ (paving) repairs and improvements to reduce or remove the need for herbicides in the future. For example working with a local community to remove an underused area of hard surface and replace it with a green area. This approach to hard surface herbicide application, on housing and parks hard standings, is in line with DEFRA’s Best Practice Notes for Integrated and Non -Chemical Amenity Hard Surface Weed Control. (Environmental Services) Please see Item 8 of the attached: Agenda for Culture and Environment Scrutiny Committee on Tuesday, 6th February, 2024, 6.30 pm - Camden Council (Green Spaces Grounds Maintenance and Arboriculture Team) Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Kieran Heneghan Information Rights Officer2025-05-06T00:00:00CAM98852025-04-22T00:00:00The Camden Film QuarterDate: 22/04/2025 Case reference : CAM9885London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 17/03/2025 about The Camden Film Quarter . We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and/or the Environmental Information Regulations 2004 Response The council holds some of the information requested. The answers to your questions are below. We have stated where we do not hold the information requested and why. The document "The London Investment Prospectus" aimed at international investors who may be looking for "investable projects" in London foregrounds the following uses in the Yoo-led development of Regis Rd and the Holmes Rd depot site known at "The Camden Film Quarter".. ..Hotels, offices, restaurant and eateries, independent retailers and markets, galleries and cultural spaces and public realm offerings The SPG addendum does not mention hotels at all. Rather, it refers to  "inclusive growth to benefit everyone, supporting the local creative and wider London economy, creating many new jobs, local supply chain opportunities, apprenticeships and affordable workspaces".  1. Note "hotels" is plural. Where are they to be sited? There are no hotels proposed in the pre-application information we have reviewed to date. I noted in my recent emails to Daniel that the GLA recommended an audit of industrial land in the Regis Rd GA: "Camden should conduct an industrial land audit in the first instance to establish the exact quantum and nature of existing industrial uses  across both the Regis Road Growth Area and Murphy’s Yard" 2. Please share the audit. An audit was not undertaken because the Secretary of State directed changes to the London Plan on 13th March 2020 including the removal of the ‘no net loss’ requirement on existing industrial land. The Kentish Town Planning Framework was adopted in July 2020 based on that directed and expected change to the subsequently adopted London Plan.   3. I would also like your full account of the industrial land and floor area (some buildings are multi-storey) which Yoo's development will flatten particularly in the western half of the OA. For the avoidance of doubt, yard space is operational whether in the Holmes Rd depot or the Asphaltic Roofing Supplies depot and therefore should be accounted for. We do not hold this information. Please see the response above. Clearly, the loss of industrial space implied by the Yoo-led development in the west half of the GA cannot be compensated for by intensification on the two parcels assigned to large commercial uses shown in my diagram Camden is facilitating a huge loss of inclusive workspace in the near and medium term at the very least. In doing so, it is transgressing GLA policy as well as, for want of a better word, betraying those most in need of "inclusivity" In accordance with the Mayor’s Practice note on industrial intensification and co-location through plan- led and masterplan approaches, phasing should ensure that proposed intensified industrial development is delivered and completed in advance of the residential components ; and the approach to decanting and relocating any businesses affected. The spirit of Camden and GLA policy is clear: no net loss of industrial floor area. Yoo appears to be getting a free pass from Camden to dodge the aim of policy for the sake of film/TV studios, galleries and eateries and an unknown amount of housing. The promise of 1500 jobs "created" is made in the SPG addendum. 4. How many jobs were there before planning blight began emptying out the business park? My estimate is in the region of 1200 based on AECOM's 2014 study with the Holmes Rd depot workforce added on.  Page 4 of the Cabinet Report SC/2017/45 references a staff headcount of 151 at Holmes Road Depot in 2017 before the refurbishment of the Depot took place. The Cabinet report identifies 47 CCTV staff and the majority of CCTV staff moved to Holmes Road in 2012, and so the headcount in the Depot may have been approximately 104 in 2012 – which is within the pre-Dec 2015 timeframe that you are asking for. We are not aware of any data providing more accurate numbers or details of jobs in the railway arches before, during or any time since 2015. .5. I guess the 1500 figure comes from some econometric consultant's software based on a ratio between new floor area and employees. Let's see how Yoo justify it. Please share. We do not hold this information.  We have the headline figure from Yoo Capital. We understand that this is based on the Kentish Town Planning Framework (which aims for 3,000 across the KTPF area, including Murphy’s). It is understood the current floorspace in the pre-application proposals would result in significantly more jobs than 1,500. As the information not held is environmental, we have to comply with a technicality and tell you that because it is not held it is excepted under Regulation 12 (4)(a) of the EIR 2004.  The Information Commissioner does not require a public interest test where the information is not held. Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk , Telephone: 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website https://www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Peter Williams Information Rights Officer2025-05-06T00:00:00CAM107882025-08-27T00:00:00school admissions policies for academic year 2026-2027Date: 26/09/2025 Ref: CAM10788 Dear Requester, Thank you for your request for information dated 28/06/2025 about residential children homes placements and related matters. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested and the answers to your questions are as follows: Information on placements of children into residential children’s homes, particularly for those with emotional and behavioural difficulties (EBD) or other complex needs. I confirm that I am seeking aggregated and non-personal data. 1. Current Fee Ranges a. Over the past 12 months, what is the lowest weekly fee paid for a placement into an Ofsted-registered children’s home for EBD or complex needs? £4,196. b. What is the highest weekly fee paid during the same period? £21,000. c. What is the average weekly fee paid for such placements over the last 12 months? £5,664. 2. Fee Benchmarks and Pricing Frameworks a. Does your authority have a pricing band, framework agreement, or standard rate card for residential children’s placements? If yes, please supply the current version or outline of the pricing tiers (e.g. standard, therapeutic, education, etc.) No. b. Are there different pricing categories based on services provided? For example, some councils supply separate minimum/maximum costs for standard homes, homes with therapy, homes with education, and homes offering both therapy and education. If applicable, please provide your current minimum and maximum weekly rates for each category. No. c. What was the total annual spend on residential children’s placements (EBD or complex needs) in the last financial year? £9,354,893. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk 3. Provider Landscape a. Please list the providers commissioned for residential placements in the past 12 months. Please see the response to question 3c below. b. For each provider, if possible, indicate: – The number of placements made. Please see the response to question 3c below. – The approximate weekly fee range paid. Please see the response to question 3c below. c. If the a and b cannot be provided. Please let us know the top 5 providers that you place with in terms of number of placements made with them. • Seva Homes • Childhood first • Blossom house • Nashe UK • Gro Model Care d. Do you operate an Approved Provider List (APL) or Preferred Supplier List (PSL) for residential placements? If so, please supply the latest version or criteria for inclusion We use Ofsted list; and placements attached to CRRAG https://www.ccrag.org.uk/s4s/. 4. Placement Volumes and Types a. How many new residential placements were made in the last 12 months? 14. b. How many placement requests were issued but remained unfilled? 0. c. What were the most common reasons for failing to place a child (e.g. lack of suitable providers, price, location, complexity of needs)? • Matching difficulties • Providers unwilling to accept emergency placement • Inability to manage Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS) d. What is the average time taken from issuing a placement request to successful placement? 4-5 days. 5. Profile Data For residential placements in the past 12 months, what proportion were: – Single-occupancy homes? 4. – Homes for children aged under 10? 6. – Homes requiring 2:1 staffing or higher? 5. – Emergency placements (within 24–48 hours)? 6. 6. Factors Influencing Fee Acceptance Beyond price, what factors does your authority consider most important when evaluating a provider’s placement proposal (e.g. therapeutic model, staff qualifications, Ofsted rating, evidence-based interventions, cultural/linguistic suitability, proximity to the child’s home)? We aim to place children only in Ofsted-registered homes rated 'Good' or above, which operate under a therapeutic model. 7. Current Market Pressures In your view, what are the biggest challenges in securing residential placements at present (e.g. shortage of beds, escalating fees, provider closures, staff recruitment issues)? Recent research notes that local authorities face rising numbers of children in care with complex needs, a shortage of secure provision, recruitment difficulties, and reliance on private providers. Please indicate which of these (or other pressures) you are experiencing most acutely. Some providers do not accept initial emergency referrals, some residential settings are unable to accommodate children subject to Deprivation of Liberty Orders, often due to staffing constraints. 8. Additional Information – Do you publish a sufficiency strategy or market position statement relating to residential children’s care? If so, please provide the latest version or a link to it. Yes. Please use the link below: https://ascpractice.camden.gov.uk/media/3758/commissioning-and-sufficiency-statement- 202.pdf – What percentage of placements in the past 12 months were outside your local authority area, and why? Not applicable. – What proportion of placements were procured through framework agreements or block contracts versus spot purchasing? All placements are spot purchased. – When assessing tenders, do you operate a weighted scoring system (e.g. quality vs. price)? If so, please provide the current weightings or evaluation criteria. Not applicable. – What is the average duration of placements for EBD or complex needs in your authority? 6 to 12 months. – If recorded, what are the most frequent reasons placements end prematurely (e.g. provider decision, safety concerns, improved child outcomes)? • Safety concerns • Insufficient staffing levels • Limited staff capacity and resilience to support children with complex needs • What types of provision are currently hardest to source (e.g. solo homes, therapeutic models, secure placements, homes for under-10s, culturally specific homes)? • Secure homes • In the last 12 months, how many placements were made in unregulated provision due to a lack of regulated homes? 5. • Does your local authority commission or pilot innovative residential care models (e.g. family-style homes, step-down services, trauma-informed models)? If so, please provide brief details. Yes - trauma informed model. 9. Team Contact Information For future engagement, please provide the general contact details (e.g. team email address or telephone number) for the team responsible for managing residential children’s home placements/referrals/social workers. I am not seeking personal data about individual staff members; a generic contact or mailbox is sufficient. Email: placementsandresourcesdutyteam@camden.gov.uk. Phone: 0207 974 1238. Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Lorna Jonas-Tinson Information Rights Officer2025-10-10T21:45:07CAM99212025-04-16T00:00:00the renewal of professional registration fees with Social Work England paid or reimbursed by the councilDate: 16/04/2025 Ref: CAM9921 Dear Requester, Thank you for your request for information dated 19/03/2025 about the renewal of professional registration fees with Social Work England paid or reimbursed by the council. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested and the answers to your questions are as follows: 1. How many social workers did you employ as of February 2025 payroll? Please give your response as a headcount number (i.e. not as FTE) 343 Social Workers. 2. Of these employees, how many have you paid or reimbursed their Social Work England registration fee of £90 for the 2024/25 registration period? Please give your response as a headcount number (i.e. not as FTE) 317 Social Workers. 3. A copy of any council policy/procedural note on the payment/reimbursement of the Social Work England registration fee. We have attached the latest version of the London Borough of Camden’s HR Guidance notes regarding the reimbursement of Professional Fees for Social Workers, Occupational Therapists and Educational Psychologists. This is not a policy document and will be periodically updated to reflect any changes. Notes on question 2: • If you paid/reimbursed all your social workers their registration fee for 2024/25, please enter the same headcount number as for question 1. • If you did not pay or reimburse any social workers their registration fee for 2024/5, please enter 0 as your response to question 2. Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Lorna Jonas-Tinson Information Rights Officer2025-05-06T00:00:00CAM99302025-04-25T00:00:00numbers of compliance notices that have been issued where the landlord appears to be in breach of MEES regulationsDate: 25/04/2025 Ref: CAM9930 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 24/03/2025 about numbers of compliance notices that have been issued where the landlord appears to be in breach of MEES regulations . We have dealt with this under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested. Enforcement of Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards for private domestic landlords 1. How many compliance notices have been issued by your authority where the landlord appears to be, or to have been at any time within the 12 months beforehand, in breach of MEES regulation 27. Clarified - I would like information on all Notices issued, not just in the last 12 months. 99 compliance notices were issued. 2. How many penalty notices have been issued by your authority under MEES regulation 38. Clarified – Ditto None. 3. How many properties have been subject to a publication penalty. Clarified - I would like information on all publication penalties issued, not just in the last 12 months None. 4. Whether you are using landlords licensing schemes to secure compliance with MEES and if so, how many properties have been found to be in compliance at time of application, and how many have been brought up to the required standard as a result of the licensing scheme. There is no selective licensing scheme in place at Camden. 5. What percentage of private rented domestic properties in your borough covered by MEES are now in compliance. Based on the latest download of Energy Performance Certificate ( EPC) data, 96.2% of properties in the private rented sector comply with MEES. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Kieran Heneghan Information Rights Officer2025-05-06T00:00:00CAM99312025-04-23T00:00:00Home Office use of council flats on West Kentish Town estateDate: 23/04/2025 Ref: CAM9931 Dear Requester, Thank you for your request for information dated 24/03/2025 about Home Office use of council flats on West Kentish Town estate. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested and the answers to your questions are as follows: Are Camden allowing the home office to use empty flats on the West Kentish Town estate as asylum dispersal accommodation. The council does not let empty flats on the West Kentish Town estate to the Home Office. Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Yours sincerely, Lorna Jonas-Tinson Information Rights Officer2025-05-06T00:00:00CAM99322025-04-22T00:00:00planning committeeDate: 22/04/2025 Case reference : CAM9932 London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 24/03/2025 about planning committee.  We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 / Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested and the answers to your questions are as follows: What communications, meetings, visits or documentation have Planning Committee members had with, and/or from, Yoo Capital? You clarified your request on 25 March 2025: - We would like Members to indicate anything from 2021 up until the date that they receive this request, please A meeting was proposed by You Capital about the Saville Theatre, Shaftesbury Avenue, resulting in an email exchange involving Councillor Vincent dated 14, 18, 19 & 27 June 2023. Councillor Vincent received an email invitation to the consultation for 135 Shaftesbury Avenue dated 13 September 2023. Councillor Djemai had a meeting with You Capital dated 10 September 2024.  There is an initial email of introduction from Yoo Capital dated 08 August 2024 and several emails were exchanged to arrange the meeting dated 19, 22, 23 August and 09 September 2024.Councillor Harrison received an initial email of introduction from Yoo Capital dated 08 August 2024.  Emails concerning a potential meeting were exchanged on 02 September 2024. Emails were received by Councillor Harrison from Yoo Capital on 23 and 28 January 2025 asking for a brief 30 min briefing concerning Camden Film Quarter and the Saville Theatre.  An email was sent to them from Councillor Harrison on 11 February 2025 about his inability to attend the meeting. On 05 March 2025 Councillor Harrison had a zoom call with representatives of Yoo Capital.  Councillor Harrison also chairs a monthly Strategic Panel, which Yoo Capital were due to attend.  An email exchange with Yoo Capital occurred on the 30 March 2025 about the cancellation of the Panel meeting for 31 March 2025. On 31 March 2025 Councillors Harrison, Frondigoun, Johnson, and Djemai received an email from Yoo Capital about the rescheduling of the Strategic Panel . Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk , Telephone: 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website https://www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely,Peter Williams Information Rights Officer2025-05-06T00:00:00CAM99332025-04-17T00:00:00parking complaintsDate: 17/04/2025 Ref: CAM9933 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 21/03/2025 about parking complaints. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested. I am writing to request information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 regarding parking complaints received by Camden London Borough Council. Please could you provide the following details: 1. The total number of parking-related complaints received by the council from 10th February 2024 to 10th February 2025. 323. 2. A breakdown of complaints by category, if available (e.g. illegal parking, residential permit issues, parking enforcement concerns, misuse of disabled bays, etc). See attached spread sheet. 3. The number of complaints that resulted in enforcement action or penalties. Generally, complaints are about the enforcement action itself as opposed to the investigation outcome resulting in this. If we were to check each of the 323 complaint details and cross reference them with the Parking Team’s database then this is likely to take 5 minutes per case which would exceed the Section 12 18 hour cost limit. If some of this data is not available, please provide what you can within the cost limit. If the request exceeds cost limitations, I would appreciate any advice on refining it to stay within limits. We are not permitted to work up to 18 hours under Section 12 of the Freedom of Information Act. I would prefer to receive this information in electronic format (Excel or CSV, if possible). If the information is already published, please provide a link to the relevant data. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Philip Lewis Information Rights Officer2025-05-06T00:00:00CAM99522025-04-24T00:00:00improvement and transformation (project) models in Children’s Services and SENDDate: 24/04/2025 Ref: CAM9952 Dear Requester, Thank you for your request for information dated 25/03/2025 about improvement and transformation (project) models in Children’s Services and SEND . We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested and the answers to your questions are as follows: 1. Does your Local Authority have an Improvement Team or Programme/ Project Management Office? We have a programme management office for children’s social care national reform. We do not have an Improvement Team. 2. Does your Local Authority have a methodology to deliver projects? If Yes please list this below. This could be Agile or Prince2 or something similar and localised. No. 3. Does your Local Authority have an Improvement Programme or dedicated projects for the following service areas? a) Children’s Social Care We have a dedicated programme office for children’s social care reform . b) SEND and Special Educational Needs The SEND and Inclusion service work on projects for identifying, delivering and embedding improvement within the service which is monitored by our SEND Service Development Plan. We have a dedicated Policy and Projects Officer who work closely with Service Managers and the Head of SEND and Inclusion to deliver on the plan, which identifies key areas within the service for development and improvement and is reviewed throughout the academic year. The document itself is not required by Ofsted; the service does use the development plan to ensure we keep oversight and accountability of what must be delivered and maintained in line with Ofsted framework as well as business needs. The SEND and Inclusion Service London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk also has a role within the structure for Data and Performance Monitoring which informs improvement journey. The Implementation Plan is our published document to ensure we are kept accountable for the delivery of our SEND Strategy. Updates to this can be found here: SEND Strategies - Camden Council. c) Public Health for Children’s We have a number of programmes to improve child public health outcomes . Children and young people’s health and wellbeing support (public health support) include multiple programmes of work and projects that sits within our health and wellbeing department 4. Does this tie to an improvement requirement by Ofsted or other regulators? No. 5. Does your local authority use in house staff to deliver these projects or external teams or both? Both. 6. Do you have a dedicated resource to provide data and insight to support improvement in children's? Our inhouse data and insight team provide this alongside their general data and insight work. Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Lorna Jonas-Tinson Information Rights Officer2025-05-06T00:00:00CAM99562025-04-25T00:00:00incidences of carbon monoxide leaks, broken boilers, heating and air conditioning in state schoolsDate: 25/04/2025 Ref: CAM9956 Dear Requester, Thank you for your request for information dated 26/03/2025 about incidences of carbon monoxide leaks, broken boilers, heating and air conditioning in state schools. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council does not hold the information requested. The answers to your questions are as follows: 1. In the last five calendar years (2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 to date), how many incidences of a) carbon monoxide leaks; b) carbon monoxide alarms going off; c) carbon monoxide alarms in state schools did your local authority record? We do not hold the information requested. Individual schools may be able to respond to your request. You can find a list of state schools within the London Borough of Camden on our website. For primary schools - Primary schools - Search Results | Cindex and secondary schools, visit: Secondary schools - Search Results | Cindex. For a), how many days of school were lost per year to carbon monoxide leaks? Please see the response to question 1 above. 2. In the last five calendar years (2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 to date), how many incidences of a) broken boilers; b) heating; c) air conditioning in state schools did your local authority record? Please see the response to question 1 above. How many days of school were lost per year for a), b) and c)? Please see the response to question 1 above. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Lorna Jonas-Tinson Information Rights Officer2025-05-06T00:00:00CAM108702025-10-02T00:00:00information regarding the "Safe and Healthy Streets – Hadley Street and Castle Road" street worksDate: 30/09/2025 Ref: CAM10870 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 07/08/2025 about information regarding the "Safe and Healthy Streets – Hadley Street and Castle Road" street works. We have dealt with this under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested. I am writing to request the following information regarding the "Safe and Healthy Streets – Hadley Street and Castle Road" street works: 1. Consultation decision report Please provide a copy of the final consultation decision report or summary document relating to the "Safe and Healthy Streets – Hadley Street and Castle Road" project. I understand this document was previously publicly available but is no longer accessible online on https://consultations.wearecamden.org/supporting-communities/hadley The Consultation Summary Report (Final) can be found here, under Accompanying Documents - Appendix B at the end of the webpage: Decision - Safe and Healthy Streets: Cycle Permeability Programme Phase 4 Proposals - Camden Council More information can be found at the following link – Safe and Healthy Streets Hadley Street and Castle Road Consultation - We Are Camden - Citizen Space 2. Costs incurred by Camden Council Please provide a breakdown of the total cost to Camden Council of carrying out the street work associated with this project. The most up to date costs can be found in the decision report at the link above. 3. Records of communications Please provide copies of any internal or external communications (including emails, meeting minutes, letters, or reports) that mention or discuss the pub Tapping the Admiral or its owners in relation to this street work or this consultation. For clarity, the timeframe for item 3 may cover all records from January 2020 to the present date. Please see the attached redacted document. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk Telephone: 0303 123 1113 , live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/ Yours sincerely Kieran Heneghan Information Rights Officer2025-10-14T21:45:04CAM108852025-09-30T00:00:00a current dataset of fixed, overt, public-space CCTV (and if possible ANPR) cameras operated by the councilDate: 30/09/2025 Ref: CAM10885 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 11/08/2025 about a current dataset of fixed, overt, public-space CCTV (and if possible ANPR) cameras operated by the council. We have dealt with this under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested. Please provide a current dataset of fixed, overt, public-space CCTV (and if possible ANPR) cameras operated by the council. I am seeking only cameras that are active as of the date of your response. Please supply the information in CSV (JSON acceptable if easier) with a short data dictionary. For each camera, please include the following fields where held: Please see the attached separate spreadsheets for Parking and CCTV cameras. 1. Make/model (e.g., vendor, model number) This information is provided in the ‘Model’ field. 2. Type (fixed/PTZ; overt) All cameras are either fixed in place or re-deployable and may be manually operated or automated. All of them are clearly visible and not hidden in any way. We use the terms ‘static’ to mean the camera is fixed in place or ‘re-deployable’ where the camera is essentially plug and play compatible by the provision of a power supply to the device. At the moment, it is only LaneWatch cameras which would be re-deployable. All cameras are overt, as the council does not undertake covert surveillance or disguise the cameras. 3. Usage (ANPR or CCTV) All LaneWatch cameras used by the Council include ANPR functionality in addition to being a CCTV camera. The ‘Type’ field states whether the camera is Automated or Manual. 4. Latitude and Longitude (WGS84) — preferred 4.1 If precise coordinates are withheld for any, please provide the most granular non- exempt alternative, e.g. nearest junction of street name ‘Longitude’ and ‘Latitude’ coordinates have been provided in the spreadsheet. 5. Location descriptor (e.g., lamp column ID, building/ frontage, station platform) This has been provided where possible in the ‘Mounting Method/Column ID’ field. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk 6. Field of View / Coverage (orientation/azimuth if recorded; otherwise a text description of the area covered. If polygons/bounding boxes are held, please include them) The automatic (ANPR) cameras have a range of approximately 50m and the manual cameras approximately 120-150m. We have provided a column titled ‘Nearest Junctions’ which shows the nearest street to the camera’s location. All of Camden’s CCTV cameras are equipped with pan, tilt, and zoom functionality, providing a comprehensive 360-degree field of view. In some cases, the field of view is restricted during parts of a pan/zoom, to ensure there is no privacy intrusion on nearby properties. Intrusion is assessed on a camera-by-camera basis, and privacy masking applied as necessary to individual cameras. To reduce risk, I expressly exclude: covert cameras, and any units whose disclosure would create a real risk to law enforcement or safety. If you consider any field exempt (e.g. s.31), please release all other fields and provide the requested item in a less granular form rather than refusing outright (e.g. rounded coordinates, nearest junction, or 15m/20m grid centroid/radius). If the request risks exceeding the cost limit, please apply section 16 to propose a narrowed scope that would fall within the limit. Format: CSV preferred, one row per camera. Timeframe: cameras active on the date of your response. If any fields are not held, please say so for each field. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk Telephone: 0303 123 1113 , live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/ Yours sincerely Kieran Heneghan Information Rights Officer2025-10-14T21:45:05CAM99572025-04-24T00:00:00information about how many wild animals have been killed by members of the public per yearDate: 24/04/2025 Ref: CAM9957 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 26/03/2025 about information about how many wild animals have been killed by members of the public per year. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council does not hold the information requested. I’m writing to make a request under the Freedom of information Act 2000. I would like the following information in the easiest format, broken down by instances per year for the range 2021-2024. How many wild animals have been killed by members of the public per year? If possible, please include the method of killing – i.e. catapult etc. Guidance: I understand that you might not be able to 100% guarantee that a member of public has killed the animal, but I’m looking for any data which encompasses finding dead animals, similar to the rash of killings recently using catapults (see: https://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/wildlife -catapult-attacks-greenwich-london- b1218194.html0 We do not hold this information. We suggest you try the Police - Metropolitan Police - FOI or the RSPCA . Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Kieran Heneghan Information Rights Officer2025-05-06T00:00:00CAM99582025-04-24T00:00:00cost of the temporary boilers installed in the grounds of the council flats on Leighton RoadDate: 24/04/2025 Ref: CAM9958 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 25/03/2025 about cost of the temporary boilers installed in the grounds of the council flats on Leighton Road. We have dealt with this under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested. I’d like to know the cost of the temporary boilers installed in the grounds of the council flats on Leighton Road It appears that whilst I correctly informed you where these temporary boilers are, Leighton Road NW5, I inadvertently said they were on the Peckwater Estate whereas it’s Kenbrook House. There are currently no cost for the council at present. We have asked our incumbent contractor to provide the temporary boilers at their own expense. I’d also like to know why they’re there and how long they will be there before the system is repaired or replaced. The reason they are there is to provide a full heating service to the properties of the building. They will remain on site until the failed parts for the boiler are provided to Gem and fully installed. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Philip Lewis Information Rights Officer2025-05-06T00:00:00CAM99602025-04-29T00:00:00suspended residents' parking bays in Fitzjohns Avenue for tree worksDate: 29/04/2025 Ref: CAM9960 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 26/03/2025 about suspended residents' parking bays in Fitzjohns Avenue for tree works. We have dealt with this under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested. Please give details of how many times since 1 January 2025 the Council has suspended residents' parking bays in the lower half of Fitzjohns Avenue NW3 (i.e. south of Nutley Terrace) for tree works, and how many times those works were actually carried out during the suspension period. Please see the attached spreadsheet and note the following: • A number of tree works were raised on trees on the lower Fitzjohns Avenue, which included both street trees and some front garden trees as well. • Most of the trees present in the road have a large canopy that often extends across multiple bays and across the road. To avoid damaging parked cars, the tree the contractor must suspend multiple bays and in some instances across the road as well. In the attached table this scenario has been noted in correspondence of the suspended bays. • The contractor must suspend extra bays to guarantee available space for the trucks and machinery that is needed for the work, especially for the pollarding or large trees that require a large quantity of arising from the pruning. Again, this has been noted in the attached table if works relate to a specific tree. • Issues with front forecourt parked up by residents can cancel and postpone work, as the contractor can only suspend parking bays on the highways. • Due to unforeseen emergency works the contractor will need to cancel scheduled work at short notice to redirect operatives to emergency sites. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Philip Lewis Information Rights Officer2025-05-06T00:00:00CAM99612025-04-25T00:00:00various questions about regarding local dog wasteDate: 25/04/2025 Ref: CAM9961 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 26/03/2025 about various questions about regarding local dog waste. We have dealt with this under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested. Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 I would like to request the following information regarding local dog waste: 1 - The total number of dog fouling complaints that you have received in the last 12 months? (March 2024-March 2025) 2588. 2 - How many fines/fixed penalty notices have been handed out to people for not cleaning up dog waste between March 2024-March 2025? There have been no fixed penalty notices issued. Issuing FPNs for these offences is challenging because officers need to be present at the exact moment the offences occur. We are enhancing our park patrols and have also instructed our contracted services, Kingdom, to do the same. 3 - How many dog poo/dog waste bins do you have, as of March 2025? This includes dedicated dog poo/dog waste bins as well as public litter bins that accept dog waste. • Street Litter Bins - approximately 1,211 • Street Dog Bins - approximately 35 • Parks & Open Spaces Litter Bins - approximately 505 • Parks & Open Spaces Dog Bins - approximately 107 Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Kieran Heneghan Information Rights Officer2025-05-06T00:00:00CAM99682025-04-25T00:00:00data regarding the number of abandoned vehiclesDate: 25/04/2025 Ref: CAM9968 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 27/03/2025 about data regarding the number of abandoned vehicles. We have dealt with this under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds some of the information requested. I am writing to request information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. I would like to obtain data regarding the number of abandoned vehicles reported in the borough for the following periods: • January 2024 to January 2025 • January 2023 to January 2024 • January 2022 to January 2023 • January 2021 to January 2022 • January 2020 to January 2021 • January 2019 to January 2020 If possible, please provide this data in an Excel spreadsheet format, including the following details (if available): • Date of report • Location (street name or postcode) • Status of the report (e.g., investigated, removed, or unresolved) • Any other relevant details Please see the attached spreadsheet. Note that data can only be provided in January – December format. For years 2019-2022, location is unavailable. Personal information such as vehicle registration numbers has been redacted under Regulation 12(3) of the EIR. See the refusal notice below. Refusal Notice: Regulation 12(3) The council considers that to disclose the personal data requested would not be in accordance with data protection legislation and therefore we have withheld some of the information under the absolute exemption in Regulation 12(3). London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk The exemption states that personal data requested may be withheld when to release it would be a breach of the requirements of data protection law which is the UK General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the Data Protection Act 2018. The information withheld is personal information because it allows living individuals to be identified. The council considers that it would be a breach of the General Data Protection Regulation article 5 requirements of fairness and proportionality to publish this personal information in a FOI request. In doing this we have considered the legitimate public interest in disclosure against the interests of the data subject/s and concluded that in the circumstances disclosure would contravene the data protection requirements of fairness and proportionality particularly considering that Freedom of Information responses are public documents and published to the world and not provided just to the requester. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Philip Lewis Information Rights Officer2025-05-06T00:00:00CAM99692025-04-24T00:00:00number of on street chargepoints installed within your jurisdictionDate: 24/04/2025 Ref: CAM9969 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 27/03/2025 about number of on street chargepoints installed within your jurisdiction. We have dealt with this under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested. I am writing to you under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 to request the following information. I am after information relating to the number of on street chargepoints installed within your jurisdiction. In particular, are you able to provide me with: Q1. How many electric vehicle public charging outlets or chargepoints have you installed in your local authority to date that are classed as on-street residential chargepoints, located in residential streets or areas? Please provide figures to the nearest possible date. Please see the attached spreadsheet. Q2. For Question 1, how many on-street residential charging outlets or chargepoints have you installed to date in your local authority that have been adapted specifically for disabled users? Please provide figures to the nearest possible date. We do not hold this information. Q3. For Question 1, how many on-street public charging outlets or chargepoints are positioned in disabled parking bays? One. Q4. For Question 1, how many of the on-street residential chargepoints in your area conform to the BSI’s latest accessible charging specification (PAS 1899:2022)? Please provide figures to the nearest possible date. We do not hold this information. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Q5. Does your electric vehicle charging infrastructure strategy include specific considerations for elderly and / or disabled users? Our EVCP Action Plan 2019 is part of a suite of Camden Transport Strategy documents for which an Equality Impact Assessment was undertaken prior to their adoption. The EQIA considered the impact of the proposals contained within the documents on those with protected characteristics, including age and disability. Additionally, an update to the EVCP Action Plan 2019 included an EQIA. Q6. Do you provide any additional support for disabled or elderly users wanting to access public chargepoints for electric or plug-in hybrid vehicles, such as charge-point assistants or roaming charging services? We do not hold this information. Q7. Do you support or provide marketing tools to residents to make finding charge point services easier, such as charge point booking or journey planning technologies? We require all our Charge Point Operators to have their charge points listed on www.zap- map.com . We provide a link to Zap Map on our website. Q8. How many on-street residential chargepoints in your area have been installed or adapted to conform to BSI’s latest accessible charging specification (PAS 1899:2022) since June 2024? We do not hold this information. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Kieran Heneghan Information Rights Officer2025-05-06T00:00:00CAM99752025-04-24T00:00:00if the council have a direct labour organisation that purchases materials for housing repairs and maintenanceDate: 24/04/2025 Ref: CAM9975 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 27/03/2025 about if the council have a direct labour organisation that purchases materials for housing repairs and maintenance . We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested. Please confirm if you have a direct labour organisation that purchases materials for housing repairs and maintenance? We have a reactive repairs service that is DLO led with contractors supporting in specialist areas. Please confirm if there is a contract in place for the supply of materials (covering building materials, electrical materials, plumbing & heating materials)? We currently do not have annual contracts and do not use frameworks. We engage with a number of providers based on quality, price, and lead time, working with regional and local suppliers as well as national providers to ensure the best value and stock availability. Please confirm for each contract; • Name of supplier • Contract start date • Contract end date • Any available extension period following the end date above • Whether the contract was procured in house or with a framework provider (and who the framework provider is) N/A. • Who in your organisation (name and job title) is responsible for overseeing the running of this contract/service? The Head of Service is Mr Antony Castle. If there is no contract in place, please still confirm the name(s) of the supplier(s) you purchase materials for repairs and maintenance from. Please see the list of suppliers we have used in the last financial year attached. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Kieran Heneghan Information Rights Officer2025-05-06T00:00:00CAM99772025-04-25T00:00:00advertising spendDate: 25/04/2025 Case reference : CAM9977 London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 27/03/2025 about advertising spend.   We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 / Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested and the answers to your questions are as follows: Please can you provide me with your spending for 2023-4 and 2024-5 on: 1. Print media advertising, broken down by newspaper or outlet; and 2. Online media advertising, broken down by platform, e.g. Facebook, Instagram, X, TikTok, etc. If possible, please provide this information in a spreadsheet. Please find attached our spend on advertising during the 2023/4 and 2024/5 financial years. This includes statutory and non-statutory advertising. Advertising for asset sales is not included in this response as the costs are offset against receipts received. The spend is identified from financial information we hold from across the council as we have a broad responsibility to provide information on a wide range of services and use a range of channels/outlets to do this. Where possible, we have broken down our spend on print media advertising and online media advertising. However, the information we hold does not always identify our spend in this way, and some of our advertising spend covers both print and online channels. We have therefore introduced a third ‘combined/other’ category. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk , Telephone: 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website https://www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Peter Williams Information Rights Officer2025-05-06T00:00:00CAM99802025-04-24T00:00:00information on the local authority’s dealings with Tri Fire limitedDate: 24/04/2025 Ref: CAM9980 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 28/03/2025 about information on the local authority’s dealings with Tri Fire limited. We have dealt with this under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested. Specifically, I would like information on the local authority’s dealings with Tri Fire limited. Was Tri Fire ltd ever contracted by the authority to assess authority run/managed housing? If so, when, and for which premises? Please may I have the above information in a table. We do not hold any information on this supplier and there are no records on our system nor any record of payments that have been made to them or contracted by our Procurement Service. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Yours sincerely Kieran Heneghan Information Rights Officer2025-05-06T00:00:00CAM99812025-04-28T00:00:00issuing of pavement licencesDate: 28/04/2025 Ref: CAM9981 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 28/03/2025 about issuing of pavement licences. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested. I am writing under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, to request information. Specifically, I would like information on the local authority’s issuing of pavement licences. In the years since the licence has been introduced, please could you tell me the number of licence applications, the numbers granted/issued, and the numbers refused. If possible, and please note this is severable from the above if it proves to breach the section 12 cost cap, could I also have, where refused, the reason for refusal. May I have the above in a table, by calendar year. The information provided in the table for each year is from 1st October until 30th September the following year, in line with the expiry and renewal periods as set out in the Business and Planning Act 2020 and how it has been recorded on our systems. Year Number of Applications Number Granted/Issued Number Refused Withdrawn/ Rejected Under Consultation 1 Oct 2020 - 30 Sept 2021 420 348 20 52 0 1 Oct 2021 - 30 Sept 2022 405 374 15 16 0 1 OCT 2022 - 30 Sept 2023 309 285 15 9 0 1 Oct 2023 - 30 Sept 2024 319 287 29 3 0 October 2024 - Current 142 125 3 0 10 Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Philip Lewis Information Rights Officer2025-05-06T00:00:00CAM99842025-04-28T00:00:00school nursing workforce trendsCAM9984 - Date: 28/04/2025 Ref: CAM9985 Dear Requester, Thank you for your request for information dated 28/03/2025 about school nursing workforce trends. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The Council holds some of the information requested. The aim of this FOI request is to better understand current capacity and workforce trends in school nursing services commissioned by local authorities across England. Specifically, we would like to request responses/information relating to the following questions: 1. Do you currently commission a school nursing service? Yes/No 2. Which of the following best describes your current school nursing contract provider: a. NHS trust. b. Charity c. Local authority d. Community Interest Company e. Private healthcare provider f. Other [please specify] 3. How many full-time equivalent (FTE) clinical staff were employed in your school nursing service in: March 2025; September 2024, March 2024? [If you do not have data for these specific months, please provide the most recent full workforce data that you have] 4. If your school nursing team is employed on Agenda for Change bands, please tell us how many FTE staff were employed on each Band (3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8a, 8b, 8c) in March 2025; September 2024, March 2024? [If you do not have data for these specific months, please provide the most recent full workforce data that you have] London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk 5. For each Band (3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8a, 8b, 8c) please state the percentage of school nursing staff on: temporary (agency), temporary (employed), fixed term, permanent contacts in March 2025; September 2024, March 2024? [If you do not have data for these specific months, please provide the most recent full workforce data that you have] 6. How many FTE SCPHN qualified school nurses were employed in your school nursing service in: March 2025; September 2024, March 2024? [If you do not have data for these specific months, please provide the most recent full workforce data that you have] 7. What was the total number of school-aged children that your school nursing service was responsible for in: March 2025; September 2024, March 2024? 8. What was the total number of [primary, secondary and specialist] schools that your school nursing service was responsible for in: March 2025; September 2024, March 2024? 9. What was the SCPHN qualified school nurse (Band 6) FTE vacancy rate in your school nursing service in: March 2025; September 2024, March 2024? [If you do not have data for these specific months, please provide the most recent full workforce data that you have] 10. What was the average number of [primary, secondary, specialist] schools per SCPHN qualified school nurse in your area in March 2025; September 2024, March 2024? [If you do not have data for these specific months, please provide the most recent full workforce data that you have] 11. Is your school nursing service currently [in April 2025] employing any SCPHN student school nurses? Yes/No, If Yes how many? [If you do not have data for these specific months, please provide the most recent full workforce data that you have] 12. Is your school nursing service planning to employ the SCPHN student School Nurses upon completion of their training Yes/No, If Yes how many? I’ve created a spreadsheet that duplicates the questions with space for you to input your answers to hopefully make it simpler for you to provide the information. We would very much appreciate it if you could complete the spreadsheet and return it to us. Please see the attached spreadsheet for the answers to your questions. Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Lorna Jonas-Tinson Information Rights Officer2025-05-06T00:00:00CAM99852025-04-28T00:00:00health visiting workforce trendsDate: 28/04/2025 Ref: CAM9985 Dear Requester, Thank you for your request for information dated 28/03/2025 about health visiting workforce trends. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The Council holds some of the information requested. The purpose of this FOI request is to gain a better understanding of current capacity and workforce trends in health visiting services commissioned by local authorities across England. Specifically, we would like to request responses/information relating to the following questions: 1. Do you currently commission a health visiting service? 2. Please select which of the following best describes your current health visiting contract provider: a. NHS trust b. Charity c. Local authority d. Community Interest Company e. Private healthcare provider f. Other [please state] 3. How many full-time equivalent (FTE) clinical staff in total, and on each Agenda for Change Band (if this or equivalent framework is used) [3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8a, 8b, 8c] were employed in your health visiting service in: March 2025; September 2024, March 2024? [If you do not have data for these specific months, please provide the most recent full workforce data that you have] 4. How many FTE SCPHN qualified health visitors at each of the following bands: 6, 7, 8 were employed in your health visiting service in: March 2025; September London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk 2024, March 2024? [If you do not have data for these specific months, please provide the most recent full workforce data that you have] 5. For each Band (3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8a, 8b, 8c) please state the percentage of health visiting service staff on: temporary (agency), temporary (employed), fixed term, permanent contacts in: March 2025; September 2024, March 2024? [If you do not have data for these specific months, please provide the most recent full workforce data that you have] 6. What was the total number of children under 5 years of age that your health visiting service was responsible for in: March 2025; September 2024, March 2024? [If you do not have data for these specific months, please provide the most recent full workforce data that you have] 7. What was the average caseload per SCPHN qualified FTE health visitor in your area in: March 2025; September 2024, March 2024? [If you do not have data for these specific months, please provide the most recent full workforce data that you have] 8. What was the SCPHN qualified health visitor (Band 6) FTE vacancy rate in your health visiting service in: March 2025; September 2024, March 2024? [If you do not have data for these specific months, please provide the most recent full workforce data that you have] 9. Which mandated health visiting contacts in your area are currently carried out only by qualified SCPHN health visitors? (select all that apply: antenatal, New Birth Visit, 6 week check, 1 year review and 2 year review) 10. Is your health visiting service currently [in April 2025] employing any SCPHN student health visitors ? Yes/No, if Yes how many? [If you do not have data for these specific months, please provide the most recent full workforce data that you have] 11. Is your health visiting service planning to employ the SCPHN student Health Visitors upon completion of their training (Yes/No) If yes, how many? I’ve created a spreadsheet that duplicates the questions with space for you to input your answers to hopefully make it simpler for you to provide the information. We would very much appreciate it if you could complete the attached spreadsheet and return it to us. Please see the attached spreadsheet for the answers to your questions. Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Lorna Jonas-Tinson Information Rights Officer2025-05-06T00:00:00CAM99932025-04-17T00:00:00compensation paymentsDate: 17/04/2025 Case reference : CAM9993 London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 31/03/2025 about compensation payments.  We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 / Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested and the answers to your questions are as follows: This is a request under the Freedom of Information Act. Please provide me with a spreadsheet of all compensation payments authorised by the council between April 1, 2024 and March 31, 2025. It should contain the following columns: 1. Date of incident 2. Location of incident (if a council property) 3. Brief description of incident/injury (ie. 'tripped over a loose carpet at Town Hall and broke knee' / 'cut arm on damaged bench in park' / 'blown tyre due to pothole') 4. Compensation amount agreed 5. Date agreedPlease find relevant information attached.  We have redacted (removed) the names and specific addresses of the claimants under Regulation 12(3) of the EIR 2004 as this is their personal information. We believe it would be a breach of the GDPR principle that we handle personal data fairly to publish it to the world in this response. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk , Telephone: 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website https://www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Peter Williams Information Rights Officer2025-05-06T00:00:00CAM99952025-04-24T00:00:00policies, procedures, and responsibilities concerning damp and mould issues in council-managed propertiesDate: 24/04/2025 Ref: CAM9995 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 28/03/2025 about policies, procedures, and responsibilities concerning damp and mould issues in council -managed properties. We have dealt with this under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds some of the information requested. I am writing to request information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 regarding Camden Council’s policies, procedures, and responsibilities concerning damp and mould issues in council-managed properties. Specifically, I request the following information: 1. Reports and Inspections: •The number of reported cases of damp and mould in Camden Council -managed properties over the past five years (broken down by year). The attached Damp and Mould Data spreadsheet details the requests made by residents. Please note data was captured in a new consistent format from December 2022 as part of the Council’s proactive communications to all residents. •The average response time for an inspection to be carried out following a tenant’s report of damp or mould. The average response time for Emergency is 24 hours and ten days for non-emergency requests. •The number of inspections that resulted in remedial action being taken. 2,887. 2. Council Responsibilities and Policies: •Camden Council’s official policy on addressing damp and mould issues in its properties. Please see the councils link to our damp and mould policy – camden-damp-and-mould-policy-final- feb-2024 . Our Damp and Mould Spotlight Self-Assessment is attached. •Guidelines or criteria used to determine when temporary accommodation is offered due to severe damp and mould. This would be an ESR Form, please see Procedure 3.5 Essential repair transfers . London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk •The council’s legal and statutory obligations in relation to ensuring safe and habitable living conditions for tenants. Please see Procedure 3.5 Essential repair transfers April 2019 . •Any specific measures taken to protect vulnerable tenants, such as families with young children or individuals with respiratory conditions, from the effects of damp and mould. All damp and mould assessments follow Public Health England's advice. Please see the councils link to our damp and mould policy – camden-damp-and-mould-policy-final-feb-2024 . Have there been any negligence cases against Camden Council involving health deterioration due to damp and mould, particularly affecting young children? There are three claims for damp and mould involving minors, in 2017 , 2018 and 2021. Two of which were not pursued and the 2021 claim is under investigation. 3. Repairs and Remediation: •The typical timeframe for repairs and remediation to be completed after damp and mould have been identified. Emergency repairs: within 24 hours Leaks: within 24 hours for an uncontainable leak, or 5 days for a containable leak Non-emergency repairs: within 35 days We always aim to prioritise emergencies for residents experiencing vulnerabilities. •The number of complaints received in the past five years regarding delays or inadequate responses to damp and mould issues. We only started to precisely capture complaints under the heading of damp and mould from 2023 Stage 1 complaints Jan – Dec 23 – 96 Jan – Dec 24 - 93 Jan – April 25 – 57 •Any budgets or funding allocated specifically for addressing damp and mould in council properties. Over the past two years, over £4 million pounds has been allocated on addressing damp and mould in our homes. This is taken from the Housing Revenue Account budget. Additionally, I would appreciate any details regarding how Camden Council ensures that tenants are living in safe and healthy conditions and what monitoring processes are in place to prevent persistent or recurring issues. Regular monitoring takes place for recurring damp and mould households. This may involve 2/4/8 week follow up appointments. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Philip Lewis Information Rights Officer2025-05-06T00:00:00CAM99962025-04-24T00:00:00the district heating schemes in CamdenDate: 24/04/2025 Ref: CAM9996 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 28/03/2025 about the district heating schemes in Camden. We have dealt with this under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested. I am writing to request information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 regarding the district heating schemes in Camden, specifically in the Kentish Town area. Please provide the following information: 1. A list of properties in Kentish Town, that are connected to the district heating network. The attached list shows blocks that have communal heating systems 2. Details on whether Kennistoun House in Kentish Town is served by the district heating system. Kennistoun House is served by a communal heating system. 3. Any plans or proposals for expanding the district heating network in Kentish Town or Camden more broadly. The Council keeps the potential for new or expanded networks under review. Its new build properties also generally utilise communal heating systems. The Council also has a programme to update the communal heating systems serving its existing homes. 4. Information on how the district heating service is managed, including whether it is directly operated by Camden Council or through a third-party provider. Communal and district heating systems are managed by Camden council and maintained by third party contractors. Advice and Assistance Strictly speaking, district heating and communal heating systems are both centralized heating solutions, but they differ in scale and application. Communal heating is confined to a single building or site, while district heating spans multiple buildings or neighbourhoods . London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Kieran Heneghan Information Rights Officer2025-05-06T00:00:00CAM99982025-04-25T00:00:00pre-application adviceDate: 25/04/2025 Case reference : CAM9998 London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 31/03/2025 about pre-application advice.  We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 / Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested and the answers to your questions are as follows: The council holds the information requested and the answers to your questions are as follows: I would like to view the pre-application advice given by Camden Council to the applicant prior to submission of the application 2025/1084/P. Please find relevant information attached. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your RightsIf you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk , Telephone: 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website https://www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Peter Williams Information Rights Officer2025-05-06T00:00:00CAM99992025-04-22T00:00:00Building Control documentsDate: 22/04/2025 Case reference : CAM9999London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 31/03/2025 about Building Control documents.  We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and/or the Environmental Information Regulations 2004  Response The council does not hold the information requested: RE: Planning Reference 8500282, 226 Finchley Road, London, NW3 6DH I write to obtain the relevant Building Control documents relating to the planning reference 8500282. We do not hold this information.  Our Building Control service does not have a record for 226 Finchley Road RE: Planning Reference 8500282. As some of the information not held is environmental, we have to comply with a technicality and tell you that because it is not held it is excepted under Regulation 12 (4)(a) of the EIR 2004.  The Information Commissioner does not require a public interest test where the information is not held. Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations.Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk , Telephone: 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website https://www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Peter Williams Information Rights Officer2025-05-06T00:00:00CAM100032025-04-28T00:00:00the number of trees planted in London across your boroughDate: 28/04/2025 Ref: CAM10003 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 01/04/2025 about the number of trees planted in London across your borough. We have dealt with this under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested. Under the freedom of information act of 2000, I request the following information: (1) The number of trees planted in London across your borough over the following periods: i. 2020 ii 2021 iii. 2022 iiii. 2023 v. 2024 vi. If possible, Q1 2025 Information on planting numbers can be found at www.camden.gov.uk/trees . Please note that our data is stored by financial year. Information for 2024/2025 has not been published yet, but our records show 618 trees have been planted by the council across the borough. (2) For the same periods, I also request that the datasets be broken down by gender of tree planted (male/female). Trees do not fit in to genders of male and female. They can be monoecious, having both male and female reproductive organs; or dioecious, where male and female reproductive organs are on different individuals. We do not hold data on this. This dataset should be made available to me in electronic form (ideally spreadsheet) if possibl e. Please see the attached spreadsheet, Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Kieran Heneghan Information Rights Officer2025-05-06T00:00:00CAM100042025-04-28T00:00:00a list of all ' Licensed ' and/or 'Registered ' commercial tattooing and piercing premises currently operating within your council regionDate: 28/04/2025 Ref: CAM10004 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 01/04/2025 about a list of all ' Licensed ' and/or 'Registered ' commercial tattooing and piercing premises currently operating within your council region. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested. After contacting DHSC , I was informed that any information regarding any licensed premises in a council area ; is the responsibility of the relevant council. To this end , could you please provide me with a list of all ' Licensed ' and/or 'Registered ' commercial tattooing and piercing premises currently operating within your council region . I have no need of any information regarding anyone who may be operating from a private address . Please see the attached spreadsheet. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Yours sincerely Kieran Heneghan Information Rights Officer2025-05-06T00:00:00CAM100062025-05-02T00:00:00noise, waste, and idling ASB regarding Lebanese Grill - 84 Leather Lane, EC1N 7TTDate: 02/05/2025 Ref: CAM10006 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 02/04/2025 about noise, waste, and idling ASB regarding Lebanese Grill - 84 Leather Lane, EC1N 7TT. We have dealt with this under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds some of the information requested. I am writing to request the following information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000:Regarding Lebanese Grill - 84 Leather Lane, EC1N 7TT Through the licencing, we aim to address the issues residents in Clerkenwell and nearby neighbourhoods are experiencing with noise, waste, and idling ASB. To do so, we are asking relevant authorities to contribute their understanding, knowledge, and experiences about/around this business and its customers. Can I please request all the complaints and any information relating to this business from the following teams – NOISE AND POLLUTION TEAM – 1) 15/05/2025 – 322504 - Complaint: Customers shouting, gathering outside, racing cars, throwing litter. 2) 10/07/2024 – 324626 - Complaint: Delivery/Collection- Waste collection from Premises: Mon – Sun at 00:00. 3) 03/08/2024 – 325525 - Complaint: Loud Noise 4) 03/08/2024 – 325525 - Complaint: Odour 5) 12/08/2024 – 325879 - Complaint: Odour/Littering/Loud Music 6) 13/08/2024 – 325979 - Complaint: Odour/Fumes 7) 14/08/2024 – 326018 - Complaint: Odour/Fumes 8) 06/03/2025 – 333061 - Complaint: Loud music/delivery and collection noise from customers waiting in the street COMMUNITY SAFETY – 13/03/2025 - Community safety report:127179 Email to Community Safety Enforcement Manger 17.3.25 re Leather Lane Incident 13.03.25. Warning letter titled LA03 - Breach of Conditions, sent. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk LICENCING – 02/08/2023, premises licence PREM-LIC\115848 for Late Night Refreshment only was issued. On 20/06/2024, Licensing wrote to the licence holder, formally requesting CCTV footage from 22:30 hours on 9/06/2024 until 01:30 hours on 10/06/2024 as per conditions 4 and 6. No CCTV recordings have been provided to the Licensing Authority to date . A resident led licence review was being considered as a result. Out of hours visits were conducted by Licensing, however no disturbances or breaches were witnessed. All the evidences of disturbances were held by way of recordings by the resident. In August 2024, a local resident reported that the premises operations were continuing to have an adverse impact on the local residents. Resident-led review application has not yet been submitted. In March 2025, The Licensing Team received further complaints, from Community Safety, other residents and the pub opposite the premises. A meeting was arranged with the Licence Holder for 06/03/2025. The Licence Holder was unable to attend. WASTE ENFORCEMENT / ENVIRONMENT SERVICES – This business does not receive its waste collection from Veolia, we therefore have no involvement with them MARKETS – This is a shop and therefore the markets/street trading team have no involvement with it. HEALTH AND SAFETY – The health and safety team has been recently involved with this premises for the following matters, in ascending date order: 1. 11/03/24 – Complaint received of smoke emanating for the premises and people climbing on the roof. 2. 12/03/24 – Visit carried out to investigate complaint. Extraction cleaning and maintenance record was requested. 3. 04/04/24 – Improvement Notice served to produce extraction cleaning and maintenance record. Notice hand delivered. 4. 03/06/24 – Visit to follow up on compliance of notice. Cleaning certificate produced. 5. 04/09/24 – Complaint of excessive smoke emanating from premises. Visit carried out to discuss. 6. 03/12/24 - Complaint received of smoke from premises and people climbing on roof. 7. 05/12/24 – Visit carried out to investigate complaint 8. 17/12/24 – Hand delivery of Improvement Notice to produce the latest extract cleaning and maintenance certificate 9. 23/01/25 – Hand delivered invitation to an interview under caution for failing to comply with the Improvement Notice. Eventually complied and interview avoided. 10. 18/02/25 – Pro-active Inspection of premises to ensure compliance with gas safety, safe use of solid fuel and maintenance of extraction system 11. 11/04/25 – Revisit to check compliance on matters raised during the recent health and safety inspection ESTATE SERVICES – No information held. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Philip Lewis Information Rights Officer2025-05-06T00:00:00CAM100072025-04-29T00:00:00pothole repairsDate: 29/04/2025 Ref: CAM10007 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 01/04/2025 about pothole repairs. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested. I would like to make a request for documents in an excel or PDF format detailing pothole repairs made in the last three years. If this timeframe is not available then please provide documents detailing this information as far back as possible. If there is sensitive information on these documents please provide a redacted version of these documents. I am specifically looking for reports of potholes that have been fixed then reappeared. If it is available then a document detailing this information can be provided instead. The information that you have requested is attached. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Yours sincerely Philip Lewis Information Rights Officer2025-05-06T00:00:00CAM100102025-04-29T00:00:00notices from the Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014Date: 29/04/2025 Ref: CAM10010 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 02/04/2025 about notices from the Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested. Under the Freedom of Information Act, I would like to know how many of the following notices from the Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014 your council have issued since 2017 to the present year. Please break the following down by each year until the present year. Injunctions issued to persons causing ASB. 6 Injunctions (two of these are the same subject as one was an interim and then a full injunction was obtained later). All from January 2025. Information on such enforcement was not recorded before October 2024. Criminal Behaviour Orders issued to persons causing ASB. These can only be issued by the Police. You can make an information request to the Metropolitan Police here . Community Protection Notices issued to persons causing ASB. These can only be issued by the Police. You can make an information request to the Metropolitan Police here . Closure Notices issued to private or social landlords where there has been ASB from the property. The following is data from 2020-2023 (5 calendar years). The figures also take into account Closures not led by LBC but where LBC contributed to evidence (including attendance to court in some instances) • 2020 – 7 Closures • 2021 – 7 Closures • 2022- 2 Closures • 2023 - 11 Closures • 2024 – 10 Closures The Community Trigger has been actioned because of continued ASB. There has been a total of 71 Community Triggers, now known as ASB Case Reviews since 2019 that have come into Community Safety. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Philip Lewis Information Rights Officer2025-05-06T00:00:00CAM100112025-04-25T00:00:00second homesDate: 25/04/2025 Case reference : CAM10011London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 02/04/2025 about second homes . We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds some of the information requested. The answers to your questions are below. We have stated where we do not hold the information requested and why. This is an information request relating to council tax on second homes. Please include the following information: Second Home Premium 1. Does the council currently charge a premium on second homes? Yes, with effect from 1 April 2025. 2. If so, what is the rate of the premium (expressed as a percentage or multiplier of the standard council tax rate)? It’s a 100% premium - so double the standard council tax charge for the relevant property band. Impact Assessment 3. Has the council undertaken any impact assessment(s) on the effect of the second home premium on the local economy?Yes, we have undertaken an impact assessment.    4. If so, please provide a copy of the assessment(s). The assessment can be directly opened from the councils website here: https://democracy.camden.gov.uk/documents/s117322/Appendix%20F1%20Second%20Homes%20Premium%20EIA.pdf If the link above does not work please go to the agenda and minutes for the full council meeting on 04 March 2024 where this item was part of item 10a on the agenda and you can open the above link from there: https://democracy.camden.gov.uk/ieListDocuments.aspx?CId=149&MId=10530 Definition of a Second Home 5. How does the council define a second home for council tax purposes? We use the national definition set out under the Local Government Finance Act 1992 and subsequent regulations such as the Council Tax (Prescribed Classes of Dwellings and Consequential Amendments)(England) Regulations 2024. Disputes 6. Have any households challenged the classification of their property as a second home? Yes, some households have challenged the classification. 7. If yes, how many such disputes have there been, and how many resulted in a change of status? We do not hold this Information.  This is because our systems do not record specific dispute types or specific account amendment types to track the information needed for this request.  We would not be able to determine a second home discount ended because of a liability change (new owner, someone moved in, etc.) or because of a dispute.  Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations.Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk , Telephone: 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/ . The ICO website https://www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Peter Williams Information Rights Officer2025-05-06T00:00:00CAM100122025-05-02T00:00:00domestic abuse perpetrator programs offered, facilitated, or funded by the Local AuthorityDate: 02/05/2025 Ref: CAM10012 Dear Requester, Thank you for your request for information dated 02/04/2025 about domestic abuse perpetrator programs offered, facilitated, or funded by the Local Authority. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The Council holds the information requested. The answers to your questions are as follows: The request is about domestic abuse perpetrator programs facilitated or funded by your local authority. I am conducting research into the availability and effectiveness of these programs and would appreciate the following details: 1. Perpetrator Programs Offered: A list of all domestic abuse perpetrator programs your local authority has offered, facilitated, or funded between 2019 and 2024. The local authority has not offered, facilitated or funded perpetrator programs between 2019 -2024. 2. Referrals to Perpetrator Programs: The total number of referrals to perpetrator programs received annually from 2019 to 2024.how many were: a) Voluntary referrals. b) Mandated referrals (e.g., by courts or social services). Not applicable. Please see the response to question 1 above. 3. Program Completion: The number of perpetrators who successfully completed a perpetrator program annually from 2019 to 2024. And The number of perpetrators who began but did not complete a perpetrator program annually from 2019 to 2024. Not applicable. Please see the response to question 1 above. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Lorna Jonas-Tinson Information Rights Officer2025-05-06T00:00:00CAM100142025-05-02T00:00:00Children Looked After placed outside the London Borough of Camden, other Local Authority children placed in the BoroughDate:02/05/2025 Ref: CAM10014 Dear Requester, Thank you for your request for information dated 03/04/2025 about Children Looked After placed outside the London Borough of Camden, other Local Authority children placed in the Borough. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested and the answers to your questions are as follows: Amalgamated request 1: As of or nearest to April 1st, 2025, please inform us: 1. How many children in care you have? 207. 2 a. How many of these children are placed outside of your local authority boundary? 142. 2 b. How many of these children are placed outside of your Integrated Care Board (ICB) area? 122. 3. In which other 10 local authority areas do you place the most children, ranked 1 to 10 with 1 being the one with the largest number? Rank * Ten most common placement areas for Children Looked After in the London Borough of Camden 1 Camden 2 Brent 3 Waltham Forest 4 Barnet Ealing Redbridge 5 Hackney Islington 6 Barking and Dagenham Croydon Haringey *A shared number indicates an equal rank London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Amalgamated request 2: As of or closest to April 1st, 2025, can you please inform us: 1. How many 'other local authority children' are living in your area? 45. 2. How many different local authorities have placed children in your area? 14. 3. Who are the top 10 placing authorities 1- 10 with 1 being the largest number of children placed? Rank* Local Authorit ies with the largest number of Children Looked After place ments in the London Borough of Camden 1 Hackney 2 Barnet 3 Haringey 4 Islington 5 Birmingham Croydon Essex Hillingdon Lambeth Nottingham Sutton Waltham Forest Westminster Wokingham *A shared number indicates an equal rank Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Lorna Jonas-Tinson Information Rights Officer2025-05-06T00:00:00CAM100152025-04-25T00:00:00request about Low Traffic NeighbourhoodsDate: 25/04/2025 Ref: CAM10015 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 02/04/2025 about request about Low Traffic Neighbourhoods. We have dealt with this under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested. I am writing a request about Low Traffic Neighbourhoods: 1. Please provide a full list of LTNs and a map of the areas covered in March 2020 and March 2025. Camden only has one scheme that has been named an LTN which is the Arlington Road Area LTN. Details and maps can be found here. However Camden has a series of through traffic restrictions which are covered by this, London wide, map which shows the extent of area wide through traffic restrictions in 2020 and current. 2. Please can you provide the number of Low Traffic Neighbourhoods in your authority for the calendar years 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025? Information on the development and delivery of Camden’s Transport Strategy over the years 2020-2025 is covered in the below publicly available reports CTS Review 2019-2022 – see 1.3 Table 1 CTS Delivery to date 2022-25 Section2 3. Please can you provide the number of Penalty Charge Notices (PCNs) issued for breaching Low Traffic Neighbourhood rules for the calendar years 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and year -to- date in 2025. 4. Please can you provide the total value of money raised from Penalty Charge Notices (PCNs) issued for breaching Low Traffic Neighbourhood rules for the calendar years 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and year-to-date in 2025. Calendar Year Issued PCNs Operation Record of Income (Issue Date) 2021 19,094 £1,195,429.11 2022 8,687 £516,784.30 2023 5,016 £263,830.05 2024 3,670 £193,498.98 2025 330 £8,880.00 London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk 5. Please provide the area of the Low Traffic Neighbourhood where the most fines were issued in the calendar year 2024. Calendar Year Low Traffic Neigbourhood Issued PCNs 2024 MORNINGTON STREET NW1 1,824 Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Philip Lewis Information Rights Officer2025-05-06T00:00:00CAM100172025-05-02T00:00:00average length of time households in the highest priority band have been in that specific bandDate: 02/05/2025 Ref: CAM10017 Dear Requester, Thank you for your request for information dated 02/04/2025 about average length of time households in the highest priority band have been in that specific band. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The Council does not hold the information requested. The answers to your questions are as follows: 1. The average time the households in the highest priority band on the council’s social housing register have been in that specific priority band for (thus excluding any time they may have previously spent in other bands) . We do not hold the requested information in this format. The London Borough of Camden does not allocate homes using a banding system, instead prioritisation is based on points. Further information on the housing allocation scheme is available from our website : https://www.camden.gov.uk/housing-allocation-scheme. In line with our duty to provide advice and assistance, we recommend submitting a new request aligned with the allocation policy. 2. The average time the households in the second-highest priority band on the council’s social housing register have been in that specific priority band for (thus excluding any time they may have previously spent in other bands) . Please see the response to question 1 above. 3. Among households in the highest priority band who were rehoused in calendar year 2024 (and thus left the social housing register), the average time they had been in the highest priority band for at the time they were rehoused. Please see the response to question 1 above. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk 4. Among households in the second-highest priority band who were rehoused in calendar year 2024 (and thus left the social housing register), the average time they had been in the second-highest priority band for at the time they were rehoused If the information for questions 3 and 4 is not available by calendar year, please provide it for the most recent financial year for which the information is held (and state the financial year being used). Please see the response to question 1 above. Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Lorna Jonas-Tinson Information Rights Officer2025-05-06T00:00:00CAM100182025-04-28T00:00:00all notices served by Camden Council under the Environmental Protection Act 1990 (EPA 1990) and control of pollution act 1974 over the last five yearsDate: 28/04/2025 Ref: CAM10018 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 02/04/2025 about all notices served by Camden Council under the Environmental Protection Act 1990 (EPA 1990) and control of pollution act 1974 over the last five years. We have dealt with this under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested. However we are withholding the information because it is excepted as explained below. We have explained where we are withholding information and what exceptions apply. Please see the refusal notices at the end of the answers which explain how and why they apply. I am writing to formally request information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 concerning all notices served by Camden Council under the Environmental Protection Act 1990 (EPA 1990) and control of pollution act 1974 over the last five years. Specifically, I would like to request: 1. The number of all notices issued under the EPA 1990 and COPA 1974( including but not limited to notices related to statutory nuisances (Section 80), noise and any other relevant notices issued under the Act. 2. The dates on which these notices were issued. 3. The nature of the issues for which these notices were served (e.g., noise complaints, waste issues, pollution, etc.). 4. Any available information on the outcomes or actions taken following the issuance of these notices. If possible, I would appreciate receiving this information in digital format. Please inform me of any fees associated with this request before processing it. The Council will not process your request as it falls under an exception in the EIR 2004 because the cost or burden of dealing with your request is manifestly unreasonable. See the refusal notice below. Refusal Notice: Under Regulation 12(4)(b) it would be considered manifestly unreasonable to provide a response to your request because the cost of compliance, and burden of dealing with your request, is excessive. The exception protects the Council’s ability to carry out its public functions and provides a balance between transparency and the protection of resources. In regard to question 4, there are 94 notices, each with a minimum of 20 action inputs. To review each action input would take around 2 minutes. 2 minutes x 20 action inputs = 40 minutes per notice. 94 notices x 40 minutes = 62.6 hours to review all of the notices. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk In applying this exception the Council has also considered the balance of the public interest in line with the EIR 2004. The public interest argument for releasing this information is: • It would improve transparency to the general public of the Council (medium weight) • The presumption in favour of disclosure in the regulations (medium weight) The public interest arguments for withholding the information are: • Processing this request would be a large burden in terms of Officer time and cost to the council (high weight) • This request would necessarily constitute a significant diversion of resources away from the Council’s core business activities (high weight) • It would consequently have a proportionally detrimental impact on the provision of services to the public (high weight) • It is not in the public interest that the Council neglect its provision of services to the public to focus on one information request (high weight) It is felt that in all the circumstances of the case, the public interest in maintaining the exception outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information. Advice and Assistance If you were to resubmit a request omitting question 4 we could provide the information to those questions. If you would like this information, please reply back to FOI@Camden.gov.uk or use our online enquiry form - https://www.camden.gov.uk/formal-enquiry . Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Kieran Heneghan Information Rights Officer2025-05-06T00:00:00CAM100202025-05-02T00:00:00gender-neutral toiletsDate: 02/05/2025 Case reference : CAM10020London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 07/04/2025 about gender-neutral toilets.   We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds some of the information requested. The answers to your questions are below. We have stated where we do not hold the information requested and why. I am submitting a formal request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 for information related to the consultation process regarding the introduction of gender-neutral toilets within your office premises. Specific Information Requested: 1. Does your Council operate gender neutral toilets in its places of work (Civic Centre and or/ other offices)? a) If yes – when did they become operational? Yes, we have some in our Town Hall - April 2023. We also have gender-specific toilets available at this location. b) has, within the last five years, the Council conducted any sort of staff survey or consultation regarding the introduction or expansion of gender neutral toilets in your workplaces?We do not hold this information.  If yes then please provide the following information: 3. Any and all documentation, including but not limited to meeting minutes, reports, emails, and memos, relating to consultations held with staff—whether anonymous or not—regarding the proposal to introduce gender-neutral toilets in your office buildings. 4. Any records of surveys, internal questionnaires, or feedback forms distributed to staff members on this topic, as well as the responses received, whether anonymised or attributed to specific staff members (see notes on anonymisation later in the request. 5. Correspondence, records, or summaries that outline the views expressed by staff, including any comments on gender identity, transgender, gender non-conforming individuals, as well as views related to the wider issues of homosexuality and bisexuality. 6. Any records of internal discussions, including those of management and staff, regarding the potential challenges or considerations raised in relation to implementing gender-neutral toilets. Please see the response above. Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk , Telephone: 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website https://www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Peter Williams Information Rights Officer2025-05-06T00:00:00CAM100262025-04-30T00:00:00all information, including who made the decision to close a short section of Prowse Place NW1Date: 30/04/2025 Ref: CAM10026 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 04/04/2025 about all information, including who made the decision to close a short section of Prowse Place NW1 . We have dealt with this under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested. I would like to have all information, including who made the decision to close a short section of Prowse Place NW1 Clarified - I would like the information on which council employees made this decision and with all documents about why. My 1st email on this to the council was March 19, 2021, so I would imagine this was done before this, but I want to see why they disregarded the opposition of this clousure and why and the names of who pushed forward on this and will not attend a site visit which would clearly show it is causing more traffic, which in turn is endangering the health & safety of pedestrians, cyclist and motorists. The decision-making process/report is clearly outlined and published on our website at the following link – Prowse Place and Wilmot Place Safe and Healthy Streets - We Are Camden - Citizen Space with links to the decision making process here – Decision - Safe Travel in Camden: Prowse Place and Wilmot Place Safe and Healthy Streets - Camden Council Advice and Assistance The Council has engaged in multiple dialogues with the resident who likely submitted this FoI request, clearly explaining in writing the reasons for not meeting with them. Additionally, we have addressed several complaints from this individual regarding the same issue . Please note that handling both FOI requests and general emails about the same subject increases our workload and reduces efficiency. Additionally, communication via FOI is slower. Therefore, as advice and assistance, we advise corresponding directly with the service regarding this matter . London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Kieran Heneghan Information Rights Officer2025-05-06T00:00:00CAM100282025-04-28T00:00:00debt interestDate: 28/04/2025 Case reference : CAM10028 London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 07/04/2025 about  debt interest . We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested and the answers to your questions are as follows: 1. What was the cost of Council's payment of interest on debt in the financial year 2023/4 The cost was £15,256. 2. Where is this information publicly available This information is not publicly available. While the Council’s statement of accounts is publicly available, the accounts are not broken down to show the payment of interest on debt as a separate figure. However, responses under the FOIA are public documents and this response will be published on our website. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk , Telephone: 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website https://www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Peter Williams Information Rights Officer2025-05-06T00:00:00CAM100312025-04-25T00:00:00landlord and its' duties under Gas Safety Installation and Use Regulations 1998Date: 25/04/2025 Ref: CAM10031 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 04/04/2025 about landlord and its' duties under Gas Safety Installation and Use Regulations 1998. We have dealt with this under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested. My questions are relating to the Authority as a landlord and its' duties under Gas Safety Installation and Use Regulations 1998 (GSIUR) which I believe are covered by section 36 of those regulations. The questions are specifically relating to only what you as an authority have a legal duty to and what the tax payer/residents therefore has to duty to pay for. Thank you. Section 36 duties of landlords requires landlords to carry out an annual check of all appliances owned by the landlord and suppllied for use by tenants and a maintenance of pipes etc which has no prescribed time limit but it is recommenced, but not mandatory, to carry out the wider duty to gas tighten and checking the pipes at the same time as the annual appliance checks on landlord supplied appliances. Under the wider duty the landlord also has responsibly to piper or flues that connect any tenants cookers or other appliances they own to the gas supply but not to the tenants appliance itself. So my question are based on these duties please. In law past any pipes/flues connecting tenant appliances to the gas system do you consider you have any legal duty to any appliances that tenant can remove from the property when carrying out either the section 36 (2) or (3) duties under GSIUR? We have no duty to maintain residents-owned gas appliances (gas cookers). A visual inspection is carried out when our gas-safe contractors are at the property carrying out a yearly landlord's gas - safety inspection on the landlord's gas appliance (boiler). Installation pipe work is not covered by annual safety inspection. However, it is recommended that a soundness test of the installation pipework, together with a visual examination is performed. In addition, landlords should always ensure that installation pipework is properly examined and tested whenever any damage or associated works are carried out, e.g., a suspected gas leak, is reported by a tenant. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk If so what is that legal duty please and do you hold how you came to that conclusion that it was a legal duty please? In regulation 36, there is no legal duty on landlords regarding residents' owned gas appliances (removable / cookers). The council has decided that as responsible Landlord we shall (subject to access) carry out inspections on the gas installation pipework every five years. These are on properties that do not have landlords' gas appliances (communal / district heating systems). Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Philip Lewis Information Rights Officer2025-05-06T00:00:00CAM100342025-04-28T00:00:00council taxDate: 28/04/2025 Case reference : CAM10034 London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 07/04/2025 about council tax.  We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested and the answers to your questions are as follows: As a freedom of information request, please answer the following questions for the financial years: 21-22, 22-23, 23-24, 24-25. 1.How many accounts were raised at billing in financial year? Please see the attached spreadsheet.  Please note the actual number of accounts billed (because of moves, etc.) during the year is significantly higher than the annual billing figure. 2.What was the total value of liability in financial year? 3.How many accounts were in arrears at the end of the financial year? 4.How was the value of arrears in that financial year? 5.How many council tax cases were referred to bailiffs? 6.How much money was retrieved by the bailiffs? 7.How much debt was written off by the council in that financial year? Please see the attached spreadsheet.  8.Do you currently have a formal policy in place for dealing with residents in vulnerable circumstances as part of your collections process for Council Tax arrears? Yes, as part of our council tax recovery manual. 9.Do you currently have a policy of exempting recipients of Council Tax Support / Reduction from the use of bailiff action? Yes, we have had a policy in place since 2018 not to issue an account in receipt of Council Tax Support to enforcement agents.  Where we identify a resident receives Council Tax Support after a referral is made to enforcement agents, we will recall the case. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk , Telephone: 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website https://www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Peter Williams Information Rights Officer2025-05-06T00:00:00CAM100352025-05-01T00:00:00consultancy servicesDate: 01/05/2025 Case reference : CAM10035London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 04/04/2025 about consultancy services. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.   Response The council holds the information requested.  However, we are withholding the information because it is exempt as explained below.  We have explained what exemption applies.  Please see the refusal notice which explains how and why it applies: The request is: I am writing to request information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 relating to the council’s expenditure on management consultancy services, including services provided by the "Big Four" firms: PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), Ernst & Young (EY), Deloitte, and KPMG. For the financial years 2022-23, 2023-24, and 2024-25, please provide the following information: 1. Expenditure on the Big Four consultancies a) Total amount spent with each of the following firms, broken down by financial year: PwC, EY, Deloitte, and KPMG. b) The highest day rate paid to each of these firms in each financial year.2. Expenditure on other management consultants       a) Total amount spent on management consulting services excluding the Big Four, broken down by consultancy and financial year. For each engagement, please include: b) The name of the consultancy firm c) The financial year of the expenditure d) A brief description of the project or services provided (e.g. project title or internal reference) e) The start and end dates of the engagement (or anticipated end date if ongoing) f) The procurement route used (e.g. open competition, framework agreement, direct award) and the name of the procurement framework, if applicable 3. Additional Information (if available without exceeding cost limits) If it is possible within the cost limit: a) Please state the number of individual consultants provided by each firm for each engagement. b) Please indicate whether any deliverables were produced (e.g. reports, action plans) and whether these are publicly available. c) Please confirm whether any of the consultancy work covered tasks that would normally be performed by in-house council staff or roles that were vacant at the time. We are not processing this request as it would require a disproportionate amount of time, effort, and expense.  Please see the exemption notice set out below. Refusal NoticeThe exemption that applies is: section 12: cost of compliance exceeds appropriate limit We are refusing your request under section 12 on cost grounds because we estimate that compliance with your request will exceed the "appropriate limit". This is £450 which is equivalent to 18 hours at £25 per hour. The per hour figure is set by Regulations rather than actual salary paid to any officers handling requests. The appropriate limit includes the time it will take the council to discover if it holds the information requested, to locate it, extract it and collate it as well as putting it into any particular format requested by the requester. We have calculated that it will take approx.  1796 hours (minimum) to comply with your request because: records are not kept centrally but information would need to be sourced from individual services or suppliers• 2d – 2f would require checking 861 records each taking an average minimum of 55 minutes  • 3a - 3c would require checking 863 records each taking an average minimum of 70 minutes• Advice and Assistance We can provide relevant information and answers to questions 1a and 2a - 2c should you require. Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk , Telephone: 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website https://www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Peter Williams Information Rights Officer2025-05-06T00:00:00CAM100412025-04-29T00:00:00properties or areas of land within the Local Authority are affected by a live Compulsory Purchase OrderDate: 29/04/2025 Ref: CAM10041 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 08/04/2025 about properties or areas of land within the Local Authority are affected by a live Compulsory Purchase Order. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested. Can you advise if any properties or areas of land within the Local Authority are affected by a live Compulsory Purchase Order? If so, can you provide a list/map of the affected areas? CPO information is publicly available at the following location: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/compulsory -purchase-orders-register-of-decisions Any CPOs relating to HS2 are available at the following location: https://www.gov.uk/transport/hs2 As the information requested is already reasonably accessible elsewhere it is exempt under the absolute exemption in Section 21. Advice and Assistance: Any future council CPOs will be on the first link above and any future HS2 CPOs will be in the second link above. You may find it easier and quicker to check these links in future instead of making Freedom of Information requests. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Philip Lewis Information Rights Officer2025-05-06T00:00:00CAM100422025-04-30T00:00:00information on the locations of electric vehicle chargers that have been funded under ORCSDate: 30/04/2025 Ref: CAM10042 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 08/04/2025 about information on the locations of electric vehicle chargers that have been funded under ORCS . We have dealt with this under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested. I am currently working on a project on subsidies for public EV chargers in the UK, including ORCS. In order to understand the impacts of these subsidies on EV adoption, we are interested in getting information on the locations of the chargers that have been funded under ORCS. I wanted to kindly ask if there is a list of projects funded under ORCS and charger locations in your region, and if so, if it was possible to access that information. Additionally, is there any available information on project applications or the process of choosing charger locations? Please see the attached list of locations of On-Street Residential Chargepoint Scheme (ORCS) funded charge points that have been installed, broken down as follows: • Lamp column charge points 2019-20 • Fast charge points 2020-21 • Fast charge points 2021-22 We are currently working on an additional 143 ORCS- funded charge points. Given that their locations have yet to be approved they will not be listed. With regards to choosing charge point locations, Camden looks at the following: • Locate where there is proven existing demand for charging – shown by the postcodes of electric vehicle (EV) resident permit holders • Locate where there is potential for future demand for charging – shown by the postcodes of requests for charging infrastructure sent to the Council’s evcprequests@camden.gov.uk • Locate where there are gaps in our charging network – shown by the location of existing charge points On the technical side, Camden looks at the following (including, but not limited to) for fast charge points: • No charging bays installed within 10m of junctions, to align with Camden’s “Safer Junctions” programme. This programme aims to improve road safety by removing parking bays within 10 metres of junctions to reduce collision risks. The policy is aligned with the London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk "Vision Zero" ambition set by the Mayor of London, which seeks to eliminate all road traffic deaths and serious injuries by 2041 • Avoid the presence of existing electrical street furniture to avoid risk of electric shock • Ensure an affordable connection to the electricity supply is available (usually less than £5k) • Avoid tree roots • Avoid, where possible, locating charge points outside private residences to minimise disturbance On the technical side, Camden looks at the following (including, but not limited to) for sub- surface charge points: • Footways must have sufficient width to maintain pedestrian access • Avoid underground utilities • Avoid the presence of existing electrical street furniture to avoid the risk of electric shock • Avoid tree roots • Avoid, where possible, locating charge points outside the entrance to private residences to minimise disturbance • No charge points installed within 10m of junctions, to align with Camden’s “Safer Junctions” programme On the technical side, Camden looks at the following (including, but not limited to) for lamp column charge points: • The lamp column is located in a resident parking bay or a shared -use parking bay • The lamp column is at the front of the footway, to ensure charging cables don’t cause a trip hazard • The footway has sufficient width to maintain pedestrian access • The lamp column door is not facing the carriageway, so it ’s safely accessible • The lamp column is not close to other electrical street furniture which could pose the risk of electric shock • No charge points installed within 10m of junctions, to align with Camden’s “Safer Junctions” programme Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Kieran Heneghan Information Rights Officer2025-05-06T00:00:00CAM100442025-05-02T00:00:00IT contractsDate: 02/05/2025 Case reference : CAM10044 London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 07/04/2025 about IT contracts.  We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 / Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested and the answers to your questions are as follows: I would be grateful if you could provide the following information: Content Management Systems 1. The name and version of your current primary Content Management System(s) We use Liferay and Wagtail 2. The annual cost of licensing, maintenance, and support for each CMS £112k pa for Liferay,  £0 for Wagtail (open source) 3. The contract start and end dates for your CMS platform(s) Liferay contract 1/4/2022 to 31/03/2026 (inc 2-year extension)Wagtail n/a – please see response above 4. The name of the supplier/vendor for each CMS Liferay supplier is PlaceCube Ltd 5. The procurement framework used to purchase the CMS (if applicable) CCS Framework – GCloud 12 Lot 2 6. The total implementation cost of your current CMS solution Please see the response above for the total cost 7. Any planned procurement activities relating to CMS platforms in the next 24 months No, there are no planned procurement activities Case Management Systems / Customer Relationship Management Systems 8. The name and version of your current Case Management System(s) or Customer Relationship Management System(s) Case Management systems used: Civica iCasework for Legal Case Management Solution  CRM is provided by Netcall/Liberty Create with some case management 9. The annual cost of licensing, maintenance, and support for each Case Management System or Customer Relationship Management System(s) Civica iCasework for Legal Case Management Solution - £58,000 pa  Netcall Liberty Create platform for CRM and case management costs £94,732 pa10. The contract start and end dates for your Case Management System(s) or  Civica iCasework for Legal Case Management Solution - 1 April 2025 – 31 March 2028  Netcall Liberty Create 12 June 2021 – 12 June 2026 11. The name of the supplier/vendor for each Case Management System or Customer Relationship Management System(s) Civica iCasework for Legal Case Management Solution – Civica UK Ltd Liberty Create CCM Solution – Softcat Plc 12. The procurement framework used to purchase the Case Management System(s) or Customer Relationship Management System(s) (if applicable) Civica iCasework for Legal Case Management Solution – CCS  Framework – G-Cloud 14 Framework Agreement (RM1557.14) Liberty Create CCM Solution – CCS Framework - DAS RM3821 Lot 1d 13. The total implementation cost of your current Case Management System solution(s) or Customer Relationship Management System(s) Civica iCasework for Legal Case Management Solution – there was no implementation cost, as this was the incumbent system. Liberty Create CCM Solution – £168k 14. Any planned procurement activities relating to Case Management Systems or Customer Relationship Management System(s) in the next 24 months Civica iCasework for Legal Case Management Solution – No planned procurement activities Liberty Create CCM Solution – yes, we will be looking at renewing the contractFurther Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk , Telephone: 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website https://www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Peter Williams Information Rights Officer2025-05-06T00:00:00CAM100492025-04-28T00:00:00Cemetery/Crematorium Management solution the council currently usesDate: 28/04/2025 Ref: CAM10049 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 08/04/2025 about what Cemetery/Crematorium Management solution the council currently uses. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested. Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, I kindly request information. a. What Cemetery/Crematorium Management solution does your council currently use? b. When is the contract end date for the Cemetery/Crematorium Management solution? c. When was the Cemetery/Crematorium Management solution contract last re -tendered? d. Could you please provide the contract value for the Cemetery/Crematorium Management solution? e. Is there an intent to release a tender for Cemetery/Crematorium Management solutions in the foreseeable future? If so, please kindly provide an estimated timeline or relevant details. f. If your Cemetery/Crematorium Management system hosted or on premise? Our Cemetery services are delivered through Islington Council, who act as the lead authority for this provision. As a result, all procurement agreements related to these services are held by them. Therefore, any requests regarding procurement, contracts, or service details will need to be directed to Islington Council for response. They can be contacted at iccs@islington.gov.uk . g. Does your Council have a Digital Strategy around the use of AI for other service areas? There are previous FOI responses in regard to this question already published on our Open Data Portal - Open Data Camden https://opendata.camden.gov.uk/browse Please click on the following link and enter CAM8332 and CAM9748 in the search field to view them - Camden Freedom Of Information Response Search Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Kieran Heneghan Information Rights Officer2025-05-06T00:00:00CAM100532025-04-30T00:00:00publicly accessible swimming poolsDate: 30/04/2025 Ref: CAM10053 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 09/04/2025 about publicly accessible swimming pools. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested. This is a request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Please could you send me the following information in response to these questions. 1) How many publicly accessible* swimming pools were there in your local authority area on September 30th 2024? There were ten publicly accessible swimming pools in the London Borough of Camden at the above date, spread over five facilities. One pool has since closed at CYMCA, 112 Great Russell Street, London, WC1B 3NQ 2) Please name the pools that are currently operating a timetable for public swimming, and provide postcodes for them. Three pools at Kentish Town Sports Centre, Grafton Road, Kentish Town, London ,NW5 3DU. Built in 1901 and last renovated in 2010. Two pools at Pancras Square Leisure, 5 Pancras Square, London, N1C 4AG. Built in 2014, no refurbishments. Two pools at Oasis, 32, Endell Street (Main Entrance High Holborn), Covent Garden, London, WC2H 9AG. Outdoor pool built around 1728, indoor pool added in 1960. Both pools were last renovated in 2014. Two pools at Swiss Cottage Leisure Centre, Adelaide Road, Camden, London, NW3 3NF. Built in 1962 and renovated in 2004. 3) For each of the pools in Q2, please also provide a) the year they were built b) the year they were last fully refurbished – meaning major renovation work, if applicable. Detailed above. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk 4) If a pool was or is temporarily closed please indicate this, or if a pool is earmarked for closure in the near future, please specify if the closure is intended to be temporary or permanent and if possible, provide reasons and dates. All pools are currently in operation, other than the aforementioned pool at the CYMCA. If there is other information pertinent to my enquiry please send it or indicate where it is available. *By publicly accessibly pools I mean either council owned/operated or those that are owned/operated by a not-for-profit leisure provider which is running the facilities for the community (eg better leisure/fusion etc) and to which you direct members of the public via your website/leisure services site. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Philip Lewis Information Rights Officer2025-05-06T00:00:00CAM100562025-05-02T00:00:00workplace accidents and mental healthDate: 02/05/2025 Case reference : CAM10056 London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 09/04/2025 about workplace accidents and mental health.  We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 / Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested and the answers to your questions are as follows: Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, please can you disclose the following information:         1. How many workplace accident claims have been submitted against the council in the past three years? (Broken down by financial years: 2022/23, 2023/24, 2024/25) Please note this information is provided by claim notification date. 2022/23 - 7 claims. 2023-24 - 9 claims. 2024-25 - 7 claims. 1a. Could these be broken down by reasons why the workplace accident claim was submitted? (Broken down by financial years: 2022/23, 2023/24, 2024/25) 2022/23 - Struck by Object 1 claim. Lifting and Moving 1 claim. Industrial Disease - Asbestos Related 1 claim. Assault 3 claims Defective Equipment 1 claim. 2023/24 - Lifting and Moving 1 claim. Assault 2 claims. Industrial Disease - Asbestos Related 2 claims. Slips Trips and Falls 1 claim. Defective Equipment 2 claims. Fire/Smoke 1 claim. 2024/25 - Slips Trips and Falls 2. Industrial Disease - Asbestos Related 1 claim. Assault 1 claim. Struck by Object 1 claim. Lifting & Moving 2 claims. 1b. How much was paid out in compensation for successful workplace accident claims against the council? (Broken down by financial years: 2022/23, 2023/24, 2024/25) 2022/23 - £282.50 2023/24 - Nil 2024/25 - £75,460 2. How many members of staff have taken at least one day off work due to mental health issues in the past three years? (Broken down by financial years: 2022/23, 2023/24, 2024/25) We do not hold this information. Any absences attributed to mental health are recorded under the absence reason: ‘Anxiety/stress/depression/other psychological illness’ on our HR system. The number of directly employed staff within the Council who had a least one absence recorded under the absence reason ‘Anxiety/stress/depression/other psychological illness’ during the financial years’ 2022- 2023, 2023-24 and 2024-25, is: - FY2022-23:   317 FY2023-24:  377 FY2024-25:  393 2a. Could these issues be broken down into specific types of mental conditions such as stress, anxiety, depression, PTSD, etc.? (Broken down by financial years: 2022/23, 2023/24, 2024/25)Please see response above.  We are unable to provide a more detailed breakdown of the specific reason for the absence e.g. stress, anxiety, depression, or PTSD. If possible, can this be presented in PDF format please? Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk , Telephone: 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website https://www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Peter Williams Information Rights Officer2025-05-06T00:00:00CAM100592025-05-02T00:00:00copies of any correspondence between your council and the National Access and Scaffolding Confederation (NASC)Date: 02/05/2025 Ref: CAM10059 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 10/04/2025 about copies of any correspondence between your council and the National Access and Scaffolding Confederation (NASC) . We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council does not hold the information requested. I am writing to request information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Specifically, I am seeking copies of any correspondence between your council and the National Access and Scaffolding Confederation (NASC) within the past six months, relating to your current procurement policy and any associated criteria for engaging scaffolding contractors. I would be grateful if you could provide copies of any relevant materials, including (but not limited to) emails, letters, meeting notes, and policy documents. The Council does not hold this information. This is because we do not have a procurement policy specifically relating to the engagement of scaffolding or any other service specific contractors . Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Yours sincerely Kieran Heneghan Information Rights Officer2025-05-06T00:00:00CAM100722025-04-29T00:00:00Banned landlords and rogue landlord databaseDate: 29/04/2025 Ref: CAM10072 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 14/04/2025 about Banned landlords and rogue landlord database. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested. I am a journalist looking into landlord banning orders in London. Please could you tell me 1. How many landlords are currently banned by your council? There are currently 7 landlords that have been banned following an application by the council to the First Tier Tribunal. 2. Of these, how many have been added to the rogue landlord database? All 7 are recorded on the MHCLG Rogue Landlord Database and GLA Rougue Landlord Checker (Private tier). Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Yours sincerely Philip Lewis Information Rights Officer2025-05-06T00:00:00CAM100812025-05-02T00:00:00healthcare fundingDate: 02/05/2025 Case reference : CAM10081 London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 15/04/2025 about healthcare funding.  We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 / Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested and the answers to your questions are as follows: 1.  How much a) Section 106 funding and b) CIL funding allocated for healthcare is currently held unspent by the local authority? a) £2.3 Million for s106. b) There is no unspent CIL which has been allocated to healthcare. 2. How much Section 106 funding was transferred from the local authority to Integrated Care Boards (Clinical Commissioning Groups prior to 2022) in a) 2024/25 Zero b) 2023/24 Zero c) 2022/23 Zero d) 2021/22 Zero ande) 2020/21? £4900 3. How much CIL funding was transferred from the local authority to ICBs/CCGs ) in a) 2024/25, b) 2023/24, c) 2022/23, £ d) 2021/22 and e) 2020/21? Zero for all years . 4. How much Section 106 funding did ICBs/CCGs request to be transferred from the local authority a) 2024/25, b) 2023/24, c) 2022/23, d) 2021/22 and e) 2020/21 ? Zero for all years. 5. How much Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) funding did ICBs/CCGs request to be transferred from the local authority in a) 2024/25, b) 2023/24, c) 2022/23, d) 2021/22 and e) 2020/21? Zero for all years. 6. Since April 1, 2020, how many times has the local authority declined a request by ICBs/CCGs for the transfer of developer contributions (Section 106 or CIL funds)? None 7. For each case where the local authority declined a request for developer contributions since April 1, 2020, please provide a) the reason for the refusal and b) the amount of money requested. There have been no declined requests. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets.Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk , Telephone: 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website https://www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Peter Williams Information Rights Officer2025-05-06T00:00:00CAM100832025-05-02T00:00:00Dog pound questionsDate: 02/05/2025 Ref: CAM10083 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 15/04/2025 about Dog pound questions. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested. Do you have a locally run authority pound? No, Camden does not have a local pound but uses the services of another borough. Is the pound run by the local authority or a contractor? The pound is run the local authority. Name of contractor if applicable. The pound is run by the local authority not a contractor Total number of dogs acquired in 2024 (1st January to 31st December)? 35. - Number of those dogs reunited with owner? 12. - Number of those dogs surrendered to a rescue or animal welfare organisation? 20. - Number of those dogs euthanised? 4. If no pound, what happens to lost and stray dogs collected by the local dog warden? N/A. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication R egulations. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Philip Lewis Information Rights Officer2025-05-06T00:00:00CAM96022025-04-16T00:00:00the number of council owned residential buildings under 11 metres highDate: 16/04/2025 Ref: CAM9602 Dear Requester, Thank you for your request for information dated 10/02/2025 about the number of council owned residential buildings under 11 metres high. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested and the answers to your questions are as follows: Can you please tell me the number of residential buildings the council owns that are under 11m. 2,337. Has the council surveyed these under 11m buildings to identify any potential fire and building safety issues? (yes/no answer) You clarified: The issues I'm referring to are issues identified under the new building safety regime under the Building Safety Act such as cladding remediation and high risks to life such as structural, missing fire barriers and doors. No. We carry out Fire Risk Assessments for buildings under 11 meters in height that have internal communal areas. If the answer is yes, can you provide the total number of buildings where an issue has been found. Not applicable. Of the buildings that have fire and building safety issues, can you please then provide the total number where remediation work has started? Not applicable. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Lorna Jonas-Tinson Information Rights Officer2025-05-02T00:00:00CAM99092025-04-16T00:00:00the discontinuation of ScholarPack and Integris applications for schoolsDate: 16/04/2025 Ref: CAM9909 Dear Requester, Thank you for your request for information dated 19/03/2025 about the discontinuation of ScholarPack and Integris applications for schools. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds some of the information requested and the answers to your questions are as follows: Recently, The Key Group—which owns the Arbor, ScholarPack, and Integris MIS platforms—announced that it will discontinue ScholarPack and Integris from February 2026. Schools currently using these products have been informed that they will be automatically migrated to Arbor MIS without a competitive procurement process. I understand you still have many schools using Integris. The supplier has advised affected schools that: “There is no material change to contract terms as part of this move. The price, the product functionality and service levels are similar or improved, and so the move to Arbor Core is allowed under procurement law.” This advice is misleading. The transition to Arbor constitutes a new contractual arrangement with a different product, which has distinct architecture, features, and data management processes. Schools cannot assume that migrating to Arbor is automatically permissible under procurement regulations. Failure to follow proper procurement processes could result in schools not securing best value for money by failing to consider alternative solutions. Given this, please provide the following information: 1. Has the local authority issued any guidance or communication to its maintained schools and/or their supporting IT teams regarding the procurement implications of the ScholarPack and Integris discontinuation? No. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk o If yes, please provide copies of any such communications. o If no, does the local authority intend to issue guidance? No. 2. Has the local authority provided any specific advice to schools regarding their legal obligations under procurement regulations when selecting a new MIS provider? No. o If yes, please outline the nature of the advice and provide any relevant documents. Not applicable. 3. Is the local authority taking any steps to facilitate a coordinated procurement process or provide market insights for affected schools? No. o If yes, please describe these steps. Not applicable. 4. Does the local authority have a procurement or IT advisory team that supports schools in such decisions? No. o If yes, what support is being made available to schools in this case? Not applicable. Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Lorna Jonas-Tinson Information Rights Officer2025-05-02T00:00:00CAM99292025-04-17T00:00:00analysis of data for the New Homes for Small Sites programDate: 17/04/2025 Ref: CAM9929 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 24/03/2025 about analysis of data for the New Homes for Small Sites program. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Inform ation Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested. However we are withholding the information because it is exempt as explained below. We have explained where we are withholding information and what exemptions apply. Please see the refusal notices at the end of the answers which explain how and why they apply. Please could you provide me with the cost of production of: Appendix 3 New Homes for Small Sites Local Conversations Feedback Report Dated February 2023 Produced by make:good I would like the total cost to Camden of make:goods analysis of data for the New Homes for Small Sites program up to the completion of the above document and any cost thereafter. This request is exempt under Section 43(2) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 relating to being prejudice to commercial interests. This is because if planning permission is successfully granted for schemes, then a tendering process for the contract would likely commence shortly afterwards. See the refusal notice below. Refusal Notice: The council is relying upon the higher threshold of likelihood that disclosure would have a prejudicial effect. There is a potential risk that releasing the information requested may prejudice the tender process. It could enable a company that is bidding for the contract an unfair advantage by having additional information. In applying this qualified exemption, we have had to balance the public interest in withholding the information against the interest in favour of disclosure. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk The public interest arguments for releasing this information are as follows: • Improving transparency in decision making (medium weight) • Ensuring value for money (medium weight) • To ensure accountability of the authority (light weight) • Demonstrating the council is meeting its fiduciary duties (medium weight) The public interest arguments for withholding the information are as follows: • It is not in the public interest to damage the council’s commercial interests, as this affects how it spends public money and the services it can provide to residents and other stakeholders (medium weight) • It is not in the public interest to release information that could negatively influence future negotiations as this could have an adverse effect on value for money for the council, so for residents and other stakeholders (medium weight) • Withholding the information does not prevent scrutiny of the council’s actions and decisions (light weight) We considered whether the presumption in favour of disclosure in the regulations overrides the decision to withhold and have concluded that it does not. We have decided that the public interest in withholding the information outweighs the public interest in disclosing it. Advice and assistance: As advice and assistance, further information about the projects, as they are each running concurrently but they are in separate locations, is available below: o Highgate Road o Raglan Street o Castle Road o Bernard Shaw Foster Court How to register and bid on a contract with Camden Council is available here . Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations . Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Philip Lewis Information Rights Officer2025-05-02T00:00:00CAM99352025-04-16T00:00:00details about the number of inspections carried out each year by the FPAA committeeDate: 16/04/2025 Ref: CAM9935 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 24/03/2025 about details about the number of inspections carried out each year by the FPAA committee . We have dealt with this under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council does not hold the information requested. 1. Please can you send me details about the number of inspections carried out each year by the FPAA committee. 2. And following that the number of warning letters sent to tenant members of Fitzroy Park Allotments after these inspections. 3. Can you send me this information for the years 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024. 4. Can you also provide me with a template of that warning letter and evidence that this letter complies with the relevant Equality Act legislation. 5. Can you also provide evidence that FPAA committee have informed/given advance warning to all tenants of the date of these inspections, as specified in their constitution since 2016 until 2024. If the notification of the inspection is sent by email can you confirm that their email directory is up to date and managed according to GDPR standards required by all Camden partners and that all members who do not have email addresses are notified by other means in accordance with the Equality Act 2010. The Council does not hold this information as it is not required to under the FPAA agreement. As the information not held is environmental we have to comply with a technicality and tell you that because it is not held it is excepted under Regulation 12 (4)(a). The Information Commissioner does not require a public interest test where the information is not held. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Kieran Heneghan Information Rights Officer2025-05-02T00:00:00CAM99832025-04-16T00:00:00regarding the registration and licensing of dog breedersDate: 16/04/2025 Ref: CAM9983 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 28/03/2025 about regarding the registration and licensing of dog breeders. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested. I am writing to request information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 regarding the registration and licensing of dog breeders within your local authority area. Specifically, I would be grateful if you could provide the following details: 1. The number of licensed dog breeders currently registered with your local authority. None. 2. The licensing threshold for dog breeders in your area (i.e. the number of litters per year at which a breeder must be licensed). 1. Breeding 3 or More Litters: If someone breeds 3 or more litters of puppies within any 12 - month period, they must have a license. This is to ensure that the breeding practices meet certain standards and regulations. 2. Proof of No Sales: The exception to the licensing requirement is if the breeder can prove that none of the puppies from these litters have been sold, either as puppies or adults. If they can provide this proof, they do not need a license. 3. The upper limit on the number of litters a licensed breeder is permitted to breed per year, if applicable. The upper limit is on the permitted litters for a licensed breeder will be set by the report of the veterinary officer/inspector. 4. The number of breeders in your area that are currently registered and permitted to breed at the licensing threshold (e.g., those breeding five litters per year or more). None. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Kieran Heneghan Information Rights Officer2025-05-02T00:00:00CAM99902025-04-17T00:00:00number and types of outdoor courts (basketball, tennis, football, etc.) available in the boroughDate: 17/04/2025 Ref: CAM9990 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 31/03/2025 about number and types of outdoor courts (basketball, tennis, football, etc.) available in the borough . We have dealt with this under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested. I am working on a project about the impact of outdoor sports courts on public health and community well-being, particularly in camden. I would greatly appreciate any information you could provide on the following: 1.The number and types of outdoor courts (basketball, tennis, football, etc.) available in the borough. Camden has 64 ‘free to access’ Multi-Use Games Areas (MUGAs) with tarmac as the predominant surface. These facilities are located within our housing estates and open spaces , and are used by the communities they serve for differing activities. There are a further 16 artificial grass pitches (including Council facilities at Talacre Sports Centre, Swiss Cottage Leisure Centre, and Cantelowes Gardens) that are charged for usage. 2. Whether these courts are free to use or require booking/payment. Additionally to question 1, we have pay and play tennis courts at Waterlow Park, Kilburn Grange and Lincoln’s Inn Fields. These are bookable via our Camden Active platform. 3. Any initiatives aimed at increasing access, especially for lower -income communities. Camden’s children access sport and physical activity in many different ways including: schools, early years, parks and green spaces, sports clubs, leisure centres and our many VCS ( Voluntary and Community Sector) youth and community centres – all of which make up Camden’s collective ecosystem for physical activity. Pro-Active Camden (PAC) is the borough’s voluntary strategic partnership for sport and physical activity. It is a coalition of stakeholders from organisations committed to providing and increasing opportunities for Camden citizens to be physically active. Recognising the challenges facing Camden’s children accessing sport and physical activity , PAC is currently developing a sport and physical action plan. Further details about current offers including Holiday Activity Fund schemes are available here: Camden Council - Find an activity or sport London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk 4. How these spaces are maintained and funded. Camden’s Multi-Use Games Areas (MUGAs) are regularly inspected, and any necessary repairs are funded by the Leisure team, the Green Space Investment Programme, or the Housing Departments. These repairs are typically carried out by the Leisure’s Operation Team. 5. Any studies or reports on the health and social benefits of outdoor courts. Outdoor courts not only promote physical fitness but also enhance mental well -being and strengthen social ties within communities. We are not aware of any specific reports or studies into this by the Council. 6. Future plans for building or improving outdoor recreational facilities. Please see the attached report with particular reference to section 3. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Kieran Heneghan Information Rights Officer2025-05-02T00:00:00CAM97312025-04-17T00:00:00the total cost of building the Building Department Building in Holmes RoadDate: 17/04/2025 Ref: CAM9731 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 25/02/2025 about the total cost of building the Building Department Building in Holmes Road. We have dealt with this under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds some of the information requested. However, we are withholding the information held because it is excepted as explained below. We have explained what exception applies, and what we do not hold and why. Please see the refusal notice at the end of the response which explains how and why it applies. 1. I request information on the total cost of building the Building Department Building in Holmes Road. This information is partly held. Camden’s Holmes Road Depot was constructed in 1976 , which is 48 years ago and so information for the original building costs is no longer held. We have to comply with a technicality and explain that information not held is excepted under regulation 12(4)(a) as not held. However, the council does hold information the major refurbishment of the building, some of which is available here and the total construction cost for the scheme refurbishment was £6.31m. 2. What money has been spent updating the building and equipment from when it was first built opened up to the end of the 2023 Financial Year. Information from 1976 to 2017 is no longer held due to retention periods. We have to comply with a technicality and explain that information not held is excepted under regulation 12(4)(a) as not held. Information is held from 2017 to 2022 and includes information about the major refurbishment of the building, some of which is available here as well as more routine maintenance and updating. However, the information held is refused as manifestly unreasonable under regulation 12 (4)(b) as explained below. 3. What is the estimated cost of building a new structure to House the Building Department elsewhere in the borough. The site will be redeveloped and a new building provided, but council does not hold the costs at this time. We have to comply with a technicality and explain that information not held is excepted under regulation 12(4)(a) as not held. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Refusal Notice The information for question 2 is refused under Regulation 12(4)(b) as it is considered manifestly unreasonable to provide the information because the cost of compliance, and burden to the council of dealing with your request, is excessive and disproportionate. The exception protects the Council’s ability to carry out its public functions and provides a balance between transparency and the protection of resources. In reference to question 2, we do not hold information on money that was spent updating the building since 1976. This is due to the Council’s retention periods. We hold some information about the major refurbishment going back to 2017. The Depot went through a major refurbishment in 2017 – 2022, which is outlined here . The council holds cost information regarding the refurbishment, however, we have considered the time it will take the council to locate it, extract it, collate it and then to review and redact any sensitive information that will be subject to further exceptions under the EIR 2004. We have also considered the impact and burden that processing this request would have on the team who would have to deal with it. We have concluded that the time, effort and costs involved would place a disproportionate burden on the Accommodation Team and severely impact their ability to perform their normal duties. We have calculated that it will take over an estimated 36 hours to comply with your request. This is because the Accommodation Project Manager would need to analyse the information from the capital transaction report and the finance team would then need to run a report on the capital code. The raw data would then need to be analysed to recover the relevant figures. It would take over 7 hours to work on one year's worth of information. 7.2 hours x 5 years = 36 hours. The council does not consider this a proportionate use of resources. In applying this exception, the Council has also considered the balance of the public interest in line with the EIR 2004. The public interest argument for releasing this information is: • It would improve transparency to the general public of the Council (medium weight) • The presumption in favour of disclosure in the regulations (low weight) • The current redevelopment proposals of this site and the public interest in information about this project (high weight) The public interest arguments for withholding the information are: • Processing this request would be a large burden in terms of Officer time and cost to the Council (high weight) • This request would necessarily constitute a significant diversion of resources away from the Council’s core business activities (high weight) • It would consequently have a proportionally detrimental impact on the provision of services to the public (high weight) • It is not in the public interest that the Council neglect its provision of services to the public to focus on one information request (high weight) It is felt that in all the circumstances of the case, the public interest in maintaining the exception outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information. Advice and Assistance: As advice and assistance, there is information available on the refurbishment here and the total construction cost for the scheme refurbishment was £6.31m. If you were to ask for 2 years’ worth of cost information about the refurbishment we may be able to provide this. Also, you would need to be clear about exactly what kind of equipment you are referring to. If you would like this information, please submit a new request to FOI@Camden.gov.uk . Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Kieran Heneghan Information Rights Officer2025-05-01T00:00:00CAM100162025-04-17T00:00:00contingency plans and similar regarding supernatural visitorsDate: 1 7/04/2025 Case reference: CAM10016 London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 02/04/2025 about contingency plans and similar regarding supernatural visitors. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 Response You asked: I am writing to request the following information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Please provide any and all contingency plans, policy documents, internal guidance, risk assessments, simulations, or preparedness strategies held by your department that make reference to any of the following: • Zombies • The undead • Alien attacks or extraterrestrial threats • Unidentified Flying Objects (UFOs) • Ghosts or hauntings • Supernatural phenomena This request includes, but is not limited to: • Documents containing hypothetical planning for such events. • Risk assessments evaluating the likelihood or impact of these events. • Any drills, exercises, or simulations conducted that included any of the above scenarios. • Communications, memos, or policy proposals mentioning these terms or discussing such possibilities. Please search for documents containing the keywords: zombie, undead, alien, UFO, ghost, supernatural, and any associated terms your systems may link to these concepts. If any part of this request is unclear or would benefit from clarification, please do not hesitate to get in touch. I would prefer to receive this information in electronic format. The council does not hold the information requested because we do not hold any documentation relating specifically to these areas. However, our emergency planning preparedness and business continuity plans are by design flexible and agile and designed to copy with many eventualities and could be adapted as necessary! Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication R egulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Com missioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk , Telephone: 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact -us/live -chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact -us/. The ICO website https://www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Sarah Laws Data Protection Manager2025-05-01T00:00:00CAM96442025-03-13T00:00:00elected home education (EHE) and related mattersDate: 13/03/2025 Ref: CAM9644 Dear Requester, Thank you for your request for information dated 13/02/2025 about elected home education (EHE) and related matters. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response We have dealt with part of your Freedom of Information request in a business as usual way and therefore provided a response in a faster way. The answers to your remaining questions are as follows: 1. Staffing • The name of the department that handles EHE in your local authority. Attendance and Children Out of School. • The job title of the lead person in the EHE department. Team Manager. • The contact details (name, email and phone number) of the lead person in the EHE department We are withholding this information as we consider the following exemption applies. The council considers that to disclose the personal data requested would not be in accordance with data protection legislation and therefore we have withheld all of the information under the absolute exemption in Section 40 (2). The exemption states that personal data requested may be withheld when to release it would be a breach of the requirements of data protection law which is the UK General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the Data Protection Act 2018. The information withheld is personal information because it allows living individuals to be identified. The council considers that it would be a breach of the General Data Protection Regulation article 5 requirements of fairness and proportionality to publish this personal information in a FOI request. In doing this we have considered the legitimate public interest in disclosure against the interests of the data subject/s and concluded that in the circumstances disclosure would contravene the data protection requirements of fairness London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk and proportionality particularly considering that Freedom of Information responses are public documents and published to the world and not provided just to the requester. The council’s redaction policy states that junior staff member names, (those below the equivalent Assistant Director level) unless in public facing positions, would not be released in a FOI response. Therefore, the names of junior staff members have not been disclosed as they would have no expectation that their details would be released into the public domain, and especially given the content of the request as we consider that to include them would be a breach of the requirements to act fairly and proporti onately. 3. Notices Issued Under Section 437(1) of the Education Act 1996 • The number of notices served in relation to EHE children for each of the last five years (yearly breakdown). 2024/25 0 2023/24 1 2022/23 2 2021/22 5 2020/21 5 5. EHE contact Information • A current generic email address, postal address, and telephone number that home educators should use to contact the EHE team or submit information. Confirmation of whether these contact details have changed within the last five years and, if so, the dates of any updates. Generic email: ehe@camden.gov.uk Postal address: EHE Officer Attendance and Children Out of School, 5 Pancras Square (4th Floor), Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1X 9JE. We changed the service name of in September 2024. Prior to the change the team were known as Pupil Attendance Service. Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Lorna Jonas-Tinson Information Rights Officer2025-04-17T00:00:00CAM96512025-04-11T00:00:00information regarding the current parking suspension on Whitfield StreetDate: 11/04/2025 Ref: CAM9651 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 17/02/2025 about information regarding the current parking suspension on Whitfield Street. We have dealt with this under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds some of the information requested. The answers to your questions are below. We have stated where we do not hold the information requested and why. I am writing regarding the current parking suspension on Whitfield Street which, according to your website, has been implemented for filming purposes. As a resident directly affected by this suspension, I am exercising my right under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 to request comprehensive details about this arrangement. I have observed that the suspension is selectively enforced around my building during nighttime hours, though curiously, no filming activities have been witnessed during daylight hours as would be expected for a legitimate filming operation. This pattern of usage raises substantial questions about the authenticity of the stated purpose. Clarified as Whitfield Street and the suspension on Thursday 13 th February to Monday 17th February. Please provide the following information: 1. The complete application submitted for this parking suspension, including the applicant's details and stated purpose We do not hold this information. FilmFixer, the production company, books their parking suspensions directly through the council portal, making the application process entirely online. They receive only a confirmation email with the booking details and reference number, so there is no application document available for forwarding. 2. The risk assessment and impact evaluation conducted before granting the suspension A risk assessment was not conducted as it is not required. The authority to suspend the bay for specific reasons is reviewed during the consultation process for the Traffic Management Order when the bay itself is published, rather than at the time of suspension. 3. All correspondence between the council and the requesting party regarding this suspension We do not hold this information. This is due to the absence of correspondence between the council and the requesting party. The only documentation generated is a system -generated booking confirmation, which is emailed to the customer and not retained in our system; therefore, we are unable to provide it. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk 4. The specific terms of the suspension, including approved hours of operation and permitted activities This suspension was booked for 24 hours a day, excluding Sunday. The terms and conditions for suspensions apply generally and can be found here . It is challenging to specify the permitted activities carried out, as the suspension was booked for filming purposes. This could involve a variety of activities, but typically includes parking production vehicles and trailers, ensuring no vehicles are present to allow for clear shots, and placing props within the spaces. All noise and environmental health conditions must still be adhered to. 5. Payment records and invoicing details for this suspension Please see the invoice attached. 6. Any complaints or concerns registered by other residents regarding activities conducted under this suspension There were no other complaints or concerns that came in from residents regarding this activity on Whitfield Street during 13-17 Feb. 7. The council's verification process for ensuring activities conducted align with the stated purpose None. The Council currently lacks the resources to monitor suspensions proactively. However, we respond appropriately to any complaints, reports, or queries that arise, as well as to any suspicions of irregularities. As some of the information not held is environmental we have to comply with a technicality and tell you that because it is not held it is excepted under Regulation 12 (4)(a) of the EIR 2004. The Information Commissioner does not require a public interest test where the information is not held. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Kieran Heneghan Information Rights Officer2025-04-17T00:00:00CAM97472025-03-24T00:00:00child deaths in temporary accommodation between the period 01/01/2024 and 01/01/2025Date: 24/03/2025 Ref: CAM9747 Dear Requester, Thank you for your request for information dated 21/02/2025 about child deaths in temporary accommodation between the period 01/01/2024 and 01/01/2025 . We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds some of the information requested and the answer to your question is as follows: How many, if at all, children (between the ages of 0 and 18) have died in the borough of Camden while living in temporary accommodation between the period 01/01/2024 and 01/01/2025. There have been no deaths of children in Camden owned or managed temporary accommodation properties. The council does not hold data about placements into Camden by other boroughs. Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, live chat London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Lorna Jonas-Tinson Information Rights Officer2025-04-17T00:00:00CAM97702025-04-10T00:00:00children given a custodial sentence broken down by Muslim faith, Pakistani heritageDate: 10/04/2025 Ref: CAM9770 Dear Requester, Thank you for your request for information dated 03/03/2025 about children given a custodial sentence broken down by Muslim faith, Pakistani heritage . We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested. However, we are withholding all of the information because it is exempt as explained below. We have explained where we are withholding information and what exemptions apply. Please see the refusal notices at the end of the answers which explain how and why they apply. Specifically, I would like the data for the year 2024 (from January 1st to December 31st), as broken down in the points below. You clarified: I am seeking information on children and families known to the council through Children Services. When referring to ‘children’ I mean from birth to their 18th birthday. Please note, for questions about foster care, I do not require information on kinship/connected carers or private fostering arrangements. Also, when referring to 'Muslim' children I mean where one or both of the parents are Muslim, or when the child identifies as Muslim. Likewise, when referring to Pakistani, I mean when one or more of the parents are Pakistani heritage (unless otherwise stated in the question). 1. The total number of children who were given a custodial (youth justice) sentence (including remand). 2. Of those in number 1, how many are Muslim? 3. Of those in number 1, how many are Pakistani? 4. Of those in number 3, how many are from dual-heritage families? 5. Of those in number 4, how many are from families where the father is Pakistani? 6. The total number of children who were placed into adoptive homes. 7. Of those in question 6, how many children were Muslim. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk 8. Of those in question 6, how many children are Pakistani. 9. Of those in number 8, how many are from dual-heritage families? 10. Of those in number 9, how many are from families where the father is Pakistani? 11. Of those in question 7, how many were placed with non- Muslim adopters (if there were two adopters, neither of them were Muslim)? 12. The total number of children who were placed into children's homes (either for the first time, repeated times or continuing from the previous year - each child is only counted once). 13. Of those counted in question 12, how many were Muslim children? 14. Of those counted in question 12, how many were Pakistani children? 15. Of those in number 14, how many are from dual-heritage families? 16. Of those in number 15, how many are from families where the father is Pakistani? 17. The total number of children who were placed into fostering homes (either for the first time, repeated times or continuing from the previous year - each child is only counted once). 18. Of those in question 17, how many children were Muslim. 19. Of those in question 17, how many children are Pakistani. 20. Of those in number 19, how many are from dual-heritage families? 21. Of those in number 20, how many are from families where the father is Pakistani? 22. Of those in question 18, how many were placed with non -Muslim foster homes (if there are two foster carers, neither of them are Muslim) for any period of time? 23. The total number of children subject to child protection arrangements (but haven’t been counted in any of the questions above). 24. The number of children of question 23 that are Muslim 25. The number of children of question 23 that are Pakistani 26. Of those in number 25, how many are from dual-heritage families? 27. Of those in number 26, how many are from families where the father is Pakistani? 28. The total number of children receiving support under child in need arrangements in 2024. Again, please ensure that this does not include any children counted in the points above. 29. Of those counted in point 28, how many are Muslim? 30. Of those counted in point 28, how many are Pakistani? 31. Of those in number 30, how many are from dual-heritage families? 32. Of those in number 31, how many are from families where the father is Pakistani? We are withholding this information as we consider the following exemption applies. Refusal notice: Section 12: Cost of Compliance Exceeds the Appropriate Limit We are refusing your request under section 12 on cost grounds because we estimate that compliance with your request will exceed the "appropriate limit". This is £450 which is equivalent to 18 hours at £25 per hour. The per hour figure is set by Regulations rather than actual salary paid to any officers handling requests. The appropriate limit includes the time it will take the council to discover if it holds the information requested, to locate it, extract it and collate it as well as putting it into any particular format requested by the requester. The information requested for questions 14-16, 19-21, 25-27 and 30-32 is extensive in nature and not held in an easily accessible nor reportable format. Ethnicity data related to the number of children of Pakistani heritage, dual-heritage families, and cases where the father is Pakistani is collected with care and respect for both the child and their family, and its disclosure to the local authority is voluntary rather than mandatory. There are 1,882 children looked after who fall within the scope of your request. To provide the information requested a council officer would have to manually review the notes of each case file. It is estimated to extract and review the data for a single record would take approx. 5 minutes. To complete the task for all case files would take approx. 156.8 hours, which greatly exceeds the 18 hours required by the Act. Advice and Assistance The council is required to provide advice and assistance to help a request make a smaller request. We suggest refining your request to make it more specific and focused on fewer case files to ensure it remains within the allowable limits of the Act. You may wish to submit a new request for questions 1-12, 17, 23 and 28. Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Lorna Jonas-Tinson Information Rights Officer2025-04-17T00:00:00CAM97712025-04-01T00:00:00high-cost residential placements for children and related mattersDate: 01/04/2025 Ref: CAM9771 Dear Requester, Thank you for your request for information dated 03/03/2025 about high-cost residential placements for children and related matters. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested and the answers to your questions are as follows: Please provide the following details for the 2023/24 financial year (or the most recent available data): High-Cost Residential Placements 1. The highest weekly fee paid for a single residential children's home placement, excluding secure accommodation. £22,221.61 2. The number of placements currently costing: • £10,000 - £19,999 per week - 6 • £20,000 - £29,999 per week - 1 • £30,000 - £49,999 per week - 0 • £50,000 or more per week - 0 3. For placements exceeding £30,000 per week, please provide: • Whether the child is in a solo placement. • The staffing ratio (e.g., 2:1, 3:1, or higher). • The nature of the child’s needs (e.g., severe trauma, extreme aggression, sexual exploitation risk, severe mental health, etc.). • Whether the placement is in a children’s home, bespoke residential setting, or another arrangement. Not applicable. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Procurement and Contracting Details 4. The total number of children in external residential placements funded by your council. 28. 5. The total annual expenditure on external residential children's home placements for the last financial year. £7,103,704. 6. The names of the top five providers receiving the highest payments from the council for residential children's home placements. • Cherry Care Children's Home • Childhood First • Seva Childcare Ltd T/A Seva Homes • Evoke Care Group Limited • SJD Homes 7. Whether the council uses direct award placements, spot purchases, or only procures through framework agreements. We use spot purchases. 8. If frameworks are used, which frameworks does the council procure children's residential placements from (e.g., South West Consortium, London Care Placements, etc.)? Nil. 9. For placements made via spot purchase, please provide: • The total spend on spot-purchased placements in the last financial year. £6,318,886. • The number of children currently in spot-purchased placements. Commissioning & Contract Negotiation Contacts 107. 10. Contact details for the person(s) responsible for awarding and negotiating contracts for children’s residential placements, including: • Name - Ivan Ferreira • Job title - Service Manager • Email address - ivan.ferreira@camden.gov.uk • Phone number - 0207 974 4444 Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Lorna Jonas-Tinson Information Rights Officer2025-04-17T00:00:00CAM97752025-04-14T00:00:00the total number of patients referred to Camden under the duty to refer by the NHS from 1 January 2024 to January 2025Date:14/04/2025 Ref: CAM9775 Dear Requester, Thank you for your request for information dated 03/03/2025 about the total number of patients referred to Camden under the duty to refer by the NHS from 1 January 2024 to January 2025. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested. However, we are withholding all of the information because it is exempt as explained below. We have explained where we are withholding information and what exemptions apply. Please see the refusal notices at the end of the answers which explain how and why they apply. Your clarified request: 1. The total number of patients referred to you as per duty to refer by all the NHS hospitals, trusts and foundation in your area of jurisdiction between 1 January 2024 and 1 January 2025 because they were at risk of or experiencing homelessness. 2. The total number of patients with no recourse to public funds (NRPF) referred to you as per duty to refer by all the NHS hospitals, trusts and foundation in your area of jurisdiction between 1 January 2024 and 1 January 2025 because they were at risk of or experiencing homelessness. 3. The total number of people, who were provided accommodation after being referred to you as per duty to refer by all the NHS hospitals, trusts and foundation in your area of jurisdiction between 1 January 2024 and 1 January 2025 because they were at risk of or experiencing homelessness. Please provide the number with breakdown by the duration of stay, like number of days, weeks or months, if possible. 4. The total number of people with no recourse to public funds (NRPF), were provided accommodation after being referred to you as per duty to refer by all the NHS hospitals, trusts and foundation in your area of jurisdiction between 1 January 2024 and 1 January 2025 under the Care Act 2014. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Please provide the number with breakdown by the duration of stay, like number of days, weeks or months, if possible. We are withholding this information as we consider the following exemption applies. Refusal notice: Section 12: Cost of Compliance Exceeds the Appropriate Limit We are refusing your request under section 12 on cost grounds because we estimate that compliance with your request will exceed the "appropriate limit". This is £450 which is equivalent to 18 hours at £25 per hour. The per hour figure is set by Regulations rather than actual salary paid to any officers handling requests. The appropriate limit includes the time it will take the council to discover if it holds the information requested, to locate it, extract it and collate it as well as putting it into any particular format requested by the requester. For questions 3 and 4, the requested information is not readily accessible or stored in a reportable format. This is due to an ongoing large-scale data migration between systems, which impacts our ability to efficiently access and analyse data. The migration process adds complexity and extends the time required to retrieve the requested information. Adult social care does not hold the information requested to that level of granularity. As an example, between July and September 2023, a total of 633 households were recorded as being in temporary accommodation. Extracting the specific details requested would involve a council officer generating a report of households currently in temporary accommodation and manually reviewing each case note. A sample review of 10 cases , some of which contained unclear notes found that it took approximately 3 minutes per case to gather and analyse the data. Based on this estimate, compiling data for all 633 households would take approximately 31.65 hours. Expanding the review to an entire calendar year would require about four times as long, exceeding 125 hours, which goes beyond the appropriate limit set by the Act. Advice and Assistance We recommend refining questions 1-4 and submitting a new request to receive a snapshot of data pertaining to the housing duty for homeless people who are eligible for assistance, have a priority need, and are not intentionally homeless. Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Lorna Jonas-Tinson Information Rights Officer2025-04-17T00:00:00CAM98332025-04-09T00:00:00Household Support Fund and Holiday Activities and Food programmes and related mattersDate: 09/04/2025 Ref: CAM9833 Dear Requester, Thank you for your request for information dated 11/03/2025 about Household Support Fund and Holiday Activities and Food programmes and related matters. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds some of the information requested and the answers to your questions are as follows: Separately for the Household Support Fund; other discretionary local welfare assistance schemes (if your council has one in addition to the Household Support Fund); and the Holiday Activities and Food programme, please provide: • Total annual expenditure • Total annual number of applications • Total annual number of approvals • The type of awards made, and how many of each type of award were made • Demographics of who received support o by family type, in the following categories: couples with children, couples without children, single with children and single without children o and by age group in these categories: working-age families with children, working-age families without children, pensioner families Please provide this information for financial years 2021- 22 to 2024-25 (inclusive). If it is not possible to provide information for all the years, please prioritise the most recent years. Please see the attached spreadsheet for the answers to your questions. Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Lorna Jonas-Tinson Information Rights Officer2025-04-17T00:00:00CAM98372025-04-08T00:00:00a list of care providers, social housing associations, supported living organisations and care homes contracted within the past three yearsDate: 08/04/2025 Ref: CAM9837 Dear Requester, Thank you for your request for information dated 10/03/2025 about a list of care providers, social housing associations, supported living organisations and care homes contracted within the past three years. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested. However, we are withholding all of the information because it is exempt as explained below. We have explained where we are withholding information and what exemptions apply. Please see the refusal notices at the end of the answers which explain how and why they apply. 1. A full list of care providers, social housing associations, supported living organizations, and care homes that Camden London Borough Council currently works with or has contracted with in the past three years. • Company/Provider Name • Type of Service Provided (e.g., domiciliary care, supported living, social housing, veterans' housing, women's support housing, mental health housing, etc.) • Business Address • Date of Contract Start/End (if applicable) • Funding or Support Received from the Council (if applicable) 2. A breakdown of contracts awarded or preferred providers under specific categories such as: • Adult Social Care Services • Children’s Care Services • Housing Support for Vulnerable Groups (e.g., women fleeing domestic violence, veterans, mental health support, homelessness support, young people leaving care, disabled individuals, etc.) • Supported Living and Emergency Housing Providers 3. Any public framework agreements or lists of approved providers that the council refers to for social care and supported housing services. We are withholding this information as we consider the following exemption applies. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Refusal notice: Section 12: Cost of Compliance Exceeds the Appropriate Limit We are refusing your request under section 12 on cost grounds because we estimate that compliance with your request will exceed the "appropriate limit". This is £450 which is equivalent to 18 hours at £25 per hour. The per hour figure is set by Regulations rather than actual salary paid to any officers handling requests. The appropriate limit includes the time it will take the council to discover if it holds the information requested, to locate it, extract it and collate it as well as putting it into any particular format requested by the requester. The information requested for questions 1 and 2 are not held in a reportable format this is because the Council does not hold a single centralised contract register for the three year period requested. The multiple types of contracts for the different types of placement s or services are managed by different service teams within the organisation. Compiling the information is a significant task because the questions span a diverse range of services . Information related to individual placement providers would need to be individually checked and risk assessed to ensure information on placements does not inadvertently reveal personal data of clients. There are 19 contracts and 50 placements within scope of this request for Camden children. We estimate to retrieve the information from each contract will take a minimum of 20 minutes and a further 60 minutes to locate the information from placement records held for 2024/25. There are also 608 spot care providers for adult social care in 2024/25. If the task took an average of 5 minutes per case to gather, analyse and extract the data, we calculate it would take approx. 58 hours to provide data for one fiscal year. We would need to repeat this process for each year requested. This exceeds the 18-hour limit set by the Act. Advice and Assistance: You may wish to make a new refined request for a much shorter period of time, possibly for a quarter of a year bearing in mind the minimum minutes per case advice mentioned earlier. Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Lorna Jonas-Tinson Information Rights Officer2025-04-17T00:00:00CAM98382025-04-08T00:00:00funding for victim-survivors of sexual violence and abuse, domestic abuseDate: 08/04/2025 Ref: CAM9838 Dear Requester, Thank you for your request for information dated 10/03/2025 about funding for victim- survivors of sexual violence and abuse, domestic abuse . We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested and the answers to your questions are as follows: 1. The amount of funding to be provided by the local authority to organisations supporting sexual violence and abuse victim-survivors in your area, for the 25/26 financial year. Nil. The council does not provide funding to organisations specifically for survivors of sexual violence and abuse. We provide funding for organisations with a broader remit, please see the response to Q2 below. Please break this down by organisation funded, providing information about the nature of the funding arrangement, and the services to be provided by the organisation supporting victim-survivors of sexual violence and abuse, using the attached spreadsheet template. 2. The total amount of funding to be provided by the local authority to organisations supporting victim-survivors of domestic abuse in your area, for the 25/26 financial year. We commission a Women’s Refuge. The service supports women fleeing all forms of domestic violence and abuse. Contract value - £208,342. Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Lorna Jonas-Tinson Information Rights Officer2025-04-17T00:00:00CAM98462025-04-09T00:00:00special schools with more than one site and split site fundingDate: 09/04/2025 Ref: CAM9846 Dear Requester, Thank you for your request for information dated 11/03/2025 about special schools with more than one site and split site funding. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested and the answers to your questions are as follows: 1. Does your local authority have any special needs schools that operate across more than one site? If so, please provide me with a list of names for these schools and confirm how many sites they each have? No. 2. If so, does your local authority provide any form of split site funding to special schools with more than one site? Not applicable. Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, live chat London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Lorna Jonas-Tinson Information Rights Officer2025-04-17T00:00:00CAM98472025-04-15T00:00:00Children Looked After with neurodevelopmental diagnosis of ADHD, autism, chronic tics or Tourettes syndromeDate: 15/04/2025 Ref: CAM9847 Dear Requester, Thank you for your request for information dated 12/03/2025 about Children Looked After with neurodevelopmental diagnosis of ADHD, autism, chronic tics or Tourettes syndrome. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested and the answers to your questions are as follows: You clarified: The request refers to all looked-after children who are currently in the care of the local authority. • How many children are looked-after by the local authority? 207. o How many of these children are looked-after as a result of or because they were at risk of abuse or neglect? 111. o How many of these children are looked-after due to the parent’s disability or illness? 48. • How many children that are looked-after by the local authority have a neurodevelopmental diagnosis? Neurodevelopmental diagnoses in this case refer to diagnoses of attention deficit/ hyperactivity disorder (ADHD, ADD), autism (autism spectrum disorder, Asperger’s) and chronic Tics or Tourette’s (Tourette syndrome, Tic disorder). 0. o How many of these children are looked-after as a result of or because they were at risk of abuse or neglect? 0. o How many of these children are looked-after due to the parent’s disability or illness? 0. • How many children that are looked-after by the local authority have a diagnosis of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD, ADD)? 0. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk o How many of these children are looked-after as a result of or because they were at risk of abuse or neglect? 0. o How many of these children are looked-after due to the parent’s disability or illness? 0. • How many children that are looked-after by the local authority have a diagnosis of autism (autism spectrum disorder, Asperger’s)? 7. o How many of these children are looked-after as a result of or because they were at risk of abuse or neglect? 3. o How many of these children are looked-after due to the parent’s disability or illness? 1. • How many children that are looked-after by the local authority have a diagnosis of chronic Tics or Tourette’s (Tourette syndrome, Tic disorder)? 0. o How many of these children are looked-after as a result of or because they were at risk of abuse or neglect? 0. o How many of these children are looked-after due to the parent’s disability or illness? 0. • Has the designated health professional/clinical commissioning group ever reported to the corporate parenting board on the numbers and needs of looked-after children with a diagnosis of: o ADHD? Not applicable. o Autism? No. We do not report on this specific factor. o Tic disorder/ Tourette syndrome? Not applicable. • Has the virtual school head ever reported to the corporate parenting board on the numbers and needs of looked-after children with an ADHD diagnosis? o ADHD? Not applicable. o Autism? No. We do not report on this specific factor. o Tic disorder/ Tourette syndrome? Not applicable. Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Lorna Jonas-Tinson Information Rights Officer2025-04-17T00:00:00CAM98512025-04-09T00:00:00the number of children living in temporary accommodation, number registered at a schoolDate: 09/04/2025 Ref: CAM9851 Dear Requester, Thank you for your request for information dated 11/03/2025 about the number of children living in temporary accommodation, number registered at a school . We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested. However, we are withholding all of the information because it is exempt as explained below. We have explained where we are withholding information and what exemptions apply. Please see the refusal notices at the end of the answers which explain how and why they apply. 1. In the last 12 months, how many children have you recorded as living in temporary accommodation in your local authority? 2. Of those children, how many are currently registered at a school? Across the last 12 months, could you provide me with the average number of days taken to allocate a child a school place who is living in temporary accommodation? We are withholding this information as we consider the following exemption appl y. Please see the refusal notice below. Refusal notice: Section 12: Cost of Compliance Exceeds the Appropriate Limit We are refusing your request under section 12 on cost grounds because we estimate that compliance with your request will exceed the "appropriate limit". This is £450 which is equivalent to 18 hours at £25 per hour. The per hour figure is set by Regulations rather than actual salary paid to any officers handling requests. The appropriate limit includes the time it will take the council to discover if it holds the information requested, to locate it, extract it and collate it as well as putting it into any particular format requested by the requester. The council does not hold the information requested in an easily accessible or reportable format. We cannot provide data on the number of children ‘recorded as living in temporary accommodation’ and ‘currently registered at a school?’ due to limitations of our temporary accommodation data systems. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk We are undergoing a large data migration project between data systems, which is affecting our capacity to access and analyse data more efficiently. The migration process adds an additional layer of complexity and time to the task of retrieving the information requested, if held. A snapshot of data is available upon request. In the period July-September 2023, 633 households were identified as being in temporary accommodation. To locate the data requested in question 1, would require a council officer generate a report of households currently in temporary accommodation, manually read each case note to pinpoint the specific data. Based on a sample of 10 cases where some case notes were unclear, it took approx. 3 minutes per case to gather and analyse the data. We have calculated to provide the information for all 633 households would take approx. 31.65 hours. To review data for the full calendar year would take approx. four times as long and total in excess of 125 hours. This exceeds the 18 hours’ appropriate limit set by the Act. Advice and Assistance We suggest you submit question 1 as a new request for a snapshot of data and make a new refined request for question 2. Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Lorna Jonas-Tinson Information Rights Officer2025-04-17T00:00:00CAM98612025-04-09T00:00:00Housing First Programme in CamdenDate: 09/04/2025 Ref: CAM9861 Dear Requester, Thank you for your request for information dated 13/03/2025 about Housing First Programme in Camden. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds some of the information requested and the answers to your questions are as follows: 1. Is your local authority running a Housing First programme? Yes. If so, how many? 2. 2. Is your Housing First scheme run by the local authority or by an external partner? Two schemes in place are, Camden Housing First and Single Homeless Accommodation Programme (SHAP). Both are supported by external partners. 3. How many individuals can your Housing First programme(s) support at any given time? At any given time, a maximum of 102 individuals can be supported. 4. How many individuals are either: a. Currently on a waiting list for Housing First support? Camden Housing First does not operate a waiting list. SHAP is in the early mobilisation stage of this branch of Housing First an d do not have a waiting list that can be differentiated from those we are prioritising for ready to let properties. b. Assessed as eligible but not currently receiving support due to capacity constraints or any other reason? If you cannot provide this, please still provide The Adult Pathway (the collective term for accommodation and support services for homeless adults in Camden) is the sole referrer to Camden Housing F irst. Individuals are already in receipt of support in their accommodation. Individuals are typically eligible for referral after spending two years or more in the Adult Pathway and where move- on is not achievable via other routes, as a consequence of on-going support needs. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Not applicable to SHAP. 5. Please provide the most up to date cost benefit analysis (CBA) or cost estimate analysis (CEA) estimating the costs of support provided by your Housing First service(s) and the value of benefits delivered. For this request, please provide the information including itemised costs, benefits, and any other underlying data including discounting used and your methodology. If you have not conducted a CEA or CBA please provide any cost estimates and any benefit estimates that you have. Please prioritise costs if you cannot provide other information. For this request, please provide the information including estimation methodology in a word or pdf document with underlying data preferably as .xlsx or .csv. If you cannot provide the underlying data, please still provide the methodology. Camden Housing First is partially funded by Rough Sleepers Initiative and Rough Sleepers Accommodation Programme grant funding. Housing Commissioning fund Camden Housing First through a contract with the service provider. The grant funding proposal and bid for Housing First service was developed in partnership with the Greater London Authority who then approved the grant amount. The costings were based on a staff:client ratio of being 1 staff member having an average case load of 5 people and a maximum of 6. In addition to this the operational model includes a small team of specialist staff including a psychologist, couple’s and women’s support. As this service is to be launched in April 2026 Camden will be monitoring the be nefit and cost impact as part of the monitoring of the service. 6. What is the current length of the funding period for your Housing First provision? Current funding period, 2025/26 - 2028/29. 7. How is your Housing First programme funded? For example, local authority homelessness funding (through pots like the Rough Sleepers Initiative or the Homeless Prevention Grant), local authority funding via adult social care (e.g. adult social care or public health) and/or charitable grants or partnership. Camden Housing First is funded through Rough Sleepers Initiative, Rough Sleepers Accommodation Programme grant funding and Camden Housing Commissioning fund via a contract with the service provider. SHAP is funded via the Greater London Authority (GLA). 8. What is the primary source of housing for your Housing First programme? For example, council housing, housing association, or private rented sector. A mixture of registered provider (Housing Associations), Local Authority with a minimum amount of private rented sector housing. Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Lorna Jonas-Tinson Information Rights Officer2025-04-17T00:00:00CAM98792025-04-14T00:00:00relocation of homeless people from Camden to elsewhere in EnglandDate: 14/04/2025 Ref: CAM9879 Dear Requester, Thank you for your request for information dated 17/03/2025 about relocation of homeless people from Camden to elsewhere in England. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested and the answer to your question is as follows: a. how many homeless (and/or vulnerable) people were moved out of your council in 2022. Please can you break this down to show how many people were relocated to each county of England (be that metropolitan, or non- metropolitan) b. how many homeless (and/or vulnerable) people were moved out of your council in 2023. Please can you break this down to show how many people were relocated to each county of England (be that metropolitan, or non- metropolitan) c. how many homeless (and/or vulnerable) people were moved out of your council in 2024. Please can you break this down to show how many people were relocated to each county of England (be that metropolitan, or non- metropolitan) We are withholding this information as we consider the following exemption appl y. Please see the refusal notice below. Refusal notice: Section 12: Cost of Compliance Exceeds the Appropriate Limit We are refusing your request under section 12 on cost grounds because we estimate that compliance with your request will exceed the "appropriate limit". This is £450 which is equivalent to 18 hours at £25 per hour. The per hour figure is set by Regulations rather than actual salary paid to any officers handling requests. The appropriate limit includes the time it will take the council to discover if it holds the information requested, to locate it, extract it and collate it as well as putting it into any particular format requested by the requester. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk The council does not maintain the requested information in a readily accessible or reportable format. Due to an ongoing large-scale data migration between systems, our ability to access and analyse data efficiently is currently limited. This migration introduces additional complexity and time to the retrieval process. Regarding question b), during the period from July to September 2023, 633 households were recorded as being in temporary accommodation. Retrieving the specific data requested would require a council officer to generate a report of households currently in temporary accommodation and manually review each case note to extract the relevant details. A sample of 10 cases, where some notes lacked clarity, showed that gathering and analysing data took approximately 3 minutes per case. Based on this, compiling data for all 633 households would require around 31.65 hours. Expanding the review to cover an entire calendar year would take approximately four times as long, exceeding 125 hours. This process would need to be repeated for each requested year, surpassing the appropriate limit set by the Act. Advice and Assistance We recommend submitting questions a-c as a new request to obtain a snapshot of the available data. Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Lorna Jonas-Tinson Information Rights Officer2025-04-17T00:00:00CAM98832025-04-10T00:00:00complaints about smoke nuisanceDate: 10/04/2025 Ref: CAM9883 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 17/03/2025 about complaints about smoke nuisance. We have dealt with this under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested. I request information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 regarding complaints about smoke nuisance within your local authority. Please could you provide the following data: 1. The number of complaints received about smoke nuisance in the last 10 years (please provide a year-by-year breakdown from 2015 to 2025.) 2. If recorded, the identified source of the smoke nuisance complaints (e.g., wood burners, bonfires, barbecues, grills, industrial sources, agricultural activities, or other specified sources). 3. Any available data on enforcement actions or resolutions taken in response to these complaints. 4. Whether your local authority has issued any public guidance, restrictions, or policy changes related to smoke nuisances in recent years. 5. Has the local authority received any complaints specifically citing health concerns (e.g., respiratory issues, aggravation of asthma, or other medical conditions) due to smoke nuisance? a. If so, what was the cause of the smoke nuisance noted? (e.g., wood burners, bonfires, barbecues, grills, industrial sources, agricultural activities, or other specified sources). If it is not possible to provide the information requested, please provide details of any recorded data that falls within the scope of this request. Additionally, if any part of this request exceeds the cost limits under the FOIA, please advise on how to refine it to stay within the limits. I prefer to receive the information in an electronic format (Excel or CSV if possible) and would appreciate a response within the statutory 20-working-day timeframe. Please see the attached spreadsheet for the answers to your questions. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Kieran Heneghan Information Rights Officer2025-04-17T00:00:00CAM98862025-04-14T00:00:00in-year rise of applications to Camden schoolsDate: 14/04/2025 Ref: CAM9886 Dear Requester, Thank you for your request for information dated 24/03/2025 about in-year rise of applications to Camden schools. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The Council does not hold the information requested. The answers to your questions are as follows: Q1 Have you seen a rise in applications to schools in total in your area in January and February this year compared to January and February in 2024? The Council does not hold the requested information. We do not coordinate in-year admissions and sixth form. This information would need to be sought from individual schools. Q2 What percentage rise in applications to schools in total in your area have you seen in January and February this year compared to January and February in 2024? Please see the response to question 1 above. Q3 Have you seen a rise in applications to primary schools in your area in January and February this year compared to January and February in 2024? Please see the response to question 1 above. Q4 Have you seen a rise in applications to secondary schools in your area in January and February this year compared to January and February in 2024? Please see the response to question 1 above. Q5 Have you seen a rise in applications to sixth forms in your area in January and February this year compared to January and February in 2024? Please see the response to question 1 above. Q6 Are you aware of any private schools in your area closing or announcing plans to close since September 2024? We do not hold the information requested. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Lorna Jonas-Tinson Information Rights Officer2025-04-17T00:00:00CAM98962025-04-14T00:00:00number of homeless households owed a duty under s193 of the Housing Act 1996, not currently accommodated by the councilDate: 14/04/2025 Ref: CAM9896 Dear Requester, Thank you for your request for information dated 17/03/2025 about number of homeless households owed a duty under s193 of the Housing Act 1996, not currently accommodated by the council. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested and the answer to your question is as follows: How many homeless households have been owed a duty under Section 193 Housing Act 1996 since at least May 2023 and are not currently accommodated by the council? Nil. Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Yours sincerely, Lorna Jonas-Tinson Information Rights Officer2025-04-17T00:00:00CAM98982025-04-14T00:00:00general housing eligibility criteria, wait times and list of broken communal lifts since January 2023Date: 14/04/2025 Ref: CAM9898 Dear Requester, Thank you for your request for information dated 17/03/2025 about general housing eligibility criteria, wait times and list of broken communal lifts since January 2023. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested. However, we are withholding all of the information because it is exempt as explained below. We have explained where we are withholding information and what exemptions apply. Please see the refusal notices at the end of the answers which explain how and why they apply. 1. A list of all the different priority “bands” (or levels, or categories) in the council’s social housing register/waiting list, and the current criteria for inclusion in each band 2. The number of people currently in each priority band 3. The average time the people in each priority band have been on the social housing register/waiting list (regardless of whether they have changed priority band during that time) 4. The predicted/likely waiting time to secure social housing for anyone newly joining each priority band The following question only applies to councils with responsibilities for carrying out housing repairs: 5. Please list all housing repair jobs concerning broken communal lifts since January 2023 – in each case, please state the location (individual tower block/housing development), whether the council classes the block/development in question as being accessible for disabled people, what the problem was, and how long it took for it to be fixed. Successive broken lifts at the same location should be listed separately. We are withholding this information as we consider the following exemption applies. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Refusal notice: Section 12: Cost of Compliance Exceeds the Appropriate Limit We are refusing your request under section 12 on cost grounds because we estimate that compliance with your request will exceed the "appropriate limit". This is £450 which is equivalent to 18 hours at £25 per hour. The per hour figure is set by Regulations rather than actual salary paid to any officers handling requests. The appropriate limit includes the time it will take the council to discover if it holds the information requested, to locate it, extract it and collate it as well as putting it into any particular format requested by the requester. Once the Council has ascertained that the appropriate limit will be reached it does not need to estimate the time that would be needed for the remainder of the request, there is no obligation on the Council to work on a request until the 18 hours limit is reached. Once it is reasonably calculated that the limit will be reached the entire request may be refused. You have requested a list of ‘all housing repair jobs concerning broken communal lifts since January 2023.’ Our lift management team report a total of 1,215 repair jobs were initiated during the specified time frame across the 542 lifts located in our housing estates. Extracting, collating and analysing the detailed data for each lift report - including the removal of any personally identifiable data - is estimated to take a council officer approximately 40 minutes per report. We calculate fulfilling this request would demand approximately 361.3 hours of work, which surpasses the appropriate limit set by the Act. Advice and Assistance We recommend submitting a revised request that covers questions 1- 4. Additionally, for question 5, we may be able to provide information pertaining to a specific housing estate that you have in mind, keeping in mind the estimated 40- minute processing time per lift report. Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Lorna Jonas-Tinson Information Rights Officer2025-04-17T00:00:00CAM99052025-04-10T00:00:00data produced & publishedDate: 10/04/2025 Case reference : CAM9905 London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 17/03/2025 about data produced & published.   We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 / Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested and the answers to your questions are as follows: Under the Freedom of Information Act please could you tell me whether you as an organisation produce the data indicated below, whether you publish it publicly, and how frequently you publish it. I do not require and am not asking for the data itself, or its published location, only an indication of whether this is data routinely produced and published. For Produced, you do not need to say more than: Yes, no or partially For Published by you: Yes or no (Please note: Providing the data to a third party, including central government, for publication, but not directly publishing it yourself, should be answered “no”) For Publication frequency: Annual, quarterly, monthly, weekly, or real time. If you wish to add any notes of explanation then please do so, but for the purposes of the response preparation time limit that is not something I am requesting. I would like a response by email, with responses placed in the tables provided.Data request concerns: Organisational data, Service information, KPIs - Benefits, KPIs - Revenue, KPIs – Planning, KPIs – Land charges, KPIs – Housing, KPI – Democratic services, KPI – Waste and environment, KPIs – Complaints & KPIs – Contact centre Please see relevant responses in the attached spreadsheet. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk , Telephone: 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website https://www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Peter Williams Information Rights Officer2025-04-17T00:00:00CAM99062025-04-11T00:00:00Local Authorities who generate and export electricity from their own energyDate: 11/04/2025 Ref: CAM9906 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 18/03/2025 about Local Authorities who generate and export electricity from their own energy . We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested. I would be grateful if you can assist my research into Local Authorities who generate and export electricity from their own energy. I am particularly looking at utility -scale assets, e.g. solar farms, wind turbines and waste to energy plants, rather than small -scale, behind-the-meter assets (e.g. rooftop solar installations). I’d be grateful if you could answer the following questions: - 1) Do you own or operate utility-scale electricity generation assets which export to the grid? 2) If so, what technologies? And are they ‘co-located’? E.g., a solar farm with a battery. 3) How much electricity (in kWh) would you expect to be exported, from each asset, per year? And how much revenue would you expect to earn from the export in FY25/26? 4) When was each asset commissioned? 5) What is the current contractual arrangement to sell the power, to whom is it sold and what is the contract end date? 6) Do you partake in any government subsidy scheme in relation to the electrical output from the asset? E.g. Renewables Obligation Certificates (ROC) or Contracts for Difference (CfD). 7) Does your Local Authority have any plans in place to acquire, build or invest in electricity generation assets in the future? 7a.) If Yes , what is the: - Type of Assets (e.g. Solar) - Estimated Size of the assets in terms of electricity production - Estimated dates of completion - Organisations that are constructing the assets (if known) We do not own or operate any utility scale electricity generation assets (by which we assume you mean projects over 1MW in electricity generation) which export to the grid , and have no plans to. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Kieran Heneghan Information Rights Officer2025-04-17T00:00:00CAM99142025-04-10T00:00:00Great Ormond Street HospitalDate : 10/04/2025 Case reference : CAM9914 London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 19 Mar ch 2025 about Great Ormond Street Hospital . We have dealt with this under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004 (EIR 2004) . Response The council holds the information requested and the answers to your questions are as follows: I am writing to request information under the *Freedom of Information Act 2000*. Please provide a copy of the "Master Plan" document developed by Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) and the surrounding areas, including details future phases, a document provided to Camden by GOSH which both parties have confirmed has been provided to Ca mden and discussed by the parties but not yet publicly disclosed to the public by GOSH and/or Camden Council. If any part of this information is exempt from disclosure, please provide details of the applicable exemption and confirm whether any redacted version can be provided. Please find relevant information attached. We have redacted the name s of the relatively junior workers at the hospital under Regulation 12(3) of the EIR 2004 as this is their personal information. We believe it would be a breach of the GDPR principle that we handle personal data fairly to publish it to the world in this response. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk , Telephone: 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact -us/live -chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact -us/. The ICO website https://www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Peter Williams Information Rights Officer2025-04-17T00:00:00CAM99162025-04-10T00:00:00complaints regarding rats at Clyde Court, Brill Place, London, NW1 1HLDate: 10/04/2025 Ref: CAM9916 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 19/03/2025 about complaints regarding rats at Clyde Court, Brill Place, London, NW1 1HL. We have dealt with this under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested. I am writing to request information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. I would like to please obtain the following details: 1. The number of complaints made to Camden Council regarding rats at Clyde Court, Brill Place, London, NW1 1HL over the past three years. 2. A breakdown of these complaints by year 3. Any actions taken by the Council in response to these complaints such as pest control visits or enforcement action. If any of this information is exempt from disclosure, please provide as much detail as possible within the scope of the Act. If it is not possible to provide the data specifically for Clyde Court please advice whether similar data is available for the Brill Place area. Please see the attached spreadsheet for the answers to your questions. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Kieran Heneghan Information Rights Officer2025-04-17T00:00:00CAM99242025-04-11T00:00:00what is Camden's effective response to tackle fly tipping in recurrent hotspotsDate: 11/04/2025 Ref: CAM9924 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 21/03/25 about what is Camden's effective response to tackle fly tipping in recurrent hotspots . We have dealt with this under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested. 1. What is Camden's effective response to tackle fly tipping in recurrent hotspots? I am particular concerned about ongoing issues in York Way particularly in proximity to the junction with Agar Grove, which have become particularly worse over the last months since Conway have taken possession of the site. We have a range of measures in place to tackle persistent fly -tipping, especially in recurrent hotspots like this location. York Way is currently on our priority monitoring list, and we have targeted patrols by our Community Enforcement Safety Officers. Where evidence allows, we take enforcement action which is by fixed penalty notice, with the possibility of prosecution. So far, this has led to six enforcement actions at this location – including two for fly-tipping and four for the unlawful presentation of waste. We will be liaising with Conway in how they can assist us in ongoing fly-tipping issues in this area 2. What are Camden plans to improve the presentation of this site, medium/long term? We collaborate with stakeholders to provide guidance on waste management facilities, ensuring that residents and businesses have suitable and accessible disposal options. Additionally, Community Safety Enforcement Officers partner with Monitoring Officers to conduct targeted educational campaigns, raising awareness about responsible waste disposal and fostering a culture of compliance. Waste management is also being integrated into broader urban planning initiatives to prevent fly-tipping and enhance the area's overall appearance over time. Further information on fly-tipping and how to report illegally dumped rubbish can be found on our website at the following link - Fly-tipping and street obstructions Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Kieran Heneghan Information Rights Officer2025-04-17T00:00:00CAM99402025-04-10T00:00:00Asbestos Report for xx Phoenix Road, NW1 1TADate: 10/04/2025 Ref: CAM9940 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 24/03/2025 about Asbestos Report for xx Phoenix Road, NW1 1TA. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council does not hold the information requested. I am submitting a Freedom of Information request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 regarding xx Phoenix Road, NW1 1TA. I would like to request access to the asbestos report completed on March 24 2020. I have reviewed the Construction Management Plan from July 20, 2020, which references this report in Appendix 2 (conducted by Adams Environmental Ltd) but the document itself is not included. Please provide me with a copy of this report. Additionally, I would like to request access to any asbestos reports completed for this project from 2010 to the present date. Please provide these documents in electronic format if possible. If any part of this request is refused please provide reasons for the refusal and details of any exemptions applied. As this is a privately owned property, the Council has no requirement to hold any asbestos information for this project. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner ’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Philip Lewis Information Rights Officer2025-04-17T00:00:00CAM99422025-04-11T00:00:00information relating to Duty of Care (Environmental Offences) enforcement for Business and Domestic premisesDate: 11/04/2025 Ref: CAM9942 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 24/03/2025 about information relating to Duty of Care (Environmental Offences) enforcement for Business and Domestic premises . We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested. I would like to request under the Freedom on Information act information relating to Duty of Care (Environmental Offences) enforcement for Business and Domestic premises 1: A copy of the letter templates you send to businesses and Domestic premises Please see attached. 2: Your end-to-end process including a progression timescale 1. Waste Identification: The officer identifies and locates waste. 2. Evidence Submission: The officer sends the gathered evidence to the back office. 3. Case File Creation: The back office creates a case file and conducts research on the business involved. 4. Enforcement Action: Based on the applicable legislation, the officer sends out an enforcement notice or Fixed Penalty Notice (FPN). 5. Legal Action: If the FPN remains unpaid, legal action is initiated. This involves creating a legal bundle and applying to take the business to court for the offence. 3: Do you carry out an interview under caution or proceed straight to Fixed Penalty Notice We do not carry out PACE (Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984) interviews. Businesses can send in a representation for the case to be reviewed. 4: Do you offer a discount if yes in what timeframe ie: 14 days ? 14 days. 5: A copy of wording used on your FPN This is included in the notices that are attached. 6: Avg time to take cases to court ? This is difficult to say as it depends on the availability of legal or court resources. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk 7: Cancellation policy in relation to Environmental Enforcement FPN's • Representation Review: Cases are reviewed when representations are submitted. • Ad Hoc Reviews: There are also unscheduled reviews of cases. • Reasonable Grounds: If the business can provide reasonable grounds for why the waste was deposited, the case will be reviewed. 8: Complaints policy in relation to Environmental Enforcement FPN's Businesses are welcome to submit a representation. If they are unsatisfied with the response, our standard compliance policy will be followed. 9: Retention Policy in relation to Environmental Enforcement FPN's 7 years. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Kieran Heneghan Information Rights Officer2025-04-17T00:00:00CAM99452025-04-14T00:00:00incidents related to the enforcement of the Sunbeds (Regulation) Act 2010Date: 14/04/2025 Ref: CAM9945 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 25/03/2025 about incidents related to the enforcement of the Sunbeds (Regulation) Act 2010 . We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested. I am writing to request information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 regarding incidents related to the enforcement of the Sunbeds (Regulation) Act 2010. Specifically, I would like to request the following information for the period from the implementation of the Act in 2010 to the present date – broken down by year: • The number of reported or recorded incidents where businesses allowed individuals under the age of 18 to use sunbeds. None. • The type of business including, but not limited to, beauty salons, leisure centres, gyms, and hotels – if recorded. N/A. • The location (town/city/village) of where the incidents took place – if recorded. N/A. • The number and value of fines issued for breaches of the Act. N/A. • Where available, the age and sex or gender of the affected individual(s). If providing the requested information in full is not possible, I would appreciate any partial data or guidance on how best to refine my request. Please provide the data in an electronic format (e.g., Excel or PDF) to facilitate analysis. N/A. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Kieran Heneghan Information Rights Officer2025-04-17T00:00:00CAM99482025-04-11T00:00:00missed bin collectionsDate: 11/04/2025 Ref: CAM9948 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 25/03/2025 about missed bin collections. We have dealt with this under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds some of the information requested. I am writing to request information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 regarding missed bin collections in London Borough of Camden for both household and commercial waste. Please provide the following information: 1. Total number of missed bin collections reported each month for the past 12 months, (March 2024 - March 2025, or nearest available), broken down by: o Household waste o Recycling waste o Food waste o Garden waste o Commercial waste (Where each is possible, if a collection type for a specific waste type isn’t provided, please note this.) Waste type Number of reported missed collections Household 4,443 Recycling 4,078 Food 2,363 Garden 804 Commercial 358 Total missed 12,046 Business waste breakdown Number of missed reported missed collections Business Food Collection 6 Business Green Collection 6 Business Recycling Collection 146 London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk 2. Reasons recorded for missed collections, if available (e.g., vehicle breakdowns, staffing issues, blocked access). This information is not held because the reason for missed collections is not logged, it is just reported as “missed collection”. 3. Whether a return collection was scheduled and completed • 8,597 collections were completed within one working day • 3,449 missed collections were not completed within one working day. 4. Response times and actions taken to resolve above issues. One working day. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner ’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Philip Lewis Information Rights Officer2025-04-17T00:00:00CAM99782025-04-15T00:00:00Library books disposed ofDate: 15/04/2025 Ref: CAM9978 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 28/03/2025 about Library books disposed of. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds some of the information requested. I am writing under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, to request information about public libraries in your local authority. Specifically, for the last 5 years (from 2020 until now): 1) The number of books per year disposed of (sold, destroyed, etcetera…) for each library, or if such would offend the section 12 cost cap – across the whole local authority. The Council only holds this information from 2024 as the library service had a major archive of all the old, deleted materials last June/July and as such information on deleted materials prior to 2024 is no longer available. The total number of items deleted from Camden Libraries is 74,948 items (Books, DVD’s and CD’s) due to items either marked as missing, damaged and or not returned (long overdue) to library branches. The number of items deleted from each Camden library as follows: • Highgate Library: 2,468 • Camden Town Library: 7,750 • Holborn Library: 5,223 • Kentish Town Library: 9,845 • Swiss Cottage Library: 24,697 • Kilburn Library: 8,101 • West Hampstead Library: 7,101 • Queens Crescent Library: 6,001 • Pancras Square Library: 3,762 2) If any of these disposals were due to a request by a person to have a book or item removed, say for inappropriateness. N/A. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk 3) A list of disposals by book title if this exists for each library. May I please have the above in a table. See attached. Again, if the duration requested for, or questions 2 and 3 breach the section 12 cap, at minimum could I have the answer for 1 (at a borough wide level) for at least the last 2 years. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner ’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Philip Lewis Information Rights Officer2025-04-17T00:00:00CAM99822025-04-10T00:00:00planning conditionsDate: 10/04/2025 Case reference : CAM9982 London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 28/03/2025 about planning conditions.  We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 / Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested and the answers to your questions are as follows: Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, I am writing to request information regarding Discharge of Conditions (DoC) applications within your council jurisdiction. Please provide a list (in Excel format) of all planning applications submitted from 1st January 2020 to the most recent data available where no decision was made within 12 weeks and no refund of fees has been made to date. Requested Columns: 1.    Application reference 2.    Applicant name 3.    Site address 4.    Application valid/received date 5.    Fee paid (£) 6.    Decision due date 7.    Actual decision date 8.    No. of days to decision 9.    The decision 10.    Extension of time agreed in writing (Yes or No) 11.    Refund (Yes or No) 12.    Eligible for Refund under 12-week rule 13.    Withdrawn (Yes or No) 14.    Description of conditions being discharged Please provide the information in chronological (date) order. Please note that this request specifically relates to applications for the discharge of planning conditions, and does not concern standard planning applications. Please find relevant information for questions 1,4,5, and 7-13 attached. The information requested for Q2, Q3, Q6, Q14 is already publicly available on the planning portal of the council’s website which provides a record of all applications submitted and the outcome. Planning Application Search (camden.gov.uk) . You can also use the open data portal of our website for a set of records that are easier to search – and this data includes links to the public access files (as above) for the relevant record: Planning decisions - Open Data Portal . Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk , Telephone: 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website https://www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Peter Williams Information Rights Officer2025-04-17T00:00:00CAM100002025-04-14T00:00:00oaths of office and insuranceDate: 14/04/2025 Case reference : CAM10000 London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 31/03/2025 about oaths of office and insurance . We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested and the answers to your questions are as follows: I am writing to request information under the Freedom of Information Code applicable to the UK. Please provide the following details: 1. The oath of office taken by the following individuals: a. The current Mayor b. The Chief Financial Officer  c.  The councilors for the municipality No oath of office is required for the Chief Financial Officer  The oath office taken by the Mayor and councillors is a standard document we purchase with the necessary wording to meet the requirements of the Local Government Act 1972.  This wording is already in the public domain.  Please enter the link below into your web browser and scroll down to view the ‘Declaration of Acceptance of Office.’https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2012/1465/made 2. The name of the insurer providing public liability insurance for the council town. Zurich Municipal 3. The policy number associated with your public liability insurance. QLA-01E206-0323 Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk , Telephone: 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website https://www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Peter Williams Information Rights Officer2025-04-17T00:00:00CAM100012025-04-10T00:00:00council tax supportDate: 10/04/2025 Case reference : CAM10001London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 31/03/2025 about council tax support.   We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and the Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds some of the information requested.  However we are withholding the information we hold because it is exempt as explained below.  We have explained what exemption applies.  Please see the refusal notice at the end s which explains how and why it applies. This FoIA request relates to the £150 energy bill support payments (sometimes called a ‘council tax rebate’) issued to Council Tax band A-D households in your area as at 1 April 2022. Further information is here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-council-tax-rebate-2022-23-billing-authority-guidance/support-for-energy-bills-the-council-tax-rebate-2022- 23-billing-authority-guidance On 2 September 2022, the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities reminded local authorities in England to place any unclaimed “core” £150 payments onto council tax accounts for eligible households. This allowed for payment after the “core” scheme closed. See the section titled “Crediting council tax accounts” here: https://web.archive.org/web/20221116231926/https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1102995/220902_Final_CT_Rebate_CTIL- _next_steps_for_Sept_2022_update.pdf The questions below only relate to the “core/main” £150 scheme. No information is required concerning the separate “discretionary” schemes. 1) For properties where you are the local council, how many properties have an unclaimed “core” £150 on their council tax account? 2) How many of the properties in “1)” had at least one individual in council tax exemption class N as at 1 April 2022? 3) For properties where you are the local council, how many are recorded as a Home in Multiple Occupation (HMO) for planning purposes but not for council tax purposes? 4) How many of these properties in “3)” have an unclaimed “core” £150 on their council tax account and had at least one individual in council tax exemption class N as at 1 April 2022?5) What decision(s) has the council made regarding distribution of these unclaimed “core” £150 payments to the eligible 1 April 2022 occupants?  Please provide this information above as at 31 March 2025 by return email.  If time allows, please also provide the above information as at 31 March 2024 (again by return email). This information is exempt.  Please see the exemption notice set out below. Refusal Notice The exemption that applies is: section 12: cost of compliance exceeds appropriate limit We are refusing your request under section 12 on cost grounds because we estimate that compliance with your request will exceed the "appropriate limit". This is £450 which is equivalent to 18 hours at £25 per hour. The per hour figure is set by Regulations rather than actual salary paid to any officers handling requests. The appropriate limit includes the time it will take the council to discover if it holds the information requested, to locate it, extract it and collate it as well as putting it into any particular format requested by the requester. We have calculated that it will take approx. 64.83 hours (minimum) to comply with your request because: council tax records do not align with planning records and are not held on similar systems• council tax addresses may not be the same as the planning’s systems as Council Tax addresses must match those held by the Valuation Office Agency in central government• at the time of the energy rebate scheme Council Tax held 778 properties listed as HMO’s.• we would have to manually check those cases against planning records• this would take a very conservative minimum of 5 minutes per property • Advice and Assistance We may be able to produce responses for questions 1,2 4 and 5 although is should be noted that you would need to clarify if you mean joint & severally liable properties where multiple students resided in the same property on a joint tenancy (vs separate tenancies, which is a requirement for council tax to be able to classify it as a HMO) and that we might not hold some of the information requested. Further InformationWe do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk , Telephone: 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/ . The ICO website https://www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Peter Williams Information Rights Officer2025-04-17T00:00:00CAM96292025-04-08T00:00:00Costs associated with Flaxman CourtDate: 08/04/2025 Ref: CAM9629 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 11/02/2025 about Costs associated with Flaxman Court. We have dealt with this under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds some of the information requested. Please provide all costs associated with: 1. What was the cost and what work was done, if any, on gutter - cleansing during the Major Works on my estate Flaxman Court, Flaxman Terrace, during (2016 -2017) • Clean out debris from gutters including flush out and test, rod downpipe including clean out gulley and remove debris from site on completion (per elevation) - £105.80 • Slate: Renew any size and type of natural roof slates including double course at eaves cloaked verges, ridge, hips and valley tiles, supply and install proprietary ventilation units in roof, renew all code 6 lead flashings, aprons chimney gutters and the like wedged and pointed, renew valley gutter and valley board as necessary including all labours, cutting etc including renew roofing felt and battens and install restraint straps to gables and elevation gables and remove waste and debris - £2,079.60 1a. Please supply costs incurred as a result of annual gutter servicing/cleansing as specified in the terms of my/our leases. Mine dates from 1998 and I would like to see how this has been costed from 1998 to 2025. The Council does not carry out annual gutter servicing/cleansing. 1b. Reparation costs attributed to blocked/damaged guttering from 2016 -2025. £10,744.11 2. Total costs of lighting (both internal/external) constantly left full on 24/7 as a result of the last Major Works programme; constantly reported over the last eight years; thereby contravening Camden Council's declared Green Policy This information is not held. Energy consumption over and above the intended lighting design cannot be accurately measured or accounted for. We are unable to confirm if the design provided anticipated operation hours/costs. And even if it did, there is no specific metering for lighting, it is recorded with all the other communal electrical equipment such as lifts, plant, etc. And there are four separate Landlord’s supplies, one for each entrance in the block. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk 2a. Total costs attributed to breakdown/wear of the lighting system as a result of constant usage, to include costings of all replacement equipment, bulbs and switchgear. This is not possible to quantify. However the contract covers lighting components such as lamps, etc so any ‘early replacements’ would not have been chargeable. We have looked at all the chargeable repairs since April 2016 and can see approximately £2 ,000 of costs. Over 9 years that’s just £222 per year. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication R egulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner ’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Philip Lewis Information Rights Officer2025-04-09T00:00:00CAM96472025-04-02T00:00:00weekly payments made to individuals in temporary accommodation aged 25 yearsDate: 02/04/2025 Ref: CAM9647 Dear Requester, Thank you for your request for information dated 14/02/2025 about weekly payments made to individuals in temporary accommodation aged 25 years . We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The Council does not hold the information requested. The answers to your questions are as follows: How many weekly payments made for single individual adults (over twenty five) for Temporary Housing Accommodation in Camden from January 2024 to December 2024. We do not hold expenditure data in the format requested. We record temporary accommodation payments by calendar month end date and provider name. F inancial data held does not include individual placements weekly payments nor the age of individuals. The same for January 2025 and February 2025 including the maximum weekly payment for Temporary Housing Accommodation within Camden for an adult. Please see the response to question 1 above. How many weekly payments within the £400 to £500 were paid each week for Temp, Hous. Please see the response to question 1 above. How many weekly payments within the £500 to £600 were paid each week for Temp. Hous. Please see the response to question 1 above. How many weekly payments within the £600 to £700 were paid each week for Temp. Hous. Please see the response to question 1 above. How many weekly payments within the £700 to £800 were paid each week for Temp. Hous. Please see the response to question 1 above. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk How many weekly payments within the £800 to £900 were paid each week for Temp. Hous. Please see the response to question 1 above. How many weekly payments within the £900 to £1000 were paid each week for Temp. Hous. Please see the response to question 1 above. How many weekly payments over £1000 were paid each week for Temporary Housing. Please see the response to question 1 above. What was the maximum weekly payments each week for Temporary Housing for 2024-2025. Please see the response to question 1 above. Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Lorna Jonas-Tinson Information Rights Officer2025-04-09T00:00:00CAM96652025-04-08T00:00:00the number of residential buildings over 18 metres that are known to have had any aluminium composite material (ACM) cladding not meeting Building Regulations standards on the date 14 June 2017Date: 08/04/2025 Ref: CAM9665 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 17/02/2025 about the number of residential buildings over 18 metres that are known to have had any aluminium composite material (ACM) cladding not meeting Building Regulations standards on the date 14 June 2017 . We have dealt with this under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested. I would like to kindly request the following information: Clarified as - I am asking about both council and private sector residential buildings, please provide separate figures for each. 1. Within your jurisdiction, London Borough of Camden, please tell me the number of residential buildings over 18 metres in height that are known to have had any aluminium composite material (ACM) cladding not meeting Building Regulations standards on the date 14 June 2017. For Council owned buildings – There were 5 high-rise buildings on the Chalcots estate that were known to have non -fire retardant ACM cladding. The cladding was removed by January 2018 and remediation/replacement works are nearing completion. The new façade will be fully installed to two blocks by 31 March 2025, two more will be complete by 31 July 2025 and the remaining block by October 2025. For Private Sector – Building Control are not aware of any buildings that are known to have had any aluminium composite material (ACM) cladding not meeting Building Regulations standards on the date 14 June 2017. 2. Please tell me the number of these residential buildings over 18 metres in height that are known to have had any ACM cladding not meeting Building Regulations standards on the date 14 June 2017, that have received building control sign -off as having fully completed remediation (meaning all ACM cladding has been removed, replaced and the building has received building control signed off) by the date 14 February 2025 For Council owned buildings – Remediation works are not yet complete, they will be subject to full certification and sign off by building control at handover in addition to the quality checks of the installation work throughout the project. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk For Private Sector – There are no buildings that have received sign off by the date 14 February 2025. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Kieran Heneghan Information Rights Officer2025-04-09T00:00:00CAM97292025-04-02T00:00:00safeguarding alerts, referrals received by the Local Authority from a higher education institutionDate: 02/04/2025 Ref: CAM9729 Dear Requester, Thank you for your request for information dated 24/02/2025 about safeguarding alerts, referrals received by the Local Authority from a higher education institution . We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The Council does not hold the information requested. The answer to your questions is as follows: The number of Safeguarding Alerts / Referrals received by the Local Authority from a Higher Education Institution (e.g. received from a “ac.uk” or “.edu” contact email address) relating to children or adult-at-risk. Further, I request the number of such Alerts / Referrals that led to an inquiry. You clarified: • September 1st, 2019 – August 31st, 2020 • September 1st, 2020 – August 31st, 2021 • September 1st, 2021 – August 31st, 2022 • September 1st, 2022 – August 31st, 2023 • September 1st, 2023 – August 31st, 2024 We do not hold or record the information you are seeking. This is because safeguarding concerns with a referral source of ‘higher education’ as a category or text analysis does not exist as a source code or category group on our data reporting system. Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Lorna Jonas-Tinson Information Rights Officer2025-04-09T00:00:00CAM97792025-04-02T00:00:00the number of complaints received for flooding, fires, RAAC, asbestos and collapsing/pest issues in school and nursery buildingsDate: 02/04/2025 Ref: CAM9779 Dear Requester, Thank you for your request for information dated 04/03/2025 about the number of complaints received for flooding, fires, RAAC, asbestos and collapsing/pest issues in school and nursery buildings. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds some of the information requested. 1. In the financial years 2022-3, 2023-4, and 2024-5, how many complaints has your local authority received, regarding: a) flooding in schools; b) fires in schools; c) RAAC in schools; d) asbestos in schools; e) collapsing school buildings; pest issues in schools? 2. In the financial years 2022-3, 2023-4, and 2024-5, how many complaints has your local authority resolved, regarding: a) flooding in schools; b) fires in schools; c) RAAC in schools; d) asbestos in schools; e) collapsing school buildings; pest issues in schools? 3. In the financial years 2022-3, 2023-4, and 2024-5, how many complaints has your local authority received, regarding: a) flooding in nurseries; b) fires in nurseries; c) RAAC in nurseries; d) asbestos in nurseries; e) collapsing nursery buildings; pest issues in nurseries? 4. In the financial years 2022-3, 2023-4, and 2024-5, how many complaints has your local authority resolved, regarding: a) flooding in nurseries; b) fires in nurseries; c) RAAC in nurseries; d) asbestos in nurseries; e) collapsing nursery buildings; pest issues in nurseries? Please provide the information in a spreadsheet if possible. In line with your request we have provided the answers to questions 1- 4 on the Excel spreadsheet, attached. Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Lorna Jonas-Tinson Information Rights Officer2025-04-09T00:00:00CAM98092025-04-07T00:00:00complaints and enforcement action taken against unregulated immigration advice businesses located in CamdenDate: 07/04/2025 Ref: CAM9809 Dear Requester, Thank you for your request for information dated 07/03/2025 about complaints and enforcement action taken against unregulated immigration advice businesse s located in Camden. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council hold some of the information requested and the answers to your questions are as follows: Could you please provide the following information for the past four financial years (2021/22, 2022/23, 2023/24) and up to and including February 2025: 1. The number of complaints received regarding unregulated immigration advice or fraudulent immigration services, broken down by year and nature of the complaint. We hold some of the information requested. The number of complaints regarding unregulated immigration advice or fraudulent immigration services concerning a Camden based consumer are listed below. Enquiries to first tier advice lines would have indicated immigration advice fall outside the scope of trading standards, and the enquirer would have been referred to another agency without much recording of details. Fiscal year Number of complaints Nature of complaint 2023/24 (1 Apr-28 Feb) 1 1 Fake service Trading address traced to a public house The number of complaints regarding Camden based businesses concerning consumers outside of Camden are listed below. We do not hold information on enforcement outcomes or investigations as these would have been carried out by the consumer's local authority. Fiscal year Number of complaints Nature of complaint 2024/25 (1 Apr-28 Feb) 1 Course provider with no valid student sponsorship license or accreditation 2023/24 1 2 Verbal misrepresentation Limited services supplied 2022/23 2 Copycat firm, fraudulent firm 2021/22 2 Cancellation costs London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk 1 1 2 No 14 day cooling off period Not registered with Solicitor Regulation Authority, nor OISC registered firm Fraudulent company 2. The number of investigations initiated by the Council's Trading Standards team related to unregulated immigration advice or fraudulent services. 0. 3. The number of enforcement actions taken, including penalties, prosecutions, warnings, or other measures. 0. Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Lorna Jonas-Tinson Information Rights Officer2025-04-09T00:00:00CAM98112025-04-07T00:00:00housing applicants on the Council’s waiting list awarded medical points because of mental healthDate: 07/04/2025 Ref: CAM9811 Dear Requester, Thank you for your request for information dated 07/03/2025 about housing applicants on the Council’s waiting list awarded medical points because of mental hea lth. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council does not hold the information requested. Can you please provide the number of households who are on the Council's housing waiting list who have been awarded medical points because of mental health? We do not hold the information requested. This is because health and housing points are awarded following a medical assessment which focus on accessible housing needs and not mental health conditions. Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Yours sincerely, Lorna Jonas-Tinson Information Rights Officer2025-04-09T00:00:00CAM98222025-04-07T00:00:00engagement with supported living providers and the commissioning of adult social care servicesDate: 07/04/2025 Ref: CAM9822 Dear Requester, Thank you for your request for information dated 10/03/2025 about engagement with supported living providers and the commissioning of adult social care services . We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested and the answers to your questions are as follows: The request is regarding the Local Authority's engagement with supported living providers and the commissioning of adult social care services. 1) Please provide details on how the Local Authority initiates contact with supported living providers for the provision of services. The council holds the information requested. You can find this information on the Council’s Open Data Portal through the following link: https://opendata.camden.gov.uk/stories/s/Camden-Freedom-Of-Information-Response and searching for CAM9355. As the information requested is already reasonably accessible elsewhere it is exempt under the absolute exemption in Section 21. 2) Does the council maintain an approved providers list for private residential care providers or private supported living providers? If so, please share the contact details of these providers. There is no approved provider list for private residential care providers . We hold some block contracts for residential care and nursing care and place with spot providers in both Camden and North Central London as required. There are five neighbourhood based contracted homecare providers delivering the majority of care in their locality. This is supplemented by spot provision. There is no approved provider list. 3) Please provide the name, email address, and contact number of the person(s) responsible for commissioning domiciliary care services and supported living services within your authority. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Name: Stephen Bahooshy Email: Stephen.bahooshy@camden.gov.uk Phone: 020 7974 4444 4) Please provide information on the process employed in allocating placements for adults in social care and special needs housing. The current information on the process employed in allocating placements for adults in social care and supported living housing is publicly available. Please click on the link provided in question 1 above, searching for CAM6484. As explained above the information requested is exempt under the absolute exemption in Section 21. 5) Please provide organisational structure of your adult social care commissioning and placement teams, including details of social workers. If possible, include their emails and contact numbers. Please see the response to question 4 above. Also we have provided the organisational structure for placement teams. Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Lorna Jonas-Tinson Information Rights Officer2025-04-09T00:00:00CAM98252025-04-08T00:00:00fraudulent applications for school places received during the last five academic yearsDate: 08/04/2025 Ref: CAM9825 Dear Requester, Thank you for your request for information dated 10/03/2025 about fraudulent applications for school places received during the last five academic years. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested. However, we are withholding all of the information because it is exempt as explained below. We have explained where we are withholding information and what exemptions apply. Please see the refusal notices at the end of the answers which explain how and why they apply. 1. The number of reports made to the council of attempts (successful or not) to obtain a school place through fraudulent means (for example giving a false address on the application). - Please break the numbers down by primary and secondary. - Please also break the numbers down by school year (September to August) for the past five years (2020/21, 2021/22, 2022/23, 2023/24, 2024/25) - Please breakdown the numbers by how many of those reports came from members of the public in each year. 2. The number of investigations into attempts (successful or not) to obtain a school place through fraudulent means. - Please break the numbers down by primary and secondary. - Please also break the numbers down by school year (September to August) for the past five years (2020/21, 2021/22, 2022/23, 2023/24, 2024/25) 3. Have private investigators been hired to investigate? If so, please breakdown the number of times hired and cost by school year for the past five years. • The number of a) offers nor made, b) offers withdrawn c) places withdrawn as a result of fraudulent activity on applications. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk - Please break the numbers down by primary and secondary. - Please also break the numbers down by school year (September to August) for the past five years (2020/21, 2021/22, 2022/23, 2023/24, 2024/25) 4. The number of times sibling priority has been removed as a result of fraudulent activity (i.e. the first place was obtained fraudulently so subsequent siblings will not get priority when applying to the same school). - Please break the numbers down by primary and secondary. - Please also break the numbers down by school year (September to August) for the past five years (2020/21, 2021/22, 2022/23, 2023/24, 2024/25) We are withholding this information as we consider the following exemption apply. Refusal notice: Section 12: Cost of Compliance Exceeds the Appropriate Limit We are refusing your request under section 12 on cost grounds because we estimate that compliance with your request will exceed the "appropriate limit". This is £450 which is equivalent to 18 hours at £25 per hour. The per hour figure is set by Regulations rather than actual salary paid to any officers handling requests. The appropriate limit includes the time it will take the council to discover if it holds the information requested, to locate it, extract it and collate it as well as putting it into any particular format requested by the requester. We do not hold the information requested in a reportable format. There are 14,619 school applications within scope of this request. We estimate to ‘breakdown the numbers by how many of those reports came from members of the public in each year ’ and ‘number of investigations into attempts (successful or not) to obtain a school place through fraudulent means’ would take a council officer 5 minutes per application to check if there was an address investigation. Then an hour to collate the information requested for those who had an address investigation. Below is the total number of Reception and Year 7 applications received for the period requested. Number of applications 2024 entry 2023 entry 2022 entry 2021 entry 2020 entry Year 7 - secondary 1336 1401 1543 1535 1510 Reception class - primary 1327 1428 1429 1519 1591 Total applications per entry year 2663 2829 2972 3054 3101 We calculate it would take 221.9 hours to provide the data for the last academic year and 1,218.25 hours in total to provide data for the five year period requested. This considerably exceeds the 18-hour limit set by the Act. Advice and Assistance: It would be difficult to refine the request so that it would take less than 18 hours. We may be able to spot check a limited number of accounts for a short time period - but this is unlikely to provide a representative sample that would be meaningful. Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Lorna Jonas-Tinson Information Rights Officer2025-04-09T00:00:00CAM98272025-04-03T00:00:00‘Certificates of Occupation Prior to Completion’ and ‘Completion Notices’Date: 03/04/2025 Case reference : CAM9827 London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 11/03/2025 about ‘Certificates of Occupation Prior to Completion’ and ‘Completion Notices’ . We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 / Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested and the answers to your questions are as follows: 1. Could you please provide me with details of any ‘Certificates of Occupation Prior to Completion’ that they have served in your borough under Schedule 1 of The Building Regulations 2010 since 01/03/2024 including: a) Building address b) Date of certificate c) Details of works There are no such details on our system.  There is no mention of ‘Certificates of Occupation Prior to Completion’ in Schedule 1 of the Building Regulations 2010. 2. Could you please provide a list of all Completion Notices issued since 1st February 2025 including; a) Property Address2nd Floor 24-32 Stephenson Way, London, NW1 2HD b) Date Notice was served 05/02/2025 c) Completion Date adopted in the Notice 01/03/2025 Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk , Telephone: 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website https://www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Peter Williams Information Rights Officer2025-04-09T00:00:00CAM98292025-04-04T00:00:00scaffolding contractorsDate: 04/04/2025 Case reference : CAM9829 London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 10/03/2025 about scaffolding contractors. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 / Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested and the answers to your questions are as follows: I would be grateful if you could please provide details of your procurement policy and requirements when engaging with scaffolding contractors and businesses. Specifically, I am seeking: 1. A copy of your current procurement policy relating to the engagement of scaffolding contractors. We do not have a procurement policy specifically relating to the engagement of scaffolding or any other service specific contractors.  Engagement of scaffolding would be governed, like all other suppliers and contractors, by the Council’s Contract Standing Orders and where applicable the Procurement Act 2023. 2. Any specific requirements or pre-qualification criteria that scaffolding businesses must meet to be considered for council contracts. We have a standard selection questionnaire which contains questions that all potential partners must complete.  This includes items such as insurance, financial viability, modern slavery etc.  Service specific requirements can be added to this. Every person engaged in scaffolding must have a suitable CISRS qualification. The scheme is recognised as a minimum for scaffolding activities by such bodies as HSE, NASC, CITB, etc.  These would be independently validated by the Council. 3. Details of any preferred supplier lists, frameworks, or accreditation schemes used when selecting scaffolding contractors. We do not have a preferred supplier list for scaffolding services.  We sometimes use established frameworks such as Pfh, Fusion 21, SEC, Crown Commercial Services – details of all of these are already publicly available online. 4. Any policies or guidance on health and safety, insurance, or training standards that scaffolding businesses must comply with. If not already listed in the selection questionnaire, then they will be stipulated within the Tender documents and would be tailored to the service area.  These would be reviewed and issued on a tender-by-tender basis. 5. Information on how procurement decisions for scaffolding services are made, including any weighting given to factors such as cost, experience, or social value. Evaluation criteria relating to the award of a contract is stipulated in the tender documents and is bespoke to each tender exercise.  We have a policy that Social Value is a minimum of 10% of the qualitative evaluation mark. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk , Telephone: 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website https://www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Peter Williams Information Rights Officer2025-04-09T00:00:00CAM98362025-04-08T00:00:00the number of multisensory impairment teachers, residential respite and holiday clubs in CamdenDate: 08/04/2025 Ref: CAM9836 Dear Requester, Thank you for your request for information dated 10/03/2025 about the number of multisensory impairment teachers, residential respite and holiday clubs in Camden. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested. However, we are withholding all of the information because it is exempt as explained below. We have explained where we are withholding information and what exemptions apply. Please see the refusal notices at the end of the answers which explain how and why they apply. We have applied section 12 of the Act to your request. Please see the refusal notice below. MSI Teachers Q1a) Does the Local Authority currently employ any multi -sensory impairment teachers or practitioners? If yes to Question 1a): 1b) Please indicate how many employees have these roles. 1c) Please indicate whether the roles are full or part time. Residential respite and holiday clubs 2a) How many residential respite services does your local authority commission to support disabled children under the age of 18? If yes to 2a): 2b) In 2024, how many disabled children under the age of 18 accessed residential respite services? 2c) How many holiday clubs does your local authority commission to support disabled children under the age of 18? 2d) if yes to 2c), In 2024, how many disabled children under the age of 18 accessed holiday clubs? London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Refusal notice: Section 12: Cost of Compliance Exceeds the Appropriate Limit We are refusing your request under section 12 on cost grounds because we estimate that compliance with your request will exceed the "appropriate limit". This is £450 which is equivalent to 18 hours at £25 per hour. The per hour figure is set by Regulations rather than actual salary paid to any officers handling requests. The appropriate limit includes the time it will take the council to discover if it holds the information requested, to locate it, extract it and collate it as well as putting it into any particular format requested by the requester. We do not hold the data requested in a reportable format. We record the number of sessions held in a year, not the number of children who have accessed the service. In 2024, there was a total of 492 sessions provided in holiday clubs for disabled children. We estimate it would take a council officer 3-4 minutes per session to manually cross- check sessional records against which disabled child accessed a holiday club and whether they accessed one or more sessions for the period. If the task took an average of 3.5 minutes per session and a further 60 minutes to collate the information, we calculate it would take approx. 29.7 hours to provide the data requested to fulfil question 2d). This exceeds the 18-hour limit set by the Act • The names and positions of the officials who considered this request. Crina Popa, Head of Children Young People Disability Service. Advice and Assistance You may choose to submit questions 1-2c) as a new request, refining question 2d) as advised in the refusal notice above. Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Lorna Jonas-Tinson Information Rights Officer2025-04-09T00:00:00CAM98442025-04-03T00:00:00road works and closures by local authorityDate: 03/04/2025 Ref: CAM9844 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 11/03/2025 about road works and closures by local authority. We have dealt with this under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested. I would like to request the following information for the last calendar year (1 January 2024 to 31 December 2024): 1. The total number of road works carried out within your council locality. This refers only to road works undertaken by the authority or its contractors on behalf of the council. It does not include street works undertaken by utility companies, their contractors, or private developers. 2. The total number of road closures due to road works within your council locality. This includes full road closures, partial road closures, and nighttime closures. 3. The duration of each road work project carried out within your council locality. If available, please provide: Start date End date (or indicate if still ongoing) If the project lasted less than a day, please provide the duration in hours where possible. 4. The duration of each road closure due to road works within your council locality. If available, please provide: Start date End date (or indicate if still ongoing) If the closure lasted less than a day, please provide the length in hours where possible. Please see the attached spreadsheet. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Kieran Heneghan Information Rights Officer2025-04-09T00:00:00CAM98452025-04-07T00:00:00noise produced by concerts and live music events held at Round HouseDate: 07/04/2025 Ref: CAM9845 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 10/03/2025 about noise produced by concerts and live music events held at Round House. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested. Freedom of Information Request – Impact of Concert Noise on Surrounding Areas: I am writing to request information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 in relation to the noise produced by concerts and live music events held at Round House. Specifically, I would like to request the following information: 1. Noise Measurement Data: o The maximum and average decibel levels of noise measured during concerts and events at the venue. This is not required by the Noise & Pollution Team. Events take place internally within the premises. Any noise escape will need to be investigated individually at the time. o The distance at which noise levels are measured from the venue. This is not required by the Noise & Pollution Team . Events take place internally within the premises. Any noise escape will need to be investigated individually at the time. 2. Impact Assessments or Reports: o Any assessments or reports conducted on the potential impact of concert noise on local residents and businesses, including details of any complaints received from members of the public. See attached documents as part of original Licensing Application. o If any mitigation strategies (such as sound barriers, curfews, or noise control measures) have been implemented to limit the effect of noise on surrounding areas. See attached documents. Personal information has been redacted under Section 40(2) of the Freedom of Information Act. See the refusal notice below. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk 3. Regulations and Policies: o Any local council regulations or policies in place that govern concert noise levels and the permitted hours for such events. The concerts/events take place internally and therefore external noise measurements are not required. Should the noise from the concert/event cause a disturbance to nearby residents, each complaint will be investigated individually. o Any complaints or legal actions taken in relation to concert noise pollution in the surrounding areas. There has been no enforcement action to date. 4. Public Consultation: o Any public consultations or surveys conducted regarding the noise generated by concerts and their effect on residents. There have been none by the Noise and Pollution team and they are unaware of any external consultations. Refusal notice: Section 40(2) The council considers that to disclose the personal data requested would not be in accordance with data protection legislation and therefore we have withheld some/all of the information under the absolute exemption in Section 40(2). The exemption states that personal data requested may be withheld when to release it would be a breach of the requirements of data protection law which is the UK General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the Data Protection Act 2018. The information withheld is personal information because it allows living individuals to be identified. The council considers that it would be a breach of the General Data Protection Regulation article 5 requirements of fairness and proportionality to publish this personal information in a FOI request. In doing this we have considered the legitimate public interest in disclosure against the interests of the data subject/s and concluded that in the circumstances disclosure would contravene the data protection requirements of fairness and proportionality particularly considering that Freedom of Information responses are public documents and published to the world and not provided just to the requester. The council’s redaction policy states that junior staff member names, (those below Assistant Director level) unless in public facing positions, would not be released in a FOI response. Therefore, the names of junior staff members have been redacted from the request details as they would have no expectation that their details would be released into the public domain, and especially given the content of the request as we consider that to include them would be a breach of the requirements to act fairly and proportionately. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner ’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Philip Lewis Information Rights Officer2025-04-09T00:00:00CAM98482025-04-09T00:00:00gardening contracts for public and community green spacesDate: 09/04/2025 Ref: CAM9848 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 12/03/2025 about gardening contracts for public and community green spaces. We have dealt with this under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested. However we are withholding some or all of the information because it is excepted as explained below. We have explained where we are withholding information and what exceptions apply. Please see the refusal notices at the end of the answers which explain how and why they apply. Freedom of Information Request – Green Space Contracts: The information I want is as follows: - Gardening contracts for public and community green spaces which the council is currently engaged in. - I want to know specifically: • who the contract is out with, Camden Councils grounds and play maintenance is currently delivered through contract with idverde Limited. • the contract title, Grounds Maintenance and Play Service. • the summary of works included in the contract, The idverde grounds maintenance contract delivers the following services across all of Camden’s public green spaces: o Grass and Meadow Maintenance, o Hedge Maintenance o Plant Maintenance – Shrubs, Roses, Herbaceous Perennials, Rock Gardens o Weed Management o Play Area Maintenance, Cleaning and Inspections o Park Keepers o Housing, Sheltered Housing and Parks Horticulturalists & Head Gardeners o Parks Opening and Closing o Fleet and Machinery o Health and Safety Management London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk • the financial value of the contract (& a breakdown of this value if that is provided), This question is excepted under Regulation 12(5)(e) of the Environmental Information Regulations relating to Commercial Confidentiality. This is because there is an ongoing tender process for the Grounds Maintenance Contract. See the refusal notice below. • and the start and end date of the contract. Start Date: 01/04/2017 End Date: 31/03/2026 It would be useful to have this information for all contracts which have been active or started since 01 January 2010. The Grounds Maintenance Contract between 2010 -2017 was delivered by OCS. We do not hold data on contract value due to our data retention period. Refusal Notice: Regulation 12(5)(e) - The regulation states that confidentiality of commercial or industrial information where such confidentiality is provided by law to protect a legitimate economic interest, a public authority can refuse to disclose information if this would adversely affect the confidentiality of commercial or industrial information. The council is relying upon the higher threshold of likelihood that disclosure would have a prejudicial effect. There is a potential risk that releasing the information requested may prejudice the tender process. It could enable a company that is bidding for the contract an unfair advantage by having additional information. In applying this qualified exemption, we have had to balance the public interest in withholding the information against the interest in favour of disclosure. The public interest arguments for releasing this information are as follows: • Improving transparency in decision making. • Ensuring value for money. • To ensure accountability of the authority. • Demonstrating the council is meeting its fiduciary duties. The public interest arguments for withholding the information are as follows: • It is not in the public interest to damage the council’s commercial interests, as this affects how it spends public money and the services it can provide to residents and other stakeholders. • It is not in the public interest to release information that could negatively influence ongoing and future negotiations as this could have an adverse effect on value for money for the council, so for residents and other stakeholders. • Withholding the information does not prevent scrutiny of the council’s actions and decisions. We considered whether the presumption in favour of disclosure in the regulations overrides the decision to withhold and have concluded that it does not. We have decided that the public interest in withholding the information outweighs the public interest in disclosing it. Advice and assistance: As advice and assistance, I can inform you that the new contract is planned to commence on 1 st April 2026, and the award is likely to be in the autumn, but it ’s all subject to the tender process which is in process. The window for submissions has now closed. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Kieran Heneghan Information Rights Officer2025-04-09T00:00:00CAM98532025-04-07T00:00:002024 Guidance for Bids from the DMCsDate: 07/04/2025 Ref: CAM9853 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 11/03/2025 about 2024 Guidance for Bids from the DMCs. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested. REQUEST UNDER FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 2000 – LB CAMDEN 2024 GUIDANCE FOR BIDS I wish to know and receive the following information regarding the LB Camden 2024 Guidance for Bids from the DMCs, copy enclosed. 1. Who is responsible in LB Camden for drawing up the Guidelines for Bids from DMCs? The older iteration of the guidance was drafted by the Tenant Participation Team with support from officers in Finance, Neighbourhoods, Procurement and Legal. 2. In particular, who drafted the August 2024 Guidelines for Bids from DMCs? The revised guidance of August 2024 was drafted as above (see question 1 response) collaboratively by Tenant Participation Coordinator, together with DMC chairs. 3. Regarding para. 1.3 of the August 2024 Guidelines for Bids from DMCs, there is a reference to "Camden's Financial Regulations and Standing Orders". This is not a valid question under the Freedom of Information act however s ee attached documents. 4. Which of the "Camden's Financial Regulations and Standing Orders" referred to in question 3 above are applicable to the Bidding process for DMCs? All parts of the contract standing orders would be applicable to the DMC bidding process. 5. I wish to be sent copies of the relevant "Camden's Financial Regulations and Standing Orders" referred to in question 3 above regarding the Bidding process for DMCs? See attached. These issues are of particular relevance to our TRA Reps putting in Bids at the GODMC as issues have arisen regarding the application of LB Camden 2024 Guidance for Bids from the DMCs at the last meeting of the GODMC. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication R egulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner ’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Philip Lewis Information Rights Officer2025-04-09T00:00:00CAM98542025-04-04T00:00:00anti-social behaviour policies for tenants and leaseholdersDate: 04/04/2025 Ref: CAM9854 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 11/03/2025 about anti-social behaviour policies for tenants and leaseholders. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested. Anti-social behaviour policies for tenants and leaseholders I wish to know and receive the following information regarding Anti -Social Behaviour Policies of LB Camden. 1. Are there any policies for when action is taken against tenants or leaseholders of LB Camden for alleged anti-social behaviour? Please see our Antisocial Behaviour Policy which is on our website here . 2. If so, if in writing, I wish to be supplied with copies of the policies. These can be downloaded from our website here . 3. In particular, where a tenant or leaseholder has been charged with criminal offences in connection with their tenancies or leases, or against other neighbour tenants or leaseholders, are there any policies of LB Camden as to when Notices Seeking Possession may be served? Please see our Antisocial Behaviour Policy which is on our website here . 4. If so, if in writing, I wish to be supplied with copies of the policies. These can be downloaded from our website here . 5. In particular, where a tenant or leaseholder has been charged with criminal offences in connection with their tenancies or leases, or against other neighbour tenants or leaseholders, are there any policies of LB Camden as to when Possession Proceedings may be commenced? Please see our Antisocial Behaviour Policy which is on our website here . 6. If so, if in writing, I wish to be supplied with copies of the policies. These can be downloaded from our website here . 7. In particular, are there any policies to the effect that service of Notices Seeking Possession and/or commencing Possession Proceedings are started after the termination of any criminal proceedings against the tenant or leaseholder accused of anti -social behaviour? Please see our Antisocial Behaviour Policy which is on our website here . London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk 8. If so, if in writing, I wish to be supplied with copies of the policies. These can be downloaded from our website here . 9. If not, if Possession Proceedings are commenced whilst criminal proceedings are in progress against the tenant or leaseholder accused of anti-social behaviour, are there any policies that require a stay on the Possession Proceedings pending the outcome of the criminal proceedings? Please see our Antisocial Behaviour Policy which is on our website here . We are not clear on what you are asking or mean by a 'stay' - either party can request a 'stay' of proceedings but this must be agreed by a judge. For possession on the mandatory ground of ASB - it must meet the requirements of the legislation. We could serve a Notice of Seeking Possession (NOSP) and/or take repossession action against tenants for a number of tenancy breaches - rent arrears, repair, breach of tenancy etc. , and sometimes there will be multiple grounds in the same NOSP or possession claim. We do not capture the eviction reason in a way to identify if it was for ASB. We are reviewing our end of tenancy process to better capture data on reasons for tenancies coming to an end so that we can report on this more accurately in the future. Leaseholders are not subject to the same legal remedies so a NOSP would never be served on a leaseholder. 10. If so, if in writing, I wish to be supplied with copies of the policies. N/A. 11. Finally, how many Possession Claims have been brought against tenants and leaseholders for alleged Anti-Social Behaviour in the last 3 years? We cannot separate evictions that are due to ASB easily as we do not capture the eviction reason in a way to identify if it was for ASB. 12. Of those, how many such Possession Claims were granted by the court and how many were refused? As for the answer to question 11, we cannot separate evictions that are due to ASB easily. Issues have arisen at the last meeting of the Gospel Oak DMC regarding Council Policies concerning Anti-Social Behaviour and how it is dealt with by LB Camden. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Kieran Heneghan Information Rights Officer2025-04-09T00:00:00CAM98602025-04-04T00:00:00request relating to the purchasing of heat pumps to be installed in council owned social housingDate: 04/04/2025 Ref: CAM9860 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 13/03/2025 about request relating to the purchasing of heat pumps to be installed in council owned social housing . We have dealt with this under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested. This is an information request relating to the purchasing of heat pumps to be installed in council owned social housing. Please include the following information for the following years, 2021/22, 2022/23 and 2023/24: • Whether any heat pumps have been purchased and/or installed by the council in any council owned social housing. The following CIP schemes have installed Air Source Heat Pumps: CIP Scheme and blocks: Maitland Park (2022/2023) - 1-39 NOOR INAYAT KHAN HOUSE - 1-51 ANTONY GREY COURT - 1-28 MARY PRINCE HOUSE Highgate Newtown Community Centre (HNCC) (2022/2023) - Community Centre - 28 BERTRAM STREET (FLAT 1-7) - 25 BERTRAM STREET (FLATS 1-32) (ASHP on the roof of the Community centre serving all 3 blocks) Agar Phase 1c (2023/2024) - 19-25 Hazelbury Way & 12-16 Milburn Lane - 2-10 Milburn, 28-34 Agar & 15-21 Wrotham - 1-15 Milburn Lane & 17 Hazelbury Way No heat pumps have been retrofitted by Housing. However, there are a number of schemes in the pipeline which are / will be supported by grant funding. These include - Maiden Lane Estate (717 homes), Lymington Estate (241 homes), Chester Court (18 flats), 13 -29 Belmont Street (9 flats). London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk • The cost of each heat pump purchased and/or installed in any council owned social housing. The cost for air source heat pumps installed as part of CIP developments would have been captured as part of broader construction contracts for each of the developments and not costed individually. • Whether any estimate has been made of long-term savings as a result of installing heat pumps, and what these savings are estimated to be in any council owned social housing. ASHP’s are installed as a lower carbon heating source in new development using the London Plan Energy Hierarchy and on a site-by-site basis depending on the agreed energy strategy. However analysis in housing for retrofitting shows that installing a heat pump in isolation without fabric improvements sometimes causes an increase in energy costs for homes with existing modern gas condensing boilers. Comparative energy costs between heat pumps and gas boilers are sensitive to changes in the unit price between gas and electricity. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner ’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Philip Lewis Information Rights Officer2025-04-09T00:00:00CAM98622025-04-03T00:00:00leaflets distributedDate: 03/04/2025 Case reference : CAM9862 London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 13/03/2025 about leaflets distributed.  We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 / Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested and the answers to your questions are as follows: I am writing under the FOI Act (2000) to request: 1. Details and costs of leaflets and letters distributed by the council. 2. I would like a copy of all leaflets and letters distributed to more than 500 properties in the last year. 3. For each of these I would like: a) How many properties they were delivered to b) The cost of printing c) The cost of delivery d) The delivery company used, if appropriate e) The printing company used, if appropriateClarification provided on 13 March 2025: I only want leaflets and letter that were blanket delivered to a large share of homes in the area. E.g. letters that were blanket delivered and were not targeted. I am interested in the past year. What I am particularly interested in is any leaflets that were informing residents of changes to council services. Please find relevant information attached Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk , Telephone: 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website https://www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Peter Williams Information Rights Officer2025-04-09T00:00:00CAM98682025-04-04T00:00:00s106 agreementsDate: 04/04/2025 Case reference : CAM9868London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 13/03/2025 about s106 agreements . We have dealt with this under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004 (EIR 2004). Response The council holds some of the information requested. The answers to your questions are below. We have stated where we do not hold the information requested and why. In accordance with the terms of the Freedom of Information Act 2000, I write with the following requests for information. All timeframes specified relate to financial years.  1. How many Section106 (S106) agreements were completed in financial years a) 2022-23, b) 2023-24 and c) 2024-25? 2022/23: 144 2023/24: 166 2024/25: 155 2. What was the average time taken from a planning application being validated to the completion of an associated S106 agreement in a) 2022-23, b) 2023-24 and c) 2024-25? 2022/23: 404 days 2023/24: 433 days 2024/25: 415 days 3. What was the longest and shortest duration taken to complete an S106 agreement in a) 2022-23, b) 2023-24 and c) 2024-25? We do not hold this information.  We don’t keep a record of how long it takes to draft and complete a s106 agreement. Our records only show how long it takes for an application to be determined from registration to determination which happens when a s106 is signed. 4. Do you have any internal targets or key performance indicators (KPIs) for S106 negotiation timescales? If so, please provide details. No, there are no internal targets or key performance indicators for S106 negotiation timescales 5. How many S106 agreements took longer than 12 months to be agreed a) 2022-23, b) 2023-24 and c) 2024-25? Please see the response to Q3 above. 6. How many planning applications lapsed or were withdrawn due to delays in S106 negotiations in a) 2022-23, b) 2023-24 and c) 2024-25? We do not hold this information.  Our records only show the outcome of a planning application, approved, refused or withdrawn. It doesn’t state the reason for the application being withdrawn, that might only become apparent by searching through all files on each application.  These are all already publicly available on the planning portal of our website: Planning Application Search (camden.gov.uk) . You can also use the open data portal of our website for a set of records that are easier to search – and this data includes links to the public access files (as above) for the relevant record: Planning decisions - Open Data Portal 7. How much was spent on external legal consultants on work to negotiate S106 agreements in a) 2022-23, b) 2023-24 and c) 2024-25? None across the years in question. As the information not held is environmental, we have to comply with a technicality and tell you that because it is not held it is excepted under Regulation 12 (4)(a) of the EIR 2004.  The Information Commissioner does not require a public interest test where the information is not held. Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk , Telephone: 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website https://www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Peter Williams Information Rights Officer2025-04-09T00:00:00CAM98722025-04-03T00:00:00Year 7 school applications and preference dataDate: 03/04/2025 Ref: CAM9872 Dear Requester, Thank you for your request for information dated 05/03/2025 about Year 7 school applications and preference data. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested and the answers to your questions are as follows: Data for all secondary schools in Camden? 1. The amount of applications received in 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020. 2. The amount of offers made by in 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020. 3. 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021 and 2020 applications broken down by 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th preferences. 4. 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021 and 2020 offers broken down by 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th preferences. Please see the attached spreadsheet for the answers to your questions. Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, live chat London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Lorna Jonas-Tinson Information Rights Officer2025-04-09T00:00:00CAM98742025-04-08T00:00:00Camden's evaluations of the benefits due to past external wall insulation retrofits of three council owned housing buildingsDate: 08/04/2025 Ref: CAM9874 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 14/03/2025 about Camden's evaluations of the benefits due to past external wall insulation retrofits of three council owned housing buildings . We have dealt with this under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council does not hold the information requested. I wish to see the Camden's evaluations of the benefits due to past external wall insulation retrofits of three council owned housing buildings. — Denton Estate — 138-152 Weedington Rd — Plender Court (on the corner of Plender St & College Place) We do not hold this information. When these government funded schemes were completed (in around 2015), there was no grant need or recommendations to evaluate the benefits. This has recently changed with grant funded works. It is now a recommendation to complete air testing pre and post works so that the air tightness can be quantified, or the use of thermal imaging so that heat loss can be quantified. There is also a recommendation that post works occupancy surveys are undertaken. As the information not held is environmental we have to comply with a technicality and tell you that because it is not held it is excepted under Regulation 12 (4)(a). The Information Commissioner does not require a public interest test where the information is not held. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Kieran Heneghan Information Rights Officer2025-04-09T00:00:00CAM98912025-04-08T00:00:00does the Council have a dedicated annual budget for flood remediationDate: 08/04/2025 Ref: CAM9891 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 17/03/2025 about does the Council have a dedicated annual budget for flood remediation. We have dealt with this under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested. I am writing to make an open government request for information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. I would like answers to the question below: 1) Do you have a dedicated annual budget for flood remediation? If so, please state it in pounds. We do not have a budget for flood alleviation. We mainstream flood alleviation investment into major programmes such as transport projects and deliver other flood alleviation projects funded through national and regional grant streams. 2) What was your annual dedicated budget for flood remediation last year? Please state your answer in pounds. N/A. 3) In the last ten years, how many floods have you had from surface water/fluvial flooding? (Surface water/fluvial flooding is defined as “flooding that occurs when the volume and intensity of rainfall overwhelms local drainage systems.”; a flood is defined as “any case where land not normally covered by water becomes covered by water”) There has been one flood event. 4) What was the cost to the council of the repairs and cleanup of your most recent flood (as per the definition above)? Not precisely known, but not significant. 5) Which of the following have you planned to invest in to remediate floods? Please select all that apply. a. Options: i. Installing Sustainable Drainage Systems (SuDS) Yes - we have also delivered multiple SUDS to date. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk ii. Require all news builds/developments to include SuDS Yes, the London Plan includes a planning requirement to achieve the natural run -off rate of undeveloped land. iii. Increasing drainage maintenance We deliver enhanced frequency gully cleansing at known flood risk locations. iv. Enhance green spaces to improve drainage and act as a natural buffer Yes - we introduce rainwater attenuation in green spaces and will continue to do so. v. Plant trees to help absorb excess rainwater Yes - we have funded to deliver a scheme with tree pits that retain increased volumes of rainwater. vi. Engage with home/land owners to reduce paved space Yes - this work is planned. 6) Have any of the floods your council has experienced in the last ten years resulted in “sewer flooding”, where sewers become overwhelmed? This tends to happen at the same time in Camden as we have a combined sewer system. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Kieran Heneghan Information Rights Officer2025-04-09T00:00:00CAM98922025-04-07T00:00:00Visitor Parking PermitsDate: 07/04/2025 Ref: CAM9892 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 17/03/2025 about Visitor Parking Permits. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested. Please supply all the information requested below to which I am entitled under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 or the Environmental Information Regulations 2004. 1. The page on the Council's website entitled "Visitor Parking Permits" says "Visitor parking permits are electronic and nothing needs to be displayed on the visitor's vehicle." Please provide the explanation of why there is no mention of scratch cards. Scratch cards are available to existing resident permit account holders but are not available to new applicants. The terms and conditions for scratch cards are printed on the scratch cards themselves and thus do not need to be listed online. 2. If scratch cards are no longer valid, please provide a copy of the document embodying the decision (or say where it may be found) and explain the arrangements for refunds for cards already purchased. Scratch cards remain valid. 3. If scratch cards are still valid - (a) please say from where and how further supplies may be purchased, as there seems to be no information on the website. Residents who did not switch over to electronic Visitors’ Permits can order new scratch cards via Contact Camden. Please see the following link: https://www.camden.gov.uk/contact-camden (b) please provide a copy of any proposals the Council has under consideration to abolish or reduce the availability of scratch cards including the timetable for consultation on any such proposals. Please see attached “Cleaner Fairer Parking Phase 2”. 4. The only way to purchase an electronic permit for those without a smartphone, tablet or internet browser (whether permanently or temporarily, eg because the internet is down) is by phone to a general number not dedicated specifically to purchasing parking permits. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Please say how long the Council has estimated it takes to provide the council by phone with the details needed for the permit and to make the payment, including the time taken to answer the phone and direct the call to the right place. Please find below information on calls made to Contact Camden about visitors’ permits. Unfortunately we are not able to break the information down further. Please provide this information separately for (a) those who have an on- line account but can't currently access it and (b) those who have no on- line account because (for whatever reason) they cannot use a smartphone, a tablet or the internet. We are unable to break this information down as requested, as we only log what a call is about, not what the status of the resident is. As such, the above information (table for question 3 is all that we can provide with regards to this. Please also say how much time, from the visitor's car arriving, enforcement officers are told to allow for this process before a PCN is issued. Civil Enforcement Officers (CEOs) will observe vehicles for 3 minutes to assess whether an exemption applies prior to issuing a PCN to vehicles parked in a residents’ permit holders bay. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner ’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Philip Lewis Information Rights Officer2025-04-09T00:00:00CAM98932025-04-08T00:00:00information regarding the funding allocated to Trading Standards for addressing the upcoming ban on disposable vaping productsDate: 08/04/2025 Ref: CAM9893 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 17/03/2025 about information regarding the funding allocated to Trading Standards for addressing the upcoming ban on disposable vaping products. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested. I would like to request information under the Freedom of Information Act regarding the funding allocated to your Trading Standards body for addressing the upcoming ban on disposable vaping products, which is set to take effect in June. As this new regulation will have significant implications for both retailers and consumers, it’s important to understand the financial resources being put towards its enforcement. I’d appreciate it if you could provide the following information: • The total amount of funding allocated to your Trading Standards body for the enforcement of the disposable vaping product ban from June onwards (or for the current financial year, if more appropriate). No funding was provided during 2024-25 as the ban does not come into force until 1/6/25. • A breakdown of how this funding will be used. In terms of 2025-26, our understanding is that the £10 million for "Trading Standards" - (£5 million of which is being allocated via regional groups) was to encompass work on the Single Use Vape Ban as well as other measures under the Tobacco and Vaping Bill. However , this has not been officially confirmed by the Department of Health and Social Care/ Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DHSC)/Defra, and we are not aware of any specific breakdowns of that funding. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Kieran Heneghan Information Rights Officer2025-04-09T00:00:00CAM98942025-04-08T00:00:00the number of visitor parking permits that have been purchased where the period paid for includes days where no restrictions are in place for that zoneDate: 08/04/2025 Ref: CAM9894 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 17/03/2025 about the number of visitor parking permits that have been purchased where the period paid for includes days where no restrictions are in place for that zone. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested. I want to know, in the last 12 months, in Camden CPZs: 1) How many visitor parking permits have been purchased where the period paid for includes days where no restrictions are in place for that zone. Visitor parking permits (VP) in Camden are issued based on Controlled Parking Zones (CPZ) rather than specific streets. This allows permit holders to park anywhere within the designated CPZ. Key Points: • CPZ-Based Permits: Visitor permits are issued according to the CPZ, not specific streets. This means that a permit for CA-L allows parking anywhere within the CA-L zone. • Parking Restrictions: : Each CPZ has its own parking restrictions, which can vary by day and time. It is important for permit holders to check the time -plate or sign of the CPZ to understand the specific restrictions. (St Leonard's Square has parking restrictions from Monday to Sunday, which is why a CA - L permit was issued. ) • Terms and Conditions: Camden Council has clearly mentioned in the terms and conditions that permit holders should refer to the CPZ signs for parking restrictions. T&C’s: Terms and conditions for parking permits - Camden Council London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk 2) How much money has Camden Council collected for visitor parking permits for days where no restrictions are in place. We have provided data specifically for Saturday and Sunday, as most CPZ restrictions apply from Monday to Friday. Data for 2024/25 Visitor permit - all day Visitor permit - short stay Visitor permit - all day Visitor permit - short stay Weekends Sat Sun Sat Sun Total VP Sat Sun Sat Sun Total Amount CPZ CA-D 1 - 5 6 £8.79 - £23.11 £31.90 CA-K - 1 3 - 4 - £26.37 £19.27 - £45.64 CA-M 3 - 10 1 14 £32.52 - £40.09 £4.96 £77.57 CA-N 2 - - - 2 £26.37 - - - £26.37 CA-Q 6 - 29 - 35 £49.22 - £46.67 - £95.89 CA-U - 1 1 - £2.97 £2.97 Total 62 Total £280.34 Where a visitor has contacted us these payments would have been refunded. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Kieran Heneghan Information Rights Officer2025-04-09T00:00:00CAM98972025-04-03T00:00:00social rentsDate: 03/04/2025 Case reference : CAM9897 London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 17/03/2025 about social rents.  We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 / Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested and the answers to your questions are as follows: I am writing to you under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 to request the following. Please can you tell me: 1. The total number of dwellings in developments that were granted planning permission by the council between 5 July 2024 and 4 January 2025 - and how many of these dwellings are currently designated as being for social rent*? (For the avoidance of doubt, please count individual units within multi-home developments as separate dwellings - e.g. count a block of 20 flats as 20 dwellings, etc.) * To be clear, we are asking for data specifically on dwellings that will be let at social rent, and do not want statistics on umbrella categories such as "affordable". This is the case for every question in this FOI request that asks about social rent dwellings. Please see relevant information attached. Our response draws on data from the Planning London Datahub (PLD). Please note that the PLD data is based on the information submitted with the application, and may not fully reflect the content of the application at the time of decision-making. The attached spreadsheet provides data directly from the PLD. The first tab or sheet lists all the applications involving housing that were improved within your timeframe. The second tab or sheet breaks down the homes approved by tenure and month, and also breaks down the social rented homes approved by number of bedrooms. 1a. If possible, please provide a breakdown of this data for each month, detailing the total number of dwellings given planning permission and how many of these are for social rent. According to the PLD, 321 homes were approved within your timeframe, of which 14 were for social rent.  Please note that for context, 223 of the 321 “homes” approved were student flats and payments secured in lieu for affordable housing from some of these sites go into the Affordable Housing Fund which can deliver social rent elsewhere. The PLD identifies two schemes as containing social rented homes, one social rented home at 15 Heath Hurst Road (2024/0524/P) and thirteen social rented homes at 100-100A Chalk Farm Road (2024/0479/P). Further exploration of the documentation for these two schemes shows that: 15 Heath Hurst Road - the application form was incorrectly filled-in, the scheme does not contain a social-rented home; and• 100-100A Chalk Farm Road - through negotiations this scheme changed significantly prior to approval, and the approved scheme contains seventeen social rented homes.• 1b. If possible, of the dwellings currently designated as being for social rent, please provide a breakdown of how many are one-bed, two-bed, three-bed, have more than three bedrooms or have an unspecified number of bedrooms. During your timeframe, seventeen social rented homes were approved, all at 100-100A Chalk Farm Road, approved 27/11/2024 Three will be 1-bedroom homes, six will be 2-bedroom homes, and eight will be 3-bedroom homes 2. What is your policy on the proportion of units in each new development in your area that should be for social rent, and has this changed since 5 July 2024? Our policy is available in the Camden Local Plan 2017, pages 65-66, Policy H4 Broadly speaking, we seek 50% of new homes in schemes able to provide 25 or more additional homes as affordable housingWithin the affordable housing, we seek 60% of the floorspace in the form of social-affordable rented housing• Social-affordable rented housing refers to Social Rented Housing and London Affordable Rented Housing• London Affordable Rented Housing is similar to Social Rented Housing, but in Camden it will generally have rents 10% to 15% higher than Social Rented Housing• More information about London Affordable Rented Housing is available in our Camden Planning Guidance on Housing and in the London Plan 2021 . Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk , Telephone: 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website https://www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Peter Williams Information Rights Officer2025-04-09T00:00:00CAM99002025-04-04T00:00:00hosting contract(s)Date: 04/04/2025 Case reference : CAM9900London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 18/03/2025 about hosting contract(s)  . We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and/or the Environmental Information Regulations 2004 Response The council holds some of the information requested. The answers to your questions are below. We have stated where we do not hold the information requested and why. I wish to submit a request to the organisation around their hosting contract(s) with 3rd party providers. You may have received the same request in the past and this information sent has now expired and I require an update as soon as possible for the following. The type of contract I wish to see is below: 1. Dedicated hosting- Managed environment 2. Co-Location- hosting allows a business to still own their own server equipment; however, instead of storing it in their own data centre, they instead are able to store it in rented space in a colocation hosting centre. 3. Cloud Hosting- Cloud hosting services provide hosting for websites on virtual servers, which pull their computing resources from extensive underlying networks of physical web servers. Not all of these will be applicable to the organisation. For the different types of hosting services, can you provide me with the following information:1. Type of hosting – Dedicated, Co-Location, Cloud Hosting, Other? Co-Location and Cloud Hosting. 2. Who is the supplier of the contract? If possible can you also provide me with the name of the vendor, if applicable? Ark (Crown Hosting Data Centre), Microsoft EA (MS Azure), Softcat (AWS). 3. What is the annual contract value for each contract? Ark -  this information is already publicly available on the open data portal of our website:  https://opendata.camden.gov.uk/Finance/Camden-Contracts-Register/q52e-brxc/data_preview MS Azure (1 st May 2024 to date) - £56,545.72 AWS – We do not hold this information.  This is because no there  is no costing information for this financial year.  We haven’t received any invoices from supplier yet as this is on a PAYG basis. 4. What type of cloud environment? Private Cloud- a distinct and secure cloud based environment in which only the specified client can operate. Public Cloud - where cloud services are provided in a virtualized environment, constructed using pooled shared physical resources, and accessible over a public network such as the internet. Hybrid- integrated cloud service utilising both private and public clouds to perform distinct functions within the same organisation. Hybrid Cloud 5. What is the original start date of the contract agreement? If there are more than one contract please provide me with the start date for each contract.This information is already publicly available on the open data portal of our website: https://opendata.camden.gov.uk/Finance/Camden-Contracts-Register/q52e-brxc/data_preview 6. What is the actual expiry date of the contract agreement? If there are more than one contract please provide me with the expiry date for each contract. Please see the response above. 7. When will the organisation plan to review this contract? If there are more than one contract please provide me with the review date for each contract. Estimated 60 days - close to contract end date. 8. What is the contract period in years? Please include whether the agreement has any extension periods? Please see the response to Q5 above. 9. What services are provided under the contract? Please do not put hosting information such as web hosting, file storage, hosted application. The more information the better, Rack Rentals and Smart Hands 10. Can you please provide me with the contract officer responsible for this contract? Complete contact details if possible name, title, contact email and number. Tariq Khan, Chief Experience and Information Officer, our emails are formulated: firstname.surname@camden.gov.uk, and all officers are contactable through 02079744444. Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations.Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk , Telephone: 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website https://www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Peter Williams Information Rights Officer2025-04-09T00:00:00CAM99022025-04-07T00:00:00number of Experimental Traffic Orders (ETOs)Date: 07/04/2025 Ref: CAM9902 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 18/03/2025 about number of Experimental Traffic Orders (ETOs). We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested. Can I please make a Freedom of Information request as follows: Can Camden please provide me with the total number of Experimental Traffic Orders (ETOs) the council has implemented/enacted in the past five years. We are able to identify 67 is for individual experimental schemes , however the ETO’s may have been batched together for advertisement ( for example on healthy school street schemes) . And also - how many of these ETOs have been retracted/reversed i.e. the ETO has been scrapped in full. From the start 2020 to 01st April 2025 the council has advertised 67 Experimental traffic orders. 58 were made permanent. 5 are still active under the 18-month experimental period. 4 experimental orders were revoked or allowed to expire. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner ’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Philip Lewis Information Rights Officer2025-04-09T00:00:00CAM99082025-04-03T00:00:00training retreats and 'away days'Date : 03/04/2025 Case reference : CAM9908 London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 19 Mar ch 2025 about training retreats and 'away days' . We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA) . Response The council holds the information requested. We are withholding the information because it is exempt as explained below. We have explained what exemption appl ies and why in the refusal notices at the end of the answers. I am writing under the Freedom of Information Act (2000) to request information on training retreats or 'away days' for staff employed by the local authority. Specifically, I request the following: The total expenditure by the local authority on training retreats or 'away days' for staff employed by local authority since 1 May 2021. If possible, please provide this information broken down by financial year, department, or service area, as applicable Refusal Notice The exemption that applies is: section 12: cost of compliance exceeds appropriate limit We are refusing your request under section 12 on cost grounds because we estimate that compliance with your request will exceed the "appropriate limit". This is £450 which is equivalent to 18 hours at £25 per hour. The per hour figure is set by Regulations rather than actual salary paid to any officers handling requests. The appropriate limit includes the time it will take the council to discover if it holds the information requested, to locate it, extract it and collate it as well as putting it into any particular format requested by the requester. We have calculated that it will take approx . 76 hours (minimum) to comply with your request because : • information relating to training retreats and away days which took for staff is not held centrally • no specific cost codes are used that would enable us to query our financial records to find it • no training retreats occur, but any away days would be organised locally by services • to collate the information would require us to ask 115 service areas to search their records • this would take an average minimum of 10 minutes per year for each service area Advice and Assistance We may be able to provide responses for a specific service that is of interest to you . To help you with this please enter the link below into your web browser and click on the link ‘Download our high level structure chart (PDF)’ to find our service areas: https://www.camden.gov.uk/how -council -organised Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication R egulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk , Telephone: 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact -us/live -chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact -us/. The ICO website https://www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Peter Williams Information Rights Officer2025-04-09T00:00:00CAM99102025-04-04T00:00:00funding providedDate: 04/04/2025 Case reference : CAM9910 London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 19/03/2025 about funding provided.   We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 / Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested and the answers to your questions are as follows: Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, I request the following information: 1. The amount of funding provided to a company registered under the name NORTHLONDONSCHOOLOFDANCE LTD, registered address 31 Trinder Road, Barnet, United Kingdom, EN5 3EE, for each year from 2018 to 2025. 2. The amount of funding provided to a company registered under the name N1DANCE & PERFORMANCE LTD, registered address 16c, Portsdown Avenue, London, United Kingdom, NW11 0NE, for each year from 2018 to 2025. 3. If either company had received funding by the council, what was the funding for and/or which programme. You clarified your request on 20/03/2025: The type of funding I am most keen to know about, for either of these companies, is for the Holiday Activities and Food (HAF) programme. How much funding either company recieved each year through the HAF programme. However, I would also like to know if either company reiceved any other funding for services or grants by Camden Council.  We have never received any HAF applications from the companies listed below, nor have they been HAF providers for Camden. There were no covid grants or grants from other funds provided to either company. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk , Telephone: 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website https://www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Peter Williams Information Rights Officer2025-04-09T00:00:00CAM99182025-04-04T00:00:00Bridge HouseDate: 04/04/2025 Case reference : CAM9918London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 20/03/2025 about Bridge House.   We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and/or the Environmental Information Regulations 2004  Response The council does not holds the information requested: Freedom of Information Request – Architectural Drawings of Bridge House I am writing to formally request copies of any available architectural drawings, floor plans, or layout schematics for Bridge House, located in Camden. This request is made under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. If possible, I would like to obtain: 1. Full building layout plans, including floor plans for all levels. 2. Any relevant structural or site drawings. 3. Documents showing the internal and external configuration of the building. If any of these documents are not available in full, I would appreciate partial or redacted versions where applicable. All our planning records are all already publicly available on the planning portal of our website.You can interrogate and analyse the information by carrying out a search of our public planning records online which can be accessed here: Planning Application Search (camden.gov.uk) . You can also use the open data portal of our website for a set of records that are easier to search – and this data includes links to the public access files (as above) for the relevant record: Planning decisions - Open Data Portal . We did search to see if there was anything obvious, but have struggled to find what you are looking for. Bridge House is located just off Adelaide Road. If we put Bridge House, Adelaide Road into our planning database to search for applications we don’t find anything particularly relevant/helpful, just the two applications below. We assume that Bridge House was the name given to the block following redevelopment and when Planning Permission was granted for it the site had a different name. The photo shows the building we think you are referring to. We have tried searching using Adelaide Road, Regents Park Road and we get this application which could be it - but there is only a decision notice on file. As the information not held is environmental, we have to comply with a technicality and tell you that because it is not held it is excepted under Regulation 12 (4)(a) of the EIR 2004.  The Information Commissioner does not require a public interest test where the information is not held Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk , Telephone: 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website https://www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Peter Williams Information Rights Officer2025-04-09T00:00:00CAM99222025-04-03T00:00:00basis on which Camden’s tree contractor is remunerated for crown reduction, pollarding and pruning work to street treesDate: 03/04/2025 Ref: CAM9922 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 20/03/2025 about basis on which Camden’s tree contractor is remunerated for crown reduction, pollarding and pruning work to street trees . We have dealt with this under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested. I should like to understand the basis on which Camden’s tree contractor is remunerated for crown reduction, pollarding and pruning work to street trees. For example, is the contractor paid per tree? If it is not paid per tree, then please can you explain how the payments made are calculated? Jobs are raised against trees, by Camden employed tree officers, as part of our 3 year cyclical inspection and maintenance programme, ad hoc enquiries, emergencies, or generated as part of a work regime (for example the epicormic programme). These jobs are based on a schedule of rates submitted by the contractor during the tender process that meet our tree work specification. They will only request payment on completion of the job, of which 20% will be monitored by the contractor, and 10% of t hose will be checked by a tree officer. Any that do not meet the tree work specification will be subject to the rectification/default process as per the contract specification. Those that meet our specification are paid along with the jobs that were not part of the monitoring as part of that months payment. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication R egulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner ’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Philip Lewis Information Rights Officer2025-04-09T00:00:00CAM99382025-04-03T00:00:00Council TaxDate: 03/04/2025 Case reference : CAM9938London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 17/03/2025 about Council Tax.   We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and the Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested.  However, we are withholding the information because it is exempt as explained below.  We have explained where we are withholding information and what exemption applies.  Please see the refusal notice at the end of the answer which explains how and why it applies.  I have received Exhibit(1), a letter which states Council Tax bill for financial year 2025/2026 Reason for Bill : Your Council Tax bill for the new tax year which starts on 1 April. Thanks for the information put forward but could you please provide me with more detailed information concerning my obligations regarding Council Tax, including any relevant laws, statutes, and acts that support these obligations. Reason for the bill does not give detailed information. Specifically, I would like to clarify the following: • The legal basis for my responsibility to pay Council Tax, including relevant statutes and acts in the UK Legislation • A detailed explanation of the process for assessing and calculating my Council Tax liability.• A two-party signed contract between Myself and Council, which puts me under the obligatin/agreement to pay this tax • Any other pertinent information regarding my rights and responsibilities as a taxpayer. I understand that the primary legislation governing Council Tax in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland is the Local Government Finance Act 1992, but I would appreciate further clarification on how it applies to my specific circumstances. Additionally, please provide any supplementary regulations or guidance that may be relevant. This information is exempt.  Please se ethe exemption notice set out below. Refusal Notice The exemption that applies is: s21: Information accessible to applicant by other means. You can find relevant information in the Freedom of Information FAQ dataset published on the Open Data portal of the council's website.  Please enter the link below into your web browser and select the “data” tab along the top left and scroll down to the “Residents Council Tax Payments FOI FAQ” document. https://opendata.camden.gov.uk/Your-Council/Freedom-Of-Information-FAQs/jmi5-3eff/about_data As the information requested is already reasonably accessible elsewhere it is exempt under the absolute exemption in Section 21. Please note that this request was initially handled as a Business-as-usual request and the response is the same.  Please also note the Information Commissioners Office have approved of that process.  Please enter the link below into your web browser: https://ico.org.uk/for-organisations/foi/case-studies/london-borough-of-camden-responses/ Further InformationWe do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk , Telephone: 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website https://www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Peter Williams Information Rights Officer2025-04-09T00:00:00CAM99432025-04-03T00:00:00reinforced concrete half-joint road bridgesDate: 03/04/2025 Ref: CAM9943 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 24/03/2025 about reinforced concrete half-joint road bridges. We have dealt with this under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested. Please can you provide a full response to the following questions. 1. How many reinforced concrete half-joint road bridges do you own/maintain? 2. How many of your reinforced concrete half -joint road bridges have been assessed? 2.1 Of those assessed, how many have been assessed to CS 466 - ‘Risk management and structural assessment of concrete half-joint deck structures’? 2.2 Of those not assessed to CS 466, how many have been assessed to BA 39/93 - ‘Assessment of Reinforced Concrete Half-joints’? Please state standard if neither of the above. 3. How many of your reinforced concrete half-joint road bridges have an assessment rating of less than 44T? 3.1 Of those that have an assessment rating of less than 44T, how many have been classified as substandard in accordance with CS 470 - ‘Management of sub-standard highway structures’ OR BD 79/13 - ‘The Management of Sub-standard Highway Structures’? With respect to ONLY those structures that have been classified as substandard in accordance with CS 470 or BD 79/13, 3.1.1 How many are currently closed? 3.1.2 How many are subject to weight restrictions? 3.1.3 How many are monitored? 3.1.4 How many are subject to other mitigation measures (e.g., propping etc.)? Please describe. 3.1.5 How many have subsequently been strengthened? 3.1.6 How many have no mitigation measures, yet are substandard? 4. Have you identified any reinforced concrete half -joint road bridges with specific defects that have resulted in an enhanced monitoring regime? YES/NO 4.1 If yes, how many? Please describe monitoring techniques and frequency. The London Borough of Camden does not have any reinforced concrete half joint road bridges that we own or maintain. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner ’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Philip Lewis Information Rights Officer2025-04-09T00:00:00CAM99442025-04-04T00:00:00GP practicesDate: 04/04/2025 Case reference : CAM9944 London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 24/03/2025 about GP practices.  We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 / Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested and the answers to your questions are as follows: 1. Please list all the GP practices that have received planning approval for either improvements to their building, or approval for a new build, since 1 April 2015; This information is already publicly available on the planning portal of our website which provides a record of all applications submitted and the outcome. Planning Application Search (camden.gov.uk) . You can search the records to look at applications from 2015. Planning deals with use classes rather than specific uses so it may not be easy to collate applications which relate specifically to GP surgeries, but you can try and do this using the keyword search looking for the words ‘doctor’ or ‘GP’ in the proposal which might uncover some applications. In some instances, they might just have been referred to in the development description by use class. Prior to 1st September 2020 a doctor’s surgery would have been classified as Class D1, but since changes were made to the Use Class Order they are now classified as Class E which is a very wide category which now covers all ‘commercial, business and services’.You can also use the open data portal of our website for a set of records that are easier to search – and this data includes links to the public access files (as above) for the relevant record: Planning decisions - Open Data Portal . 2. How many GP practices have you awarded Section 106 or Community Infrastructure Levy funding to since 1 April 2015, and how much that funding was worth. Three practices have received Section 106 or Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) since April 2015, worth £104,710 in total. West Hampstead Medical Centre received £46,100 in section 106 funds (to provide Extra Consulting Rooms) Swiss Cottage Surgery received £53,610 in Local CIL funding (to create additional clinical rooms and a multipurpose space) Caversham Group Practice received £5,000 in Local CIL funding (for the River of Hope community health project)) Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk , Telephone: 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/. The ICO website https://www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Peter Williams Information Rights Officer2025-04-09T00:00:00CAM99472025-04-07T00:00:00permanent & temporary staffDate: 07/04/2025 Case reference : CAM9947 London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 21/03/2025 about permanent & temporary staff.   We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 / Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested and the answers to your questions are as follows: 1. What contract or arrangements does the Authority have in place to procure temporary/agency staff? We have a contract with Matrix SCM in place to engage temporary/agency staff. 2. For temporary/agency staff do you use a specific procurement Framework The procurement framework used is MSTAR 4. 3. For temporary/agency staff do you have any off framework spend No, we do not have any off framework spend. 4. What contract or arrangements does the Authority have in place to procure permanent staff via commercial agencies? No, we do not have any contracts/arrangements in place.5. For permanent staff do you use a specific procurement Framework No, we do not use a specific procurement framework to recruit permanent staff. 6. For permanent staff do you have any off framework spend Please see the response above. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk , Telephone: 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website https://www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Peter Williams Information Rights Officer2025-04-09T00:00:00CAM99712025-04-04T00:00:00Mary Ward House developmentDate: 04/04/2025 Case reference : CAM9971London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 14/03/2025 about Mary Ward House development.   We have dealt with this under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004 (EIR 2004). Response The council holds the information requested.  However, we are withholding the information because it is excepted as explained below.  We have explained where we are withholding information and what exception applies.  Please see the refusal notice at the end of the answer which explains how and why it applies. (i)Any information held by the Council as to the construction impacts of the Development on Mary Ward House, which is not on the Council’s website at today’s date; and (ii)All correspondence and comments with the conservation officer concerning the Development, not already posted on the Council’s website. We are not processing this request as it is excepted. Please see the exception notice set out below. Refusal Notice The exception that applies is: regulation 12(4)b which states that a public authority may refuse to disclose information to the extent that the request for information is manifestly unreasonable. We have also considered the time it will take the council to locate the information requested in the request, to extract it, collate it and then to review and redact any sensitive information that will be subject to further exceptions under the EIR 2004. The information that falls under the scope of the current request amounts to over 1417 pages when compiled.  Disproportionate time would be needed to redact personal information and redact or remove information that is subject to legal professional privileged and may be excepted under regulation 12(5) after consideration of the public interest involved. Each page will need to be checked for this information and to check and redact or remove excepted information will take at least 3 mins per page. The time therefore to check and redact this information would be over a minimum time of 71 hours. We have considered the impact and burden that processing this request would have on the team who would have to deal with it. We have concluded that the time, effort and costs involved would place a disproportionate burden on the team and severely impact their ability to perform their normal duties. In applying this exception, the Council has also considered the balance of the public interest in line with the EIR 2004.  We have indicated the weight of each of these considerations. The public interest argument for releasing this information is: - it would improve the transparency for the general public of the Council’s decisions and processes in dealing with this planning application (Medium).• The public interest arguments for withholding the information are: - processing this request in full would be provide a large burden in terms of Officer time and cost to the Council (High).• this would necessarily constitute a significant diversion of resources away from the Council’s core business activities, (High) and:• it would consequently have a proportionally detrimental impact on it’s provision of services to the public (High).• it is not in the public interest public interest that the Council neglect its provision of services to the public to focus on one information request (High).• It is felt that in all the circumstances of the case, the public interest in maintaining the exception outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information.There is a presumption in favour of disclosure in the EIR 2004. We considered whether this overrides the public interest test conclusion and have concluded that it does not. Advice and assistance You may want to greatly reduce the time period of your request and/or consider which topics are of particular interest to you for which we could more easily search our records and result in complied information that would not take a disproportionate time to process. Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk , Telephone: 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website https://www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Peter Williams Information Rights Officer2025-04-09T00:00:00CAM99872025-04-08T00:00:00Building insurance charges for council leasehold propertiesDate: 08/04/2025 Ref: CAM9987 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 28/03/2025 about Building insurance charges for council leasehold properties. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested. Building insurance charges for council leasehold properties. Estimated insurance charges for 2025-26 for 1 bed, 2 bed and 3 bed properties; actual charges for the previous 2 years for the same; the basis for the calculations whether this is divided between all leasehold properties or by estate, or by block. Camden Council do not have their leasehold buildings insurance rated on bedrooms. Each property has a buildings sum insured (re-instatement cost assessment) & this forms the basis of premiums. How many claims have been made on the insurance over the past three years. 2022 - 407 claims. 2023 - 361 claims. 2024 - 218. Data provided by NIG Insurance as of 28th February 2025. Is this a factor in any increases in charges. Claims experience is a factor in premium rates. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner ’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Philip Lewis Information Rights Officer2025-04-09T00:00:00CAM99912025-04-07T00:00:00A Court of Thorns and Roses series by Sarah J. Maas in librariesDate: 07/04/2025 Ref: CAM9991 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 31/03/2025 about A Court of Thorns and Roses series by Sarah J. Maas in libraries. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested. Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, I would like to request the following information: The number of times the A Court of Thorns and Roses series by Sarah J. Maas has been checked out of all public libraries within your borough in the time period 2015 - present. Please include data for all titles: 1) A Court of Thorns and Roses (2015) 2) A Court of Mist and Fury (2016) 3) A Court of Wings and Ruin (2017) 4) A Court of Frost and Starlight (2018) 5) A Court of Silver Flames (2021) Please include data for all formats: i) paperback ii) hardback iii)e-audio Paperbacks/hardbacks have been borrowed as follows: A Court of Mist and Fury (paperback): 32 times A Court of Wings and Ruin (paperback): 33 times A Court of Frost and Starlight (paperback): 31 times A Court of Wings and Ruin (hardback): 3 times A Court of Thorns and Roses (paperback): 27 times A Court of Silver Flames (hardback): 29 times Ebook A Court of Thorns and Roses : 142 times A court of frost and starlight: 67 times London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk eAudiobook Court of Thorns and Roses: 48 times Court of Mist and Fury: 33 times Court of Wings and Ruin: 25 times Court of Frost and Starlight: 2 times Court of Silver Flames: 1 time We don't have any e-audio/talking book/CD of this series in the system. The attached document shows when the e-audiobooks were added to the BorrowBox app and the publication date of the physical copies that Camden Libraries have on the system. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner ’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Philip Lewis Information Rights Officer2025-04-09T00:00:00CAM100022025-04-08T00:00:00enforcement actions taken against unlicensed dog breedersDate: 08/04/2025 Ref: CAM10002 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 01/04/2025 about enforcement actions taken against unlicensed dog breeders. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested. I am writing to request information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 regarding enforcement actions taken against unlicensed dog breeders in your council area. Specifically, I would like to request the following data from 1st January 2020 to the present date. Please break the data down by calendar year 1. The total number of fines issued to unlicensed dog breeders None. 2. The total amount of money seized from these unlicensed breeders through fines, penalties, or proceeds of crime confiscations None. 3. The highest individual fine or confiscation amount issued to a single unlicensed breeder within this period N/A. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner ’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Philip Lewis Information Rights Officer2025-04-09T00:00:00CAM93692025-04-01T00:00:00Severe Weather Emergency Protocol in CamdenDate: 01/04/2025 Ref: CAM9369 Dear Requester, Thank you for your request for information dated 02/01/2025 about the Severe Weather Emergency Protocol in Camden. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. This response replaces the information provided on 06/03/2025. Response The Council holds the information requested and the answers to your questions are as follows: Clarification point: SWEP protocols are activated by the Greater London Authority (GLA). Please clarify if you are seeking council response times to SWEP activations. For example, question 2 should read 'the dates (from and to) the local authority responded to each SWEP activation.' You clarified: Firstly, the GLA do manage the city wide activations of SWEP - we know that - and most London councils do follow their lead in terms of activations. However, this isn't uniform and a small number of London borough councils do deviate from the GLA's pan London SWEP activations. I 'm assuming Camden don't and we'd just need you to detail that in your reply. Regarding the wording of question 2, yes we are seeking the 'the dates (from and to) the local authority responded to each SWEP activation.' apologies if you found the question worded in a confusing way. The request is for the period 1st August 2022 to 31st July 2024: 1. The number of times the Severe Weather Protocol (SWEP) was activated. This information is not held by the Council. You would need to contact the Mayor of London, Greater London Authority directly at the following email address: mayor@london.gov.uk London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk 2. The dates (from and to) the local authority responded to each SWEP activation. The Council respond to all SWEP activations triggered by the GLA on the same day we receive the notification and will continue to do so. We do not have a record of all the dates it started. 3. The number of people you assisted with each SWEP activation (see Q1). Number of SWEP stays Booked in/Arrival Month 2022 2023 2024 2025 January 18 44 108 29 February 17 9 0 6 March 0 37 0 0 April 27 0 0 0 November 0 (Nov and Dec) 84 23 0 December 71 0 0 4. The protocol your Council used for each SWEP activation (see Q1) e.g. the provision of indoor accommodation or street level assistance with water and suncream or similar, etc. We provide emergency accommodation in a range of spaces including rest centres and voids in our supported accommodation pathways. During Heat SWEP we provide advice, water, hats and sunscreen and signposting to cool spaces. The GLA has a traffic system depending on the temperature which is outlined on their website. 5. For SWEP activations generally, did SWEP augment existing Council services or were temporary closures/suspensions of some existing services required? The emergency accommodation is stepped up in additional sites including libraries or community centres. This varies according to need and availability. 6. For SWEP activations generally, did your Council provide additional bed spaces, and if yes were they offered beyond the period of SWEP activation? Yes, as explained above and if, for example, SWEP is deactivated over a weekend we have kept the spaces open until the following Monday. 7. Does your Council have an active SWEP policy document? If yes, please provide this. No. 8. Has your council implemented any new SWEP protocols relating to i) Heat SWEP provision and/or ii) Other extreme weather provision. Yes in 2022 Camden responded to an activation of Heat SWEP, but the decision to activate this sits with the GLA. There have been no other extreme weather activations. Please see the response provided in question 1. 9. To be offered a SWEP placement by your Council do people have to be verified on your systems or otherwise known to you? No. 10. Do your Council’s SWEP provisions accommodate homeless people who have no recourse to public funds? Yes. 11. To be offered a SWEP placement does your Council require that people are added to the CHAIN database? No. Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Lorna Jonas-Tinson Information Rights Officer2025-04-02T00:00:00CAM97392025-04-01T00:00:00Adult Social Care workers approaching regional partnership seeking support in new employment since March 2023Date: 01/04/2025 Ref: CAM9739 Dear Requester, Thank you for your request for information dated 26/02/2025 about Adult Social Care workers approaching regional partnership seeking support in new employment since March 2023. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested and the answers to your questions are as follows: You clarified: 'Regional Partnerships' were created by the Government in 2023 to assist internationally recruited care workers find new employment/sponsorship when they had to leave their existing employment due to exploitative situations. A Government issued document stated that the contact address for the North Central London Regional Partnership was NCL.HSCAcademy@camden.gov.uk . Please do let me know if this is not correct, and if there is a different address that I should use. (1) • The number of workers from the adult social care sector that have approached your regional partnership requesting support in finding new employment since March 2023. • The number of workers from the adult social care sector that have successfully been supported into new employment following interventions of the regional partnership since March 2023. I would like you to provide this information in the following format: Data tables (e.g., Excel). Please see the attached spreadsheet for the answers to your questions. (2) • Does your regional partnership have a strategy, or policy, for addressing unethical international recruitment or exploitation of migrant care staff ? If yes, please can you provide a copy of the policy. I would like you to provide this information in the following format: Written document (e.g., Word). London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk We signpost people to: https://www.skillsforcare.org.uk/Recruitment- support/International-recruitment/International-recruitment.aspx#Ethicalrecruitment. We are procuring training regarding modern day slavery. Sponsored care workers can also be signposted to the organisations below for support: Organisation Purpose Contact Care Quality Commission Concerns about the quality of care provided by an employer. Witness or are a victim of malpractice. By phone: 03000 616 161 By email: enquiries@cqc.org.uk Give Feedback on Care tool or as a Whistleblower. Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority Report to GLAA in confidence about an employer who may be exploiting the welfare and rights of their staff. By phone: 0800 432 0804 By email: intelligence@gla.gov.uk Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service Concerns around employment rights and disputes. By phone: 0300 123 1100 Modern Slavery Helpline Care worker is a victim of exploitation or modern slavery. By phone: 08000 121 700 File a report online through File a report (modernslaveryhelpline.org). Citizens Advice and Regulated immigration advisers Impartial legal and immigration advice. List of regulated immigration advisers is available on GOV.UK Find an immigration adviser: Search for an adviser - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk) By Phone: 0800 144 8848. Online: Contact us - Citizens Advice Housing and Accommodation Impartial advice and support on housing and accommodation queries, including tenancy rights. Citizens Advice: By Phone: 0800 144 8848. Online: Contact us - Citizens Advice Shelter: Get help from Shelter - Shelter England . Trussell Trust List of food banks Find a Food Bank - The Trussell Trust No Recourse to Public Funds Forum Details of support available for visa holders without recourse to public funds. Housing and support options for migrant families | Compas (nrpfnetwork.org.uk) Source: Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) FAQ document. 3) • Does your regional partnership collect information on the number of days taken to match candidates with suitable employment. If yes, please could you tell us how many of these matches took more than 60 days? No. Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Lorna Jonas-Tinson Information Rights Officer2025-04-02T00:00:00CAM97582025-03-31T00:00:00information regarding vacant or empty sites owned or managed by your organisationDate: 31/03/2025 Ref: CAM9758 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 27/02/2025 about information regarding vacant or empty sites owned or managed by your organisation . We have dealt with this under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested. Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, I am writing to request the following information regarding vacant or empty sites owned or managed by your organisation: Clarified as both commercial buildings and residential properties . Current and Predicted Vacant Sites: 1. How many vacant or empty sites does your organisation currently own or manage? Commercial – Within the commercial portfolio, as at 18 September 2024, we established that there were 42 lettable units in the portfolio. This excluded properties that needed work before they could be let, most commonly to do with fire compartmentation works or following the previous tenant handing the property over and requiring repairs. Of this 42 a number are currently on the market, and in some cases under offer and in legal process as well as 4 of them being let, although there have been additional voids, which are now included within the properties requiring works. It also excluded those that were at the time squatted, but have now been re-occupied by the council, and are now requiring considerable works to put them in a lettable situation. Finally, there are a number of vacant units where the options are currently being considered as well as those being vacated to enable future regeneration by the Council under the Community Investment Programme (CIP) programme. Residential – There are currently 427 active voids and a further 143 ‘held voids’. Held voids are properties which are not currently ready for letting as they are used for different reasons, however, they will be brought back into the general lettings in the future. 2. How many sites do you predict will remain vacant or empty for a period of one month or longer? Commercial – London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Due to the length of time that it takes for properties to be marketed, terms agreed, and lettings concluded it is anticipated that the majority will remain vacant for more than a month, although we are optimistic another 3-4 properties could be let in the next 4 weeks. Residential – The 427 active voids will all take longer than 1 month to re let. Costs Associated with Vacant Sites: 3. How much does your organisation spend per year on managing vacant or empty sites, including but not limited to: • Business rates, • Utilities (e.g., electricity, water, gas), • Security measures (e.g., CCTV, patrols, fencing), • Maintenance and repairs, • Any other associated costs. Commercial – In terms of the General fund, the costs can be assessed as follows. All figures are for the last full financial year of 2023-24: Item Comment Allocation Responsive Repair Costs Generally these would not apply to void properties £0 Reactive Repairs Generally these would not apply to void properties £0 Health and Safety Works £0 Fire Safety Works These need to be carried out anyway so not specific void cost £0 Security of Premises Main cost of for XXXX XXXX which has permanent security. Nothing extra for specific voids on it, no additional cost. £24,828.85 Electricity £74,420.50 Gas £8,770.94 Energy Efficiency £0 Business Rates General Fund Housing Revenue Account £386,508.95 * £408,564.40 Water and Sewerage £6,908.51 Cleaning Services £0 Grounds Maintenance General estates – irrespective of void/let £0 Premises Insurance £9,806.82 *Please note – this figure has been significantly reduced as a subsequent letting has occurred. In respect of the utilities for the Housing Revenue Account (HRA), they are Electricity £45,215.59 Gas £4,653.66 In a number of cases, rather than providing additional security, we will arrange for Guardians to take occupation whilst additional consideration is being undertaken. These are cost neutral and do not cost anything for security. Residential – Business rates This would relate to business sites/properties rather than residential premise s. See above. Utilities (e.g., electricity, water, gas), Utilities are capped off when someone moves out of a residential property. Security measures (e.g., CCTV, patrols, fencing) In exceptional cases residential premises are ‘secured’ when empty. Maintenance and repairs The mean average for voids to bring to a lettable standard is £ 7k to 8k. Official Policy on Vacant or Void Properties: 4. Please provide a copy of your organisation’s policy or guidelines regarding the management, use, or disposal of vacant or void properties. The current policy is attached. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Kieran Heneghan Information Rights Officer2025-04-02T00:00:00CAM97652025-04-01T00:00:00the number of households on the housing register with over 855 points and related mattersDate: 01/04/2025 Ref: CAM9765 Dear Requester, Thank you for your request for information dated 03/03/2025 about the number of households on the housing register with over 855 points and related matters . We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council hold some of the information requested and the answers to your questions are as follows: How many people on the housing register have over 855 points and how many of those people with over 855 have ground floor property and how many have medical points. As of 11/03/25, 682 applicants have been awarded more than 855 points on the housing register. Of these 217 also have medical points awarded. We do not hold information on whether applicants on the housing register are on the ground floor at their current tenancy. Of the 682 applicants with more than 855 points, 132 were assessed as needing level access. I would also like to request what is the highest number of points held by persons on the register and what housing priority they have. 4,290 points. Awarded for under occupancy and medical points. Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Lorna Jonas-Tinson Information Rights Officer2025-04-02T00:00:00CAM97812025-03-31T00:00:00spend on temporary school buildings, building safety of school structuresDate: 31/03/2025 Ref: CAM9781 Dear Requester, Thank you for your request for information dated 28/02/2025 about spend on temporary school buildings, building safety of school structures. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested and the answers to your questions are as follows: 1. The amount of money your local authority has spent on temporary school buildings during the financial year: a. 2023-2024 - £0 b. 2022-2023 - £0 c. 2021-2022 - £0 d. 2020-2021 - £0 2. The number of incidents recorded in your area due to a collapse on a school estate in: a. 2023-2024 - 0 b. 2022-2023 - 0 c. 2021-2022 - 0 d. 2020-2021 - 0 3. The number of incidents recorded in your area due to a fire on a school estate in: a. 2023-2024 - 2 b. 2022-2023 - 0 c. 2021-2022 - 2 d. 2020-2021 - 0 4. The number of incidents recorded in your area due to partial or total collapse on a school estate in: a. 2023-2024 - 0 b. 2022-2023 - 0 c. 2021-2022 - 0 d. 2020-2021 - 0 London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Lorna Jonas-Tinson Information Rights Officer2025-04-02T00:00:00CAM97882025-04-01T00:00:00copy of the Deed of Variation re Queen's CrescentDate: 01/04/2025 Ref: CAM9788 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 04/03/2025 about copy of the Deed of Variation re Queen's Crescent. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested. I am writing to request a copy of the Deed of Variation noted by the Deputy Mayor of London in a letter sent this month to GLA Member Andrew Boff The updated deliverables were ratified through a Deed of Variation to the original contract Along with the Deed, I want the complete list of the old (2018) and new deliverables (2021?) sent to me. The EIAs relating to the Queen's Crescent road closures are another cause for concern. One states there was a risk of Financial impairment for ethnic minority businesses that will suffer loss and be forced to close. Another says Most businesses on Queen’s Crescent are run by families from ethnic minority backgrounds and have been negatively impacted by the road closures and loss of customers The concerns about unfair economic impacts on QC's largely ethnic workforce (sharing the protected characteristic of race) are dismissed with this wording Officers do not consider the proposed changes to have any negative impact on Ethnicity or race. If it exists, please share any research Camden did to evaluate the risk of unfairly worsening business conditions for QC traders and indeed the supply chain workforce (also constituted largely of people of colour) through the implementation of the road closures. I look forward to your response (in PDF format preferably). Please be good enough to ensure it addresses all the issues I have raised here. Please find attached the latest Deed of Variation, the 2018 deliverables and the updated deliverables from 2022. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk No research was carried out relating to the business conditions for Queen's Crescent traders and the supply chain workforce through the implementation of safe and healthy streets changes. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner ’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Philip Lewis Information Rights Officer2025-04-02T00:00:00CAM97892025-04-02T00:00:00whether the council has provided any funding to the Jazz CaféDate: 02/04/2025 Ref: CAM9789 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 03/03/2025 about whether the council has provided any funding to the Jazz Cafe. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested. Under FOI legislation please can you advise if the council has provided any funding to the Jazz Cafe (https://thejazzcafe.com/ ) and if so which years from 2010 to 2025 that was received, as well as how much in each year. Clarified - Disclosure of all money the council has transferred to the Jazz Cafe. I am broadly interested in public funding, so if you are aware of other taxpayer funding being sent from central government I would like to know about that too. Should include Covid-related grants Please see the attached spreadsheet. The Jazz Cafe in Camden, London has also received funding through crowdfunding campaigns and support from the Mayor of London's culture fund. For more information on this please make a Freedom of Information request to www.london.gov.uk . Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Kieran Heneghan Information Rights Officer2025-04-02T00:00:00CAM98202025-04-02T00:00:00Library questionsDate: 02/04/2025 Ref: CAM9820 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 10/03/2025 about Library questions. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested. Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, I request the following information: The number of anti-social behaviour incidents occurring in each library in the borough for the following years: 2015/16, 2016/17, 2017/18, 2018/19, 2019/20, 2021/22, 2023/24, 2024/25 Please break down figures by each individual library in the borough including any which have closed, if possible. Please see the two tables below of how the data is held for the years requested. January - December 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 Camden Town 6 7 3 11 6 Highgate 2 1 1 0 0 Holborn 23 23 9 25 12 Kentish Town 7 1 6 2 6 Kilburn 8 3 2 6 12 Pancras Square 9 19 21 11 21 Queens Crescent 1 5 7 2 2 Swiss Cottage 8 22 7 14 11 West Hampstead 1 0 0 2 3 Total 78 66 65 68 80 Quarters 1 - 4 2020 -21 2021 -22 2022 - 23 2023 - 24 2024 -25th March 2025 Camden Town 1 2 2 3 Highgate 1 1 Holborn 4 8 8 Kentish Town 7 6 3 3 1 Kilburn 3 8 3 16 19 Pancras Square 2 12 8 4 8 Queens Crescent 11 3 Swiss Cottage 1 10 8 13 15 West Hampstead 3 6 5 2 Total 13 40 35 63 63 London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk The number of libraries closed in the borough for the following years: 1)2015/16 2)2016/17 3) 2017/18 4)2018/19 5)2019/20 6)2021/22 7)2023/24 8)2024/25 No libraries have closed since 2016. The total sum of funding for libraries in the borough for the following years: 1)2015/16 2)2016/17 3) 2017/18 4)2018/19 5)2019/20 6)2021/22 7)2023/24 8)2024/25 Year Funding 2014/2015 £7,359,103.00 2015/2016 £6,584,901.00 2016/2017 £5,893,955.00 2017/2018 £6,427,525.00 2018/2019 £6,827,982.00 2019/2020 £6,322,922.00 2020/2021 £5,266,829.00 2021/2022 £5,721,076.00 2022/2023 £6,772,618.00 2023/2024 £7,346,502.00 Please break down figures by each individual library in the borough including any which have closed, if possible. The profit and loss of each library in the borough for the following years: 1)2015/16 2)2016/17 3) 2017/18 4)2018/19 5)2019/20 6)2021/22 7)2023/24 8)2024/25 Year Libraries Expenditure Libraries Income 2014/2015 £7,359,103.00 £1,361,753.00 2015/2016 £6,584,901.00 £1,285,524.00 2016/2017 £5,893,955.00 £74,327.00 2017/2018 £6,427,525.00 £95,215.00 2018/2019 £6,827,982.00 £93,285.00 2019/2020 £6,322,922.00 £71,285.21 2020/2021 £5,266,829.00 £5,619.00 2021/2022 £5,721,076.00 £77,772.02 2022/2023 £6,772,618.00 £85,935.00 2023/2024 £7,346,502.00 £111,164.37 Please break down figures by each individual library in the borough including any which have closed, if possible Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner ’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Philip Lewis Information Rights Officer2025-04-02T00:00:00CAM98322025-04-02T00:00:00licensing applications made for an Adult Gaming Centre (AGC), Betting Shops, Casino, or Bingo HallDate: 02/04/2025 Ref: CAM9832 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 11/03/2025 about licensing applications made for an Adult Gaming Centre (AGC), Betting Shops, Casino, or Bingo Hall. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000/Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested. Please provide the following data from 2024 to date 1. A) How many licensing applications were made to your council for an Adult Gaming Centre (AGC), None. Betting Shops, None. Casino, None. or Bingo Hall? None. B) How many of those applications were approved? N/A. C) How many of those applications were refused? N/A. D) Of those that were refused, how many appealed and were overturned by the Planning Inspectorate? N/A. E) Please provide the names of the companies for 1C and 1D N/A. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Kieran Heneghan Information Rights Officer2025-04-02T00:00:00CAM98422025-04-02T00:00:00fire on Alexandra Road EstateDate: 02/04/2025 Ref: CAM9842 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 11/03/2025 about fire on Alexandra Road Estate. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested. FIRE on Alexandra Road Estate: Please could you supply any information you have on the following fires that have occurred on this estate in the last 3 years (3 on Alexandra Road Estate and 1 on Greenaway Roof on the Alexandra and Ainsworth redbrick part of the estate) 1) Fire on 16 December 2022 at XXX (A block) one bed flat completely gutted Accidental. 2) Fire on 5 January 2025 at XXX (A block) 3 bed flat completely gutted Accidental. 3) Fire on 3 March 2025 (Garages below A Block) a car completely burnt out Car fire. 4) Fire on 27 November 2023 (small fire on the roof of Greenaway block) on the Alexandra and Ainsworth Estate Accidental following hot torch roof works. Please could you provide the following a) Has Camden written a Fire Report on any of the above Fires - if yes which? and may we see it/them ? Report has been written for 2) and 3) this was sent to the housing regulator as mandatory occurrence reporting as these blocks are classed as high rise . b) has Camden written any Health and Safety Reports on these fires - yes or no if yes may we see them? Internal health and safety report was carried out for 4) . London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk c) Has Camden received a Fire Report from the London Fire Brigade, or the Metropolitan Police - if yes may we see them? No fire reports have been received from London Fire Brigade or Metropolitan Police. d) Has the cause been identified for any of the four fires - if yes may we know the cause? See above. e) were any of these fires classified as arson? if yes which ones? No. f) Was any CCTV footage provided to identify the cause or person responsible? - yes or no There was no CCTV footage available to assist. g) Has Camden identified the cost of the remedial works - if yes please provide a cost or an estimate if available for the particular fire in questions 1.Fire on 16 December 2022 at XXX (A block) one bed flat completely gutted = £145,000. 2.Fire on 5 January 2025 at XXX (A block) 3 bed flat completely gutted, Cost will come in once the flat has been cleared. The only cost that has been added are for the making safe of the property. 3. Fire on 3 March 2025 (Garages below A Block) a car completely burnt out = £13,988.49. Car and burnt bike to be removed by the end of this week, works to commence by next week as we are giving notice to residence to move vehicles. Personal information has been redacted under Section 40(2) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000. See the refusal notice below. Refusal Notice: Section 40(2) The council considers that to disclose the personal data requested would not be in accordance with data protection legislation and therefore we have withheld some of the information under the absolute exemption in Section 40(2). The exemption states that personal data requested may be withheld when to release it would be a breach of the requirements of data protection law which is the UK General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the Data Protection Act 2018. The information wi thheld is personal information because it allows living individuals to be identified. The council considers that it would be a breach of the General Data Protection Regulation article 5 requirements of fairness and proportionality to publish this personal information in a FOI request. In doing this we have considered the legitimate public i nterest in disclosure against the interests of the data subject/s and concluded that in the circumstances disclosure would contravene the data protection requirements of fairness and proportionality particularly considering that Freedom of Information responses are public documents and published to the world and not provided just to the requester. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner ’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Philip Lewis Information Rights Officer2025-04-02T00:00:00CAM98552025-04-01T00:00:00enquiry about Local community infrastructure project, reference LCIL068FF Henderson CourtDate: 01/04/2025 Ref: CAM9855 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 13/03/2025 about enquiry about Local community infrastructure project, reference LCIL068FF Henderson Court . We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds some of the information requested. I should like to make an enquiry about Local community infrastructure project, reference LCIL068FF Henderson Court. In particular, I should like to receive confirmation of: 1. the LCIL amount awarded from Hampstead Town ward No funds were allocated from Hampstead Town ward to this project. 2. the LCIL amount awarded from Frognal ward No funds were allocated from Frognal ward. £227k allocated from the pre 2022 Frognal and Fitzjohn’s Ward. 3. a copy of the LCIL application form This is attached. 4. the ownership of Henderson Court London Borough Camden (freehold) and Age UK Camden (leasehold). 5. itemisation of the use of the money An explanation of the proposed use of the funds and an indicative timetable is included in the application form. We will be seeking more detail on this as the project develops and the actual cost of the items is known. 6. the number of residents who would benefit from the award, from: a. Hampstead Town ward b. Frognal ward c. other Camden wards d. beyond Camden The application forms and the officer report includes a consideration of who would benefit from the scheme. Please see attached. A breakdown by ward was not provided with the application. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk 7. if possible: copies of receipts for the sums expended by Henderson Court As part of our auditing processes we will monitor the project and ask for an explanation of the CIL expenditure over the coming year. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner ’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Philip Lewis Information Rights Officer2025-04-02T00:00:00CAM98902025-03-31T00:00:00hot food takeawaysDate: 31/03/2025 Case reference : CAM9890 London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 17/03/2025 about hot food takeaways.  We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 / Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested and the answers to your questions are as follows: I am a researcher at the University of Essex, working on a National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) funded project investigating the impact of food environments on population health. To assist us with this important research, please can you reply to this request with the following information: 1. If your local authority has planning criteria which determine the acceptability of planning applications for new Class A5 (or "Sui generis") hot food takeaway outlets, contained in an adopted or interim policy or guidance document (such as a Local Plan, Supplementary Planning Document, or Development Management Plan), please can you send us a copy of this document. Example criteria include traffic and parking considerations, the requirement of a health impact assessment, preventing high concentration of outlets in certain areas, exclusion zones around schools, and restricted opening hours. Our Camden Local Plan 2017 Policy TC4 Town centre uses applies to hot food takeaways. (Criteria resisting the development of hot food takeaways within 400 metres of secondary schools was deleted by the Inspector holding the public examination of the Plan). Our supplementary Planning Document Planning for Health and Wellbeing contains a section on assessing the health impact of hot food takeaways (p14/15). The emerging Draft Camden Local Plan contains a dedicated policy on hot food takeaways (Policy IE7)  The London Plan 2021 forms part of the statutory development plan for Camden and all London boroughs - it contains a policy on Retail, markets and hot food takeaways (Policy E9) The London Plan can be downloaded from - www.london.gov.uk/programmes-strategies/planning/london- plan/london-plan-2021 2. If your adopted policy or guidance document superseded any previous versions that also contained Class A5 (or "Sui generis") hot food takeaway outlets planning criteria, please also send us the previous editions of this document. Please see the response above. 3. If you no longer have an adopted policy or guidance document that contains Class A5 (or "Sui generis") hot food takeaway outlets planning criteria, but these criteria were contained in any superseded documents that are now out-of-date, please send us a copy of these out-of-date documents. Please see the response above. 4. If you have never had an adopted policy or guidance document that contained Class A5 (or "Sui generis") hot food takeaway outlets planning criteria, please let us know. In these cases, if there are any current HFT planning policies included in a consultation document/draft Local Plan that has not been adopted yet, please send us a copy of this document and confirm its date of publication. Please see the response above. 5. If you have answered YES to questions (1), (2) or (3), please can you confirm the date(s) that the relevant policies actually came into effect and/or stopped being applied, being as exact as possible. The date these policies and guidance came into effect: - Camden Local Plan - July 2017• Planning for Health and Wellbeing SDP - January 2021• London Plan - March 2021•Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk , Telephone: 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website https://www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Peter Williams Information Rights Officer2025-04-02T00:00:00CAM99072025-04-01T00:00:00planning applicationsDate: 01/04/2025 Case reference : CAM9907 London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 18/03/2025 about planning applications.  We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 / Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested and the answers to your questions are as follows: Please provide the following data from 2024 to date A) How many planning applications were made to your council for an Adult Gaming Centre (AGC), Betting Shops, Casino, or Bingo Hall? B) How many of those applications were approved? C) How many of those applications were refused? D) Of those that were refused, how many appealed and were overturned by the Planning Inspectorate? E) Please provide the names of the companies for 1B, IC and 1D and the dates approved / rejected The information/data about planning applications submitted to us, our decisions on those applications and any subsequent appeals are all already publicly available on the planning portal of our website. You can interrogate and analyse the information by carrying out a search of our public planning records online which can be accessed here:Planning Application Search (camden.gov.uk) . You can search using keywords in the proposal field such as ‘Adult Gaming Centre (AGC)’ ‘Betting Shops’ ‘Casino’, or ‘Bingo Hall’. If you put % signs either side of their key words it will bring up any applications with those words in the development description. You can also reduce the time period being looked at, by putting 2024% or 2025% into the application reference number which would limit the returns to those applications made in 2024 and 2025 respectively. The information provided will indicate the outcome of the application, it will state if there was an appeal and the appeal decision will be on the case file. The application form on the case file will also provide the name of the applicant. You can also use the open data portal of our website for a set of records that are easier to search – and this data includes links to the public access files (as above) for the relevant record: Planning decisions - Open Data Portal . Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk , Telephone: 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website https://www.ico.org.uk may be useful.Yours sincerely, Peter Williams Information Rights Officer2025-04-02T00:00:00CAM99152025-04-01T00:00:00Employees and tempsDate: 01/04/2025 Case reference : CAM9915London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 19/03/2025 about employees and temps.    We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested.  However, we are withholding some of the information because it is exempt as explained below.  We have explained what exemption applies.  Please see the refusal notice which explains how and why it applies. This is an information request relating to council full-time and part-time permanent staff, excluding teaching and school staff. Please include the following information for these financial years 2022/23, 2023/24 and 2024/25: 1. The total number of full-time employees currently employed by the council, excluding teaching staff and school staff 2. The total number of part-time employees currently employed by the council, excluding teaching staff and school staff.        3. The total number of full-time and part-time employees in each of the last four financial years (2020-21, 2021-22, 2022-23, and 2023-24), also excluding teaching staff and school staff. 4. If available, a breakdown of the number of full-time and part-time employees by department/service area (e.g., social care, planning, HR, communications, etc.).5. Please include temporary staff for each year. Separately from the total and full-time staff. Note that this foi is specifically asking for headcounts, not FTE. If headcounts are not available, please provide total FTE. The information requested for the Financial Years’ 2020-21, 2021-22 and 2022-23 is already publicly available and is included as part of our Annual Employment Profile. These reports, including the requested data, can be accessed using the following links:         Employment Profile 2020 - 2021 Employment Profile 2021 - 2022 Employment Profile 2022 - 2023 The information requested for the financial years 2023-24 and 2024-25 is exempt.  Please see the exemption notice set out below. Refusal Notice The exemption that applies is: section 22 – information intended for future publication The council holds the information requested but we are applying the qualified exemption in section 22 (2) of the Act because the information is intended for future publication, and it is not reasonable to publish it ahead of planned publication.   The information requested for the financial years 2023-24 and FY2024-25 is currently being finalised, and the council will publish the 2023-24 Employment Profile, and this on or before 31st May 2025. Work on the data for 2024-25 will commence following the end of the financial year, and the council intends to publish this information within the next 12 months. In applying this exemption, we have had to balance the public interest in withholding the information against the interest in favour of disclosure. The public interest arguments for releasing this information are as follows: improving transparency about our employment profile• to ensure accountability of the authority• The public interest arguments for withholding the information are as follows: there is a defined schedule for publishing this information and it would cause disruption to the council to publish ahead of this time• early release would result in less scrutiny and ability to validate the data to make sure it is correct• the ability of the council to first consider, discuss and digest the report out of the public eye will help more effective decision making• We have to ensure that our administrative arrangements are in place before the information is released• We have decided that the public interest in withholding the information outweighs the public interest in disclosing it. Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk , Telephone: 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website https://www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely,Peter Williams Information Rights Officer2025-04-02T00:00:00CAM97692025-03-25T00:00:00data regarding noise complaints received by the councilDate: 25/03/2025 Ref: CAM9769 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 28/02/2025 about data regarding noise complaints received by the council. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested. I would be grateful if you could provide the following data regarding noise complaints received by the council. 1. The total number of noise complaints received by the council in the calendar year 2024 (1st January – 31st December), broken down by category of complaint, including (but not limited to), domestic noise, commercial noise, construction noise, traffic/transport noise, public events noise, etc. 2. The same data for the calendar years 2023, 2022, 2021, and 2020, also broken down by category. If it is not possible to provide the requested data for all years within the statutory 20- working- day timeframe, please prioritise the most recent year (2024) and indicate whether the historical data can be provided at a later date. I would prefer to receive this information in an electronic format, ideally as a CSV or Excel spreadsheet. I can confirm that London Borough of Camden holds the information you have requested. Please click on the following link and enter ‘CAM7891’ in the search field to view a previous response which answers these questions. Camden Freedom Of Information Response Search As the information requested is already reasonably accessible elsewhere it is exempt under the absolute exemption in Section 21. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Kieran Heneghan Information Rights Officer2025-03-31T00:00:00CAM92502025-01-15T00:00:00use of an EHCP SEND personal transport budget to cover the cost of accommodationDate: 15/01/2025 Ref: CAM9250 Dear Requester, Thank you for your request for information dated 12/12/2024 about use of an EHCP SEND personal transport budget to cover the cost of accommodation. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The Council hold some of the information requested. The answers to your questions are as follows: Use of an EHCP SEND Personal Transport Budget to cover the cost of accommodation as an alternative 'non-transport' option 1. Can you please confirm whether or not there is a framework within your SEND Personal Transport Budgets which allow for PTBs to be used - and under what specific circumstances - to fund private/student accommodation nearby to a setting - as an 'alternative non transport based solution' No. Not applicable. 2. (a) Please confirm - how many Personal Transport Budgets have been awarded in each of the past 5 years and how many have been used in this way to allow for funding of accommodation. (b) Please provide anonymised examples. a) We hold personal transport budget award information for the last 3 fiscal years 2021/22 0 2022/23 14 2023/24 19 b) Not applicable. 3. (a) Please state how such alternative non-transport based solutions are made explicit within your post 16/post 19 SEND Travel Policy in line with DfE Home to School Transport Statutory Guidance. (b) How do families make a request as part of your SEND Home To School Transport / EHCP Annual Review processes. Not applicable. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk 4. Please can you confirm details of any budgetary saving calculations projected or reported associated with the award of Personal Transport Budgets for accommodation nearby a learner's educational provision versus the cost of funding a long and complex daily commute. Please see the response to question 3 above. Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Lorna Jonas-Tinson Information Rights Officer2025-03-28T00:00:00CAM95812025-03-26T00:00:00specifying MA as preferred tenderer for BactonDate: 26/03/2025 Ref: CAM9581 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 06/02/2025 about specifying MA as preferred tenderer for Bacton. We have dealt with this under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested. However we are withholding some of the information because it is excepted as explained below. We have explained where we are withholding information and what exceptions apply. Please see the refusal notices at the end of the answers which explain how and why they apply. The work leading up to specifying MA as preferred tenderer preceded MA Bacton Ltd coming into existence. A report dated November 2023 deals with it and states Award Preferred Tenderer status to Tenderer A and subsequently to enter into the Development Agreement with the Preferred Tenderer to govern the financing, design, and build out of the Bacton Low Rise Phase 2 residential scheme subject to finalising the terms of the contract (which will be led by the Community Investment Programme (CIP and its professional advisors). MA Bacton Ltd cannot be the "Preferred Tenderer" because it came into existence about 5 months after the November report was completed. Can you shed light on the following questions? 1. The apparent mismatch between the "Preferred Tenderer" and MAB Ltd It is common in development agreements / procurements of this nature to agree that the development partner may enter into contractual documents via a special purpose vehicle (SPV). Mount Anvil elected to enter into the development agreement with the Counci l via an SPV (MAB Ltd) and a performance and financial guarantee has been provided by the Mount Anvil parent company in respect of MAB Ltd.’s obligations under the agreement. 2. Due diligence in respect of MAB Ltd which has no track record e.g. what assurances Camden has of successful legal redress against MAB Ltd should the need arise As noted above, a performance and financial guarantee has been provided in respect of MAB Ltd’s obligation (in keeping with the economic and financial standing requirements of the procurement process). London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk 3. We're told "Camden expects to receive a land value payment from the developer, subject to planning and financial viability". Which MA entity will make that payment? Payment of land value is governed by the Development Agreement and therefore the party obligated to make such payment is MAB Ltd. Albeit with those obligations supported by the guarantee. 4. There are " long stop dates within the DA which set timescales for key project milestones". What are those dates and milestones? This question is excepted under Regulation 12(5)(e) of the Environmental Information Regulations. See the refusal notice below. Refusal Notice: Regulation 12(5)(e) - The regulation states that confidentiality of commercial or industrial information where such confidentiality is provided by law to protect a legitimate economic interest, a public authority can refuse to disclose information if this would adversely affect the confidentiality of commercial or industrial information. The council is relying upon the higher threshold of likelihood that disclosure would have a prejudicial effect. The party whose commercial interests are concerned are MA Bacton Ltd, is that sharing their commercial details would negatively impact their trading position. The harm that would be caused to the council is that revealing strategic project timelines would be integral to our competitive positioning and ongoing negotiations . In applying this qualified exemption, we have had to balance the public interest in withholding the information against the interest in favour of disclosure. The public interest arguments for releasing this information are as follows: • Improving transparency and accountability in decision making – disclosing longstop dates can improve transparency and accountability. • Ensuring value for money of how the Council spends on projects. • Enabling public participation - providing access to the information could encourage greater public participation and engagement in local development matters, empowering community members to contribute to discussions and decisions that may affect them. The public interest arguments for withholding the information are as follows: • It is not in the public interest to disclose information that would be likely to damage the commercial interests of a company, as this could lead to financial problems for the company and/or job losses. • It is not in the public interest to damage the council’s commercial interests, as this affects how it spends public money and the services it can provide to residents and other stakeholders. The longstop dates are part of a contractual agreement with the developer and are commercially sensitive. Disclosure could harm the Council's relationship with the developer and affect future negotiations or collaborations. • It is not in the public interest to release information that could undermine these interests, potentially leading to less favourable terms or increased costs. Maintaining the confidentiality of the longstop dates is crucial to protecting the Council's economic interests, including its project management leverage and competitive position. Disclosure could undermine these interests, potentially leading to less favourable terms or increased costs. • Withholding the figures does not prevent scrutiny of the council’s actions and decisions. We have decided that the public interest in withholding the information outweighs the public interest in disclosing it. We considered whether the presumption in favour of disclosure in the regulations overrides the decision to withhold and have concluded that it does not. Advice and Assistance: The Council is happy to provide any other information on the project that does not compromise our commercial interests. Please make a new request to FOI@camden.gov.uk . It should be noted that Mount Anvil is providing spend for planning and consultation. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication R egulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Philip Lewis Information Rights Officer2025-03-28T00:00:00CAM96912025-03-28T00:00:00Camden’s approach to the placement of ventilation systems and noise management in streateriesDate: 28/03/2025 Ref: CAM9691 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 19/02/2025 about Camden’s approach to the placement of ventilation systems and noise management in streateries . We have dealt with this under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested. I seek information regarding Camden Council’s approach to the placement of ventilation systems and noise management in streateries. Specifically, I request the following: 1. Policy and Guidance Documents • Copies of any official policies, internal guidance, or planning/licensing conditions (from the past three years) that discuss the placement of cooking ventilation systems and noise mitigation measures for streateries. There is no specific licensing policy and conditions for streateries. The licences we issue relate to the placement of furniture on public highway for the consumption of food and beverages. See attached relevant conditions. 2. Planning and Licensing Conditions • A sample of planning or licensing approvals granted for streateries in the past two years, where ventilation and noise mitigation were considered. • Any standard conditions or guidelines applied to new streateries regarding ventilation placement or noise direction. Streateries are normally non-permanent outdoor seating areas/stalls located on the highway which provide food and drink. If they are not permanent then planning permission is not required. 3. Complaints and Enforcement • The number of complaints received about cooking fumes and noise from streateries in the past two years. We have not received any complaints regarding streateries in the past 2 years. • Any enforcement actions taken in response to these complaints. N/A. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Kieran Heneghan Information Rights Officer2025-03-28T00:00:00CAM96972025-03-20T00:00:00knife possession in schools, suspensions and expulsionsDate: 20/03/2025 Ref: CAM9697 Dear Requester, Thank you for your request for information dated 19/02/2025 about knife possession in schools, suspensions and expulsions. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. This is a replacement response that clarifies our earlier reply. Response The council holds some of the information requested. Please see the answers to your questions. - In the financial years 21/22, 22/23, 23/24 and 24/25, how many instances of a pupil coming into school with a knife or other sharp implement have been recorded at your school? (If you are a local authority/academy trust, please adjust this request for all schools in your jurisdiction.) The council does not hold this information. You have requested ‘instances of a pupil coming into school with a knife or other sharp implement’ the local authority does not hold data of every incident of a pupil coming into school with a knife or other sharp implement. We collect information on the number of suspensions and exclusions recorded under the Department of Education category code OW - ‘Use or threat of use of an offensive weapon or prohibited item.’ - In the financial years 21/22, 22/23, 23/24 and 24/25, how many pupils at your school have been suspended or expelled for the possession of a knife or other sharp implement at school? (If you are a local authority/academy trust, please adjust this request for all schools in your jurisdiction.) Information requested about school suspensions and exclusions is publicly available at Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England, Autumn term 2023/24 - Explore education statistics - GOV.UK. As the information requested is already reasonably accessible elsewhere it is exempt under the absolute exemption in Section 21. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk - In the financial years 21/22, 22/23, 23/24 and 24/25, how many instances have there been of a pupil or member of staff being injured as a result of a wound inflicted by a knife/sharp implement? (If you are a local authority/academy trust, please adjust this request for all schools in your jurisdiction.) Please see the response to question 1 above. Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Lorna Jonas-Tinson Information Rights Officer2025-03-28T00:00:00CAM97262025-03-26T00:00:00an annual breakdown of households requesting a transfer of houseDate: 26/03/2025 Ref: CAM9726 Dear Requester, Thank you for your request for information dated 25/02/2025 about an annual breakdown of households requesting a transfer of house. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested and the answers to your questions are as follows: For the years 2022-2025, I would please like an annual breakdown of the following for households asking for a transfer of house (not new residents joining the housing register). The data provided is based on counting existing council tenants who have applied to the Statutory Housing Register for a transfer. How many households applied to be assessed for health and housing needs? FY 2022/23 FY 2023/24 FY 2024/25 749 890 802 Of those assessed for health and housing needs, how many were found to be in Category 2? FY 2022/23 FY 2023/24 FY 2024/25 59 31 18 For how many households found to be in Category 2 were residents moved out within: -6 months FY 2022/23 FY 2023/24 FY 2024/25 2 0 1* *Some households who have applied in this year have not yet been on the register for six months London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk -1 years FY 2022/23 FY 2023/24 FY 2024/25 5 5 1* *Some households who have applied in this year have not yet been on the register for six months Of those assessed as Category 1 in 2022, how many were not rehoused within 2 years or less? 2. Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Lorna Jonas-Tinson Information Rights Officer2025-03-28T00:00:00CAM97452025-03-27T00:00:00the number of school transfer applications received for secondary schools in CamdenDate: 27/03/2025 Ref: CAM9745 Dear Requester, Thank you for your request for information dated 26/02/2025 about the number of school transfer applications received for secondary schools in Camden. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The Council does not hold the information requested. The answers to your questions are as follows: 1) Including those made prior to the start of the year and those made in- year, how many applications for transfers to secondary schools in the London Borough of Camden were received by the council for the academic years: a. 2020 - 2021? b. 2021 - 2022? c. 2022 - 2023? d. 2023 - 2024? e. 2024 - 2025? The Council does not hold the information requested. This is because in-year admissions are managed by individual schools. Under our duty to provide advice and assistance to requesters, we suggest you contact the schools directly for the requested information. 2) Including those made prior to the start of the year and those made in- year, how many applications for transfers to a secondary school in the London Borough of Camden cited bullying as one of their reasons for wanting to change school for the academic years: a. 2020 - 2021? b. 2021 - 2022? c. 2022 - 2023? d. 2023 - 2024? e. 2024 - 2025? Please see the response to question 1 above. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Lorna Jonas-Tinson Information Rights Officer2025-03-28T00:00:00CAM97462025-03-27T00:00:00Telecom services contractsDate: 27/03/2025 Case reference : CAM9746 London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 27/02/2025 about Telecom services contracts.   We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 / Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested and the answers to your questions are as follows: I am writing to request information under the Freedom of Information Act regarding the renewal of telecom services contracts. Specifically, I would like to request the following details: 1. The current telecom services provider for Camden Council Our current telecom service providers are  LGfL (Layer 3 transit and DDOS), BT Group and Virgin Media O2 Business.   2. The date when the existing telecom services contract was last renewed or awarded.   BT Group – 31/03/2018  Virgin Media O2 Business – 01/04/2019  LGFL – 01/09/20223. The duration and expiry date of the current telecom services contract.   BT Group – This is a rolling contract  Virgin Media O2 Business – 31/12/2025  LGfL – 4-year contract and expires 31/08/2026 4. Any planned or upcoming procurement processes related to the renewal of telecom services. Softmarket testing in progress for a managed SIP/SBC service. 5. Documentation, if available, outlining the criteria and procedures for the selection of telecom service providers. Tendering process via framework. 6. Information on any performance metrics or reports related to the current telecom services contract. None available . 7. Details of any subcontractors or third parties involved in delivering telecom services within Camden Council. No subcontractors or third party was involved in delivering our telecom services. 8. The budget allocated for telecom services over the duration of the current contract. Our Last two financial year's budget for telecoms was £1,469,320.00. 9. Any records of previous telecom services contracts, including providers, dates, and contract values.   The current suppliers have been delivering telecom services for over six years.  Further Information:We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk , Telephone: 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website https://www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Peter Williams Information Rights Officer2025-03-28T00:00:00CAM97562025-03-26T00:00:00information about the two lifts in Mullen Tower, 85 Mount PleasantDate: 26/03/2025 Ref: CAM9756 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 28/02/2025 about information about the two lifts in Mullen Tower, 85 Mount Pleasant. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested. This FOI request relates to the two lifts in Mullen Tower, 85 Mount Pleasant, London WC1X 0AG which is an 11 storey high rise building. The lifts (which were apparently modernised in 2006) are constantly breaking down - sometimes trapping users in the cabin. This has been going on for at least one year with breakdowns on at least a weekly basis. Often both lifts are broken down at the same time. For example for the period 31.01 - 28.01 16 jobs have been raised and to my knowledge neither lift currently works. FOI request: 1. why do the lifts constantly break down despite being constantly repaired? The majority of callouts were resolved within 48 hours and the key reason for the callouts has been the doors and the drive. The drive essentially controls the lift and this had a recurring fault that kept causing it to trip and disable the lift. 2. Is there a lift condition report which can be forwarded to me? Please see attached the most recent Lifting Operations and Lifting Equipment Regulations 1998 Regulation 9(3) (LOLER) reports. 3. Why can't more permanent repairs be carried out? The nature of the callouts are commensurate for the age of the lifts and looking at the LOLER reports, there are no major concerns barring the autodiallers being inoperative at the time of the inspections. We have a planned program to upgrade all our autodiallers following the digitalisation of phonelines. 4. Has consideration been given to refurbishing the lifts? The lifts are 20 years old and are scheduled for major works in 2027. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Kieran Henegan Information Rights Officer2025-03-28T00:00:00CAM97592025-03-27T00:00:00the number of socially rented properties in Camden with a ground floor or loft extension completed within the last ten yearsDate: 27/03/2025 Ref: CAM9759 Dear Requester, Thank you for your request for information dated 27/02/2025 about the number of socially rented properties in Camden with a ground floor or loft extension completed within the last ten years. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council hold some of the information requested and the answers to your questions are as follows: Of all the socially rented properties in your council borough (whether owned directly by this Council or managed by a housing association), how many have had an extension (ground floor or loft) completed within the last ten years? What is the breakdown per each of them years. We do not hold or record the information requested. Though planning applications submitted and determined can be viewed on our portal, Open Data Camden, it is not possible to filter the data by tenure and/or the owner. How many of these socially rented properties are currently empty (void)? Please see the response to question 1 above. What is the average time between social tenancies (i.e. the average void period) in properties owned by this Council or managed by a housing association in this council? We do not hold the information requested for housing association properties. The average time to complete all voids in the borough is 270 days. All voids include long term voids categorised as major structural works. Routine voids average 184 days. How many of the properties owned by this Council or managed by a housing association in this council which are not flats? The number of properties owned by the council or managed by a housing association in the borough which are not flats is 1,109. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Lorna Jonas-Tinson Information Rights Officer2025-03-28T00:00:00CAM97762025-03-25T00:00:00the seizure of Sildenafil by your Trading Standards teamDate: 25/03/2025 Ref: CAM9776 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 04/03/2025 about the seizure of Sildenafil by your Trading Standards team. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested. I am writing to request information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 regarding the seizure of Sildenafil (NHS website: https://www.nhs.uk/medicines/sildenafil -viagra/ ) by your Trading Standards team. Specifically, I would like to request the following: 1.⁠ ⁠How many illicit Sildenafil products has your Trading Standards team seized for 2023 and 2024? 2.⁠ ⁠If you have seized any products for having particularly high Sildenafil content, how strong were the individual tablets or jellies? 3. And if you store this data, as a result of the seized items, did fines or sanctions occur? Please disaggregate the above information by the following columns: Column 1: ⁠Year = YYYY format Column 2: ⁠If applicable, please provide the number of products seized Column 3: Product type by brand name (if Viagra, Aronix, Liberize, Nipatra, Revatio, Grandipam , hims, Kamagra, or else) Column 4: ⁠If applicable, the languages other than English that the products were labelled in, per each product brand name = Language Name Column 5: Specific reason for seizure Column 6: ⁠If seized for high Sildenafil content, please indicate the amount of Sildenafil in milligram that each contains, per product type = mg per tablet/jelly Column 7: ⁠If applicable, fines or prosecutions issued in relation to the seized Sildenafil items = Y/N Column 8: ⁠If applicable, amount of money attributed to the fine or sanction = Number Column 9: ⁠If applicable, related Currency If aspects of my request exceed cost limits, I would appreciate any partial disclosure within the limit, prioritising questions 1 and 2. Trading standards have not seized any Sildenafil products in 2023 or 2024. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Kieran Heneghan Information Rights Officer2025-03-28T00:00:00CAM97782025-03-25T00:00:00number of sewage trucks in use in your area and the number of roadwork incidents caused as a result of sewageDate: 25/03/25 Ref: CAM9778 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 28/02/2025 about number of sewage trucks in use in your area and the number of roadwork incidents caused as a result of sewage . We have dealt with this under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds some of the information requested. I am writing to you requesting information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Could you please provide me with the following information: 1. The number of sewage trucks in use in your area (and their location) in: a. 2020 b. 2021 c. 2022 d. 2023 e. 2024 The Council has one vehicle for the years highlighted. The operating centre for this vehicle is York Way Depot. 2. The number of roadwork incidents in your area that have been caused as a result of sewage in: a. 2020 b. 2021 c. 2022 d. 2023 e. 2024 The Council does not hold this information. This is because o ur Streetworks team would not hold information that would specify that works were taking place as a result of a sewer. This information would be held by Thames Water . Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Kieran Heneghan. Information Rights Officer2025-03-28T00:00:00CAM109822025-10-10T00:00:00Parking Policy ReviewDate: 10/10/2025 Case reference: CAM10982 London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 19/08/2025 about a Parking Policy Review. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 / Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested and the answers to your questions are as follows: Please publish, in full but with appropriate redactions where necessary for anonymity of respondents, the last 329 responses received to the Parking Policy Review – Phase 2 Traffic Management Order Consultation during February and March 2025. Please find relevant information attached. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk, Telephone: 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website https://www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Peter Williams Information Rights Officer2025-10-14T21:45:06CAM97832025-03-25T00:00:00the removal of statues, artworks, or monuments on the grounds of decolonisationDate: 25/03/2025 Ref: CAM9783 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 03/03/2025 about the removal of statues, artworks, or monuments on the grounds of decolonisation. We have dealt with this under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested. I am writing under the Freedom of Information Act (2000) to request information regarding the removal of statues, artworks, or monuments under the control of your council on the grounds of decolonisation. Specifically, I request the following: • Details of any statues, artworks, or monuments that have been removed, relocated or altered on the grounds of decolonisation since 2021. • The name or description of the statue, artwork, or monument. • The reason cited for its removal, relocation, or alteration (if applicable). • The date the removal, relocation, or alteration occurred. • The current location or status of the removed, relocated, or altered item (i.e. in storage, displayed elsewhere, etc). • The total cost incurred by the Council for the removal, relocation, or alteration of each statue, artwork, or monument. • Please specify a breakdown of costs where possible, including costs for labour, materials, legal advice, public consultation, transportation, and storage. • Please provide this information in a table format, if possible, with columns for 'Name of Statue/Artwork/Monument', 'Reason for Removal/Relocation/Alteration', 'Date of Removal/Relocation/Alteration', 'Current Location/Status', and 'Total Cost'. No statues or artworks or monuments have been removed, relocated or altered on the grounds of decolonisation since 2021. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Kieran Heneghan Information Rights Officer2025-03-28T00:00:00CAM97842025-03-25T00:00:00digital strategyDate: 25/03/2025 Case reference : CAM9784London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 03/03/2025 about digital strategy.   We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested.  However, we are withholding some of the information because it is exempt as explained below.  We have explained what exemption applies.  Please see the refusal notice which explains how and why it applies. For the purposes of research, I would like to request the following information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000: 1. Please provide a copy of the council’s current or latest Digital Strategy. If the council does not have a Digital Strategy, please confirm this is the case. I am interested in both organisational Digital Strategy (specific to the council) and place-focused Digital Strategy (specific to the geographical footprint of the local authority). We have not formally published a standalone Digital Strategy. Instead, we have chosen to focus on embedding digital as an enabler of our broader organisational strategy, ‘We Make Camden.’ This approach ensures that digital transformation is fully integrated into our ambitions for the borough, rather than being treated as a separate initiative. Please see: https://www.camden.gov.uk/wmc 2. Please provide a copy of any digital-related strategies across the council. This includes any technology, information or data related strategies. Example strategies include Technology Strategy, IT Strategy, Applications Strategy, Cyber Strategy, Data Strategy, AI Strategy, Analytics Strategy, Information Strategy.This information is exempt. Please see the exemption notice set out below. 3. Please provide the following information in relation to the council’s most senior digital leader*: a) Job description/profile. Chief Experience and Information Officer. b) Salary range. Please use the link below for Camden’s Pay Policy Statement for 2024/25 and annual reports which include pay information for Directors: https://www.camden.gov.uk/chief-officer-pay-at-camden-council c) When the position was created. The current postholder has been in post since 2020 with the remit of the post evolving over that period. The role of Director for this area has existed for a much longer period.   d) Whether the position is currently vacant or occupied. Please see the response above. e) Title of the role the council’s most senior digital leader reports to. Executive Director Corporate Services  f) The position of the role in the organisation’s hierarchy. If the Chief Executive is Level 1 and positions reporting directly to the Chief Executive are Level 2, please confirm the level of the council’s most senior digital leader. The Chief Experience and Information Officer is Level 3. g) Confirm whether the role attends all top-management team meetings**.No, the role does not attend the council’s top-management team meetings. *The role responsible for developing, defining and leading delivery of the organisation’s digital vision and strategy. Those responsibilities should be the primary purpose of the role. Common job titles for these positions include Chief Digital Information Officer, Chief Information Officer, Chief Digital Officer, Director of Digital. **Defined as the regular meetings between the Chief Executive and their top-management/leadership team (e.g., Executive/Strategic Directors/CFO). Refusal Notice The exemption that applies is: section 31(1)(a) – Law Enforcement We do not release information about our technology and data infrastructure or cyber-attacks, the methods or potential results of any cyber-attacks or any measures taken to mitigate or prevent cyber-attacks within our technology and data infrastructure.  Releasing this information itself could affect our cyber security. We consider disclosing this information would make the council a target of crime. Therefore, this information is exempt from disclosure under section 31 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Section 31(1)(a) says that we do not need to provide information that would be likely to prejudice the functions of law enforcement - the prevention and detection of crime.  Camden believes that releasing this information would increase the likelihood of criminals using the information to target attacks against public bodies. For example, releasing this information may make the council a more attractive target for cyber or ransomware attacks. Public Interest Test: As Section 31 is a qualified exemption we need to consider the public interest test. Factors in favour of disclosure: It would help transparency and accountability of the council.• It could show the effectiveness and resilience of our technology and data infrastructure, including cyber security measures taken to mitigate or prevent the effects of cyber-attacks.• Factors in favour of withholding:There is an inherent public interest in crime prevention.• There is public interest in avoiding the costs (financial, distress, inconvenience, publicity, regulatory) associated with any cyber or ransomware attacks.• There is public interest in preventing any threat to the integrity of council data.• There is public interest in ensuring the council can comply with its duties to take all necessary steps to safeguard data.• We believe that the balance of public interest lies in upholding the exemption and not releasing the information. Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk , Telephone: 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website https://www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Peter Williams Information Rights Officer2025-03-28T00:00:00CAM97862025-03-25T00:00:00the number of cars that are abandoned per yearDate: 25/03/2025 Ref: CAM9786 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 04/03/2025 about the number of cars that are abandoned per year. We have dealt with this under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested. I am conducting research in relation to the number of cars that are abandoned per year, and wondered if you hold the following data please: The number of vehicles reported as abandoned within your area, broken down by month across the last year (from January 2024 to January 2025). If possible, please also include the make and model and registration year of any of these abandoned vehicles. Please provide this as an Excel spreadsheet (or similar format). If any element of this request exceeds the FOI cost/time limits, please could you refine the request, and process any other available data. Please see the attached spreadsheet. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Kieran Heneghan Information Rights Officer2025-03-28T00:00:00CAM97992025-03-26T00:00:00various information about Camden's tree-planting strategyDate: 26/03/2025 Ref: CAM9799 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 06/03/2025 about various information about Camden's tree-planting strategy. We have dealt with this under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested. I am writing to you under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 to request the following information. Please may you provide me with: 1. Within your council, please provide the documented tree -planting strategy for the whole of 2024? Our tree planting strategy can be found at the following link - Camden Tree Planting Strategy . 2. Within your council, what was your tree-planting goal for the whole of 2024? (This may be the number of trees you aimed to plant, for instance.) The council has a target of 600 trees planted in a financial year including 250 new trees. For the 2023-24 the target was the same. 3. Within your council, what was the tree-planting budget for the whole of 2024? The council’s budget was £492,414. 4. How many trees were planted by the council or contractors of the council in the whole of 2024? The council reports its tree planting figures by financial year. As 2024/2025 has not finished and we are still planting, the figures for the year 2023-24 are provided: 618 trees that included 292 new trees. 5. Within your authority area, what was the volume of land allocated for planting in 2024? Council land in highways, housing estate and parks were all allocated for the tree planting. We do not calculate or hold information on the volume of land available for trees planting. 6. Within your authority area, from the beginning of 2023 to the end of 2024, how many planted trees have failed/died? Only 2 trees failed after the first year and they were vandalised. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Kieran Heneghan Information Rights Officer2025-03-28T00:00:00CAM98032025-03-25T00:00:00evidence that you have to show how much scooters have increased emissions byDate: 25/03/2025 Ref: CAM9803 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 05/03/2025 about evidence that you have to show how much scooters have increased emissions by . We have dealt with this under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council does not hold the information requested. 1. TMO2425-0036 A4 – I wish to object to this in the strongest possible terms. I ride a scooter. Scooters: # have tiny engines ie low emissions, a fraction of the size of a car engine # don’t cause congestion # take up a fraction of the parking space of a car Scooters and motorbikes seem a complete after thought in your transport policy, whereas they should be central to it and encouraged – not have further taxes imposed on them by you. If this was genuinely about emissions and congestion, rather than money, then there would be more motorcycle parking and less car spaces? B5 – I am not an Assisted Customer but my parents would be. Will I still be able to get scratch cards for them when they visit? 2. Other You say that you wish to reduce emissions? Speed bumps significantly increase emissions as cars slow and accelerate. This is when they produce most additional emissions vs a steady speed. Under the Freedom of Information Act, I request the evidence that you have to show how much they have increased emissions by? If you have not investigated this then that would be a shocking omission given the importance of emissions. We do not hold information on the relationship between speed bumps and vehicle emissions. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Kieran Heneghan Information Rights Officer2025-03-28T00:00:00CAM98052025-03-26T00:00:00information regarding council-run allotmentsDate: 26/03/2025 Ref: CAM9805 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 06/03/2025 about information regarding council-run allotments. We have dealt with this under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested. I am writing to request information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 regarding council-run allotments. Please can you provide me with: 1. The number of council-run allotments under your authority 2. The number of people currently waiting for a space at a council -run allotment 3. The length of time people are currently waiting for allotment spaces on average Please see the table below. Number of allotments Numerical length of waiting list Average wait time 1 (Antrim Grove) 55 19 years 2 (Branch Hill) 151 21 years 3 (Fitzroy Park) 126 21 years 4 (Westcroft Estate) 24 4 years London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Kieran Heneghan Information Rights Officer2025-03-28T00:00:00CAM98102025-03-24T00:00:00agency staffDate: 24/03/2025 Case reference : CAM9810 London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 07/03/2025 about agency staff . We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 / Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested and the answers to your questions are as follows: I am writing under the Freedom of Information Act (2000) to request information on agency staff employed by the local authority. Specifically, I request the following: The total expenditure by the local authority on agency staff since 1 May 2021. If possible, please provide this information broken down by financial year, department, or service areas as applicable It is not possible for us to provide a breakdown by department, or service area.  This is because during the period requested, the Council has undergone various organisational changes. These departmental and service area changes make any breakdown essentially meaningless and prevent like for like comparisons between Financial Years. Our overall expenditure on agency staff for the financial years’ 2021-22 to 2024-25 to date, broken down by financial year is: - Financial Year         Expenditure on Agency StaffFY2021-22              £41,158,988 FY2022-23              £38,714,548 FY2023-24              £28,524,475 FY2024-25              £22,138,700 Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk , Telephone: 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website https://www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Peter Williams Information Rights Officer2025-03-28T00:00:00CAM98162025-03-24T00:00:00parking suspensionsDate: 24/03/2025 Case reference : CAM9816 London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 10/03/2025 about parking suspensions.  We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 / Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested and the answers to your questions are as follows: Please could I have the following information about parking suspensions on Albany Street, NW1: 1) the number of parking suspensions on this street in the last two years from today’s date (9 March 2025) 2) the dates of those parking suspensions 3) how long each of those parking suspensions were for 4)  the reason/s for those parking suspensions and why they were approved by the council Please find the requested information in the spreadsheet attached. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations.Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk , Telephone: 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website https://www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Peter Williams Information Rights Officer2025-03-28T00:00:00CAM98212025-03-28T00:00:00pet food recalls within your council's jurisdictionDate: 28/03/2025 Ref: CAM9821 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 10/03/2025 about pet food recalls within your council's jurisdiction. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested. I am writing to request information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 regarding pet food recalls within your council's jurisdiction. Please provide the following information, broken down by year, for the past four finacial years (2021, 2022, 2023, 2024) up to and including 9 March 2025. 1. Total number of pet food recalls issued every year, broken down by year. 2. Type of pet food involved in each recall (raw, dry, kittle, wet) 3. Reason for the recall, based on your filing conventions (e.g. Pathogenic micro -organism, allergen, poor or insufficient control, etc.) 4. Animal and/ or human-associated incident reported as a result of the recall, based on your filing conventions (e.g. hospitalisation, illness, etc.) Please provide this information in an Excel spreadsheet. Please see the attached spreadsheet. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Kieran Heneghan Information Rights Officer2025-03-28T00:00:00CAM98242025-03-24T00:00:00climate change researchDate: 24/03/2025 Case reference : CAM9824 London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 10/03/2025 about climate change research. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 / Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested and the answers to your questions are as follows: I am writing under the Freedom of Information Act (2000) to request information on research commissioned by the local authority into climate change. Specifically, I request the following: Details of any research, studies, or reports commissioned by the local authority on climate change since 1 May 2021. For each piece of research, please provide: 1. The name or title of the research project. 2. The purpose and scope of the research. 3. The date the research was commissioned. 4. The name of the organization or entity that conducted the research. 5. The total cost of the commissioned research to the local authority.Please provide this information in a table format, if possible, with columns for 'Research Title', 'Scope of Research', 'Date Commissioned', 'Conducting Body', and 'Total Cost'. Please find the requested information in the spreadsheet attached. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk , Telephone: 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website https://www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Peter Williams Information Rights Officer2025-03-28T00:00:00CAM98262025-03-27T00:00:00Chief Executive's expensesDate: 27/03/2025 Case reference : CAM9826 London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 07/03/2025 about our  Chief Executive's expenses.  We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 / Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested and the answers to your questions are as follows: Re: CAM9682 - Chief Executive's expenses.  Could I please ask what was the reason for the hotel stay and if there was any particular reason for the taxi fares, for example disability that may require taxi use over other forms of transport? Hotel accommodation: The organisation will pay for staff to stay in a hotel should council business require them to be working late in the borough and / or early the following morning.  In this instance, the Chief Executive attended an evening event, followed by a breakfast meeting with partners the next morning, both of which were held within the borough. Given the timing of these events, hotel accommodation was deemed necessary. Taxi expenses: While we always prioritise the use of public transport or walking for attending meetings, guidance to staff allows for the exceptional use of taxis when necessary. Due to the nature of the Chief Executive's role, they frequently attend meetings across the borough. In some cases, the demands of a busy schedule, the locations of the meetings, or adverse weather conditions may require travel by taxi. However, the vast majority of meetings are held at the Town Hall, in our offices or are attended via walking or public transport. Where taxis are used, we aim to ensure that any officers or members attending the same meeting travel together.  Our contracted taxi service is selected based on a range of procurement criteria, which includes ensuring value for money. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk , Telephone: 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website https://www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Peter Williams Information Rights Officer2025-03-28T00:00:00CAM98282025-03-24T00:00:002024/1583/PREDate: 24/03/2025 Case reference : CAM9828 London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 11/03/2025 about 2024/1583/PRE.  We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA) / Environmental Information Regulations 2004 (EIR 2004). Response The council holds the information requested and the answers to your questions are as follows: All application[s] and response in relation to pre planning application 2024/1583/PRE Please find relevant information attached. We have redacted (removed) the name, email address and mobile number of a person under Regulation 12(3) of the EIR 2004 as this is their personal information. We believe it would be a breach of the GDPR principle that we handle personal data fairly to publish it to the world in this response. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets.Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk , Telephone: 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website https://www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Peter Williams Information Rights Officer2025-03-28T00:00:00CAM98312025-03-24T00:00:00PCN Observation Period DataDate: 24/03/2025 Ref: CAM9831 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 11/03/2025 about PCN Observation Period Data. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested. I am writing to request information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 regarding the issuance of Penalty Charge Notices (PCNs) for contravention Code 11 (parking without payment of the parking charge) by Civil Enforcement Officers (CEOs) within the London Borough of Camden. Request for Precise Observation Period Data Please provide the following data, broken down by year, ensuring that each observation period category is reported separately, and does not include figures from shorter observation periods: 1. The total number of PCNs issued with an observation period of exactly 1 minute or less, for each year between 2017 and 2025. 2. The total number of PCNs issued with an observation period of exactly 2 minutes, for each year between 2017 and 2025, excluding PCNs counted in the 1 -minute category. 3. The total number of PCNs issued with an observation period of exactly 3 minutes, for each year between 2017 and 2025, excluding PCNs counted in the 1 -minute and 2-minute categories. 4. The total number of PCNs issued with an observation period of exactly 4 minutes, for each year between 2017 and 2025, excluding PCNs counted in the 1 -minute, 2-minute, and 3- minute categories. 5. The total number of PCNs issued with an observation period of exactly 5 minutes, for each year between 2017 and 2025, excluding PCNs counted in the 1 -minute, 2-minute, 3-minute, and 4-minute categories. Clarification if Data Cannot Be Separated If the exact observation period breakdowns above are recorded and available, please provide them as requested. If the council cannot separate the figures despite holding the data, please state the reason why and confirm whether they are stored in an internal system that permits such a separation. Request for Aggregated Figures Only If Precise Data is Unavailable If the requested breakdowns cannot be provided due to system limitations, please instead provide: 1. The total number of PCNs issued within 1 minute or less, for the period listed above. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk 2. The total number of PCNs issued within 2 minutes or less (including 1 -minute PCNs if separation is not possible), for the period listed above. 3. The total number of PCNs issued within 3 minutes or less (including shorter observation periods if separation is not possible), for the period listed above. 4. The total number of PCNs issued within 4 minutes or less (including shorter observation periods if separation is not possible), for the period listed above. 5. The total number of PCNs issued within 5 minutes or less (including shorter observation periods if separation is not possible), for the period listed above. Data Format Request I would appreciate receiving this information in table format. Below are operational records from our Parking Management System. The data depends on the Civil Enforcement Officer completing all fields on their Hand Held Control Terminal during the PCN processing. If a field is not completed, an incomplete record may be returned for the observation time. Please find below observation time of code 11,11u,11g from calendar year 2017- 2025 Code 11,11g,11u Minutes 0-1 1-2 2-3 3-4 4-5 Greater than 5 2017 571 5 9 8479 7410 23943 2018 310 1 2 6394 7046 23844 2019 229 5 8447 6304 25317 2020 60 1 1 5850 3936 19614 2021 7 2 7652 4026 24688 2022 3 2 1 6291 4367 31675 2023 16 1 3799 4369 29222 2024 24 3 6157 7150 37019 2025 2 1529 1529 7195 Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner ’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Philip Lewis Information Rights Officer2025-03-28T00:00:00CAM98522025-03-24T00:00:00planning applicationsDate: 24/03/2025 Case reference : CAM9852 London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 12/03/2025 about planning applications.  We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 / Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested and the answers to your questions are as follows: Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, I am writing to request information regarding planning application refunds within your council jurisdiction. Please provide a list (in Excel format) of all planning applications submitted from 12th September 2024 to the most recent data available where no decision was made within the statutory period (26 weeks for major applications and 16 weeks for non-major applications), unless a longer period has/had been agreed in writing between the applicant and the Local Authority, and no refund of fees has been made to date. Requested Columns: 1. Planning application reference 2. Applicant name 3. Site address 4. Valid date5. Planning application fee paid (£) 6. Decision due date 7. Actual decision date 8. No. of days to decision 9. The decision (e.g., approved, refused, etc.) 10. Extension of time/Planning performance agreement in writing (Yes or No) 11. Refund (Yes or No) 12. Eligible for Refund (Yes or No) (Based on statutory decision deadlines: 16 weeks for non-major applications and 26 weeks for major applications) 13. Withdrawn (Yes or No) 14. Proposal description Please provide the information in chronological (date) order. This information is already publicly available on the planning portal of the council’s website.  Please enter the links below into your web browser and search using the reference numbers below. https://accountforms.camden.gov.uk/planning-search/ https://planningrecords.camden.gov.uk Application numbers: 2024/3910/L; 2024/3936/L; 2024/3948/P; 2024/3972/L; 2024/4082/P; 2024/4169/L; 2024/4185/P; 2024/4186/A; 2024/4194/P; 2024/4203/P; 2024/4204/L; 2024/4236/P; 2024/4266/P; 2024/4268/A; 2024/4279/A; 2024/4290/L; 2024/4318/P; 2024/4352/L; 2024/4397/P; 2024/4401/P; 2024/4421/P; 2024/4489/P; 2024/4502/P; 2024/4596/P; 2024/4601/P; 2024/4626/P; 2024/4641/P; 2024/4643/P; 2024/4734/A; 2024/4764/P; 2024/4780/L; 2024/4821/P; 2024/4835/P; 2024/4875/P; 2024/4877/L; 2024/4891/A; 2024/4912/L; 2024/4981/L; 2024/4995/P; 2024/5008/P; 2024/5012/P; 2024/5078/P; 2024/5102/P; 2024/5259/P; 2024/5285/P; 2024/5343/L; 2024/5379/P; 2024/5409/P; 2024/5413/P; 2024/5449/P; 2024/5454/P; 2024/5476/P; 2024/5497/P; 2024/5552/L; 2024/5558/P; 2024/5603/P; 2024/5631/P; 2024/5687/P; 2024/5694/P; 2024/5700/P; 2024/5710/P; 2024/5750/P; 2024/5753/P; 2024/5764/P; 2024/5780/P; 2025/0036/L; 2025/0121/P; 2025/0212/P Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk , Telephone: 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website https://www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Peter Williams Information Rights Officer2025-03-28T00:00:00CAM98562025-03-25T00:00:00ecology and biodiversityDate: 25/03/2025 Case reference : CAM9856London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 10/03/2025 about ecology and biodiversity.  We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA) and/or the Environmental Information Regulations 2004 (EIR 2004). Response The council holds some of the information requested. The answers to your questions are below. We have stated where we do not hold the information requested and why. Please could the following information be provided under Freedom of Information legislation in the format and units shown. Question 1:  How many, if any, council salaried posts do you have which deliver ecology or biodiversity functions for the borough? -Please report in terms of full-time equivalent for the most recent 3 years available, stating year given. -Please include borough ecologists, borough biodiversity officers and nature reserve wardens and managers, and list nature reserve wardens and managers separately. (see table) Please see relevant information in the attached spreadsheet. Question 2: Unless the answer to question 1 was zero, which of the following are areas of expertise/specialisms among your current salaried ecology/biodiversity staff? Please see relevant information in the attached spreadsheet.Question 3: What was the borough spend on externally commissioned ecology, biodiversity or nature reserve management people resources in financial years 2021/22, 2022/23 and 2023/24? Please see relevant information in the attached spreadsheet. Question 4: Since 10% Biodiversity Net Gain legislation was introduced, how many person hours (to the nearest 10 hours) do you estimate have been spent a) reviewing Biodiversity Net Gain plans submitted with planning applications, and b) investigating and validating implementation of Biodiversity Net Gain plans? We do not hold this information.  This is because we have not recorded or maintained a relevant dataset. As some of the information not held is environmental we have to comply with a technicality and tell you that because it is not held it is excepted under Regulation 12 (4)(a) of the EIR 2004. The Information Commissioner does not require a public interest test where the information is not held. Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk , Telephone: 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website https://www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely,Peter Williams Information Rights Officer2025-03-28T00:00:00CAM98582025-03-24T00:00:00cost of the temporary boilers installed at Peckwater estateDate: 24/03/2025 Ref: CAM9858 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 13/03/2025 about cost of the temporary boilers installed at Peckwater estate. We have dealt with this under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested. I’d like to know the cost of the temporary boilers installed in the grounds of the council flats on Leighton Road, I think it’s called peck water estate. I’d also like to know why they’re there and how long they will be there before the system is repaired or replaced. I have been advised by the Mechanical Manager that there are no temporary boilers serving Council homes at the Peckwater Estate. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication R egulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner ’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Yours sincerely Philip Lewis Information Rights Officer2025-03-28T00:00:00CAM98632025-03-27T00:00:00our investmentsDate: 27/03/2025 Case reference : CAM9863 London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 13/03/2025 about our  investments . We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 / Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested and the answers to your questions are as follows: 1. Does the Council not track its investments by sector? I would have expected that councils would be interested in labelling those companies that may be involved in sensitive areas such as defence to be labelled as such or to have some form of ethical investment protocols in place. No - we do not track our investments by sector. The majority of our investments are held in passive index- tracking funds which cover a broad range of sectors. 2. If you are unable to search companies, would you be able to provide me a list of all the companies in which the Council invests, along with the amounts and any further details (eg. if it is a direct or indirect investment and, if the latter, through which fund/manager)? We do not invest directly. All investments are made through our investment managers. Please see relevant information attached. 3. In particular, could you highlight the companies that were included in the original request [CAM9817 was withdrawn], ie. Airbus, Babcock International, BAE Systems, Boeing, Caterpillar, Chemring, Elbit Systems, General Dynamics, General Electric, Honeywell, Huntington Ingalls, JCB, L3Harris Technologies, Leonardo, Lockheed Martin, Meggitt, Northrop Grumman, QinetiQ, Rolls-Royce PLC, RTX (formerly Raytheon Technologies), Smiths Group and Thales. Please see relevant information attached. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk , Telephone: 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website https://www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Peter Williams Information Rights Officer2025-03-28T00:00:00CAM98652025-03-26T00:00:00breakdown of council tenant occupant versus private owner for the Cavendish MansionsDate: 26/03/2025 Ref: CAM9865 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 14/03/2025 about breakdown of council tenant occupant versus private owner for the Cavendish Mansions . We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested. Please provide the breakdown of council tenant occupant versus private owner for the Cavendish Mansions Council Estate located on Clerkenwell Rd. The Cavendish Estate also known has Cavendish Mansions has 105 tenanted, and 46 leasehold owned properties. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner ’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Philip Lewis Information Rights Officer London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk2025-03-28T00:00:00CAM98672025-03-27T00:00:00IT contractsDate: 27/03/2025 Case reference : CAM9867 London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 13/03/2025 about IT contracts .  We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 / Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested and the answers to your questions are as follows: I am writing to request information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 regarding the council's IT Service Management (ITSM) contracts and related services. I would appreciate if you could provide the following details: 1. Current IT Service Management (ITSM) Provider(s) a) Name of the supplier(s) providing ITSM software and/or services. Valiantys 2. Contract Details a) Contract start date. 01/10/2024 b) Contract end date.30/09/2025 c) Details of any contract extensions (if applicable). Not Applicable. d) Total annual cost of the contract(s). £153k 3. ITSM Tools & Software in Use a) Name of the ITSM tool(s) used by the council (e.g., ServiceNow, Jira Service Management, BMC Remedy, etc.). Atlassian JIRA S/W, JIRA Service Management, Confluence, Drawing.io plugin & Atlassian Access 4. Procurement & Renewal a) Contract renewal date. September 2025 b) Procurement framework or tendering process used (e.g., G-Cloud, CCS Framework, Open Tender, etc.) Further competition via London tender's portal 5. Contact Information a) Name and job title of the person(s) responsible for ITSM contract management and procurement (if available under FOI). Steven Haydon, Head of Operations b) Contact email or phone number (if permissible under FOI).Camden emails are formulated: firstname.secondname@camden.gov.uk Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk , Telephone: 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website https://www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Peter Williams Information Rights Officer2025-03-28T00:00:00CAM98702025-03-25T00:00:00Biodiversity Net GainDate: 25/03/2025 Case reference : CAM9870 London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 14/03/2025 about Biodiversity Net Gain.  We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 / Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested and the answers to your questions are as follows: I would like to request the following information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000: Since the implementation of Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG) legislation in February 2024: 1. The number of planning applications submitted to your local authority that were considered (a) large sites, (b) small sites as per the BNG classification 2. What percentage of (a) large sites and (b) small sites had completed and submitted the relevant BNG documentation with their application (e.g. statement of applicability, pre-development biodiversity value of the on-site habitat, description of any irreplaceable habitat, on-site habitat plan)? 3. What percentage of (a) large sites and (b) small sites planned to deliver the BNG (a) through fully onsite habitat creation and enhancement, (b) fully offsite compensation or (c) a combination of onsite/offsite 4. The number of planning applications refused based on biodiversity-related concerns The information requested for questions 1-4 is already publicly available on the Open Data portal of our website:   Planning decisions - Open Data Portal .This data includes links to the public access files for the relevant planning records which can also be accessed through the Planning portal of our website:  Planning Application Search (camden.gov.uk) 5. The number of staff working on implementing BNG at the end of 2023 and at the end of 2024. At the end of 2023 one member of staff and at the end of 2024 three members of staff were working on implementing BNG in some capacity. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk , Telephone: 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website https://www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Peter Williams Information Rights Officer2025-03-28T00:00:00CAM98752025-03-24T00:00:00Sale of Open Space LandDate: 24/03/2025 Ref: CAM9875 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 13/03/2025 about Sale of Open Space Land. We have dealt with this under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested. Environmental Information Request (EIR) – Sale of Open Space Land I consider that this is a request for information under the Environmental Information Regulations; it relates to information concerning the Council’s activities in relation to open space and is in the public interest to be disclosed. 1. Please list all open space land sold by the Council, including open space land sold by any of its predecessor authorities, since 13 November 1980. 2. If the Council is unable to respond to question 1 (setting out the reason that may be the case), then, in the alternative and to the extent documents are retained and readily available, please list all open space sold by the Council, including open space land sold by any of its predecessor authorities, since 2000. 3. With regard to the open space land listed as sold, please confirm whether the advertising requirements at section 123(2A) of the Local Government Act 1972 were followed. This information is publicly available on the Councils Open Data portal here and typing in CAM5602 into the 2nd search box. The only Open Space disposed of from 2023 was: Prince Edward Playing Field which was a transfer to a neighbouring local council in June 2023 for £500,000. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner ’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Philip Lewis Information Rights Officer2025-03-28T00:00:00CAM98782025-03-27T00:00:00the electoral registerDate: 27/03/2025 Case reference : CAM9878 London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 07/03/2025 about the  electoral register.  We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 / Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested and the answers to your questions are as follows: FOI 7/3/25 - EU Citizens Voting Register I am writing to request the following information under the Freedom of Information Act: 1. The number of EU citizens on the electoral register in your borough at the start of your EU citizens review process 17650 2. The number of EU citizens on the electoral register in your borough as of today As of 31st January 2025 there were - 14231 3. The number of EU citizens sent a letter as part of the review process conducted in line with Elections Act 2022 to confirm their eligibility to vote Those who received a confirmation due to data based review - 112914. The number of responses received to these letters (please limit this to online/web based responses if necessary to remain under the cost limit) Number of responses to the review, where the elector needed to confirm their eligibilty - 2827 5. A copy of any data held by your council on the response rate to eligibility review correspondence as part of the EU citizens review We do not hold this information other than that above. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk , Telephone: 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website https://www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Peter Williams Information Rights Officer2025-03-28T00:00:00CAM98802025-03-25T00:00:00billing authority practicesDate: 25/03/2025 Case reference : CAM9880London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 17/03/2025 about billing authority practices.  We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council does not hold the information requested because: I am currently undertaking some research on billing authority practices and would be grateful if you would answer the following two questions under the freedom of information request. Scenario 1: Company A which is limited company has an exclusive agreement/tenancy/lease, where the payment of rent includes payment of business rates. In accordance with the agreement, Company A will make payment of rent to the landlord and the landlord will make payment of business rates to billing authority. The billing authority is sent the lease agreement and Company A is made liable for payment of rates but it is the landlord who actually makes the payment of business rates to you. Company A applies for rate relief and this is retrospectively applied resulting in the account now being in credit. This credit continues to remain on the account but before the money can be refunded, Company A goes into liquidation. Both the landlord and the liquidator write to you requesting for the credit to be refunded to them As a billing authority who would you refund the money to and your reason for doing so.  Please quote any relevant legislation in support of your answer. Scenario two: Same situation as scenario one where Company A has exclusive agreement and the landlord will be making payment of business rates. You make Company A liable for payment of rates but in this scenario no payment of business rates is received. Recovery action will need to be taken through the Magistrates Court for non -payment. As the billing authority, who would you take recovery action against in the Magistrates court and please give your reasons for doing so. Please quote any relevant legislation in support of your answer. Would you take recovery action against Company A who is in occupation of the hereditament or the landlord who had agreed to make payment of business rates in accordance with the lease agreement. We do not hold this information.  This is because the FOIA gives access to recorded information only - and we do not have records that deal with such hypothetical scenarios.  The FOIA does not require us to generate responses (new information) based on officer knowledge and experience that is not recorded. You may wish to contact the service to see if they can assist you under normal business outside of the act: revenues@camden.gov.uk Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your RightsIf you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk , Telephone: 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website https://www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Peter Williams Information Rights Officer2025-03-28T00:00:00CAM98822025-03-25T00:00:00Elizabeth Garrett Anderson MuseumDate: 25/03/2025 Case reference : CAM9882 London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 17/03/2025 about the  Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Museum.  We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 / Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested and the answers to your questions are as follows: What is Unison's obligation regarding the opening of the Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Museum on its premises? There is a section 106 legal agreement relating to the development of the Unison offices (planning application reference 2007/3736/P). It includes a clause securing “the creation and retention in perpetuity” of a “publicly accessible museum / exhibition space focussing on the life and achievements of Elizabeth Garrett Anderson and other women pioneers of the medical profession...” (2.18 "the Community Space Plan").   The full wording can be seen in the agreement which is on the Council’s website: 2007/3736/P Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations.Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk , Telephone: 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website https://www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Peter Williams Information Rights Officer2025-03-28T00:00:00CAM98842025-03-24T00:00:00FPNs for litteringDate: 24/03/2025 Ref: CAM9884 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 17/03/2025 about FPNs for littering. We have dealt with this under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested. I am writing to you to request the following information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. 1. The current FPN charge for littering in your council. 2025 - £120, with a discounted rate of £100 for early payment. 2. The number of FPNs given in the past year for littering 2024 – 9760 FPN issued between 01/01/2024 and 31/12/2024 3. The FPN charge amount in prior years 2021 - £100, with a discounted rate of £80 for payments made within 10 days 2022 - £100, with a discounted rate of £80 for payments made within 10 days 2023 - £100, with a discounted rate of £80 for payments made within 10 days . 2024 -The penalty increased to £100, with a discounted rate of £80 for payments made within 10 days this changed on 01/10/24 to £120, with a discounted rate of £100 for early payment. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication R egulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner ’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Philip Lewis Information Rights Officer2025-03-28T00:00:00CAM98952025-03-24T00:00:00about Information relating to your electricity half-hourly and natural gas supplied portfolioDate: 24/03/2025 Ref: CAM9895 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 17/03/2025 about Information relating to your electricity half-hourly and natural gas supplied portfolio. We have dealt with this under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested. We formally request under the FOI 2000 regulations Act and EIR 2004 regulations Act data you hold, and which is already or will be in the public domain relating to your electricity half -hourly and natural gas supplied portfolio. For the period November 2024 which was invoiced by the supplier to you in December, we please require disclosure: - • For your half-hourly meter portfolio, the grid Electricity kwh’s consumed & the £ -value spent excl-vat? 2,007,853 kWh (1,073,259 kWh classed as Green) £506,702 (ex. VAT) • The natural Gas kwh’s consumed & the £-value spent excl-vat? 29,981,572 kWh £1,271,982 (ex. VAT) • Please do also indicate if the electricity is classed as being Green or Brown? Detailed above. Given the cost increases to the residents of each local authority, there is a huge public interest in accountability of ALL public sector energy usage & energy costs across all Local authorities, all Government departments and all publicly funded or linked organisations which fall within freedom of disclosure requests. For the avoidance of doubt, because disclosure of energy kwh usages falls firmly within the EIR 2004 regulations, and the costs fall within your normal cost spend disclosure as stated on your public facing website disclosures anyway, then there is nothing which could be considered as a valid ROI exemption nor could claim to be commercially sensitive. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner ’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Philip Lewis Information Rights Officer2025-03-28T00:00:00CAM99112025-03-24T00:00:00event approval document/s for the Eid Al Fitr event to be held in Kilburn Grange ParkDate: 24/03/2025 Ref: CAM9911 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 19/03/2025 about event approval document/s for the Eid Al Fitr event to be held in Kilburn Grange Park . We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested. Please send me the event approval document/s for the Eid Al Fitr event to be held in Kilburn Grange Park on the morning of Sunday 30 March 2025. Please also send a copy of the letter which Camden's events team have requested the organisers of the Eid event send to local people to inform them in advance of the event. Please also tell me to which streets this letter will be delivered. The Camden Events Service have had no application to hold an event in the park or indeed any dialogue / conversations relating to EID this year The event cannot happen without Camden Event Service permission, and it is now too late for an application to be made. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner ’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Philip Lewis Information Rights Officer2025-03-28T00:00:00CAM98062025-03-21T00:00:00housing disrepairDate: 21/03/2025 Case reference : CAM9806 London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 06/03/2025 about housing disrepair.  We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 / Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested and the answers to your questions are as follows: Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, please can you disclose the following information: 1. In the past 5 years, how many injury claims have been made against the council for housing disrepair? (Broken down by years 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024.) 2020 - 5 2021 - 1 2022 - 6 2023 - 1 2024 - 3 1a. Can this be broken down by reason for the injury claim (i.e. structural damage, faulty heating, damp and mould, etc.)? (Broken down by years 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024.) 2020 - 4x damp/mould, 1x structural disrepair 2021 - 1x General disrepair 2022 - 3x General disrepair, 2x damp/mould, 1x leak 2023 - 1x damp/mould 2024 - 1x damp/mould, 1x faulty heating, 1xGeneral disrepair 2. Can you provide the number of injury claims that were settled with compensation? (Broken down by years 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024.) 2020 - 2 2021 - 0 2022 - 1 2023 - 0 2024 - 0 2a. How much was paid out in compensation for successful injury claims against the service? (Broken down by years 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024.) 2020 - £8,000 2022 - £11,000 Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk , Telephone: 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website https://www.ico.org.uk may be useful.Yours sincerely, Peter Williams Information Rights Officer2025-03-24T00:00:00CAM93502025-03-21T00:00:00adult social care service, templates used to complete Children Service’s assessmentsDate: 21/03/2025 Ref: CAM9350 Dear Requester, Thank you for your request for information dated 30/12/2025 about adult social care service, templates used to complete Children Service’s assessments. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested and the answers to your questions are as follows: Amalgamated Request (1) 1) Please provide the current (at the time of responding to the FOI request) waiting list times for the following ASC assessments: • Care assessments • Care reviews • Financial assessment • Carer assessments, including young carers and parent -carer. You clarified: Average length of time people have waited. If there are no waiting lists, please state this in the response. Some local authorities have waiting lists for assessments and reviews. The council does not hold the information requested because we do not operate waiting lists. Our care assessments are based on a three conversation model that begin as soon as someone contacts us. No-one waits to start that process; the process can take different lengths of time depending on individual circumstances. Some people are waiting longer than we would like for care reviews , our current median waits are 54 days for care reviews and 118 days for care reviews in our mental health services. The median wait time for financial assessments is 14.5 days. The median wait time for carer assessments and reviews is 206 days. 2) Provide your strategy to prevent, reduce or delay the need for care and support. The information requested is publicly available on the Council website. You can find this information through the following link: https://www.camden.gov.uk/documents/20142/0/Supporting+People+Connecting+Comm unities+Strategic+Plan.pdf London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk As the information requested is already reasonably accessible elsewhere it is exempt under the absolute exemption in Section 21. 3) Provide your end-to-end process/pathways when people move between services and agencies. Including: - children into adulthood Please see the Amalgamated Request 1 pathways and policies document attached. - hospital discharge Please see the response to question 3 above. 4) Provide your local authorities co-production policy or approach The information requested is publicly available on the Council website. You can find this information through the following link: https://camdencarechoices.camden.gov.uk/co-production-matters/asc-co-production- framework/ As explained above the information requested is exempt under the absolute exemption in Section 21. 5) Provide your local authorities most recent self-evaluation of the quality of Adult Social Care services You clarified: The most recent self-evaluation - these should be completed annually, if the council do not have one, please just specify that in the response. Camden does not have a current annual self-evaluation of the quality of services (known as a Local Account). However, we have now started the process of drafting a new, coproduced local account, with contributions from those who draw on care and carers. This is likely to be published in the Autumn of 2025. 6) Please provide your local authorities Adult Social Care Quality Assurance Policy Please see the response to question 3 above. Amalgamated request (2) 1) A blank copy / template used to complete Child & Family Assessments (Single Assessments / S17 assessments) Please see the Amalgamated Request 2 templates attached. 2) A blank copy / template used to complete Section 47 enquiries / assessments. Please see the response to question 1 above. 3) A blank copy / template used to complete assessments for unborn children. We use the same Child and Family assessment template provided in question 1 above. 4) A blank copy / template used when recording Initial & Review Child Protection Conferences. Please see the response to question 1 above. 5) A blank copy / template used to complete case supervision with children's social workers. Please see the response to question 1 above. Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Lorna Jonas-Tinson Information Rights Officer2025-03-21T00:00:00CAM97042025-03-21T00:00:00domestic violence refuge places funded specifically for women with NRPFDate: 21/03/2025 Ref: CAM9704 Dear Requester, Thank you for your request for information dated 20/02/2025 about domestic violence refuge places funded specifically for women with NRPF . We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested and the answers to your questions are as follows: 1. In the calendar year 2024, how many domestic violence refuge places did the council fund specifically for women with NRPF (No Recourse to Public Funds)? The Council does not commission a domestic violence refuge service specifically for NRPF women. We commission a domestic violence refuge service. The service provider has discretion to make arrangements to accommodate NRPF women on a case by case basis, The figures provided below are based on this. 2. In the calendar year 2024, how many women subject to NRPF (No Recourse to Public Funds) status applied for a refuge place? - 5. Of this number, how many women were: 1. Given a place in a refuge - 5. 2. Not given a place in a refuge - 0. 3. Of the number of women not given a place in a refuge, how many were signposted on to alternative services? For example, so -called ‘by and for’ services. Not applicable. Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Lorna Jonas-Tinson Information Rights Officer2025-03-21T00:00:00CAM97322025-03-19T00:00:00Tip, Refuse and Recycling Centres in your area that have closed in the last 10 yearsDate: 19/03/2025 Ref: CAM9732 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 24/02/2025 about Tip, Refuse and Recycling Centres in your area that have closed in the last 10 years . We have dealt with this under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested. 1. Tip Opening hours / closures: a. Could you please provide me with the total number of Tip, Refuse and Recycling Centres in your area that have closed in the last 10 years. None. b. Could you please provide me with the total number of Tip, Reuse and Recycling Centres in your area and the current opening hours of each site? One. The opening times and further details can be found here . 2. Closed theatres, swimming pools, leisure centres: a. Could you please provide me with the total number of theatres in your area to have closed in the last 10 years? Clarified as: Yes, I am referring to council owned theatres. Zero - we don't own any theatres. b. Could you please provide me with the total number of swimming pools in your area to have closed in the last 10 years? Two. Energy Base at Student Central and Central YMCA on Great Russell Street – both run independently to the Council. c. Could you please provide me with the total number of leisure centres in your area to have closed in the last 10 years? Two - Central YMCA on Great Russell Street. NB, we are classing Energy Base as a leisure centre as it was a university sports centre with some public access. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Kieran Heneghan Information Rights Officer2025-03-21T00:00:00CAM97342025-03-21T00:00:00Camden MarketDate: 21/03/2025 Case reference : CAM9734 London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 25/02/2025 about Camden Market.  We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 / Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested and the answers to your questions are as follows: I would like to submit a request for information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA) regarding communication between Camden Council and any of the following companies: LabTech London Limited (formerly known as Market Tech Limited), Camden Market Estate Holdings Limited, Gilbey Ground Limited, Stanley Sidings Limited, and The GoodHeart Trust. Please provide the relevant information for the period between January 2021 and December 2023. Please could you provide the following: 1. All letters of communication between one or more of the companies mentioned above and Camden Council. 2. All emails of communication between one or more of the companies mentioned above and Camden Council. 3. All meeting notes between one or more of the companies mentioned above and Camden Council. Please could you provide a breakdown by: a. The date of the meeting.b. The location of the meeting. c. The name of the parties present. You clarified your request on 11 March 2025. The subject of the conversations would be regarding the ownership of Camden Market. We have not had any conversations with Labtech or the other companies listed which were about their ownership of the market. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk , Telephone: 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website https://www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Peter Williams Information Rights Officer2025-03-21T00:00:00CAM97932025-03-21T00:00:00design worksDate: 21/03/2025 Case reference : CAM9793 London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 05/03/2025 about design works.  We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 / Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested and the answers to your questions are as follows: Cost of services of Studio Partington architects from January 2024 to June 2024 for design work for the New Homes for Small Sites Programme-(SC/2023/09) for design works on the Spencer Rise Churchill Road Estate NW5 1AN. Studio Partington Architects were paid a total of £15,000 in fees for this contract between January 2024 to June 2024. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your RightsIf you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk , Telephone: 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website https://www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Peter Williams Information Rights Officer2025-03-21T00:00:00CAM97972025-03-20T00:00:00utilisation data relating to any Electric Vehicle charge pointsDate: 20/03/2025 Ref: CAM9797 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 06/03/2025 about utilisation data relating to any Electric Vehicle charge points. We have dealt with this under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds some of the information requested. I am looking for utilisation data relating to any Electric Vehicle charge points that are either owned by the council, operated by the council, funded by the council or located on council land. In terms of utilisation specifics, I would ideally like to receive raw data relating to charging sessions (e.g. plug-in / plug-out time & date, energy sold, payment method, charger ID, charger type & location). Alternatively, a summarised view by charger speed, day of week and time of day by month or quarter (e.g. Location X, ultrarapid, Monday, 4-5pm, Q2 2024) would be acceptable. I would like to receive this information for a 12-month period, such as March 2024 to February 2025 (inclusive). The Council does not hold this information. It is owned by the charger companies listed below. Additionally, I would like to receive summary information detailing how many Electric Vehicle charge points are either owned by the council, operated by the council, funded by the council or located on council land, their manufacturer and charger type (e.g. fast, rapid, ultrarapid). With regards summary information detailing the number of electric vehicle charge points installed on council land, please see the table below. Company Charge point type No. of Sockets Siemens Lamp column (5.5kw) 155 Ubitricity Lamp column (5.5kw) 92 Total Energies Fast (7kw) 54 Total Energies Fast (22kw) 201 Trojan Energy Fast (up to 22kw) 50 BP Pulse Rapid (50kw) 3 ESB Rapid (50kw) 6 London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner ’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Philip Lewis Information Rights Officer2025-03-21T00:00:00CAM98002025-03-21T00:00:0028 Argyle Square, WC1HDate: 21/03/2025 Case reference : CAM9800 London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 06/03/2025 about 28 Argyle Square, WC1H.  We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 / Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested and the answers to your questions are as follows: Subject: Land Rear of 28 Argyle Square London WC1H 8AP I am writing to inquire whether a pre-application advice request has been submitted for the above site. If a pre-application has been submitted, I would appreciate confirmation of: 1) The date it was received 2) The status of the request 3) All documents sent to the council and the pre-application advice received as part of the pre-application process We have checked the planning records and can find no record of a pre-application advice request having been submitted in relation to this site. Further Information:We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk , Telephone: 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website https://www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Peter Williams Information Rights Officer2025-03-21T00:00:00CAM2072020-07-09T00:00:00premises with Zoo LicencesDate: 09/07/2020 Case reference : CAM207 London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 07/07/2020 about premises with Zoo Licences. We have dealt with this under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested and the answers to your questions are as follows: We are currently in the process of contacting all relevant Local Authorities in the UK, requesting details of all premises with Zoo Licences (under the Zoo Licensing Act 1981 (as amended), in order to update our records and track changes nationwide. If your records have not changed since our request last year, we would still be grateful if you could send the requested information to enable us to maintain accurate records and mark the council as providing a complete return. If your Local Authority has formed a partnership with another authority, please include information for all relevant constituencies. Under the Freedom of Information Act, please: 1. Download the information table found here www.bornfree.org.uk/council. Once downloaded please complete the Word document and email to gemma.hook@pmwcom.co.uk 2. For each premises with a Zoo Licence, return a copy of the most recent annual zoo stocklist outlining births, arrivals, deaths etc. in accordance with Section 9.5 of the Secretary of State’s Standards of Modern Zoo Practice. 3. For each premises with a Zoo Licence, return a copy of the most recent Zoo Inspection Report for “formal” periodical or renewal inspections carried out under S.10 or S.14.2 by Government-appointed Zoo Inspectors. Please ensure all pages (1-10) plus any pages with additional conditions are included. NB. The Zoo Licensing Act and associated standards require that a copy of the annual stocklist and inspection report is sent to the Local Authority. As our request is made for information that should be within the council’s records – there should be no need to contact the zoo in relation to this matter. There are no zoos within the London Borough of Camden. As advice and assistance I can inform you that London zoo is in the London Borough of Westminster. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Philip Lewis Information Rights Officer2025-03-20T00:00:00CAM56022023-08-02T00:00:00A list of building, land and heritage assets disposed ofDate: 02/08/2023 Ref: CAM5602 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 10/07/2023 about A list of building, land and heritage assets disposed of. We have dealt with this under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds some of the information requested. I am requesting the following information from Camden Council under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. A list of building, land and heritage assets disposed of (i.e. the council no longer owned the asset) by the council between 01/07/2018 and 01/07/2023, including: - Name of the asset - What type of asset is it - building, land or heritage? - Address (if applicable) - Postcode (if applicable) - The date it was disposed of - The type of disposal (for example sale, community asset transfer, etc) - How much it was sold for (if applicable) - Who it was sold to - How it was disposed of (open market, auction, etc) I would like to receive this information in a spreadsheet, with the points above as the column headers. The Council holds data from 2020 in the full format that you have requested, and the spreadsheet is attached. However the data from 2018 is not available in the format that you have requested, and to provide all the information would require manually finding the information and adding to the spreadsheet. There were 59 disposals. We estimate it would take 20 minutes to find the information for each of these addresses, which would take an additional 19 hours. If we were to search for this information we would have to refuse this request under Section 12 of the Freedom of Information Act. Instead we are providing you with the information from 2020 -2023. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner ’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Philip Lewis Information Rights Officer2025-03-20T00:00:00CAM95222025-03-18T00:00:00planning officersDate: 18/03/2025 Case reference : CAM9522London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 28/01/2025 about planning officers.  We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA) and the Environmental Information Regulations 2004 (EIR 2004). You clarified your request on 28 January 2025: For questions 1 & 2 I am referring to what comes under your Planning and Building Development services https://www.camden.gov.uk/planning-building-development And for question 3, the budget for those years please You further clarified your request on 03 March 2025: info on qualified planners please within the planning service. The % of posts in the planning service please. Response The council holds some of the information requested. The answers to your questions are below. We have stated where we do not hold the information requested and why. Planning FOI request 1. How many FTE planning officers were directly employed by your council in 2010/11?We do not hold this information.  This is because there was a restructure which applied to the whole planning service, and we would not retain previous information indefinitely. 2. How many FTE planning officers were directly employed by your council in 2015/16? There were 44.6 posts in the Development Management service (DM) which required the person to be a qualified planner. These ranged from junior planner through to head of service and the number includes officers dealing with applications and planning enforcement cases. The Planning Policy team had 9.5 FTE planners in 2015/16. Regeneration and Place had 6 FTE planners in 2015/16. 3. How many FTE planning officers were directly employed by your council in 2020/21? For DM this was the same as for Q2, above but during 2021/22 the service was restructured (see below). The Planning Policy team had 8.5 FTE planners in 2020/21. The Infrastructure and Growth team had 3 FTE planners in 2020/21.  (There was no Infrastructure and Growth team in 2015/16). Regeneration and Place had 6 FTE planners in 2020/21 4. How many FTE planning officers are currently directly employed by your council? There are 40.2 posts in DM which require the person to be a qualified planner. These range from planning officer through to head of service and the number includes officers dealing with applications and planning enforcement cases. The Planning Policy team currently has 8.5 FTE planners The Infrastructure and Growth team currently has 7 FTE planners.  (The increase since 20/21 is due to existing staff becoming qualified planners - not due to an increase in the number of people in the team.) Design and Place (formerly Regeneration and Place) has 5 FTE planners.5. What percentage of your planning department is currently fully staffed? For DM all the posts in Q4 above are filled with the exception of one planning officer post in enforcement. The Planning Policy and Implementation part of the service is fully staffed. Design and Place had no planning vacancies. 6. How many FTE vacancies for planning officers is your council currently carrying (if any)? Whilst in DM we have a number of permanent and fixed-term contract vacancies to fill in the applications team, conservation and land charges, those roles are currently filled by interim agency staff. The Planning Policy and Implementation part of the service is fully staffed (please see above). Design and Place had no planning vacancies (please see above). 7. Do you operate your planning department as a shared service with another council?  If so, which council(s)? No, we do not. 8. How much money was spent by your council on planning services in a) 2010/11 b) 2015/16 c) 2023/24? We do not hold this information.  This is because we are not able to break down the service budgets to only include the budget for planning posts. As some of the information not held is environmental, we have to comply with a technicality and tell you that because it is not held it is excepted under Regulation 12 (4)(a) of the EIR 2004.  The Information Commissioner does not require a public interest test where the information is not held. Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk , Telephone: 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website https://www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Peter Williams Information Rights Officer2025-03-20T00:00:00CAM95482025-03-18T00:00:00total spend on Virtual Schools in the London Borough of Camden for academic year 2023/2024Date: 18/03/2025 Ref: CAM9548 Dear Requester, Thank you for your request for information dated 31/01/2025 about total spend on Virtual Schools in the London Borough of Camden for academic year 2023/2024. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested and the answers to your questions are as follows: We are looking for the total amount spent on virtual schools in your borough in the 2023/2024 academic year. This could be either direct funding or via third - party providers such as education recruitment firms. If this information is not available, then the 2022/2023 academic year would suffice as an alternative. Clarification point: You have requested 'the total amount spent on virtual schools.' Virtual School is an in-house service provided by the education department in the council. Please tell us if you are seeking information on staffing costs, equipment costs OR something else. You clarified: Staffing costs please. The total spend on Virtual School staff in 2023/24 was £754,647. Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Lorna Jonas-Tinson Information Rights Officer2025-03-20T00:00:00CAM95972025-03-12T00:00:00SEND tribunal spend for fiscal years 2020/21 and 2024/25Date: 12/03/2025 Ref: CAM9597 Dear Requester, Thank you for your request for information dated 10/02/2025 about SEND tribunal spend for fiscal years 2020/21 and 2024/25. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. This response clarifies and replaces our earlier submission dated 10/03/2025. Response The council holds the information requested. The answer to your question is as follows: For fiscal years (2020/21 and 2024/25 to date) the total amount in legal costs your local authority have spent on defending SEND tribunal appeals. We have provided data for fiscal years 2020/21 and 2024/25. Financial Year 2020/21 Financial Year 2024/25 (Year to Date ) £105,005 £3,890 We have also provided part of your request in a business as usual way. You can find this information on the Council’s Freedom of Information portal, through the following link: FOI response and searching for CAM9282 to view the data for fiscal years 2021/22, 2022/23 and 2023/24. As the information requested is already reasonably accessible elsewhere it is exempt under the absolute exemption in Section 21. Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Lorna Jonas-Tinson Information Rights Officer2025-03-20T00:00:00CAM96362025-03-20T00:00:00the number of new tenancies created over the last three yearsDate: 20/03/2025 Ref: CAM9636 Dear Requester, Thank you for your request for information dated 13/02/2025 about the number of new tenancies created over the last three years. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested and the answers to your questions are as follows: I would like to know how many council tenants have been signed up per year for the last 3 years. You clarified: I would like to know how many new tenancies were created in the time period specified. This can include housing applicants from register but also transfers, successions etc. Fiscal year Number of new tenancies per year 2021/22 962 2022/23 948 2023/24 643 Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Lorna Jonas-Tinson Information Rights Officer2025-03-20T00:00:00CAM96452025-03-14T00:00:00the procurement of public health funerals, genealogy services, next of kin search servicesDate: 14/03/2025 Ref: CAM9645 Dear Requester, Thank you for your request for information dated 14/02/2025 about the procurement of public health funerals, genealogy services, next of kin search services. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested and the answers to your questions are as follows: 1) Public Health Funerals: Are you currently putting this work to tender? There is no current tender for Public Health Funerals in Camden. Which procurement website do you use for this? The London Borough of Camden holds the information requested. You can find this information on the Council’s Open Data Portal through the following link: Camden Freedom Of Information Response Search and entering CAM9355 into the search field. As the information requested is already reasonably accessible elsewhere it is exempt under the absolute exemption in Section 21. What evaluation criteria is used to assess the bids? Not applicable. What was the name of the last successful supplier and the contract value? The information requested is available on the council ‘s decision making web page. You can view the published data, through the following links: • Decision - Contract Award Report for Public Health Funeral Services - Camden Council • Decision - Contract Extension Report for Public Health Funeral Services - Camden Council When is this contract due to finish? Please see the response to question 1, part 4 above. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Is there any published information about the winning bidder’s proposed solution (if available). Please see the response to question 1, part 4 above. 2) Genealogy Services: Not applicable. 3) Next of Kin Search Services: Not applicable. Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Lorna Jonas-Tinson Information Rights Officer2025-03-20T00:00:00CAM96542025-03-18T00:00:00the number of under and over 18 year old deaf people living in the boroughDate: 18/03/2025 Ref: CAM9654 Dear Requester, Thank you for your request for information dated 17/02/25 about the number of under and over 18 year old deaf people living in the borough. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds some of the information requested and the answers to your questions are as follows: We are keen to promote this service throughout the UK to all local authority professionals who come into contact with families associated with deafness (Deaf parents/Guardians or parents with Deaf children). As Deaf professionals ourselves with over 20 years’ experience and a consistent track record of working successfully with Deaf children, young people and adults, we have the expertise needed to support these families to the fullest. • Current statistics of Deaf people living in the borough as at today’s date. Limited data is available for the total number of Deaf people (over the age of 18) in Camden at present. We can report there are 2 individuals registered on the Camden Sensory Service for Deaf CYP (0 - 25 years). We would particularly like to know the total number of Deaf people; • Of that total, how many are aged 18-50 years? Please see the response to question 1 above. • How many are under the age of 18? 4. Please note that for the purposes of our research, ‘Deaf people’ refers to anyone who is deaf, hard of hearing, deaf with additional needs, and who uses British Sign Language to communicate. Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Lorna Jonas-Tinson Information Rights Officer2025-03-20T00:00:00CAM96562025-03-18T00:00:00spend on taxi services for children travelling to and from schoolDate: 18/03/2025 Ref: CAM9656 Dear Requester, Thank you for your request for information dated 17/02/2025 about spend on taxi services for children travelling to and from school. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The Council does not hold the information requested. The answers to your questions are as follows: The total annual expenditure on taxi services to transport children to and from school, broken down by year from 2016 to the most recent available year. A breakdown of the reasons why these taxi services were required, including categories such as: • Special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) • Lack of available public transport • Temporary accommodation placements • Other exceptional circumstances If available, I would appreciate this information in a spreadsheet or tabular format. Please see the attached spreadsheet for the answers to your questions. Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Lorna Jonas-Tinson Information Rights Officer2025-03-20T00:00:00CAM96662025-03-18T00:00:00the number of housing applicants on the housing register due to fleeing domestic abuseDate: 18/03/2025 Ref: CAM9666 Dear Requester, Thank you for your request for information dated 18/02/2025 about the number of housing applicants on the housing register due to fleeing domestic abuse . We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested. However, we are withholding all of the information because it is exempt as explained below. We have explained where we are withholding information and what exemptions apply. Please see the refusal notices at the end of the answers which explain how and why they apply. 1. The number of housing applicants on the housing register with the council due to fleeing domestic abuse in 2024/2025, 2023/2024, and 2022/2023. a. Of these applicants, and for each year, please provide the number who were initially placed the following categories: i. Band A: Greatest need for housing ii. Band B: High need for housing iii. Band C: Medium need for housing iv. Band D: Low need for housing v. Band E: Lowest need for housing 2. The number of housing applicants on the register fleeing from domestic abuse who were housed by the council in emergency/hotel accommodation in 2024/2025, 2023/2024, and 2022/2023. 3. The number of housing applicants on the register fleeing from domestic abuse who were housed by the council in long-term accommodation in 2024/2025, 2023/2024, and 2022/2023. We are withholding this information as we consider the following exemption applies. Refusal notice: Section 12: Cost of Compliance Exceeds the Appropriate Limit We are refusing your request under section 12 on cost grounds because we estimate that compliance with your request will exceed the "appropriate limit". This is £450 which is London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk equivalent to 18 hours at £25 per hour. The per hour figure is set by Regulations rather than actual salary paid to any officers handling requests. The appropriate limit includes the time it will take the council to discover if it holds the information requested, to locate it, extract it and collate it as well as putting it into any particular format requested by the requester. Once the Council has ascertained that the appropriate limit will be reached it does not need to estimate the time that would be needed for the remainder of the request, there is no obligation on the Council to work on a request until the 18 hours limit is reached. Once it is reasonably calculated that the limit will be reached the entire request may be refused. Question 2 asks for the number of housing applicants on the housing register fleeing from domestic abuse, housed in emergency/hotel accommodation. We do not hold this information in an easily accessible format. This is because the council is undergoing a large data migration project that is affecting our capacity to access and analyse statutory homelessness support data efficiently. The migration process adds an extra layer of complexity and time to the task of retrieving data, if held. In the period July-September 2023, 633 households were identified as being in temporary accommodation. To locate the data requested in question 2 would require a council officer generate a report of households currently housed in emergency/hotel accommodation, manually read each case note to pinpoint the specific data requested. Based on a sample of 10 cases where some case notes were unclear, it took approx. 3 minutes per case to gather and analyse the data. We have calculated to provide the information for all 633 households in the quarter year would take approx. 31.65 hours. To review data for the entire year would take approx. four times as long and total in excess of 125 hours. This exceeds the 18 hours’ appropriate limit set by the Act. Advice and Assistance We hold information about the statutory housing register data. We suggest you submit questions 1 and 3 as a new request and make a new request for question 2 in a few months when the data migration is completed, and the data can be extracted more quickly. Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Lorna Jonas-Tinson Information Rights Officer2025-03-20T00:00:00CAM96802025-03-19T00:00:00spend on private special schoolsDate: 19/03/2025 Ref: CAM9680 Dear Requester, Thank you for your request for information dated 18/02/2025 about spend on private special schools. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The Council does not hold the information requested. Related to private special schools which may be included in your council’s local offer. My request relates to the following 13 schools: • A.R.T.S. Education [URN 148840] • Arc School Old Arley [URN 125790] • Lewis Charlton Learning Centre [URN 134438] • Training and Skills Centre [URN 141603] • Wemms Education Centre [URN 142416] • Pontville School [URN 133540] • Moon Hall School, Reigate [URN 125385] • Falcons Learning [URN 149669] • Cornfields School [URN 146521] • Belle Vue School [URN 148062] • Cambian Great Dunmow School [URN 149357] • Dudley Port School [URN 147736] • Brookthorpe Hall School [URN 149064] Please could you tell me: 1. How many children, if any, your council currently sends to any of the above schools. I would like this data broken down by school. We do not hold the information requested. Not applicable. 2. How many children, if any, your council was sending to any of the above schools on March 1, 2024. I would like this data broken down by school. Please see the response to question 1 above. 3. How much your council has spent on fees to the above schools since March 1, 2024. I would like this data broken down by school. Please see the response to question 1 above. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Lorna Jonas-Tinson Information Rights Officer2025-03-20T00:00:00CAM96932025-03-20T00:00:00teaching staff absences due to mental health related issuesDate: 20/03/2025 Ref: CAM9693 Dear Requester, Thank you for your request for information dated 19/02/2025 about teaching staff absences due to mental health related issues. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds some of the information requested. About teacher absences due to mental health reasons in schools within your borough. Please provide the following data for the 2022 -2023 and 2023-2024 academic years: 1. The total number of teacher absences attributed to mental health reasons (including but not limited to stress, anxiety, depression, burnout, and bipolar disorder) in the 2022-2023 academic year. We hold information on centrally employed teachers and those who were based within Schools that bought into the Council’s HR/Payroll Service. Within the Council and Schools that buy into its HR/Payroll service, any absences attributed to mental health reasons (including but not limited to stress, anxiety, depression, burnout, and bipolar disorder) are recorded under the absence reason code : ‘Anxiety/stress/depression/other psychological illness’ on the Council’s HR system. The table below provides a breakdown of the requested information. Academic Year Total number of teachers absences recorded under the absence reason ‘Anxiety/stress/depression/other psychologica l illness’ 2022 /23 44 2. The total number of teacher absences attributed to mental health reasons (including but not limited to stress, anxiety, depression, burnout, and bipolar disorder) in the 2023-2024 academic year. Academic Year Total number of teachers absences recorded under the absence reason ‘Anxiety/stress/depression/other psychologica l illness’ 2023 /24 50 London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Please ensure this data includes Headteachers, Deputy Headteachers, and teachers across all age phases, including special schools and Pupil Referral Units (PRUs). Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Lorna Jonas-Tinson Information Rights Officer2025-03-20T00:00:00CAM97052025-03-18T00:00:00contact details of all Stockists and Reader Development Managers (individuals responsible for selecting the children's books) for all Public Libraries in the BoroughDate: 18/03/2025 Ref: CAM9705 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 20/02/2025 about contact details of all Stockists and Reader Development Managers (individuals responsible for selecting the children's books) for all Public Libraries in the Borough. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested. Email addresses and contact names of all Stockists and Reader Development Managers (individuals responsible for selecting the children's books) for all Public Libraries in the Borough. This information will assist in my research on children's book selection processes in public libraries. Camden Libraries are part of the CBC (Central Buying Consortium). This consortium has 55 members or associate members giving the local authorities that belong to it greater purchasing power. The CBC complete a central procurement exercise for physical library stock. Through this procurement a book supplier is selected for all members for a set period. The book supplier selects the stock based on a specification each local authority provides. Each local authority bases their specification on community profiling so that the stock reflects the needs of the community. Camden check the selected baskets from the book supplier before committing them as approved orders. The current book supplier contracted by the CBC is Askews and Holts Library Services Ltd enquiries@askewsandholts.com who employ book specialists to select the stock based on each specification. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner ’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Philip Lewis Information Rights Officer2025-03-20T00:00:00CAM97092025-03-19T00:00:00various questions regarding licensed venuesDate: 19/03/2025 Ref: CAM9709 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 20/02/2025 about various questions regarding licensed venues. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested. I am requesting the following information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 regarding licensed venues within the Camden Borough 1. A list of all event spaces in the borough that hold a premises license allowing them to operate beyond standard closing hours (e.g., past midnight), including those with licenses for late-night operations (e.g., 2 AM, 3 AM, 4 AM, 5 AM, or 24 -hour licenses) -Please exclude pubs from this list; we are only interested in nightclubs, event spaces, music venues, and private hire venues. Please see the attached spreadsheet which shows the venue and related premises license. This information can be used in conjunction with the Camden Licensing Activities dataset to find a specific venue’s alcohol licence hours. 2. The maximum capacity of each venue as listed in their licensing conditions. If capacity is set then this information is held in the worded conditions of the licence document. The licence document can be viewed on the Public Licensing Register . 3. Whether these venues have any restrictions on electronic music events (e.g., sound limitations, security requirements, or conditions related to dance events). Any restrictions for electronic music events are held in the worded conditions of the licence document. The licence document can be viewed on the Public Licensing Register . 4. The alcohol license hours for these venues. Please see the answer to question 1. 5. Any additional licensing requirements for hosting private parties or ticketed events. This information is held in the worded conditions of the licence document. The licence document can be viewed on the Public Licensing Register . Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Kieran Heneghan Information Rights Officer2025-03-20T00:00:00CAM127542026-05-21T00:00:00empty homesDate: 21/05/2026 Case reference: CAM12754 London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 28/04/2026 about empty homes.  We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 / Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested and the answers to your questions are as follows: The request is: 1) How many 'empty homes' (privately occupied but not lived in for more than six months) are in your borough? Please give data for each year since 2021. The numbers of 'empty homes' at the end of December for each year were: - 2021:  1663 2022:  1478 2023:  1394 2024:  12882025:  1642 Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk, Telephone: 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website https://www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Peter Williams Information Rights Officer2026-05-28T21:45:14CAM97122025-03-20T00:00:00section 50 street works licencesDate: 20/03/2025 Ref: CAM9712 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 21/02/2025 about section 50 street works licences. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested. Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, I request the following information: • The number of applications made to Camden Council for a section 50 street works licence in order to supply power to an EV charge point • 2019/2020 - 17 • 2020/2021 - 1 • 2021/2022 - 100 • 2022/2023 - 41 • 2023/2024 - 5 • 2024/2025 - 25 • The number of section 50 licences Camden Council issued • 2019/2020 - 62 • 2020/2021 - 47 • 2021/2022 - 91 • 2022/2023 - 128 • 2023/2024 - 50 • 2024/2025 – 30 • The amount of money Camden Council charged for those section 50 licences • 2019/2020 - £98,152.21 • 2020/2021 - £86,429.43 • 2021/2022 - £115,365.28 • 2022/2023 - £78,287.00 • 2023/2024 - £84,790.75 I request that information for the following periods: • 2019/2020 • 2020/2021 • 2021/2022 • 2022/2023 • 2023/2024 London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk • 2024/2025 (up to the most recent available period) Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner ’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Philip Lewis Information Rights Officer2025-03-20T00:00:00CAM97282025-03-20T00:00:00social care ITDate: 20/03/2025 Case reference : CAM9728 London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 24/02/2025 about social care IT . We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 / Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested and the answers to your questions are as follows: Under FOI please provide the following information relating to the IT systems the Council uses to broker and contract with providers for the adult/childrens social care packages it commissions: 1. What system(s) are currently used to facilitate social care brokerage and/or sourcing of care placements for Children's services? Mosaic CareCubed 2. What is the contract length and end date of the existing contract?  Mosaic - contract length - 2 Years plus 2 optional years End date - 30/06/2025 plus 1 x further optional 1 year extension  Covering both childrens and adults services, and for contracting between social care providers and councils in both adults and children’s social care servicesCareCubed - contract length - 2 Years  End date - 31/08/2025 Covering both childrens and adults services, and for contracting between social care providers and councils in both adults and children’s social care services 3. What is the total contract value for the solution(s)? Please break this down where possible into any up- front costs including one-off payments and implementation costs; subsequent annual licensing fees and, any associated costs including hosting, support and maintenance.  Mosaic - total contract value - £1,291,077.44 Implementation costs - £83,000 Annual licensing fees, incl support & maintenance - £723,911.37 Hosting - £484,166.07 NB this includes the use by children’s safeguarding and social work and early years and also includes the cost of two other applications provided by the supplier, namely Abacus and Synergy. CareCubed  - total contract value - £92,000 With Childrens elements of contract made up of: Year 1 Childrens implementation services = £10,000 SEND Project = £10,000 CareCubed Childrens Council licence = £11,000 Year 2CareCubed Childrens Council licence = £11,000 4. What system(s) are currently used to facilitate social care brokerage and/or sourcing for Adult  services?  Mosiac: recording purchasing and payments Carecubed; cost reviews 5. What is the contract length and end date of the existing contract?   Mosaic - contract length - 2 Years plus 2 optional years End date - 30/06/2025 plus 1 x further optional 1 year extension  Covering both childrens and adults services, and for contracting between social care providers and councils in both adults and children’s social care services CareCubed  - contract Length - 2 Years  End date - 31/08/2025 Covering both childrens and adults services, and for contracting between social care providers and councils in both adults and children’s social care services 6. What is the total contract value for the solution(s)? Please break this down where possible into any up- front costs including one-off payments and implementation costs; subsequent annual licensing fees and, any associated costs including hosting, support and maintenance.  Mosaic - total contract value - £1,291,077.44 Implementation costs - £83,000 Annual licensing fees, incl support & maintenance - £723,911.37Hosting - £484,166.07 NB this includes the use by children’s safeguarding and social work and early years and also includes the cost of two other applications provided by the supplier, namely Abacus and Synergy. CareCubed - total contract value - £92,000 With Adult’s elements of contract made up of: Year 1 CareCubed Adults place-based licence = £25,000 Year 2 CareCubed Adults place-based licence = £25,000 7. What systems are currently used for contracting between social care providers and councils in both adults and children’s social care services? Mosaic and CareCubed   8. What is the contract length and end date of existing contract? Mosaic - contract length - 2 Years plus 2 optional years End date - 30/06/2025 plus 1 x further optional 1 year extension  Covering both childrens and adults services, and for contracting between social care providers and councils in both adults and children’s social care services CareCubed  - contract length - 2 Years  End date - 31/08/2025Covering both childrens and adults services, and for contracting between social care providers and councils in both adults and children’s social care services 9. What is the total contract value for the solution(s)? Please break this down where possible into any up- front costs including one-off payments and implementation costs; subsequent annual licensing fees and, any associated costs including hosting, support and maintenance. Mosaic - total contract value - £1,291,077.44 Implementation costs - £83,000 Annual licensing fees, incl support & maintenance - £723,911.37 Hosting - £484,166.07 NB this includes the use by children’s safeguarding and social work and early years and also includes the cost of two other applications provided by the supplier, namely Abacus and Synergy. CareCubed - total contract value - £92,000 Covering both childrens and adults services, and for contracting between social care providers and councils in both adults and children’s social care services. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk , Telephone: 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website https://www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Peter Williams Information Rights Officer2025-03-20T00:00:00CAM97372025-03-20T00:00:00Social houses on the housing register which have been assessed with a Category 1 HHSRS Hazard Rating where there is no record of remedial action taking placeDate: 20/03/2025 Ref: CAM9737 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 26/02/2025 about Social houses on the housing register which have been assessed with a Category 1 HHSRS Hazard Rating where there is no record of remedial action taking place. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds some of the information requested. How many social houses are on the housing register which have been assessed with a Category 1 HHSRS Hazard Rating where there is no record of remedial action taking place? We currently have 65 properties recorded. Most of these are very recently identified through a comprehensive internal stock condition survey, which will ensure that by next year the council will have HHSRS surveys completed to all its social homes. All these surveys have been reviewed, and the council has a process in place to address these. May I also please know for the year 2024, for housing association residents: • How many households have applied to the local authority to have a HHSRS check? • How many have been assessed by an environmental health officer? • How many have been served improvement notices by the local authority? • Of those served improvement notices how many have not had remedial work started after: - 1 month - 6 months This information is not held. We do not record or collate this information for all the H ousing Associations and Co-Ops that have social housing in Camden. This information would be available directly from the 48 Housing Associations and Co-Ops that operate in the borough. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner ’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Philip Lewis Information Rights Officer2025-03-20T00:00:00CAM97402025-03-20T00:00:00licensing platformDate: 20/03/2025 Case reference : CAM9740 London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 26/02/2025 about our licensing platform.  We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 / Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested and the answers to your questions are as follows: I am wishing to contact the council, but I have been unable to find the correct individual/s to address my email to. Therefore, I am left with no choice other than to make a request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Please can you provide me with the following information with regards to Digital Transformation and Licensing: 1. The Head/Manager of Digital Transformation or IT Business Applications or IT Business Manager, their contact details including telephone number and email address. There is no Head of Digital Transformation, but our Head of Engineering, Nigel Abraham, has oversight of all of our Applications and Teams.  All council officers can be contacted through 02079744444 and our email addresses are formulated: firstname.secondname@camden.gov.uk. 2. Details of your current licensing platform including expiry date, contract cost and duration of the contract. The examples of the licensing that I am referring to are premise, HMO, taxi, alcohol, TENs, etc . So the licensing platform is the software you use to manage customers applications unless of course you use Word or PDF or Gov.UK forms. Our current licensing platform is used for: -HMO Licensing• Premises Licensing• Temporary Events Notices• Premises / Alcohol Licence• Personal Licence• Tables and Chairs / Pavement Licence• Massage and Special Treatment• Gambling Licence• Sexual Entertainment Venue Licence• Busking Licence• Licensing platform - APP Flare, Contract expiry date: 31 March 2026, Contract cost: £57,734.61. 3. who is responsible for the contract and their contact details including telephone number and email address Our Head of Engineering, Nigel Abraham is responsible.  Please see the response above. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk , Telephone: 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website https://www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Peter Williams Information Rights Officer2025-03-20T00:00:00CAM97412025-03-19T00:00:00the number of breakdown incidents for your bin lorries used by your councilDate: 19/03/2025 Ref: CAM9741 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 27/02/2025 about the number of breakdown incidents for your bin lorries used by your council. We have dealt with this under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council does not hold the information requested. Please could I request the following information Under the Freedom of Information Act: 1. The number of breakdown incidents for your bin lorries used by your council in each of the following years: a) 2019, b) 2020, c) 2021, d) 2022, e) 2023, f) 2024 2. The average age of the bin lorries used by your council 3. The age of the oldest bin lorry used by your council 4. The cost of insuring the bin lorries used by your council in each of the following years: a) 2019, b) 2020, c) 2021, d) 2022, e) 2023, f) 2024 5. The amount of money spent on repairing and maintaining the bin lorries your council used in each of the following years: a) 2019, b) 2020, c) 2021, d) 2022, e) 2023, f) 2024 Please could you provide this information by email, preferably in a spreadsheet. This information is not held by the council because it is part of the Veolia contract and the information requested is not held by Veolia’s on the council’s behalf under the contract but on their own behalf. We have to comply with a technicality and say that this information is exempted under reg 12 (4)(a) as it is not held. Information on the contract generally is available online at Our environment services priorities and contract documents - Camden Council and environment-services-contract-annual-service-review- 2022-23-pdf-pdf . Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Kieran Heneghan Information Rights Officer2025-03-20T00:00:00CAM97422025-03-18T00:00:00enforcement actions taken against fly tipping and littering on Primrose Gardens streetDate: 18/03/2025 Ref: CAM9742 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 27/02/2025 about enforcement actions taken against fly tipping and littering on Primrose Gardens street . We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested. Please provide detailed records of all of the following conducted between March 2024 and March 2025: 1. All enforcement actions taken against fly tipping and littering on Primrose Gardens street Between March 2024 and March 2025: Fly-tip enforcement: 3 (FPNs) Littering: 0 2 All resident education and awareness activities undertaken to prevent fly tipping and littering on Primrose gardens See attached. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner ’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Philip Lewis Information Rights Officer2025-03-20T00:00:00CAM97512025-03-20T00:00:00CIP funding provided for the community centre developmentDate: 20/03/2025 Ref: CAM9751 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 27/03/2025 about CIP funding provided for the community centre development. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested. The CIP funding initially provided for the community centre development, was that given back once money was then given by central government for refugee accommodation? I understand this will never be social housing so CIP is not the correct funding. Clarified: The community centre development in question is the Highgate Newtown one. was the CIP funding initially provided returned once it became a development for refugee status/homes under home office status and under their funding guidelines? The Highgate Newtown scheme comprised 34 private sale homes, 7 intermediate homes and a brand-new state of the art Community Centre. The scheme was planned to be funded by capital receipts from the sale of private homes. As the Refugee Housing grant was made available in 2023 by the Government, the Council took the decision to change the tenure of all the homes in the scheme from private and intermediate, to house vulnerable refugee families who had been living in bridging hotels in Camden. There has been no budget returned as the scheme has been delivered as intended, albeit with a different tenure on the housing element. This has led to an increase of affordable homes in the borough as 34 of the homes were earmarked for private sale before the decision to take the grant was made. In addition the government funding allowed the homes to be retained in council ownership. While one of the main aims of CIP is to deliver housing, the programme has also delivered new schools and community facilities as well as improvements to resident facilities throughout the borough. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner ’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Philip Lewis Information Rights Officer2025-03-20T00:00:00CAM97542025-03-18T00:00:00unlicensed HMOsDate: 18/03/2025 Ref: CAM9754 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 27/02/2025 about unlicensed HMOs. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds some of the information requested. I am writing to you under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 to request data on houses of multiple occupancy (HMOs) in your jurisdiction. Specifically, I would like to request the following information in spreadsheet format, by calendar year from 2019 to 2024. If any individual parts of the questions are unavailable or would exceed cost exemptions, please disregard those parts. Similarly, if your records do not extend to 2019, or doing so would exceed cost exemptions, then please start at the earliest available year. If it is not possible for another reason to provide the information requested, please provide advice and assistance, under the Section 15 obligations of the Act, as to how I can refine my request. 1. How many reports of unlicensed HMOs were received, how many investigations of unlicensed HMOs were conducted, and how many were identified. Additionally, if recorded, please also provide the number of those investigations which were conducted jointly with police/law enforcement. Year Reports of unlicensed HMOs All investigations of suspected unlicensed HMOs Of which investigations conducted with police/law enforcement Confirmed unlicensed HMOs 2019 244 244 0 32 2020 86 86 0 32 2021 21 21 0 17 2022 120 120 0 32 2023 173 173 0 25 2024 211 211 0 21 London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk 2. Can you provide an estimate as to how many unlicensed HMOs there are in the council area? (I understand this will be an approximate figure and not exact.) The Council does not hold this information. 3. Regarding enforcement action taken against unlicensed HMO landlords, please provide the number of fines/civil penalties, management orders, banning orders, rent repayment orders, and/or criminal prosecutions by year over the period. If it is difficult to access this information, then please limit it to just the number of fines and criminal investigations if more readily available. Year Fines/civil penalties Management orders Banning orders Rent repayment orders Criminal prosecutions 2019 94 0 1 2 44 2020 111 0 0 2 24 2021 96 0 2 0 7 2022 68 0 4 0 19 2023 182 0 0 0 0 2024 143 0 1 0 12 4. Relating to the above number of civil penalties/fines and criminal prosecutions for unlicensed HMOs, what was the financial value of the fines ordered to be paid by year over the period, and if recorded, how many prosecutions resulted in criminal conviction? Year Value of fines/civil penalties Number of successful criminal convictions 2019 £236,846 / £235,750 44 2020 £141,000 / £325,100 24 2021 £3,000 / £325,875 7 2022 £ 225,000 / £277,000 19 2023 £0 / £974,070 0 2024 £49,404 / £660,415 12 5. How many licensed HMOs are there in your area? Please also break this down by year, providing a snapshot of the number of HMO licenses as of 31st December each year, if this is feasible. Alternatively, please provide the number of current active HMO licenses held, and any historic snapshots that you may hold with relevant dates. Year Licensed HMOs End of 2019 No data End of 2020 No data End of 2021 No data End of 2022 4,448 End of 2023 3,406 End of 2024 2,866* * Backlog in processing applications 6. How many housing condition-related warrants have been executed in general for all types of housing? Please break this down by year and also by whether the warrant was related to overcrowding or breach of housing notices, if accessible Year All housing warrants issued Of which for overcrowding Of which for breach of housing notices 2019 2 Info not held Info not held 2020 1 Info not held Info not held 2021 0 Info not held Info not held 2022 0 Info not held Info not held 2023 0 Info not held Info not held 2024 1 0 1 7. If recorded, please provide the same information on housing warrants for HMOs specifically. Year Housing warrants issued for HMOs Of which for overcrowding Of which for breach of housing notices 2019 2 Info not held Info not held 2020 2 Info not held Info not held 2021 1 Info not held Info not held 2022 0 Info not held Info not held 2023 3 Info not held Info not held 2024 2 Info not held Info not held Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner ’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Philip Lewis Information Rights Officer2025-03-20T00:00:00CAM97552025-03-20T00:00:00social care ITDate: 20/03/2025 Case reference : CAM9755London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 25/02/2025 about social care IT .  We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested.  However, we are withholding the information because it is exempt as explained below.  We have explained where we are withholding information and what exemption applies.  Please see the refusal notice at the end of the answer which explains how and why it applies. Under FOI please provide the following information relating to the IT systems the Council uses to broker and contract with providers for the adult/childrens social care packages it commissions: 1. What system(s) are currently used to facilitate social care brokerage and/or sourcing of care placements for Children's services? 2. What is the contract length and end date of the existing contract? 3. What is the total contract value for the solution(s)? Please break this down where possible into any up- front costs including one-off payments and implementation costs; subsequent annual licensing fees and, any associated costs including hosting, support and maintenance. 4. What system(s) are currently used to facilitate social care brokerage and/or sourcing for Adult services? 5. What is the contract length and end date of the existing contract?6. What is the total contract value for the solution(s)? Please break this down where possible into any up- front costs including one-off payments and implementation costs; subsequent annual licensing fees and, any associated costs including hosting, support and maintenance. 7. What systems are currently used for contracting between social care providers and councils in both adults and children’s social care services? 8. What is the contract length and end date of existing contract? 9. What is the total contract value for the solution(s)? Please break this down where possible into any up- front costs including one-off payments and implementation costs; subsequent annual licensing fees and, any associated costs including hosting, support and maintenance. Refusal Notice The exemption that applies is: section 14(2 ): repeated request Where a public authority has previously complied with a request for information which was made by any person, it is not obliged to comply with a subsequent identical or substantially similar request from that person unless a reasonable interval has elapsed between compliance with the previous request and the making of the current request. We relied to an identically worded request CAM9728 on18/03/2025.  Please refer to our response to that request. Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your RightsIf you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk , Telephone: 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website https://www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Peter Williams Information Rights Officer2025-03-20T00:00:00CAM127552026-05-22T00:00:00council taxDate: 22/05/2026 Case reference: CAM12755 London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 29/04/2026 about council tax.  . We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA) and the Environmental Information Regulations 2004 (EIR 2004). Response The council holds some of the information requested. The answers to your questions are below. We have stated where we do not hold the information requested and why. I would like to request a detailed breakdown of how council tax income is allocated and spent for the most recent full financial year (2024/2025 or 2025/2026 if available). Specifically, please provide:  1. Total council tax income received. Camden Council’s budgets are based on its Council tax Requirement which is calculated from its service budgets less other types of funding. The calculation of the Council tax requirement for 2026/27 can be found at Guide to Camden’s Council tax and Business Rates 2026/27 - Camden Council. Previous year’s council tax requirements can be found at Financial strategy - Camden Council. The actual council tax income received by Camden in 2024/25 can be found at Live tables on local government finance - GOV.UK. Please note that this data includes the precepts that local authorities collect on behalf of combined authorities etc. In Camden’s case this is the GLA.2. A full breakdown of expenditure funded by council tax, grouped by service area (including but not limited to): a) Adult social care b) Children’s services c) Housing and homelessness d) Highways and public realm e) Waste collection and disposal f) Public health g) Community safety h) Education services i) Corporate/administration costs We do not hold this information.  This is because council tax is only one source of funding for local authorities – other major sources are business rates and government grants. The way the Camden Council determines its council tax requirement is governed by statute and does not distinguish the source of funding for services so this breakdown is not possible. However details of budgeted expenditure for 2026/27 funded by all sources can be found at Guide to Camden’s Council tax and Business Rates 2026/27 - Camden Council. A more detailed breakdown of service expenditure along with previous years’ budgets can be found in Camden Council’s budget books at Financial strategy - Camden Council.   The actual expenditure for 2024/25 (the latest year available) can be found for all English local authorities including Camden in a standardised format at Local authority revenue expenditure and financing England: 2024 to 2025 individual local authority data - outturn - GOV.UK. 3.  Any contributions made to external contractors or third-party providers funded through council tax, including the name of the contractor and total annual spend. Regularly updated details of Camden’s third party payments broken down by supplier can be found at Camden Council Spend Over 500 GBP | Open Data Portal. As some of the information not held is environmental, we have to comply with a technicality and tell you that because it is not held it is excepted under Regulation 12 (4)(a) of the EIR 2004.  The Information Commissioner does not require a public interest test where the information is not held. Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk, Telephone: 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website https://www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Peter Williams Information Rights Officer2026-05-28T21:45:14CAM97742025-03-18T00:00:00our investment poolsDate: 18/03/2025 Case reference : CAM9774London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 03/03/2025 about our investment pools . We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds some of the information requested. The answers to your questions are below. We have stated where we do not hold the information requested and why. I would like to request information regarding your investment pools, relating to the performance of all the closed-end funds including Private Equity, Venture Capital, Private Debt, Real Estate, Real Assets/Infrastructure funds you invest in for Q4 2024, please. I am looking for details, including standard data, such as: • Vintage year • Commitment • Funded Commitment • Unfunded Commitment • Distributions • Market Value• IRR (Net/Gross) • PIC • DPI • RVPI • TVPI As per the Freedom of Information Act 2000, could you kindly provide me with the information as soon as possible? We are keen to establish a process that works best for all parties, as we will be requesting this quarterly data on a periodic basis. Thus, if access to these records will take time or is not currently available, please can you confirm an ETA or share any insights as to when this performance data will be available in the future? Please find relevant information attached. Please note data is not yet fully available for Q4 2024. Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk , Telephone: 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website https://www.ico.org.uk may be useful.Yours sincerely, Peter Williams Information Rights Officer2025-03-20T00:00:00CAM97772025-03-18T00:00:00hire bikes - greener form of transportDate: 18/03/2025 Ref: CAM9777 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 03/03/2025 about hire bikes - greener form of transport. We have dealt with this under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds some of the information requested. Councillor Adam Harrison, Cabinet Member for a Sustainable Camden, is reported as claiming "... hire bikes were worth supporting as a greener form of transport..." ("Hire bike firms set to get another two years", Camden New Journal, 27 February 2025, p4). I therefore request under the Freedom of Information Act: 1. That Camden disclose the per passenger/user kilometre/mile CO2 emissions estimates it relies on when assessing the relative CO2 emissions of walking, cycling, shared e -bike hire, shared e-scooter hire, London Underground travel, London bus travel, and train travel in London; and London Borough of Camden does not hold this information; we would suggest contacting Transport for London who should hold some of the information requested. Also, these resources may be of help: Journey emission comparisons: October 2023: interactive dashboard Greenhouse gas reporting: conversion factors 2021 - GOV.UK 2. That Camden cite the sources for those estimates. N/A. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner ’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Philip Lewis Information Rights Officer2025-03-20T00:00:00CAM97982025-03-20T00:00:00how the New Homes for Small Sites Programme-Phase 1 (SC/2023/09) is being fundedDate: 20/03/2025 Ref: CAM9798 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 06/03/2025 about how the New Homes for Small Sites Programme-Phase 1 (SC/2023/09) is being funded. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested. I would like to know how the New Homes for Small Sites Programme -Phase 1 (SC/2023/09) is being funded. The funding options for the New Homes for Small Sites Programme as set out in Cabinet paper (SC/2023/09) noted a preferred option of funding through grant income, income from the sale of other small sites and income from the sale of transferring the social rent homes to a Registered Provider, such as Camden Living RP. Ten sites were bought forward but only five are to be built on. Have those five sites not to be built on been sold off to fund the builds? If so how much revenue has been raised for each sale. Kilburn Vale Estate Dennington House Estate College Place Estate Sanderson & Carol Close Laystall Court Of those sites listed, further due diligence and engagement work has commenced and progressing at different stages across the sites. To date the site of Inglewood Road Garages at Dennington House Estate, has been sold at auction with sale completion due shortly, to the value of £2.014M. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner ’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Philip Lewis Information Rights Officer2025-03-20T00:00:00CAM98012025-03-20T00:00:00Traffic Management Order (TMO) that relates to Elsworthy road NW3Date: 20/03/2025 Ref: CAM9801 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 06/03/2025 about Traffic Management Order (TMO) that relates to Elsworthy road NW3. We have dealt with this under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested. I would like a copy of the Traffic Management Order (TMO) that relates to Elsworthy road NW3. The TMO is for the prohibition of cars and motorcycles between certain hours of the day due to St Paul's School's proximity. The Traffic Management Order that relates to Elsworthy Road is available here . As the information requested is already reasonably accessible elsewhere it is excepted under Regulation 6(1)(b). Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner ’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Yours sincerely Philip Lewis Information Rights Officer2025-03-20T00:00:00CAM124592026-06-02T00:00:00information the council retains regarding the reporting of water leaks at Chancellors Court, WC1NDate: 02/06/2026 Ref: CAM12459 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 18/03/2026 about what information the council retains regarding the reporting of water leaks at Chancellors Court, WC1N. We have dealt with this under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds some of the information requested. However we are withholding some of the information because it is excepted as explained below. We have explained where we are withholding information and what exceptions apply. Please see the refusal notices at the end of the answers which explain how and why they apply. - REQUEST 1 - CHANCELLORS COURT ORDE HALL STREET LONDON WC1N 3JP I wish to ask you what information the council retains regarding the reporting of water leaks in the above address. How many leaks have been reported from 2019 to 2026? Please see the attached spreadsheets. - REQUEST 2 - Chancellors Court Orde Hall Street London WC1N3JP I understand that there have been at least 2 reports prepared on the above property namely: XXXX XXXX report from 2019 and XXXX XXXX report from August 2021. Clarified - I have spoken to my neighbour and her response is:- They inspected my flat and flat number X. There must be a record of an inspection of number X and X Chancelors and the author of the report must surely have a record of what he did and how he was paid. In respect of each:- 1. Please provide a copy. 2. If a copy cannot be provided then please confirm: (a) The reason(s) why not. (b) If such reports exist. (c) How many requests have been made to see these reports. (d) If any other reports concerning the water pipes in the above property exist and provide a copy. Clarified - I have spoken to my neighbour and her response is:- They inspected my flat and flat number X. There must be a record of an inspection of number X and X Chancelors and the author of the report must surely have a record of what he did and how he was paid. Your request for this information is refused as explained in the refusal notices below. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk 3. Are reports concerning the condition of the supply of water and heating freely available to all council officers upon request and if so to whom are the requests for such reports made. Reports on the condition of water supply and heating within a council’s housing stock or buildings are not automatically “freely available” to all council officers upon simple request. Access depends on internal governance, role-based permissions, and the purpose for which the information is sought. Refusal notice: Regulation 5(3) The information you have requested is your own information. Freedom of Information/Environmental Information Regulation responses are considered to be public documents and to be published to the world and not provided just to the requester. It would not be appropriate to publish your personal information in this way and so the Act has an exemption in Regulation 5(3). This says that where the requester asks for their own information it is exempt. You can obtain your own information by making a subject access request under the General Data Protection Regulation. Please email SubjectAccess@camden.gov.uk with the details. Refusal notice: Regulation 12(3) Regarding the requester’s request for their neighbour’s information, the council considers that to disclose the personal data requested would not be in accordance with data protection legislation and therefore we have withheld all of the information under the absolute exemption in Regulation 12(3). The exemption states that personal data requested may be withheld when to release it would be a breach of the requirements of data protection law which is the UK General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the Data Protection Act 2018. The information withheld is personal information because it allows living individuals to be identified. The council considers that it would be a breach of the General Data Protection Regulation article 5 requirements of fairness and proportionality to publish this personal information in a FOI request. In doing this we have considered the legitimate public interest in disclosure against the interests of the data subject and concluded that in the circumstances disclosure would contravene the data protection requirements of fairness and proportionality particularly considering that Freedom of Information responses are public documents and published to the world and not provided just to the requester. Advice and Assistance As noted above, requests for an individual’s own information should be made by submitting a subject access request under the General Data Protection Regulation, using the link provided. Requests for a neighbour’s information should instead be submitted as a disclosure request. Please visit our website using the following link: Camden Council - Disclosure requests To reiterate, information released under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) or the Environmental Information Regulations (EIR) is, in effect, disclosed to the public at large rather than solely to the individual requester. Legally, such information is considered to be accessible to anyone, anywhere, once disclosed. For this reason, where the requested information is not suitable for public release, it must be withheld in accordance with the relevant exemptions. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk Telephone: 0303 123 1113 , live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/ Yours sincerely Kieran Heneghan Information Rights Officer2026-06-04T21:45:07CAM125842026-06-04T00:00:00top five agents/providers used to supply temporary accommodationDate: 3 June 2026 Ref: CAM12584 Dear Requester, Thank you for your request for information dated 2 April 2026 about the top five agents/providers used to supply temporary accommodation. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested. However, we are withholding some of the information because it is exempt as explained below. We have explained where we are withholding information and what exemptions apply. Please see the refusal notices at the end, which explains how and why they apply. 1. Please advise the top five agents/providers that you are using to supply your temporary accommodation needs. Please see attached the spreadsheet, which sets out the available data held. For each agent, please breakdown: a) Number of units taken on from that agent since 01/02/2026 Please see the response provided in question 1 above. b) Breakdown of these units by bed type (1 Bed, 2 Bed, 3 Bed. 4 Bed, 5 Bed) Please see the response provided in question 1 above. c) Average of nightly rate being paid for each bed type (1 Bed, 2 Bed, Bed. 4 Bed, 5 Bed) The Council has withheld this information as the data is exempt under Section 43(2) of the Freedom of Information Act. Please see the refusal notice set out below. d) Maximum nightly rate being paid for each bed type (1 Bed, 2 Bed, 3 Bed. 4 Bed, 5 Bed) The Council has withheld this information as the data is exempt under Section 43(2) of the Freedom of Information Act. Please see the refusal notice set out below. e) Total number of units currently being rented from that agent Please see the response provided in question 1 above. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk f) Total number of units currently being rented from that agent by bed type (1 Bed, 2 Bed, 3 Bed. 4 Bed, 5 Bed) Please see the response provided in question 1 above. g) Total expenditure for each agent being paid Please see the response provided in question 1 above. h) How many units you have taken on in total since 01/02/2026, and the highest nightly rate paid. Also broken down by bed type (1 Bed, 2 Bed, 3 Bed. 4 Bed, 5 Bed). Please see the response provided in question 1 above. Refusal notice Section 43(2): Prejudicial to commercial interests The Council has withheld this information because Section 43(2) of the Freedom of Act 2000 exempts information whose disclosure would, or would be likely to, prejudice the commercial interests of any person (an individual, a company, the public authority itself or any other legal entity). The Council is relying upon the higher threshold of likelihood that disclosure would have a prejudicial effect. The parties whose commercial interests are engaged are Theori Housing Management Services Limited, Atlantic Lodge (Housing) Limited, Castle Residential Housing Ltd, Sunshine Guaranteed, HQ-Property/Shuttleworth (UK) Ltd, and the Council. The harm that would be caused is that disclosure would significantly prejudice the commercial interests of these parties. The release of detailed cost breakdowns, and pricing information which are subject to ongoing review and adjustment, would provide competitors with a clear picture of the named providers financial performance and commercial models. This insight would be likely to enable competitors to anticipate or undercut the named providers approaches in future spot purchase exercises, placing them at a significant commercial disadvantage and undermining fair competition. Furthermore, disclosure of information relating to financial variations would reveal how the named providers manage financial risk and negotiate adjustments under commercial pressure. Competitors could use this information to infer the providers’ cost bases and financial thresholds, and as a result gain an unfair advantage. This would be likely to prejudice the providers’ commercial interests and undermine the integrity of future procurement processes. The Council would also be adversely affected, as its ability to achieve best value when spot purchasing similar accommodation would be reduced. The link between disclosure and harm is that other accommodation providers would gain insight into the named providers’ business models and pricing structures. Disclosure would therefore prejudice the commercial interests of the Council by undermining its ability to negotiate value for money. There is a well-established risk that publication of such information could lead to nightly rates being treated as a “benchmark” by accommodation providers, resulting in increased costs to the public purse. As section 43(2) is a qualified exemption, the Council has considered the public interest in disclosure against the public interest in favour of disclosure. The public interest arguments for releasing this information are as follows: • Ensuring value for money (medium weight). • Improving transparency in decision making (medium weight). • Promoting accountability of the Council (medium weight). The public interest arguments for withholding the information: • It is not in the public interest to disclose information that would be likely to damage the commercial interests of organisations, which could result in financial harm and potential impacts on employment in term of job losses (high weight). • It is not in the public interest to damage the Council’s own commercial position, as this would affect its ability to manage public funds effectively and deliver services (high weight). • Disclosure could negatively influence ongoing and future negotiations, adversely affecting the Council’s ability to secure value for money for residents and stakeholders (medium weight). • Withholding the figures does not prevent scrutiny of the Council’s decisions and actions (low weight). Having carefully considered these factors, the Council has concluded that the public interest in withholding the information outweighs the public interest in disclosure. Disclosure would be likely to prejudice the commercial positions of the parties involved, undermine fair competition, and harm the Council’s ability to secure best value in future procurement exercises, potentially increasing costs for accommodation provision. Advice and Assistance As advice and assistance, we have provided all non-exempt information held. If you have any general questions, you can make a new request to FOI@camden.gov.uk. Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk, telephone 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Lorna Jonas-Tinson Information Rights Officer2026-06-04T21:45:07CAM98352025-03-20T00:00:00pension abatementDate: 20/03/2025 Case reference : CAM9835 London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 03/03/2025 about pension abatement.  We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 / Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested and the answers to your questions are as follows: I would like a copy of Camden’s pension abatement policy and procedure.  I would also like to know when it was written. Please find the requested information attached.  This is dated 13 August 2014. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk , Telephone: 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website https://www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Peter Williams Information Rights Officer2025-03-20T00:00:00CAM94472025-03-13T00:00:00all buildings originally constructed as council housing transferred to housing association ownershipDate: 13/03/2025 Ref: CAM9447 Dear Requester, Thank you for your request for information dated 10/01/2025 about all buildings originally constructed as council housing transferred to housing association ownership. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds some of the information requested. The answers to your questions are as follows: We are working on a project that looks at neighbourhood change in London over a long time period. In this context, we would like to understand how the ownership of buildings originally constructed as council housing changed over time. Specifically, we would like to know which residential properties were transferred in your council from council ownership to ownership by housing associations other similar social landlords in the post-war period. Most of these transfers will have happened in the wake of the 1988 housing act and are known as “Large Scale Voluntary Transfer (LSVT)”. Please provide us with a list of all buildings that have been transferred from council ownership to housing associations or other similar social landlords. We need to know the name and address of each of these buildings since the 1980s. If you know the year in which the building was constructed and how many housing units it contained, we would like to know that information as well. If your council has disposed of council housing to buyers other than housing associations or similar social landlords, we would like the same information for such disposals as well. We are not interested in disposals to individual tenants under the Right to Buy scheme. You clarified: By since the 1980s I mean since 1st January 1980. So , the date range of interest is 1st January 1980 until today. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk The council does not hold data on whether a block is purpose built as social housing. We note if blocks are purpose built as flats, but we have blocks that were originally built as private developments and later acquired by the council. There may be blocks sold in the 1980s for example where there is no remaining data on our systems. This is because the request covers a period outside of our retention policy for property planning and asset management. We have considered that blocks leased to other organisations are outside the scope of this request. We transferred the following blocks to HS2: - Ainsdale, Regent’s Park Estate, NW1 3SD. Built in 1955. 22 social units. - Eskdale, Regent’s Park Estate, NW1 3SB. Built in 1954. 49 social units. - Silverdale, Regent’s Park Estate, NW1 3SE. Built in 1955. 57 social units. Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Lorna Jonas-Tinson Information Rights Officer2025-03-18T00:00:00CAM94952025-02-24T00:00:00fraudulent school admission applications in CamdenDate: 21/02/2025 Ref: CAM9495 Dear Requester, Thank you for your request for information dated 24/01/2025 about fraudulent school admission applications in Camden. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested. However, we are withholding all of the information because it is exempt as explained below. We have explained where we are withholding information and what exemptions apply. Please see the refusal notices at the end of the answers which explain how and why they apply. Regarding applications for school places that have been made/are suspected to be made using fraudulent information: 1. Does the council have a system/procedures for detecting fraudulent school admission applications? If so, please provide details of what these are. Please include if any new procedures have been introduced in the past few years. 2. How many applications have you investigated on suspicion of being fraudulent in the past three academic years? (2023-24 / 2022-23 / 2021-22) 3. How many of these applications were found to be fraudulent? Please break this figure down by primary/secondary schools if this is possible. 4. For the fraudulent applications, please include further details of what the offence was / which school the application was for / and what the outcome of the investigation was. (Please include as much details about the offences as is possible). 5. Overall, how many fraudulent applications for each year were a) Not accepted? b) Resulted in a child being removed from school after application found to be fraudulent? 6. Please include the number of fraudulent applications that led to appeals by parents, and the number of appeals that won. 7. Did any of these offences result in prosecution? If so, please provide details. We are applying section 12 Freedom of Information Act to this request. Please see the exemption notice set out below. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Section 12 refusal notice We are refusing your request under section 12 on cost grounds because we estimate that compliance with your request will exceed the "appropriate limit". This is £450 which is equivalent to 18 hours at £25 per hour. The per hour figure is set by Regulations rather than actual salary paid to any officers handling requests. The appropriate limit includes the time it will take the council to discover if it holds the information requested, to locate it, extract it and collate it as well as putting it into any particular format requested by the requester. For detecting fraudulent school admission applications, we run address checks for applicants against Council held records and investigate further any address queries that arise. We also receive information of potentially fraudulent applications from schools and members of the community. You have requested the total number of school admission applications investigated on suspicion of being fraudulent for academic years 2023/24, 2022/23 and 2021/22. We do not routinely record fraudulent school admission applications. To answer question 4 aside collating the information, we might not class fraudulent applications as an ‘offence’, but rather not satisfied that the parent/guardian was residing at the address given on the application. Reasons why places are withdrawn are varied. In response to question 6, fraudulent applications and appeals are not cross matched. We do not routinely record whether an application is fraudulent or not. To locate and retrieve the data for questions 2-7 would require a council officer to manually read all school applications for the past 3 years to check if there was an address investigation, then an hour to collate the information requested for those who had an address investigation. There are 4,184 Reception class (primary school) applications and 4,280 Year 7 secondary school applications within scope of this request. It is estimated that it would take approx. 5 minutes per application to review the data. To provide the information for all 8,464 applications would take approx.706 hours. This exceeds the appropriate limit set by the Act by some considerable time. Advice and Assistance We do not record information on fraudulent school admission applications . Under our duty to provide advice and assistance you may wish to refine question 4 to reasons why applications are not satisfied, places withdrawn or not withdrawn and reduce the scope of question 6. Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Lorna Jonas-Tinson Information Rights Officer2025-03-18T00:00:00CAM95062025-03-11T00:00:00Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion trainingDate: 11/03/2025 Case reference : CAM9506 London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 27/01/2025 about Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion training.  We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 / Environmental Information Regulations 2004. You clarified your request on 18 February 2025: Please provide details of any external training including companies who are running the training sessions If the training is internal, please provide details of the materials used during these sessions Response The council holds the information requested and the answers to your questions are as follows: I am writing under the Freedom of Information Act (2000) to request information on the total expenditure by the local authority on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) training for staff since 1 May 2021. 1. If possible, please provide a breakdown of this expenditure by financial year. 2. a) If applicable, provide details on the type of training offered, b) the number of participants, and c) the departments or service areas involved.Please provide this information in table format, if available, with columns for 'Year', 'Total Expenditure', 'Training Type', and 'Number of Participants'. Please find relevant information in the attached spreadsheet. 3. If the DEI training is included in the wider training provided by the council, please detail how long the DEI part of the training takes council employees to complete. As part of our mandatory training all employees are required to undertake Conscious Inclusion Training, and Anti Racism training. This is developed and administered in house as part of Camden’s online training.  It takes between 30-45 mins to complete. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk , Telephone: 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website https://www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Peter Williams Information Rights Officer2025-03-18T00:00:00CAM95612025-03-03T00:00:00dedicated schools grant deficit/surplus for the year to 31 March 2024 and forecasted deficit/surplus for the year to 31 March 2025Date: 10/03/2025 Ref: CAM9561 Dear Requester, Thank you for your request for information dated 03/02/2025 about dedicated schools grant deficit/surplus for the year to 31 March 2024 and forecasted deficit/surplus for the year to 31 March 2025. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. This response clarifies and replaces our earlier submission dated 03/03/2025. Response The council holds the information requested and the answers to your questions are as follows: 1. The council's Dedicated Schools Grant budget (deficit)/surplus for the year to 31 March 2024 £5,002,764 surplus. 2. The council's forecast Dedicated Schools Grant budget (deficit)/surplus for the year to 31 March 2025 £4,752,764 surplus. 3. The council's forecast for the accumulated Dedicated Schools Grant budget (deficit)/surplus carried forward on 31 March 2025 £19,492,767 surplus. 4. The council's forecast for the accumulated Dedicated Schools Grant budget (deficit)/surplus carried forward on 31 March 2026 £16,642,767 surplus. Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Lorna Jonas-Tinson Information Rights Officer2025-03-18T00:00:00CAM95762025-03-11T00:00:00pedestrian safety and accessibility in London, particularly the role of tactile paving at crossings for visually impaired and disabled citizensDate: 11/03/2025 Ref: CAM9576 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 06/02/2025 about pedestrian safety and accessibility in London, particularly the role of tactile paving at crossings for visually impaired and disabled citizens. We have dealt with this under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested. I am researching pedestrian safety and accessibility in London, particularly the role of tactile paving at crossings for visually impaired and disabled citizens. I would like to request information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 that could help me understand the current situation in Camden. Specifically, I would be grateful if you could provide: • A list (or summary if easier) of all reported pedestrian accidents in Camden in the last five years (2019–2024), including: o Date/period of the incident o Location o Any mention of paving issues—particularly uneven paving or inadequate tactile paving o Details of the incident where available This information is publicly available at the following location on page 4: TfL Road Danger Reduction Dashboard As the information requested is already reasonably accessible elsewhere it is excepted under Regulation 6(1)(b). • Any ongoing or planned improvements to enhance pedestrian safety for visually impaired individuals. • Any reports, assessments, or audits conducted on the state of tactile paving at pedestrian crossings. There are no current initiatives that are specifically aimed at improving pedestrian safety for visually impaired individuals, however, Camden's Transport Strategy service has an approved 3yr delivery plan available as appendix B2 at this link: https://democracy.camden.gov.uk/ieDecisionDetails.aspx?ID=4483 . As the information requested is already reasonably accessible elsewhere it is excepted under Regulation 6(1)(b). London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk All the infrastructure schemes listed in the delivery plan will take into consideration appropriate road safety improvements for pedestrians, which will include those that are visually impaired. All of these schemes will have an associated Equalities Impact Assessment that will determine if any group of people will be impacted more than others, and steps taken to mitigate this imbalance. Furthermore, Camden has a large amount of existing street infrastructure to improve pedestrian safety for visually impaired individuals, such as tactile paving at carriageway crossing points. Camden has a cyclic safety inspection regime that inspects roads and footways at prescribed intervals based on the type of road. In those inspections tactile paving is inspected and any defects found will be addressed. More information from the requester would be required to understand what time period for details of these inspections they would like. The cyclic inspections also inform Camden's programme of footway (pavement) repaving and resurfacing programme. The Senior Engineer would take into consideration any opportunities to enhance safety for visually impaired individuals when looking to replace a footway as one of the factors. Further information on the accessibility audits we do on multiple schemes are published as part of our decision reports and can pick up issues such as tactile paving issues . These are available at the following location: https://safetravelcamden.commonplace.is/en- GB/proposals/decision-reports/step1 I understand that some of this data may be easier to provide than others, so I would be grateful for any information that is available. If some of this is already publicly accessible, I would appreciate any guidance on where to find it. If possible, I would prefer to receive the information in a CSV, Excel, or other machine -readable format. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner ’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Philip Lewis Information Rights Officer2025-03-18T00:00:00CAM95802025-03-07T00:00:00Bus Stop BypassesDate: 07/03/2025 Ref: CAM9580 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 07/02/2025 about Bus Stop Bypasses. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested. I am writing to request some information under the freedom of Information Act in terms of Bus Stop Bypasses. The Mayor of London has said “Transport for London (TfL) published a review of Bus Stop Bypass safety in May 2024 and found that there were 61 locations on borough roads where existing Bus Stop Bypasses do not fully comply with TfL’s bus stop design guidance. TfL is working with the relevant boroughs to support them to upgrade the bus stops at those locations and design work is progressing. This is an ongoing programme and the number of sites that will be improved specifically in 2024/25 is not yet confirmed, as it is dependent upon a borough’s capacity to design and deliver the changes required. Bus Stop Bypasses and boarders are usually delivered as part of a wider scheme which is assessed as a whole. As a result, TfL does not record the number of individual new Bus Stop Bypasses and Bus Borders associated with each new cycleway delivered by the boroughs; however, TfL ensures that the relevant design guidance is being followed as part of approving funding, taking into account the findings of the review.” https://www.london.gov.uk/who-we-are/what-london-assembly-does/questions-mayor/find- an-answer/bus-stop-bypassesbus-boarders-1 . Can you confirm which bus stop bypasses, if any, do not meet TfL bus stop guidance in your borough? Network Stop Name Cycleway Route No. Road Name Borough Chenies Place (NB) C6 Pancras Road Borough Chenies Place (SB) C6 Pancras Road Borough Camden Road Station C6 Royal College Street Borough St Pancras International Station C6 Midland Road Borough Kentish Town West Station (WB) C6 Prince of Wales Road Borough Harmood Street C6 Prince of Wales Road Borough Crogsland Road C6 Prince of Wales Road Borough Haverstock Hill C6 Prince of Wales Road Borough Camden Park Rd / Cliff Villas NA Camden Park Road Borough Hartland Road / Camden Market NA Chalk Farm Road London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk . If such bypasses exist, can you confirm what work you have been doing with TfL to make them compliant and when you expect to achieve compliance? Camden is currently undertaking a review of all these stops, in conjunction with TfL, the works to make them compliant have been identified for the following locations: • Chenies Place (NB) • Kentish Town West Station (WB) • Harmood Street • Crogsland Road • Haverstock Hill These works identified are scheduled to be complete between July -September 2025. Works to make the remaining stops compliant, once agreed with TfL, are expected to be complete between October 2025 and March 2026. . What records, if any, do you have on the number and location of bus stop bypasses and bus boarders in your borough. Please provide details of the records you hold. See attached spreadsheet. . Has the borough undertaken its own audit to confirm which of their bus stop bypasses and bus boarders comply with TfL guidance? Please provide a copy of any such audit. The audit, details provided above, is being carried out in conjunction with TfL. We do not hold any records of any other audit. . What new bypass/boarders are being introduced in 24/25 or 25/26 using Local Implementation plan funding? funding? The attached spreadsheet lists three proposed locations for bus stop bypasses, each of which have been consulted on and approved. Camden’s approved 3yr delivery plan includes some locations where bus stop bypasses are proposed to be implemented in the years 2025 to 2028, however, these have not been consulted on so officers cannot confirm if any will be brought to implementation. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner ’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Philip Lewis Information Rights Officer2025-03-18T00:00:00CAM95832025-03-06T00:00:00a breakdown of the number of trees felled per ward in Camden in 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021 and 2020Date: 06/03/2025 Ref: CAM9583 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 07/02/2025 about a breakdown of the number of trees felled per ward in Camden in 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021 and 2020. We have dealt with this under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested. Please provide a breakdown of the number of trees felled per ward, in Camden in 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021 and 2020. I ask for this information to be broken down by trees that Camden has cut down, as well as by trees on private land that Camden has granted permission for to be felled. Information on council maintained trees being felled by ward is in the table below. Please note we report by financial year, and as we are not at the end of 2024/2025 only figures from April 2024 to 13 th February 2025 have been presented. 2022 Wards 2020 - 21 2021 - 22 2022 - 23 2023 - 24 April 2024- present Belsize 4 10 11 10 11 Bloomsbury 5 6 4 7 8 Camden Square 5 0 11 31 3 Camden Town 11 5 3 17 2 Fortune Green 16 15 40 29 38 Frognal 8 9 21 13 26 Gospel Oak 51 23 11 52 25 Hampstead Town 14 12 12 28 9 Haverstock 48 10 8 48 12 Highgate 50 19 22 34 12 Holborn and Covent Garden 5 11 21 12 17 Kentish Town North 22 4 8 30 13 Kentish Town South 44 14 22 59 7 Kilburn 26 30 1 25 32 Kings Cross 11 21 18 8 7 Out of Borough 1 4 12 1 2 Primrose Hill 12 9 4 15 5 London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Regents Park 5 8 11 13 4 South Hampstead 9 19 5 4 22 St Pancras and Somers Town 7 10 19 19 17 West Hampstead 25 8 29 21 15 Grand Total 379 247 293 476 287 Please see the table below for tree fells on private land. Ward 2020_21 2021_22 2022_23 2023_24 2024_25 Belsize 36 24 47 37 53 Bloomsbury 1 5 10 4 4 Camden Square 0 0 12 15 11 Camden Town (with Primrose Hill prior to 2022) 10 25 4 5 3 Cantelowes 19 20 2 1 0 Fortune Green 6 3 5 1 5 Frognal & Fitzjohns 78 74 59 53 50 Gospel Oak 13 13 12 24 16 Hampstead Town 57 53 48 34 66 Haverstock 7 18 10 13 13 Highgate 78 78 79 92 67 Holborn & Covent Garden 2 2 4 8 3 Kentish Town 10 7 15 15 16 Kilburn 4 14 5 2 3 Kings Cross 5 2 3 3 6 Primrose Hill 0 0 21 26 25 Regents Park (Pre May 2022) 10 16 16 12 19 South Hampstead 0 0 22 26 24 St Pancras & Somers Town (Pre May 2022) 0 3 3 2 1 Swiss Cottage (Pre May 2022) 46 30 6 0 0 West Hampstead (Pre May 2022) 14 8 5 7 5 * These are the number of applications which include proposals to fell a tree and were not objected to. These include the following types of notifications (CA) Notification of Emergency Works to Dead/Dangerous Tree(s), (TPO) Notification of Emergency Works to Dead/Dangerous Tree(s), Application for Works to Tree(s) covered by a TPO, High Hedge Mediation and Notification of Intended Works to Tree(s) in a Conservation Area. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Kieran Heneghan Information Rights Officer2025-03-18T00:00:00CAM95842025-03-07T00:00:00Learning Disabilities support offered to adults aged 18-64, fees for residential care and supported living settingsDate: 07/03/2025 Ref: CAM9584 Dear Requester, Thank you for your request for information dated 07/02/2025 about Learning Disabilities support offered to adults aged 18-64, fees for residential care and supported living settings. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested and the answers to your questions are as follows: For the financial years ending March 2022, March 2023, March 2024 and the period April 2024 to December 2024 (please see attached excel for details): 1. The number of people supported in: o Residential care settings o Supported living settings 2. The number of new placements made in: o Residential care settings o Supported living settings 3. The number of people discharged from: o Residential care settings o Supported living settings 4. The average weekly fee across all people supported in: o Residential care settings o Supported living settings (the portion of the fee relating to the care support) o Supported living settings (the portion of the fee relating to the housing support) 5. The average weekly fee across new placements only in: o Residential care settings o Supported living settings (the portion of the fee relating to the care support) o Supported living settings (the portion of the fee relating to the housing support) London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk 6. The average weekly fee across discharged people only from: o Residential care settings o Supported living settings (the portion of the fee relating to the care support) o Supported living settings (the portion of the fee relating to the housing support) 7. For placements in residential care settings, what was the proportion of placements with an average weekly fee above £3,000, split by: o All placements o New placements o Discharged placements 8. For placements in supported living settings, what was the proportion of placements with an average weekly fee above £3,000 (total), split by: o All placements o New placements o Discharged placements For all items, please provide the information split across: o Where the care setting is “in-area” (the local area covered by the Local Authority) o Where the care setting is “out-of-area” (outside the local area covered by the Local Authority) Please see the spreadsheet attached for the answers to your questions. Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Lorna Jonas-Tinson Information Rights Officer2025-03-18T00:00:00CAM95852025-03-13T00:00:00age assessments for asylum seekersDate: 13/03/2025 Ref: CAM9585 Dear Requester, Thank you for your request for information dated 07/02/2025 about age assessments for asylum seekers. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds some of the information requested. The answers to your questions are as follows: 1. The number age assessments you have carried out in a) 2022 b) 2023 and c) 2024 a. Data not held. b. 9. c. 4. 2. The outcome of the age assessments carried out by the Council in a) 2022 b) 2023 and c) 2024. a. Data not held. b. 1 found to be an adult, 8 claimed ages accepted. c. 4 claimed ages accepted. 3. The number of age assessments you have referred to the National Age Assessment Board (NAAB) in a) 2022 b) 2023 and c) 2024 a. Data not held. b. 0 c. 0 4. Confirmation that the NAAB reports back to the Council on the outcome of the cases referred to it and if the Council records the outcome to request disclosure of this data (i.e in how many of the age assessments referred to the NAAB was the asylum seekers age accepted by the NAAB and in how many cases was the age rejected) Not applicable. 5. The number of age assessments decisions made by Council that have been reviewed by the NAAB 0. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Lorna Jonas-Tinson Information Rights Officer2025-03-18T00:00:00CAM95902025-03-06T00:00:00if the council has entered into a contractual agreement with named companies in each of the last five calendar years (Jan 2020-Dec 2024)Date: 06/03/2025 Ref: CAM9590 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 10/02/2025 about if the council has entered into a contractual agreement with named companies in each of the last five calendar years (Jan 2020 - Dec 2024). We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000/Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested. Can you please confirm if the council has entered into a contractual agreement with any other companies below to deliver work or services on behalf of the council in each of the last five calendar years (Jan 2020-Dec 2024). Celotex Kingspan Studio E Arconic Exova Harley Facades PSB UK Saint-Gobain If so, can you provide the total value of that work for each company for the period requested. The Council does not directly contract with those listed and has very clear requirements and technical standards for products used. It is likely however, that some of those companies that are listed and still trading, will have products that are used on Camden projects. This is because some products are commonplace within the construction industry . Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Kieran Heneghan Information Rights Officer2025-03-18T00:00:00CAM95982025-03-10T00:00:00Learning Disabilities support offered to adults aged 18-64, fees for residential care and supported living settingsDate: 10/03/2025 Ref: CAM9598 Dear Requester, Thank you for your request for information dated 07/02/2025 about Learning Disabilities support offered to adults aged 18-64, fees for residential care and supported living settings. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds some of the information requested. The answers to your questions are as follows: For the financial years ending March 2022, March 2023, March 2024 and the period April 2024 to December 2024 (please see attached excel for details): 1. For placements in residential care settings, what was the proportion of placements with an average weekly fee above £2,750, split by: o All placements o New placements o Discharged placements 2. For placements in supported living settings, what was the proportion of placements with an average weekly fee above £2,750 (total), split by: o All placements o New placements o Discharged placements 3. For placements in residential care settings, what was the proportion of placements with an average weekly fee above £2,500, split by: o All placements o New placements o Discharged placements 4. For placements in supported living settings, what was the proportion of placements with an average weekly fee above £2,500 (total), spli t by: o All placements o New placements o Discharged placements London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk The following questions relate to adults 18-64 with Prader Willi Syndrome specifically. 5. How many individuals 18-64 with Prader Willi Syndrome are there in the area you cover? 6. For people 18-64 with Prader Willi Syndrome, how many were supported in: o Residential care settings o Supported living settings 7. For people 18-64 with Prader Willi Syndrome, how many new placements were made in: o Residential care settings o Supported living settings 8. For people 18-64 with Prader Willi Syndrome, what was the average weekly fee for those supported in: o Residential care settings o Supported living settings 9. For people 18-64 with Prader Willi Syndrome, what was the proportion of placements with an average weekly fee above £3,000, split by: o All placements o New placements For all items, please provide the information split across: o Where the care setting is “in-area” (the local area covered by the Local Authority) o Where the care setting is “out-of-area” (outside the local area covered by the Local Authority) Please see the spreadsheet attached for the answers to your questions. Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Lorna Jonas-Tinson Information Rights Officer2025-03-18T00:00:00CAM95992025-03-10T00:00:00a current list of alternative provision providers for children in Camden of compulsory school ageDate: 10/03/2025 Ref: CAM9599 Dear Requester, Thank you for your request for information dated 10/02/2025 about a current list of alternative provision providers for children in Camden of compulsory school age . We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested. The answer to your question is as follows: Please provide a current list of Alternative Provision providers for children in Camden of compulsory school age. I can confirm that the London Borough of Camden holds the information requested. You can find this information on the Council’s website through the following link: Special schools and other specialist providers - Camden Council. As the information requested is already reasonably accessible elsewhere it is exempt under the absolute exemption in Section 21. Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, live chat London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Lorna Jonas-Tinson Information Rights Officer2025-03-18T00:00:00CAM96012025-03-10T00:00:00the number of children in care, six week statutory visits and related mattersDate: 10/03/2025 Ref: CAM9601 Dear Requester, Thank you for your request for information dated 10/02/2025 about the number of children in care, six week statutory visits and related matters. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested and the answers to your questions are as follows: As of 10.02.2025: • How many children are in the care of your local authority - the number of CIC / LAC as of 10.02.2025. 209. • As of 10.02.2025, How many children in care have been visited in the past 6 weeks, as per statutory requirements? 205. • How many children in care (question 1) are statutory school age, aged 5- 16? 109. • How many children in care who are statutory school age are currently persistently absent from school? 16. • How many children in care / care experienced children aged 16- 18 are NEET (Not in Employment, Education or Training), as of 10.02.25? 27. • How many children in care are currently living in unregulated children's homes? 1. • How many CIC / LAC are in care under a Section 20 agreement? 60. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk • As of 10.02.2025, how many children who subject to a deprivation of liberty order made by the high court under its inherent jurisdiction? 2. • Please share the most recent Annual Report of the Independent Reviewing Service. The IRO Annual Report 2023/24 is attached. • Please share the most recent report of the Virtual School Headteacher. The Annual Report of the Virtual School Head is attached. Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Lorna Jonas-Tinson Information Rights Officer2025-03-18T00:00:00CAM96042025-03-10T00:00:00Household Support Fund and related mattersDate: 10/03/2025 Ref: CAM9604 Dear Requester, Thank you for your request for information dated 10/02/2025 about Household Support Fund and related matters. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested and the answers to your questions are as follows: 1. Please confirm that you administer a Household Support Fund on behalf of central government - Y/N Y. 2. Please confirm what percentage of funds allocated in December 2024 were for support with energy bills 45% for energy and water costs. 3. Please confirm what percentage of funds allocated in December 2023 were for support with energy bills 55% for energy and water costs. 4. Please confirm how many applications to the Household Support fund *for any reason* you received in December 2024 882 applications for cost of living support. 5. Please confirm how many applications to the Household Support fund *for any reason* you received in December 2023 710 applications for cost of living support. Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Lorna Jonas-Tinson Information Rights Officer2025-03-18T00:00:00CAM96112025-03-07T00:00:00information on the lighting classification applied to footways and cycleways in your administrative areaDate: 07/03/2025 Ref: CAM9611 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 11/02/2025 about information on the lighting classification applied to footways and cycleways in your administrative area. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000/Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested. Under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004 (EIR), I am requesting information on the lighting classification applied to footways and cycleways in your administrative area. Could you please provide: 1) The lighting classes (eg P1, P2, P3, C4, etc.) used for footways within your administrative area, specifying if these differ for: - Primary footways (high-footfall areas such as city centres, high streets, or transport hubs). - Secondary footways (medium footfall, e.g. residential and suburban streets). - Tertiary footways (low footfall areas such as cul-de-sacs, alleyways, or rural paths). The Lighting class must be individually determined through a l ighting design, first and foremost it is there for the safety of the users within the London Borough of Camden. T o determine the lighting class there are many parameters which need to be considered in the development of a lighting design/lighting class including but not limited to: - • vehicular traffic use. • pedestrian and cyclist use. • slow moving vehicles including mobility scooters. • on-street parking. • amenities such as shops, public houses. • level of crime. • CCTV requirements; and • competition from shop front and other off-road lighting. As above yes we have varied lighting classes on our footway network, as the main purpose of lighting footpaths and cycle tracks not directly associated with roads is to show the direction that the route takes; to enable cyclists and pedestrians to navigate themselves, and to be able to see the presence of other cyclists, pedestrians and hazards. This again is the lighting designer’s responsibility to determine a strategy and lighting class, as part of this and as part of a risk assessment which will be undertaken on each individual are a. The result of this will then be used to inform the choice of lighting class from the BS EN 13201 -2:2015 and should be calculated London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk according to the method in BS EN 13201-3 - footways are mainly illuminated to P2 Secondary footways are lit to P3 but again is determined by the designer’s risk assessment. 2) The lighting class used for cycleways, particularly where they are: - Dedicated cycleways (physically separated from roads and footways). - Shared footway/cycleway routes. Dedicated cycle ways are mainly lit to the Lighting class P2 as per the BS5489:2020. 3) If different lighting classes are applied depending on location (urban vs rural), please provide a breakdown. Lighting classes are varied and again are determined through Annex A & Annex C of the BS5489:2020 and align with the BSEN 13201 - all LB Camden highways are classed as urban. 4) Any internal policies, guidance, or strategy documents that define or inform how lighting classes are selected for footways and cycleways. See below but not limited to: - • BS 1376 • BS 5489-1: • BS 5489-2: • BS EN 13201- parts 2 to 5 Road Lighting • BS 7671 current revision • BS 5837 • BS ISO 37100 • BS ISO 37105 • BS ISO 37106 • BS ISO 37122:2019 • BS EN 60598 pts:1,2,3 • PD6547 Guidance on the use of BS EN 40-3-1 and BS EN 40-3-3 • PAS 190 & pas 191 • PLG02 The application of conflict areas on the highway • PLG03 Lighting for subsidiary roads; using white light. • PLG08 Guidance on the application of adaptive lighting within the Public Realm • TR12 Lighting of pedestrian crossings (Guidance) • TR13 Lighting of subways (Guidance) • TR25 Lighting of traffic calming features (Guidance) • TR27 Code of practice for variable lighting levels for highway • GP03 Code of practice for electrical safety in highway electrical operations • GN01 Guidance notes for the reduction of obtrusive light • GN11 • PD CEN/TR 13201-1:2014 • PD ISO/CIE TS 22012:2019 • P classes from BS EN 13201-2:2015, Table 3, • C classes from BS EN 13201-2:2015, Table 2. The London Borough of Camden Lighting assets are all designed in line with the European and British standards. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Kieran Heneghan Information Rights Officer2025-03-18T00:00:00CAM96212025-03-12T00:00:00properties that the council currently leases, rents, or occupies under any agreement (including rolling contracts, fixed-term leases, or temporary accommodation arrangements)Date: 12/03/2025 Ref: CAM9621 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 12/02/2025 about properties that the council currently leases, rents, or occupies under any agreement (including rolling contracts, fixed- term leases, or temporary accommodation arrangements). . We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested. However we are withholding the information because it is exempt as explained below. We have explained where we are withholding information and what exemptions apply. Please see the refusal notices at the end of the answers which explain how and why they apply. I am submitting a request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 regarding properties that the council currently leases, rents, or occupies under any agreement (including rolling contracts, fixed-term leases, or temporary accommodation arrangements). Please provide the following details for all such properties: 1. Property Details: o Full address of each property. o Title number (if available) o Current use (e.g., residential, commercial, temporary accommodation, office, HMO, etc.). o Planning use class (e.g., C3, C4, Sui Generis, B1). o Number of units/dwellings in the property (e.g., 12 self -contained flats, 8 HMO rooms, 3 offices). 2. Lease/Rental Agreement Details: o Type of agreement (rolling contract, fixed lease, etc.). o Lease start date and lease expiry date. o Break clauses and rent review provisions. o Annual rent payable and any additional service charges. o Whether the property is subject to rent increases (and basis of calculation). o Maintenance and repair responsibilities (landlord vs. council). 3. HMO Licensing (if applicable): o Whether the property is an HMO. o If so, whether it holds a valid HMO license. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk 4. Landlord/Owner Information: o Whether leased from a private landlord, housing association, or another public sector body. 5. Council’s Future Plans: o Are there any plans to terminate or dispose of any current lease agreements? o If so, please provide details of which properties and expected end dates. Additionally, please provide a copy of the lease or rental agreements for each property. If necessary, any commercially sensitive or personal data can be redacted. We are refusing your request under Section 12 on cost grounds because we estimate that compliance with your request will exceed the "appropriate limit". This is £450 which is equivalent to 18 hours at £25 per hour. The per hour figure is set by Regulations rather than actual salary paid to any officers handling requests. The appropriate limit includes the time it will take the council to discover if it holds the information requested, to locate it, extract it and collate it as well as putting it into any particular format requested by the requester. There are likely to be at least 30 leases but to identify, obtain the document from archive, read, interpret and compile what is required, would likely be 1 hour per document and so the whole request would take around 30 hours to complete. Advice and Assistance: We do not feel there is a way to refine this request due to the type and amount of data requested. We would be happy to answer general questions. In addition I can advise you that regarding question 3, Camden Council does not directly own any HMOs. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner ’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Philip Lewis Information Rights Officer2025-03-18T00:00:00CAM96222025-03-10T00:00:00the total number of Camden properties leasehold and tenanted, which are supplied with unmetered gasDate: 10/03/2025 Ref: CAM9622 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 12/02/2025 about the total number of Camden properties leasehold and tenanted, which are supplied with unmetered gas . We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested. However we are withholding the information because it is exempt as explained below. We have explained where we are withholding information and what exemptions apply. Please see the refusal notices at the end of the answers which explain how and why they apply. Can you please tell me: 1. the total number of Camden properties, leasehold and tenanted, which are supplied with unmetered gas. 2. the total number of units of gas which is supplied to these properties 3. the average (mean) amount of units of gas used per household We are refusing your request under Section 12 on cost grounds because we estimate that compliance with your request will exceed the "appropriate limit". This is £450 which is equivalent to 18 hours at £25 per hour. The per hour figure is set by Regulations rather than actual salary paid to any officers handling requests. The appropriate limit includes the time it will take the council to discover if it holds the information requested, to locate it, extract it and collate it as well as putting it into any particular format requested by the requester. We do not believe there is a way to provide this information accurately for several reasons. Bedrooms per household range from 0 to 4, the use of heating in each property being different to the next, buildings south facing, properties empty for periods of time etc. Camden has circa 15,000 properties connected to Camden’s District Heat Network of which 9,750 are currently unmetered but this is changing all the time as more sites are metered or set to become metered. There are various services provided such as heat, hot water and/or cooking gas, different numbers of residents per household, various forms of infrastructures which will all effect the usage. With the complexities of the networks, providing the mean usage per household would be flawed with inaccuracies. Based on the number of currently unmetered properties, based on two minutes per property we are looking at a minimum of 300 hours to locate, retrieve, investigate and collate the information . Based on all the above, we do not believe it is possible to answer the questions in a manner that would be sufficient. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Advice and Assistance: It would be difficult to refine the request so that it would take less than 18 hours. We would recommend asking for much simpler requests that are likely to be recorded as a dataset and do not require complex manual tasks to answer. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Kieran Heneghan Information Rights Officer2025-03-18T00:00:00CAM96252025-03-06T00:00:00various questions about public toilets from 2010 - 2025Date: 06/03/3035 Ref: CAM9625 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 12/02/2025 about various questions about public toilets from 2010 - 2025. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds some of the information requested. Please provide the following information for the listed years: 2010/11, 2011/12, 2012/13, 2013/14, 2014/15, 2015/16, 2016/17, 2017/18, 2018/19, 2019/20, 2020/21, 2021/22, 2022/23, 2023/24, 2024/25 1. Number of public toilets open for use There are 26 locations currently in 2025. 2. Number of toilets operated or owned by the council Please see below and note - we only have data from 2015. Type & Numbers of toilet Year Toilet public toilet buildings Uri-lift Community Toilet Scheme Camden public buildings with public toilets 2015 -16 6 15 (6 locations) 14 10 2016 -17 6 15 (6 locations) 14 10 2017 -18 6 18 (6 locations) 14 10 2018 -19 6 18 (6 locations) 14 10 2019 -20 6 15 (6 locations) 14 10 2020 -21 6 18 (6 locations) 14 10 2021 -22 6 18 (6 locations) 14 10 2022 -23 6 18 (6 locations) 14 10 2023 -24 5* 18 (6 locations) 14 10 London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk 2024 -25 6 18 (6 locations) 4 10 *Camden gents closed for refurbishment 3. Annual cleaning costs for public toilets Please see below and note - we only have data from 2019. Financial Year Maintenance Cost 2019 -20 £234,000 2020 -21 £492,000*covid 2021 -22 £365,000 2022 -23 £380,000 2023 -24 £400,000 2024 -25 £450,000 4. Annual budget for street cleaning Year Street Cleaning budget 2010 -11 Information not held 2011 -12 £10million 2012 -13 £9 million 2013 -14 £8.4million 2014 -15 £8.8million 2015 -16 £8.9million 2016 -17 £8.3million 2017 -18 £5.7million 2018 -19 £5.7million 2019 -20 £6.1million 2020 -21 £6.1million 2021 -22 £6.4million 2022 -23 £6.9million 2023 -24 £7.3million 2024 -25 £7.6million 5. Please provide the following information for 2024/25: 6. Average length of time that public toilets are open (in hours) 10. 7. Shortest length of time that any public toilet is open (in hours) 9. 8. What are the main reasons given for closing public toilets? Refurbishment. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Kieran Heneghan Information Rights Officer2025-03-18T00:00:00CAM96262025-03-06T00:00:00the Grand Freemason lodgeDate: 06/03/2025 Case reference : CAM9626 London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 13/02/2025 about the Grand Freemason lodge . We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 / Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested and the answers to your questions are as follows: Under the freedom of information act I am requesting to see a 2024 or newer planning permission blueprint of any works that has undergone at the Grand freemason lodge in Holborn. This information is already publicly available. The postal address of the Freemasons Hall in Holborn is 60 Great Queen Street. All planning and listed building consent applications submitted in respect of this property (and the associated plans and documents) are available for viewing on the planning portal of the council's website.  Please enter the links below into your web browser: https://accountforms.camden.gov.uk/planning-search/ https://planningrecords.camden.gov.uk/NECSWS/PlanningExplorer/GeneralSearch . The most recent application dates from 2023, there are no record of applications being made to the local planning authority since 2024. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk , Telephone: 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website https://www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Peter Williams Information Rights Officer2025-03-18T00:00:00CAM96272025-03-06T00:00:00the percentage of current suppliers that possess B Corp certification, ESGmark or a similar certification or award that recognises a commitment to ESG or sustainability-focused initiativesDate: 06/03/2025 Ref: CAM9627 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 13/02/2025 about the percentage of current suppliers that possess B Corp certification, ESGmark or a similar certification or award that recognises a commitment to ESG or sustainability-focused initiatives. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council does not hold the information requested. 1. What percentage of your current suppliers possess B Corp certification, ESGmark or a similar certification or award that recognises a commitment to ESG or sustainability -focused initiatives? [None | 0-10% | 11-20% |21-30% | 31-40% | 41-50% | 51-60% | 61-70% | 71-80% | 81-90 | 91- 100%] We do not centrally hold information of this nature as it is not recorded. 2. Is B Corp certification (or similar) a requirement / consideration for suppliers as part of your current tender process? [Yes | No] N/A. 3. Are you considering adding B Corp certification (or similar) as a requirement / consideration for suppliers as part of your tender process in the future? [Yes | No] N/A. 4. If so, within what timeframe? [In the next month | In the next 3 months | In the next 6 months | In the next 12 months] N/A. 5. On a scale of 1 to 10, how confident would you feel about knowing how to prioritise B -Corp companies (or similar) in your tender process? [1 being extremely unconfident and 10 being very confident] N/A. 6. Do you feel you would benefit from guidance as to how to prioritise B -Corp companies (or similar) in your tender process? [No, we wouldn't benefit |Yes, we would somewhat benefit | Yes, we would significantly benefit] N/A. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Kieran Heneghan Information Rights Officer2025-03-18T00:00:00CAM96322025-03-07T00:00:00all images of the pothole on west end lane relating to claim 23PL000137 and road survey No 007755Date: 07/03/2025 Ref: CAM9632 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 13/02/2025 about all images of the pothole on west end lane relating to claim 23PL000137 and road survey No 007755. We have dealt with this under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested. I would like to request all images of the pothole on west end lane relating to claim 23PL000137 and road survey No 007755 it was supposedly made safe in September then an over 3m2 job was done on the 6th of November. I would like images of the pothole prior to the 3m2 job being completed and the report from the work team relating to this job. Please see the picture below from 26 th October 2023. The pothole is located on West End Lane opposite Holmesdale House. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Kieran Heneghan Information Rights Officer2025-03-18T00:00:00CAM96332025-03-06T00:00:00TranslationDate: 06/03/2025 Case reference : CAM9633 London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 13/02/2025 about translation. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 / Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested and the answers to your questions are as follows: I am writing under the Freedom of Information Act (2000) to request information about how much the council spends on translation and how many languages letters, calls, any other correspondence from the council are translated into We spent £168,707.78 from April 24 to Feb 25 and translate up to 71 languages. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk , Telephone: 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website https://www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Peter Williams Information Rights Officer2025-03-18T00:00:00CAM96342025-03-06T00:00:00if asked' statementsDate: 06/03/2025 Case reference : CAM9634London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 13/02/2025 about 'if asked' statements.  We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds some information related to the request, but not all of the information requested. We explain below what we hold and what we do not hold. We are withholding information we hold because it is exempt as explained below. We have explained what exemptions apply and why Please can you provide all 'if asked' statements i.e. any reactive pre-prepared communications for the press and public from the 1st of June 2024 until 13th February 2025. Your request has now been considered, and we are unable to provide you with the information you have requested as we do not hold this information. We do not hold any finalised statements as described above for release. We only hold draft statements that would be reviewed and amended before release dependant on the question, and that would be tailored specifically to respond to the question(s) actually asked. The draft statements we hold are exempt.  Please see the exemption notice set out below. Refusal Notice The exemption that applies is: section 36 – prejudicial to the effective conduct of public affairs Section 36 of the Act sets out an exemption from the right to know if the disclosure of information, in the reasonable opinion of a qualified person - section 36(b)(i) - would, or would be likely to, inhibit the free and frank provision of advice, or section 36(b)(ii ) - would, or would be likely to, inhibit the free and frank exchange of views for the purposes of deliberation, or section 36(2)(c ) – would otherwise prejudice, or would be likely otherwise to prejudice, the effective conduct of public affairs. Section 36 relates to information that if disclosed would adversely affect the delivery of effective public services. These exemptions apply because in the reasonable opinion of a qualified person, being the Borough Solicitor and the Councils Monitoring Officer, disclosing this information would have an adverse effect as it would be likely to interfere with the conduct of the Councils functioning and therefore the delivery of effective public services. It would additionally cause confusion in the minds of the public and hinder us in the conduct of our business. The ability of the Council to effectively communicate via press releases and in response to media enquiries is extremely important. Misinformation and lack of clarity around the work of the Council can cause significant distress (particularly in times of reducing resources) to members of the public. While rightly not the only voice in any debate it is extremely important that we can explain our policies to the general public. In a world of twitter, blogs etc. it is also important that the we are able to react quickly to stories that might emerge in the public arena. Further, the information requested includes information that is in draft format, to be deliberated and finalised at a later date in response to possible media questions. The statements as described above are not finalised documents immediately ready for release at the point a relevant question is asked. They are often drafted by a single individual in the communications team and are created as both advice under the exemption outlined in 36(b)(i) (in the respect that they are a possible press line to take in response to a question) and also under 36(b)(ii) as a “springboard” (a first go) to inform subsequent deliberations by Senior Officers and occasionally Members in the relevant sections, before being agreed and finalised by them before the document is released. The exemption as set out at section 36(b)(ii) includes processes of decision-making, opinion-forming or evaluation. In particular this would include exchanges of information when these relate to deliberation of a matter as in the circumstances set out above. The ‘provision of advice’ as set out in 36(b)(i) has a wide ambit and includes advice within an Authority. Ministry of Justice guidance (Freedom of information: Exemptions guidance Section 36 - Prejudice to effective conduct of public affairs – 14 May 2008) gives the example of such advice as including, “for example deciding what press line the Minister might take, or what strategy to adopt when dealing with parliamentary questions. Many departments have extensive management, delivery and operational functions and important decisions have to be taken in the performance of those functions. These decisions will be informed by advice received from officials and third parties. They may also be the result of debate amongst ministers or discussions with stakeholders.” It is not unusual for press releases to require professional legal or HR advice before release. This wouldn’t be taken when the first draft was prepared but would prior to release. If our draft statements were to be disclosed, it would be likely to be prejudicial as the release of the information would risk having an inhibiting effect. It would be likely to restrict Officers abilities to draft statements openly, honestly and completely, or to explore radical options in their content. Future draft statements would either no longer be prepared or would be more reticent or circumscribed either in relation to the specific issue or as a general result and as such also no longer stimulate the types of informed deliberations that currently take place. It would erode the ‘safe space’ that we currently enjoy to draft and deliberate such statements before making genuinely informative and reasoned responses to media queries. It would also significantly delay the time in which we could effectively respond to media enquiries and would prohibit the processes of providing advice or exchanging views as we may simply wait for the media query to actually be made before beginning the process of responding to it. This process can be time consuming, particular on factually complex matters, and involve the need to have the input from a number of individuals. Without a start having been made with a draft having been prepared, the quality of the final product in terms of its detail and how well informed it is when released will go down to the detriment of the public who should be told of the necessary detail and have a fully rounded and considered response. The release of the statements would also be likely to otherwise prejudice the effective conduct of public affairs under section 36(2)(c) on the basis that significant confusion could be created by the release of draft statements. Such statements might not be our final position, as the facts may have changed and may mean our actual release is different. Confusion may also arise because the issue the draft statement addresses has never actually happened.  As an example, in the situation where there was an ongoing Tribunal case, we may prepare alternative draft statements, one for the situation where an adverse decision in respect of the Council was reached by the Tribunal and one where a favourable decision in respect of the Council was reached. If the Council were obliged to release both statements after the final hearing, or even both before the Tribunal had reached its decision, such disclosure would inevitably create a disruptive effect and would almost certainly result in a diversion of resources in managing the effect of the disclosure – the effect being confusion in the minds of the public. The press team might also prepare statements to cover different decisions being made by Councillors. So a couple of weeks before an important policy decision they may have prepared releases to cover two or more possible decisions that could be made. For example: to agree with the officer recommendations, to not agree with them, or to agree to do something entirely different. It does not take a great leap of the imagination to see clearly what confusion the release of such statements would cause. A further example would be where the Council hold draft statements in respect of emergency planning. For instance, the Council may hold statements to respond to terrorist incidents in the Borough. Again, the release of such information could cause both confusion and also severe distress due to the very real risk of the statements being misinterpreted if released. The public interest arguments for releasing this information are as follows: releasing the information may inform and stimulate debate about the issues covered by the drafts• The public interest arguments for withholding the information are as follows: disclosure would be likely to be prejudicial as the release of the information would risk having an inhibiting effect. It would be likely to restrict Officers abilities to draft statements openly, honestly and completely, or to explore extreme options in their content.• disclosure would erode the ‘safe space’ that the Authority currently enjoys to draft and deliberate in a thoughtful manner before making genuinely informative and reasoned responses to media queries.• disclosure would have the adverse effect of significantly delaying the time in which the Council could effectively respond to media enquiries, and would prohibit the processes of providing advice or exchanging views as the Council may simply wait for the media query to actually be made before beginning the process of responding to it.• it would adversely impact the quality of what were released resulting in less well informed and or detailed press statements. This might well necessitate the issuing of corrective statements later or the failure to meet press deadlines and therefore no official comment from the Council at all.• disclosure of statements where factual circumstances have changed, or statements prepared ‘in the alternative’ to react to differing factual circumstances, or to circumstances that have not yet occurred would inevitably create a disruptive effect, confusion in the minds of the public and would almost certainly result in a diversion of resources in managing the effect of the disclosure.• On balance the qualified person considers the public interest is better served by withholding this information. Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk , Telephone: 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website https://www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Peter Williams Information Rights Officer2025-03-18T00:00:00CAM96372025-03-13T00:00:00implementing the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill in CamdenDate: 13/03/2025 Ref: CAM9637 Dear Requester, Thank you for your request for information dated 13/02/2025 about implementing the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill in Camden. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested and the answers to your questions are as follows: The Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill is due to give local authorities greater powers to prevent good/popular schools from expanding on the grounds that such expansion would undermine bad/unpopular schools - which might cease to be viable and have to close. This would be via the mechanism of setting a "published admissions number" PAN for each school. Please advise if your local authority has made any decision on whether you would be willing to contemplate using such powers in the event of this legislation being enacted and if so, what that decision is. The Council has not currently made any decisions relating to the potential changes in powers detailed within this request. Please also provide a copy of any submission you have made to the Department of Education regarding this proposal and copies of any email correspondence within your Council regarding the matter. The Council has not currently made any submissions to the Department for Education relevant to the potential changes in powers detailed within this request. Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Lorna Jonas-Tinson Information Rights Officer2025-03-18T00:00:00CAM96382025-03-07T00:00:00the number of active permits, resident or business, for all the controlled parking zones controlled by CamdenDate: 07/03/2025 Ref: CAM9638 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 13/02/2025 about the number of active permits, resident or business, for all the controlled parking zones controlled by Camden . We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested. I would like to know the number of active permits, resident or business, for all the controlled parking zones controlled by Camden, for example, 'CA -P', including the sub-zones, for example CA-P(b). These are the active and issued residents permits by subzone code. Subzone Code Permits (Distinct) - 13 CA-B 4,318 CA-B;CA -H (b) 6 CA-B;CA -J 17 CA-C 311 CA-D 1,361 CA-E 314 CA-F (n) 571 CA-F (n);CA -J 3 CA-F (n);CA -L (outer) 26 CA-F (nw) 308 CA-F (nw);CA -L (outer) 15 CA-F (s) 441 CA-F (s);CA -G (somers town area) 8 CA-G (crown) 1 CA-G (somers town area) 1,373 CA-G (somers town area);CA -F (s) 71 CA-H (a) 408 CA-H (b) 1,946 CA-H (b);CA -B 7 CA-H (c) 347 CA-H (d) 31 CA-J 1,443 London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk CA-K 920 CA-L (inner) 289 CA-L (outer) 857 CA-L (outer);CA -B 29 CA-L (outer);CA -F (n) 7 CA-L (outer);CA -F (nw) 44 CA-L (st. leonard's square) 12 CA-M 1,615 CA-M;CA -U (excluding dartmouth park hill) 5 CA-N 748 CA-P (a) 1,085 CA-P (b) 288 CA-P (c) 880 CA-Q 1,454 CA-Q;CA -R (a) 71 CA-R (a) 902 CA-R (a);CA -K 4 CA-R (a);CA -Q 42 CA-R (b) 507 CA-S (a) 473 CA-S (b) 104 CA-S (b);CA -H (c) 6 CA-U (a) 35 CA-U (excluding dartmouth park hill) 1,309 CA-U (excluding dartmouth park hill);CA -M 7 CA-V (a) 11 CA-V (excluding sandy road) 34 CA-X 59 Total 25,136 These are the active and issued business permits by subzone code. Subzone Code Permits (Distinct) - 11 CA-B 98 CA-B;CA -J 2 CA-D 4 CA-E 2 CA-F (n) 62 CA-F (n);CA -L (outer) 2 CA-F (nw) 12 CA-F (s) 10 CA-G (somers town area) 16 CA-H (a) 1 CA-H (b) 86 CA-J 69 CA-K 31 CA-L (inner) 11 CA-L (outer) 28 CA-L (outer);CA -B 1 CA-M 92 CA-M;CA -U (excluding dartmouth park hill) 1 CA-N 9 CA-P (a) 107 CA-P (b) 4 CA-P (c) 2 CA-Q 74 CA-Q;CA -R (a) 10 CA-R (a) 36 CA-R (a);CA -Q 10 CA-R (b) 54 CA-U (excluding dartmouth park hill) 36 Total 881 Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Kieran Heneghan Information Rights Officer2025-03-18T00:00:00CAM96392025-03-12T00:00:00a list of supported accommodation providers directly/ indirectly contracted to provide self-contained housingDate: 12/03/2025 Ref: CAM9639 Dear Requester, Thank you for your request for information dated 12/02/2025 about a list of supported accommodation providers directly/ indirectly contracted to provide self -contained housing. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested and the answers to your questions are as follows: 1. A list of the supported accommodation providers within the borough whom the local authority has directly commissioned to provide self -contained housing for an eligible person with needs under the Care Act 2014. Riverside Housing St Mungo's London Disability Network (LDN) Certitude Creative Support 2. A list of the accommodation providers within the borough whom the local authority has indirectly contracted to provide supported, self -contained housing to an eligible person with needs under the Care Act 2014. We contract all providers directly, either through commissioned block contracts or through individual 'spot' placements. 3. A list of all providers of self-contained, supported housing within the local authority’s area. Riverside Housing St Mungo's London Disability Network (LDN) Certitude Creative Support Centrepoint Origin Housing London Borough of Camden London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Lorna Jonas-Tinson Information Rights Officer2025-03-18T00:00:00CAM96402025-03-10T00:00:00complaints and updates to the bathrooms of council-owned propertiesDate: 10/03/2025 Ref: CAM9640 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 13/02/2025 about complaints and updates to the bathrooms of council-owned properties. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested. However we are withholding some or all of the information because it is exempt as explained below. We have explained where we are withholding information and what exemptions apply. Please see the refusal notices at the end of the answers which explain how and why they apply. I am writing to request information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 regarding complaints and updates to the bathrooms of council -owned properties during the period 1st January 2024 to December 2024. Please can you provide me with: • The number of complaints relating to bathrooms during the time frame • The type of complaint, for example, mould, leaks, not fit -for-purpose fixtures etc. • Whether those complaints have been resolved and the work carried out • Date of resolution (if applicable) As well as: • The number of works completed to bathrooms during the time frame (with or without complaints) • The type of works completed, for example, maintenance, mould removal, refit We are refusing your request under Section 12 on cost grounds because we estimate that compliance with your request will exceed the "appropriate limit". This is £450 which is equivalent to 18 hours at £25 per hour. The per hour figure is set by Regulations rather than actual salary paid to any officers handling requests. The appropriate limit includes the time it will take the council to discover if it holds the information requested, to locate it, extract it and collate it as well as putting it into any particular format requested by the requester. To get information on complaints relating to bathrooms would require a manual search of the housing database as we are unable to filter the system for categories such as bathroom or kitchen. There are approximately 33,000 council properties. Even if it took a minimum of 2 minutes to check each record, then it would take over 1,100 hours to check all property records. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Advice and assistance: As advice and assistance if there was a particular block or estate that you are particularly interested in, we could try and provide that information, depending on how large the block or estate is. The Council’s damp and mould policy is here . Details of how to report damp and mould is here . Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Philip Lewis Information Rights Officer2025-03-18T00:00:00CAM96422025-03-12T00:00:00the number of 16/17 year old looked after children accommodated in spot purchased placementsDate: 12/03/2025 Ref: CAM9642 Dear Requester, Thank you for your request for information dated 12/02/2025 about the number of 16/17 year old looked after children accommodated in spot purchased placements . We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested and the answers to your questions are as follows: How many 16 and 17 year old looked after children were accommodated in spot purchased placements (off framework/contracted arrangements) in the current year (24/25 financial year)? 32. Are there sufficient placements in your local authority area for 16 and 17 year old looked after children who have a high level of complex needs? Yes. Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, live chat London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Lorna Jonas-Tinson Information Rights Officer2025-03-18T00:00:00CAM96432025-03-13T00:00:00age weighted pupil unit (AWPU) fundingDate: 13/03/2025 Ref: CAM9643 Dear Requester, Thank you for your request for information dated 13/02/2025 about age weighted pupil unit (AWPU) funding. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested and the answers to your questions are as follows: 1. What is the AWPU or similarly named sum / fund which would follow pupils into mainstream school? For financial year 2024/25 the basic entitlement (as AWPU is now referred) rates paid to mainstream schools are: Primary £4,404 Secondary KS3 £6,130 Secondary KS4 £6,885 2. Does the amount vary with the age of pupil? If so, what is the amount for senior school pupils? Please see the response to question 1 above. 3. Please provide details of all Band Funding levels and how much each band equates to in monetary values provided to schools within the local authority area. Camden devolve high needs funding to Camden mainstream schools so that for Camden residents, predictable needs are met without the need for additional funding and that for those with exceptional needs only two bands exist. These are above a threshold of £11,000 rather than the national £6,000 that mainstream schools meet from their budget. April 2022 April 2023 April 2024 Mainstream schools Band 1 £8,400 £10,220 £10,857 Band 2 £14,220 £16,590 £17,418 Special schools Specific Learning Disability (SLD)/ Profound and Multiple Learning Disabilities (PMLD) / Autism with Learning Disability (LD) £24,400 £27,290 £28,408 London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Deaf/Hearing Impaired £24,420 £27,311 £28,341 Social Emotional and Mental Health Difficulties (SEMH) £29,000 £32,276 £33,544 Additionally Resourced Provision (ARP’s) April 2022 April 2023 April 2024 Primary Autism £17,515 £19,270 £20,028 Secondary Autism £20,100 £22,045 £22,886 Physical Disability £12,000 £13,340 £13,920 Language £6,800 £7,755 £8,168 TAs & HLTAs 4. What pay bands apply to the TAs and HLTAs within the LA area? Teaching Assistant’s pay scale is currently Scale 3. Three schools’ have recently moved TAs to Scale 4. Higher Level Teaching Assistants are paid on a Scale 6. 5. Please list the entire pay scale from top to bottom i.e. most senior to most junior with all spinal points in between. Attached is a PDF outlining the current GLPC Pay Scales which includes the pay scale scales for Scale 3, Scale 4 and Scale 6. 6. Please list the qualifications considered acceptable by the LA for a 1:1 TA / HLTA post working with a child with ASD. Level 2 Literacy and Numeracy qualification or equivalent, Early Years Care and Education NVQ Level 2/Level 2 Certificate in Supporting Teaching and Learning in Schools/Level 2 Award in Support Work in Schools or equivalent qualification. 7. Please list all training provided by the LA to TAs and HLTAs in the LA area over the last 3 years. Continued Professiona l Development training provided by the council to TAs and HLTAs September 2022 - March 2025 An introduction to phonics for support staff Building the foundations of phonics in nursery Emotional Literacy Support Assistants (ELSA) Effective Use of Carpet Times Food in Schools Network Meeting Free School Meals & Food Poverty Training First Aid at Work First Aid at Work - Requalification Fire Marshall Training Interactions Matter: supporting young children’s language development Introducing Top Tips for Talking, Stay and Play as a way of supporting parents to promote language development and Interactive Stories. Leadership Masterclasses - Effective Line Management New to working in the EYFS Supporting the teaching of reading in the Primary Classroom Supporting Writing in the Primary Classroom 8. Please indicate which specific elements of this training was provided to TAs and HLTAs at Fitzjohn’s Primary School. Fitzjohn’s School attendance at all courses/CPD TA/HLTA CPD September 2022 - March 2025 Anxiety module (all ages/phases) Effective Use of Carpet Times Fire Marshall Training Legionella Awareness Training Paediatric First Aid Schools - Good Autism Practice Schools - Making Sense of Autism STEAM in the Early Years with keynote speakers Kym Scott and Rikke Coster Waldau 9. What is the additional on-cost to the LA (as employer), as a percentage of salary, (i.e. National Insurance / Pension Contribution) for TAs / HLTAs? Payroll on-costs vary slightly with salary and whether individual has opted out of pension scheme but average around 31% in total including pension contribution, N ational Insurance and apprenticeship levy. 10. Please include variations associated with age of pupils taught and variations associated with number of hours worked by the employee. No difference for age of pupil. Number of hours are pro-rate of total salary. 11. Does the LA have any contracts with any specific Primary Care Trusts for any SLT and / or OT provision within: • maintained mainstream schools Indirectly, via North Central London Integrated Care Board (ICB) block contract. The local authority partially funds Royal Free Hospital and Whittington Health . • special schools Please see the response to question 11 first bullet point above. • specialist units? Please see the response to question 11 first bullet point above. 12. Under each of these contracts: • what specific funding does the LA provide; As at the date of this request, Royal Free OTs have an SLA with Camden SEN for 1 full time B7 OT. This is additional to the block contract and not specific to a school. We provide £300k LA funding to SLT to enhance the offer in mainstream schools which has included, parent drop ins, workforce training, reducing the waiting times for assessment, and provision targeting levels of need – universal, targeted and specialist. • what SLT and / or OT is provided? Model of Universal, targeted, and specialist support alongside wider educational workforce. 13. - how often Allocation of any specialist direct provision is dependent on assessment of high need linked to evidence based practice – the expectation is that any specialist input is supervised by qualified clinical staff and practiced or carried over by staff who work with the children day to day e.g. teachers, teaching assistants etc. 14. - for how long Please see the response to question 13 above. 15. - by whom (qualified therapist / TA) Please see the response to question 13 above. 16. Please provide a copy of the Service Level Agreements between the LA and the local NHS Trusts, as regards the provision of SLT and OT within Fitzjohn’s Primary School. There is no agreement/SLA linked to specific schools. Service is borough wide and dependent on needs. 17. What / how much SLT and/or OT is provided? Please see the response to question 13 above. - Hours per week Please see the response to question 13 above. - By whom (qualified therapist, assistant therapist, TA etc) Please see the response to question 13 above. 18. How many of those hours are not currently utilised under the contract? Not applicable. 19. Is this funding ringfenced? Not applicable. 20. If so, what percentage is ringfenced? Not applicable. 21. If Fitzjohn’s Primary School is not provided with direct SLT / OT, which schools are in receipt of this, within the LA area? Please see the response to question 13 above. 22. Does the LA buy in independent SLT / OT? The LA may spot purchase therapy for children in some non- maintained school settings, Alternative Provisions and Education Other Than At School (as NHS do not have capacity within current arrangements to reach children wherever they are educated in or out of borough). 23. If so, what are the typical hourly rates and how is travel time billed? Please see the response to question 22. 24. Please state the level of qualification of the SLTs and OTs instructed by the LA? Degree in speech and language therapy/pre-registration degree or apprenticeship in Occupational Therapy approved by the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC)/ accredited undergraduate course and fast-track postgraduate course in speech and language therapy. 25. What additional qualifications do independent SLTs and OTs instructed by the LA have, if any? They would be qualified therapists as explained above. ASD Advisory Teacher (NB ASD = autism spectrum disorder) 26. What is the salary scale for an ASD Advisory Teacher within the LA area, from top to bottom with all spinal points in between? There is no specific salary scale for ASD teachers. Teachers’ salaries are based on their experience (from main scale to the upper pay scale). Specialist teachers working with children with SEN (not just ASD) would normally get SEN point . Depending on their role specialist teachers may also get teaching and learning responsibility points for their advisory role but the level would depend on the seniority of their role/experience. 27. What is the additional on-cost to the LA (as employer), as a percentage of salary, (i.e. National Insurance / Pension Contribution) for an ASD Advisory Teacher? Payroll on-costs are higher for teachers due to higher pension contribution but average around 41% in total including apprenticeship levy. 28. Please include variations associated with age of pupils taught and variations associated with number of hours worked by the employee. Please see the response to question 10 above. 29. How many ASD Advisory Teachers does the LA employ? Nil. 30. Please list: • the qualifications Not applicable. • training. Not applicable. 31. required by the LA for an ASD advisory teacher post in the LA area. Not applicable. 32. How many pupils is each ASD Advisory Teacher expected to support? Not applicable. 33. How many pupils are currently on each ASD Advisory Teacher’s caseload? Not applicable. 34. How many hours face-to-face contact with pupils is expected of each ASD Advisory Teacher? Not applicable. 35. Where are ASD Advisory Teachers based? Not applicable. Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Lorna Jonas-Tinson Information Rights Officer2025-03-18T00:00:00CAM96482025-03-07T00:00:00expenditure on consultantsDate: 07/03/2025 Case reference : CAM9648 London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 14/02/2025 about expenditure on consultants. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 / Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested and the answers to your questions are as follows: Can I please request the following information under the FOI Act (2000), specifically on the use of external consultants by your local authority.  I'd be grateful if you could reply with the following:  The total expenditure by your local authority on external consultants since 1 May 2021.  Please provide this information in total figures, as well as broken down by financial year, if available. Our spend on external* consultants was: - 2021/22 - £5,339,902.50 (from 1 May 2021) 2022/23 - £10,760,386.81 2023/24 - £7,262,243.062024/25 – £9,364,140.91 (April 2024 to February 2025 only) * Definition: By “expenditure on external consultants”, we refer to payments made to organizations or individuals brought in to provide expert advice or support in implementing specific projects or initiatives. These figures are net of VAT and do not include spend on specialist capital projects. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk , Telephone: 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website https://www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Peter Williams Information Rights Officer2025-03-18T00:00:00CAM96522025-03-13T00:00:00various questions about the refurbishment of Queens CrescentDate: 13/03/2025 Ref: CAM9652 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 17/02/2025 about various questions about the refurbishment of Queens Crescent. We have dealt with this under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested. Refurbishment of Queens Crescent 1. How much has been spent to date since February 2018 on the above. A total of £1,603,982.79 has been spent on the project since its commencement in February 2018. 2. How much has been spent on consultants to date • £309,750.50 – Architectural Services • £191,052.32 – Project Management (Scheme development & Market Strategy) • £54,122.28 – Co‐design process • £100,391.25 – Project management support (design development & implementation) • £14,913.50 – Specialist electrical and lighting design • £6,195.00 – Highways specialist design 3. What is the total cost of work by Marlborough The total cost of work undertaken by Marlborough is £2,195,752.86. 4. How much has been spent by the Coucil on its own costs Officers’ time includes work across multiple projects, as well as responsibilities related to management, operational, and financial duties. As officers are salaried and their time is not tracked separately for each project, no specific timesheets have been maintained for this particular project. 5. What s estimated further spend to complete the work The estimated additional expenditure to complete the project is £1,973,710.87. 6. What is the total costs of the new white kerb stones The total cost, including installation, for all granite kerbs (including planter kerbs) is £433,046. 7. What is the total cost of the trees to be planted The total cost for the trees is £1,223.00. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk 8. What arrangements have been made for care of the trees when work has finished The trees will be maintained and watered for three years post‐installation. After this period, they will be included in the Council’s ongoing greening and maintenance programme. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact de tails provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Kieran Heneghan Information Rights Officer2025-03-18T00:00:00CAM96532025-03-12T00:00:00list of all public houses (pubs) in CamdenDate: 12/03/2025 Ref: CAM9653 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 17/02/2025 about list of all public houses (pubs) in Camden. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested. May I request a list of all public houses (pubs) in Camden, including name and address. The information that you have requested is attached. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner ’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Philip Lewis Information Rights Officer London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk2025-03-18T00:00:00CAM96592025-03-17T00:00:00external consultantsDate: 17/03/2025 Case reference : CAM9659 London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 17/02/2025 about external consultants.  We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 / Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested and the answers to your questions are as follows: I am writing under the Freedom of Information Act (2000) to request information on the proportion of total expenditure on external consultants by the local authority that is attributable to staffing. Specifically, I request the following: 1. The proportion of total expenditure on external consultants since 1 May 2021 that relates to staffing. 2. If possible, provide the amount of expenditure specifically related to staffing as a monetary figure as well as a percentage of the total consultant expenditure. 3. Please provide this information broken down by financial year, if available You clarified your request on 03 March 2025: Please provide the total expenditure spent on external consultants from 1 May 2021. Please provide this information broken down by financial year, if available. Our spend on external consultants* by year was: -2021/22 - £5,339,902.50 (from 1 May 2021) 2022/23 - £10,760,386.81 2023/24 - £7,262,243.06 2024/25 – £9,364,140.91 (April 2024 to February 2025 only) *By “expenditure spent on external consultants”, we refer to payments made to organizations or individuals brought in to provide expert advice or support in implementing specific projects or initiatives. These figures are net of VAT and do not include spend on specialist capital projects. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk , Telephone: 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website https://www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Peter Williams Information Rights Officer2025-03-18T00:00:00CAM96612025-03-13T00:00:00our pension fundDate: 13/03/2025 Case reference : CAM9661London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 18/02/2025 about our pension fund.   We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds some of the information requested. The answers to your questions are below. We have stated where we do not hold the information requested and why. I hope all has been well since my previous request. I am currently seeking updated quarterly performance data from your plan’s alternative asset holdings for the following date(s): 3Q24 up to 4Q24. As always, thank you in advance for taking the time to send the requested documents. Below is the formal request. On behalf of PitchBook Data, Inc., under Freedom of Information Act, I request a copy of the quarterly public records from 3Q24 up to 4Q24 for the following information, preferably in Excel or PDF format. 1. Names and vintage years of all private equity, venture capital, mezzanine, distressed, real estate/REIT, debt and infrastructure partnerships in The London Borough of Camden Pension Fund's portfolio. 2. Commitments made to each partnership. 3. Contributions drawn down since inception. 4. Distributions made to The London Borough of Camden Pension Fund to date by each individual partnership.5. Net Asset Value of each partnership. 6. Internal rates of return (IRRs) for each partnership with and without the use of credit facility. Please note if the IRRs are not net. 7. Investment multiple (TV/PI) for each individual partnership. 8. The dollar amount of “total management fees and costs paid” for each individual partnership. 9. Date as of which all the above data was calculated. 10. Names of all alternative asset partnerships partially and fully sold by The London Borough of Camden Pension Fund, including date of sale. 11. For each fund, please indicate whether or not the fund uses Subscription Credit Facilities. Please find relevant information attached. Please note data is not yet fully available for Q4 2024. I also request a copy of any disclosable documents which contain some or all of the following information: 12. Names of all hedge fund holdings (including hedge fund of funds) in The London Borough of Camden Pension Fund's portfolio. 13. Month by Month Market Value for each hedge fund holding (including hedge fund of funds) since The London Borough of Camden Pension Fund's initial investment up to 3Q24 up to 4Q24. 14. Month by Month Contributions to each hedge fund holding (including hedge fund of funds) since The London Borough of Camden Pension Fund's initial investment up to 3Q24 up to 4Q24. 15. Month by Month Returns (net of fees) earned by The London Borough of Camden Pension Fund for each hedge fund holding (including hedge fund of funds) since initial investment up to 3Q24 up to 4Q24. We do not hold this information. This is because our pension fund does not hold any hedge funds assets. Further InformationWe do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk , Telephone: 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website https://www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Peter Williams Information Rights Officer2025-03-18T00:00:00CAM96642025-03-11T00:00:00Hybrid/fully electric vehicle statisticsDate: 11/03/2025 Ref: CAM9664 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 17/02/2025 about Hybrid/fully electric vehicle statistics. We have dealt with this under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested. Freedom of Information request - Hybrid/fully electric vehicle statistics Please provide data around what percentage of your vehicle fleet will be hybrid/fully electric in the 2025/26 tax year. Our current vehicle fleet is 15% hybrid/electric. We aim to increase this figure by 30% by the end of 2025/26 financial year. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner ’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Philip Lewis Information Rights Officer London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk2025-03-18T00:00:00CAM96672025-03-11T00:00:00Cost of Environmental Officer West HampsteadDate: 11/03/2025 Ref: CAM9667 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 18/02/2025 about Cost of Environmental Officer West Hampstead. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested. Freedom of Information request - Cost of Environmental Officer West Hampstead I would like to request the following information regarding the Environmental Officer hired by the council over the last three years to address rubbish and waste issues on West Hampstead - please clarify the areas/streets in which this officer was contracted to focus on: 1) The salary (or salary range) for this officer during each contract period. The salary range for the officer is £44,579 - £50,706. 2) Any additional budget allocated to support the officer’s work, including funds for analysis and implementation of waste management solutions. The project fund allocated was £10,000 - the officer cost to the council for 2025/26 is between £59-68k. 3) The number of fines issued for waste-related offences as a result of this officer’s work. 112. 4) The number of fines successfully collected. 66. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner ’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Philip Lewis Information Rights Officer2025-03-18T00:00:00CAM96722025-03-11T00:00:00Page 2 information of on street PCNDate: 11/03/2025 Ref: CAM9672 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 18/02/2025 about Page 2 information of on street PCN. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested. Page 2 of on street PCN The back of (page 2 of) a PCN is a standard document which is the same every time and only changed occasionally when legislation demands it or the council decide to amend it. I assume that upon a change all the handheld equipment of the CEOs is changed on the same day. Please provide me with all of the standard wordings which have been in use since 1 January 2024 and tell me the date upon which any changes occurred. Attached is a copy of the current PCN template and the previous one. Once the final version was finalised and confirmed an order was placed with the supplier just before Christmas 2023 and so it would not have been updated until February 2024. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner ’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Philip Lewis Information Rights Officer2025-03-18T00:00:00CAM96772025-03-07T00:00:00councillors and their corresponding caseworkDate: 07/03/2025 Case reference : CAM9677London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 18/02/2025 about councillors and their corresponding casework.  We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and/or the Environmental Information Regulations 2004  Response The council does not hold the information requested: Please provide a list of all Camden councillors and their corresponding casework loads from 01/01/2024 - 31/12/2024. By this I mean for each councillor, the number of cases from residents they have registered on their systems, e.g.: Cllr John Doe - 400 registered cases We do not hold this information. This is because councillors raise casework in a variety of ways including phone calls, email etc. many of which go directly to the respondent where the enquiry is not necessarily logged and therefore the full extent of the actual number of enquiries are not captured. Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets.Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk , Telephone: 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website https://www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Peter Williams Information Rights Officer2025-03-18T00:00:00CAM96812025-03-10T00:00:00major protestsDate: 10/03/2025 Case reference : CAM9681London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 18/02/2025 about major protests .  We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and/or the Environmental Information Regulations 2004  Response The council does not hold the information requested: Freedom of Information Request – Costs Incurred by Council for Support of Major Protests Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, I would like to request the following information: 1. A breakdown of all costs incurred by the council in connection with the support, facilitation, or management of major protests since 2016. 2. If possible, please provide this data broken down by individual protest, including: a) The name or description of the protest/event b) The date of the protest c) The total cost incurred by the council 3. A further breakdown of costs by category, such as: d) Staffing costs (e.g., overtime for council workers, additional public service personnel)e) Cleaning and waste management (e.g., removal of litter, graffiti, or damage repairs) f) Road closures and traffic management g) Security measures or any additional council-funded policing/stewarding h) Other costs (please specify if possible) 4. If a breakdown by protest is not available, I would appreciate a total annual cost figure for each year since 2016. You clarified your request : Mass protests that pass through the borough please And other costs such as i) Additional staffing j) Clean up k) Building and road furniture repair. We do not hold this information.  This is because the costs for any of these types of events, that may have occurred, are not separately recorded. The costs are incorporated into the wider budgets and so we are unable to provide specific figures. We do not provide traffic management or 'security' or any other presence for protests as this is a policing matter. As some of the information not held is environmental we have to comply with a technicality and tell you that because it is not held it is excepted under Reg 12 (4)(a).  The Information Commissioner does not require a public interest test where the information is not held. Further InformationWe do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk , Telephone: 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website https://www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Peter Williams Information Rights Officer2025-03-18T00:00:00CAM96822025-03-07T00:00:00Chief Executive's expensesDate: 07/03/2025 Case reference : CAM9682 London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 18/02/2025 about the Chief Executive's expenses.   We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 / Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested and the answers to your questions are as follows: I would like the following details: 1. the date of the expense 2. what was the monetary value 3.  a description of what it was, e.g. "business dinner for six people". If no description of the reason for the expense is available, a simple description of what was paid for will suffice, e.g. "business class flight", "uber taxi". 4. I would also request copies of the receipts of each expense, where a receipt was filed. I do not need the original documents. I would like all expenses including those which were reimbursements, made on a company credit card or booked internally through any admin system used by the council (for example, some businesses use a travel portal that facilitates the booking of trains and hotels).The expenses for the Chief Executive over the requested period are: - 24 April 24 - £220.01 - 1 hotel night in Camden - receipt attached. - 2023-24 - Taxi journeys – receipts not available as booked via an account and paid for centrally.  Please see details attached. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk , Telephone: 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website https://www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Peter Williams Information Rights Officer2025-03-18T00:00:00CAM96832025-03-06T00:00:00decolonisationDate: 06/03/2025 Case reference : CAM9683 London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 18/02/2025 about decolonisation.  We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 / Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested and the answers to your questions are as follows: Under the FOI Act, can I please request some info regarding statues, artworks, or monuments under the control of local authority on the grounds of decolonisation? Specifically, I request the following: Details of any statues, artworks, or monuments that have been removed, relocated, or altered on the grounds of decolonisation since 1 May 2021. 1. The name or description of the statue, artwork, or monument. 2. The reason cited for its removal, relocation, or alteration (if applicable). 3. The date the removal, relocation, or alteration occurred. 4. The current location or status of the removed, relocated, or altered item (e.g., in storage, displayed elsewhere, etc.). 5. The total cost incurred by the local authority for the removal, relocation, or alteration of each statue, artwork, or monument. 6. Please specify a breakdown of costs where possible, including costs for labour, materials, legal advice, public consultation, transportation, and storage. Please provide this information in a table format, if possible, with columns for 'Name of Statue/Artwork/Monument', 'Reason for Removal/Relocation/Alteration', 'Date of Removal/Relocation/Alteration', 'Current Location/Status', and 'Total Cost'. No statues or artworks or monuments have been removed, relocated or altered since May 2021 on the grounds of decolonization. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk , Telephone: 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website https://www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Peter Williams Information Rights Officer2025-03-18T00:00:00CAM96862025-03-13T00:00:00total cost of cleaning up Lime Bikes that were causing obstructions in the last eight months and total number of complaintsDate: 13/03/2025 Ref: CAM9686 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 19/02/2025 about total cost of cleaning up Lime Bikes that were causing obstructions in the last eight months and total number of complaints . We have dealt with this under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds some of the information requested. However we are withholding the information because it is excepted as explained below. We have explained where we are withholding information and what exceptions apply. Please see the refusal notices at the end of the answers which explain how and why they apply . Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, I would like to request the following information: 1. The total cost of cleaning up Lime Bikes that were causing obstructions in the last eight months, differentiated by month. 2. The total number of complaints involving Lime Bikes received by the council in the last eight months, differentiated by month If this request is denied either in part or in whole, please could you provide an explanation as to why. The Council will not process your request as it falls under an exception in the EIR 2004 because the cost or burden of dealing with your request is manifestly unreasonable. See the refusal notice below. Refusal Notice: Under Regulation 12(4)(b) it would be considered manifestly unreasonable to provide a response to your request because the cost of compliance, and burden of dealing with your request, is excessive. The exception protects the Council’s ability to carry out its public functions and provides a balance between transparency and the protection of resources. The lead officer for hire bike services has received 997 emails with the word “Lime” mentioned in the past 8 months. To assess the content of the emails to see if they were a complaint or something else would be estimated to take at least 2 minutes per email which would be 33.2 hours. This process would also need to be repeated across a number of other officers. Advice and Assistance: As advice and assistance, I can informally advise you that, in reference to question 1, the Borough does not clean up hire bikes as this is the responsibility of the hire companies. Also, I can informally advise you of the steps that Camden Council have taken to address complaints with London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Lime bikes. Borough officers work closely with the hire bike and E -scooter providers to ensure services are managed and delivered in a safe manner and any issues are addressed quickly. Steps that Camden officers take include: • Installing a network of 200+ dedicated parking bays so far and our continually working to ensure there is sufficient bay capacity to meet demand. • Regular contract management meetings with operators to review services and discuss any issues and solutions. • Monitoring of agreed KPIs within contracts and agreeing any actions necessary to improve these. • Agreed a list of high priority parking bays with operators that will be monitored and visited more frequently to tidy and remove any excess vehicles. These bays are largely those busiest and most popular with users. • A Camden Education and Enforcement officer monitors and visits bays across the borough and reports any concerns directly to operators. • Currently investigating improved technology for more accurate GPS in bays. • Mystery shopper rides of vehicles to check safety, condition, and accessibility of vehicles. • Noting where changes can be made to parking bays to address any local issues. The boroughs contract with the hire providers has no direct penalties included, however the contract has key performance indicators which are monitored and reported on as part of regular contract management meetings. The contract is already published on the FOI response portal here and typing CAM5411 into the 2nd search box. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Kieran Heneghan Information Rights Officer2025-03-18T00:00:00CAM96902025-03-11T00:00:00street sweepers/road cleaners questionsDate: 11/03/2025 Ref: CAM9690 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 19/02/2025 about street sweepers/road cleaners questions. We have dealt with this under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested. 1: Number of street sweepers/road cleaners (ie those on foot, as well as crews for sweeper machines/vehicles) working under the council’s supervision. 163. 2: Breakdown of these numbers by employer (ie directly by the council, or agency (if so which). All are employed by our waste contractor, Veolia Environmental Services . 3: Total number of hours per month this work is carried out for. If these figures aren’t held per month, then whatever timescale you record would be fine, thanks. The operatives work 7.5 hours per shift. 4: Annual budget for this work for the past 10 years up until the most recent figures. Financial Year Annual contracted street cleansing cost 2015 -16 £8.9million 2016 -17 £8.3million 2017 -18 £5.7million 2018 -19 £5.7million 2019 -20 £6.1million 2020 -21 £6.1million 2021 -22 £6.4million 2022 -23 £6.9million 2023 -24 £7.3million 2024 -25 £7.6million London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner ’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Philip Lewis Information Rights Officer2025-03-18T00:00:00CAM96942025-03-11T00:00:00property guardian companies questionsDate: 11/03/2025 Ref: CAM9694 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 19/02/2025 about property guardian companies questions. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested. I am writing to make a formal request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 for the following information regarding property guardian companies engaged by the Council: 1. Selection Process: o What is the process and criteria used by the Council to select property guardian companies for managing vacant properties? We used a single stage process, Open procedure under the Regulation 27 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015. Tenderers were required to respond to embedded questions including pass/fail questions and Project Specific questions in order to pass and have their tenders evaluated and meet the specified minimum level of economic and financial standing (£1,000,000 per year turnover and a current ratio of 0.6 or higher set in the tender). The companies who passed had the tenders evaluated against the tender evaluation criteria which was consisted of 60% price and 40% quality (as shown in the table below). Quality Criteria Weighting (%) Company Profile and experience 5% Guardian Management 10% Health and Safety 10% Equality and Diversity 5% Social Value 10% Total weighting 40% The evaluation panel assessed the tender submission against each of the quality criteria and provide their scores which were then reviewed and agreed in a moderation meeting with Procurement Officer. Tenderers who did not meet the minimum quality threshold of 60% (24%) of the overall quality weighting 40% were rejected. Tenderers who met or exceeded the minimum threshold (24%) had their pricing assessed. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk The total tender score (out of 100) was then calculated by adding the total quality score (out of 40%) to the highest income share % score (out of 60%). “Pricing” in the context of this contract meant the % of Income share payable to the Council and was calculate using the formula below: Income share score = Your tender net income share x 60 The highest income share* Tenderers were then ranked on their overall score and the highest overall score was the most economically advantageous tender and recommended for acceptance. 2. Current Providers: o Which property guardian companies are currently contracted or engaged by the Council? DEX Property Management Limited. 3. Tendering Schedule: o When is the next tendering or procurement process scheduled for property guardian services? The current contract started on 14 th November 2024 for a period of 3 years plus an optional extension of 1 year. In view of this date, we do not envisage to start the next tendering process before November 2026. 4. Decision Maker: o Whom are the people/peoples responsible for selecting guardian companies The decision maker was the Executive Director Supporting Communities following consultation with the Cabinet Member for Better Homes. The award was endorsed by the Commissioning Procurement Board including the Head of Procurement and representatives of Legal and Finance departments. The tenders were evaluated by Head of Facilities Management and Corporate Security Manager. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner ’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Philip Lewis Information Rights Officer2025-03-18T00:00:00CAM96962025-03-11T00:00:00equality, diversity and inclusivityDate: 11/03/2025 Case reference : CAM9696 London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 19/02/2025 about equality, diversity and inclusivity . We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 / Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested and the answers to your questions are as follows: Freedom of Information request - Council staff, training and procurement: Equality, diversity, and inclusivity 1) The number of roles in your council (expressed in numbers of full-time employees (FTE), that are mainly or exclusively focussed on issues of equality, diversity, or inclusivity. For example, this could include (amongst other guises) “Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Officer” (EDI) or “Diversity and Inclusion Project Managers”. a. For all roles meeting this description, please also provide, in order of preference, either a) the salary of these roles, b) the pay band of these roles, or c) the combined total salary of these roles. Please provide the information that is most in accordance with your data processing practices. Please see relevant information attached. b. Please also advise if the council has any plans to hire further staff in these areas within the next 18 months, and the roles/pay bands that they are likely to occupyThere is no current plan to hire further staff in these areas. 2) Please provide the number of internal training courses attended by staff which pertain to the issues encompassed by equality, diversity or inclusivity. Please include the name of the courses, the number of attendees, and the duration of the course. Please see relevant information attached. 3) Please, if possible, provide details of any internal EDI practices and networks, including the number of individuals who are members of such networks. Here is Camden's commitment to conscious inclusion . Below is the list of staff networks, as they are self governing we don't hold any information about the number of members they hold:  ‘Staff networks and inclusion groups: Three new staff groups have been created this year - the Muslim network, the Jewish staff group and the Women’s network. These complement the existing groups - Camden Black Workers Group, Rainbow Camden, Camden Disability network, Carers Network, Menopause Network, Neurodiverse group, Men of Colour Progression network, Women of Colour Progression network.’ Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk , Telephone: 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website https://www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Peter Williams Information Rights Officer2025-03-18T00:00:00CAM96982025-03-14T00:00:00Enforcement action on short term lets/complaints about short term letsDate: 14/03/2025 Ref: CAM9698 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 19/02/2025 about Enforcement action on short term lets/complaints about short term lets. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds some of the information requested. Freedom of Information request - Enforcement action on short term lets/complaints about short term lets Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and Environmental Information Regulations 2004, please provide me with the following information in relation to short -term let properties, such as Airbnb, Booking.com, and others. Please provide the information in a relevant machine -readable format, such as Excel spreadsheets with appropriately named columns and rows, NOT a PDF. 1. Number of complaints, broken down by year, received in relation to short -term let properties in your council area for: 2025 YTD, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019. a. Please break these complaints down by type used in your systems, such as noise complaint, dumped rubbish, antisocial behaviour, parking, etc. Leaseholder Services has no mechanism for searching for correspondence or complaints based on key words or topics. 2. Using a key word search, the number of complaints received with the keyword “Airbnb”, “Air bnb”, “Air B&B” (all case insensitive, include plural forms too) for 2025 YTD, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019. The Council would not hold this information. Airbnb is a platform where people advertise their properties so any enforcement, the complaint is about use as a STL and our investigation would be with the owner of the property not Airbnb. 3. The number of planning enforcement notices issued by your authority in relation to short - term lets for 2025 YTD, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019. See the Enforcement Notices column in the table below. 4. The number of planning contravention notices in relation to short -term lets for 2025 YTD, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019. See the PCN column in the table below. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Reports of short term lets (STL) received *Planning contravention notices for STL Enforcement notices served for short term let cases 2019 88 36 30 2020 118 19 25 2021 116 62 11 2022 18 4 10 2023 101 32 31 2024 86 15 12 2025 10 3 0 *Please note the PCN figure is likely to be higher as cannot be counted once a notice is served. We do not have a count for informal warnings. 5. The number of informal warnings issued by your authority in relation to short -term lets for 2025 YTD, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019. This information is not held as we do not keep a record of informal warnings. 6. The number of short term lets known to the council located in the authority’s boundaries, on average, for 2025 YTD, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019. This information is not held. 7. Copies of any electronic communications or letters between the council and Airbnb in relation to any of the properties issued notices or warnings in the above questions. The Council would not hold this information. Airbnb is a platform where people advertise their properties so any enforcement, the complaint is about use as a STL and our investigation would be with the owner of the property not Airbnb. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner ’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Philip Lewis Information Rights Officer2025-03-18T00:00:00CAM96992025-03-17T00:00:00Camden MarketDate: 17/03/2025 Case reference : CAM9699 London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 20/02/2025 about Camden Market.  We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 / Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested and the answers to your questions are as follows: I would like to submit a request for information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA) regarding communication between Camden Council and any of the following companies: LabTech Limited (formerly known as Market Tech Limited), Camden Market Estate Holdings Limited, Gilbey Ground Limited, Stanley Sidings Limited, and The GoodHeart Trust. Please provide the relevant information for the period between 1 January 2015 to 31 December 2017. Please could you provide the following: 1. All letters of communication between the companies mentioned above and Camden Council. 2. All emails of communication between the companies mentioned above and Camden Council. 3. All meeting notes between the companies mentioned above and Camden Council. Please could you provide a breakdown by: a) The date of the meeting. b) The location of the meeting.c) The name of the parties present. You clarified your request on 26 February 2025. The subject of the conversations would be regarding the ownership of Camden Market. We have not had any conversations with Labtech or the other companies listed which were about their ownership of the market. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk , Telephone: 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website https://www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Peter Williams Information Rights Officer2025-03-18T00:00:00CAM97012025-03-10T00:00:00COVID-19 business support/grantsDate: 10/03/2025 Case reference : CAM9701London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 20/02/2025 about COVID-19 business support/grants. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds some of the information requested. The answers to your questions are below. We have stated where we do not hold the information requested and why. I am writing to request a comprehensive list of business support measures that were provided by Camden Council to offset the adverse impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. Specifically, I seek details regarding business and other grants that were available, including their qualification criteria and the statutory procedures that applied. Please include a list of forms and documents that businesses were required to submit in order to access these support measures. In accordance with the principles of good public administration and the duty imposed by central government to administer support measures, I request detailed information about: 1. All business support measures and grants administered by your authority during the COVID-19 pandemic 2. The qualification criteria for each scheme 3. The statutory procedure for applications 4. Complete lists of required forms and documentation for applicationsSpecifically, I seek information relating to, but not limited to, the following schemes: a) Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS) This information is available from HM Revenue & Customs: Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme - GOV.UK   b) Self-Employment Income Support Scheme (SEISS) This information is available from: Self-Employment Income Support Scheme (SEISS) - GOV.UK   c) Small Business Grant Fund (SBGF) Please see below . d) Retail, Hospitality and Leisure Grant Fund (RHLGF) Please see below . e) Local Restrictions Support Grant (LRSG) Please see below . f) Additional Restrictions Grant (ARG) Please see below . g) Restart Grant Please see below . h) Bounce Back Loan Scheme (BBLS)This is handled by business banking service providers: [Withdrawn] Apply for a coronavirus Bounce Back Loan - GOV.UK i) Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme (CBILS) j) Business Grant Scheme This is handled by business banking service providers: [Withdrawn] Apply for the Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme - GOV.UK k) Christmas Support Payment Please see below . l) Recovery Fund Grant This grant was administered to us a as a local authority not to other organisations. m) Local Authority Fund Grant This grant was administered to us a as a local authority not to other organisations. For Q1 (C-G; J & K); Q2 (C-E; G; J & K); and Q3 (C-G; J & K) this information is already publicly available: COVID-19 business grant funding schemes: guidance for local authorities - GOV.UK This covers the schemes (Q1); qualifying criteria (Q2) and statutory procedure (Q3). For Q4 (same C-E; G; J & K only) there is an application form to gather minimum details such as claimant details; type of business (to ensure eligibility in line with the national guidance); contact details; bank details were requested on application forms.  In addition, various proof of occupation and trading (including but not exclusive to gas/electric bills; PDQ sales evidence; etc.) and bank statements to show the bank account was active and indicated company trading were requested. For f) Additional Restrictions Grant (ARG): The answer to question 2 can be found in the various Non-Key Executive Decisions published each time we ran a round of funding: https://democracy.camden.gov.uk/ieDecisionDetails.aspx?ID=3130 https://democracy.camden.gov.uk/ieDecisionDetails.aspx?ID=3333 https://democracy.camden.gov.uk/ieDecisionDetails.aspx?ID=3414 https://democracy.camden.gov.uk/ieDecisionDetails.aspx?ID=3523 https://democracy.camden.gov.uk/ieDecisionDetails.aspx?ID=3527 The answer to question 4 is: - copy of Personal identification - Driver’s License or passport for example• confirmation of fixed property costs such as copy of lease, business rates account number for reference, licenses, mortgages etc, example utility bills, insurance policy, example of equipment costs to confirm trading activity of the identified business at a business premises concerned (applicants didn't need to provide everything, just some examples)• statement on loss of income/trade and evidence to support that, such as year-on-year bank statements to compare with and accounts• Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your RightsIf you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk , Telephone: 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website https://www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Peter Williams Information Rights Officer2025-03-18T00:00:00CAM97022025-03-14T00:00:00our pension fundDate: 14/03/2025 Case reference : CAM9702London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 20/02/2025 about our pension fund . We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds some of the information requested. The answers to your questions are below. We have stated where we do not hold the information requested and why. Pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act 2000 ("FOIA"), I am requesting access to and/or a copy of all documents, materials, and/or presentations, including those by external consultants, pertaining to alternative investments and including the below criteria for the period from January 1st, 2024 to today: From London Borough of Camden Pension Fund 1. For Private Equity, Private Debt, Real Assets, and Real Estate, reported by fund for the most recent quarter available, the following data: a. Fund Name, Vintage Year, Commitment Date, and Committed Capital b. Invested Capital c. Distributions d. Current Market Valuee. Since inception Net IRR and MOIC Please find relevant information attached. Please note data is not yet fully available for Q4 2024. 2. For Hedge Funds and Multi-Asset Strategies, the following data reported by fund for the current portfolio’s holdings: a. Fund Name, Investment Strategy, and Fund Domicile b. Initial Allocation Size, Funding Date, and Current Market Values c. Performance/Returns Since Inception We do not hold this information. This is because our pension fund does not hold any hedge fund assets. Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk , Telephone: 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website https://www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely,Peter Williams Information Rights Officer2025-03-18T00:00:00CAM97032025-03-14T00:00:00Illegal nicotine pouch seizuresDate: 14/03/2025 Ref: CAM9703 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 20/02/2025 about Illegal nicotine pouch seizures. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested. 1. Number of illegal tobacco-free nicotine pouch items seized 506 snus seized between 01/2/2024-31/1/2025 with nothing prior to this date. Please note, in regard to questions 1 and 2, we do not differentiate between tobacco or non -tobacco. Our seizures have been based on labelling infringement. 2. Number of illegal tobacco snus pouch items seized As above. 3. The number of identified cases of illegal nicotine pouch products being in possession of, stocked, or sold by businesses or individuals 8 cases between 1st January 2024 > 31st Dec 2024. 4. How many (count of) fines or penalties have been issued for being in possession of, stocking, or selling illegal nicotine pouches? Legal action against 6 premises was considered – (1 premises closed down, 1 had a licence application refused and proceedings are being considered, 1 premises was brought into compliance, 1 caution, 2 remaining under consideration) 5. What was the value in £ pound sterling of each fine issued by your local authority? No fines have been issued yet (as of February 2025). Please present this data annually for each of the below periods: 1st January 2024 > 31st Dec 2024 1st January 2023 > 31st Dec 2023 1st January 2022 > 31st Dec 2022 1st January 2021 > 31st Dec 2021 1st January 2020 > 31st Dec 2020 London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Kieran Heneghan Information Rights Officer2025-03-18T00:00:00CAM97062025-03-17T00:00:00Camden MarketDate: 17/03/2025 Case reference : CAM9706 London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 20/02/2025 about Camden Market.  We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 / Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested and the answers to your questions are as follows: I would like to submit a request for information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA) regarding communication between Camden Council and any of the following companies: LabTech Limited (formerly known as Market Tech Limited), Camden Market Estate Holdings Limited, Gilbey Ground Limited, Stanley Sidings Limited, and The GoodHeart Trust. Please provide the relevant information for the period between 1 January 2015 to 31 December 2017. Please could you provide the following: 1. All letters of communication between the companies mentioned above and Camden Council. 2. All emails of communication between the companies mentioned above and Camden Council. 3. All meeting notes between the companies mentioned above and Camden Council. Please could you provide a breakdown by: a) The date of the meeting. b) The location of the meeting.c) The name of the parties present. You clarified your request on 26 February 2025. The subject of the conversations would be regarding the ownership of Camden Market. We have not had any conversations with Labtech or the other companies listed which were about their ownership of the market. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk , Telephone: 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website https://www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Peter Williams Information Rights Officer2025-03-18T00:00:00CAM97072025-03-17T00:00:00Camden MarketDate: 17/03/2025 Case reference : CAM9707 London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 20/02/2025 about Camden Market.  We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 / Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested and the answers to your questions are as follows: I would like to submit a request for information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA) regarding correspondence between Camden Council and any of the following companies: LabTech London Limited (formerly known as Market Tech Limited), LabTech Acquisitions Limited, Camden Market Estate Holdings Limited, Gilbey Ground Limited, Stanley Sidings Limited, and The Goodheart Trust. Please provide the relevant information for the period between 1 Jan 2018 - 31 Dec 2020. Please could you provide the following: 1. All letters of communication between the companies mentioned above and Camden Council 2. All emails of communication between the companies mentioned above and Camden Council 3. All meeting notes between the companies mentioned above and Camden Council 4. Please could you provide a breakdown by: a) The date of the meetingb) The location of the meeting c) The name of the parties present You clarified your request on 26 February 2025. The subject of the conversations would be regarding the ownership of Camden Market. We have not had any conversations with Labtech or the other companies listed which were about their ownership of the market. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk , Telephone: 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website https://www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Peter Williams Information Rights Officer2025-03-18T00:00:00CAM97132025-03-10T00:00:00pre-application adviceDate: 10/03/2025 Case reference : CAM9713 London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 24/02/2025 about pre-application advice.  We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 / Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested and the answers to your questions are as follows: A copy of all documents submitted by applicant for pre-application advice on 35 Ornan Road registered under ref 2024/5565/PRE. Please find relevant information attached. We have redacted (removed) the name of the applicants under Regulation 12(3) of the EIR 2004 as this is their personal information. We believe it would be a breach of the GDPR principle that we handle personal data fairly to publish it to the world in this response. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets.Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk , Telephone: 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website https://www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Peter Williams Information Rights Officer2025-03-18T00:00:00CAM97142025-03-14T00:00:00MPs living in CamdenDate: 14/03/2025 Case reference : CAM9714London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 23/02/2025 about MPs living in Camden.  We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council does not hold the information requested: Freedom of Information act 2000 - Freedom of Information request 1. How many elected United Kingdom members of Parliament reside in Westminster Council? 2. How many elected United Kingdom members of Parliament reside in Borough of Hackney? 3. How many elected United Kingdom members of Parliament reside in Camden Council? 4. How many elected United Kingdom members of Parliament rent homes owned or controlled by Westminster Council? 5. How many elected United Kingdom members of Parliament rent homes owned or controlled by Camden Council? 6. How many elected United Kingdom members of Parliament rent homes owned or controlled by Hackney Council? Requester clarification:Owned means persons name is on Land registry property registers. controlled mean has permission to occupy or let others occupy property by Land registry registered owner. We do not hold this information.  A Member of Parliament (MP) can live anywhere. Even for those who might live in Camden we don’t hold any record on council tax (or housing) records that the occupier is an MP.  Also, working through the list of 650 elected MPs would not confirm those who live in Camden as someone in the borough may share the name of an MP and we have no records to show if they were an MP or not. Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk , Telephone: 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website https://www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Peter Williams Information Rights Officer2025-03-18T00:00:00CAM97152025-03-10T00:00:0088-90 Hatton Garden, EC1NDate: 10/03/2025 Case reference : CAM9715London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 23/02/2025 about 88-90 Hatton Garden, EC1N.  We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and/or the Environmental Information Regulations 2004 (EIR 2004) Response The council does not hold the information requested The request is: I am submitting a Freedom of Information request regarding the property B6, 88-90 Hatton Garden, London, EC1N 8PN. Specifically, I request: 1. The date on which Suite B6 was formally split into B6 North West (NW) and B6 North East (NE). 2. The name of the person or entity that recorded or authorized this subdivision. 3. Any relevant documents or records detailing this change. Please provide this information in electronic format. If the request exceeds the cost limit, kindly advise on how it may be refined. All planning applications relating to this property are available on the website.  Please enter the links below into your web browser to search by address:https://accountforms.camden.gov.uk/planning-search/ https://planningrecords.camden.gov.uk/NECSWS/PlanningExplorer/GeneralSearch.aspx There are 18 records - most relate to adverts, new shopfronts and canopies and telecoms. There are records relating to the original approval for the building which dates from 1930s. We can’t see anything that seems to relate to this query. The local planning authority deal with applications for works which materially impact the external appearance of a building or its use. It is not clear from the request whether there would have been a material change of use through splitting the units and/or external works of development, so there is not enough information to comment on that point. As the information not held is environmental we have to comply with a technicality and tell you that because it is not held it is excepted under Regulation 12 (4)(a) of the EIR 2004.  The Information Commissioner does not require a public interest test where the information is not held. Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk , Telephone: 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website https://www.ico.org.uk may be useful.Yours sincerely, Peter Williams Information Rights Officer2025-03-18T00:00:00CAM97162025-03-18T00:00:00Follow up to CAM8996Date: 18/03/2025 Ref: CAM9716 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 24/02/2025 about Follow up to CAM8996. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000/Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested. 1. The contract disclosed in your answer to CAM8996 states that "13.3. The data information collected from the Equipment installed on the Specified Asset at the Location shall be made available to the public (at no cost to the public)." Please provide the available data relating to equipment installed in the proposed Dartmouth Park Healthy Neighbourhood area, namely the area bounded by Fortwess Road, Junction Road, Highgate Hill, Highgate High Street, Highgate West Hill and Highgate Road, and 250 metres round that area. If a decision has been made to continue/not continue the Airspace contract please provide any and all documents in which that decision and its rationale are recorded. The contractual clause in question related to free public access to the live monitoring data as displayed and accessed via the online AirScape air quality map and dashboard. This requirement was fulfilled whilst the trial monitoring network was active. We are still discussing next steps for the network and no decision has yet been made. For this reason, the map and dashboard is currently not available. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner ’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Philip Lewis Information Rights Officer2025-03-18T00:00:00CAM97172025-03-18T00:00:00first class flightsDate: 18/03/2025 Case reference : CAM9717 London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 24/02/2025 about first class flights.   We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 / Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested and the answers to your questions are as follows: elected members and officers of the Council: 1. Total number of First Class flights in the following financial years: a. 2019/20 b. 2020/21 c. 2021/22 d. 2022/23 e. 2023/24 f. 2024/25 up to 21st February 2. Total expenditure on First Class flights in the following financial years: a. 2019/20 b. 2020/21 c. 2021/22 d. 2022/23 e. 2023/24 f. 2024/25 up to 21st February 3. Number of people on each flight traveling First Class. 4. Position within the Council of those traveling First Class. 6. Destination and purpose of the flight. No first-class flights have been taken by officers or members in those financial years. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk , Telephone: 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website https://www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Peter Williams Information Rights Officer2025-03-18T00:00:00CAM97192025-03-10T00:00:00subject access requestsDate: 10/03/2025 Case reference : CAM9719London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 21/02/2025 about subject access requests.    We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested.  However, we are withholding the information because it is exempt as explained below.  We have explained where we are withholding information and what exemption applies.  Please see the refusal notice at the end of the answer which explains how and why it applies. I am writing to request information under the Freedom of Information Act  2000. Please provide the following details: 1. The total number of Data Subject Access Requests (DSARs) received by  your authority for each of the last three years (2021, 2022, and 2023). 2. The number of DSARs completed within the statutory one-month timeframe  during each year. 3. The number of DSARs that required an extension beyond the one-month  timeframe, along with the average length of extensions granted. (Clarification response: Re Question 3. Can you state how many SARs took longer than 30 days.) 4. Any recorded costs (e.g., staff time, software, or other resources)  associated with processing DSARs for each of these years. If possible, please provide this information in a tabular format.We are not processing this request as an exemption applies.  Please see the exemption notice set out below. Refusal Notice The exemption that applies is: section 14(2 ): repeated request Where a public authority has previously complied with a request for information which was made by any person, it is not obliged to comply with a subsequent identical or substantially similar request from that person unless a reasonable interval has elapsed between compliance with the previous request and the making of the current request. We replied to an identically worded request CAM9365 on10/02/2025.  Please refer to our response to that request. Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk , Telephone: 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website https://www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely,Peter Williams Information Rights Officer2025-03-18T00:00:00CAM97202025-03-14T00:00:00council tax support schemeDate: 14/03/2025 Case reference : CAM9720 London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 24/02/2025 about the  council tax support scheme. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 / Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested and the answers to your questions are as follows: I am updating our records to take account of any changes to the council tax reduction/support scheme in Camden London Boro from April 2025. If you have made any changes for 2025/26 compared to the scheme you operated in 2024/25, please could you identify those changes. In particular, could you let us know if any of the thresholds or the method of calculation of income used in your income-band/income-grid scheme have changed. The sole change we have made to our banded scheme is to increase the London Living Wage it is based on from £13.15 to £13.85. This means working households can earn up to £110.79 per week to get 100% relief (instead of £105.19).  It also means that some households, depending on circumstances will still receive some support under our scheme when earning £623.25 (up from £591.75) per week. For more information please visit our website for the 2025/26 policy approved by Council on 20 January 2025: Council Tax Support Scheme for 2025/26 Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk , Telephone: 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website https://www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Peter Williams Information Rights Officer2025-03-18T00:00:00CAM97272025-03-14T00:00:00information on licenses to keep wild, dangerous or exotic animals as pets in the UK issued by the CouncilDate: 14/03/2025 Ref: CAM9727 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 24/02/2025 about information on licenses to keep wild, dangerous or exotic animals as pets in the UK issued by the Council . We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested. I would like information on licenses to keep wild, dangerous or exotic animals as pets in the UK issued by the Council under the 1976 Dangerous Wild Animals Act. I would like to know: 1.How many applications have been made for licenses in the past five years? None. 2.How many licenses are currently issued? None. 3.For what species of animal have these licenses been issued, and how many of each species? N/A. 4. How many primates? N/A. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Kieran Heneghan Information Rights Officer2025-03-18T00:00:00CAM97352025-03-17T00:00:00contracts with SercoDate: 17/03/2025 Case reference : CAM9735 London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 25/02/2025 about contracts with Serco . We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 / Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested and the answers to your questions are as follows: Please list any current contracts you have with Serco LTD and/or Serco Group PLC, including ongoing contracts and contracts that end within the financial year 2024-25. This breakdown should cover the purpose and remit of the contract, its slated and actual duration (including start and finish dates) and the contract size (i.e. its price). Please also state if there were any recorded instances of misconduct, contract violation, or grievance related to these contracts. We have no contracts with these organisations listed within the financial year 2024-25. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk , Telephone: 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website https://www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Peter Williams Information Rights Officer2025-03-18T00:00:00CAM97362025-03-18T00:00:00request about roadworksDate: 18/03/2025 Ref: CAM9736 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 26/02/2025 about request about roadworks. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested. I would like to make a FOI request about roadworks. For each response, when I refer to 'roadworks' can you include data for both utility street works and local highway authority road works. Could you please provide me with: • The number of roadworks within the local authority every year since 2020. 2020 - 7631 2021 - 14456 2022 - 10661 2023 - 9508 2024 - 10548 • The duration of each roadworks and the average duration of a roadworks every year since 2020. 2020 - 6 days 2021 - 6 days 2022 - 5 days 2023 - 4 days 2024 - 4 days • The number of road closures caused by roadworks every year since 2020. 2020 - 186 2021 - 552 2022 - 471 2023 - 380 2024 - 484 London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner ’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Philip Lewis Information Rights Officer2025-03-18T00:00:00CAM97442025-03-18T00:00:00taxis & chauffeur-driven carsDate: 18/03/2025 Case reference : CAM9744London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 26/02/2025 about taxis & chauffeur-driven cars.   We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and the Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested.  However, we are withholding the information because it is exempt as explained below.  We have explained what exemption applies.  Please see the refusal notice which explains how and why it applies: The request is: I would like to know how much money your council has spent on taxis and chauffeur-driven cars for staff, councillors and other dignitaries in each of the past five years?  I would also like to know how many cars have been provided to employees through car leasing arrangements in each of the past five years and how much that has cost the council in each of those years? To clarify, I mean the years 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024. Financial year equivalents are acceptable. The requester provided clarification: Other dignatories would include the major and any other official visitors, such as VIPs, guests from abroad, government officials, etc.  We are not processing this request as it would require a disproportionate amount of time, effort, and expense.  Please see the exemption notice set out below. Refusal Notice The exemption that applies is: section 12: cost of compliance exceeds appropriate limit We are refusing your request under section 12 on cost grounds because we estimate that compliance with your request will exceed the "appropriate limit". This is £450 which is equivalent to 18 hours at £25 per hour. The per hour figure is set by Regulations rather than actual salary paid to any officers handling requests. The appropriate limit includes the time it will take the council to discover if it holds the information requested, to locate it, extract it and collate it as well as putting it into any particular format requested by the requester. We have calculated that it will take approx. 107 hours (minimum) to comply with your request (concerning staff alone) because: travel expenses incurred by staff would require the submission of an expenses claim form.• the same form is used for all types of expenditure claimed and if approved all repayments are made under the one payroll element.• we are only to able to check what has been submitted since our current payroll system was implemented in November 2020.• since November 2020, 1,285 employees have submitted an expenses form.• to collate all payments in scope of this request each form would need to be examined manually.• this would take an estimated 5 minutes minimum per expense form.• Advice and Assistance It is difficult to see how the request could be reduced to be under the appropriate limit.  We may be able to supply information for the Mayor’s chauffeur driven car, or taxi use for clients, staff and other parties as one figure per year but this would not be broken down into costs for staff, or clients we support, or councillors or refugees etc.Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk , Telephone: 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website https://www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Peter Williams Information Rights Officer2025-03-18T00:00:00CAM97482025-03-11T00:00:00fire safety compliance of a building where Camden Council is the leaseholder: 41 Grafton Road, NW5 3DXDate: 11/03/2025 Ref: CAM9748 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 19/02/2025 about fire safety compliance of a building where Camden Council is the leaseholder: 41 Grafton Road, NW5 3DX. We have dealt with this under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested. I am writing to enquire on the fire safety compliance of a building where Camden Council is the leaseholder: 41 Grafton Road, NW5 3DX. More specifically I would like to ask 1. In which year the council separated the three storey terraced house into three flats? Page 10 of the attached Fire Risk Assessment suggests that this was prior to Building Regulations 1991. We do not hold any other information. 2. Which measures Camden Council has undertaken in the last 10 years to ensure that no risks are posed to the communal areas and the upper floor flats, by the XXXXX floor flat, 41X. Please see the attached Fire Risk Assessment. Since the FRA was undertaken, the Capital Works team has installed a Grade A Communal Alarm System (which has a panel in the communal area). There are also two actions in a programme for install/replacement this calendar year (2025) and contracts are awarded to deliver these. These are Emergency Lighting (priority C) and the Flat Entrance Doors (priority B). Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Kieran Heneghan Information Rights Officer2025-03-18T00:00:00CAM97572025-03-18T00:00:00Regeneration questionsDate: 18/03/2025 Ref: CAM9757 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 27/02/2025 about Regeneration questions. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested. Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, I am writing to request the following information: The name, job title, and contact details (email and/or phone number) of the director or lead officer responsible for regeneration, property, and housing within the council. There are three directors that have some responsibilities on the topics asked. These are Neil Vokes, Director Development (neil.vokes@camden.gov.uk ), Gavin Haynes, Director of Property Management ( gavin.haynes@camden.gov.uk ) and David Burns, Director of Economy, Regeneration and Investment ( david.burns@camden.gov.uk ). A list of housing estates or properties within your council that are planned for regeneration or redevelopment within the next ten years. For each estate or property identified in question 2, please provide: a. The name and location of the estate or property. b. The estimated timeline for the regeneration or redevelopment. c. The current stage of planning or consultation (e.g., pre -consultation, planning application submitted, etc.). This information is available in the CIP Annual Report 2024, which was discussed at the Housing Scrutiny Committee on 25th February 2025. See the link to agenda where the report can be found (Item 7) - https://democracy.camden.gov.uk/ieListDocuments.aspx?CId=624&MId=10944&Ver=4 . If any of the requested information is exempt from disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act, please specify the exemption(s) applied and provide an explanation as to why it applies. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner ’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Philip Lewis Information Rights Officer2025-03-18T00:00:00CAM93552025-02-12T00:00:00commissioning intentions for adult social care and children young people servicesDate: 12/02/2025 Ref: CAM9355 Dear Requester, Thank you for your request for information dated 31/12/2025 about commissioning intentions for adult social care and children young people services. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds some of the information requested and the answers to your questions are as follows: Financial years 2023 and 2024: 1. Contact details (name, job title, email, and phone number) for managers or commissioning leads responsible for domiciliary care, supported living, and complex care services. The areas are: o Children and young people. o Adults with physical or learning disabilities. o Mental health service users. o Substance misuse or addiction recovery. o Autism and ADHD. o Forensic or ex-offender support. o Complex care needs (e.g., ventilated patients, PEG feeding, spinal injuries). o Dementia care. o Palliative or end-of-life care. o Hospital discharge and reablement services. Name: Karen Timperley Position: Head of Adults Commissioning Email: karen.timperley@camden.gov.uk Name:Jonathon Horn Position: Head of Learning Disability, Autism and Mental Health Commissioning, Email: jonathon.horn@camden.gov.uk Name: Julia Mills / Dionne Usherwood Position: Head of Children's Commissioning & Health Email: julia.mills@camden.gov.uk / dionne.usherwood@camden.gov.uk All council officers can be contacted by telephoning Camden council on 0207 974 4444. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk 2. An explanation of the process for becoming an approved provider of domiciliary care, supported living, or complex care services. Please include details of any frameworks or approved provider lists, selection criteria, renewal timelines, and whether you accept spot purchasing outside frameworks. If so, what percentage of contracts are awarded to spot providers and why? For domiciliary care there is no approved provider list. Spot arrangements do exist but these have reduced substantially in the last year following award of some new contracts for Homecare/reablement in October 2023. Spot purchase is most often linked to cultural, language or specialist support or is out of borough. Current contracts run until September 2026 and a procurement process will take place during winter / spring 2026. Adult supported living services for people with mental health needs and learning disabilities are tendered services. The mental health supported living pathway will be tendered in Spring/Summer 2025, subject to approval of the commissioning strategy. Learning disability contracts end in September 2026 with an option to extend. A review will take place in 2025 to determine the commissioning strategy. 3. Data on current and projected demand for each service user type above, including referrals made, unmet needs or shortages, geographic areas with high demand, and future forecasts (3–5 years). To keep the request within the appropriate limit set by the Act, we have provided two fiscal years plus the present year to date. This approach does not include projections, but does give a strong insight into how constant service demands are. The council does not hold information on some categories of care. The following categories have been split: ‘children and young people’ and ‘hospital discharge and reablement services’. With the latter there will be significant overlap between the two cohorts. Number of service users Cohort 2022/23 2023/24 2024/25 Year to Date ( 17/01/25 ) Children and young people: Children’s Social Care 3,363 3,712 3,164 Children and young people: Early Help 1,665 1,630 1,441 Substance misuse or addiction recovery Information not held N/A N/A N/A Autism and ADHD Information not held N/A N/A N/A Forensic or ex -offender support Information not held N/A N/A N/A Complex care needs (e.g., ventilated patients, PEG feeding, spinal injuries) Information not held N/A N/A N/A Dementia care Information not held N/A N/A N/A Palliative or end -of-life car e Information not held N/A N/A N/A Adults with physical or learning disabilities 3,298 3,279 3,162 Mental health service users 794 796 735 Hospital discharge and reablement services: Reablement 1,339 1,268 1,089 Hospital discharge and reablement services: Hospital Discharge 1,322 1,260 968 4. Details on types of accommodation required (e.g., HMOs, single houses, apartment blocks, wheelchair-accessible homes) and any known shortages or waiting lists. To focus on an average figure to represent a 'typical' waiting time is misleading. This is because the length of time a household will wait for housing is dependent on many factors including property size, location, and accessibility, not simply the length of time that has elapsed since they first applied. Camden has a points based housing allocation scheme. Applicants are awarded points according to their housing need and bid on vacant properties available from our housing stock. As at 10/02/2025, there were 8,295 housing applicants on the housing register. We have provided data by housing applicant bed size need. Number of h ousing applicants by bed size need Count Studio 1,437 1 1,483 2 2,812 3 2,008 4 488 5 63 6 4 We do not operate a separate wait list for accessible housing. All applicants are on the same register with the points system giving weight to specific mobility needs. Some properties are restricted to allow only those with certain mobility needs the opportunity t o bid on them. The type of property housing applicants require by mobility need is: Number of housing applicants by m obility need Count Level access required 474 None 7,333 Some mobility issues 255 Unknown 78 Wheelchair user 155 5. Financial information, including rates paid to providers for domiciliary care (hourly), supported living (weekly by care level), and complex care (e.g., waking nights or enhanced support). Please also include exempt accommodation rents (lowest and highest rates) and any rates currently under appeal or dispute. Adults domiciliary care rates for the five neighbourhood providers range from £21.90 -£23.18 per hour. 6. List of providers on your framework for domiciliary care and supported living. There is no framework in place for Camden adults domiciliary care. Contracts are commissioned on a neighbourhood footprint with one provider per neighbourhood. The f ive contracts are held with Hartwig Care, Focus Carelink, Mihomecare, Hopscotch Homecare and Rather Homecare. These providers have good capacity to meet the needs of their allocated neighbourhood. The current contracts run until September 2026. Camden do not commission a framework for supported living providers. 7. Copies or links to your Market Position Statement for Adult Social Care or other related reports, as well as any needs assessments, gap analyses, or planning reports for future services and commissioning strategies. The Market Position Statement for adult services can be found at: Information for providers - Camden Council Commissioning strategies can be accessed on the Camden Council website: Search results for commissioning strategy - Camden Council . 8. Details on the tendering process for securing contracts and any current or upcoming tenders for these services. Please also advise how providers can register to receive updates about tendering opportunities. All contract opportunities including details of the procurement route, the procurement process and the relevant criteria are currently published through the London Tenders Portal (www.londontenders.org ), as well as Contracts Finder (https://www.gov.uk/contracts-finder) and the Find a Tender service ( Find high value contracts in the public sector - GOV.UK) if above the relevant threshold, up until 23 February 2025. From 24 February 2025, all contract opportunities including details of the procurement route, the procurement process and the relevant criteria will be published through the new Central Digital Platform (20241029 CDP Factsheet v1.0 ). 9. Data on out-of-borough placements, including the number of service users placed into your borough by other councils and placed outside your borough by your authority. Please also specify which services these placements required. We hold information on out-of-borough placements made by the council but not those of people placed in Camden by other councils. Number of service users Out-of-Borough Service 2022 /23 2023 /24 2024 /25 Year to Date ( 17/01/25 ) Nursing care 162 187 180 Residential care 316 326 294 Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Lorna Jonas-Tinson Information Rights Officer2025-03-06T00:00:00CAM92102025-01-10T00:00:00children young people who have entered the care system over the past five yearsDate: 10/01/2024 Ref: CAM9210 Dear Requester , Thank y ou for yo ur request for informati on dated 09 /12/2024 about children young people who h ave entered t he care sy stem over the past f ive years . We have dealt with this u nder the Freedom o f Information Act 2000. Response The council h olds the information requested. T he answers t o your questions ar e as follow s: Q1. A s a m onth by m onth breakdown, ho w many children and young people ha ve entered t he care sy stem i n your ar ea over the past f ive ca lendar year s? Q2. As a month by month breakdown, how many children/young people who are living with a disability have entered the care system in your area in the following calendar years 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020? The Equality Act 2010 defines a disability as constituting a 'physical or mental impairment' the impairment 'has a substantial and long- term adverse effect on their ability to carry out normal day- to-day activities. Q3. H ow m any foster carers do yo u currently have in yo ur ar ea? Q4. H ow m any foster carers do yo u currently have in yo ur ar ea who ar e able to provide the types of f oster ca re listed b elow. P lease enter t he total n umber o f carers a vailable, i ncluding those c urrently f ostering children and those not . Q5. H as your council seen an i ncrease in t he demand f or foster carers for children/young people who are living with a disabilit y in the last 12 months? Y/N For questions 1-5, please see the spreadsheet attached for the answers to your request. Further Informat ion We do not give our consent for any names and contac t details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data P rotection Regulations and the Privacy and Elec tronic Communication Re gulations. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Lorna Jonas-Tinson Information Rights Officer2025-03-05T00:00:00CAM93852025-02-03T00:00:00enclosed beds (sometimes referred to as safe sleeping spacesDate: 03/02/2025 Ref: CAM9385 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 07/01/2025 about enclosed beds (sometimes referred to as safe sleeping spaces. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds some of the information requested. I am seeking information regarding enclosed beds (sometimes referred to as safe sleeping spaces, or known under the brand names: CloudCuddle, Urzone, Creative Care Ltd, Safety Sleeper, Safespaces etc) within your council's jurisdiction. Please provide me with the following information: 1. How many enclosed beds have been provided to residents over the past five years? 6. 2. What is the annual expenditure on enclosed beds for the past five years? Spend on enclosed beds has only been identified in 2022/23 and 2023/24: Year Total expenditure 2022/23 £14,051.00 2023/24 £18,636.40 3. What is the average cost per bed? £5,447.90 4. What brand(s) of enclosed bed(s) do you supply? Do you have any data on the demographics of those receiving enclosed beds? The following beds were supplied. Demographic data has been included where known. Product Age at time of order Sex (if known) Oasis 200 L/E Cot Bed wooden surround 110cm high - Doors RHS all bars with accessories 13 Male Oasis 200 L/E Cot Bed, 80cm high with padding with accessories 8 Male Safespace cosyfit high low bed 13 Not known London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Safespace cosyfit high low profiling bed 6 Not known Cloudcuddle sleeping system 5 Not known Cloud cuddle bed instalment 5 Male 5. What criteria are used to assess whether an individual requires an enclosed bed? Enclosed beds are assessed on an individual basis. The assessment would include: • Age, size and diagnosis of child • Medical needs e.g. trachea care, respiratory/ O2 requirements, 24 hours feeds, seizures • Mobility and movement. Involuntary and Voluntary. • Risk of entrapment in a standard profiling bed • Sensory needs • Sleep hygiene/ routine, including input from CAMHS, sleep clinics. • Hygiene e.g. incontinence and smearing. • Space/ property lay out • Family dynamic i.e. safeguarding concerns • Pressure care • Previously trialled equipment e.g. standard adult profiling bed Please see below the type/ style of enclosed beds that have been supplied by Paediatric SCOT. Profiling beds: Safespaces Cosyfit Hi-Lo Bed Flores Cot CloudCuddle Sensory beds: Safespace These are first purchased on a trial/ rent before purchasing the full bed. 6. Is there are a waiting list for an enclosed bed? If so, how long is the average waiting period? There is no waiting list. 7. What percentage of the council's disability or social care budget is allocated to enclosed beds? The budget for equipment is not ringfenced for enclosed beds. If a person requires an enclosed bed and this is clinically supported, then the provision will be funded from the joint ASC and Health TCES (Transforming Community Equipment Service) budget. 8. Have there been any recorded incidents involving enclosed beds (e.g., accidents, injuries, misuse)? No. 9. Are risk assessments conducted when assessing an individual for an enclosed bed? If so, what factors are considered? Yes, please see the attached templates. 10. How does the council review the effectiveness and continued need for enclosed beds? The Occupational Therapists conduct assessment and reviews, and equipment is prescribed based on clinical reasoning. 11. Are there specific national or local guidelines the council follows regarding enclosed beds? For example, guidance from NHS England, NICE, or safeguarding frameworks. Please see below bed rail management framework. Bed rails: management and safe use - GOV.UK Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Kieran Heneghan Information Rights Officer2025-03-05T00:00:00CAM94812025-03-04T00:00:00stock condition survey of all Camden-owned propertiesDate: 04/03/2025 Ref: CAM9481 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 22/01/2025 about stock condition survey of all Camden-owned properties. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested. The stock condition survey of all Camden-owned properties has recently been completed. Please make the complete stock condition survey available on all properties. The Stock Condition Survey outputs for blocks is attached. This informed the investment plan which is available from the council website here: Appendix B1 - Proposed Capital Programme We will be looking into publishing this information on the council’s Open Data Portal in the future. We are unable to provide information on individual properties under Section 40(2) of the Freedom of Information Act. See the refusal notice below. Refusal Notice: Section 40(2) The council considers that to disclose the personal data requested would not be in accordance with data protection legislation and therefore we have withheld some/all of the information under the absolute exemption in Section 40(2). The exemption states that personal data requested may be withheld when to release it would be a breach of the requirements of data protection law which is the UK General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the Data Protection Act 2018. The information wi thheld is personal information because it allows living individuals to be identified. The council considers that it would be a breach of the General Data Protection Regulation article 5 requirements of fairness and proportionality to publish this personal information in a FOI request. In doing this we have considered the legitimate public i nterest in disclosure against the interests of the data subject/s and concluded that in the circumstances disclosure would contravene the data protection requirements of fairness and proportionality particularly considering that Freedom of Information responses are public documents and published to the world and not provided just to the requester. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner ’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Philip Lewis Information Rights Officer2025-03-05T00:00:00CAM95402025-02-28T00:00:00re-tendering of electrical maintenance and/or PAT testing in domestic and commercial propertiesDate: 28/02/2025 Ref: CAM9540 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 31/01/2025 about re-tendering of electrical maintenance and/or PAT testing in domestic and commercial properties . We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested. 1. When do you anticipate re-tendering your electrical maintenance and/or PAT testing in domestic and commercial properties? We are currently preparing to retender this contract (General E lectrical Systems Maintenance) and will be placing a Contract Notice in FTS during the week commencing 17 th February 2025 with the new contract to start 1 st Aril 2026. There is not a separate contract for PAT testing. 2. Who are the current providers of the contract? Openview Security Solutions Limited. 3. When do you anticipate re-tendering your Gas servicing and Maintenance of domestic and/or commercial properties and/or Heating Maintenance? Domestic (individual) heating systems – this is not being retendered and will be insourced with effect from 1 st April 2026. District (communal) heating systems and bulk gas systems - we are currently preparing to retender this contract and will be placing a Contract Notice in FTS during the week commencing 17th February 2025 with the new contract to start 1st April 2026. 4. Who are the current providers on this contract? Domestic (individual) heating systems - BTU (Installation & Maintenance) Limited. District (communal) heating systems and bulk gas systems - GEM Environmental Building Services Ltd. 5. When do you anticipate retendering for property and void repairs? Day to day repairs are carried out in house and are not being tendered. Major building works North – not before December 2028 for start March 2030. Major building works South - not before October 2027 for start 29 th January 2029 Voids South – not before November 2025 for start 1st February 2027. Voids North – not before November 2025 for start 1 st February 2027. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk 6. Who are the current providers of this contract? Major building works North – Milestone Contracting Ltd. Major building works South – Bell Group Ltd. Voids South – JN & F Limited. Voids North – SER Contractor Ltd. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Kieran Henegan Information Rights Officer2025-03-05T00:00:00CAM95462025-03-03T00:00:00information on research commissioned by the local authority on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) matters, including topics related to decolonisationDate: 03/03/2025 Ref: CAM9546 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 03/02/2025 about information on research commissioned by the local authority on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) matters, including topics related to decolonisation. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested. I am writing under the Freedom of Information Act (2000) to request information on research commissioned by the local authority on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) matters, including topics related to decolonisation. Specifically, I request the following: Details of any research, studies, or reports commissioned by the local authority on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) or decolonisation since 1 May 2021. For each commissioned piece of research, please provide: • The name or title of the research project. • The purpose and scope of the research. • The date the research was commissioned. • The name of the organization, consultancy, or entity that conducted the research. • The total cost of the commissioned research to the local authority. Please provide this information in a table format, if possible, with columns for 'Research Title', 'Scope of Research', 'Date Commissioned', 'Conducting Body', and 'Total Cost'. Name/title of the research project Purpose / scope Date that the research was commissioned Name of the organisation that conducted the research Total cost to the local authority Experiences of LGBTQ+ staff at Camden Council Evaluate the experiences of LGBTQ+ employees at Camden and highlight where there remain inequalities. May 2022 Stonewall £3520 London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Camden Black British History Group Development Report To explore options to form a new group (Camden Black British History Group) which will explore Camden’s Black British History. October 2022 Emily Momoh £10000 Reforming Board Decision -making in Camden Discovery into Recruitment and Retention to More Diverse Decision - Making Bodies in Camden October 2023 - April 2024 Camden Council £24873 Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Kieran Heneghan Information Rights Officer2025-03-05T00:00:00CAM95502025-02-28T00:00:00Year 7 admissions process for children with EHCPsDate: 28/02/2025 Ref: CAM9550 Dear Requester, Thank you for your request for information dated 31/01/2025 about Year 7 admissions process for children with EHCPs. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested. However, we are withholding all of the information because it is exempt as explained below. We have explained where we are withholding information and what exemptions apply. Please see the refusal notices at the end of the answers which explain how and why they apply. Please could I have the following information relating to the year 7 admissions process for children with EHCPs. Q1. Please provide the number of consultations held with schools for each of the past three years (2024, 2023, 2022). Note: this is only for the year 7 admissions round. If possible, please make clear is this is parental preference or LA preference. Q2. For each year, please provide the name of the school (and it's URN) involved in a consultation. Please include the number of consultations it was involved with, and the outcome of those consultations (either accepted or rejected). Please provide this information in excel format if possible. We are withholding this information as we consider the following exemption applies. Refusal notice: Section 12: Cost of Compliance Exceeds the Appropriate Limit We are refusing your request under section 12 on cost grounds because we estimate that compliance with your request will exceed the "appropriate limit". This is £450 which is equivalent to 18 hours at £25 per hour. The per hour figure is set by Regulations rather than actual salary paid to any officers handling requests. The appropriate limit includes the time it will take the council to discover if it holds the information requested, to locate it, extract it and collate it as well as putting it into any particular format requested by the requester. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk We do not hold the information requested in an easily accessible format. This is because the council does not tabulate all consultations made with schools. We might record parental preference. There are approx. 100 pupil files per year to review and approx. 300 pupil files within scope of your request. We estimate it would take a council officer approx. 6-7 minutes per case to gather, analyse and extract the data for questions 1 and 2. If the task took an average of 6.5 minutes per case, we calculate it would take approx. 32.5 hours to provide the information if held. This exceeds the 18-hour limit set by the Act. Advice and Assistance We suggest you refine questions 1 and 2 and submit this as a new request, bearing in mind the maximum 6.5 minutes per case advice mentioned earlier. Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Lorna Jonas-Tinson Information Rights Officer2025-03-05T00:00:00CAM95542025-02-25T00:00:00Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS) and Best Interest Assessments (BIA) spendDate: 25/02/2025 Ref: CAM9554 Dear Requester, Thank you for your request for information dated 27/02/2025 about Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS) and Best Interest Assessments (BIA) . We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested and the answers to your questions are as follows: 1. Does the local authority outsource any part of the Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS) or Best Interest Assessments (BIA) process to external providers? No 2. If yes to Question 1, please provide the names of current external providers and details of the services they provide (e.g., DoLS assessments, BIAs, training)? N/A 3. How many DoLS/BIA assessments were carried out by external providers during financial years 2023-2024, and 2024-2025 YTD? N/A 4. What is the average cost paid per DoLS assessment conducted by external providers? N/A 5. Does the local authority issue contracts or tenders for the provision of DoLS and BIA services? No 6. If yes to Question 5, please could you provide a link to the advert, procurement portals, and/or public notices. N/A 7. What is the total budget spent for DoLS and BIA services during financial years 2023-2024, and 2024-2025 YTD? 23/24 £210000; 2024/25 YTD- £139000 8. How many DoLS and BIA assessors are currently employed by the local authority? 26 9. Please provide the name and role of the senior officer (outside of procurement) responsible for the provision of Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS) and/or Best Interest Assessments (BIA)? Tony Anyaegbu Name: Tony Anyaegbu Email: tonay.anyaegbu@camden.gov.uk Phone: 0207 974 4444 London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Lorna Jonas-Tinson Information Rights Officer2025-03-05T00:00:00CAM95562025-02-28T00:00:00Information relating to a contractDate: 28/02/2025 Ref: CAM9556 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 04/02/2025 about Information relating to a contract. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Inform ation Act 2000. Response The council holds some of the information requested. However we are withholding some of the information because it is exempt as explained below. We have explained where we are withholding information and what exemptions apply. Please see the refusal notices at the end of the answers which explain how and why they apply. I would like to make an FOI request for information relating to the following contract award: https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/3c1b3924- 4be2-4702-9f2d-00cfad022ae2 Procurement ID Notice: 3c1b3924-4be2-4702-9f2d-00cfad022ae2_award Please can you provide a breakdown of the items included in this contract? In terms of the deliverable, could you provide this information in a CSV/Excel file answering the following categories per column: 1. Product Name – See the two attached spread sheets. 2. Supplier Name - Banner 3. Product Brand - Not all branded, but specific branded items will have been included in the spreadsheet. 4. EAN number – This information is not held. 5. SKU number (where applicable) – This information is not held. 6. Manufacturer name – This information is not held. 7. Part Number - We don't have this information, only for items where we have listed a product in the spreadsheet (e.g. HP). 8. Requested Quantity - See the spreadsheet - however our pricing is only based on a basket number of items used from a previous year and is not based on our quantities purchased. 9. Unit of Measure – See the spreadsheet. 10. Reference Price (ex-VAT) – This information is exempt under Section 43(2). See the refusal notice below. Please note that Banner was awarded the contract in October 2024, therefore the data only covers October 2024 to February 2025. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Refusal notice: The Council has withheld this information because Section 43(2) exempts information whose disclosure would, or would be likely to, prejudice the commercial interests of any person (an individual, a company, the public authority itself or any other legal entity). The council is relying upon the higher threshold of likelihood that disclosure would have a prejudicial effect. The parties whose commercial interests are concerned are Banner and the council. The harm that would be caused to Banner is that competitors would know their pricing structure and as the pricing is discounted based on the unit numbers we provided as part of the tender process. It would therefore harm Banner’s prospects of winning future tenders and harm their business. The harm that would be caused to the council is that our ability to achieve the best value for contracts would be reduced. The link between the disclosure and harm is that for Banner, similar companies would have awareness of their business mode l. In applying this qualified exemption, we have had to balance the public interest in withholding the information against the interest in favour of disclosure. The public interest arguments for releasing this information are as follows: • Improving transparency in decision making. • Ensuring value for money. • To ensure accountability of the authority. The public interest arguments for withholding the information are as follows: • It is not in the public interest to disclose information that would be likely to damage the commercial interests of a company, as this could lead to financial problems for the company and/or job losses. • It is not in the public interest to damage the council’s commercial interests, as this affects how it spends public money and the services it can provide to residents and other stakeholders. • It is not in the public interest to release information that could negatively influence ongoing and future negotiations as this could have an adverse effect on value for money for the council, so for residents and other stakeholders. • Withholding the figures does not prevent scrutiny of the council’s actions and decisions. We have decided that the public interest in withholding the information outweighs the public interest in disclosing it. Advice and Assistance: As advice and assistance, full i nformation from our supplier including product details can be found from Banner . Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Philip Lewis Information Rights Officer2025-03-05T00:00:00CAM95602025-03-04T00:00:00Housing Support Fund applications for the period 1 October 2024 - 31 March 2025Date: 04/03/2025 Ref: CAM9560 Dear Requester, Thank you for your request for information dated 03/02/2025 about Housing Support Fund applications for the period 1 October 2024 - 31 March 2025. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds some of the information requested and the answers to your questions are as follows: I am interested in hearing more about the extension of the Household Support Fund (1 October 2024 – 31 March 2025) and would like to know the following. 1. The number of applications to the Household Support Fund from 1 October 2024 – 31 January 2025. We do not hold this information. This is because we do not ask residents to specify which budget they are applying for. 2. The monetary amount of support provided to applicants to the Household Support Fund from1 October 2024 – 31 January 2025. £302,000. 3. The number of successful applicants to the Household Support Fund from 1 October 2024 – 31 January 2025. 815. 4. What is the outstanding monetary amount from the Household Support Fund that is available before the scheme ends on the 31 March 2025. £0, however we are supporting residents from a local cost of living budget until 31 March 2025. Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Lorna Jonas-Tinson Information Rights Officer2025-03-05T00:00:00CAM95622025-03-04T00:00:00individual assessor fees paid for completing age assessmentsDate: 04/03/2025 Ref: CAM9562 Dear Requester, Thank you for your request for information dated 03/02/2025 about individual assessor fees paid for completing age assessments. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council does not hold the information requested. The answers to your questions are as follows: I would like to request the following information in regards to the completion of Age Assessments: 1. The fee that the local authority pays to an individual independent assessor for completing an age assessment. We do not hold the information requested. This is because we do not use agencies or intermediaries to complete age assessments. These are completed by the social work team in Children Services. 2. The fee the local authority pays to an agency or intermediary for the outsourcing and completion of a single age assessment. Please see the response to question 1 above. 3. A list of the current agencies intermediaries that the local authority are using. Please see the response to question 1 above. Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Lorna Jonas-Tinson Information Rights Officer2025-03-05T00:00:00CAM95692025-02-28T00:00:00a map or list identifying the location of its CCTV cameras on, peripheral to, or with a view of its residential properties (rental or leasehold) within the Highgate WardDate: 28/02/25 Ref: CAM9569 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 05/02/2025 about a map or list identifying the location of its CCTV cameras on, peripheral to, or with a view of its residential properties (rental or leasehold) within the Highgate Ward. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested. We request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000: 1. That Camden provides a map or list identifying the location of its CCTV cameras on, peripheral to, or with a view of its residential properties (rental or leasehold) within the Highgate Ward. By "peripheral to" we mean CCTV cameras which may or may not be attached to these properties but which nonetheless have a view of the said properties, possibly including views of adjacent streets, private properties and public highways. The list or map should not include Camden's traffic monitoring cameras. Please see the following link to search for CCTV cameras - https://find.camden.gov.uk/nearest.aspx?find=CCTV%20camera As the information requested is already reasonably accessible elsewhere it is exempt under the absolute exemption in Section 21. 2. In addition, that Camden indicates the recording or transmitting status of these CCTV cameras, eg whether they are transmitting a live feed to Camden Control Centre or elsewhere, whether their recordings are stored within the specific individual camera set up, at locations within the buildings in question, or whether they are currently inactive as at February 2025. Please see the attached spreadsheet. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Kieran Heneghan Information Rights Officer2025-03-05T00:00:00CAM95732025-02-28T00:00:00the number of CAC bays in Camden that have been removed or replaced in the last 3-5 yearsDate: 28/02/2025 Ref: CAM9573 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 05/02/2025 about the number of CAC bays in Camden that have been removed or replaced in the last 3 -5 years. We have dealt with this under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested. I would like to request a FOI request for how many CAC bays in Camden have been removed or replaced in the last 3-5 years up till now and how many sufficient replacements have been created, if any. I am a resident of Camden Council who pays for my CAC Parking, arguably with the least amount of available resident bays in the entirety of Camden and have only seen actual reductions for a service I pay for on an annual basis. Please see the attached spreadsheet. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Yours sincerely Kieran Heneghan Information Rights Officer2025-03-05T00:00:00CAM95742025-02-28T00:00:00is your London council working with TfL, to design pay per mile charging for cars and vehicles on Londons roadsDate: 28/02/2025 Ref: CAM9574 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 06/02/2025 about is your London council working with TfL, to design pay per mile charging for cars and vehicles on Londons roads . We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000/Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested. Is your London council working with TfL, to design pay per mile charging for cars and vehicles on Londons roads. Tfl have a current project to test ideas. No. If so, A) when did this project start ? N/A. B) what exactly is the scope of the project ? N/A. C) what documentation has been provided by TFL - please provide all. N/A. D) what data has been collected so far ? N/A. E ) who at TFL is controlling the project ? N/A. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Kieran Heneghan Information Rights Officer2025-03-05T00:00:00CAM95792025-03-04T00:00:00activities licensed under the Animal Welfare (Licensing of Activities Involving Animals) (England) Regulations 2018Date: 04/03/2025 Ref: CAM9579 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 07/02/2025 about activities licensed under the Animal Welfare (Licensing of Activities Involving Animals) (England) Regulations 2018 . We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested. Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, I am therefore writing to request the following information: 1. The number of licences (current only) you have issued under paragraph 10 of Schedule 1 to the Animal Welfare (Licensing of Activities Involving Animals) Regulations 2018 (LAIA Regulations 2018) (this being the licensable activity of “Keeping or training animals for exhibition”) to farm parks, petting zoos, city farms or any other set -ups/establishments where animals are exhibited to the public. 1. 2. The names and addresses of those establishments. Kentish Town City Farm 1 Cressfield Close, (off Grafton Road) London NW5 4BN 3. Details of how many of these licensed establishments exhibit (or have, or will, exhibit) rabbits. None. 4. Details of how many inspectors you have appointed under reg.4(2)(a) of the LAIA Regulations 2018. 1. 5. Details of who is responsible for dealing with animal welfare complaints relating to farm park, petting zoos and other such establishments in your area. Licensing Department London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk 6. Contact details for that person/those people. Licensing@camden.gov.uk or they are given by Veterinary at the City of London. veterinary.harc@cityoflondon.gov.uk 7. Details regarding how often the establishments licensed under paragraph 10 of Schedule 1 to the LAIA Regulations 2018 are inspected. Every application inspection by City of London. 8. What guidance the inspectors appointed under regulation 4(2)(a) of the LAIA Regulations 2018 are given as to how they are to establish that the welfare needs of the rabbits they are inspecting are being met by the farm park, petting zoo etc. (For example, are they given a copy of the Good Practice Code for the Welfare of Rabbits - https://rabbitwelfare.co.uk/wp- content/uploads/2023/09/Rabbit-CoP-July-2023.pdf?) This question will need to be sent to City of London as they carry out the inspections. You can make an information request here . 9. The number of licences (issued at all times since the LAIA Regulations 2018 came into force) under paragraph 10 of Schedule 1 to the LAIA Regulations 2018 have been suspended or revoked under the powers in regulation 15, and why? 0. 10. The number of licences (current only) you have issued under paragraph 2 of Schedule 1 to the LAIA Regulations 2018 (this being the licensable activity of “Selling animals as pets”)? 3. 11. Details of how many of these licensed sellers sell rabbits? 0. 12. Details of how many of these licensed sellers sell only rabbits? 0. 13. Details of how many of these licensed sellers are pet shops, and how many are private individuals? 3 licensed sellers are pet shops. 14. Details of who is responsible for dealing with animal welfare complaints relating to these sellers (of any animals, not just rabbits)? Camden Council – Licensing department. 15. Contact details for that person/those people. Licensing@camden.gov.uk . 16. The criteria you use for determining whether the “business test” in paragraph 2 of Schedule 1 to the LAIA Regulations 2018 is met. This question will need to be sent to City of London as they carry out the inspections. You can make an information request here . 17. The level of income the sellers licensed under paragraph 2 of Schedule 1 to the LAIA Regulations 2018 need in order to be deemed to be selling animals “in the course of a business”. As per Schedule 1 Parts 1 &2 AWLAIA2018 and HMRC guidance. £1,000.00 18. Whether you have a dedicated animal welfare officer/team? Licensing Officers. 19. If so, what their contact details are. Licensing@camden.gov.uk Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner ’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Philip Lewis Information Rights Officer2025-03-05T00:00:00CAM95822025-03-03T00:00:00if there has been any prosecution, review, suspension, notice or warning in relation to Premises Licence PREM-LIC\1194 (Palms of Goa)Date: 03/03/2025 Ref: CAM9582 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 07/02/2025 about if there has been any prosecution, review, suspension, notice or warning in relation to Premises Licence PREM -LIC\1194 (Palms of Goa). We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested. In relation to Premises Licence PREM-LIC\1194 (Palms of Goa) 1 Are you able to let us know if there has been any prosecution, review, suspension, notice or warning from a responsible authority, in respect of the Premises Licence for these premises? None. 2.Are you able to let us know whether the annual fee has been paid up to date? If not, how much is outstanding? The annual fee is fully paid. The next annual fee is due on 10/06/2025. 3. Can we please have a copy of the premises licence plan? We cannot see that a copy is available via your online register. There are no records of a plan for this licence. This was a justice’s licence, and the licence was converted in 2005. There have been no further amendments made to the licence. 4. If any, how many noise complaints have been logged with you/your Environmental team in respect of these premises, since 19 July 2021? None. We have no nuisance complaints lodged against this premises. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Kieran Heneghan Information Rights Officer2025-03-05T00:00:00CAM95882025-03-03T00:00:00asset salesDate: 03/03/2025 Case reference : CAM9588London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 08/02/2025 about asset sales.   We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and the Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested.  However, we are withholding some of the information because it is excepted as explained below. I am writing to request information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 regarding the sale of high-value assets. Specifically, I would like to request the following information for the years 2020 to 2023: A list of all council-owned assets valued at over £10,000 that have been sold, including the following details for each sale: 1. Asset description (e.g., parcels of land, residential properties, commercial buildings, office spaces, public amenities such as libraries or community centres, high-value vehicles such as specialist service vehicles or fleet sales, valuable artwork, historical artefacts, large-scale industrial or IT equipment, or other assets typically exceeding £10,000 in value) 2. Location of the asset (if applicable) 3. Date of sale 4. Sale price 5. Purchaser (if not exempt under Section 40 of the FOI Act regarding personal data)Please find relevant information attached Information on right to buy sales is already in publicly available.  Please enter the link below into your web browser and after downloading filter column P to TRUE. https://opendata.camden.gov.uk/browse?q=Camden+Right+To+Buy+Register&sortBy=relevance&page=1&pageSize=20 We have withheld the names of private individuals under Regulation 12(3) of the EIR 2004 as this is their personal information. We believe it would be a breach of the GDPR principle that we handle personal data fairly to publish it to the world in this response. Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk , Telephone: 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/ . The ICO website https://www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Peter Williams Information Rights Officer2025-03-05T00:00:00CAM95912025-03-03T00:00:00procuring of foodDate: 03/03/2025 Case reference : CAM9591 London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 10/02/2025 about procuring of food.  We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 / Environmental Information Regulations 2004. You clarified your request on 11 February 2025: To clarify on question 1, that too relates to "official functions including, but not limited to, civic events and council meetings, and (b) catering outlets owned and/or managed by the council including, but not limited to, cafés". Response The council holds the information requested and the answers to your questions are as follows: 1)What policies, if any, does the council have in place for the sourcing and procuring of food produced in the United Kingdom for official functions and catering outlets?(official functions including, but not limited to, civic events and council meetings) We don’t have any policies in place for sourcing catering, we just encourage local sourcing where possible. 2) What proportion of food procured by the council in the financial year of 2023-24 was produced in the United Kingdom for: (a) official functions including, but not limited to, civic events and council meetings, and a) We can only share info on what we have ordered (some teams order directly from caterer themselves), but all official function catering we have ordered from was from UK companies, however, where they source ingredients/items fromwe only know for our two main suppliers (see below). Berkeley: Sourced in London. We source our ingredients from specially selected local suppliers. Working with Assured Food Standards to procure Red Tractor Certified produce like free range meat and poultry and sustainably sourced fish from the famous Billingsgate Market Sands: Fresh seasonal ingredients. We are about sourcing locally grown, finest market fresh produce. With these ingredients, we develop exciting menus and innovative dishes to stay ahead of the catering crowd. (b) catering outlets owned and/or managed by the council including, but not limited to, cafés? Our café is vending contract so managed under the procurement rules associated to that Framework and is not therefore a regular café. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk , Telephone: 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website https://www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Peter Williams Information Rights Officer2025-03-05T00:00:00CAM95922025-02-28T00:00:00employees with pensionsDate: 28/02/2025 Case reference : CAM9592 London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 10/02/2025 about employees with pensions.  We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 / Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested and the answers to your questions are as follows: 1. Can you please provide the number of former employees of Camden in receipt of a pension provided by the council. 2. Number of pensioners in receipt of more than £100,000 PA 3. Number of pensioners in receipt of more than £75,000 PA 4. Number of pensioners in receipt of more than £50,000 PA 5. Number of pensioners in receipt of more than £25,000 PA 6. Number of pensioners in receipt of more than £10,000 PA 7. Number of pensioners in receipt of more than £5,000 PA 8. What will be the total pension payments for the financial year 2024/2025To be presented as a spreadsheet. Please find relevant information attached. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk , Telephone: 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website https://www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Peter Williams Information Rights Officer2025-03-05T00:00:00CAM95932025-02-28T00:00:00pension fundDate: 28/02/2025 Case reference : CAM9593 London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 10/02/2025 about pension fund . We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 / Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested and the answers to your questions are as follows: In relation to the London Borough of Camden Pension Fund, could you please disclose the following information as per the fund position at 31st March 2024 (or the nearest possible date) 1. What is your total exposure to Maersk, trading name "A.P. Moller - Maersk" (sometimes spelled "A.P. Møller - Mærsk") also known as Maersk? 2. What is the breakdown of the above exposure, as per fund managers and individual funds? Could you please provide the total market value at the fund level, along with the values weight as a percentage of the fund. Please find the requested information attached. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations.Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk , Telephone: 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website https://www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Peter Williams Information Rights Officer2025-03-05T00:00:00CAM95952025-03-03T00:00:00details of Significant / Multi Loads fly-tipping incidents recorded by the authority over the most recent 12 months on record, as well as the previous 12 months on record (separately)Date: 03/03/2025 Ref: CAM9595 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 07/02/2025 about details of Significant / Multi Loads fly-tipping incidents recorded by the authority over the most recent 12 months on record, as well as the previous 12 months on record (separately) . We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000/Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested. Please could you supply me with the details of Significant / Multi Loads fly -tipping incidents recorded by the authority over the most recent 12 months on record, as well as the previous 12 months on record (separately). In particular: 1. The specific location of the incidents Please see the answer to question 3 below. 2. How much waste was dumped (rough estimate is acceptable) Please see the answer to question 3 below. 3. Whether it was cleared up in full Please see below for fly-tipping incidents in 2023-24 by size (2024-25 data is not available until May 2025) We are unable to provide specific locations. All fly -tips were cleared Fly-tip Size 2023 -24 Number of incidents Car boot load or less 10,881 Other single item 10,771 Single black bag 6,326 Small van load 6,808 Totals 34,786 London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk 4. How much it cost to clear it up The table below shows the annual contract cost for fly -tip removal. Financial Year Annual cost for fly -tip removal 2023 -24 £685,476 2024 -25 £717,693 5. Was there any enforcement as a result, and if so, what? In March 2023 to March 2024 there were 147 FPNs issued for fly-tipping, fined £400 (discounted £200). No prosecutions for fly-tipping. For March 2024 to March 2025, 914 FPNs issued for fly-tipping, fined £400 (discounted £200) until September 1 2024 when it became £1000 (discounted £500) . There were no prosecutions for fly- tipping. 6. If perpetrators were fined, then please provide the amount they were fined. If they were jailed, then please provide the sentence length. If the authority doesn't have access to this information, then please proceed with the other parts of the request and ignore this question. See above. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Kieran Heneghan Information Rights Officer2025-03-05T00:00:00CAM95962025-03-04T00:00:00about information held by your council on its private finance initiative (PFI) schoolsDate: 04/03/2025 Ref: CAM9596 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 10/02/2025 about information held by your council on its private finance initiative (PFI) schools. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested. I am writing to you under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 to request information held by your council on its private finance initiative (PFI) schools. I’m getting in touch with local authorities with PFI schools approaching the expiry of their PFI contracts. Regarding this, I would like to find out: • The number of PFI schools within seven years expiry, the name of the PFI contract(s) they’re on and the name of the PFI company There is only one PFI due to expire in the next seven years, Haverstock School PFI managed by Kajima Haverstock Ltd, which is due to expire in August 2030. • Whether the council has begun its preparations for contract expiry and, if so, what it’s done and, if not, why The Council started the expiry preparation about 18 -24 months ago using the IPA Health checklist, with series of meetings between all parties including the Investors, SPV, FM Contractor and the Council. All required documents are being collated with the survey scope in the process of being put together. • Whether it has been given a PFI health check by the Infrastructure and Projects Authority and, if so, what the rating was (preparedness is RAG rated). This link gives more details on the health checks: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/a -guide-to-pfi-expiry-health-checks/a- guide-to-pfi-expiry-health-checks-html#what-is-the-ehc-process A health check is yet to be conducted, however, we have been in discussion both the IPA and the Department for Education (DfE) re expiry. • The costs the council has incurred for any work associated with preparing for contract expiry. I would like the costs to be broken down for each cost, showing the amount spent, the year the transaction was made and the reason for the cost London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk If any of the information is already in the public domain, please can you direct me to it, with page references and URLs if necessary. No external cost to date has been incurred by the Council, as the inhouse expertise are currently being used. However, the Council have lined up the support that will be required going forward. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Kieran Heneghan Information Rights Officer2025-03-05T00:00:00CAM96052025-03-03T00:00:00completion noticesDate: 03/03/2025 Case reference : CAM9605 London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 10/02/2025 about completion notices.  We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 / Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested and the answers to your questions are as follows: I am writing to request information from your Business Rates or Property teams under the Freedom of Information act. Could you please provide a list of all Completion Notices issued since 1st January 2025 including; Property Address• Date Notice was served• Completion Date adopted in the Notice• There have been no completion notices issued since 1st January 2025. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk , Telephone: 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website https://www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Peter Williams Information Rights Officer2025-03-05T00:00:00CAM96062025-03-03T00:00:00accounts payable softwareDate: 03/03/2025 Case reference : CAM9606 London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 10/02/2025 about accounts payable software. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 / Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested and the answers to your questions are as follows: To whom it may concern, I am writing to you to under the freedom of information request Act 2000. I am requesting answers to the following questions: 1. Does the authority currently use any 3rd party accounts payable forensic software or statement automation tools? Yes 2. What is the annual cost of that service?  £13,500 p.a. 3. What is the expected contract expiry date?19 March 2027 4. Job title of the individual/s responsible for the contract? The Head of HR and Financial Systems Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk , Telephone: 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website https://www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Peter Williams Information Rights Officer2025-03-05T00:00:00CAM96072025-03-03T00:00:00Housing Association council taxDate: 03/03/2025 Case reference : CAM9607London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 10/02/2025 about Housing Association council tax.  We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested.  However, we are withholding some of the information because it is exempt as explained below.  We have explained what exemption applies.  Please see the refusal notice which explains how and why it applies. A) Please advise if there is anyone who deals with Housing associations landlords within council tax team, please provide their name, direct email address and phone number too please. If not, please provide and alternative email address, where we can get complicated queries dealt with and advise who can take responsibility for responding to queries. For example who can review the portfolio and advise if there are long term empty property premiums applied to accounts, with a view to getting these brought back into use. Or advise how many accounts have outstanding balance with courts summons or out with debt collectors. This is dealt with within the council tax team, but the names and contact details are exempt from release.  Please see the exemption notice set out below. B) Is it possible to arrange an in person or teams meeting to discuss accounts and get certainty that they are up to date. How can this be arranged and who with? Please provide contact details. It maybe possible to arrange a meeting with managers within the council tax service.  Please email you request and details to: revenues@camden.gov.uk Refusal NoticeThe exemption that applies is: section 40(2): personal information We have withheld the names and contact details of council officers where they are relatively junior, as it is not reasonable to release them it under the absolute exemption in Section 40 (2).  The information withheld is personal information because it allows a living individual to be identified or is information relating to an identified or identifiable living individual. We have considered the legitimate public interest in disclosure against the interests of the data subjects and concluded that disclosure would contravene the principle in the General Data Protection Regulation that personal data is processed fairly and lawfully. In the circumstances of the case disclosure would not be fair to the individuals particularly considering that Freedom of Information responses are public documents and published to the world and not provided just to the requester. Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk , Telephone: 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website https://www.ico.org.uk may be useful.Yours sincerely, Peter Williams Information Rights Officer2025-03-05T00:00:00CAM96122025-03-03T00:00:00pension schemeDate: 03/03/2025 Case reference : CAM9612 London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 12/02/2025 about the pension scheme.  We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 / Environmental Information Regulations 2004. You amended your request: “I can confirm the date range is in-fact 48 months, not 36 months as originally stated. Apologies for this oversight.” Response The council holds the information requested and the answers to your questions are as follows: I am writing to request information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 regarding the administration of the Local Government Pension Scheme which the authority administers. Specifically, I am requesting detailed performance data for Transfer Out cases over the past 36 months (from 01/01/2021 to 31/12/2024). Data Requested: 1. Number of Transfer Out (split between Main Scheme and AVC, if possible) cases processed each month. 2. Number of Transfer Out (split between Main Scheme and AVC, if possible) cases completed within the Service Level Agreement (SLA) target timeframe each month. 3. Percentage of Transfer Out (split between Main Scheme and AVC, if possible) cases completed within the SLA target timeframe each month. 4. The SLA target timeframe applicable to Transfer Out (split between Main Scheme and AVC, if possible) cases during each period. I would appreciate a complete, detailed dataset for the Transfer Out performance data above, provided in an electronic format, such as a spreadsheet (eg Excel or CSV). Please find relevant information attached. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk , Telephone: 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website https://www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Peter Williams Information Rights Officer2025-03-05T00:00:00CAM96142025-03-04T00:00:00redaction timesDate: 04/03/2025 Case reference : CAM9614London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 11/02/2025 about redaction times .  We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and/or the Environmental Information Regulations 2004  Response The council does not hold the information requested: I am researching the redaction of confidential records typically Subject Access Requests. Could you please provide information on the average redaction rate per page? Specifically, I am interested in the average time it takes for a reasonable person to redact one page of child social care records containing numerous third-party information. We do not hold this information as we do not record the time taken to redact Subject Access requests.  Redaction times depend on the age, type and clarity of the record.  For example, records could be a scanned copy of handwritten notes or clearly set out headings on a case system currently used. Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets.Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk , Telephone: 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website https://www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Peter Williams Information Rights Officer2025-03-05T00:00:00CAM96152025-03-03T00:00:00naming and numbering properties and streets within your jurisdictionDate: 03/03/2025 Ref: CAM9615 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 11/02/2025 about naming and numbering properties and streets within your jurisdiction. We have dealt with this under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested. However we are withholding the information because it is excepted as explained below. We have explained where we are withholding information and what exceptions apply. Please see the refusal notices at the end of the answers which explain how and why they apply. I am writing to request information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. My understanding is that you are the authority statutorily responsible for naming and numbering properties and streets within your jurisdiction under the Towns Improvement Clauses Act 1847 and the Public Health Act 1925. This data forms a critical part of our national infrastructure, enabling economic growth, research, and innovation. Businesses rely on accurate naming and numbering data to serve customers, manage logistics, and make investment decisions. Academic researchers use it to study housing patterns, urban development, and social trends. Local organisations and charities need it to deliver their services to the community. Open access to authoritative naming and numbering data can drive efficiency in the private sector, enable evidence -based policymaking, and foster technological innovation in areas like delivery services and property technology. Given these significant public benefits, there is a clear and strong public interest in ensuring this foundational data is openly available for analysis, verification, and reuse. Please provide an up-to-date list of all current properties within the Authority’s jurisdiction, in Excel (.xlsx) or CSV (.csv) format. Where the word "assigned" is used, it is referring to what the Authority deems to be the official value for the purposes of administering its naming and numbering duties. Please include the following 9 columns: 1. "Property local authority reference": the reference the Authority uses internally to uniquely identify the property. 2. "Property name": the officially recognised name of the property. Leave blank if no name is assigned. 3. "Property number": the number of the property on its street. For example, "13", "221B" or "18-20". Leave blank if no number is assigned. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk 4. "Property sub-division name": flat, apartment, unit or suite names/numbers, for example. Leave blank if the property is not a sub-division. 5. "UPRN": the Unique Property Reference Number. 6. "Street local authority reference": the reference the Authority uses internally to uniquely identify the street the property is located on. 7. "Street name": the name of the street the property is located on. For example, "High Street". Leave blank if no name is assigned. 8. "Street number": the number of the street the property is located on, such as "A12" or "B123". Non-standard numbers used internally by the Authority such as "C", "D" and "U" roads are also acceptable, but not required. Leave blank if no number is assigned. 9. "USRN": the Unique Street Reference Number of the street the property is located on. I am only requesting data assigned as part of the Authority’s statutory naming and numbering duties. I am NOT requesting additional metadata such as property ownership, land use classifications, geographical coordinates, postal addresses or property type. As far as I'm aware, the Authority does not make this data available elsewhere. Some commercial products provide access to data that is derived from the Authority's assigned names and numbers, but they have been further modified and mixed with third- party data sources, meaning I can't actually access the data I'm requesting via these products. The expensive and restrictive commercial licences also mean the data is not easily accessible or usable. Due to the existence of commercial products that use this public data, I understand the Authority may need to consider how this request could prejudice these commercial interests. The data I have requested is fundamentally required for the Authority to perform its statutory duties: there is no ambiguity that this data forms part of the public record. UPRNs and USRNs are explicitly designated as open identifiers available under the Open Government License. While GeoPlace coordinates the national system, the Authority is still performing the statutory function of assigning names and numbers, and is creating these national identifiers as part of their duties. The fact that UPRNs and USRNs are national standards reinforces their public nature; they're specifically designed to be universal reference points that enable interoperability across different systems and organisations. They're meant to be used alongside this data, which is why they were made openly available in the first place. Furthermore, the use of third-party data is not required to fulfil this request since the Authority is responsible for the assignment of all the data I'm requesting, including UPRNs and USRNs. The data also cannot be considered intellectual property since it is entirely factual. This is a commercially sensitive data set, which is owned as part of the National Land and Property Gazeteer (NLPG). See the refusal notice below. Refusal Notice: The exception that applies is regulation 12(5)(c) which states that a public authority may refuse to disclose information to the extent that its disclosure would adversely affect intellectual property rights. In applying this exception the Council has also considered the balance of the public interest in line with the EIR 2004. The public interest argument for releasing this information is: • The Council would be providing a service in an open and transparent way. The public interest arguments for withholding the information are: • The Council must carry out its work in a legal and ethical manner. • The Council should not have its trust damaged by breaking license agreements with suppliers. • It is not in the Council’s interests to damage the commercial viability of another company or organisation. We have decided that the public interest in withholding the information outweighs the public interest in disclosing it. We considered whether the presumption in favour of disclosure in the regulations overrides the decision to withhold and have concluded that it does not. Advice and Assistance: As advice and assistance for further information you can contact Geoplace at support@geoplace.co.uk . Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Philip Lewis Information Rights Officer2025-03-05T00:00:00CAM96172025-03-04T00:00:00consultation details and alternative suggestions for the name for the ‘New’ Lulworth EstateDate: 04/03/2025 Ref: CAM9617 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 11/02/2025 about consultation details and alternative suggestions for the name for the ‘New’ Lulworth Estate . We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000/Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested. As you are aware many of our tenants here in Lulworth are unhappy with the name for the ‘New’ Lulworth and there was a lack of meaningful consultation with only a choice of names given by yourselves and not an option for alternative suggestions. Therefore we would like to make a Freedom of Information Request to know the results of the vote. 1. Please let us know the number of people polled and the returns. 253 people were eligible to vote, including all the estate’s residents (Camden tenants and leaseholders, residents of the temporary accommodation and refugee housing, the Origin tenants), the barbers, the Children’s Centre and Family Hub, two votes for the Tenant Management Organisation (TMO) staff (office and concierge) and tenants who’d moved away but retained their Option to Return (OTR) to a new build home. There were 29 replies, all of whom selected one of the four choices; 13 came from Lulworth and the OTRs, 16 from the rest of the estate. There was one late reply from Lulworth who didn’t make a choice. As the total number of Lulworth residents and OTR tenants eligible to vote was much less than the total of all others eligible to vote, the votes from Lulworth’s tenants and the OTR tenants was weighted to reflect that the fact those households will be the first occupants of the new block. However, the most preferred name was the same both before and after the weighting was applied. See attached results of the votes. 2. Please let us know which tenants and how many were consulted, if they were Lulworth tenants or Estate wide. Please see above. 3. How many by breakdown of each location voted for each of the names proposed. See attached results of the votes. 4. Please include how many were those due to return to Lulworth and the estate. There were two returns from the OTR tenants. See attached results of the votes. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk 5. Could you also let us know how many alternates you received and how many were not in agreement with any of the names. One person said they didn’t know any of the four names and suggested Councillor Roger Robinson. Another suggested re-using the name Lulworth. The person whose form was returned suggested three alternative names including their own. See attached results of the votes. We are not asking for names of tenants and residents , purely numbers. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Kieran Heneghan Information Rights Officer2025-03-05T00:00:00CAM96182025-03-03T00:00:00Security presence at Hampstead CemeteryDate: 03/03/2025 Ref: CAM9618 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 11/02/2025 about Security presence at Hampstead Cemetery. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested. I am writing to formally request information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 regarding the security presence at our local cemetery. Specifically, I would like to request the following details: - The date when security personnel were first introduced to patrol Hampstead Cemetery. - Please confirm whether the security personnel are employed directly by Camden Council or through an external firm. - If the security personnel are employed through an external firm, please provide the name of the firm contracted to provide security services. - The total cost of this security presence per year and a breakdown of the operational costs. - The number of days and hours per week that security personnel are contracted to be on duty in the cemetery. Hampstead Cemetery is owned by Camden Council and operated through a shared service agreement by Islington and Camden Cemetery Service , part of Islington Council. The shared service agreement requires the presence of personnel at Hampstead Cemetery during open hours between Monday to Friday. All other parts of your enquiry are for Islington Council to respond to, please contact ICCS via iccs@islington.gov.uk . Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner ’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Philip Lewis Information Rights Officer2025-03-05T00:00:00CAM96192025-03-03T00:00:00seizures of nicotine pouchesDate: 03/03/2025 Ref: CAM9619 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 12/02/2025 about seizures of nicotine pouches. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds some of the information requested. I am writing to you under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 to request the following information from your Trading Standards department. Please answer the following questions. Do you have a Trading Standards team/department? Yes, the London Borough of Camden does have a Trading Standards department . How many seizures of nicotine pouches has your Trading Standards team made in the 12 months to February 2025? 44 nicotine pouches were seized from 1 premises. How many seizures of nicotine pouches has your Trading Standards team made in the 12 months to February 2024? 499 nicotine pouches were from 8 premises. How many seizures of nicotine pouches has your Trading Standards team made in the 12 months to February 2023? This information is not held. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner ’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Philip Lewis Information Rights Officer2025-03-05T00:00:00CAM96202025-03-05T00:00:00information about Gingko Landscape Designs Ltd and Blakedown Landscapes SE Ltd in regard to work on the north yard at Levita HouseDate: 05/03/2025 Ref: CAM9620 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 11/02/2025 about information about Gingko Landscape Designs Ltd and Blakedown Landscapes SE Ltd in regard to work on the north yard at Levita House. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested. We have been asked to make this request to you by a Camden procurement officer and hope you can help. Work took place in 2024 at Levita House North under the management of XXXX XXXX who has since left her employment at London Borough of Camden. The work was to remove older planting and re-landscape the north yard at Levita House. Gingko Landscape Designs Ltd were contracted to work on the project at a cost of £197,00 approx. The contract ran from 29th April 2024 - 29th August 2024 Another company Blakedown Landscapes SE Ltd are also noted as having been contracted for £149,636 but the specific nature of their input is unclear from the procurement document we have seen. That contract ended in January 2025. A third company LUC (Land Use Co) appears from their onsite visits and other information in the public domain to have been given the contract to design the project initially. The questions we would like answered are as follows: 1. Did the payment of £149,636 to Blakedown landscape SE include supplying plants? No payment to Blakedown Landscapes SE has been made. Blakedown were not contracted for this project. 3. What is the full breakdown of work undertaken by Blakedown Landscape SE Ltd? N/A. 2. Are Blakedown an affiliated company to Gingko Landscape Designs Ltd? To the best of the councils knowledge there is no affiliation between the two companies. 3. Did LUC (Land Use Co.) have the initial design contract? Land Use Consultants were commissioned as the lead landscape architect for the project. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk 4. What payment did LUC (Land Use Co.) receive in payment? £21,160.63 ex VAT. 5. What is the breakdown of work covered under the contract to Gingko Landscape Designs Ltd? Attached is the scope of works as outlined in the pricing schedule. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Kieran Heneghan Information Rights Officer2025-03-05T00:00:00CAM96242025-03-04T00:00:00bin types and categories that are provided to businesses and residents by the councilDate: 04/03/2025 Ref: CAM9624 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 12/02/2025 about bin types and categories that are provided to businesses and residents by the council . We have dealt with this under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested. I would like to know more about bin types and categories that are provided to businesses and residents by the council. For each bin type or category, can you please let me know • The type or category name. • Whether it is provided free of charge or for a fee. Please provide this information in a table format, if possible, with columns for 'Bin Type or Category', 'Business Use or Residential Use', and 'Charge or No Charge'. Container type Residential /Business Chargeable Green 1100 - Taylor Residential yes Green 1100 - Storm Residential yes Green 1280 - Taylor Residential n/a Green 1280 - Storm Residential n/a Green 660 - Taylor Residential yes Green 660 - Storm Residential yes Black Ref 360 Lock Residential n/a Red 360 Transfer Bins Residential n/a Chamberlains 940 Residential n/a Chamberlains 720 - Storm Residential n/a Black 240 Residential No Black 140 Residential No Black 140 (with locks) Residential n/a Black 240 (with locks) Residential n/a Black 1280 - Taylor Business n/a Black 1280 - Storm Business n/a Black 1100 -Taylor Business Yes Black 1100 -Storm Business Yes London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Black 660 - Taylor Business Yes Black 660 - Storm Business Yes Green 360 Lock Business n/a Brown 500 Business n/a Green 240 Business Yes Green 140 Business Yes Brown 240(without lock) Business Yes Brown 240 (with locks) Business n/a Brown 140(with Locks) Business n/a Brown 140 Business Yes 5 litre caddies Business Yes 7 litre caddies Business Yes 23 litre brown caddies Business Yes Recycling box 55l Business n/a Recycling box 55l Lids Business n/a Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner ’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Philip Lewis Information Rights Officer2025-03-05T00:00:00CAM96282025-03-03T00:00:00any enforcement actions that were taken after 30/1/24 following noise incidentDate: 03/03/2025 Ref: CAM9628 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 06/02/2025 about any enforcement actions that were taken after 30/1/24 following noise incident. We have dealt with this under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested. On the night of Tuesday the 30/1/24 around 1am a Camden noise team was called to Ottolenghi restaurant on 32-34 Rosslyn Hill, following a complaint of the residents above (my family) regarding noise/work nuisance - they were renovating the restaurant and digging the walls. I'd like to know what enforcement actions were taken, if any. Having checked records held by the Noise & Pollution Team, we can confirm that the service received a complaint regarding ‘Out of Hours Noisy Construction Works’ taking place at ‘Ottolenghi, 32-34 Rosslyn Hill’ on the 31st of January 2024 at 01.14hrs. Further to receiving the complaint, the Out of Hours Noise Officer (OOH) called the complainant back at 01.37hrs and discussed the complaint. During the telephone conversation, the OOH Officer informed the complainant that ‘spot’ fines are not issued by the service, but a site visit is carried out to witness the disturbance at this stage. The Officer informed the complainant that he would be visiting the site shortly. Visit Update. The visit was carried out at 01.55hrs and upon arrival, the Officer did not witness any noisy construction works being carried out but observed a contractor loading his vehicle which was parked outside the premises concerned. The Officer approached the contractor and requested that he brings out the site manager or person(s) responsible for the site/works. After a short period, the manager for the works arrived at which point the O fficer proceeded to discuss the complaint with him. After a short conversation regarding the permitted hours for noisy construction works in Camden, the manager apologised to the Officer and informed him that he will stop the works and also reassured the Officer that this will not occur again. Unfortunately at this time, a resident came outside and confronted the contractors. The Officer explained to the resident that he is investigating the issues and has already spoken to the person(s) responsible for the works and then requested that the resident returns home. The Officer then obtained the company details of the contractors and left the site. Follow up. The complaint was followed up by the Noise & Pollution case Officer on the 6th of February 2024 by contacting the premises and speaking to management. The manager apologised to the Officer London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk for the disturbance and informed the officer that no further works will take place outside of the permitted hours for noisy construction works. The complaint was closed on the 8th of March 2024 as no further complaints were received regarding this matter. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Kieran Heneghan Information Rights Officer2025-03-05T00:00:00CAM96302025-03-03T00:00:00Building and Safety Charter Report 2023-2024Date: 03/03/2025 Ref: CAM9630 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 13/02/2025 about Building and Safety Charter Report 2023-2024. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested. I want to know how much the Building and Safety Charter Report 2023 -2024 cost to instigate and produce The leaflet was designed by the Council’s in house Creative Services Team and there was no separate design production cost. I want to know how much the leaflets cost to produce and send. Please note that the Council is required by the Building Safety Act 2022 to provide residents of Council homes with relevant safety information about their homes. The cost of printing and delivering the charter leaflet to all 33,000 Council homes was £20, 312.15. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication R egulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner ’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Yours sincerely Philip Lewis Information Rights Officer2025-03-05T00:00:00CAM94122025-03-03T00:00:00all documents, emails, correspondence and any other information you may have on the Waterlow Park Infant Play Area planned upgradeDate: 03/03/2025 Ref: CAM9412 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 10/01/2025 about all documents, emails, correspondence and any other information you may have on the Waterlow Park Infant Play Area planned upgrade. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000/Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested, however, we are withholding some of the information because it is excepted as explained below. We have explained what exception applies. Please see the refusal notice which explains how and why it applies. Could you please supply me with all documents, emails, correspondence and any other information you may have on the Waterlow Park Infant Play Area planned upgrade dating from January 2023 to the present. Please find relevant information attached. This information has been redacted – please see the exception notice set out below. Refusal Notice The exception that applies is: Regulation 12(3) The council considers that to disclose the personal data requested would not be in accordance with data protection legislation and therefore we have withheld some of the information under the absolute exemption in Regulation 12(3). The exemption states that personal data requested may be withheld when to release it would be a breach of the requirements of data protection law which is the UK General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the Data Protection Act 2018. The information withheld is personal information because it allows living individuals to be identified. The council considers that it would be a breach of the General Data Protection Regulation article 5 requirements of fairness and proportionality to publish this personal information in a FOI request. In doing this we have considered the legitimate public interest in disclosure against the interests of the data subjects and concluded that in the circumstances disclosure would contravene the data protection requirements of fairness and proportionality particularly considering that Freedom of Information responses are public documents and published to the world and not provided just to the requester. The council’s redaction policy states that junior staff member names, (those below Assistant Director level) unless in public facing positions, would not be released in a FOI response. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Therefore, the names of junior staff members have been redacted from the request details as they would have no expectation that their details would be released into the public domain, and especially given the content of the request as we consider that to include them would be a breach of the requirements to act fairly and proportionately. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Kieran Heneghan Information Rights Officer2025-03-04T00:00:00CAM90832025-01-31T00:00:00unaccompanied asylum-seeking children who are care leaversDate: 31/01/2025 Ref: CAM9083 Dear Requester, Thank you for your request for information dated 21/11/2024 about unaccompanied asylum-seeking children who are care leavers. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested. You clarified: By 'support hours,' I refer to the number of hours / length of time that the Camden Council provides the respective types of support . I am not seeking data for a specific time period, but please feel free to focus on the period between 2020 - 2023. 1. UASC care leavers [1], with no immigration permission [2] a. Please outline the type of support that is provided to unaccompanied asylum-seeking child (UASC) care leavers in your local authority who are classified as having no immigration permission. If relevant, please specify: All our UASC care leavers with no immigration permission but have an outstanding asylum claim with the Home Office receive the below support. i. Type(s) of accommodation Dependant on assessment, they can be in staying put arrangement or supported accommodation. ii. Pathway planning Six monthly pathway planning or can be reviewed sooner if a significant event happens. iii. Personal advisor Allocated personal advisor. iv. Assistance with employment, education and training Support to attend if their immigration status allows them to as if it does not, they would be in breach of immigration rules. v. Support hours Dependant on assessment. As a standard, UASC care leavers receive a minimum of eight weekly visits from their personal advisor and support from their key London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk workers or foster placement. For those aged 21-25, visits may be at a minimum of twelve weeks depending on need. vi. Rates of financial support (if there are no set rates of financial support, please explain how levels of financial support are calculated and whether the local authority uses a base rate) Financial support is based on DWP benefit rates. vii. Other, please describe Not applicable. b. At what point does care leaving support end for this group of young people (e.g., age)? Please describe. A UASC care leaver with no immigration permission will continue to have access to support until 25 years old. c. Please provide any internal guidance or any other such written material that is used by/available to staff in connection with support provided to UASC care leavers with no immigration permission. Please see ‘Working with Unaccompanied Asylum Seeking Children (UASC) and Unaccompanied Migrant and Child Victims of Trafficking and Modern Slavery guides attached. 2. UASC care leavers with No Recourse to Public Funds (NRPF) a. Please outline the type of support that is provided to unaccompanied asylum - seeking child (UASC) care leavers in your local authority who are classified as having leave to remain subject to NRPF. If relevant, please specify: The responses to this question are similar to question 1 above. The support only changes if the UASC becomes appeals rights exhausted ( ARE) or has no active asylum application. At this point a Human Rights Assessment is completed to determine whether the Local Authority should continue support or not . i. Type(s) of accommodation Please see the response to question 1i. above. ii. Pathway planning Please see the response to question 1ii. above. iii. Personal advisor Please see the response to question 1iii. above. iv. Assistance with employment, education and training Please see the response to question 1iv. above. v. Support hours Please see the response to question 1v. above. vi. Rates of financial support (if there are no set rates of financial support, please explain how levels of financial support are calculated and whether the local authority uses a base rate) Please see response to question 1 vi. above. vii. Other, please describe Not applicable. b. At what point does care leaving support end for this group of young people (e.g., age)? Please describe. A UASC care leaver with no recourse to public funds will continue to have access to support until aged 18 years old. c. Please provide any internal guidance or any other such written material that is used by/available to staff in connection with support provided to UASC care leavers with leave to remain subject to NRPF. For reference the information requested is on page 4 in the Working with Unaccompanied Asylum Seeking Children (UASC) guide attached. 3. Care leavers NOT subject to immigration control [3] a. Please outline the type of support that is provided to care leavers NOT subject to immigration control in your local authority. If relevant, please specify: i. Type(s) of accommodation Dependant on assessment of need, they can be in Staying Put, supported accommodation, social housing, university accommodation or privately rented accommodation. ii. Pathway planning Six monthly pathway planning or can be reviewed sooner if a significant event happens. iii. Personal advisor Allocated personal advisor although if they are aged 21 and above and are settled, they can opt out of service and only approach the service for advice and support when needed. iv. Assistance with employment, education and training Support and assistance are provided. This can be financial or practical for example assistance to prepare and get to interviews etc. v. Support hours Dependant on assessment. As a standard, they receive a minimum of 8 weekly visits from their personal advisor and support from their key workers or foster placement. For those aged 21-25, visits may be at a minimum of 12 weeks depending on need. vi. Rates of financial support (if there are no set rates of financial support, please explain how levels of financial support are calculated and whether the local authority uses a base rate) This is discretionary as the expectation is that this cohort would either be in employment or in receipt of benefits. Discretionary financial payments can be made in emergencies. There is extra support for those at university, young parents and those in custody. vii. Other, please describe Not applicable. b. At what point does care leaving support end for this group of young people (e.g., age)? Please describe. Support is available until the age of 25. c. Please provide any internal guidance or any other such written material that is used by/available to staff in connection with support provided to care leavers NOT subject to immigration control. Information on young people leaving care is available from Tri X Leaving Care and Transition website. Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Lorna Jonas-Tinson Information Rights Officer2025-02-28T00:00:00CAM93372025-02-26T00:00:00all correspondence to, from, or copied to Cyclehoop Ltd that mentions the word "contract" in the subject/title line, from 1st April 2024 onwardsDate: 26/02/2025 Ref: CAM9337 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 30/12/2024 about all correspondence to, from, or copied to Cyclehoop Ltd that mentions the word "contract" in the subject/title line, from 1st April 2024 onwards. We have dealt with this under the Environmental Information Regulations. Response The council holds the information requested. However , we are withholding some of the information because it is excepted as explained below. We have explained where we are withholding information and what exceptions apply. Please see the refusal notices at the end of the answers which explain how and why they apply. I am submitting a new request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 in relation to correspondence between Camden Council and Cyclehoop Ltd. I would like to request all correspondence to, from, or copied to Cyclehoop Ltd that mentions the word "contract" in the subject/title line, from 1st April 2024 onwards. Specifically, I am seeking: • Emails from Camden Council employees, contractors, or Members to or from Cyclehoop Ltd that contain "contract" in the subject/title. • Any internal email correspondence within Camden Council that mentions "contract" in relation to Cyclehoop Ltd, within the same time frame. This focused request should help narrow down the volume of emails, ensuring that I receive the most relevant communications related to the contractual matters between Camden Council and Cyclehoop. For your reference, I have appended your response to my previous FOI request (Ref: CAM8973) regarding Cyclehoop Ltd, which includes background on my inquiry. Please let me know if you need further clarification to process this request. Thank you for your attention to this matter. We have provided emails that are within the scope of your request. These are attached; however, we are withholding much of the correspondence requested as explained in the following refusal notice. Refusal Notice: Regulation 12(5)(e) - The regulation states that confidentiality of commercial or industrial information where such confidentiality is provided by law to protect a legitimate economic interest, a public authority can refuse to disclose information if this would adversely affect the confidentiality of commercial or industrial information. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk We have withheld emails that include internal sensitive discussions such as the Council’s tendering and procurement processes. Also, we have excluded emails discussing the ongoing contract and member pricing structures, as well as legal and other financial communications . The harm that would be caused to the council is that our ability to achieve the best process for a new contract would be reduced as the ‘going rate’ would be disclosed. The council may procure more contracts in this area and therefore disclosing this information would reduce the chances of the council getting a better deal on a new procurement. The link between the disclosure and harm is that this information is not in the public domain currently . The public interest arguments for releasing this information are as follows: • Improving transparency in decision making. • Ensuring value for money. • To ensure accountability of the authority. • Demonstrating the council is meeting its fiduciary duties. • Presumption in favour of disclosure in the Regulations The public interest arguments for withholding the information are as follows: • It is not in the public interest to damage the council’s commercial interests, as this affects how it spends public money and the services it can provide to residents and other stakeholders. • It is not in the public interest to release information that could negatively influence ongoing and future negotiations as this could have an adverse effect on value for money for the council, so for residents and other stakeholders. • Withholding the figures does not prevent scrutiny of the council’s actions and decisions. We have decided that the public interest in withholding the information outweighs the public interest in disclosing it. Regulation 12(4)(e) The regulation states that a public authority may refuse to disclose information to the extent that the request involves the disclosure of internal communications. The Council has a right to a safe space in which to hold discussions about the day-to-day workings of business, allowing free and frank exchanges of views which would be hampered by disclosure. The emails withheld contain discussions about live matters and ongoing concerns which also entail the giving of advice and problem solving which may not be suitable for publication. In applying this exception, we have had to balance the public interest in withholding the information against the interest in favour of disclosure. The public interest arguments for releasing this information are as follows: • Improving transparency in decision making. • Ensuring value for money. • To ensure accountability of the authority. The public interest arguments for withholding the information are as follows: • The Council has a right to a “private thinking space” to discuss projects internally and protect the information discussed, which may be related to, and affect, future work undertaken by the Council. • The Council needs a safe space to develop ideas, debate current issues, and reach decisions without external interference and distraction. On balance, the public interest test falls on the side of withholding the information. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Kieran Heneghan Information Rights Officer2025-02-28T00:00:00CAM95212025-02-25T00:00:00a list of all secondary schools who did not meet their Published Admission Number (PAN) for the academic year 2024/25Date: 25/02/2025 Ref: CAM9521 Dear Requester, Thank you for your request for information dated 28/01/2025 about a list of all secondary schools who did not meet their Published Admission Number (PAN) for the academic year 2024/25. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Please note this response replaces the response sent to you on the 25 th February 2025. Response The council holds the information requested and the answers to your questions are as follows: A list of all secondary schools who did not meet their PAN for the academic year 2024/5. Please include the number of places allocated and the PAN . 2024/25 Year 7 entry School Published Admission Number Total number of offers Hampstead School 210 178 Haverstock School 135 113 La Sainte Union Convent School 120 60 The UCL Academy 192 188 William Ellis School 130 108 Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Lorna Jonas-Tinson Information Rights Officer2025-02-28T00:00:00CAM95262025-02-25T00:00:00organisational structure, key contacts and temporary accommodation costsDate: 25/02/2025 Ref: CAM9526 Dear Requester, Thank you for your request for information dated 29/01/2025 about organisational structure, key contacts and temporary accommodation costs. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested. However, we are withholding all of the information because it is exempt as explained below. We have explained where we are withholding information and what exemptions apply. Please see the refusal notices at the end of the answers which explain how and why they apply. 1. Organisational Structure & Key Contacts Please provide a current organisational chart of senior council staff members, including their name, job title, email address, and, optional, if available, their telephone number. In particular for the following positions: • Chief Executive (or equivalent) • Director/Head of Housing (or equivalent) • Director/Head of Adult Social Care (or equivalent) • Director/Head of Children’s Services (or equivalent) • Lead officer for Temporary Accommodation (or equivalent) 2. Temporary Accommodation • Number of households currently in temporary accommodation • Number of new placements in the last 12 months (Jan to Dec 2024) • Average length of stay in temporary accommodation • Number of households currently waiting for temporary accommodation • Are they mostly single, couple or family households? 3. Temporary Accommodation Costs • Total cost to the council for temporary accommodation in the last 12 months (Jan to Dec 2024) • Current daily housing rates paid for temporary accommodation • Breakdown of accommodation types used (e.g., hotels, private rentals, council-owned) and their costs, if available (percentages are ok too) 4. Out-of-Borough Temporary Accommodation • Does the council have a policy on placing temporary accommodation households outside the borough? London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk • How many temporary accommodation households are currently placed outside the borough? • The furthest location where a temporary accommodation household has been placed in the last 12 months (Jan to Dec 2024) • Total cost of out-of-borough temporary accommodation in the last 12 months (Jan to Dec 2024) We are withholding this information as we consider the following exemption applies. Refusal notice: Section 12: Cost of Compliance Exceeds the Appropriate Limit We are refusing your request under section 12 on cost grounds because we estimate that compliance with your request will exceed the "appropriate limit". This is £450 which is equivalent to 18 hours at £25 per hour. The per hour figure is set by Regulations rather than actual salary paid to any officers handling requests. The appropriate limit includes the time it will take the council to discover if it holds the information requested, to locate it, extract it and collate it as well as putting it into any particular format requested by the requester. Question 2 asks for the number of individuals/households in temporary accommodation, average length of stay and household type. We do not hold the data requested in an easily accessible format. This is because the council is undergoing a large data migration project that is affecting our capacity to access and analyse data efficiently. The migration process adds an extra layer of complexity and time to the task of retrieving data, if held. In question 3 you have requested ‘current daily housing rates paid for temporary accommodation.’ We do not hold payment rates in this way. Agreements for determining the rates applied to the procurement of temporary accommodation in London are complex. The Local Housing Allowance (LHA) rate given for a household is the starting point for determining the cost of placing a household in temporary accommodation. The rates vary for each household according to the size and location of their temporary accommodation and is set nationally by the Valuation Office Agency (VOA). Camden is one of the boroughs that has committed to procure temporary accommodation at the Pan- London rates, in line with the Inter Borough Accommodation Agreement (IBAA) administered by the West London Alliance. The VOA divides London into a geography of Broad Rental Market Areas (BRMA), each having different rates for temporary accommodation that cuts across borough boundaries. The IBAA procurement agreement allows each borough to pay slightly different rates for properties in the same BRMA. In the period July-September 2023, 633 households were identified as being in temporary accommodation. To locate the data requested in question 2 and part of question 3, would require a council officer generate a report of households currently in temporary accommodation, manually read each case note to pinpoint the specific data. Based on a sample of 10 cases where some case notes were unclear, it took approx. 3 minutes per case to gather and analyse the data. We have calculated to provide the information for all 633 households in the quarter year would take approx. 31.65 hours. To review data for the entire year would take approx. four times as long and total in excess of 125 hours. This exceeds the 18 hours’ appropriate limit set by the Act. Advice and Assistance Some information related to question 3 is available on the Council’s Open Data Portal. Please enter the following link into your web browser: https://opendata.camden.gov.uk/stories/s/Camden-Freedom-Of-Information-Response and search for CAM7141 and CAM7402. As the information requested is reasonably accessible elsewhere it is exempt under the absolute exemption in Section 21. We receive a number of requests for temporary accommodation and have published a standard FOI response to explain why we do not currently hold some of the information, the exemption we use and further details. The response is in the Freedom of Information FAQ dataset, the exact link is: Freedom Of Information FAQs | Open Data Portal , scroll down to ‘Temporary Accommodation Commercial FOI requests FAQs 091024.pdf.’ Section 21 as explained above applies. After viewing the above information, you may wish to submit a new request for question 1 and refine questions 2, 3 and 4 to comply with the 18-hour time limit explained above. Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Lorna Jonas-Tinson Information Rights Officer2025-02-28T00:00:00CAM95532025-02-26T00:00:00copies of data in connection with a live planning application (Application) to Camden, whose reference is 2024/4662/PDate: 26/02/2025 Ref: CAM9553 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 03/02/2025 about copies of data in connection with a live planning application (Application) to Camden, whose reference is 2024/4662/P . We have dealt with this under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested. This is a freedom of information request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and the Environmental Information Regulations 20024 in connection with a live planning application (Application) to Camden, whose reference is 2024/4662/P. This request relates to the period between 1 November 2023 and 31 January 2025 (the Relevant Period). My request is as follows: 1. Please supply copies of data collected in respect of the Relevant Period by Camden or its subcontractors relating to current and prospective usage of the loading/parking bays in Shaftesbury Avenue WC2 situated opposite numbers 228 to 236 Shaftesbury Avenue (at the point where Shaftesbury Avenue meets New Oxford Street) (the Traffic Bays). Please see the attached spreadsheet. 2. Please supply copies of data shared by officers of Camden with any of the Concerned Parties (defined below) relating to: • Current (during any of the Relevant Period) and prospective usage of the Traffic Bays • Current (during any of the Relevant Period) and prospective Traffic flows to and from the Traffic Bays • parking or waiting by vehicles in the Shaftesbury Avenue Triangle as a result of inadequate space in the Traffic Bays. The term Concerned Parties includes the following: • BC Partners. • Simten Developments • DSDHA architects • Arup • Kanda Consulting • Gardiner & Theobald • Any firm advising any of the above. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Please see the attached spreadsheet and note that data was only knowingly shared with Arup. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Kieran Heneghan Information Rights Officer2025-02-28T00:00:00CAM95552025-02-25T00:00:00Location of road gully under council responsibilityDate: 25/02/2025 Ref: CAM9555 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 04/02/2025 about Location of road gully under council responsibility. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested. I would like to request the location (preferably given as OSEasting, OSNorthing, if not the most precise location data you hold) of every road gully under council responsibility. I would like this information in tabular format (csv or excel) If available, I would also like the silt level and if each gully was defective on last inspection as well as a separate file containing the location of all catch pits. The information that you have requested is attached. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner ’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Philip Lewis Information Rights Officer London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk2025-02-28T00:00:00CAM95652025-02-25T00:00:00pension fundDate: 25/02/2025 Case reference : CAM9565 London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 05/02/2025 about pension fund.  We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 / Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested and the answers to your questions are as follows: I would just like to check if Q1 & Q3 2024 performance report for your closed-end funds is already available, please. Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, we are hoping to request for below: Performance metrics of all closed-end funds including Private Equity, Venture Capital, Private Debt, Real Estate, Real Assets/Infrastructure funds you invest in, including standard data, such as:• a. Commitment b. Vintage Year c. Funded Commitment d. Unfunded Commitment e. Distributions f. Market Valueg. IRR (Net/Gross) h. PIC i. DPI j. RVPI k. TVPI Please find relevant information attached. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk , Telephone: 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website https://www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Peter Williams Information Rights Officer2025-02-28T00:00:00CAM95672025-02-27T00:00:00number of applications received from private tree owners to fell a tree in 2024Date: 27/02/2025 Ref: CAM9567 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 05/02/2025 about number of applications received from private tree owners to fell a tree in 2024 . We have dealt with this under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested. How many applications from private tree owners to fell a tree did you receive in 2024, and of those, how many did you reject/accept? 2024 No objection Objection Part grant/part refuse Emergency works to Dead/dangerous trees in CA 54 - - Emergency works to Dead/dangerous trees to TPOs 11 - - Application to Fell TPO* 8 25 - Applications including proposals to fell in conservation area* 332 16 9 *These are applications where the word “fell” is included and therefore may also include other works. This does not include planning applications which may have included the removal of trees . Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Kieran Heneghan Information Rights Officer2025-02-28T00:00:00CAM95752025-02-25T00:00:00council taxDate: 25/02/2025 Case reference : CAM9575London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 06/02/2025 about council tax .  We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested.  However, we are withholding the information because it is exempt as explained below.  We have explained what exemption applies.  Please see the refusal notice which explains how and why it applies: The request is: I am writing to request information under FOI about council tax practices. I know that within three weeks of missing one council tax payment, councils can require residents to pay their full bill within just seven days. I know that then, if someone fails to pay a council tax bill within a week the council can apply to take your case to court and ask for a 'liability order'. I am asking in each of the following tax years: 2020/21 2021/22 2022/23 2023/24 2024/25 (so far)1. How many council tax payers have you asked to pay their entire bill within seven days as a result of them missing their council tax payments? 2. Of these, how many made the payment in full as requested, and how many did not? 3. For those that did not, how many did you apply to take to court for a liability order? We are not processing this request as it would require a disproportionate amount of time, effort, and expense.  Please see the exemption notice set out below. Refusal Notice The exemption that applies is: section 12: cost of compliance exceeds appropriate limit We are refusing your request under section 12 on cost grounds because we estimate that compliance with your request will exceed the "appropriate limit". This is £450 which is equivalent to 18 hours at £25 per hour. The per hour figure is set by Regulations rather than actual salary paid to any officers handling requests. The appropriate limit includes the time it will take the council to discover if it holds the information requested, to locate it, extract it and collate it as well as putting it into any particular format requested by the requester. We have calculated that it will take approx. 10,176 hours (minimum) to comply with your request because: our system does not hold flags for the information requested so we cannot run a relevant report• we usually allow longer than the seven days stated on the letter to allow for payments to clear• some people might receive more than one reminder and also a final notice where some will not – this could create double counting• evidence can also be provided at a reminder or final notice stage where we withdraw the notice e.g., a discount or exemption is claimed when not initially claimed on receipt of the bill• for 2023/24 alone 49,534 reminder notices and 3319 final notices would need manual checking• at 2 minutes per case these would take 1651 and 110 hours to check• For 2023/24 alone the 23,494 summonses issued would need manual checking•at 2 minutes per case these would take 783 hours to check• similar times would be taken for each of the 3 other years requested• Advice and Assistance It is difficult to see how the request could be reduced to be under the appropriate limit.  We may be able to spot check a very few cases over a very limited time period – but this sample is unlikely to produce a meaningful result. Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk , Telephone: 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website https://www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Peter Williams Information Rights Officer2025-02-28T00:00:00CAM95772025-02-26T00:00:00Conversation of single-sex toilets to gender-neutral facilitiesDate: 26/02/2025 Ref: CAM9577 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 06/02/2025 about Conversation of single-sex toilets to gender-neutral facilities. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested. Conversation of single-sex toilets to gender-neutral facilities: I am writing under the Freedom of Information Act (2000) to request information regarding the conversion of single-sex toilets to gender-neutral facilities within the jurisdiction of the local authority. Specifically, I request the following: Number of Conversions: The total number of single-sex public toilets that have been converted to gender -neutral facilities since the local authority. Whilst Camden men's toilet was closed temporarily, men were able use Camden ladies toilets. However no toilets have been converted on a permanent basis to gender neutral facilities. A breakdown of these conversions by location, specifying whether they are in public buildings, parks, or other facilities. Cost of Conversions: N/A. The total expenditure incurred by the local authority for these conversions. N/A. A detailed breakdown of costs per conversion, including expenses related to design, construction, signage, and any associated public consultations. N/A. Please provide this information in a table format, if possible, with columns for 'Location', 'Date of Conversion', 'Type of Facility', and 'Cost of Conversion'. N/A. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner ’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Philip Lewis Information Rights Officer2025-02-28T00:00:00CAM95872025-02-25T00:00:00planning applicationsDate: 25/02/2025 Case reference : CAM9587 London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 08/02/2025 about planning applications.  We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 / Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested and the answers to your questions are as follows: I hope you are well. I would like to make a Freedom of Information request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 for the following data: A list of all Planning Permission applications submitted in Your Area from [25-12-2024 to [08-02-2025]. The name of the applicant or agent associated with each application.• The site address for each application.• The status of the applications (e.g., approved, pending, rejected).• If available, the contact email addresses of applicants or agents.• I understand that some details may be redacted due to privacy laws, but I would appreciate any publicly available data related to these applications. This information is already available on the open data portal of our website: Catalog | Open Data Portal The name and contact details of the applicant have been redacted from this information under Regulation 12(3) of the EIR 2004 as this is their personal information. It would be a breach of the GDPR principle that we handle personal data fairly to publish it to the world on our website.Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk , Telephone: 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website https://www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Peter Williams Information Rights Officer2025-02-28T00:00:00CAM95942025-02-25T00:00:00"property uses" of NNDR propertiesDate: 25/02/2025 Case reference : CAM9594London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 10/02/2025 about "property uses" of NNDR properties.  We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.  Response The council does not hold the information requested: I have come across your CSV file containing the latest data for NNDR rates for the non domestic property within your borough. However, as we our carrying out our due diligence for a few of our upcoming investments, we require a breakdown of the "property uses" of the properties within the list. The file has been attached in this email We do not hold accurate "property uses".  The only data we hold is the ‘description’ in the ‘rateable values’ dataset we publish online which is determined by the Valuation Office Agency (see links below). The actual use may vary as unless the business appeals to the description the VOA assigned so cannot be guaranteed it’s the actual property use in most cases. You can merge the property related data in this file https://opendata.camden.gov.uk/Business- Economy/Camden-Non-Domestic-Rates-Rateable-Values/jumr-tymj/data With the data here: https://opendata.camden.gov.uk/Business-Economy/Camden-Non-Domestic-Rates- Charges-and-Reliefs/xcqw-xady/data You can merge the 2 datasets based on the first column “Property reference”.Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk , Telephone: 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website https://www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Peter Williams Information Rights Officer2025-02-28T00:00:00CAM71412024-04-23T00:00:00temporary accommodation provision in the London Borough of CamdenCAM7141 -2025-02-27T00:00:00CAM92782025-02-10T00:00:00Public Tennis Court Provision and MaintenanceDate: 10/02/2025 Ref: CAM9278 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 17/12/2024 about Public Tennis Court Provision and Maintenance. We have dealt with this under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested. Please provide information for the following: Note – the following information applies only Camden managed courts – Parliament fields are managed by City of London 1. Public Tennis Court Provision and Maintenance a) Details of public court maintenance schedules and frequency. The tennis courts are inspected weekly by trained playground inspectors . The maintenance includes sweeping and jet washing as and when required. The courts are also inspected annually by an independent RPII (Register of Play Inspectors International) Annual Inspector. b) What has been the annual expenditure on public tennis court maintenance and improvements over the past five years? The total for 5 years is £57,832.60. This spend is for maintenance, inspection & cleaning including any play areas. Improvement works to the courts over the last 5 years spend is £22,976. 2. Usage and Accessibility Data a) Annual (or quarterly /semi-annual if available) data on public tennis court bookings and usage, broken down by user demographics if available (age, income group, gender) Please see attached court hours and equalities data for 2023 -24. b) Information on any surveys or assessments conducted by the council to identify barriers to accessing public tennis courts, including any information about the safety of women at the locations of public courts. None undertaken. c) What percentage of the borough's residents live within a 10 -minute walk (800m) or 15-minute walk (1.2km) of a public tennis court? Clarified as - Instead of percentage of residents within 800/1200m of public tennis courts, please use percentage of residential properties instead. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk 800m – 19% 1200m – 38% d) What is the total number of public tennis courts per 1,000 residents in the borough?" 12 Camden Courts, 10 at Parliament fields (City of London) = 22 public courts . 22 / 254,665 X1000 = 0.086 courts per 1000 residents. 3. Booking Fees and Policies a) Whether a booking fee system is in place and, if so, the date of its implementation, cost details, and any available data on its impact on court usage (e.g., before and after implementation). CamdenActive (Rocktime Software Development) online booking system was implemented in 2016. It was a bespoke online booking system procured by Camden. The cost is therefore commercially sensitive. The change to online booking significantly increased booking income. b) Copies of policy documents or internal reports detailing the rationale and expected outcomes of introducing the current booking fee system in the borough. Please follow the link to the MTFS (Medium Term Financial Strategy) decision paper which set the expectations - Item 10 - Camdens Financial Strategy 2015-2018.pdf c) How much revenue has been generated from public tennis court booking fees in the past 12 months, and how has this been reinvested? 2023/24 income from our 3 tennis sites was approximately £200,000. The income comes into the Green Space budget and offsets some of the expenditure of managing our sites across the borough. 4. Initiatives and Programs for Accessibility a) Information about programs or partnerships with organisations aimed at increasing public access to tennis, including free tennis programs, discounted memberships, or promotional events. None directly commissioned or partnered with Camden at present but discussions with the Lawn Tennis Association are ongoing. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Kieran Heneghan Information Rights Officer2025-02-27T00:00:00CAM92812025-02-06T00:00:00Camden’s ‘local offer’ to care leavers in place as of 1 October 2024Date: 06/02/2025 Ref: CAM9281 Dear Requester, Thank you for your request for information dated 09/12/2024 about Camden’s ‘local offer’ to care leavers in place as of 1 October 2024. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested and the answers to your questions are as follows: 1. A copy of the local authority’s ‘local offer’ to care leavers that was in place on 1 October 2024 Information on the local offer provided to care leavers that was in place on 1 October 2024 is publicly available. Please click on or enter the link below into your web browser: a4-booklet-local-offer-for-care-leavers-16-25yrs-sept-24 (camden.gov.uk) 2. A copy of the local authority’s financial policy as related to care leavers that was in place on 1 October 2024, and as the local authority are required to have in accordance with statutory guidance. A PDF copy document is attached. 3. A copy of any current local authority practice guidance, management guidance, protocols, processes, strategies or plans associated with supporting care leavers to engage with higher education or attend university Please see the response to question 2 above. 4. A copy of the local authority’s last self-assessment submitted to an annual engagement meeting with Ofsted or an Ofsted standard or short inspection, whichever was most recent. Please do not provide a copy of the self-assessment submitted to any focused or monitoring visit. Please see the response to question 2 above. 5. The total number of care leavers aged 18-25 eligible for support by your local authority effective 1 October 2024 (or if data is not available effective that date, the London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk number today). For clarity, this and 6, 7 and 8 below should include both 'former relevant' and 'qualifying' care leavers. We do not have data available for 1 October 2024. On 31 October 2024 there were a total of 485 care leavers eligible for local authority support and who were aged 18-25 on the same date. 6. The number of care leavers aged 18-25 in your local authority that were engaged in higher education study effective 1 October 2024 (or if data is not available effective that date, the number today) to include whether the course is a. undergraduate b. or postgraduate c. other (if a breakdown is not available of the type of course, please provide the total number in higher education study) Total number of care leavers aged 18-25 in higher education study is 29. 7. The total number of care leavers aged 18-25 eligible for support by your local authority effective the date of the last SSDA903 return. In 2023/24 (last complete statistical year in which the SSDA903 return was completed) there were a total of 497 care leavers eligible for local authority support and whose 18 th- 25 th birthdays were within the statistical year. 8. The number of care leavers aged 18-25 in your local authority that were engaged in higher education study effective the date of the last SSDA903 return. In 2023/24, the last complete statistical year in which the SSDA903 return was completed, there were a total of 29 care leavers who were engaged in higher education study at the date of collection of their OC3 data within the statistical year. Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Lorna Jonas-Tinson Information Rights Officer2025-02-27T00:00:00CAM92952025-02-03T00:00:00internal reviews, reports or inquiries that have been made by Camden into England’s Lane Residence and any outcomesCAM9295 - 1 Response to question 1 (a) Within scope of question 1a, we have provided the Council decision on England's Lane Residence. This can be viewed by clicking on, or entering the link below into your web browser: Agenda for Cabinet on Wednesday, 12th December, 2018, 7.00 pm - Camden Council As the information requested is already reasonably accessible elsewhere it is exempt under the absolute exemption in Section 21. Response to question 1 (b) Englands Lane Residence, 28 Englands Lane, Belsize Park, NW3 4XQ Briefing to Executive Directors, June 2022 http://www.dbaprop.co.uk/englandslane/investment-summary.html Englands Lane Residence is a six storey Georgian property located between Hampstead, Belsize Park and Primrose Hill. Between 2004 and 8 March 2021 the council had a lease on the property and we used it as a family hostel to place small homeless families and families working with Children’s Social Services until more settled accommodation or another move on was achieved. The hostel was extremely large, with 157 studio rooms, the majority of the rooms were small, at 18 square meters and the lease was expensive and, as of 2019, was £1.9million per annum with the additional costs of the Councils internal repairing obligations. The Council used the building for many years highly successfully which was achieved as a result of the staffing and support model in operation i.e., 24-hour staff cover comprised of daily onsite customer service officers, facilities manager, cleaners, a drop-in floating support service, and overnight/weekend concierge. In addition, a number of partner agencies delivered services onsite from the multipurpose space in the basement – weekly mother and baby clinic, parenting classes, homework clubs for children. Following a review of our TA portfolio, in the Medium Term Financial Strategy 2019/20 - 2021/22 cabinet approved a programme to Remodel the Council’s Temporary Accommodation Hostel Portfolio, through which the Council decided we would hand back the lease on Englands Lane Residence and would invest in creating two smaller, higher quality, more spacious per room family hostels by redeveloping the single adult pathway hostels in Camden Road and Chester Road to create 89 self-contained units of family accommodation. In July 2019 Cabinet approved the Temporary Accommodation Purchasing Programme, through which we would create 59 self-contained, high quality, in-borough family TA units. In the event this target was exceeded, mainly because we decided to use TAPP funding to refurbish Greenwood annexe such that the final total number of units crea ted by TAPP was 61 flats and 23 studios at Greenwood, totalling 84 units. TAPP was so successful that in July 2021 a further TAPP was approved by Cabinet giving permission and funding to create a further 80 family units. The target is to complete the 80 purchases by 31 March 2023 and at present we are on target to achieve this. The project to end the lease on ELR was sponsored by the Director of Housing Support Services and was a success, as all families were suitably rehoused in advance of the deadline that allowed the council to hand-back the lease on time, on 8 March 2021. 2 One of the risks identified during the project was about the future use of the building, which the council had little if any influence over, and that should this be used as temporary accommodation by other London boroughs this could result in vulnerable families and/or single people being placed in our borough with minimal support provided by the placing boroughs. Mindful of previous experiences at North Villas the mitigation plan was to monitor what happened and then intervene appropriately in order to ens ure the property, whatever use it would be put to, would be run as well as possible with the residents able to settle into the local community with minimal or no disruption to local resident s and services, such as schools and health providers. Legally there was little if anything the council could do to influence what use the owners put the property to, aside from ensuring no breaches of planning permission occurred. We could not, for example, prevent the owners leasing the property out to be u sed as TA by other London boroughs neither could we discourage other boroughs from using it as TA. In fact, during meetings with legal on how we might mitigate against risks of potential future use, our lawyers made it very clear to housing support services and asset strategy and valuations, that, having ourselves decided to cease using the building, “Camden could not salt the land”. We could not do, or be perceived to do, anything that would deter others from using the building as TA or other legitimate purpose. To do so would be to interfere with the legitimate business interests of the owners who were described as an ‘international, ‘billion-dollar behemoth’ who would successfully litigate against us. Councillors such as Councillor Tom Simon, Luisa Porritt and Olad Awale had shown a lot of interest in the ending of our lease. There had been some local media interest https://www.hamhigh.co.uk/news/homeless-families-camden-englands-lane-belsize-hostel- 6864456 In March 2022 information started to filter in suggesting ELR was being used as TA by other boroughs, namely Southwark. Our Head of Housing Needs Group (HHNG) Shaun Flook wrote to a colleague at Southwark, who at that time confirmed that Southwark had been using ELR rooms on a nightly paid arrangement but had been offered to take them on as leased accommodation. They suggested it has also been offered to other local authorities but they were not sure which ones. The provider to Southwark was Property Placebook and Southwark shared the contact details for them. Shaun contacted Property Placebook who responded positively and invited Camden to visit ELR. Unfortunately, this was not possible due to ongoing emergency work to support Afghan and Ukrainian refugees. Property Placebook said then that the only clients placed so far were Southwark Council clients but they (PP) were connected to Westminster, Hackney and Croydon but were yet to reach out to them as they were more focused on ensuring the right clients occupy the building, so they were taking time to ensure it is done correctly. They stated that their focus was single women and not women and children. They said they will not be taking any ex-offenders or anyone with substance misuse as they would not mix these households together. Later in March we started receiving intelligence from Camden Health Vis iting, seeking information about ELR, as they had started to come across people of concern there. Also at this time Councillor Tom Simon wrote in asking what the situation was at ELR , though not expressing any concerns. 3 In April Camden Safety Net reported that they had started receiving many referrals from ELR, all linked to Southwark. Family Workers started to receive contacts from residents around this time, such as from a single mum of a 1-year-old reporting that she had topped up the electricity in ELR last night with £20 and had woken up in the morning and the electricity was dead. She stated that she had no milk for her baby and she was sleeping on the floor. In May concerns were raised about two ELR residents by North Camden Recovery & Rehabilitation Service. We started to receive homeless applications from residents of ELR who are being evicted as Southwark have ended their duty. In June, we asked our private sector housing team to see if the building had been licenced or required licencing and to check if there has been a planning application which might tell us what the building now looked like. The response was that there is no planning information, and it is unlikely to require licencing. In May our HHNG contacted Southwark requesting an urgent meeting with his equivalent. On 17 June 2022 Shaun Flook (Head of HNG), Sheena Anyanwu (Head of TAG), Scarlett Wettre (CSN IDSVA) met with Karen Shaw (Southwark’s Head of Housing Options – new in post) and Heather Elliot (Southwark’s Housing Supply Placements Manager). The following are some key notes: • ELR comprises of 161 basically furnished studio rooms and Southwark has leased the entire building on a 3-year PSL (building currently 100% occupied). • Southwark said the residents are mainly single mothers/fathers with no more than 2 children under 10 years of age • Southwark said they also use the TA for low need single people who have no offending backgrounds, mental health issues or substance/alcohol misuse issues (they claim currently less than 10% singles in occupation). They did not seem aware of what appears to be some single people with mental health/complex needs placed there and who have come to the attention of our mental health services. They said they would review the singles placed there. I think it is important to note here that the very complex needs singles with challenging behaviour living at North Villas who presented significant safeguarding risks to self and others and frequent locality management issues, were all placed by Southwark. Barnet and Enfield were using it for pregnant women or single parents with one child under 5 whilst Southwark was using it for their ‘second tier complex needs singles – mental health, substance/alcohol misuse, ex-offenders etc. Their most complex needs cases they placed in borough. None of the three boroughs were aware the type of placements the other was making. • Southwark said there are number of female DVA survivors that “need to be outside Southwark” (this was countered by Scarlett) • Scarlett said there have been 17 Camden MARAC referrals from ELR since March (an extraordinary number) • Southwark said visitors are restricted (visitors have to provide ID, there is CCTV and security 24/7). The staff onsite appear to be security staff of the provider. 4 • Southwark said Risk Assessments are done on the people placed there. The quality of the risk assessments is of concern to us considering they were unaware of the complex needs single people currently placed there. • Southwark said there are some Disabled clients downstairs in adapted units • Southwark said their social workers are working with some residents (where they already had a social worker we think). They were unable to confirm whether or not families open to Southwark children’s social work or ASC were ‘retained’ by them or referred to Camden. It was clear that the managers on the call had never been to the building and they were unsure if any other Southwark staff had attended. • Southwark said that Crisis go in regularly, arrangements with food banks and pharmacies, basement has play areas, big screens, playground out the back - Heart Foundation • Camden mentioned the 2 cases of concern raised by North Camden Recovery & Rehabilitation Service • Camden asked what link in and formal notification has been done with schools and local health services, community safety etc. There has been none. We offered help with this and linking into local community-based organisations. We made them aware that there are very committed and engaged Members, headteachers, VCS partners and local press in the catchment area who will take an active interest in the wellbeing of the families living in ELR and the local community. • We pointed out that there are significant commissioning considerations for a locality receiving suddenly receiving 161 homeless households and we would have expected them to engage with us on their intentions. Southwark were of the view that all boroughs, including Camden, place homeless families in other areas and this is no different. We pointed out there is a marked difference due to the nature of the building and number of households living there with what seems like minimal support. We explained the management and support model we had used to make it work and, even then, it was not without challenge. • Having had at least one homelessness approach from the building, we asked what their eviction policy was. Southwark confirmed residents are issued with a licence agreement therefore, they issue a notice to quit and the provider ‘excludes’ the household if they do not leave by the expiry date. Sheena made it clear that as self- contained accommodation at the very least they were obliged to obtain a bailiffs warrant and, depending on the type of duty owed, in some cases they would need to go to court for a possession order followed by a bailiff’s warrant. We will hold them to this. Actions Agreed 1. Karen Shaw agreed to review the placement of singles 2. Karen Shaw to send Heather’s and Alex's details for contact and escalation by Camden 3. Joint visit to ELR with providers – Shaun, Sheena and Heather/Karen 4. Southwark Head of Adult Social Care details to be provided to Camden 5. Southwark Head of Children's details to be provided to Camden 5 6. Shaun to let Rosie Clewlow, Routes off the Streets Coordinator, know in case Southwark’s single clients end up involved in street activity including rough sleeping 7. Shaun to share emails from colleagues raising concerns eg. emails from North Camden Recovery & Rehabilitation Service 8. Sheena to re-confirm with legal the eviction process for ELR (ideally need to visit first to ensure no changes to layout which might have a bearing).2025-02-27T00:00:00CAM93382025-01-23T00:00:00traffic-related (both parking and moving traffic) Penalty Charge Notices (PCNs) overturned/refundedDate: 23/01/2025 Ref: CAM9338 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 02/01/2025 about traffic-related (both parking and moving traffic) Penalty Charge Notices (PCNs) overturned/refunded. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested. I am writing under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. I would like to ask how many traffic-related (both parking and moving traffic) Penalty Charge Notices (PCNs) have been overturned/refunded by your body each year for the last five. For 2024, I would appreciate data to the end of the year, as this is being sent on December 30. If this information is not available for moving traffic offences for the last five years, please provide the numbers for as long as the data is available. Please let me know if you have any questions about my request. The information that you have requested is attached. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner ’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Philip Lewis Information Rights Officer2025-02-27T00:00:00CAM93862025-02-04T00:00:00details regarding the 359 blue badge applications that were denied from 2020 - 2024, where lack of "psychological distress" or "hidden disability" was cited as a reason follow upDate: 04/02/2025 Ref: CAM9386 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 07/01/2025 about details regarding the 359 blue badge applications that were denied from 2020 - 2024, where lack of "psychological distress" or "hidden disability" was cited as a reason follow up . We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested. Freedom of Information Request - Reasons for denial of Blue Badges I am writing to make a follow up FOI request to my previous request ref: CAM9103, which you responded to on 17/12/24. Please would you be able to provide me with the information from the sample carried out by the Concessionary Passes & Badges Manager as per the previous FOI. In addition, could you provide me with as many cases as possible required within the Section 12 time limit exemption (90 cases to allow for 12 minutes a case, including those already checked in the sample mentioned). Please could these cases be summarised in reverse order, so starting with the most recent and working backwards as far as the time allows. As a reminder, this is reference to my previous FOI requesting further details regarding the 359 blue badge applications that were denied from 2020 - 2024, where lack of "psychological distress" or "hidden disability" was cited as a reason. The information that you have requested is attached. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner ’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Philip Lewis Information Rights Officer2025-02-27T00:00:00CAM94072025-02-06T00:00:00reports of sexual grooming gang under the organised/networked sexual exploitation (NSE) or trafficking model of child sexual exploitation (CSE)Date: 06/02/2025 Ref: CAM9407 Dear Requester, Thank you for your request for information dated 09/01/2025 about reports of sexual grooming gang under the organised/networked sexual exploitation (NSE) or trafficking model of child sexual exploitation (CSE). We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds some of the information requested. The answers to your questions are as follows: 1. How many reports of sexual grooming gangs under the organised/Networked Sexual Exploitation or Trafficking model of CSE have been made in the borough since the year 2000? We record data by calendar month end date and publish in the statistical year format, 1 April to 31 March. We do not hold reports for years 2000-2014 because the request covers a period outside of the period set out in our Retention Policy. Once the relevant period has passed, the information is deleted/disposed of. 1a. Please break this down for each year. Year Number of children where ‘organised exploitation’ considered within CSE risk assessment 2014/15 13 2015/16 9 2016/17 8 2017/18 9 2018/19 9 2019/20 16 2020/21 5 2021/22 5 2022/23 5 2023/24 6 Total 85 London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk 2. How many children have reported being a victim of a sexual grooming gang under the Organised/Networked Sexual Exploitation or Trafficking model of CSE in the borough since the year 2000? We do not hold data in a way which would enable us to report on this question. We respond to all concerns regarding child sexual exploitation through our Child Exploitation policy and procedures. We cannot report on whether the report regarding a child bei ng a victim of a 'sexual grooming gang' was made specifically by a child, parent or professional as this would be explored within our wider contextual response. We also do not use the language 'sexual grooming gang' within our reporting templates. 2a. Please break this down for each year. Not applicable. Please see the response to question 2 above. 3. What is the local authority’s current strategy to prevent the sexual grooming of children? This information is set out in the Vulnerable Adolescents Strategy 2023-2025, attached. Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Lorna Jonas-Tinson Information Rights Officer2025-02-27T00:00:00CAM94182025-01-27T00:00:00the pension fundDate: 27/01/2025 Case reference : CAM9418 London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 13 January 2025 about the pension fund.  We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA) / Environmental Information Regulations 2004 (EIR 2004). Response The council holds the information requested and the answers to your questions are as follows: Today, 1/13/2025, we are requesting quarterly cash-flow reports from Q2 2024, if available, of all your private capital investments, in digital format. Private capital investments include private equity, real estate, natural resources, infrastructure, venture, and private debt funds. Each report would ideally contain these fund attributes: 1.  Investment or fund name and vintage year 2. Period or date of investment performance 3. Net capital calls or contributions 4. Net distributions 5. Net asset value or remaining value 6. Net IRR7. Net multiple or TVPI 8. Assets Under Management (AUM) breakdown by asset class 9.  Board meeting and investment committee meeting materials for the last quarter (board packets, manager presentations, meeting minutes 10. Investment consultant by asset class (private equity, real estate, infrastructure, credit) Please find relevant information attached. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk , Telephone: 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website https://www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Peter Williams Information Rights Officer2025-02-27T00:00:00CAM94232025-01-31T00:00:00leave for carersDate: 31/01/2025 Case reference : CAM9423 London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 13/01/2025 about leave for carers.   We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested and the answers to your questions are as follows: I am writing to request the following information: 1. How many days of paid and/or unpaid leave per year can staff who are carers take? Directly employed staff within the council are entitled to the following: Dependency Leave – Up to 5 days paid leave during each annual year leave to help staff cover any circumstances where care requirements of dependents means that it is not possible for staff to work at all or for some period of time. Disability Leave – Up to 10 additional days paid leave during each annual year leave for staff who have declared themselves to have a disability or staff who have declared that they have caring responsibilities for someone with a disability . 2. When were the last changes made to the hours/days registered carers can take and what change was made? The most recent changes to our Carers Leave policy came into effect from March 2023. The change was made to reflect that staff who have declared themselves to have caring responsibilities for someone with a disability were entitled to up to 10 additional days paid disability leave . 3. Is your organisation a Carer Confident employer? We are not a Carer Confident employer. 4. How many staff members are registered carers in your organisation? Staff within the council have the option to declare whether or not they have caring responsibilities, but this is not mandatory. As of 31 st December 2024; 366 employees had declared themselves to have caring responsibilities. 5. How many days of paid and/or unpaid carer’s leave were taken on average per registered carer in 2023 and 2024? Taking into consideration the number absence days taken by staff for dependency leave reasons and disability leave taken by employees who have advised that their leave related to caring for a dependent; the average number of absence days taken by staff who declared themselves to have carers responsibilities was: 2023: 2.8 days 2024: 2.7 days 6. Was an Equality Impact Assessment completed for the policy? An Equality Impact Assessment was not completed specifically for the Carers Leave Policy. One would have been completed as part of the larger work carried out regarding the council’s wider leave and flexible working policies. 7. Was the policy reviewed alongside related policies, such as flexible working arrangements? Yes, the policy was reviewed as part of the council’s flexible working policy. 8. Do managers receive training on the nature of being a carer and how best to support staff’s individual needs?Mangers within the council do not receive training relating to carers responsibilities. As part of our commitment to supporting staff who are carers, have disabilities, long-term health conditions or are experiencing mental ill-health; we have a health and wellbeing passport which gives staff to make their line managers aware of anything additional that is going on in their lives that they might require specific adjustments or arrangements for.  Line Managers are able to attend to training sessions regarding the health and wellbeing passport. 9. If there is training, is it mandatory? Please see the response above. 10. Is there a Carers Network in the organisation? If there is, does it have a senior sponsor and what is their role within the organisation? We do have a Carers Network and has a senior sponsor. The role of the current senior sponsor is People Operations Lead. 11. Please provide a copy of your carers leave policy as a PDF and email/direct me to the policy. If there is not a stand-alone document, please provide the policies that contain and reference this, such as special leave or time off for dependents and a copy/link. Please see attached the ‘LB of Camden Carers’ PDF which outlines the information that is accessible all to staff via the Council’s Intranet site regarding carers leave. 12. Was the carer’s leave policy, or the policies that contain and reference this, co-produced with staff? Our carers’ leave policy was not co-produced with staff, but we did engage with the Council’s Carers’ Network. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations.Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk , Telephone: 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website https://www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Peter Williams Information Rights Officer2025-02-27T00:00:00CAM94302025-01-27T00:00:00contract detailsDate: 27/01/2025 Case reference : CAM9430 London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 14/01/2025 about contract details . We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 / Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested and the answers to your questions are as follows: The council holds the information requested and the answers to your questions are as follows: I have attached an Excel file that contains the information I am looking at . The last two columns ("Title of framework used" and "Further framework info") is where I am missing information. Please could you provide the name of the specific framework agreements or DPS agreements used here. If there is any further info which you think would help me locate the framework agreements (e.g., a link to the framework's Contract Finder or FTS listing, the framework provider, or a widely-used reference number such as CCS's RM codes), please use the final column for this. Please note that I have identified these contracts as possible call-off contracts, so some of them might not be. Some could be, for instance, procured directly (without being called off from a framework agreement), or could be themselves notices of the establishment of a framework agreement. Therefore I would kindly ask you to specify in these incidences what kind of procurement was used in the "Title of framework used" column. I have provided the title, description, the publication date, and procedure type used to award each potential call-off, as well as a URL link to the call-off in question and a unique reference ID for each potential call- off. Please let me know if there is anything else you need to complete the request.Please find relevant information attached. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk , Telephone: 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website https://www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Peter Williams Information Rights Officer2025-02-27T00:00:00CAM94382025-01-31T00:00:00planning application 2024/4815/PDate: 31/01/2025 Case reference : CAM9438London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 15/01/2025 about planning application 2024/4815/P.  We have dealt with this under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested.  However, we are withholding some of the information because it is excepted as explained below.  We have explained what exception applies.  Please see the refusal notice which explains how and why it applies. I would like to receive by email copies of all written and notes of all verbal communications and email relating to Planning Application 2024/4815/P – 2A South Hill Park, NW3 2SB from 1 January 2024 to present date. Please find relevant information attached.  This information has been redacted – please see the exception notice set out below. Refusal Notice The exception that applies is: Regulation 12(3) - where appropriate we have redacted the name and contact details of an individual, as it is not reasonable to release them under the exception Regulation 12(3) of the EIR 2004 for personal information. The information withheld is personal information because it allows a living individual to be identified or is information relating to an identified or identifiable living individual.  We have considered the legitimate public interest in disclosure against the interests of the data subject and concluded that disclosure would contravene the principle in the General Data Protection Regulation that personal data is processed fairly and lawfully. In the circumstances of the case disclosure would not be fair to the individuals particularly considering that EIR 2004 responses are public documents and published to the world and not provided just to the requester. Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk , Telephone: 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website https://www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Peter Williams Information Rights Officer2025-02-27T00:00:00CAM94492025-02-04T00:00:00staff residing in CamdenDate: 04/02/2025 Case reference : CAM9449 London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 14/01/2025 about staff residing in Camden . We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 / Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested and the answers to your questions are as follows: I am disappointed and surprised the information is not possible within a reasonable time frame, and do not entirely agree with this assessment given my own experience, and the responses received from other Boroughs so far. Camden is the only Borough not to have provided this information or confirmation it will be provided. I appreciate you have volunteered the following potential options though: “We are able to produce the information requested based on: The number of directly employed staff working within the London Borough of Camden as of 31st March 2024 broken down by: • Grade as per Camden T&Cs and other terms and conditions applicable to staff working with the Council (Youth Workers, Teachers etc.) as of 31st March 2024  • Pay scales that currently apply to the above grades • Breakdown of staff by Camden Resident/Non-Camden Resident based on postcode”Although I do maintain the times quoted are questionable, I can confirm I am happy for the data to be based on 31/03/2024 rather than active employees and am happy for the council to use the employment profile from 2023-2024 as the basis for the request. However, please can I still ask that the resident/non-resident breakdown is still provided along side grades/salary? Given I am happy for you to base this on pre-existing data, I trust this substantially narrows down the workload and will not create substantial workload – I am happy for the borough to use pre- existing grades/info and not split into strict 10k increments. I would also be willing to accept the data limited to office staff (including those WFH but within head office functions such as finance), but excluding care workers, teachers etc if this is easily identifiable. As requested and outlined by the Council in response to your earlier Freedom of Information Request, please see attached an excel document which outlines the number of directly employed staff working within the London Borough of Camden as of 31 st March 2024 broken down by: • Grade as per Camden T&Cs and other terms and conditions applicable to staff working with the Council (Youth Workers, Teachers etc.) as of 31st March 2024 • Payscales that currently apply to the above grades • Breakdown of staff by Camden Resident/Non-Camden Resident based on postcode. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk , Telephone: 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website https://www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Peter Williams Information Rights Officer2025-02-27T00:00:00CAM94602025-02-07T00:00:00Environment Services contract reviews for VeoliaDate: 07/02/2025 Ref: CAM9460 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 17/01/2025 about Environment Services contract reviews for Veolia. We have dealt with this under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested. Freedom of Information request - Environment services contract Annual Service Review The last review, regarding to the performance of Veolia, published on the Camden Council website is for year 2021/2022. Please provide the Environment Services contract reviews for 2022/2023 and 2023/2024. Please also provide information for the service levels achieved by Veolia, in the Kilburn, West Hampstead and Fortune Green wards for the last 6 months of 2024. These reports are, I believe, sent to Councillors monthly. The 2022/23 report has been uploaded and can be found here https://www.camden.gov.uk/our- environment-services-priorities-and-contract-documents The 2023/24 report is delayed but will be in the final format to upload in a few weeks and will be on the same page. Reports for three wards are attached. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner ’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Philip Lewis Information Rights Officer2025-02-27T00:00:00CAM94622025-02-12T00:00:00the number of boiler repair requests logged at properties at 2–12 Agar Place, NW1 0RG, and residents of Hazelbury WayDate: 12/02/2025 Ref: CAM9462 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 20/01/2025 about the number of boiler repair requests logged at properties at 2–12 Agar Place, NW1 0RG, and residents of Hazelbury Way . We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds some of the information requested. I would like to request the following information concerning the properties at 2– 12 Agar Place, NW1 0RG, and the residents of Hazelbury Way who use the same boilers: Repairs and Complaints Logged: 1. The number of repair requests logged, including their reference numbers, by residents for issues related to loss of water pressure since 1 August 2024. All the jobs raised from 1/8/2024 are listed on tab 1 ‘All issued orders ’ on the attached spreadsheet. Job order numbers have been redacted as they are considered personal information under GDPR and FOIA. 2. The number of complaints made, including their reference numbers, by residents concerning the same issues during this period. Actions Taken: There were 4 stage 1 complaints made to our Complaints Service regarding loss of water pressure since 1st August 2024, from residents living in properties 2–12 Agar Place, NW1 0RG. We are withholding the reference numbers as they are considered personal information under GDPR and FOIA. 3. Details of what has been done to resolve these repair requests and complaints. GEM Service Visits: Details of each job and breakdown can be found on Tab 2 ‘WO Breakdown by Job’ on the attached spreadsheet. If there is no information this means that the information was not updated by the Camden operative or the contractors. The four complaints made to our Complaints Service were upheld. 4. The number of times GEM (or any other repair service) has been dispatched to address issues at the properties mentioned above during the same period. Please see the attached spreadsheet. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Kieran Heneghan Information Rights Officer2025-02-27T00:00:00CAM94682025-02-06T00:00:00books borrowedDate: 06/02/2025 Case reference : CAM9468 London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 20/01/2025 about books borrowed.  We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 / Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested and the answers to your questions are as follows: My request concerns library books. Could you please send me the following information: - The top 10 most borrowed books at your libraries in the calendar years 2023 and 2024. I'm asking for one list for each year - in other words, the top 10 across all your libraries, not individual top 10s for each library. Please find relevant information attached. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations.Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk , Telephone: 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website https://www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Peter Williams Information Rights Officer2025-02-27T00:00:00CAM110082025-10-03T00:00:00if Camden council supported that project (street mural) in any way other than solely providing the permit for its creationDate: 03/10/2025 Ref: CAM11008 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 11/09/2025 about if Camden council supported that project (street mural) in any way other than solely providing the permit for its creation. We have dealt with this under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested. I noticed the street mural on Camden High Street that was created shortly after the street was pedestrianised. For reference the mural is depicted in the attached document. Can you please let me know if Camden council supported that project in any way other than solely providing the permit for its creation? The council commissioned Camden Open Air Gallery to create a temporary mural as part of the Camden High Street Live cultural programme. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk Telephone: 0303 123 1113 , live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/ London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Yours sincerely Kieran Heneghan Information Rights Officer2025-10-14T21:45:06CAM94732025-02-18T00:00:00certificates of vision impairment (CVI) questionnaire dated December 2024Date: 18/02/2025 Ref: CAM9473 Dear Requester, Thank you for your request for information dated 21/01/2025 about certificates of vision impairment (CVI) questionnaire dated December 2024. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested and the answers to your questions are attached in the excel spreadsheet you have provided. Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Lorna Jonas-Tinson Information Rights Officer London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk2025-02-27T00:00:00CAM94752025-02-13T00:00:00Pest control servicesDate: 13/02/2025 Ref: CAM9475 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 21/01/2025 about Pest control services. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested. Freedom of information request- Pest control services (Please see email for table formatting) I am writing to you under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 to request the following information. Specifically, I would like to request: 1) Total number of residential visits (or please state if you do not offer this service) Total number of residential visits (or please state if you do not offer this service) Total number of residential visits (or please state if you do not offer this service) Current charge to treat (residential) Total number of residential visits (or please state if you do not offer this service) Total number of residential visits (or please state if you do not offer this service) Total number of residential visits (or please state if you do not offer this service) Current charge to treat (residential) Total number of residential visits (or please state if you do not offer this service) Total number of residential visits (or please state if you do not offer this service) Total number of residential visits (or please state if you do not offer this service) Current charge to treat (residential) 2022-2024. 2) Total cost of the council / your contractors providing pest control service Total cost of the council / your contractors providing pest control service Total cost of the council / your contractors providing pest control service 2022-2024 The information that you have requested is in the attached spread sheet. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner ’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Philip Lewis Information Rights Officer2025-02-27T00:00:00CAM94802025-02-13T00:00:00qualified social workersDate: 13/02/2025 Case reference : CAM9480 London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 22/01/2025 about qualified social workers . We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested and the answers to your questions are as follows: 1. How many permanent vacancies do you have for qualified social workers across both children and adults services and as a percentage would be useful 2. How many agency ' social worker' staff do you currently have for children and adults services and what percentage is this against your FTE roles 3. Lastly, If known do you know what was spent on agency social workers in 2024 again in both children and adults services Please find relevant information in the attached spreadsheet. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk , Telephone: 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website https://www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Peter Williams Information Rights Officer2025-02-27T00:00:00CAM94992025-02-24T00:00:00housing investigations on the Whittington Estate / Highgate New Town over the last 5 yearsDate: 24/02/2025 Ref: CAM9499 Dear Requester, Thank you for your request for information dated 24/02/2025 about housing investigations on the Whittington Estate / Highgate New Town over the last 5 years. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested. However, we are withholding all of the information because it is exempt as explained below. We have explained where we are withholding information and what exemptions apply. Please see the refusal notices at the end of the answers which explain how and why they apply. I'd like to request all information pertaining to misuse/abuse of council housing on the Whittington Estate / Highgate New Town over the last 5 years. You clarified: By ‘misuse/abuse’ I mean any reports of, and action take in remedy to people using council housing on the estate for illicit or illegal purposes (e.g. illegal subletting, drug related, etc.) We are withholding this information as we consider the following exemption applies . Refusal notice: Section 12: Cost of Compliance Exceeds the Appropriate Limit We are refusing your request under section 12 on cost grounds because we estimate that compliance with your request will exceed the "appropriate limit". This is £450 which is equivalent to 18 hours at £25 per hour. The per hour figure is set by Regulations rather than actual salary paid to any officers handling requests. The appropriate limit includes the time it will take the council to discover if it holds the information requested, to locate it, extract it and collate it as well as putting it into any particular format requested by the requester. The information requested for incidents of ‘misuse/abuse of council housing’ is not readily available. We do not hold the data in an easily accessible way nor in a reportable format. The way cases are recorded changed last summer, before which the practice was to record all activity relevant to an address in a single case, even if that case was opened due to anti-social behaviour (ASB), rent or another matter. This means over the longer term we cannot presume a case recorded under ‘rent’ does not include information on ASB or another matter and vice versa. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Housing investigations team can provide data on cases open to them following a referral. Similarly, Community Safety hold some data on cases that have come to their attention, however this will not include all cases as not all cases are referred to the teams. There are 364 flats on the Whittington Estate. Housing records for each address will need to be checked and for this FOI request, housing investigations referrals would also need to be checked against neighbourhood housing records and cross referenced with Community Safety and Camden Safety Net records. We estimate it would take a council officer approx. 10 minutes per case to review, analyse, and collate the data. We have calculated that it will take approx. 60.66 hours to comply with your request . This exceeds the appropriate limit set by the Act. Advice and Assistance You may wish to make a refined request for a much shorter period of time, for a year bearing in mind the maximum 10 minutes per case advice mentioned earlier. Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Lorna Jonas-Tinson Information Rights Officer2025-02-27T00:00:00CAM95032025-02-24T00:00:00Education Health and Care Plan (EHCP) dataDate: 24/02/2025 Ref: CAM9503 Dear Requester, Thank you for your request for information dated 27/01/2025 about Education Health and Care Plan (EHCP) data. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested and the answers to your questions are as follows: As of 27/1/2025: 1. The number of Education Health and Care Plans (EHCPs) maintained by the Authority. 1,609. 2. The number of EHCPs for which pupils receive their education via Elective Home Education. 16. 3. For pupils under question 2, the number of which are overdue their most recent annual review*. 12. 4. The number of EHCPs where a pupil receives their education via Education Otherwise than at School/College. 29. 5. For pupils under question 4, the number of which are overdue their most recent annual review. 21. 6. Does the Authority currently have a team/officer whose purpose is specifically to process the annual reviews for pupils under questions 2 and 4? No. 7. Does the Authority currently have an 'annual review backlog' team? No. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk 8. Does the Authority currently outsource to a third party that is commissioned to process annual reviews? No. * Specifically, this means that the EHCP has not been reviewed in the last 12 months. For the avoidance of doubt, this means the Authority has not issued a decision letter to parents or young person which concludes the review process. Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Lorna Jonas-Tinson Information Rights Officer2025-02-27T00:00:00CAM95082025-02-24T00:00:00information on investment proposals to improve Camden’s housing stockDate: 24/02/2025 Ref: CAM9508 Dear Requester, Thank you for your request for information dated 27/01/2025 about information on investment proposals to improve Camden’s housing stock. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested and the answer to your question is as follows: Information on investment proposals to improve Camden’s housing stock for tenants and what is proposed to be done and when. I can confirm that the London Borough of Camden holds the information requested. You can view the information at the following link: https://news.camden.gov.uk/camden-drives-forward-work-to-build-thousands-of-more- homes-and-improve-quality-of-housing/ As the information requested is already reasonably accessible elsewhere it is exempt under the absolute exemption in Section 21. Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Lorna Jonas-Tinson Information Rights Officer2025-02-27T00:00:00CAM95092025-02-21T00:00:00an electricity sub-stationDate: 21/02/2025 Case reference : CAM9509London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 27/01/2025 about an electricity sub-station.  We have dealt with this under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004 (EIR 2004). Response The council holds the information requested.  However, we are withholding the information because it is excepted as explained below.  We have explained where we are withholding information and what exception applies.  Please see the refusal notice at the end of the answer which explains how and why it applies. Copies of correpsondence with UK Power Networks in relation to the electtricity sub station at 41 Ornan Road. In order for us to search to provide relevant information, we asked you to provide a clearly defined time frame and the subject of correspondence you are interested in (does it concern planning or noise or some other issue?) You clarified your request on 30/01/2025: I would like copies of all correspondence the council has had with UK Power Networks in relation to the electricity sub-station at 41 Ornan Road for the period 31/01/2015 to 30/01/2025. E.g. all correspondence in relation to the lease. Any correspondence with them in relation to complaints. I would like all correpsondence in relation to this specific sub-station. In order for us to search to provide relevant information concerning complaints, we asked you what kind of complains your request concerned (e.g. noise) and you responded on 01/02/2025:Please ignore the complaints request. I Would like copies of all correspondence between UK Power Networks and the Council in regards to the sub-station at 41 Ornan Road. We are not processing this request as we have not received sufficient clarification to search for and collate relevant information.  After writing for clarification the request has just reverted to that originally received. Refusal Notice The exemption that applies is: regulation 12(4)c - a public authority may refuse to disclose information to the extent that the request for information is formulated in too general a manner and the public authority has complied with regulation 9. Under Regulation 9 (2) of the Environmental Information Regulations (EIR 2004), a public authority need not comply with a request that is formulated in too general a manner but is required to ask the applicant to provide more particulars in relation to the request. The request is rather vague as it gives no specific subject and no set time frame.  If you could confirm that the overall subject you are interested in is the lease, please could you be a bit more specific e.g., what correspondence about the lease are you interested in.  We need to be able determine which service would hold the information so that we can search.  The only request we have received before was for planning information about a sub-station.  Also, if the period you are interested in is still 31/01/2015 to 30/01/2025 – please could you confirm this. As we are unsure about the parameters of the request, the public interest in maintaining the regulation 12(4)(c) exception outweighs the public interest in disclosing what could easily be too large amount of information that we would have to process or an amount of information that would not have fulfilled your request. There is a presumption in favour of disclosure in the regulations and we have considered whether this overrides the public interest test conclusion and have concluded that it does not. Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk , Telephone: 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website https://www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Peter Williams Information Rights Officer2025-02-27T00:00:00CAM95172025-02-17T00:00:00homes with planning permissionDate: 17/02/2025 Case reference : CAM9517 London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 27/01/2025 about homes with planning permission.  We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 / Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested and the answers to your questions are as follows: Freedom of Information request - Unbuilt homes This is a request for information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. 1. As of 31st December 2024: a) how many homes have planning permission in your council area but remain unbuilt? b) of these, how many are affordable? 2. Please provide the same figures as of 31st December 2023, 2022 and 2021 If this data isn't available for the dates I have requested, please provide the figures for 1a) and 1b) for the dates you have. Please find relevant information in the attached spreadsheet. Please note:this data has been taken from the GLA’s Planning London Datahub• around 70 applications for fewer than 10 units which were approved prior to 2020 and showing as not completed have been removed – the assumption is that they have been completed but the records haven’t been updated.• 1796 of the homes not completed are from just one application, ref 2022/0528/P, for the O2, Finchley Road, which was approved 20/12/2023.• Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk , Telephone: 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website https://www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Peter Williams Information Rights Officer2025-02-27T00:00:00CAM95232025-02-13T00:00:00the total amount drivers have been fined in Camden between 20/01/2020 and 20/01/2025 after being found on CCTV breaking driving rulesDate: 13/02/2025 Ref: CAM9523 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 28/01/2025 about the total amount drivers have been fined in Camden between 20/01/2020 and 20/01/2025 after being found on CCTV breaking driving rules. We have dealt with this under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested. 1. Please can confirm the total amount drivers have been fined in Camden between 20/01/2020 and 20/01/2025 after being found on CCTV breaking driving rules. 2. Can you confirm the figures separately for 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025. 3. What are the 15 roads where the most fines have been issued over the period between 20/01/2020 and 20/01/2025? 4. Can you break this down into a table showing the amount of offences for each road per year during this period, and the total amount fined in each year for 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025 Please see the attached spreadsheet for the answers to your queries. Data is presented in the financial year format. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Kieran Heneghan Information Rights Officer2025-02-27T00:00:00CAM95242025-02-18T00:00:00Licensing officers and committeesDate: 18/02/2025 Ref: CAM9524 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 28/01/2024 about Licensing officers and committees. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested. Freedom of Information request - Licensing officers and committees This is a request for information relating to the council's licensing functions. Please kindly provide the following information: 1. What is the total number of licensing officers working in your licensing department? 6 Licensing Officers and 3.5 Licensing Support Officers . 2. Is this enough staff to handle all licensing applications under the Licensing Act 2003 and Gambling Act 2005, Local Government(Miscellaneous) Provisions Act 1982, London Local Authorities Act 1990 and other related licensing legislation in your authority? No. 3. If this is not enough staff, what is the optimum number of staff required to carry out the licensing function? 8 Licensing Officers and 4 Licensing Support Officers . 4. Are agency staff used to fill manpower shortfalls? No. 5. Are there sufficient lawyers in your authority to advise licensing committees and applications sub committees ? Yes. 6. Does the authority contract the services of external barristers to advise such committees? No. 7. If the answer to 6 is "yes" on what basis are such instructions made? - e.g. on the basis of lack of legal advisers for committees from within the council or on the basis of expert advice being required on particular cases, expertise which the council does not possess N/A. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner ’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Philip Lewis Information Rights Officer2025-02-27T00:00:00CAM95272025-02-24T00:00:00a list of any proposed major works to the building (Flat XX, Una House, Prince of Wales Road) and a list of previous works with fees per flat?Date: 24/02/2025 Ref: CAM9527 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 28/01/2025 about a list of any proposed major works to the building (Flat XX, Una House, Prince of Wales Road) and a list of previous works with fees per flat?. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested. However we are withholding the information because it is exempt. We have stated where we are withholding information and what exemptions apply. Please see the refusal notice at the end of the answers which explain how and why the exemptions apply. I have made an offer to purchase Flat XX, Una House, Prince of Wales Road, Kentish Town. Would it be possible to see a list of any proposed major works to the building and a list of previous works with fees per flat? Clarified as - please may I request a list of any proposed major works and previous major works over the last 5 years, including any information available on fees? If you were to buy the property, the information requested would be provided to the vendor within the Assignment Pack. The seller requests the Assignment Pack and passes it to the buyer’s solicitor. All the information is on our website: Selling or remortgaging your leasehold property - Camden Council . We don’t correspond with potential buyers directly . Major works information for both planned works and the previous 5 years is provided within the assignment pack, including all recharges at property level for both day to day service charges and major works. We can’t provide this to a prospective buyer under FOI as it is personal financial information, therefore the request is refused under Section 40(2) . Refusal notice Section 40(2) The council considers that to disclose the personal data requested would not be in accordance with data protection legislation and therefore we have withheld all of the information under the absolute exemption in Section 40(2). The exemption states that personal data requested may be withheld when to release it would be a breach of the requirements of data protection law which is the UK General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the Data Protection Act 2018. The information withheld is personal information because it allows living individuals to be identified. The council considers that it would be a breach of the General Data Protection Regulation article 5 requirements of fairness and proportionality to publish this personal information in a FOI request. In doing this we have considered the legitimate public interest in disclosure against the interests of the data subject/s and concluded that in the circumstances disclosure would contravene the data London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk protection requirements of fairness and proportionality particularly considering that Freedom of Information responses are public documents and published to the world and not provided just to the requester. As advice and assistance, we recommend that you abide by the assignment pack process, which is that the current leaseholder requests the assignment pack and forwards to the buyer’s solicitor. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Kieran Heneghan Information Rights Officer2025-02-27T00:00:00CAM95302025-02-18T00:00:00AI strategyDate: 18/02/2025 Case reference : CAM9530London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 29/01/2025 about AI strategy.   We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA). Response The council holds some, but not all of the information requested. We are withholding the information we hold because it is exempt as explained below. We have explained what exemption applies and why in the refusal notices at the end of the answers. UK AI Readiness FOI Request We are conducting research into the UK public sector's readiness to harness the opportunities presented by artificial intelligence (AI), particularly in light of the government's AI Opportunities Action Plan. Our research aims to understand the current state of AI adoption, infrastructure, and skills development within UK public sector departments and agencies. Please answer the following questions and provide additional context where possible? AI Strategy and Planning 1. To what extent does your department have a clearly defined and documented AI strategy? Please select one of the following options that applies. A. No AI strategy in place. B. Initial discussions or ideas about AI, but no concrete plan.C. A basic AI strategy is in development or has been drafted. D. A well-defined AI strategy is in place, but implementation is in the early stages. E. The AI strategy is being actively implemented with measurable progress. F. A fully defined and implemented AI strategy is driving significant impact. 2. To what extent does your AI strategy or goals align with the AI opportunities action plan? Please select one of the following options that applies. A. Unaware of the AI opportunities action plan or no attempt to align with it. B. General awareness of the AI opportunities action plan, but no specific efforts to align. C. Some aspects of the AI strategy or goals are aligned with the AI opportunities action plan. D. Conscious effort made to align the AI strategy with the key principles and directions of the AI opportunities action plan. E. Strong alignment between the AI strategy or goals and the AI opportunities action plan, with clear connections and shared objectives. F. AI strategy or goals are fully integrated with the AI opportunities action plan, contributing directly to its successful implementation. 3. What is the likelihood that your department's AI strategy will be fully implemented within the next two years? Please select one of the following options that applies. A. Significant obstacles and uncertainties make full implementation unlikely in the next two years. B. Implementation is in progress but faces challenges that may delay completion. C. Moderate confidence in achieving full implementation within the timeframe. D. High likelihood of full implementation, with most key elements in place. E. Almost certain to achieve full implementation within the next two years. 4. How confident is your department that current AI governance structures are adequate for managing AI risks? Please select one of the following options that applies. A. No AI governance structures in place or serious concerns about their adequacy. B. Limited AI governance in place, with significant gaps and areas for improvement. C. Moderate confidence in current AI governance, but some areas of uncertainty remain. D. Generally confident in the adequacy of AI governance structures to manage most risks. E. Strong confidence in AI governance, with robust processes and oversight in place. F. Extremely confident that AI governance structures can effectively manage all foreseeable AI risks. 5. What percentage of your department's total budget is allocated to AI-related projects this fiscal year? How much is this? 6. How does your department or agency assess the economic impact or cost-effectiveness of AI technologies? Please select one of the following options that applies and provide any relevant data or reports on AI’s economic benefits. A. No formal assessment: No systematic approach to evaluating the economic impact of AI. B. Qualitative assessment: Relies on anecdotal evidence, case studies, or expert opinions to assess the impact of AI. C. Quantitative assessment: Uses metrics, data analysis, and modelling to measure the economic benefits and costs of AI. D. Comprehensive evaluation: Includes both qualitative and quantitative assessments, considering a wide range of economic factors and potential impacts. AI Deployment and Use Cases 7. What is your department's current stage of AI deployment? Please select one of the following options that applies.A. No AI use cases. B. Exploring opportunities C. Planning for at least one AI use case. D. Piloting at least one AI use case. E. At least one AI use case is fully deployed. F. Multiple AI use cases fully deployed. 8. For your most significant AI use case, how confident are you that the expected benefits will be realised? Please select one of the following options that applies. A. No clear expectations of benefits or serious doubts about achieving them. B. Some anticipated benefits, but significant uncertainty about their realisation. C. Moderate confidence in achieving some of the expected benefits. D. Confident that most of the expected benefits will be realised. E. Strong confidence that the AI use case will deliver significant benefits. F. Extremely confident that the AI use case will fully achieve or exceed its intended benefits. Risk Management and Ethics 9. How thoroughly has your department assessed the risks associated with AI deployment? Please select one of the following options that applies. A. No formal risk assessment conducted for AI deployment.B. Initial discussions about AI risks, but no systematic assessment. C. Some areas of AI risk have been assessed, but gaps remain. D. A moderate risk assessment has been conducted, covering key areas. E. A comprehensive risk assessment is in place, addressing a wide range of potential risks. F. A thorough and ongoing risk assessment process is embedded in AI development and deployment. 10. How confident are you that your department is compliant with relevant data protection laws when using AI? Please select one of the following options that applies. A. Significant concerns about compliance with data protection laws. B. Limited understanding of data protection requirements for AI. C. Some measures in place to ensure compliance, but gaps may exist. D. Reasonably confident in compliance with data protection laws. E. Strong confidence in data protection compliance, with robust processes in place. F. Fully confident in compliance with all relevant data protection laws and regulations. 11. How well does your department ensure transparency in the use of AI in public services? Please select one of the following options that applies. A. No efforts to ensure transparency in AI use. B. Limited information provided to the public about AI systems. C. Some transparency measures in place, but room for improvement. D. Reasonable transparency in AI use, with public information available.E. Strong commitment to transparency, with clear communication about AI systems. F. Full transparency in AI practices, including open data and explainable AI. Data Residency and Sovereign Infrastructure 12. How does your department or public body ensure that its data storage complies with UK sovereignty and data residency requirements? Please outline any policies or regulations guiding data storage within UK borders. 13. Can you provide the proportion of data stored within UK-based infrastructure versus foreign cloud services (e.g., US-based providers) within your department/agency? 14. What measures are in place to ensure that your data storage solutions meet national security standards? Please provide details of relevant frameworks or protocols currently implemented. Energy Consumption and Efficiency of AI 15. What is the estimated carbon footprint of your department or agency’s AI operations (e.g., training, deployment) over the past year? Please include energy consumption figures if available. 16. How do you track the energy usage of AI workloads, and are there any reporting mechanisms in place for sustainability goals? Please provide relevant metrics or guidelines. Data and Infrastructure 17. How would you rate the quality of data used for your AI systems? Please select one of the following options that applies. A. Data quality is poor and unreliable. B. Data quality is a concern, with significant issues.C. Data quality is adequate but could be improved. D. Good data quality with regular validation processes. E. High data quality with robust quality assurance measures. F. Excellent data quality with continuous validation and improvement. 18. What is the level of confidence in your department's digital infrastructure's ability to support current and future AI initiatives? Please select one of the following options that applies. A. Serious concerns about the infrastructure's ability to support AI. B. Infrastructure limitations may hinder AI initiatives. C. Moderate confidence in the infrastructure's capacity for AI. D. Confident that the infrastructure can adequately support current and near-term AI needs. E. Strong confidence in the infrastructure's ability to support ambitious AI projects. F. Extremely confident that the infrastructure is future-proof and ready for any AI challenge. 19. Does your department or agency currently use a hybrid infrastructure (i.e., a mix of on-premises and cloud services) for its digital operations, including AI applications? Please specify the proportion of services hosted on each type of infrastructure. 20. What factors influence your department’s decision-making process when choosing between public cloud, private cloud, or on-premises infrastructure for AI-related projects or services? 21. What plans or initiatives are in place to ensure your department’s digital infrastructure is scalable enough to meet future demands for AI-powered services or technologies over the next 5–10 years? 22. How does your department or agency ensure the quality of data used in AI-driven projects or services? Please provide any metrics, guidelines, or standards employed for data validation. Skills and Training 23. How effectively is your department upskilling employees to use AI? Please select one of the following options that applies. A. No upskilling initiatives in place for AI. B. Limited training available, with little focus on AI skills development. C. Some training programs offered, but not comprehensive. D. Effective upskilling programs are in place, providing employees with essential AI skills. E. A strong focus on AI skills development, with comprehensive training and support. F. A culture of continuous learning and development, ensuring employees are equipped for the AI-  powered   future. 24. Will you be relying on in-house skills for AI strategy development and implementation or seeking third- party services/consultancy? Future Ambitions 25. How confident are you that your department will reach its AI ambitions? Please select one of the following options that applies. A. Significant doubts about achieving AI ambitions. B. Low confidence in reaching AI goals. C. Moderate confidence in achieving some AI ambitions. D. Confident in achieving most AI goals.E. Strong confidence in reaching AI ambitions, with clear plans in place. F. Extremely confident in achieving and exceeding AI ambitions. We are not processing this request as it would require a disproportionate amount of time, effort, and expense.  Please see the exemption notice set out below. Refusal Notice The exemption that applies is: section 12: cost of compliance exceeds appropriate limit We are refusing your request under section 12 on cost grounds because we estimate that compliance with your request will exceed the "appropriate limit". This is £450 which is equivalent to 18 hours at £25 per hour. The per hour figure is set by Regulations rather than actual salary paid to any officers handling requests. The appropriate limit includes the time it will take the council to discover if it holds the information requested, to locate it, extract it and collate it as well as putting it into any particular format requested by the requester. We have calculated that it will take approx. 230 hours (minimum) to comply with your request because searching for, calculating and collating relevant information for question 15 alone: -   our use of AI is decentralised, many staff use tools in accordance with our AI usage policy• this means we would have to extract and examine information from 115 different service areas• this would take an average minimum of 2 hours per service area to collate relevant information• Advice and Assistance We do not hold relevant information for most of your questions.  This is because we have not recorded information where it is a matter of officer experience or opinion and is subjective. The FOIA does not require us it generate information in response to a request but only to supply recorded information we hold as at the time of the request.We may be able to provide responses where we do hold relevant recorded information that is not subject to an exemption under the FOIA.  This applies to questions 6 (available form the end of March), 7, 12, and 22. Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk , Telephone: 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website https://www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Peter Williams Information Rights Officer2025-02-27T00:00:00CAM95312025-02-17T00:00:00committees dealing with Diversity, Equity, and InclusionDate: 17/02/2025 Case reference : CAM9531 London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 30/01/2025 about committees dealing with Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested and the answers to your questions are as follows: I am writing under the Freedom of Information Act (2000) to request information on any committees or sub-committees dealing with Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) within the local authority. Specifically, I request the following: The total number of committees or sub-committees that have been set up by the local authority to deal with matters related to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) since 1 May 2021. For each committee or sub-committee, please provide: 1. The name or title of the committee or sub-committee. 2. The purpose or scope of the committee or sub-committee's work. 3. The date the committee or sub-committee was established. 4. The number of members on the committee or sub-committee. 5. The frequency of meetings for the committee or sub-committee.Please provide this information in a table format, if possible, with columns for 'Committee/ Sub-Committee Name', 'Purpose/Scope', 'Date Established', 'Number of Members', and 'Meeting Frequency'. We have interpreted this question as applying to committees in the legal sense rather than panels and working groups which deal with DEI issues. There are no committees set up to specifically deal with DEI issues, but all committees deal with these issues to some extent.  Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk , Telephone: 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website https://www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Peter Williams Information Rights Officer2025-02-27T00:00:00CAM95332025-02-20T00:00:00a copy of your annual reports for the Council’s Pension Fund for the financial years 2001-2002 through to 2014-2015Date: 20/02/2025 Ref: CAM9533 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 30/01/2025 about a copy of your annual reports for the Council’s Pension Fund for the financial years 2001 -2002 through to 2014-2015. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested. I am writing to inquire if you could send me a copy of your annual reports for the Council’s Pension Fund for the financial years 2001-2002 through to 2014-2015. Unfortunately, I was only able to find a subset of your reports on your website. Please find attached the pension fund annual reports for 20 08 – 2009 through to 2014-15 and note that the requirement for annual reports was only introduced in 2013. Therefore we do not hold reports going back to 2001-02. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Yours sincerely Kieran Heneghan Information Rights Officer2025-02-27T00:00:00CAM95342025-02-19T00:00:00a list of all contracts entered into between Camden and Nanouche Umeadi and/or Diverse Inclusive Solutions LtdDate: 19/02/2025 Ref: CAM9534 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 30/01/2025 about a list of all contracts entered into between Camden and Nanouche Umeadi and/or Diverse Inclusive Solutions Ltd. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council does not hold the information requested. Please can you provide me with the following information: 1. A list of all contracts entered into between Camden and Nanouche Umeadi and/or Diverse Inclusive Solutions Ltd in the period between 1 January 2022 and the current date (30 January 2025); 2. A description of the services being provided by Nanouche Umeadi and/or Diverse Inclusive Solutions Ltd under the above contracts; 3. The total value of each contract (should there be more than one) 4. A summary of the award process in each instance, including whether the contracts were awarded through an open tender process or via a direct contracting procedure. The Council does not hold any information regarding this person / supplier. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Kieran Heneghan Information Rights Officer2025-02-27T00:00:00CAM95352025-02-19T00:00:00councillors who were absent, including dates, from full council meetings that have taken place since May 2022Date: 19/02/2025 Ref: CAM9535 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 30/02/2025 about councillors who were absent, including dates, from full council meetings that have taken place since May 2022 . We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000/Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested. Please can you provide me with the details of names of councillors who were absent, including dates, from full council meetings that have taken place since May 2022. This information is available on the website in the published minutes of the Council meetings here https://democracy.camden.gov.uk/ieListMeetings.aspx?CId=149&Year=0 . The minutes of the two Council meetings held on 20th January are not yet published on the website. The Members absent from the 6pm Council meeting were Cllrs Ali, Aref -Adib, Cotton, Greenwood, Headlam-Wells, Khatoon, Mulholland, Parkinson, Revah, Tiwari, Simpson and Thompson. The Members absent from the 7pm meeting were Cllrs Ali, Aref -Adib, Cotton, Headlam-Wells, Khatoon, Mulholland, Tiwari, Simpson and Thompson Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Kieran Heneghan Information Rights Officer2025-02-27T00:00:00CAM95362025-02-24T00:00:00Council Membership of StonewallDate: 24/02/2025 Ref: CAM9536 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 30/01/2025 about Council Membership of Stonewall. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested. 1. Please can you provide the status of Camden Council's membership with Stonewall. Camden is not currently a member of Stonewall. 2. If Camden Council is no longer a member of Stonewall can you please provide details of the date that the membership ended. Our membership with Stonewall ended in September 24 . 3. If membership has ended please provide details of the meetings where this decision was discussed and agreed. N/A 4. Please also provide details of Camden Council joining membership of other organisations with aims/missions similar to Stonewall in 2023 or 2024. Regarding Stonewall, after working with this organisation as part of our benchmarking approach, we have developed a range of actions to support LGBTQ+ employees at Camden. We monitor this with our senior level sponsor, rainbow group, and regular employee experience surveys. In line with our custom and practice, our working relationships with these types of groups are time limited and our membership with Stonewall ended in September. We will continue to revisit this on a periodic basis. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Kieran Heneghan Information Rights Officer2025-02-27T00:00:00CAM95382025-02-21T00:00:00FOI for pothole damage: 2021 - 2024Date: 21/02/2025 Ref: CAM9538 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 29/01/2025 about FOI for pothole damage: 2021 - 2024. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 Response The council holds the information requested. FOI for pothole damage: 2021 - 2024: For each of these calendar years - 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 - please answer the following questions: 1. How many potholes were reported to the council by members of the public in 2024? 340 potholes were reported to the council by members of the public in 2024. 2. How many potholes were detected as part of the council’s own monitoring for all four years? 1682 potholes were detected as part of the council’s own monitoring for all four calendar years 2021 – 2024. The following data refers to carriageway defects: 3. How many claims for pothole-related damage did the council receive from drivers in 2024? 43. 4. How many claims resulted in the council paying out to drivers (i.e. the number of successful pothole-related damage claims recorded) in 2024? 8. 5. What is the average sum that was paid out to drivers per claim? £994. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner ’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Philip Lewis Information Rights Officer2025-02-27T00:00:00CAM95392025-02-17T00:00:00major developmentsDate: 17/02/2025 Case reference : CAM9539London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 30/01/2025 about major developments.  We have dealt with this under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested.  However, we are withholding the information because it is excepted as explained below.  We have explained where we are withholding information and what exception applies.  Please see the refusal notice at the end of the answer which explains how and why it applies. FOI Request: Section 106 Agreements 1. The number of major housing developments (10 or more dwellings) in your jurisdiction which were completed between the years 2021-2025 inclusive which had a Section 106 (Town and Country Planning Act 1990) planning obligation. 35 developments of 10 or more dwellings were completed in this period. 2. Of these completed developments, the number which changed the stipulations of their S106 obligations, or did not provide them, by the time of completion.    3. For these, please provide the following: a. The name of the development, the developer name, and original planning permission reference. b. The obligations the developer agreed to as part of the Section 106 to the council upon initial planning permission being granted. c. A summary of the final delivery (including built property or financial contributions) provided by the developer to fulfil the Section 106 agreement, upon completion of the building contract. d. Any reasons given by the developer for any difference between the initial agreement and final delivery. e. If any developer did not provide anything by way of fulfilment of the Section 106 agreement, please summarise any further action taken by the council, including but not limited to litigation, requiring a replacement contribution of any kind, such as a financial contribution, discontinuing the building project, etc We are not processing questions 2 and 3 of this request as it is excepted.  Please see the exception notice set out below. Refusal Notice The exception that applies is: regulation 12(4)b which states that a public authority may refuse to disclose information to the extent that the request for information is manifestly unreasonable. We have also considered the time it will take the council to locate the information requested in the request, to extract it, collate it and then to review and redact any sensitive information that will be subject to further exceptions under the EIR 2004. Whilst the Council monitors the implementation of developments we do not hold or publish a collated comprehensive record of where the stipulations have been changed or not complied with by the time of completion. To answer this question 2 would involve reviewing and reporting on all the clause records for the 35 cases to assess change or compliance. Assuming 7 clauses per development the task will involve reviewing approximately 245 clauses. A review is likely to require consultation with officers in the various services involved in the implementation of these schemes, e.g. enforcement, environmental health, transport, housing, legal and finance officers. This will take an estimated average minimum combined officer time of 30 mins per clause and so is likely to take more than 120 hours. Similarly, to provide an answer to question 3 for all of the cases will take longer than the 30 mins per clause quoted in the answer to question 2 above and the total time is likely to be in excess of 200 hours. We have considered the impact and burden that processing this request would have on the team who would have to deal with it. We have concluded that the time, effort and costs involved would place a disproportionate burden on the team and severely impact their ability to perform their normal duties. In applying this exception, the Council has also considered the balance of the public interest in line with the EIR 2004.  We have indicated the weight of each of these considerations. The public interest argument for releasing this information is: - it would improve the transparency for the general public of the Council’s decisions and processes in dealing with this major housing developments (Medium).• The public interest arguments for withholding the information are: - processing this request in full would be provide a large burden in terms of Officer time and cost to the Council (High).• this would necessarily constitute a significant diversion of resources away from the Council’s core business activities, (High) and:• it would consequently have a proportionally detrimental impact on it’s provision of services to the public (High).• it is not in the public interest public interest that the Council neglect its provision of services to the public to focus on one information request (High).• It is felt that in all the circumstances of the case, the public interest in maintaining the exception outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information. There is a presumption in favour of disclosure in the EIR 2004. We considered whether this overrides the public interest test conclusion and have concluded that it does not.Advice and assistance The reference numbers of the 35 developments is are below. Details of the obligations can be viewed through the Camden   Planning Application Search by entering reference numbers. 2014/4385/P, 2013/6674/P, 2016/2094/P, 2018/2179/P, 2013/8301/P, 2014/5946/P, 2017/3206/P, 2015/2789/P, 2015/2775/P, 2015/1243/P, 2015/2366/P, 2013/7259/P, 2014/7851/P, 2015/4553/P, 2014/6449/P, 2016/0745/P, 2012/4628/P, 2013/1957/P, 2016/6891/P, 2012/6132/P, 2010/6873/P, 2017/4306/P, 2017/2883/P, 2015/3936/P, 2015/4819/P, 2015/0487/P, 2016/3545/P, 2014/0176/P, 2013/3807/P, 2012/3089/P, 2015/1937/P, 2016/6069/P, 2014/3604/P, 2016/1530/P and 2020/2104/P. Further information on s106 implementation can be viewed here:   Section 106 spending and financial information - Camden Council Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk , Telephone: 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website https://www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Peter Williams Information Rights Officer2025-02-27T00:00:00CAM95432025-02-20T00:00:00company name that is on the contract that LB Camden has entered into for the development of Bacton EstateDate: 20/02/2025 Ref: CAM9543 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 03/02/2025 about company name that is on the contract that LB Camden has entered into for the development of Bacton Estate . We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested. What is the exact company name that is on the contract that LB Camden has entered into for the development of Bacton Estate. Mount Anvil Bacton Limited. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner ’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Philip Lewis Information Rights Officer London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk2025-02-27T00:00:00CAM95442025-02-25T00:00:00the number of school crossing patrol officers employed in the last financial year (2023/24)Date: 25/02/2025 Ref: CAM9544 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 03/02/2025 about the number of school crossing patrol officers employed in the last financial year (2023/24) . We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested. 1. Please can you provide the number of school crossing patrol officers employed by your council in the last financial year (2023/24). During the Financial Year 2023/24 the London Borough of Camden employed 8 School Crossing Patrol Officers. 2. Please can you provide the number of school crossing patrol officers employed by your council in the financial year 2014/2015. During the Financial Year 2014/15 the London Borough of Camden employed 10 School Crossing Patrol Officers. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Yours sincerely Kieran Heneghan Information Rights Officer2025-02-27T00:00:00CAM95452025-02-24T00:00:00information regarding the contract for the Provision of a Recruitment Platform/Applicant Tracking SystemDate: 24/02/2025 Ref: CAM9545 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 31/01/2025 about information regarding the contract for the Provision of a Recruitment Platform/Applicant Tracking System. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested. I would be most grateful if you could provide the following information under the Freedom of Information Act, regarding the contract for the Provision of a Recruitment Platform/Applicant Tracking System. Unfortunately, I am unaware of the specific supplier for this service. The details I require are as follows: 1. Confirmation of the current supplier for this contract/framework. Oracle Corporation UK Ltd. 2. Actual spend on this contract (and any sub-lots), broken down annually, from the start of the contract to the present date. The recruitment platform is part of Human Capital Management soft and wider Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) platform. The annual spend is as follows - Year 1 £15960 Year 2 £15960 Year 3 (3 months) £3990 Total £35910 3. Start date and duration of the contract/framework. 1 December 2022 and the duration is 5 years/ RM6194 BOS . 4. Length of time the contract has been in place. 2 years 4 months. 5. Details on any extension clauses in the contract/framework, including the duration of the extension if applicable. The Council has a clause in the contract to extend the contract by further 2 years. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk 6. Whether a decision has been made regarding the extension or renewal of the contract/framework. No decisions have been made regarding the extension or renewal . 7. The name and title of the senior officer (outside of procurement) who is responsible for overseeing this contract. Manoj Patel, Head of HR and Financial Systems. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Kieran Heneghan Information Rights Officer2025-02-27T00:00:00CAM95512025-02-24T00:00:00information relating to the following in respect of each of the S.106 contributions made under the Deed of AgreementDate: 24/02/2025 Ref: CAM9551 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 03/02/2025 about information relating to the following in respect of each of the S.106 contributions made under the Deed of Agreement. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000/Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested. This request is made pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and relates to the Deed of Agreement dated 3rd April 2007. Please can you provide information relating to the following in respect of each of the S.106 contributions made under the agreement and which I have highlighted individually below: (A) What schemes the S106 financial contribution paid has been expended or allocated for expenditure; (B) The date of expenditure or allocation; (C) How much has been allocated; and (D) how much remains unspent (including any accrued interest). Contributions: Community Facility Contribution 25,000.00 Education Contribution 67,485.00 Public Highway Contribution 5,800.00 Public Open Space Contribution 20,290.00 Indexation 2,020.51 The agreement contains an express refund provision so that any sums (including interest) that are unspent/unallocated for expenditure at the date 10 years from the date of the agreement must be refunded. Planning permission 2006/5903/P All the funds were spent between 2009 and 2015. Community Facility Contribution: £25,000.00. This was spent on the provision of support for community and childcare facilities within the vicinity of the development site on 25 March 2009. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Education Contribution: £67,485.00. This was spent on the Camden Centre for Learning to remodel and extend two buildings to provide premises suitable for meeting the needs of Camden’s children with social, emotional and behavioural difficulties on 01 September 2014. Public Highway Contribution: £5,800.00. This was spent on the Fortune Green Open Space on 31 March 2011. Public Open Space Contribution: £20,290.00. This was spent on the Fortune Green Open Space on 31 March 2015. It is not clear what the quoted indexation amount (£2,020.51) refers to exactly. It does not relate to anything specified in the legal agreement. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Kieran Heneghan Information Rights Officer2025-02-27T00:00:00CAM95522025-02-25T00:00:00follow up request to CAM9137: specifically, for the 499 nicotine pouch packets seized in 2024Date: 25/02/2025 Ref: CAM9552 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 03/02/2025 about follow up request to CAM9137: specifically, for the 499 nicotine pouch packets seized in 2024 . We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested. Thank you for your previous response to FOI ref no. CAM9137. I am now writing with a follow up request: specifically, for the 499 nicotine pouch packets seized in 2024, would you be able to provide me with: 1) The reasons for the confiscation of the product? (for example, non- compliance with UK product safety regulation, mislabeling or incorrect nicotine content, sale to underage individuals, illegal importation or counterfeit concerns) Please would you disaggregate this response by the nicotine pouch company, in a table with the following headings: Nicotine pouch company and reason for seizure. Name of nicotine pouch Reason for seizure Siberian non-compliant with Regulations Killa non-compliant with Regulations Pablo non-compliant with Regulations Iceberg non-compliant with Regulations Velo non-compliant with Regulations The labelling is written in a foreign language. 2) Any fines or prosecutions issued in relation to seized nicotine pouches in your jurisdiction for 2023 and 2024. Please specify the name of the retailer and the fine amount, as well as whether the retailer paid the fine. No fines nor prosecutions have taken place as yet, but are still in process to being submitted to legal for action. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Kieran Heneghan Information Rights Officer2025-02-27T00:00:00CAM95572025-02-20T00:00:00the Mayors eventsDate: 20/02/2025 Case reference : CAM9557London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 03/02/2025 about the Mayors events .  We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council does not hold the information requested: Thank you for your partial response to my request (CAM9417). In supplementary I would like to ask why the current Mayor and at least one prior Mayor attend events outside of Camden that do not appear to have a benefit to people from Camden? This is a reasonable question to ask . We hold no relevant information other than that already provided in response to CAM9417.  The FOIA gives access to recorded information but does not require us to generate new information in response to a request. Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets.Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk , Telephone: 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website https://www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Peter Williams Information Rights Officer2025-02-27T00:00:00CAM95582025-02-20T00:00:00social media managementDate: 20/02/2025 Case reference : CAM9558 London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 04/02/2025 about social media management.  We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested and the answers to your questions are as follows: The information that we require is as follows: - 1) Do you use a social media management platform? Yes, we use a social media management platform. 2) If so, what tools do you use? We use Hootsuite. 3) What is your annual spend on a Social media management tool? We spent £9334.72 in 2024/2025. 4) What dates does your contract with your current supplier end (in the format of [month/year]) It ends in December 2025.5) Do you use a social listening / media monitoring platform? Hootsuite is our social media management platform which can be used for social listening also. 6) If so, what tools do you use? Please see the response above. 7) What is your annual spend on a social listening / media monitoring tool? Please see the response above. 8) What dates does your contract with your current supplier end (in the format of [month/year]) Please see the response above. 9) Who is the senior person responsible for managing these contracts? The Head of Media & External Relations is the senior person responsible. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk , Telephone: 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website https://www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Peter Williams Information Rights Officer2025-02-27T00:00:00CAM95592025-02-24T00:00:00the apprenticeship levyDate: 24/02/2025 Case reference : CAM9559 London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 04/02/2025 about the  the apprenticeship levy.   We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 / Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested and the answers to your questions are as follows: Under the Freedom of Information Act, I would like to request the following information: 1. The Council’s 2023/24 Apprenticeship Levy contribution (i.e. amount paid) £1,420,225.62 2. The Council’s 2023/24 Apprenticeship Levy spent £455,056.85 3. The Council’s 2023/24 Apprenticeship Levy transferred £64,046.20 4. The Council’s 2023/24 Apprenticeship Levy not spent/returned (a.k.a. ‘sunsetted’) £696,126.83Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk , Telephone: 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website https://www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Peter Williams Information Rights Officer2025-02-27T00:00:00CAM95642025-02-24T00:00:00Accounts Payable teamDate: 24/02/2025 Case reference : CAM9564 London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 04/02/2025 about Accounts Payable team.  We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 / Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested and the answers to your questions are as follows: I am writing to make a request for information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, relating to the Accounts Payable team capabilities and protections against fraud, errors, duplicates and compliance. 1. Does the authority share accounts payable or procurement functions with another authority or shared service function? If yes, who? No 2. Which ERP system is used by the authority (e.g. Oracle, SAP, Advanced, Civica)? Oracle Cloud 3. Please state the total number and value of supplier transactions (invoices and credit notes) processed by Accounts Payable in the last financial year? Volume: 137,370 and value: 1,502,367,502 4. Does the authority utilise any 3rd party software to identify or protect against supplier payment errors (including duplicate, erroneous payments or potential fraud) before payment is made? Yes, Audit Partnership’s Capture software 4a. If yes, please state the name of the software, the engagement date, the current contract end date and the annual value of the contract awarded to the external organisation (or total value and contract length) Audit Partnership’s Capture 01/04/2024 to 31/03/2027 5. Does the authority utilise any 3rd party or 3rd party software to identify historical payment errors (including duplicate, erroneous payments or potential fraud)? No 5a. If yes, please state the name of the software or partner, the engagement date and the current contract end date and frequency of engagement (if not continuous). Please also provide the contract value or terms of engagement (if not a fixed fee). Please see response above. 5b. Please provide the value of monies recovered by the software or partner for the most recent financial year. Please see response above. 6. Does the authority utilise any 3rd party or 3rd party software to reconcile supplier statements and identify overpayments or unclaimed credits on a regular basis? Please see response above. 6a. If yes, please provide the name of the provider/software and a brief description of frequency/level of support. Please see response above. 6b. Please provide the current contract end date and the annual value of the contract awarded to the external organisation (or total value and contract length). Please see response above. 7. Does the authority make any checks, either directly or via any 3rd party or 3rd party software to identify sanctioned suppliers, both directly and indirectly owned, within the supplier master file? No, however checks are made at the point of supplier registration against company house and care quality commissioning. 7a. If yes, please provide the name of the provider/software and confirm the frequency of checking. Please see response above. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk , Telephone: 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website https://www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Peter Williams Information Rights Officer2025-02-27T00:00:00CAM95662025-02-24T00:00:00active language servicesDate: 24/02/2025 Case reference : CAM9566 London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 04/02/2025 about active language services . We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 / Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested and the answers to your questions are as follows: 1. Do you have an active language service (Interpreting) contract?  Yes, we have an active contract for Language Services with Language Line 2. Are services accessed via a framework or independent of a framework? If a framework, what framework(s) is it? The contract was procured through the ESPO Language Services Framework Agreement 3. When does the existing contract(s) expire? The existing contract was for an initial 12 months from 1st April 2024 until 31st March 2025, with the option to extend for an additional 12 months until 31st March 2026.  It is the Council’s intention to take up the extension option.   4. Who are you current suppliers by service type i.e. BSL, telephone, spoken, video? The contract provides interpretation, translation and transcription for all Council directorates.Interpretation (provided by Language Line): This includes telephone, face-to-face, and video interpretation of spoken languages, as well as British Sign Language (BSL), Sign Supported English (SSE), and Speech to Text (STT) for D/deaf residents.• Translation (provided by LanguageLine): Covers the translation of written materials from one language to another.• Transcription (provided by LanguageLine): Includes transcription of written materials into accessible formats such as Braille, or transcription of audio files into written text.• Some staff use Remark and Colour Network for BSL when there is a lack of staff availability at Language Line.• 5. Do you procure spoken and non-spoken (BSL) interpreting together? The services are including within the scope of the existing contract with Language Line. 6. Do you consider non-spoken interpreting a specialist service? If yes and you do not procure this service separately. Why do you not procure this service separately? Yes, we consider non-spoken interpreting, such as British Sign Language (BSL) interpretation, to be a specialist service. While we do not currently procure this service separately, we recognise the high demand for BSL interpreters and have received staff feedback highlighting the need for a more structured approach. As a result, we are actively considering procuring a dedicated provider for BSL interpretation as part of a wider strategic review, to ensure better accessibility and service quality. 7. Are you aware of The House of Lords inquiry into Interpreting and Translation Services? If so, will this impact how you procure language services? The Lords Committee inquiry into interpreting and translation services focuses on the procurement of ITS within the courts system. As a result, its policy recommendations will be specifically relevant to that sector and its providers. Therefore, the findings will not directly impact how we procure translation services within the council, as our setting and requirements differ. However, we look forward to reviewing the report once available to identify any key insights that may enhance our own procurement processes. 8. What is your organisations language services procurement policy. i.e. do you undertake pre-market engagement, do you run a competitive tender process or direct award? There is no specific Language Services procurement policy, following review of the requirements, a procurement strategy would be developed, and a suitable procurement process would be followed which may include pre-market engagement, a competitive tender process or direct award.    9. Are language services on the procurement plan in 2025, if so, can you please give an indicative timeline? There is currently a strategic review of language Services ongoing across the Council.  Once this has been undertaken, if required, a procurement strategy will be developed, and a suitable procurement process would be followed later this year.   10. Who is the senior responsible person for Language Services in your organisation?  Kirsten Watters, Director of Health and Wellbeing , Adults and Health 11. Can you please provide historical use for each service for 2024. Please highlight if you are referring to number of assignments or hour/minutes this response. a. On-site spoken =  1526 b. Onsite non-spoken = 147 c. telephone interpreting = 7881 d. Video spoken =   n/a e. Video non-spoken =   n/a Onsite no-spoken means:  British Sign Language (BSL), American Sign Language (BSL) ,Deafblind (BSL Hands on/hand-under-hand) ,Deafblind (Visual Frame), Deafblind (Clear Speech Communicator) ,Deafblind Manual, Deafblind (Large Print Communicator),Deafblind (Spartan), Lipspeak, Palantypists, Sign Supported English Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk , Telephone: 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website https://www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Peter Williams Information Rights Officer2025-02-27T00:00:00CAM90612025-01-30T00:00:00housing compliance with the public sector equality dutyDate: 30/01/2025 Ref: CAM9061 Dear Requester, Thank you for your request for information dated 19/11/2024 about housing compliance with the public sector equality duty. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested and the answers to your questions are as follows: Our client is gathering information on council compliance with the public sector equality duty in England and Wales, in particular with regards the 3 aims of the public sector equality duty, namely: Aim 1) Eliminate discrimination, harassment, victimisati on Aim 2) Advance equality of opportunity between Disabled people and non- Disabled people Aim 3) Foster good relations between Disabled people and non- Disabled people Our client aims to understand to what extent local authorities providing housing advice and homelessness support have measures in place with regard to digital exclusion disability discrimination. Our client is particularly focused on what support (if any) is provided by local authorities to people who cannot access digital services without support (this could be due to a variety of reasons e.g. Physical accessibility issues: People with physical, visual, or hearing impairments may have difficulty accessing websites; Communication difficult ies: People with learning and behavioural impairments may find it hard to read, write or otherwise to communicate and be understood online ; Lack of training: Some people may not have the skills or confidence to use digital devices; Cost of equipment: The cost of equipment may be a barrier to those on a low wage or reliant on state social security). Clarification point: Please can you confirm the date range to be applied to question 1. Your response: The applicable date range is the last five years. In accordance with s.149 Equality Act 2010, we request that you provide us with a copy of: 1. your most recent and your historical written compliance record; The information requested is publicly available on the Council’s website: London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk - Equality Impact Assessment - Item 13 - Appendix 3 EIA v2.pdf - The information requested is on page 27 in the Homelessness and Rough Sleeping Strategy (SP/2018/18) Report - 19 Homelessness and Rough Sleeping Strategy.pdf As the information requested is already reasonably accessible elsewhere it is exempt under the absolute exemption in Section 21. 2. any other information you have recorded / hold about the impact of requiring Disabled people and non-Disabled people applying for housing and homeless assistance under either Part 6 or Part 7 Housing Act 1996 to complete application forms (or otherwise communicate) online. Please enter the following links into your web browser: - Homelessness Accommodation Policy b16162ee-515d-3634-713b-6ac53c51eb7c - Housing Allocation Scheme Housing allocation scheme 2018 - Camden Council As explained above, the information requested is already reasonably accessible elsewhere it is exempt under the absolute exemption in Section 21. Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Lorna Jonas-Tinson Information Rights Officer2025-02-21T00:00:00CAM91702025-02-12T00:00:00how the local authority calculates eligible rent figures for supported housingDate: 12/02/2025 Ref: CAM9170 Dear Requester, Thank you for your request for information dated 03/12/2024 about how the local authority calculates eligible rent figures for supported housing. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds some of the information requested. However, we are withholding all of the information because it is exempt as explained below. We have explained where we are withholding information and what exemptions apply. Please see the refusal notices at the end of the answers which explain how and why they apply. 1. Please can you advise how the LA calculates eligible rent figures in respect of supported housing and at what level they would consider the rent and eligible services to be unreasonably expensive and subject to restriction. You clarified: Seeking information on adults with learning and physical disabilities and mental health conditions in supported living accommodation. 2. Please could you provide a snapshot list of current supported and supported exempt accommodation showing, if possible, the split between the total weekly gross rent, total weekly HB paid, core rent, eligible and eligible services (if this is not possible just the total gross rent and eligible housing benefit) eligible services (if this is not possible just the total gross rent and eligible housing benefit). Please see the exemption notice set out below. Refusal notice: Section 12: Cost of Compliance Exceeds the Appropriate Limit We are refusing your request under section 12 on cost grounds because we estimate that compliance with your request will exceed the "appropriate limit". This is £450 which is equivalent to 18 hours at £25 per hour. The per hour figure is set by Regulations rather than actual salary paid to any officers handling requests. The appropriate limit includes the time it will take the council to discover if it holds the information requested, to locate it, extract it and collate it as well as putting it into any particular format requested by the requester. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk A snapshot of supported and supported exempt accommodation showing the split between total weekly gross rent and eligible housing benefit is requested. This data is not held in a reportable format. The Housing Benefit team who deals with housing benefit claims, do not hold a record of supported accommodation and supported exempt accommodation addresses in the borough and adult social care does not hold rent breakdowns for in-borough supported living schemes. The data application system used by each service is incompatible with each other and information cannot easily be exchanged. To complete question 2 above will require the creation of separate registers, checking individual address records against housing benefit claims. This is a complex task as a household may have more than one claim that will require multiple checks against the housing benefit register. Adult social care has identified 65 addresses in supported living schemes. In a sample of 3 individual claims, it took a council officer 35 minutes to locate and analyse the data for any claimants that are ‘adults with learning and physical disabilities’ and ‘mental health conditions in supported living accommodation.’ Some reviews took 10 minutes because they had short histories whereas other files with longer histories required more time to complete. Using the average of 22.5 minutes per case we estimate it will take approx. 24.3 hours to provide the information requested. This time exceeds the appropriate limit set by the Act. Advice and Assistance We can advise for question 1, the calculation in the Housing Benefit decision of eligible service charges is set out in Regulation 11, Regulation 12 and Schedule 1 of the Housing Benefit Regulations 2006 (The Housing Benefit Regulations 2006) , and council decisions are led by this. There is no monetary value level at which a service charge would be considered ‘unreasonably expensive and subject to restriction.’ Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Lorna Jonas-Tinson Information Rights Officer2025-02-21T00:00:00CAM91752025-01-23T00:00:00Dartmouth Park Area Healthy Neighbourhood Traffic Management PlanDate: 23/01/2025 Ref: CAM9175 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 04/12/2024 about Dartmouth Park Area Healthy Neighbourhood Traffic Management Plan. We have dealt with this under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested. Fol/EIR Request - Dartmouth Park Area Healthy Neighbourhood Traffic Management Plan I request the following information relating to the Local Traffic Management Plan ("the Plan") contained in the Council's document "Dartmouth Park Healthy Neighbourhood proposal overview", published jointly with Islington Council. 1. The Council, in its overview document, says the Plan "includes a number of changes that together would work as a local traffic management plan for the area. These include camera enforced traffic filters, physical traffic filters and ... changing some st reets to operate one way only. The local traffic management plan would reduce the ability for motor vehicle drivers to cut through the healthy neighbourhood area." Please say whether or not the Council considers that the Plan falls within the definition of a Low Traffic Neighbourhood (LTN) in the statutory guidance "Implementing Low Traffic Neighbourhoods" issued by the Secretary of State for Transport on 17th March 2024 ie "An area - wide traffic management scheme aimed at reducing or removing through traffic from residential areas, put in place using traffic signed restrictions or physical measures such as planters or bollards." (Please note that this is about the Traffic Management Plan and is not asking why the Scheme as a whole wasn't branded as an LTN, so replies to other requests, eg 1 -4 in CAM 8199 and 1 in CAM 8268, do not provide the information I seek.) The Council considers proposal 1 as a series of measures that together would work as a traffic management plan for the area. These include restrictions on motor vehicle movements, making some streets one way and introducing traffic filters. The local traffic management plan would reduce the ability for motor vehicle drivers to cut through the healthy neighbourhood area. Changes to reduce northbound, southbound and eastbound through traffic through the healthy neighbourhood area are proposed. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk As the government guidance says any measure to reduce traffic is an LTN and the scheme's aims and objectives states one of its points is to seeks to reduce traffic among other improvements then by that metric yes it is an LTN. 2. If the Council considers that the Plan is not within that definition of an LTN, please give its reasons for that conclusion. As stated above the three proposals including proposals 1 aims to achieve much more than reducing through traffic such as: • Make the area greener, healthier and more pleasant to spend time in, with new plants, trees and seating • Create safer, cleaner streets for children to travel to school and areas for play • Reduce traffic in the area to make local streets quieter, less polluted and safer to walk and cycle around • Support local businesses to thrive The council considers this a scheme which would align to the definition in Q1. 3. Please state specifically whether or not the reason, or one of the reasons, why the Council avoided the expression "LTN" was a hope that it could thereby circumvent the statutory guidance, and in particular this passage: "Increasingly and frustratingly, we see larger and larger low traffic schemes being proposed by some councils despite concerted opposition by local residents and by local businesses, and in some cases being removed again. This guidance makes it clear that should not happen." This is not a valid request for information as you are asking for an opinion. 4. In its response to a request in CAM 8268, the Council stated "The Council has no plans to impose an LTN in Dartmouth Park". Please explain how, should the Plan proceed to consultation, the Council intends to ensure that a traffic management plan for Dar tmouth Park which falls within the definition of LTN in the statutory guidance will not be imposed on the area. This is not a valid request for information as it is a conditional question. It is asking for information that would be held in the event that the council takes a particular action and is therefore a conditional request and not valid under the Regulations. 5. The briefing for the meeting of the Council's Culture and Environment Committee on 11th November 2024 gives members a link (at 2.3 on page 26) to a policy document on consultation dated 10th November 2021. Please explain why, in 14 pages of briefing for that meeting, there is no mention also of the statutory guidance on LTNs, to which the Council appears bound to have regard under section 18(2) of the Traffic Management Act 2004, and which covers the question of effective engagement with the community. As outlined in section 1.1 of that report "This report provides a response to a petition received by the Council on 16th August 2024 calling to extend the Dartmouth Park Area Healthy Neighbourhood (DPAHN) consultation deadline" the report for committee was not a response to the guidance mentioned in the FOI. 6. (a) Please specify all the streets in the area covered by the Plan which the Council considers suffer from through traffic or pollution badly enough to justify the Council's proposed intervention. (b) Please identify any evidence used to reach that conc lusion for the streets for which there is no published traffic and pollution data. Project background is shared on the project website and details of resident engagements which has led to the Dartmouth Park Area Healthy Neighbourhood project . There is traffic data for the area it can be found here on Page 5. As the information is publicly available it is excepted under Regulation 6(1)(b). 7. (a) The Plan acknowledges the fact, even if not the scale, of the longer journeys required by local traffic (residents, visitors, delivery vehicles, etc). Please state whether the Council accepts that, as a result of the Plan, some streets in the area ( eg those that don't experience much through traffic now) might suffer from increased traffic volumes and pollution. (b) If the Plan goes ahead, how will the Council know whether this has happened, if for most streets in the area it currently has no traffic or pollution data at all? We refer you to CAM8269. As the information is publicly available it is excepted under Regulation 6(1)(b). 8. The paper on Camden's Transport Strategy Development of Delivery Plan, considered by the Culture and Environment Committee on 10th November 2022, contains at Fig 3.2 a map showing areas of prioritisation for area-wide healthy streets locations, with red areas the highest priority, through shades of orange and yellow to blue as the lowest priority. The area of the proposed Dartmouth Park Healthy Neighbourhood contains no red areas, but is made up largely of yellow and blue areas. The minutes of that meeting show that som ebody asked a question about Dartmouth Park and the answer was "The Council was aiming to bring forward the consultation in 2023". Please explain why the Council decided to proceed with this scheme when the evidence seemed to suggest that it should be a lo w priority. We refer you to the engagement event video on project website discussing CTS delivery plan with reference to Dartmouth Park here . As well as this report where on page 10 the map highlights Dartmouth Park in reference to priority zones. As the information is publicly available it is excepted under Regulation 6(1)(b). 9. The minutes of that meeting also record that one of those answering questions was a Council member (not a Committee member) whose now current entry in the register of interests (beneficial interest in land) shows the area of interest as Highgate. Was that or a similar entry in the register on 10th November 2022? Clarification question: Please can you clarify which council member you are referring to. Clarification reply: I do hope this request for clarification isn't an attempt to buy time, which would be shameful. As is self-evident, there is only one councillor among those answering questions and that is Adam Harrison. This needed no clarification whatsoever. Dated 23 De c 2024. Yes, Cllr Harrison’s Register of Interests in November 2022 did show a beneficial interest in Highgate. 10. Section 2.6 of the Report for the Culture and Environment Committee's meeting on 11th November 2024 relating to the petition by the Highgate Society says that "the DPAHN has been under consideration by the Council and been requested by some stakeholder s in the Highgate Ward for a number of years". (a) Please say how many associations representative of residents or businesses, in addition to the one group of petitioners from 4 streets in 2018, have since 2017 requested 24 hour traffic restrictfons of any sort in any part of the area covered by the current Plan. (b) Please also say how many associations representative of residents or businesses have requested traffic restrictions substantially similar in area and substance to those in the current Plan. We refer you to the project background video on the website here referring to the Design Charter/Dartmouth Park Neighbourhood Forum Plan and Highgate Plan requesting for area improvements. As the information is publicly available it is excepted under Regulation 6(1)(b). 11. Section 1.3 of that Report states that" The actions available to the Committee, in line with the Council's petitions scheme, are as follows ... ". It then describes three, and only three, possible courses of action. But paragraph 6.13(c) of the Council 's scheme published on its website says that "the Committee shall take a decision on what should be done, including that ... ", and then sets out three possibilities that are included among the things which might be done. (a) Why does the Report indicate that the three options were the only options open to the Committee? (b) Does the Council agree that in fact the Committee had power to grant the petitioners what they wanted? (c) If so, why wasn't this drawn to the attention of the Committee? This is not a valid request for information as you are asking for a an opinion. However the report to the Committee set out the options available to the Committee when considering a petition as specified in the Petition Scheme. The petition asked for the extension of the Dartmouth Park scheme consultation. It is not within the powers of the Scrutiny Committee to extend a consultation. Had the Committee been of the view that the consultation should have been extended, it would have needed to refer the matter to the relevant decision making body, which was one of the three options available to the Committee set out in the report. 12. The Council's Air Quality Annual Status Report for 2023 shows that no road within the area of the proposed Plan has a pollution level higher than the interim target for 2026 in the Clean Air Action Plan 2023-26 (30mcg per m3 of NO2). Please explain whether the Council considers that the roads outside the area onto which the local and through traffic is likely to be displaced have higher, or lower, levels than most streets inside the area. All of the Council’s diffusion tube air quality monitoring data for 2023 is presented in the Air Quality Annual Status Report 2023; this includes sites outside of the scheme boundary area. Diffusion tube data for 2023 show that there was variability in measured annual mean NO2 concentrations across the monitoring sites within and outside the scheme boundary. More diffusion tubes have been installed in the area to further document air quality for Dartmouth Park and the data from these additional monitoring locations will be published alongside data from the existing monitoring network. 13. Please state whether any employees of the Council whose responsibilities involve the Dartmouth Park Area Healthy Neighbourhood Scheme reside in, or own property in, any of these streets: Chetwynd Road, Churchill Road, Spencer Rise or York Rise; and if so how many employees. (I am not asking for any names, just numbers). I can confirm that London Borough of Camden holds the response to the information you requested. You can find this information on the Council’s Open Data Portal here and typing CAM9124 into the 2nd search box half was down the web page. As the information requested is already reasonably accessible elsewhere it is excepted under Regulation 6(1)(b). 14. 14. Please state whether any employees of the Council have as a performance target (however expressed) actual implementation of a local traffic management plan for the area, or part of the area, covered by the currently published plan, and if so how many employees and whether their remuneration can be increased by meeting that target. (A gain, I am not asking for names, just numbers.) I can confirm that London Borough of Camden holds the response to the information you requested. You can find this information on the Council’s Open Data Portal here and typing CAM9124 into the 2nd search box half was down the web page. As the information requested is already reasonably accessible elsewhere it is excepted under Regulation 6(1)(b). 15. (a) Has the Council issued any guidance to its officials about reports to a committee of the Council? (b) In particular, does that guidance encourage officials to develop only lines of thought which support the recommended course of action; or to give a more balanced view, mentioning also factors in support of different courses of action? The Council does provide some report writing guidance to officers - it asks officers to set out all options available to the body to which the report is being submitted. Advice and Assistance: We have created FAQs of the many previous Dartmouth Park Healthy Neighbourhood scheme information requests which we advise you to read. It can be found here . Please consider all that has been provided before making further requests. We advise you to read the Information Commissioner’s Office’s advice on how to access information from a public authority , specifically their “Top tips” as well as how to write an effective request before making further information requests. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner ’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Philip Lewis Information Rights Officer2025-02-21T00:00:00CAM91802025-01-07T00:00:00recruitment agency spend on unregulated placements for under 16s in 2023 and 2024Date: 07/01/2025 Ref: CAM9180 Dear Requester, Thank you for your request for information dated 04/12/2024 about recruitment agency spend on unregulated placements for under 16s in 2023 and 2024. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested and the answers to your questions are as follows: 1) What was the recruitment agency spend on unregulated placements for children under the age of 16 in 2023 (01/01/23 - 31/12/23)? * Nil. 2) How many children under the age of 16 were placed in an unregulated environment in 2023 (01/01/23 - 31/12/23)? * 2. 3) What is the recruitment agency spend on unregulated placements for children under the age of 16 in 2024 (01/01/24 to date)? * Nil. 4) How many children under the age of 16 have been placed in an unregulated environment in 2024 (01/01/24 to date)? * 6. *by 'recruitment agency' I am referring to an external staffing supplier who provides support staff to the Local Authority *by 'unregulated placements' and 'unregulated environment' I am referring to environments that have not been registered with Ofsted, this could include air bnb or booking.com properties, caravans, camp sites etc Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Lorna Jonas-Tinson Information Rights Officer2025-02-21T00:00:00CAM92032025-01-10T00:00:00refugee schemes operating in the council for budget year 2022/23 and 2023/24Date: 10/01/2025 Ref: CAM9203 Dear Requester, Thank you for your request for information dated 09/12/2024 about refugee schemes operating in the council for budget year 2022/23 and 2023/24 . We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested and the answers to your questions are as follows: 1a) Please let me know if the council has ever leased any properties from third parties on behalf of refugees? The Council does not lease properties to house refugees. 1b) Please let me know how many the council leased in financial years 2022/2023 & 2023/2024, and how many it currently leases as of picking up this request. Not applicable. Please see the response to question 1 above. 2a) Has the council ever been granted funds from any government schemes in order to assist refugees? (For example; UK Resettlement Scheme (UKRS), Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme (ACRS), Ukraine Family Scheme, Homes for Ukraine, and/or any other). Please name any and all schemes. - Refugee Housing Programme (RHP) and Local Authority Housing Fund (LAHF) - Homes for Ukraine Tariff Funding - Afghan Citizen Resettlement Scheme & Afghan Relocation and Assistance Policy Funding 2b) Please let me know how much the council has received from such government schemes year-by-year since the financial year beginning April 2021. Name of scheme 2021/22 £m 2022/23 £m 2023/24 £m 2024/25 forecast £m Refugee Housing Programme and Local Authority Housing Fund (capital grant funding - see Q3 for details) 0 0 27.653 1.221 Homes for Ukraine Tariff Funding 0 2.072 2.242 2.420 Afghan Citizen Resettlement Scheme & Afghan Relocation and Assistance Policy Funding 0 0 0.215 0.875 London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk 3) Please let me know how much was spent through the council assisting refugees with housing, in the financial years 2022/2023 & 2023/2024. >By housing/properties, we mean any form of accommodation organised for refugees. >By refugees, we mean the types that have recourse to public funds, those who have the following statuses: - Indefinite leave to enter or remain (unless they are granted indefinite leave as an adult dependent relative) - Right of abode - Refugee status - Humanitarian protection - Leave to remain granted under the Ukraine Scheme - Leave to remain granted under the family or private life rules, when they have been accepted by the Home Office as being destitute or at risk of imminent destitution - Leave to remain granted to a person who has received a conclusive grounds decision that they are a victim of trafficking or modern- day slavery - Unaccompanied Asylum-Seeking Child (UASC) leave Capital expenditure The total expenditure on homes part-funded by the Refugee Housing Programme and Local Authority Housing Fund is £58.963m. This is the capital expenditure for all new builds and acquisition that have been part-funded by refugee capital funding. The funding was part of a multi-year capital project which took place over a number of years both before and after fiscal years 2022/23 and 2023/24. It is for all years and cannot easily be broken down by budget year. It is important to note that the properties do not have to be used as refugee housing in perpetuity, so we cannot state that all of this expenditure was used to house refugees. Revenue expenditure Afghan schemes The Council has not incurred any revenue expenditure housing Afghan refugees. Afghan refugees pay their own rent using income from work or benefits. If they become homeless, then they treated in the same way as other households and may qualify for homelessness assistance. The Council does not specifically record refugee status in its data. Homes for Ukraine The Council spent £1k in 2022/23 and £353k in 2023/24 on landlord incentives and rent top-ups for Ukrainian refugees. The Homes for Ukraine grant funded this in accordance with the grant conditions. Other refugees If refugees who have recourse to public funds become homeless, then they treated in the same way as other households and may qualify for homelessness assistance. The Council does not specifically record refugee status in its data. UASC In common with many local authorities, Camden look after some unaccompanied asylum- seeking children (UASC) under an agreement with the Home Office for which it receives funding. However, UASC do not have refugee status and so expenditure has not been included here. Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Lorna Jonas-Tinson Information Rights Officer2025-02-21T00:00:00CAM92202025-01-30T00:00:00supported exempt accommodation in CamdenDate: 30/01/2025 Ref: CAM9220 Dear Requester, Thank you for your request for information dated 10/12/2024 about supported exempt accommodation in Camden. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The Council does not hold the information requested. The answers to your questions are as follows: • Please provide a list of all the organisations who provide Support Exempt Accommodation in the borough? We do not hold or record the information requested. • How many Claims of Support Exempt Accommodation has there been in the borough, within the last financial year? We do not hold or record the information requested. • What is the total expenditure in the last financial year by the Council on eligible service charges for Support Exempt Accommodation? Not applicable. They have clarified: In England and Wales, "supported exempt accommodation" refers to specific types of housing that are exempt from the benefit cap, and which fall in the designation which allows for higher Housing Benefit payments to cover the additional costs associated with providing care, support, or supervision to residents. Some supported accommodation is known as ‘exempt’ because it is exempt from the usual caps on housing benefit levels, meaning residents can receive a higher amount of housing benefit than usual. This additional housing benefit usually assists with the costs of providing care and support. I am particularly interested in the names and numbers of supported exempt accommodation providers who are Community Interest Companies. The legal definition of "supported exempt accommodation" is outlined in the Supported Housing (Regulatory Oversight) Act 2023. According to Section 12 of the Act, it includes: London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk 1. Accommodation provided by: • A non-metropolitan county council in England. • A housing association. • A registered charity. • A voluntary organisation. In these cases, the provider or a person acting on their behalf must also offer residents care, support, or supervision. 2. Managed properties in England: • Accommodation provided by a relevant body where a person has been admitted to meet a need for care, support, or supervision, and where that person receives such services. 3. Refuges in England: • Accommodation provided to individuals who have left their homes due to domestic violence, consisting of buildings used wholly or mainly for the non-permanent accommodation of such individuals. 4. Local authority hostels in England: • Accommodation that would be considered a hostel but for being owned or managed by a relevant authority, where residents receive care, support, or supervision. Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Lorna Jonas-Tinson Information Rights Officer2025-02-21T00:00:00CAM92712025-01-17T00:00:00the number of households classified as homeless and placed in temporary accommodation for the past five yearsDate: 17/01/2025 Ref: CAM9271 Dear Requester, Thank you for your request for information dated 16/12/2024 about the number of households classified as homeless and placed in temporary accommodation for the past five years. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested. However, we are withholding all of the information because it is exempt as explained below. We have explained where we are withholding information and what exemptions apply. Please see the refusal notices at the end of the answers which explain how and why they apply. To gather information regarding the number of individuals and families classified as homeless and placed in “temporary accommodation” throughout the year. • Monthly Homelessness Data in Temporary Accommodation • Monthly Counts of Individuals and Households in Temporary Accommodation: For each month in the past five years (2019-2024), please provide the total number of individuals and households recorded as homeless and residing in “temporary accommodation.” Include a breakdown of the types of accommodation provided (e.g., hotels, B&Bs, hostels, caravans, shelters). Please categorise those in temporary accommodation as follows: • Single parents with children, identifying mothers and fathers separately if possible. • Individuals without children. • Family units, classified by family size (e.g., mother, father, and one child; mother, father, and two children, etc.). We are applying section 12, Freedom of Information Act to this request. Please see the refusal notice set out below. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Refusal notice: Section 12: Cost of Compliance Exceeds the Appropriate Limit We are refusing your request under section 12 on cost grounds because we estimate that compliance with your request will exceed the "appropriate limit". This is £450 which is equivalent to 18 hours at £25 per hour. The per hour figure is set by Regulations rather than actual salary paid to any officers handling requests. The appropriate limit includes the time it will take the council to discover if it holds the information requested, to locate it, extract it and collate it as well as putting it into any particular format requested by the requester. Once the Council has ascertained that the appropriate limit will be reached it does not need to estimate the time that would be needed for the remainder of the request, there is no obligation on the Council to work on a request until the 18 hours limit is reached. Once it is calculated that the limit will be reached the entire request may be refused. You have requested information on individuals and households placed into temporary accommodation for the past five years broken down by monthly counts. The council does not hold the information requested in an easily accessible or reportable format. We cannot provide data to the detail requested due to limitations of our temporary accommodation data systems. We are undergoing a large data migration project between data systems, which is affecting our capacity to access and analyse data more efficiently. This migration process adds an additional layer of complexity and time to the task of retrieving the information requested, if held. We note in the quarterly period July-September 2023, 633 households were identified as being in temporary accommodation. To provide the information requested a council officer would have to manually read the notes of each case file and gather the information per household to then calculate the average time spent in temporary accommodation. Based on a sample of 10 cases where some case notes were unclear, it took approx. 3 minutes per case to gather and analyse the data. We have calculated to provide the information for all 633 case files would take approx. 31.65 hours. To review data for the full calendar year would take approx. four times as long and total in excess of 125 hours. To review the data for the full five -year period would take significantly longer. This exceeds the 18 hours’ appropriate limit set by the Act. Advice and Assistance You could make a new request for the information requested in a few months when the data migration is completed, and the data can be extracted more quickly. Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Lorna Jonas-Tinson Information Rights Officer2025-02-21T00:00:00CAM92922025-01-21T00:00:00number of women aged 16-25 years subject to child protection proceedings during or after their pregnancyDate: 21/01/2025 Ref: CAM9292 Dear Requester, Thank you for your request for information dated 18/12/2024 about the number of women aged 16-25 years subject to child protection proceedings during or after their pregnancy. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested and the answers to your questions are as follows: 1. As of 1st December 2024, does your local authority collect data on how many women aged between 16-25 years old in your local authority are subjected to child protection proceedings during and or after their pregnancy? Yes. We have made the following assumptions in order to respond to your r equest: • ‘Are subjected to child protection proceedings,’ we have interpreted this as any mother, child subject to a child protection plan. • The mother of the child being between the age of 16-25 at any stage during pregnancy. We do not collate data on when the mother became pregnant, we have assumed nine months before the child’s expected date of birth. • We can only assess if the mother has experienced care within Camden’s services, we do not know if an individual experienced care at another local authority. • The statement of ‘during or after their pregnancy’ is ambiguous because no timeframe for ‘after’ has been provided, this leaves the question open ended and in theory could mean all child protection plans. As such we have evaluated child protection plans that were registered prior to the date of birth of the child. • ‘Decided that the child was to be removed from the birth mother’s care’ we have interpreted this as if the child has become ‘looked after’ and is not in a placement type ‘Placed with own parents or other person with parental responsibility.’ London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk 2. If ‘Yes’ to question 1, how many women aged between 16 -25 years old in your local authority were subjected to child protection proceedings during and or after their pregnancy during the financial year 2023- 24? During the financial year 2023/24, 15 unborn children were subject to a child protection plan and mother was between the ages 16-25 years. 3. Please breakdown the figures provided in Question 2 for the 16 –25-year-old women into the outcome of child protection case: • It was decided that the child was to be removed from the birth mother’s care - 2. • It was decided that the child was not to be removed from the birth mother’s care - 13. • The birth mother is still involved in child protection plan. Birth mother always involved unless the child becomes ‘looked after.’ 4. As of 1st December 2024, does your local authority collect data on how many care-experienced women (e.g. a young woman who as a child was in the care of a local authority for more than 24 hours) aged between 16 -25 years old are subjected to child protection proceedings during or after their pregnancy? Yes. 5. If ‘Yes’ to question 4, how many care-experienced women aged between 16-25 years old in your local authority were subjected to child protection proceedings during and or after their pregnancy during the financial year 2023 -24? During the financial year 2023/24 no unborn child was subject to a child protection plan, mother was between the ages 16-25 years and care experienced. 6. Please breakdown the figures provided in Question 5 for care -experienced women 16–25-year-old women into the outcome of child protection case: • It was decided that the child was to be removed from the birth mother’s care - 0. • It was decided that the child was not to be removed from the birth mother’s care - 0. • The birth mother is still involved in child protection plan. Birth mother always involved unless the child becomes ‘looked after.’ 7. Does your local authority have a specific support service in place to help care-experienced mothers during or after their pregnancy? No. We do not have any specialist service in place for Care Experienced mothers. We do have Pause in place. Pause is a service that can be offered to parents post proceedings where they have been separated from their child and placed permanently outside of their care. The Pause project aims to work with parents to reduce further proceedings and address the personal issues that the mother has, while taking a Pause from pregnancy the Pause worker progresses a bespoke plan with the parent to address their difficult ies at their pace. Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Lorna Jonas-Tinson Information Rights Officer2025-02-21T00:00:00CAM92972025-02-10T00:00:00the provision of care facilitiesDate: 10/02/2025 Case reference : CAM9297London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 19/12/2024 about the provision of care facilities.  We have dealt with this under the  Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested.  However, we are withholding the information because it is excepted as explained below.  We have explained what exceptions apply.  Please see the refusal notice which explains how and why they apply. Please provide all information relating to contact between Anil Varma or his companies ( including those in the  Harrison Varma group) and the council officers and councilors in the  Health, Wellbeing and Adult Social Care department ( to include notes of all meetings correspondence and decisions reached within the department and any internal communications within the department and between the HWASC and other departments within the council ( including the planning department)  in relation to the provision of care facilities  and its financing and particularly the proposed development of  the Mansfield Bowling Club site Croftdown Road NW5 1EP You clarified your request on 06 January 2025: Councillor Anna Wright is listed as being the Camden Cabinat Minister for "Health, Welbeing ans Social Care". You have siad that there is no such departement. It appears that the department which covers the provision of social care including care homes is designated in your strucure chart as "Adults and Health integration supporting people" . Howvever there is also a  sub-department of "Health and Welbeing " listed. I would like the request to cover the Health and Welbeing department run by Kirsten Watters  if  this is the department which councillor Anna Wright as her cabinet post  or else to alsoi cover the Health, Welbeing and Social Care " department if her remit as cabinet member also spans this letter department.1. The list of companies I am iteested in you searchingfor are IJB Varma Ltd ; Harrison Varma ( The Bishops Avenue) Limited; Harrison Varma ConsultancyLimitd ; HV Property Management Limited ; HV PROPERTY MANAGEMENT LIMITED  ; HARRISON VARMA DEVELOPMENTS LIMITED ; HARRISON VARMA (24 GRANGE ROAD) LIMITED ; HARRISON VARMA DESIGN SERVICES LIMITED  ; HARRISON VARMA DEVELOPMENTS LIMITED ; HARRISON VARMA LIMITED ; Longwood (TBA) LLP; Harrison Varma and using domain name "harrisonvarma.co.uk" and any company containning the string "Harrison Varma" (with or without capitals and spaces) and any company using the name "Kanda Consulting" and domain name"Kandaconsulting.co.uk" and Wolff Architects and domain "wolffarchitects.co.uk" and SM Planning and domain name "smplanning.com" and Anil Varma in a personal capacity ( including such correspondence using a.varma@harrisonvarma.co.uk ) The information has been withheld because it is excepted under the EIR 2004 – please see the exception notices set out below. Refusal Notice The exceptions that apply are: regulation 12(5)b which states “a public authority may refuse to disclose information to the extent that its disclosure would adversely affect the course of justice, the ability of a person to receive a fair trial or the ability of a public authority to conduct an inquiry of a criminal or disciplinary nature.” Information concerning legal advice protected by Legal Professional Privilege (LPP) has been withheld.  LPP covers communications between lawyers and their clients for obtaining legal advice.  The exception has been applied to protect the confidential relationship between lawyer and client, to ensure openness between them, and safeguard access to fully informed, realistic and frank legal advice.This exception is subject to a public interest test. The public interest arguments for releasing this information are as follows: It would improve the transparency of the decision-making process.• It will allow the council’s decisions to be examined and held to account.• The public interest arguments for withholding the information are as follows : There is very strong inherent public interest in maintaining LPP and allowing the council to take legal advice in a confidential way.  Disclosure of the legal advice could prejudice the Council’s ability to defend or prosecute its legal interests, by unfairly exposing its legal position to challenge, or by disclosing its approach to and tactics in legal areas.• The Council received confidential legal advice in relation to this matter. It is in the public interest that the decisions taken by the Council are taken in a fully informed legal context.• Such legal advice was of a comprehensive nature and without it the quality of the Council’s decision making would have been reduced which would be contrary to the public interest.• The council has concluded that the public interest in withholding the information outweighs the interest in disclosing it. There is a presumption in favour of disclosure in the  regulations and we have considered whether this overrides the public interest test conclusion and have concluded that it does not. Regulation 12(5)e a public authority may refuse to disclose information to the extent that the request involves the disclosure of internal communications The information concerns internal communication where various options and opinions are proposed, discussed and debated and where there is a free and frank provision of advice or exchange of views.  The council must have the necessary space to think in private and where discussions are not intended for external disclosure. In applying this qualified exemption, we have had to balance the public interest in withholding the information against the interest in favour of disclosure. The public interest arguments for releasing this information are as follows: it would improve transparency about the contents of internal communications• it would enable the public to know the views of planners and adult social care practitioners•The public interest arguments for withholding the information are as follows: the release of such information would harm the frankness and candour of the exchange of views in the future and thereby prejudice what is a valuable exchange of views and opinions on the issues which by informing both parties ultimately increases the value of decision making by the council• l releasing the views of planners and adult social care practitioners and there opinions may confuse the public that they were intended to be made public or represented council policy rather than being given in confidence to appropriately inform the council’s decision making at that particular time without necessarily representing either parties’ final views or being entirely consistent with whatever final decision was made.• We have decided that the public interest in withholding the information outweighs the public interest in disclosing it. We considered whether the presumption in favour of disclosure in the regulations overrides the decision to withhold and have concluded that it does not. Regulation 12(5)(f) – The public authority may refuse to disclose information to the extent that  disclosure would adversely affect the interests of the person who provided the information where  that person (i) was not under, and could not have been put under, any legal obligation to supply it  to that or any other public authority; (ii) did not supply it in circumstances such that that or any  other public authority is entitled apart from these Regulations to disclose it; and (iii) has not  consented to its disclosure, and: Regulation 12(5)e which covers the confidentiality of commercial or industrial information where such confidentiality is provided by law to protect a legitimate economic interest The interests and commercial interests of Camden and Harrison Varma are concerned as the information concerns a development being considered for planning permission which would affect the legitimate economic interests of both.  The commercial interests of Camden Council are also affecgted. Developments in the local area will inevitably affect the local economy and are also integral to the successful operation of the developer.  Therefore, they are a legitimate economic interest of both which the confidentiality is designed to protect. Disclosure would have an adverse impact on the progression of the planning process and future negotiating positions of the parties. Disclosure into the public domain would inevitably harm the confidentiality of the information and be a breach of the council’s obligation imposed by the common law of confidence.In applying this qualified exemption, we have had to balance the public interest in withholding the information against the interest in favour of disclosure. The public interest arguments for releasing this information are as follows: improving transparency in decision making during the planning process• to ensure accountability of the authority in corresponding with developers• The public interest arguments for withholding the information are as follows: disclosure would harm the legitimate commercial interests of the parties involved it is not in the public interest to release information that could negatively influence future negotiations as this could have an adverse effect on value for money for the council• It is not in the public interest to disclose information that would be likely to damage the commercial interests of a developer, as this could lead to financial problems for them and/or job losses• it is not in the public interest to damage the council’s commercial interests, as this affects the local economy and how it spends public money and the services it can provide to residents and other stakeholders• We have decided that the public interest in withholding the information outweighs the public interest in disclosing it. We considered whether the presumption in favour of disclosure in the regulations overrides the decision to withhold and have concluded that it does not. Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk , Telephone: 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website https://www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Peter Williams Information Rights Officer2025-02-21T00:00:00CAM93062025-01-23T00:00:00children’s centres and family hubs in CamdenDate: 23/01/2025 Ref: CAM9306 Dear Requester, Thank you for your request for information dated 20/12/2024 about children’s centres and family hubs in Camden. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested and the answers to your questions are as follows: The following questions have been sent to all local authorities in England. The Centre for Young Lives is a new independent think tank, founded and led by former Children’s Commissioner for England Anne Longfield CBE, which is dedicated to improving the life chances of children and young people – especially those that are growing up in adversity. We are asking for this information as part of our research into the delivery of integrated, place based early intervention support for children and families, including the potential for, and barriers to, further development. We will use this information to highlight the benefits of such support and advocate to the Treasury for greater funding through the 2025 comprehensive spending review to enable local authorities to provide more early intervention services like children’s centres and family hubs. We know how important this preventative support is in preventing future problems from storing up, bringing down need, and ultimately, bringing down local authority spending on costly crisis intervention. We are grateful for your support in this research. 1. How many children’s centres and family hubs, operated or funded by your council or delivered in your local authority area, were open in 2023/2024. Please provide a break down by: a) children’s centres b) family hubs c) centres by another name London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk If you have this information, please also provide the postcode for each of these centres or hubs. a) Children’s centres b) Family hubs c) Centres by another name Hampden, NW1 1HQ 1A Children Centre & Family Hub, EC1R 4SR Nil Somers Town, NW1 1SR Agar Children Centre & Family Hub, NW1 9SU Harmood Children Centre & Family Hub, NW1 8DQ Kilburn Grange Children Centre & Family Hub, NW6 2JL Regents Park Children Centre & Family Hub, NW1 3TJ 2. Please complete the table below providing your total budget and spend on children’s centres and/or family hubs in 2023/2024 and budget for 2024/25. If you have this information, please provide a break down by each centre or hub. Please also list the funding sources for your children’s centres and/or family hubs. Where there are partner contributions or co-commissioned services, please specify. Within the Integrated Early Years Service at Camden Council, our centres do not hold their own budgets. We provide services on a borough wide basis and cannot disaggregate expenditure by each children’s centre or family hub. Below are figures containing budget and spend for our boroughwide services . Budget 2023/24 (£) Spend 2023/24 (£) Budget 2024/25 (£) Net budgets excluding Cen tral Service Recharges (overheads) 7,031,300 7,120,563 7,543,245 Total Department for Education (DfE) funding 2,401,560 2,094,735 1,941,450 DfE funding: Supporting Families -861,300 -987,700 -861,300 DfE funding: Family Hubs -1,540,260 -1,107,035 -1,080,150 Total statutory partner/agency funding: Central North West London NHS trust: -90,000 -90,000 -90,000 3. How many children’s centres or family hubs do you expect to be available in your local authority 2024/5. Children’s centres - 3 Family hubs - 5 4. If you have this information, please let us know how many children and families used these centres in the last financial year (2023/24). Please provide a breakdown by each centre, if you have this information. Please also provide a breakdown by the age of the children supported by these centres or hubs using the following categories, if you have this information: 0 -4, 5-11, 11+ Camden has a network of youth hubs that work alongside our family hubs and provide services for children aged over 11. As explained above we cannot breakdown the information requested by each children centre and family hub. We have provided an age breakdown of children supported by children’s centres and family hubs in 2023/24. Number of children and families using children ’s centres and family hubs in 2023/24 Total Children aged 0 -4 years 5,973 Children aged 5 -11 years 451 Children aged 11+ years Not applicable - services provided by youth hubs 5. If you have this information, in the text box below, please list which of the following services are offered by children’s centres or family hubs in your local authority area in 2023/24. If the service is provided within the centre, but delivered by an external provider, please specify. Examples of services might include: health visiting sessions; childcare; parenting or family support; support for mental health, addition, or domestic abuse; pre-natal support; SEND support, support around engagement with school, including attendance; culturally specific support for racially minoritised children and families; activities for different age groups, including 0-4s; 5-11s; over 11s. List of services offered by children’s centres and family hubs in 2023/24. Service Internal / External Provider Stay & Play Internal Provider Circle of Security Internal Provider Tiny Talkers Internal Provider Baby Bonding Internal Provider Bump to Baby Internal Provider Health Visiting Appointments External Provider Best Start for Baby External Provider Childcare / Nurseries Internal Provider Family Support Internal Provider Post-Natal External Provider Pre-Natal External Provider SEND Support Internal Provider School Readiness Internal Provider Employment Internal Provider Welfare Rights Internal Provider Midwifery External Provider 6. Please attach your council’s overarching plan or strategy for children’s centres and/or family hubs in your area. Sorry, this information is not available at the time of your request . The strategy for children’s centres and family hubs is currently under development. 7. Please also attach your Section 251 returns on Sure Start children’s centres and other spend on children under 5-years-old. The information requested is publicly available on the government services and information website - GOV.UK. Please enter the following links into your web browser to view tables for: Planned expenditure on the children's and young people's services budget (unrounded data), Data set from Planned LA and school expenditure - Explore education statistics - GOV.UK. Filter by ‘time period,’ ‘la_name’ and ‘category_of_planned_expenditure’ to read section 251 budget submissions ‘3.0.5 Total Sure Start Childrens Centres and Early Years Funding.’ LA expenditure on children's services - unrounded data, Data set from LA and school expenditure - Explore education statistics - GOV.UK. Filter by ‘time period,’ ‘la_name’ and ‘description_of_expenditure’ to read section 251 outturn submissions ‘3.0.5 Total Sure Start Childrens Centres and Early Years Funding.’ As the information requested is already reasonably accessible elsewhere it is exempt under the absolute exemption in Section 21. Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Lorna Jonas-Tinson Information Rights Officer2025-02-21T00:00:00CAM93192025-01-23T00:00:00the number of temporary accommodation units, rate of pay per bed size, length of stayDate: 23/01/2025 Ref: CAM9319 Dear Requester, Thank you for your request for information dated 23/12/2024 about the number of temporary accommodation units, rate of pay per bed size, length of stay. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested. However, we are withholding all of the information because it is exempt as explained below. We have explained where we are withholding information and what exemptions apply. Please see the refusal notices at the end of the answers which explain how and why they apply. Question 1. Do you currently use nightly paid temporary accommodation? Question 2. How much do you pay for nightly based temporary accommodation on the following size properties: HMO Room Studio 1 Bed 2 Bed 3 Bed 4 Bed Question 3. How many units of nightly based temporary accommodation do you currently use? Question 4. How many singles and families do you current ly have in a hotel or B&B? Question 5. How many of those singles or families have been in the hotel or B&B accommodation for more than 54 days? Question 6. Is your temporary accommodation via a tender or fixed contract currently? Please see the exemption notice set out below. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Refusal notice: Section 12: Cost of Compliance Exceeds the Appropriate Limit We are refusing your request under section 12 on cost grounds because we estimate that compliance with your request will exceed the "appropriate limit". This is £450 which is equivalent to 18 hours at £25 per hour. The per hour figure is set by Regulations rather than actual salary paid to any officers handling requests. The appropriate limit includes the time it will take the council to discover if it holds the information requested, to locate it, extract it and collate it as well as putting it into any particular format requested by the requester. The information you are seeking for question 2 is not readily available. This is because the agreements for determining the rates applied to the procurement of temporary accommodation in London are complex. The Local Housing Allowance (LHA) rate given for a household is the starting point for determining the cost of placing a household in temporary accommodation. The rates vary for each household according to the size and location of their temporary accommodation and is set nationally by the Valuation Office Agency (VOA). Camden is one of the boroughs that has committed to procure temporary accommodation at the Pan-London rates, in line with the Inter Borough Accommodation Agreement (IBAA) administered by the West London Alliance. The VOA divides London into a geography of Broad Rental Market Areas (BRMA), each having different rates for temporary accommodation that cuts across borough boundaries. The IBAA procurement agreement allows each borough to pay slightly different rates for properties in the same BRMA. For questions 3, 4 and 5, you have requested information on individuals and households placed into temporary accommodation for the current period. The council does not hold the information requested in an easily accessible or reportable format. We cannot provide data to the detail requested due to limitations of our temporary accommodation data systems. We are undergoing a large data migration project between data systems, which is affecting our capacity to access and analyse data more efficiently. This migration process adds an additional layer of complexity and time to the task of retrieving the information requested, if held. We note in the quarterly period July-September 2023, 633 households were identified as being in temporary accommodation. For question 2 t o calculate the maximum rate of each placement would require the creation of a data set for analysis by a council officer. It is estimated to extract and review the data for a single record would take approx. 5 minutes. To provide the information requested for questions 3, 4 and 5 would require a council officer to generate a list of households currently in temporary accommodation, manually read individual case file notes to gather and extract data relating to the individual/family and whether their length of stay exceeded 54 days. Based on a sample of 10 cases where some case notes were unclear, it took approx. 3 minutes per case to gather and analyse the data. The combined time taken to complete questions 2-5 per case file is 8 minutes. We have calculated to provide the information for all 633 case files in this snapshot of data would take approx. 84.4 hours. This significantly exceeds the 18 hours’ appropriate limit set by the Act. Advice and Assistance You could submit questions 1 and 6 as a new request and make a new request for questions 3, 4 and 5 in a few months when the data migration is completed, and the data can be extracted more quickly. Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Lorna Jonas-Tinson Information Rights Officer2025-02-21T00:00:00CAM93422025-01-30T00:00:00Gospel Oak 7&8Date: 30/01/2025 Ref: CAM9342 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 03/01/2025 about Gospel Oak 7&8. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds some of the information requested. Re: Gospel Oak 7&8 1) Our understanding is that one valve per flat was required. Given some of the pipe encasement was already closed up and no work appears to have happened in these locations, can you please forward the documentation and proof of installation of the valves? The documentation you have requested is not currently available, as the works are still in progress and have not yet been handed over to Camden by our principal contractor. As -built drawings, which will detail the location of the installed check valves, wi ll be provided as part of the project handover documentation upon completion of the works. These drawings will offer a clear record of the installed valves, including their precise locations, ensuring full transparency and alignment with the project’s scope and requirements. 2) Please document that the letter went to the majority of residents within a reasonable time of approx. 5 working days after the date on the letterhead. Royal mail does not offer proof of delivery on its first class delivery service. As a precaution we did reissue the letter that you expressed concern about. 3) We have asked how you have communicated the help available to individual vulnerable people affected given you missed to mention it in the letter you sent out. Please document the steps you have undertaken specifically to help with bills etc. The Capital Works team has worked with housing, adult social care and NHS staff to achieve the right outcomes for individual residents where support has been required. This work is based on the particular needs of the resident and the support provided has to be specific and personal to them. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner ’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Philip Lewis Information Rights Officer2025-02-21T00:00:00CAM93432025-01-23T00:00:00Complaints, correspondence and contract about Lime BikesDate: 23/01/2025 Ref: CAM9343 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 03/01/2025 about Complaints, correspondence and contract about Lime Bikes. We have dealt with this under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested. However we are withholding some of the information because it is excepted as explained below. We have explained where we are withholding information and what exceptions apply. Please see the refusal notices at the end of the answers which explain how and why they apply. I wish to raise a complaint regarding Lime bikes. This is a photo taken this morning near the intersection of Primrose Hill road & King Henry’s road in Primrose Hill. Dumped bikes lying across the footpath are a regular occurrence around here. In fact there were literally 30 plus bikes all lying on the ground yesterday on Ainger Road . It is detracting from everyone’s enjoyment of the area as well as an obstacle to those with restricted mobility as well as young & old alike. I would like to know the following 1. how many complaints regarding Lime Bikes in the Camden council area have been made either to Lime bikes or Camden council for the year ending 31 December 2024 2 What steps have Camden council taken to address these complaints with Lime bikes . 3 what contractual penalties are available to Camden council with regards to Lime Bikes. This can be considered a Freedom of information request . I would also like all correspondence between Lime Bikes & Camden council staff members as well as a copy of the contract that permits Lime Bikes to operate in the Camden council area. The Council will not process your request as it falls under an exception in the EIR 2004 because the cost or burden of dealing with your request is manifestly unreasonable. See the refusal notice below. Refusal Notice: Under Regulation 12(4)(b) it would be considered manifestly unreasonable to provide a response to your request because the cost of compliance, and burden of dealing with your request, is excessive. The exception protects the Council’s ability to carry out its public functions and provides a balance between transparency and the protection of resources. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk The lead officer for hire bike services has received 3 ,608 emails with the word “Lime” mentioned between 01/01/24 and 31/12/24. To assess the content of the emails to see if they were a complaint or something else would be estimated to take at least 2 minutes per email which would be over 120 hours. Advice and Assistance: As advice and assistance I can informally advise you of the steps that Camden Council have taken to address complaints with Lime bikes. Borough officers work closely with the hire bike and E - scooter providers to ensure services are managed and delivered in a safe manner and any issues are addressed quickly. Steps that Camden officers take include: • Installing a network of 200+ dedicated parking bays so far and our continually working to ensure there is sufficient bay capacity to meet demand. • Regular contract management meetings with operators to review services and discuss any issues and solutions. • Monitoring of agreed KPIs within contracts and agreeing any actions necessary to improve these. • Agreed a list of high priority parking bays with operators that will be monitored and visited more frequently to tidy and remove any excess vehicles. These bays are largely those busiest and most popular with users. • A Camden Education and Enforcement officer monitors and visits bays across the borough and reports any concerns directly to operators. • Currently investigating improved technology for more accurate GPS in bays. • Mystery shopper rides of vehicles to check safety, condition, and accessibility of vehicles. • Noting where changes can be made to parking bays to address any local issues. The boroughs contract with the hire providers has no direct penalties included, however the contract has key performance indicators which are monitored and reported on as part of regular contract management meetings. The contract is already published on the FOI response portal here and typing CAM5411 into the 2nd search box, Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Philip Lewis Information Rights Officer2025-02-21T00:00:00CAM93452025-01-24T00:00:00information of all street trading licenses, and the permitted timings and the products they are permitted to sell, in HolbornDate: 24/01/2025 Ref: CAM9345 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 02/01/2025 about information of all street trading licenses, and the permitted timings and the products they are permitted to sell, in Holborn. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested. I would like to request information of all street trading licenses, and the permitted timings and the products they are permitted to sell, in Holborn. Clarified: I mean Holborn the area, near the station specifically (WC2B). The list below is for WC2 B postcode only. A licence is issued for 3 years subject to review of timings and commodities change upon variation request from a trader. Trader Commodities timing location 1 TRAVEL GOODS & ACCESSORIES (LUGGAGE) 7am to 7pm Opp Holborn Station 2 NEWSPAPERS, MAGAZINES & CONFECTIONERY HOT DRINKS -Coffee 7am to 7pm Opp Holborn Station 3 FRUIT AND VEGETABLES, Hot and Cold drinks, cakes and pastries 7am to 7pm Temporary relocated trader due to works at original site 4 FLOWERS – CUT OR UNCUT FLOWERS & PLANTS, PLANT POTS, BULBS, SEEDS, PLANT FOOD, CHRISTMAS TREES, HOLLY & MISTLETOE 7am to 7pm Opp Holborn Station 5 Fruits and Vegetables 7am to 7pm TWYFORD PLACE 6 Flowers 7am to 7pm TWYFORD PLACE Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner ’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Philip Lewis Information Rights Officer2025-02-21T00:00:00CAM93482025-01-22T00:00:00Private Landlord Property InformationDate: 22/01/2025 Ref: CAM9348 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 30/12/2024 about Private Landlord Property Information. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds some of the information requested. Re: Freedom of Information Request – Private Landlord Property Information I am writing to request, under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 in your jurisdiction, a list of all properties owned by private residential landlords within Camden, along with the following details: Full address of each residential property. Name(s) of the property owner(s) (if available). Landlord contact details (if available, excluding private contact information). Please ensure that any data you provide complies with the applicable data protection and privacy laws. If certain details are protected or exempt from disclosure, I would appreciate it if you could specify the reasons for this and provide any additional information that may be accessible within the limits of the law. If you are unable to fulfill my request in full, I would appreciate receiving the information that is available to you. Additionally, if any costs are involved in processing this request, please inform me in advance. The Council does not hold a list of all properties owned by private residential landlords, as we are not required to do so. However we do have the licensed HMO register on the Council’s Open Data Portal here . Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner ’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Philip Lewis Information Rights Officer2025-02-21T00:00:00CAM93492025-01-29T00:00:00leasing white goods to households in temporary accommodation and related mattersDate: 29/01/2025 Ref: CAM9349 Dear Requester, Thank you for your request for information dated 30/12/2024 about leasing white goods to households in temporary accommodation and related matters . We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested and the answers to your questions are as follows: 1. Do you lease washing machines, fridges or any other white goods, that are used by households in temporary accommodation? Please also provide the context in which the leased item is being used e.g. some London councils own temporary accommodation sites where they lease washing machines. Their logic is that its more costly to own and refurbish industrial scale washing machines than it is to own them. The council does not lease white goods for households in temporary accommodation. 2. Do you have a policy on whether households with children and single - person households should be placed in the same temporary accommodation sites together or separately? Some London authorities do have such a policy of separating households with children and single-person households for safeguarding reasons. Others have no policy. We do not have a policy stipulating households with children and single people should be placed separately, or together in the same temporary accommodation sites. 3. For households living in temporary accommodation that share toilet facilities, do you have a policy or position on the maximum number of households sharing a toilet? We make every effort to source accommodation where toilets are not being shared by different households. However, if it were necessary for households to share toilets, we would ensure we comply with the HMO regulations, 5:1 ratio. Therefore, five people would share one toilet. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk 4. If households are charged for placing their belongings in storage (either to your authority or a third-party organisation) what is the most in £ a household that is current in temporary accommodation owes in storage costs? And is that household behind in paying their storage costs? £0. Currently the council does not charge storage fees for households accommodated in temporary accommodation. 5. If households are charged for placing their belongings in storage, how many households have had to enter into payment plans for their storage costs (or for costs which in part include storage costs) in (i) 2021- 22 (ii) 2022-23 or (iii) 2023-24? For question 5, please note that I am requesting information across financial years. Not applicable. Please see the response to question 4 above. Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Lorna Jonas-Tinson Information Rights Officer2025-02-21T00:00:00CAM93522025-01-28T00:00:00the number of children centres and family hubs operating in CamdenDate: 28/01/2025 Ref: CAM9352 Dear Requester, Thank you for your request for information dated 30/12/2025 about the number of children centres and family hubs operating in Camden. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested and the answers to your questions are as follows: 1. How many children’s centres which solely provide support for parents of children under the age of six were in operation in the London Borough of Camden on each of the following dates: • 31 March 2009 - 5 • 31 March 2014 - 5 • 31 March 2019 - 5 • 31 March 2024 - 6 2. How many children’s centre which provide services for parents of children from pre-birth up to the age of 18 (often referred to as “family hubs”) were in operation in the local area of Camden on each of the following dates: • 31 March 2009 - 0 • 31 March 2014 - 0 • 31 March 2019 - 0 • 31 March 2024 - 5 3. On 31 March 2024 how many children’s centres which solely provide support for parents of children under the age of six were in operation in Camden were operating in each of the following wards: • Belsize - 0 • Bloomsbury - 0 • Camden Square - 1 London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk • Camden Town - 0 • Fortune Green - 0 • Frognal - 0 • Gospel Oak - 0 • Hampstead Town - 0 • Haverstock - 1 • Highgate - 0 • Holborn & Covent Garden - 1 • Kentish Town North - 0 • Kentish Town South - 0 • Kilburn - 1 • King's Cross - 0 • Primrose Hill - 0 • Regent's Park - 1 • South Hampstead - 0 • St Pancras & Somers Town - 1 • West Hampstead - 0 4. As of the 31 March 2024 how many children’s centre which provide support for parents of children from pre-birth up to the age of 18 (often referred to as “family hubs”) in Camden were operating in each of the following wards: • Belsize - 0 • Bloomsbury - 0 • Camden Square - 1 • Camden Town - 0 • Fortune Green - 0 • Frognal - 0 • Gospel Oak - 0 • Hampstead Town - 0 • Haverstock - 1 • Highgate - 0 • Holborn & Covent Garden - 1 • Kentish Town North - 0 • Kentish Town South - 0 • Kilburn - 1 • King's Cross - 0 • Primrose Hill - 0 • Regent's Park - 1 • South Hampstead - 0 • St Pancras & Somers Town - 0 • West Hampstead - 0 5. How many children under the age of 18 were supported by children’s centres or family hubs across the local area of Camden between 1 April 2023 and 30 March 2024? We do not hold or record data in the format requested. We have provided the total number of families who have accessed a session or drop-in hosted in our centres and also families who have collected vitamins from our centres , 5,242. Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Lorna Jonas-Tinson Information Rights Officer2025-02-21T00:00:00CAM93532025-01-29T00:00:00households using storage facilities as part of the homelessness dutyDate: 29/01/2025 Ref: CAM9353 Dear Requester, Thank you for your request for information dated 30/12/2024 about households using storage facilities as part of the homelessness duty. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested and the answers to your questions are as follows: 1. How many households were using storage facilities as part of the homelessness duty in (a) 2021-22 (b) 2022-23 and (c) 2023-24 We do not hold or record the information requested for fiscal years 2021/22, 2022/23 and 2023/24. 2. How many of those households have been required to enter payment plans in order to pay their storage costs? Please provide a figure for each of the three financial years. The council does not charge storage fees for households accommodated in temporary accommodation provided under Part 7 of the Housing Act 1996. 2021/22 0 2022/23 0 2023/24 0 3. Throughout the period that they were homeless, what was the highest charge (in £) for storage a household has been required to pay? £0. Please see the response to question 2 above. 4. What is the longest period of time that someone currently in temporary accommodation has been using storage facilities to store their belongings? Please see the response to question 1 above. Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Lorna Jonas-Tinson Information Rights Officer2025-02-21T00:00:00CAM93562025-01-30T00:00:00web based directory of services, eMarketplace for adult social careDate: 30/01/2025 Ref: CAM9356 Dear Requester, Thank you for your request for information dated 31/12/2024 about web based directory of services, eMarketplace for adult social care. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds some of the information requested and the answers to your questions are as follows: 1. Do you have a web-based community directory of services/e-marketplace for adult social care? Camden’s website for Adult Social Care Support can be found at: https://camdencarechoices.camden.gov.uk This resource is reviewed and updated regularly and the content is managed by the Council. If yes: a) Is this directory/e-marketplace developed in-house or by an external provider? External provider. b) If an external provider, please provide the name of the supplier? People Places Lives Ltd. c) If an external provider, please provide the renewal date for the contract. 31 March 2025. d) What is the annual support cost for your directory/eMarketplace? We cannot break down the support costs as the directory forms part of a larger contract that is not individually priced. e) Are there any plans to review provision of your directory/e- marketplace in the next 12 months? No. f) Please provide the name(s), email(s), and telephone number(s) of the individual responsible for the directory/e-marketplace within your organisation London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Refusal Notice: The exemption that applies is: Section 40 (2): Personal information The council considers that to disclose the personal data requested would not be in accordance with data protection legislation and therefore we have withheld some/all of the information under the absolute exemption in Section 40 (2). The exemption states that personal data requested may be withheld when to release it would be a breach of the requirements of data protection law which is the UK General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the Data Protection Act 2018. The information withheld is personal information because it allows living individuals to be identified. The council considers that it would be a breach of the General Data Protection Regulation article 5 requirements of fairness and proportionality to publish this personal information in a FOI request. In doing this we have considered the legitimate public interest in disclosure against the interests of the data subject/s and concluded that in the circumstances disclosure would contravene the data protection requirements of fairness and proportionality particularly considering that Freedom of Information responses are public documents and published to the world and not provided just to the requester. The council’s redaction policy states that junior staff member names, (those below Assistant Director level) unless in public facing positions, would not be released in a FOI response. Therefore, the names of junior staff members have been redacted from the request details as they would have no expectation that their details would be released into the public domain, and especially given the content of the request as we consider that to include them would be a breach of the requirements to act fairly and proportionately. 2. Who oversees the management of personal budgets and direct payments and integrated personal budgets and what are their contact details? – i.e. name(s), email(s), and telephone number(s)? Name: Jamie Spencer Email: Jamie.spencer@camden.gov.uk Phone: 020 7974 535 3. Does the LA provide an in-house managed account service for personal budgets? No. 4. Does the LA offer the option of ISFs (Individual Service Funds) and if so, who oversees this and what are their contact details? No. 5. Does the LA support the administration, delivery, and or/management of Personal health budgets, e.g. on behalf of the NHS Integrated Care Board and if so, who is the contact at the LA for this and their contact details. No. 6. Do the LA use third party solutions to assist with the delivery and budget management of personal budgets, direct payments, or integrated budgets? E.g. pre-paid cards, eWallet solutions, direct payment support services, digital software? Yes. a. If yes, what solution is used, who is the provider and when is the contract due to expire? Direct Payment Support Service provider is People Plus Group. The contract expires in 2028/29. b. If no, is this something that you are considering and who in the LA is the person to contact about this and what are their contact details - i.e. name(s), email(s), and telephone number(s)? Not applicable. 7. Does the LA have a directory of Personal Assistants and if so, who is the person at the LA who is responsible for this and their contact details - i.e. name(s), email(s), and telephone number(s)? No. 8. Who oversees the provision of personal assistants and what are their contact details - i.e. name(s), email(s), and telephone number(s)? Not applicable. 9. Who is the current Director of ASC within the LA and what are their contact details i.e. name(s), email(s), and telephone number(s)? Director of ASC: Avril Mayhew / Chris Lehmann Council email addresses are structured firstname.lastname@camden.gov.uk Telephone: 020 7974 4444 10. Who is the current Assistant Director of ASC within the LA and what are their contact details i.e. name(s), email(s), and telephone number(s)? Not applicable. 11. Who is the Integrated Services Lead at the LA (oversees joined up working with the LA and the ICB/ICS if applicable) and what are their contact details - i.e. name(s), email(s), and telephone number(s)? Not applicable. Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Lorna Jonas-Tinson Information Rights Officer2025-02-21T00:00:00CAM93622025-01-23T00:00:00cyber-attacksDate: 23/01/2025 Case reference : CAM9362London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 03/01/2025 about cyber-attacks .  We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council will neither confirm nor deny if it holds the information requested. Please see the refusal notice below. I am writing to request the following information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000: 1. How many times did your council experience an attempted cyber-attack in each of the following calendar years: 2022, 2023, 2024? If you do not have complete data for 2024, please provide the most up to date information you have available. 2. Of these attacks, how many resulted in the criminal being able to obtain data or disable systems, per calendar year: 2022, 2023, 2024? 3. Please advise what is the most common type of attack you have experienced, again per calendar year: 2022, 2023, 2024? (e.g. malware, ransomware, phishing) 4. For each of the calendar years: 2022, 2023, 2024, what has been the financial cost to recover from these cyber-attacks? If you cannot provide an exact cost, please provide an estimate. Please include costs such as rectification, loss of data, money paid to hackers, legal costs, etc. 5. Do you have an insurance policy to protect against the potential consequences of cyber-attacks?6. When did you last update your security system to cope with the volume and sophistication of cyber- attacks? Please also advise and assist, under the Section 16 obligations of the Act, as to how I can refine my request if needed. We are often asked questions about malware, ransom ware, cyber-attacks, data breaches, the impact on us, the protection we have ,and the like. We are asked if we have had any cyber-attacks, and how many, if they have succeeded and what actions we have taken. We can be asked if we have been the victim of ransom ware, whether attacks were successful, if we paid ransoms, how often, when, to whom and for how much. We have decided that we do not tell requesters if we hold this information or not. Under Freedom Information Act this is called a ‘neither confirm nor deny’ response. We can do this under section 31 of the act.  We have explained why below. Please note that we would, however, inform the relevant data subjects if their data has been seriously compromised by a data breach. Refusal Notice section 31(3) – Law Enforcement The council believes that telling requesters if we hold information about cyber- attacks, ransom ware or related data breaches etc., will cause damage. This is because saying if we do or do not hold information would give cyber criminals insight into vulnerabilities which may, or may not, exist. This would we likely to damage our cyber security systems and plans. Therefore, we use the exemption in section 31(3). This allows us to refuse to confirm or deny if the information is held. In other words, the council is allowed to refuse to say if it holds information about this or not. When we use a neither confirm or deny response you should not assume that we do, or do not, hold any information. Section 31(3) is a qualified exemption which means we have to do a public interest test where we compare the public interest for and against disclosing. The public interest test is not about whether we should disclose any information that we might hold. It is a test of whether we should say if we hold the information or not.Factors in favour of confirming or denying if we hold relevant information. It would help transparency and accountability of the council.• It would reassure people about whether our systems are vulnerable or not.• It would provide information about how effective our security systems are.• Factors against confirming or denying if we hold relevant information. Saying if we hold information would provide information about how effective our security systems are. This would be likely to give cyber criminals insights into the strengths of the council’s cyber security and any potential weaknesses that may exist. This would increase the chances of cyberattacks.• One of the reasons that cyber security measures are in place is to protect the integrity of personal and sensitive personal information so increasing the chances of an attack would have potentially serious repercussions.• If the council confirms that it holds a lot of information then this could show criminals its systems are particularly vulnerable, encouraging attacks.• If the council confirms that it holds little information this could either show it has poor reporting and recording procedures which will encourage an attack, or it could show it has robust procedures which could encourage an attack to try out criminals’ new techniques or could encourage criminals to target other councils’ systems which would increase crime elsewhere.• There is public interest in complying with our legal obligations to keep personal data secure and to act appropriately which includes keeping areas confidential where necessary.• We believe that the balance of public interest lies in upholding the exemption and not confirming or denying if we hold this information. Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk , Telephone: 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website https://www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Peter Williams Information Rights Officer2025-02-21T00:00:00CAM93632025-01-30T00:00:00local electionsDate: 30/01/2025 Case reference : CAM9363 London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 03/01/2025 about local elections . We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. You clarified your request on 13 January: Could the staff costs be provided in the response? This can be provided as an esimate if the fixed cost cannot be provided Response The council holds the information requested and the answers to your questions are as follows: 1. How often local election cycles are held excluding by-elections. For example, the full council is elected every four years or a third of councillors are elected every year except the county council year. A full Council election take place every four years. 2. The year or years local elections took place in the latest cycle since 2021 excluding by-elections. For example, if there is one local election where all councillors are elected once every four years then provide the year in which that election was held. If councillors are elected by thirds over a four year period then provide all years within the time period that these elections took place in the latest cycle to elect all councillors. An election for the full Council took place in 2022.3. The total cost of each local council election held excluding by-elections broken down by election. For example, if there is one election where all councillors are elected once every four years then provide the cost of running that election. If councillors are elected by thirds over a four-year period then provide the costs for each of those three elections in the latest cycle. Giving an exact cost of running an election is difficult because they are corporate events involving large numbers of council staff and third-party staff for an intense period of activity. In addition, they are costs which the Council itself bares rather than claims. However, our best estimate is that the cost was £259,263 (without postal charges). Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk , Telephone: 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website https://www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Peter Williams Information Rights Officer2025-02-21T00:00:00CAM93652025-02-10T00:00:00subject access requestsDate: 10/02/2025 Case reference : CAM9365London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 06/01/2025 about subject access requests. . We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds some, but not all of the information requested. We explain below what we hold and what we do not hold. We are withholding the information we hold because it is exempt as explained below. We have explained what exemption applies and why in the refusal notices at the end of the answers: I am writing to request information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Please provide the following details: 1. The total number of Data Subject Access Requests (DSARs) received by your authority for each of the last three years (2021, 2022, and 2023). 2. The number of DSARs completed within the statutory one-month timeframe during each year. 3. The number of DSARs that required an extension beyond the one-month timeframe, along with the average length of extensions granted. You clarified your request on 17 January 2025: Yes, please provide details for the average length that a SAR took when it was extended. We are not processing this request as it would require a disproportionate amount of time, effort, and expense.  Please see the exemption notice set out below.4. Any recorded costs (e.g., staff time, software, or other resources) associated with processing DSARs for each of these years. We do not hold this information.  This is because the team budget of those dealing with SAR’s are others who deal with Freedom of Information Requests and other Record Management functions. If possible, please provide this information in a tabular format. If the cost of fulfilling this request exceeds the statutory limit, I would be grateful if you could provide advice and assistance to refine the request. Refusal Notice The exemption that applies is: section 12: cost of compliance exceeds appropriate limit We are refusing your request under section 12 on cost grounds because we estimate that compliance with your request will exceed the "appropriate limit". This is £450 which is equivalent to 18 hours at £25 per hour. The per hour figure is set by Regulations rather than actual salary paid to any officers handling requests. The appropriate limit includes the time it will take the council to discover if it holds the information requested, to locate it, extract it and collate it as well as putting it into any particular format requested by the requester. We have calculated that it will take approx. 40 hours (minimum) to comply with your request because searching for, calculating and collating relevant information would take: -   we do not record electronically the number of DSARs completed with the one-month deadline• we do not record electronically the number of DSARs that were extended beyond this deadline• we would need to manually calculate this by examining each individual electronic case file• in 2023 alone we completed 268 SARs and each would take 3 minutes minimum to examine• Advice and AssistanceWe are able to provide a response to the information requested for question 1.  We suggest that you reduce the time period so that we could provide information for a limited number of cases that could provide a representative sample. Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk , Telephone: 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website https://www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Peter Williams Information Rights Officer2025-02-21T00:00:00CAM93672025-02-03T00:00:00agreements made with Hasmonean Middle School for using St Dominic’s School siteDate: 03/02/2025 Ref: CAM9367 Dear Requester, Thank you for your request for information dated 06/01/2025 about agreements made with Hasmonean Middle School for using St Dominic’s School site . We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The Council does not hold the information requested. The answers to your questions are as follows: Please can you send me any agreements made with Hasmonean Middle School regarding their use of the St Dominic’s School site on Southampton Road, NW5 4JS. We do not hold the information requested. The council is not the owner of the former St Dominic's School site. All agreements to operate from this site are controlled by the Diocese of Westminster. You may wish to contact the Diocese of Westminster directly via: abhreception@rcdow.org.uk. Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, live chat London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Lorna Jonas-Tinson Information Rights Officer2025-02-21T00:00:00CAM93682025-01-24T00:00:00Naming the housing development at NW1 0TYDate: 24/01/2025 Ref: CAM9368 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 07/01/2025 about Naming the housing development at NW1 0TY. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council does not hold the information requested. How was the housing development at N1 0TY named? It was developed in the 1980s, formerly a car park. So what was the process for forming a new address and specifically the name of the new address called Reachview Close and why was that name chosen. This information is not held as street naming and numbering data only goes back to 2012. The process now for Street naming & numbering is as follows: Anyone wanting to register a new property or change name of building or wanted to create a new street name, need to go to our website and make an application here . We can only process an application where planning has been approved. We charge for the application. If we receive a request for a new street name. 1. We consult with the London Fire Brigade, before going back to the applicant to ensure they have no objection. 2. We then need to do 28 days consultation with the public by putting up signs to the nearest lamppost at the site to be named. 3. If there are no objection to the name, after 28 days, we go ahead and complete the application and instruct Royal Mail to assign post code and add the new street name on their file. 4. Once Royal Mail confirms they have added the street name, we issue SNN order to the applicant and email copy to street naming distribution list. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner ’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Philip Lewis Information Rights Officer2025-02-21T00:00:00CAM93752025-01-31T00:00:00education penalty notices issued to parents in school years 2020/21 - 2034/24Date: 31/01/2025 Ref: CAM9375 Dear Requester, Thank you for your request for information dated 03/01/2025 about education penalty notices issued to parents in school years 2020/21 - 2034/24. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested and the answers to your questions are as follows: - How many fines for school absences were issued by your council to parents in the school year 2034-24? 547. - How many have been issued so far in the school year 2024- 25? 157. - How many in school year 2022-23? You can find this information on the Council’s Open Data Portal through the following link: https://opendata.camden.gov.uk/ and searching for Education Penalty Notices. As the information requested is already reasonably accessible elsewhere it is exempt under the absolute exemption in Section 21. - How many in school year 2021-22? Please see the response to question 3 above. - How many in school year 2020-21? Please see the response to question 3 above. - If you are able to break this down, can you please say how many of the fines listed above were repeated fines? Please give the figure for each school year. E.g. 23-24 total fines 100, of which repeated fines 20. A repeated fine is when a parent receives a second fine for the same child within any three- year period, this is charged at the higher rate of £160. 0. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk - How much money was raised by these fines in the school year 2023- 24? £28,440. And how much money has been raised so far in the school year 2024 -25? £6,060. - How much of this money raised has been returned to the government? £0. Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Lorna Jonas-Tinson Information Rights Officer2025-02-21T00:00:00CAM93762025-01-29T00:00:00Children and Young People's services questionsDate: 29/01/2025 Ref: CAM9376 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 03/01/2025 about Children and Young People's services questions. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested. FOI request regarding Children and Young People's services 1. What case management system do you use for children's services? MOSAIC. 2. Please provide the name(s), email(s), and telephone number(s) of the individual(s) responsible for the FIS / SEND Local Offer websites within your organisation? Debbie Adams, Head of Early Years and Family Hubs. Debbie.Adams@Camden.gov.uk . Telephone 020 7974 6706. 3. Are your Local Offer pages/FIS site developed in-house or externally? In-house. 4. If externally, which providers currently provide your Family Information Services directories and/or SEND Local Offer site? N/A. 5. If external, please confirm the value of the FIS contract and/or Local Offer site detailing implementation cost and ongoing if possible and when it is due for renewal? N/A. 6. If internally, are there any plans for this to be developed by an external supplier? No. 7. Please provide the name(s), email(s), and telephone number(s) of the individual(s) responsible for Short Breaks provision Helen Mannion, Strategic Commissioning Manager, helen.mannion@camden.gov.uk , telephone 020 7974 4444. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk 8. Do you provide grants or direct payments for Short Breaks provision? If not, are there any plans to provide grants or direct payments in the future? Camden provides Direct Payments to families who require Short Breaks. 9. What was the annual spend on Short Breaks provision for the last financial year? The total figure for short breaks for the period is £3,071,986. 10. Do parents/carers book Short Breaks provision via the council? Yes. 11. If not, do you use an external organisation to provide this service? Short breaks provision can be provided by commissioned providers or spot purchased providers, but to book Short Breaks provision, families need to contact the Council. 12. Do you use digital solutions to assist with the application, awarding and management of Short Breaks? No. 13. If so, who is the provider and when is the contract due to expire? N/A. 14. Are you considering using digital solutions to manage and oversee your Short Breaks? Not at this stage. 15. Who oversees the management of personal budgets and direct payments for children/families and what are their contact details? – i.e. name(s), email(s) Crina Popa, crina.popa@camden.gov.uk and for Adults Jamie Spencer, Jamie.spencer@camden.gov.uk 16. Does the LA use 3rd party services and/or digital solutions to assist with the delivery and budget management of CYPs personal budgets, direct payments, e.g. pre -paid cards, eWallet solutions, direct payment support services, digital software? Yes. 17. If yes, what solution is used, who is the provider and when is the contract due to expire? Direct Payment Support Service provider is People Plus Group. The contract expires in 2028/29. 18. If no, is this something that you are considering and who in the LA is the person to contact about this and what are their contact details - i.e. name(s), email (s N/A. 19. Who is the Director of Children's Services at the council and please provide their title, name and email address? Rashida Baig, Director of Children's Prevention, Family Help and Safeguarding, Rashida.baig@camden.gov.uk . 20. Who is the Assistant Director of Children's Services at the council and please provide their title, name and email address? There is no Assistant Director role. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner ’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Philip Lewis Information Rights Officer2025-02-21T00:00:00CAM93792025-01-24T00:00:00new social housing Assured Tenancies that were allocated to flats in the West Kentish Town EstateDate: 24/01/2025 Ref: CAM9379 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 06/01/2025 about new social housing Assured Tenancies that were allocated to flats in the West Kentish Town Estate . We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested. Please provide – for the period 1st July 2023 to 30th June 2024 both dates inclusive – the number of new social housing Assured Tenancies that were allocated by the London Borough of Camden to flats in the West Kentish Town Estate, where the landlord of these flats is the London Borough of Camden. By “new” I mean the allocation of an Assured tenancy of a social housing flat own by the London Borough of Camden to a person or family who had not previously lived in that flat. There have been no new social housing Assured Tenancies because Camden council allocate Secure Tenancies and not Assured Tenancies. However the number of new social housing Secure Tenancies allocat ed in the West Kentish Town Estate between 1 st July 2023 and 30th June 2024 was 5. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner ’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Philip Lewis Information Rights Officer2025-02-21T00:00:00CAM93812025-01-24T00:00:00care homes, day centres and nursing homesDate: 24/01/2025 Case reference : CAM9381 London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 06/01/2025 about care homes, day centres and nursing homes. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 / Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested and the answers to your questions are as follows: Social Care FOI Could you please answer the questions below: 1. How many care homes owned by your council (if any) are currently leased out to Certitude Support, Yarrow Housing, Support for Living or Southside Partnership?  Please provide a breakdown of the properties and their value. None, no care homes are leased out to those organisations. 2. How many day centres owned by your council (if any) are currently leased out to Certitude Support, Yarrow Housing, Support for Living or Southside Partnership?  Please provide a breakdown of the properties and their value. None, no day centres are leased out to those organisations. 3. How many nursing homes owned by your council (if any) are currently leased out to Certitude Support, Yarrow Housing, Support for Living or Southside Partnership?  Please provide a breakdown of the properties and their value. None, no nursing homes are leased out to those organisations. 4. When are these buildings leased until? Please see the responses above . 5. Finally how many care homes, day centres and nursing homes have been sold to Certitude Support, Yarrow Housing, Support for Living or Southside Partnership by your local council since 2010? None, no care homes, day centres or nursing homes have been sold to those organisations. 6. Please provide a breakdown of the addresses of the properties and their value. Please see the responses above Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk , Telephone: 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website https://www.ico.org.uk may be useful.Yours sincerely, Peter Williams Information Rights Officer2025-02-21T00:00:00CAM93822025-02-04T00:00:00the number of households from the borough placed in temporary accommodation outside of LondonDate: 04/02/2024 Ref: CAM9382 Dear Requester, Thank you for your request for information dated 07/01/2024 about the number of households from the borough placed in temporary accommodation outside of London. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested. However, we are withholding all of the information because it is exempt as explained below. We have explained where we are withholding information and what exemptions apply. Please see the refusal notices at the end of the answers which explain how and why they apply. For each calendar year from 2020 to 2024, could you please provide: - The total number of households from the borough in temporary accommodation outside of London as of December 31 - The locations (town or city name is specific enough) of the properties where each household was placed - The start date of each of those tenancies - The number of people in that household Please see the exemption notice set out below. Refusal notice: Section 12: Cost of Compliance Exceeds the Appropriate Limit We are refusing your request under section 12 on cost grounds because we estimate that compliance with your request will exceed the "appropriate limit". This is £450 which is equivalent to 18 hours at £25 per hour. The per hour figure is set by Regulations rather than actual salary paid to any officers handling requests. The appropriate limit includes the time it will take the council to discover if it holds the information requested, to locate it, extract it and collate it as well as putting it into any particular format requested by the requester. You have requested annual data on households in temporary accommodation broken down by town or city over the past five years. The council does not hold the information requested in an easily reportable format and cannot provide data to the detail requested due to the limitations of our temporary accommodation data systems. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk We are undergoing a large data migration project between data systems, which is affecting our capacity to access and analyse data more efficiently. The migration process adds an additional layer of complexity and time to the task of retrieving the information requested, if held. We note in the quarterly period July-September 2023, 633 households were identified as being in temporary accommodation. To provide the data requested would require a council officer to generate a list of households currently in temporary accommodation, manually read individual case notes to gather and extract the data. Based on a sample of 10 cases where some case notes were unclear, it took approx. 3 minutes per case to gather and analyse the data. We have calculated to provide the information for all 6 recent self-evaluation of the quality of Adult Social Care services 33 households would take approx. 31.65 hours. To review data for the full calendar year would take approx. four times as long and total in excess of 125 hours. To review the data for the full five-year period would take significantly longer. This exceeds the 18 hours’ appropriate limit set by the Act. Advice and Assistance It would be difficult to refine the request so that it would take less than 18 hours. We may be able to spot check a limited number of accounts for an abbreviated time period, but this is unlikely to provide a representative sample that would be meaningful. Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Lorna Jonas-Tinson Information Rights Officer2025-02-21T00:00:00CAM93842025-01-29T00:00:00applications from private schools pupils seeking to transfer from their private school to your state schoolsDate: 29/01/2025 Ref: CAM9384 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 06/01/2025 about applications from private schools pupils seeking to transfer from their private school to your state schools . We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council does not hold the information requested. FOI REQUEST CAMDEN - SCHOOLS WEEK - 06/01/25 1. How many applications have your state schools had from private schools pupils seeking to transfer from their private school to your state schools in your council area between September 2024 and January 2025? Within these questions, please can you list the school and the number of pupils you have received requests for transfer. The Council does not hold the information requested, as in-year admissions is not centrally managed by Camden local authority and applicants apply directly to schools. As advice and assistance, you can find the list of Camden secondary schools here . Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner ’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Philip Lewis Information Rights Officer2025-02-21T00:00:00CAM93912025-02-04T00:00:00temporary accommodation and emergency housing services within CamdenDate: 04/02/2024 Ref: CAM9391 Dear Requester, Thank you for your request for information dated 07/01/2024 about temporary accommodation and emergency housing services within Camden . We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested. However, we are withholding all of the information because it is exempt as explained below. We have explained where we are withholding information and what exemptions apply. Please see the refusal notices at the end of the answers which explain how and why they apply. 1. A description of the types of individuals, families, or groups that use your temporary housing and emergency housing services, or whom you provide accommodation to. 2. The minimum property requirements needed to provide temporary accommodation and emergency housing services to the council. 3. The total number of properties currently used for temporary accommodation in the borough. 4. The maximum rates paid per night for temporary accommodation, broken down by property size (Studio, 1 Bed, 2 Bed, 3 Bed, and 4 Bed). 5. For prospective suppliers of accommodation, please provide: o Contact names, telephone numbers, and email addresses of the procurement team responsible for temporary accommodation and emergency housing. o The process for contacting the council to express interest in supporting temporary and emergency housing needs. 6. A description of the types of temporary accommodation and emergency housing services the council is currently seeking or prioritizing. 7. Clarification on whether suppliers need to apply for a local authority contract to provide temporary accommodation and emergency housing services, and details on where and how to apply. 8. Contact details for the department responsible for managing temporary accommodation and emergency housing services. 9. The number of temporary accommodation and emergency housing providers, including companies and landlords, currently operating in the borough. We are applying section 12, Freedom of Information Act to this request. Pl ease see the exemption notice set out below. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Refusal notice: Section 12: Cost of Compliance Exceeds the Appropriate Limit We are refusing your request under section 12 on cost grounds because we estimate that compliance with your request will exceed the "appropriate limit". This is £450 which is equivalent to 18 hours at £25 per hour. The per hour figure is set by Regulations rather than actual salary paid to any officers handling requests. The appropriate limit includes the time it will take the council to discover if it holds the information requested, to locate it, extract it and collate it as well as putting it into any particular format requested by the requester. We are undergoing a large data migration project between data systems, which is affecting our capacity to access and analyse data more efficiently. The migration process adds an additional layer of complexity and time to the task of retrieving the information requested, if held. The council cannot answer questions 1 and 3 about individuals/households in temporary accommodation nor the total number of properties currently used for temporary accommodation in the borough. This is because there are limitations in accessing our temporary accommodation data systems. In respect of question 4, the agreements for determining the rates applied to the procurement of temporary accommodation in London are complex. The Local Housing Allowance (LHA) rate given for a household is the starting point for determining the cost of placing a household in temporary accommodation. The rates vary for each household according to the size and location of their temporary accommodation and is set nationally by the Valuation Office Agency (VOA). Camden is one of the boroughs that has committed to procure temporary accommodation at the Pan-London rates, in line with the Inter Borough Accommodation Agreement (IBAA) administered by the West London Alliance. The VOA divides London into a geography of Broad Rental Market Areas (BRMA), each having different rates for temporary accommodation that cuts across borough boundaries. The IBAA procurement agreement allows each borough to pay slightly different rates for properties in the same BRMA. In the period July-September 2023, 633 households were identified as being in temporary accommodation. To locate the data requested in questions 1 and 3, would require a council officer generate a report of households currently in temporary accommodation, manually read each case note to pinpoint the specific data. Based on a sample of 10 cases where some case notes were unclear, it took approx. 3 minutes per case to gather and analyse the data. We have calculated to provide the information for all 633 households would take approx. 31.65 hours. To review data for the full calendar year would take approx. four times as long and total in excess of 125 hours. This exceeds the 18 hours’ appropriate limit set by the Act. Advice and Assistance You could submit questions 2, 5-9 as a new request and make a new request for questions 1, 3 and 4 in a few months when the data migration is completed, and the data can be extracted more quickly. Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Lorna Jonas-Tinson Information Rights Officer2025-02-21T00:00:00CAM94012025-01-29T00:00:00LTNs and FOI service costsDate: 29/01/2025 Ref: CAM9401 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 08/01/2025 about LTNs and FOI service costs. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested. However we are withholding some of the information because it is exempt as explained below. We have explained where we are withholding information and what exemptions apply. Please see the refusal notices at the end of the answers which explain how and why they apply. 1, How many council-owned or operated (commissioned) vehicles, such as road sweepers, rubbish trucks, taxis, busses, maintenance vans, etc, are exempt from fines for travelling through Low Traffic Neighbourhood (LTN) or equivalent traffic scheme barriers / allowed to travel through these barriers without being issued a fine? Please categorise by vehicle type where possible. Camden Accessible Transport minibuses 28 Car/Van 1 Safeguarding Child Transport (Taxi/Minibus) 8 Please note that road sweepers and rubbish trucks are not exempt as they time their collections/services around the exemptions and more generally around school times for safety reasons. Camden Council does not offer a blanket exemption policy to its fleet of vehicles . 2, How many FOI requests did your council receive in each of the past six calendar years? For clarity I mean 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024. By FOI request, I mean emails / forms not the total number of questions, ie, I would expect you to categoris e this email as a single FOI request even though it contains multiple questions within it. The Council holds this information in financial years at the following location. The numbers include Freedom of Information (FOI) Requests and Environmental Information (EIR) Requests. We do not separate the figures for FOIs and EIRs. The information is publicly available here . As the information requested is already reasonably accessible elsewhere it is exempt under the absolute exemption in Section 21. 3, How many FOI requests did your council receive in each of the past six calendar years that were about LTNs or had at least one element of the request about LTNs? London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk This information is publicly available at the following location: https://opendata.camden.gov.uk/stories/s/Camden- Freedom-Of-Information-Response- Search/dwzc-va83/ Scroll down to the 2nd search box and type in “LTN” and “Low Traffic Neighbourhood”. As the information requested is already reasonably accessible elsewhere it is exempt under the absolute exemption in Section 21. 4, What has been the cost to the council of its freedom of information service in each of the past six calendar years? It is not possible to calculate this figure. This is because the work that the employees working on Freedom of Information requests have previously, or currently, also work(ed) on Data Protection and Subject Access work too and their salary is not costed o ut based on each area of their work. In addition the case management dashboard that they use is also used in other areas of the council, such as the Complaints Team and Members Enquiries Team. 5, How many fines has the council issued to motorists for LTN contraventions in each of the past six calendar years and what is the total value of those fines? Financial Year Issued PCNs Operation Record of Income (Issue Date) 2020/21 876 £54,246.09 2021/22 20,350 £1,271,892.57 2022/23 7,731 £449,329.02 2023/24 4,609 £244,159.07 2024/25 2,929 £135,375.00 In each year could you also please advise the number of LTN fines that have been appealed Financial Year Issued PCNs 2020/21 7 2021/22 127 2022/23 33 2023/24 22 2024/25 11 The number of appeals that have been successful including those at any external adjudicator. Financial Year Issued PCNs 2020/21 1 2021/22 37 2022/23 6 2023/24 5 2024/25 4 6, How much has the council spent on designing, consulting, building, marketing, maintaining, re-designing and monitoring/enforcing LTNs in each of the past six calendar years? Where possible this should include estimated staff costs. Ideally, I would lik e the costs broken down by each element but my principal objective is to establish how much in total the council has spent on LTNs in each of the past six years. Please also include any legal fees incurred by the council which have been related to LTNs. This is exempt under Section 12 of the Freedom of Information Act. See the refusal notice below. 7, How much has the council paid to external contractors/companies/charities for the design, implementation, construction and maintenance of LTNs in each of the past six calendar years. Please also list the names of external contractors/companies/charities that have been paid more than £10,000 by the council in total over those six years for work related to LTNs and how much in total each of these contractors/companies/charities has been paid? It would also be helpful to give a brief summary of the main types of work that each of these institutions have been used for, such as "design work", "building work", "consultation work", etc. This is exempt under Section 12 of the Freedom of Information Act. See the refusal notice below. Refusal Notice: We are refusing your request under Section 12 on cost grounds because we estimate that compliance with your request will exceed the "appropriate limit". This is £450 which is equivalent to 18 hours at £25 per hour. The per hour figure is set by Regulations rather than actual salary paid to any officers handling requests. The appropriate limit includes the time it will take the council to discover if it holds the information requested, to locate it, extract it and collate it as well as putting it into any particular format requested by the requester. This request was responded to by two teams. Some of the information had been provided to me before the team answering Q7 informed me that it would take over 18 hours to respond to. Many orders with consultants were raised with responsibilities for multiple projects under the same order. To determine how much of the spend was for LTNs alone the Principal Transport Quality Management Officer would need to review 724 orders and 964 transactions and determine the percentage of each that was applicable to LTNs. It is estimated it would take 5 minutes to check each transaction and so would take over 80 hours. He would also require the assistance of the project managers and engineers. Advice and Assistance: As advice and assistance regarding question 6 we can report how much Transport Strategy have spent on the schemes overall in the last six years, which includes designing, consulting, building, marketing, maintaining, re-designing and monitoring/enforcing via camera (not the cost of issuing any penalty charge notices arising from enforcement). The table is below: Financial Year Staff Fees Implementation Total 2020/21 £205,395 £205,395 2021/22 £768,000 £768,000 2022/23 £15,400 £61,600 £77,000 2023/24 £58,000 £232,000 £290,000 2024/25 £66,000 £264,000 £330,000 Grand Total £139,400 £1,530,995 £1,670,395 Please note that it would be very difficult to split this into calendar years, so we have provided the spend by financial year (i.e. 1 st April to 31st March) as this is how we receive funding and report spend. We did not take staff fees from LTN budgets in 2020/21 and 2021/22 because these were during the pandemic and recovery time, during which our funding sources changed, and the staff costs were provided separately for the service as a whole. Please also note that we have not provided any spend for 2019/20 because we did not spend anything on Low Traffic Neighbourhoods in that year. £4,200 was spent on legal fees in relation to LTNs in that period. If you have any further questions on this subject please email FOI@camden.gov.uk . Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner ’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Philip Lewis Information Rights Officer2025-02-21T00:00:00CAM94022025-02-05T00:00:00alternative provision, number of applications seeking pupil transfer from private to state schoolDate: 05/02/2025 Ref: CAM9402 Dear Requester, Thank you for your request for information dated 08/01/2025 about alternative provision, number of applications seeking pupil transfer from private to state school. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds some of the information requested. Amalgamated request 1: I would like to ask for the following figures for the 2023 -24, 2022-23 and 2021-22 academic years. Please break the figures down into each year: The information below pertains to pupils who are Camden residents that have been permanently excluded from both Camden and non-Camden schools. 1. How many pupils were permanently excluded in your schools in these years? Information on permanent exclusions is publicly available from the government services and information website: Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England, Autumn term 2023/24 - Explore education statistics - GOV.UK. Releases for years 2021/22 and 2022/23 are available from the link above and selecting ‘Releases in this services.’ As the information requested is already reasonably accessible elsewhere it is exempt under the absolute exemption in Section 21. 2. Councils have a legal duty to arrange suitable full-time education for excluded pupils from the sixth school day after their exclusion took place. Please can you tell me how many of these pupils were *not* in full-time education from the sixth day of their exclusion? We do not hold information for the academic years 2023/ 24, 2022/23, and 2021/22. However, we have been tracking this since September 2024, and the number is 7. 3. What was the average length of time to place a child in suitable full -time education in each year? We do not hold this information for the requested academic years. I n the current academic year 2024/25, the average is 5 days. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk 4. What was the longest wait recorded for an excluded child to receive suitable full - time education for each year? We do not have this information for the requested academic years. In the current academic year 2024/25, the longest wait is 13 days. 5. For children not in full-time education after the sixth day, please can you provide a table showing what sort of education they were being provided? ( i.e., none, online tutoring, etc) We do not hold this information. Amalgamated request 2: 1. How many applications have your state schools had from private schools pupils seeking to transfer from their private school to your state schools in your council area between the academic years 2021/22; 2022/23; and 2023/24? This information is not held. The local authority does not oversee school admissions, this is because each individual school is responsible for their admissions. Please contact the schools directly for the requested information. Within these questions, please can you list the school, month, and the number of pupils you have received requests for transfer if possible. Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Lorna Jonas-Tinson Information Rights Officer2025-02-21T00:00:00CAM94032025-02-06T00:00:00local offer website or directory for SEND, Family Information Service and ASCDate: 06/02/2025 Ref: CAM9403 Dear Requester, Thank you for your request for information dated 09/01/2025 about a local offer website or directory for SEND, Family Information Service and ASC . We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The Council does not hold the information requested. The answers to your questions are as follows: Please can you provide the following information: 1. Who is the provider of the SEND Local Offer website and / or directory? The Local Offer website was produced and is maintained in house. The directory serves the whole council and is provided by idox. - When does the contract end? 9 January 2027 - What is the contract value? £18,000 per annum - What is the name and position of the commissioner? Name: Steven Haydon Position: Head of DDS Operations 2. Who is the provider of the Family Information Services (FIS) Local Offer website and / or directory? The Family Information Services directory is also a combination of internally created pages and the idox directory, and a Family Hubs site that is produced and maintained by in-house teams. - When does the contract end? Please see the response to question 1, part 1 above. - What is the contract value? Please see the response to question 1, part 2 above. - What is the name and position of the commissioner? Please see the response to question 1, part 3 above. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk 3. Who is the provider of the Adult Social Care (ASC) Local Offer website and / or directory? People Places Lives. The directory serves two sites, the Practice Guide and Camden Care Choices. - When does the contract end? 31 March 2025. - What is the contract value? £17,500 per annum. The contract does not break down costs per site. - What is the name and position of the commissioner? Name: Jessica Lawson Position: Service Manager, Prevention and Wellbeing Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Lorna Jonas-Tinson Information Rights Officer2025-02-21T00:00:00CAM94042025-01-27T00:00:00illicit vapes questionsDate: 27/01/2025 Ref: CAM9404 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 08/01/2025 about illicit vapes questions. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested. Seized illicit vapes: I'd like to know how many illicit vapes (nicotine and other substances) have Camden Trading Standards seized in 2023 and 2024? If possible, please specify the name of the company supplying the product, as well as the name of the retailer. 2023 - 3301 vapes 2024 - 5904 vapes Retailer name: Tiger Choice Al Rouche Bill's Off Licence/David's Newsagent Snack Express Phone Repair London AA Food Kalar Smoke Shop Temple Kiosk Farmers Super Market Your Local Vape company name: Lost Mary 3500 Enjoy 9000 Puff Hayati Pro Max 4000, Pro 15000 Pro Ultra Vapes 15,000 R&M Tornado 9000 Crystal Super max 4500 Puff , 10000 WGA 10,000 Puff ENE Legend V/UNSN 10000 Boo Pro 7000 Twister 7000 London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Elux Legend 3500 Vape Mod All Spark 5000 Pyne Pod 8500 Beco Bar 5% ELE 8000 Magic 1500 Mask King Elux Cyberlover 15000 Fyreposs 4500 Oree Vuse Go Blu Pro Mr Blue 7000 Donut King & Dr cooler Calipso Prime Bar Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner ’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Philip Lewis Information Rights Officer2025-02-21T00:00:00CAM94152025-02-06T00:00:00lead officers for 0-19 service, infant feeding and Public HealthDate: 06/02/2025 Ref: CAM9415 Dear Requester, Thank you for your request for information dated 10/01/2025 about lead officers for 0-19 service, infant feeding and Public Health. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested and the answers to your questions are as follows: 1) Who is leading on the Council’s 0-19 service and what is their email address? Name: Dionne Usherwood / Julia Mills Position: Head of Children's Commissioning Email: dionne.usherwood@camden.gov.uk / julia.mills@camden.gov.uk 2) Who is the Council's Infant feeding Lead and what is their email address? Please see the response to question 1 above. 3) Who is the Council's Public Health Lead and what is their email address? Name: Manuj Sharma Position: Public Health Consultant Email: manuj.sharma@camden.gov.uk Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Lorna Jonas-Tinson Information Rights Officer2025-02-21T00:00:00CAM94172025-01-28T00:00:00the MayorDate: 28/01/2025 Case reference : CAM9417London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 13/01/2025 about the Mayor.  We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and the Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested.  However, we are withholding the information because it is exempt as explained below.  We have explained what exemption applies.  Please see the refusal notice which explains how and why it applies. The request is: Freedom of Information request - The role of the Mayor 1. Why does the Mayor of Camden go to events outside of the local community. 2. Can you confirm how many events the Mayor has gone to that are not in the Camden area since May 2023 up to the present day? 3. Can you also please tell me how much it has cost for the Mayor to go to events away from the Borough in the same period (e.g. taxi) Clarification: -  This is to confirm that I would like an overall cost please and a general reason why the Mayor travels to events that do not appear to have a benefit to the Borough.We are not processing this request as it would require a disproportionate amount of time, effort, and expense.  Please see the exemption notice set out below. Refusal Notice The exemption that applies is: section 12: cost of compliance exceeds appropriate limit We are refusing your request under section 12 on cost grounds because we estimate that compliance with your request will exceed the "appropriate limit". This is £450 which is equivalent to 18 hours at £25 per hour. The per hour figure is set by Regulations rather than actual salary paid to any officers handling requests. The appropriate limit includes the time it will take the council to discover if it holds the information requested, to locate it, extract it and collate it as well as putting it into any particular format requested by the requester. We have calculated that it will take approx. 32.5 hours (minimum) to comply with your request because searching for, calculating and collating relevant information would take: -   there are 130 events that would need to be examined to collate relevant information on costs• collating this information would take an average minimum of 15 minutes for each event• Advice and Assistance We are able to provide a responses to the information requested for question 1: - 1. Why does the Mayor of Camden go to events outside of the local community. The Mayor of Camden attends events outside the borough in a number of ways: Given the nature of Camden’s geography and its extensive multi-cultural background, Camden events are not always held within the borough• Camden & Islington have joint events which are not always held within Camden• The Mayor is a member of the London Mayors’ Association and as such events will be held across •London Mayors of other London boroughs hold fundraising events that she attends in her official capacity (in return for their support at her events)• The Mayor represents the borough at events in which groups, people or businesses from the Camden area are present, and where they seek her support• The Mayor also attends training and networking functions• For Q3 we may be able to give some overall figures for the Mayor’s transport costs Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk , Telephone: 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website https://www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Peter Williams Information Rights Officer2025-02-21T00:00:00CAM94192025-02-10T00:00:00people living with HIV and priority need for social housingDate: 10/02/2025 Ref: CAM9419 Dear Requester, Thank you for your request for information dated 13/01/2025 about people living with HIV and priority need for social housing. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested and the answers to your questions are as follows: 1. Does your local authority routinely consider people living with HIV to have a priority need for social housing? Camden has a points based housing allocation scheme. The policy is published on the Council’s website. Please enter the link below into your web browser to view section 3.0: Housing allocation scheme 2018 - Camden Council. As the information requested is already reasonably accessible elsewhere, it is exempt under the absolute exemption in Section 21. a) – What criteria do you use to determine whether a person living with HIV has a priority need for social housing? As explained above, the information requested is publicly available on the Council’s website and section 21 applies. Click on or enter the link above into your web browser to view section 4.6. b) – Do you use the MHCLG “Homelessness code of guidance for local authorities” to assess whether a person living with HIV has a priority need for social housing? The Homelessness code of guidance Homelessness code of guidance for local authorities - Chapter 8: Priority need - Guidance - GOV.UK is considered in assessing priority need in relation to homeless applications and advice and guidance is given around Camden's Allocation scheme in line with our published policy. 2. Does your local authority have the sufficient time and resources to assess the priority need for social housing of a person living with HIV? Homelessness Prevention advisers and Allocations officers receive input from the Health and Housing Occupational Therapist for specialist guidance, when needed to make assessments in line with the Homelessness code of guidance and the published Camden allocation scheme. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk 3. Are there further resources or guidance that do not currently exist that would help your local authority assess if a person living with HIV had a priority need for social housing? No. Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Lorna Jonas-Tinson Information Rights Officer2025-02-21T00:00:00CAM94202025-02-06T00:00:00anonymised housing statistics for Ampthill Square EstateDate: 06/02/2025 Ref: CAM9420 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 13/01/2025 about anonymised housing statistics for Ampthill Square Estate. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council does not hold the information requested. For the purposes of understanding/determining logistical growth, input surveys, make comparisons, as well as finding out whether actuality matches my own perception gleaned from being a residents and tenant activist on Ampthill Square Estate for the past thirty years, I would be grateful if you could provide the following % data on households resident here. 1. What % of households are leaseholders? 2. What % of these are absentee landlords? 3. What % of households come within the ‘priority needs’ bracket? 4. What % of households are pensioners? 5. What % of household churn (in and out) has taken place over the past five years? Plus one more general housing question. 6. How many households were provided with accommodation from the LBC Waiting List? Clarified as - It would be good if you were able to provide this information in tabular format over the past five years. Leaseholders may live on the Estate but they also might rent out, or might have family in. The Council does not hold information about private tenants or occupiers. The Council also doesn’t know how old occupiers are as Council Tax don’t collect age data, and there’s no central priority need register even if there were an agreed category for that. This information is not held for the estate. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Kieran Heneghan Information Rights Officer2025-02-21T00:00:00CAM94212025-02-12T00:00:00Follow up to CAM8867 Map of Council EstatesDate: 12/02/2025 Ref: CAM9421 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 13/01/2025 about Follow up to CAM8867 Map of Council Estates. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested. Re: Freedom of Information request - Map of Council Estates Thank you very much for provided the requested information. I have two follow -up questions regarding the provided shapefile. (1) Within the provided estate boundaries, are there ever non- council housing buildings/units such as units which have been sold via Right to Buy or non- residential buildings? Yes. There are typically non-residential units, such as garages, within our estate boundaries. Most of our estates also include properties that were sold through the Right to Buy program . (2) How are the estate boundaries defined? Do they correspond to a legal boundary for the freehold of the estate or something else? The boundaries correspond to legal boundaries for freehold or leasehold properties. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner ’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Philip Lewis Information Rights Officer2025-02-21T00:00:00CAM94222025-02-07T00:00:00number of households homelessness duty ended for refusing offers of housing outside Camden area in 2024Date: 07/02/2025 Ref: CAM9422 Dear Requester, Thank you for your request for information dated 13/01/2025 about the number of households homelessness duty ended for refusing offers of housing outside Camden area in 2024. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested and the answers to your questions are as follows: In calendar year 2024, how many households did the council end its homelessness duty towards due to the household’s refusal to accept an offer of housing outside the local authority area? 4. Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Yours sincerely, Lorna Jonas-Tinson Information Rights Officer2025-02-21T00:00:00CAM94242025-02-04T00:00:00Follow up to Free Cycle Training scheme CAM8823Date: 04/02/2025 Ref: CAM9424 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 13/01/2025 about Follow up to Free Cycle Training scheme CAM8823. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council does not hold the information requested. Freedom of Information request - Contract details for Free Cycle Training scheme I wish to understand more about your cycle training scheme which you disclosed as being run in house. Please provide the information below related to this scheme: What is the budget set aside for this training for the next 12 to 48 months The budget for cycle training 2025/26 has not yet been confirmed yet by TfL (Transport for London). We are likely to have this information in April and it is likely to remain the same as 2024/25 which was £76,000. Please break down how you are using this budget and the pots it has been allocated to The funding is not divided into absolute pots but is spent between school Bikeability training, adult weekend and individual training and Fix plus / Dr bike and other events. Approximately 75/20/5 split. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner ’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Philip Lewis Information Rights Officer2025-02-21T00:00:00CAM94272025-02-07T00:00:00how many private landlords and lettings agencies across your borough issued no-fault evictionsDate: 07/02/2025 Ref: CAM9427 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 14/01/2025 about how many private landlords and lettings agencies across your borough issued no -fault evictions. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council does not hold the information requested. 1. For 2022, 2023 and 2024 how many private landlords and lettings agencies across your borough issued no-fault evictions? - Can the data be broken down by year; and separated into those issued by a landlord and those issued by a lettings agency, and then how many went to court. I would like you to provide this information in the following format: Electronic copies of information – in the form of a spreadsheet. The Council does not hold this information. It is likely held by the courts as they process eviction applications received from landlords. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner ’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Philip Lewis Information Rights Officer2025-02-21T00:00:00CAM94282025-02-10T00:00:00accidents that have occurred at council-owned or council-operated sports centres, leisure centres, gyms, or sports pitchesDate: 10/02/2025 Ref: CAM9428 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 14/01/2025 about accidents that have occurred at council-owned or council-operated sports centres, leisure centres, gyms, or sports pitches . We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested. However we are withholding the information because it is exempt as explained below. We have explained where we are withholding information and what exemptions apply. Please see the refusal notices at the end of the answers which explain how and why they apply. The data I would like to receive is for the calendar years 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024, so please provide a breakdown by calendar year (in addition to a total number accounting for all years) for all questions below: 1. How many accidents occurred at council-owned or council-operated sports centres, leisure centres, gyms, or sports pitches? As well as a yearly breakdown, please provide the location and nature of injury for each incident. 2. How much was spent on repairs to the above facilities? 3. How many legal claims were lodged against the council relating to injuries suffered at any of the above facilities in the past five calendar years? - Of those, how many were settled, refused, or remain ongoing? 4. How much compensation has the council paid for claims relating to injuries suffered at any of the above facilities? We are refusing your request under Section 12 on cost grounds because we estimate that compliance with your request will exceed the "appropriate limit". This is £450 which is equivalent to 18 hours at £25 per hour. The per hour figure is set by Regulations rather than actual salary paid to any officers handling requests. The appropriate limit includes the time it will take the council to discover if it holds the information requested, to locate it, extract it and collate it as well as putting it into any particular format requested by the requester . To find the information to answer your questions within question 1 will require a manual check of each of the accidents that occurred at council-owned or council-operated sports centres, leisure centres, gyms, or sports pitches, over 5 years. There have been 580 incidents in 5 years. For each record we estimate that it would take at least 2 minutes to look up, read and provide the location London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk and nature of each injury, so it would take the relevant service 19.33 hours to provide this response. Advice and Assistance As advice and assistance, we could provide the information for 2024. Alternatively, you could resubmit a new request for questions 3 and 4. The information request for question 2 would likely be refused under section 43(2): commercial interests. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Kieran Heneghan Information Rights Officer2025-02-21T00:00:00CAM94312025-01-31T00:00:00property softwareDate: 31/01/2025 Case reference : CAM9431 London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 14/01/2025 about property software.  We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 / Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested and the answers to your questions are as follows: Key    Digital & Data Services Response (DDR) Facilities Management Response (FM) 1. Software Systems in Use Please provide the following details for any software currently used for: Property management (e.g., inspections, compliance, record-keeping).• NEC Housing (Supplier: NEC Software Solutions UK Ltd),  RAPID (Supplier: RAPID Information systems),  Apex (Supplier: Rowanwood Professional Services Ltd) FM (includes Corporate and Schools)– Planet & CIVICA  Tenant management (e.g., onboarding, communications, and tenant records).• Nec Housing, RAPID FM - Not applicable. Rent collection (e.g., payment processing, arrears tracking, reporting).• Nec Housing FM - Not applicable. Maintenance logging (e.g., systems for tenants to report maintenance issues and staff to log and track maintenance tasks).• ROCC Core (Supplier: ROCC Computers Ltd)  FM - Not applicable. For each software used, provide the following: Name of the software. Name of the software provider or supplier. Please see the responses above. 2. Cost Breakdown For each software system identified above, provide the total costs incurred annually, including but not limited to: Licensing or subscription fees.• Maintenance fees (e.g., technical support, system updates).• NEC Housing - £76,077.93ROCC UESD - £49,414.72 Rapid Systems - £20,000 Apex - £28,334 FM – CIVICA and Planet-  Planet - circa £25k Corporate FM (final year)• Civica - £46.5k, which is inclusive of Corporate, Schools R&M and Asset Management• Any additional costs (e.g., integration fees, customisation fees, or additional modules).• If costs vary (e.g., per property, per user, or tiered pricing), please specify the pricing model used. No additional costs. 3. Implementation and Support Costs Provide details of any initial or ongoing costs associated with these systems, including: Implementation or setup costs.• FM - Took over systems during TUPE to in-house service delivery Costs for training staff to use the software.• FM - As staff TUPE into LA, training has remained within existing team Consultancy or third-party services related to these systems (if applicable).• Not applicable. 4. Scope of Use Provide the following details about the use of each software system: The number of properties managed using the software.• NEC - 33,731ROCC UESD- 65,765  APEX- 33,096 FM – 115 corporate assets and 48 schools  The number of tenants whose records are maintained using the software.• NEC - 27301 ROCC UESD- N/A APEX- N/A FM – N/A The approximate number of maintenance requests logged annually by:• Tenants. 67,150 FM – Not applicable. Staff (e.g., property managers or maintenance teams). 42,850 FM Jobs Civica Reactive Calls Created 01/02/24 to 31/12/24 Corporate     1881 Schools        3549Civica Inspections Due 01/01/24 to 31/12/24 Corporate     850 Schools        3759 Planet Reactive Calls Created 01/02/24 to 31/12/24 Corporate     2903 Planet Inspections Due 01/01/24 to 31/12/24 Corporate     4957 5. Contractual Information For each software system, provide the following contractual details: The duration of the current contract(s).• 12 months FM – Planet – annual - data moving to CIVICA, so in final year. Civica – 2-year contract from April 1st, 2023. The renewal date(s) of the contract(s).• NEC - 01/04/2025 RAPID - 01/04/2025 ROCC UESD - 01/04/2025 APEX - 01/11/2025 Any termination conditions or penalties specified in the contract(s).•90 days’ notice. 6. Future Plans Please provide details of any ongoing or planned procurement or tender processes to replace, upgrade, or expand software solutions for: Property management.• FM - Consolidate all operational data to one system CIVICA.  Extends current arrangement via G cloud call off. Tenant management.• Not applicable. Rent collection . • Not applicable. Maintenance logging.• Not applicable. FM - Sole use of CIVICA Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk , Telephone: 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website https://www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Peter Williams Information Rights Officer2025-02-21T00:00:00CAM94322025-02-03T00:00:00planners and ecologistsDate: 03/02/2025 Case reference : CAM9432 London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 14/01/2025 about planners and ecologists. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 / Environmental Information Regulations 2004. You clarified your request on 16 January 2025: - I mean both planning policy and development management combined ideally, but if this is not possible then just development management Response The council holds the information requested and the answers to your questions are as follows: 1. On average, how many planners at senior or management level did your local authority employ in the financial years (a) 2017/18, (b) 2019/20, (c) 2021/22 and d) 2023/24? This would include senior/principal planners, team leaders and chief planners/heads.  If not able to express as an average, perhaps you could confirm the headcount at a specific date or at year-end. Development Management: a) 2017/18 – Senior (8 planning, 2.6 planning enforcement and 3 conservation), Principal (6 Planning, 2 Planning Enforcement and 1 Conservation), Team Manager (4 Planning and 1 Planning Enforcement) and Head of Service (1). b) 2019/20 - Senior (8 planning, 2.6 planning enforcement and 3 conservation), Principal (6 Planning, 2 Planning Enforcement and 1 Conservation), Team Manager (4 Planning and 1 Planning Enforcement) and Head of Service (1). c) 2020/21 - Senior (8 planning, 2.6 planning enforcement and 3 conservation), Principal (6 Planning, 2 Planning Enforcement and 1 Conservation), Team Manager (4 Planning and 1 Planning Enforcement) and Head of Service (1). Restructure implemented September 2020 onwards - gradual transition to new structure which was probably fully in place start of financial year 2021/2022. d) 2023/24 - Senior (8 planning, 2.6 planning enforcement and 3 conservation), Principal (3 Planning, 1.6 Planning Enforcement and 1 Conservation), Deputy Team Leader (3 Planning, 1 Planning Enforcement), Team Manager (4 Planning, 1 Planning Enforcement, 1 Conservation) and Head of Service (1). Planning Policy and Infrastructure & Growth for seniors, principals and team leaders: a) 2017/18 - 12 b) 2019/20 - 12.5 c) 2021/22 - 13.5 d) 2023/24 - 14.5 Regeneration and Place/Design and Place for seniors, principals and team leaders: 2017/18 - 6 2019/20 - 6 2021/22 - 6 2023/24 – 5 2. How many ecologists does your local authority currently directly employ? As well as ecologists/senior ecologists, this would include planning ecologists and biodiversity officers.We have one Nature Conservation Officer who is involved in planning applications. 3. What are the job titles of the ecologists the local authority currently directly employs? Nature Conservation Officer. 4. How many ecologists left their role between 1 April 2023 and 31 March 2024? Not applicable. 5. On average, how many ecologists did your local authority directly employ in the financial years (a) 2017/18, (b) 2019/20, and (c) 2021/22? Again, if not able to express as an average, perhaps you could confirm the headcount at a specific date or at year-end. Nature Conservation Officer: a) 2017/18 1.5 Full time equivalent (FTE) b) 2019/20 1.5 FTE c) 2021/22 1.0 FTE 6. On average, how many ecologists at senior or management level did you directly employ in (a) 2017/18, (b) 2019/20 and (c) 2021/22? Again, if not able to express as an average, perhaps you could confirm the headcount at a specific date or at year-end. Nature Conservation Officer employed at management level: a) 2017/18 1.5 Full time equivalent (FTE) b) 2019/20 1.5 FTE c) 2021/22 1.0 FTE The Nature Conservation Officer role is graded at 4.1: Career PractitionerJob-holders at this level in the family are involved in many aspects of service planning and delivery and have either have full management responsibility or  are required to provide a greater lead in informing the development of strategy and vision. Some manage business critical systems and processes, lead on interventions or play a co-ordinating role as subject experts; others manage small teams of specialists. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk , Telephone: 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website https://www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Peter Williams Information Rights Officer2025-02-21T00:00:00CAM94332025-02-05T00:00:00notices to suspend the parking bay on Ellerdale Road for the treeworks of 9th JanuaryDate: 05/02/2025 Ref: CAM9433 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 14/01/2025 about notices to suspend the parking bay on Ellerdale Road for the treeworks of 9th January . We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000/Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested. 1. How far in advance of emergency tree works do you usually suspend parking bays? We ask for 17 days advanced warning to book a suspension. However, a suspension can be booked with a minimum of 3 days’ notice before the suspension is due to start. 2. What date did you put up the notices to suspend the parking bay on Ellerdale Road for the treeworks of 9th January? Signs were installed on 22 nd December 2024. 3. What date did you put up the notices to suspend the parking bays on Ellerdale Road for the treeworks of 22nd and 23rd January? Signs were installed on 8 th January 2025. 4. Where did you put the notifications of the treeworks for the 9th January? Signs would have been placed on the lamp post closest to the suspension. Civil Enforcement Officer’s (CEOs) do not make a note of where the signs are placed , unless there are no posts to install signs, in which case they will then make notes and refer back to base. In this instance no additional notes were made, meaning we believe the notice was placed upon the nearest lamp/sign post. 5. Where did you put the notifications of the treeworks for the 22nd and 23rd January? As above for question 4, signs would have been placed on the nearest lamp post closest to the suspension. CEO’s do not make a note of where the signs are placed unless there are no posts to install signs, in which case they will then make notes and refer back to base. 6. In addition to my previous questions please can you also provide information regarding what the sign, if one was put up, said for the 9th January tree works on Ellerdale Road. Ellerdale Road, suspension number: 19087368, Thursday 09 Jan 2025 – Thursday 09 Jan 2025 suspended between 08:30 to 18:30. Suspension reason: Tree works. Location: 1 space outside number 8. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Kieran Heneghan Information Rights Officer2025-02-21T00:00:00CAM94342025-02-07T00:00:00Lime bikes contract questionsDate: 07/02/2025 Ref: CAM9434 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 14/01/2025 about Lime bikes contract questions. We have dealt with this under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested. FAO Camden Freedom of Information team I request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000: 1. Confirmation of whether or not the renewal of Lime's contract with Camden, due in May this year, is to be voted on by the whole council, or by a sub -group of councillors; or, if not by a vote of the whole council, or a sub-group, how Lime's contract renewal is to be handled by Camden. The Council’s processes for agreeing contract extensions are set out in Part 4, Section H of the Council’s Constitution (Contract Standing Orders, or CSOs). The links to the constitution change from time to time when it is updated, the updated links as of today are below: Agenda for Constitution on Friday, 18th October, 2024 - Camden Council , with a direct link to the Contract Standing Orders here: PART 48 Contract Standing Orders.pdf . Paragraph E3 of CSOs sets out that for extensions of contracts within the terms of the contract, where the contract was awarded by a Council officer, then the same level of officer must agree the contract extension. Therefore, a report will be presented to the officer (in this case the Director of Environment and Sustainability) for approval in line with CSOs. 2. The evidence Camden relies on for its assertion that shared micromobility parking compliance in the borough, by Lime hirers in particular, has improved. The borough manages the parking compliance of dockless bikes through data provided to us by the operators as well as the correspondence and complaints that we receive on this issue. The parking compliance data and our own on-street monitoring, indicate that overall parking compliance of dockless bikes has improved over the contract period. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner ’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Philip Lewis Information Rights Officer2025-02-21T00:00:00CAM94352025-02-12T00:00:00Human Rights Assessments (HRA) and unaccompanied asylum-seeking children (UASC) who are care leaversDate: 12/02/2025 Ref: CAM9435 Dear Requester, Thank you for your request for information dated 15/01/2025 about Human Rights Assessments (HRA) and unaccompanied asylum-seeking children (UASC) who are care leavers. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested. However, we are withholding all of the information because it is exempt as explained below. We have explained where we are withholding information and what exemptions apply. Please see the refusal notices at the end of the answers which explain how and why they apply. Please provide the responses in terms of the calendar year 1. How many HRAs of UASC care leavers were conducted in your local authority in 2020, 2021, 2022, and 2023? Please provide a breakdown by immigration status if available. 2. At what point are HRAs carried out in your local authority (e.g., age of young person, specified time from becoming appeal rights exhausted, other)? Please specify. 3. In how many cases did an HRA of a UASC care leaver result in support continuing or being provided under the Children (Leaving Care) Act 2000 and other relevant law/policy in 2020, 2021, 2022, and 2023? 4. Please outline the type of support that is provided to UASC care leavers following an HRA. If relevant, please specify: - Type(s) of accommodation - Pathway planning - Personal advisor - Assistance with employment, education and training - Support hours 5. Rates of financial support (if there are no set rates of financial support, please explain how levels of financial support are calculated and whether the local authority uses a base rate) Other, please describe London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk 6. At what point does care leaving support end for this group of young people (e.g., age)? Please describe. 7. Please provide any internal guidance or any other such written material that is used by/available to staff in connection with HRAs and support provided to UASC care leavers following an HRA. Please see the exemption notice set out below. Refusal notice: Section 12: Cost of Compliance Exceeds the Appropriate Limit We are refusing your request under section 12 on cost grounds because we estimate that compliance with your request will exceed the "appropriate limit". This is £450 which is equivalent to 18 hours at £25 per hour. The per hour figure is set by Regulations rather than actual salary paid to any officers handling requests. The appropriate limit includes the time it will take the council to discover if it holds the information requested, to locate it, extract it and collate it as well as putting it into any particular format requested by the requester. Question 1 requests the number of human rights assessments (HRA) conducted on unaccompanied asylum seeking children who are care leavers for specific years broken down by immigration status. We do not hold this information in a reportable format. Similarly question 3 is seeking total cases where a human rights assessment of an unaccompanied asylum seeking child care leaver resulted in support continuing under section 20 of the Children Act 1989. Again, we do not hold this information in a reportable format. For calendar years 2020 - 2023 the service has identified approx. 20 cases in scope of the request. Even if narrowed down to cases where a former unaccompanied asylum seeking child had lost contact with the service, we estimate it would take a council officer a minimum of 2 hours per case file to manually read case notes and gather the data. We have calculated that to comply with your request would take approximately 40 hours. This exceeds the 18-hour limit set by the Act. Advice and Assistance Given the calculations above, you may wish to submit a new request for questions 2 and 4-7, as the total hours would be less than 18 hours. For questions 1 and 3 we suggest the date range be refined to bear in mind the maximum 120 minutes per case advice mentioned earlier. Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Lorna Jonas-Tinson Information Rights Officer2025-02-21T00:00:00CAM94402025-02-06T00:00:00IT service management system softwareDate: 06/02/2025 Case reference : CAM9440London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 15/01/2025 about about IT service management system software. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds some of the information requested. The answers to your questions are below. We have stated where we do not hold the information requested and why. Freedom of information request - ITSM Software Expenditure - Gov I am writing to requ est information under the Freedom of Information Act regarding the running costs of your IT service management system (ITSM) at your organisation. Specifically, I am requesting information on the following: 1. Running costs: Please provide the past 3 years costs (for clarity, these refer to your financial year whatever that may be). Item                                     2024             2023             2022             Total Implementation                     N/A               N/A               N/A               N/A Subscription / Licencing       £122,650      £127,400      £74,250        £324,300 1.3 Support                      1.4 Professional Services (project work etc)                     1.5 Managed Services (where applicable) 1.6  Approximate Staff costs ass'c with running the platform And/Or                     1.7 Number of FTE associated to platform operations (if unable to provide answer to 6) We do not hold this information as the licences and support was incorporated into one overall cost. 2. Implementation: if your system was implemented in the last 3 years, please provide the start and finish date or duration of this implementation project. Not Applicable. 3. Service Management System Vendor: Which vendor provided the service management system software (e.g., ServiceNow, Jira Service Management, Halo, Freshservice, Ivanti, Xurrent/4me, ManageEngine etc.)? Valiantys - Jira Service Management 4. Scope: Please provide the business scope of your system, does it include business functions outside of IT (e.g., HR Case Management, Facilities, Finance etc.)? No, it does not.    Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk , Telephone: 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website https://www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Peter Williams Information Rights Officer2025-02-21T00:00:00CAM94412025-02-10T00:00:00information relating to parking permits in your council areaDate: 10/02/2025 Ref: CAM9441 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 15/01/2025 about information relating to parking permits in your council area. We have dealt with this under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested. Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, I would like to request the following information relating to parking permits in your council area. Please provide answers to the below questions: 1 - What is the current cost of an annual residential parking permit within your council? Please visit the following link on our website for more information - Fees and charges-2024/25 London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk 2 - How many residential parking permits were issued in the following timeframes: 1st January 2020 – 31st December 2020 32658 1st January 2021 - 31st December 2021 31943 1st January 2022 – 31st December 2022 33217 1st January 2023 – 31st December 2023 32996 1st January 2024 - 31st December 2024 31880 3 - Please provide the cost of an annual residential parking permit over the last five years, detailing any changes in price each year. 2019/20 Please visit the following link on our website for more information - Fees and charges 2019/20 2020/21 Please visit the following link on our website for more information - Fees and charges 2020/21 2021/22 Please visit the following link on our website for more information - Fees and charges 2021/22 2022/23 Please visit the following link on our website for more information - Fees and charges 2022/23 2023/24 Please visit the following link on our website for more information - Fees and charges 2023/24 2024/24 May Please visit the following link on our website for more information - Fees and charges 2024/25 2024/25 Oct Please visit the following link on our website for more information – Fees and charges 2024-25 November-13 4 - How much revenue has the council received from residential parking permits over the past five years, broken down by calendar year? Financial year: Source: Annual Parking Report 2024 5 - Does the cost of an annual parking permit differ depending on the street, zone, or area? If so, please provide the price range and the rationale for any variations in cost. No - it doesn’t depend on the Street, Zone or Area. 6 - Does the council operate a waiting list for residential parking permits? If yes, please provide the total number of current applicants on the waiting list as of today’s date and please specify the date. No, the Council does not operate a waiting list. 7 - How many applicants were on the waiting list at the end of each of the following years: 2020 – none. 2021 - none. 2022 - none. 2023 - none. 2024 - none. 8 - What is the average waiting time for an applicant to receive a residential parking permit over the past five calendar years? Zero. There is no waiting time. 9 - What is the longest recorded waiting time for an applicant to receive a residential parking permit in the past five calendar years? Zero. There is no waiting time. 10 - Are there specific areas or zones within the council where waiting lists are longer? If so, please provide details, including the current average waiting times for those areas. No. 11 - What percentage of streets within your council area are designated for parking permits compared to those offering free parking? All of the borough is within a Controlled Parking Zone (CPZ). 12 - How many new residential parking permit areas have been introduced within the last five years? Nil. 13 - How many streets within your council area are currently not eligible for residential parking permits? Please specify All streets are eligible for residential parking. There have been new developments in the last few years where car free housing has been introduced. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Kieran Heneghan Information Rights Officer2025-02-21T00:00:00CAM94422025-02-06T00:00:00recruitment companiesDate: 06/02/2025 Case reference : CAM9442London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 15/01/2025 about recruitment companies .  We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council does not hold the information requested: Request 1 In the previous 36 months on how many occasions have you engaged the services of an Executive Search recruitment company? i.e. a recruitment service for senior staff on a retained fee basis.  We are unable to provide any information on the engagement of Executive Search Recruitment Companies as this information is not recorded centrally. The Council classes roles at Level 6 or above to be senior positions within the Council’s hierarchy and only engages such support after careful consideration and in exceptional cases to generate candidates for particularly hard to recruit roles/after direct attractions approach has not yielded results. Request 2 If the response to Request 1 is positive what fees, either in percentage or a pounds and pence figure, where paid by your organisation to the supplier. Please see the response above. Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk , Telephone: 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website https://www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Peter Williams Information Rights Officer2025-02-21T00:00:00CAM94432025-02-07T00:00:00the number of section 208 notices sent to local housing authorities between 1 January 2020 - 1 January 2025Date: 07/02/2025 Ref: CAM9443 Dear Requester, Thank you for your request for information dated 29/01/2025 about the number of section 208 notices sent to local housing authorities between 1 January 2020 - 1 January 2025. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The Council does not hold the information requested. The answers to your questions are as follows: For each year between 2020/21 and 2024/25*: How many notices did your authority send to other local housing authorities under Section 208 of the Housing Act 1996 [hereafter: S28 notice]? AND Between 1 January 2020 and 1 January 2025*: Which receiving local housing authorities did your authority send a S28 notice to, and how many to each? This could be formatted as a two-column table, listing authority and number of notices. *Or up to latest data available The council does not record or hold the information requested. Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Lorna Jonas-Tinson Information Rights Officer2025-02-21T00:00:00CAM94452025-02-06T00:00:00Highways Management Maintenance System & UKPMSDate: 06/02/2025 Ref: CAM9445 Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 16/01/2025 about Highways Management Maintenance System & UKPMS. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested. Freedom of Information request - Highways Management Maintenance System & UKPMS Contract Details 1. Which supplier currently provides your Highways Management System (HMS) or Equivelant UKPMS Accredited system? Symology Ltd. 2. What is the scope of your current HMS contract? (e.g., asset management, road maintenance scheduling, traffic management, incident reporting, etc.) Asset management, road maintenance scheduling, traffic management, incident reporting, Highways Surfacing. 3. What is the value of the current HMS contract (per annum and total contract value)? Per Annum £57,473.00, Total Contract £172,419. 4. What is the contract start date, end date, and renewal date? Contract start date 7/2/2022, renewal date 8/2/2025. 5. What is the duration of the current contract, including any extension options? Duration of current contract is 3 years, then an optional extension of 2 years . 6. What is the procurement framework used for the current contract? (e.g., G-Cloud, Crown Commercial Service, etc.) G-Cloud. 7. Are there any performance penalties or incentives within the contract? If yes, please provide details. N/A London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk ________________________________________ System Features and Usage 8. What modules or features are included in your current HMS? (e.g., GIS integration, work order management, mobile workforce support, citizen reporting, etc.) GIS integration, Works order management, Customer Service, Mobile workforce support, Reporting, Street Works, General Maintenance, Accounts Payments, Licensing, Condition Surveys, Cyclic Activities, Integrated Activities, Street Gazetteer . 9. What other systems does your HMS integrate with? (e.g., financial systems, geographic information systems, customer relationship management tools, etc.) Oracle Financials, FixMyStreet Pro. 10. What level of customisation has been implemented in the current HMS? N/A. 11. How many users currently access the system, and what is their role (e.g., staff, contractors)? 80 staff and Contractors. ________________________________________ Tendering and Procurement 12. When is the next planned tender for the Highways Management System? April 2027. 13. What are the key evaluation criteria for selecting a supplier for the HMS? Price and Quality KPI’s. 14. What were the top three reasons for selecting your current HMS supplier? N/A. 15. What challenges or pain points have been identified in the current HMS procurement process? N/A. ________________________________________ Budget and Expenditure 16. What is the annual budget allocated for Highways Management Systems, including licensing, support, and maintenance costs? £60,000. 17. Are there any additional costs associated with the current HMS contract (e.g., implementation, training, third-party integrations)? N/A. ________________________________________ Performance and Feedback 18. How is the performance of the current HMS measured? (e.g., KPIs, SLAs, user satisfaction, etc.) SLA’s and User Satisfaction. 19. Have there been any significant system failures or downtimes in the last 3 years? If yes, please provide details. No. 20. What has been the overall satisfaction level of your staff and stakeholders with the current HMS? Good. ________________________________________ Data and Reporting 21. What types of reports are generated by the HMS (e.g., maintenance logs, incident reports)? Internal reports have been set up within the HMS which users utilise . 22. Is the HMS compliant with relevant data protection regulations (e.g., UK GDPR)? Yes. 23. Does the HMS support open data initiatives for public access to highways -related information? Yes, Street and scheduled works. ________________________________________ Sustainability and Future Plans 24. How does the HMS support sustainability goals (e.g., reducing carbon emissions, green infrastructure planning)? Less carbon emissions due to hosted service. 25. Are there any plans to adopt new technologies (e.g., AI, IoT) within the HMS? No current plans. 26. What challenges are anticipated in transitioning to a new HMS, if applicable? Change Management. ________________________________________ Additional Context 27. Are there any shared service agreements in place with other councils for HMS use? No. 28. Does the council use in-house resources to manage the HMS, or is it fully outsourced? Hybrid. 29. Is your council open to pilot programs for innovative highways management technologies? Yes. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner ’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely Philip Lewis Information Rights Officer2025-02-21T00:00:00CAM94522025-02-03T00:00:00ecological expertiseDate: 03/02/2025 Case reference : CAM9452 London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 16/01/2025 about ecological expertise.  We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 / Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested and the answers to your questions are as follows: FOI - Ecological expertise How does the local authority access ecological expertise? Is it through: a) in-house ecological staff within the local authority. We have a nature conservation officer who advises on matters relating to biodiversity, but BNG is not the sole purpose of this role. b) through a Service Level Agreement/shared resource with another local authority, Please see the response above. c) through a Service Level Agreement with another body e.g. Wildlife Trust, Please see the response above.d) through other external expertise e.g. consultants, Where necessary we have appointed external consultants to provide specialist ecological advice on certain applications or as part of appeals, but it depends on the work demands and the availability/access to resources internally. e) no access to ecological expertise? Please see the response above. If it is a mixture of the above, could you please specify what the arrangements are. Please see the response above. I am specifically looking for how the authority accesses staff/resources for implementing, delivering, monitoring and reporting on biodiversity net gain and other natural environment functions. Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk , Telephone: 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website https://www.ico.org.uk may be useful.Yours sincerely, Peter Williams Information Rights Officer2025-02-21T00:00:00CAM94532025-02-03T00:00:00inclusive language guidesDate: 03/02/2025 Case reference : CAM9453London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 17/01/2025 about inclusive language guides.   We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council does not hold the information requested: Please provide the latest inclusive language guide used for staff. We do not have an inclusive language guide for staff. Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk , Telephone: 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website https://www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Peter Williams Information Rights Officer2025-02-21T00:00:00CAM94552025-02-10T00:00:00grants made to voluntary sector organisationsDate: 10/02/2025 Case reference : CAM9455London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 17/01/2025 about grants made to voluntary sector organisations.  We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds some of the information requested. The answers to your questions are below. We have stated where we do not hold the information requested and why. 1. A list of grants you have made to the voluntary sector (including to any charities, churches, social enterprises, community groups) in the financial year 2022/23. Please include the amount paid to each entity and, if recorded, a description of what each payment is for. 2. A list of grants you have made or are due to make to the voluntary sector (including to any charities, churches, social enterprises, community groups) in the current financial year. Please include the amount paid to each entity and, if recorded, a description of what each payment is for. Reports related to the allocation of grants in 2024 managed by our Community Partnerships service to VCS organisations are already in the public domain. Please enter the links below into your web browser: - Healthwatch Camden 2024-2031 Grant Agreement https://democracy.camden.gov.uk/ieDecisionDetails.aspx?ID=4199   Community Partner Fund Decision - Camden Community Partner Fund Grants Awards 2024-2031 - Camden CouncilResilience Fund 2024 Decision - Voluntary and Community Sector Resilience Fund 2024 - Camden Council Infrastructure Fund Decision - Funding Awards for Camden's Voluntary and Community Sector Infrastructure Fund 2024-2031 - Camden Council Refugee grants Decision - Borough of Sanctuary Voluntary and Community Sector Partner Funding for Ukrainian Refugee Response - Families4Peace and HealthProm April 2024- March 2026 - Camden Council Decision - Voluntary and Community Sector (VCS) Support in Afghan Refugee Response - Highgate New Town Community Partners (HNCP) Funding, April 2024 - March 2027 - Camden Council Decision - Borough of Sanctuary Partner - Interim Funding for Ukrainian Refugee Response - Families4Peace and HealthProm - Camden Council Grant of Funding to Hopscotch Family Advocacy to Provide Transition & Integration Support for Afghan Refugees April 2023 - March 2026 https://democracy.camden.gov.uk/ieDecisionDetails.aspx?ID=4067 Other teams and services across the council make grants to voluntary sector organisations but this information is exempt from release. Please see the exemption notice set out below. Refusal Notice The exemption that applies is: section 22 (2): information intended for future publication. The council holds the information requested but we are applying the qualified exemption in section 22 (2) of the Act because the information is intended for future publication and it is not reasonable to publish it ahead of planned publication.  Although due to the work involved it is difficult to give a definitive date the council will aim to publish this information within the next 4 months. In applying this exemption, we have had to balance the public interest in withholding the information against the interest in favour of disclosure. The public interest arguments for releasing this information are as follows: improving transparency in decision making• ensuring value for money.• The public interest arguments for withholding the information are as follows: the council is obliged by the Local Government Transparency Code to publish this data• it would cause significant disruption to the council to publish within the FOIA timescale.• early release would not enable proper scrutiny, evaluation and validation of the data• early release may prompt enquiries from the public and may be expected to result in an increase in workloads. The authority has to ensure that our administrative arrangements are in place before the information is released.• We have decided that the public interest in withholding the information outweighs the public interest in disclosing it. Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk , Telephone: 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website https://www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Peter Williams Information Rights Officer2025-02-21T00:00:00CAM94562025-02-12T00:00:00unaccompanied asylum seeking children determined to be adults by the Home Office in calendar year 2024Date: 12/02/2025 Ref: CAM9456 Dear Requester, Thank you for your request for information dated 17/01/2025 about unaccompanied asylum seeking children determined to be adults by the Home Office in calendar year 2024. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested and the answers to your questions are as follows: • In the calendar year of 2024 (January to December), how many individuals claiming to be children (aged under 18) were referred to your children’s services department having previously been assessed to be an adult by the Home Office and placed in adult asylum accommodation or detention? Nil. • Of those referred, how many were subsequently accepted as, or assessed to be, under 18 by your children’s services department? Not applicable. Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London . WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Commissioner’s Office at casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Lorna Jonas-Tinson Information Rights Officer2025-02-21T00:00:00CAM94572025-02-04T00:00:00housebuildingDate: 04/02/2025 Case reference : CAM9457 London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 17/01/2025 about housebuilding.  We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 / Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested and the answers to your questions are as follows: Freedom of Information request: Self-build and custom housebuilding (England) Elsworth Projects Limited have been commissioned by the National Custom and Self-build Association to undertake an assessment of the size and growth of the self-build and custom housebuilding market in the UK. This assessment is being undertaken in collaboration with Chamberlain Walker Economics and is supported by Homes England, Fleming Homes, 21 Degrees, Saffron Building Society, the National Self Build & Renovation Centre and Build It. In this context, can you please provide the following data in line with the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act 2000: 1. The total number of individuals and associations of individuals on your local authority’s statutory Self Build and Custom Housebuilding Register, as defined under the Self-build and Custom Housebuilding Act 2015 (as amended), as at 30 October 2023. Where your local authority has divided the register into two parts, please provide the total number for both parts of the register. We have a 2 Part Self Build Register - 5 people are on Part 1, and 2 people are on Part 2. 2. The total number of planning permissions (including permissions in principle) your local authority has granted for self-build and custom housebuilding under Section 2A(2) of the Self-build and Custom Housebuilding Act 2015 (as amended), between 31 October 2022 and 30 October 2023. Please provide number of permissions and total number of dwellings. 1 Permission and 1 dwelling. 3. Where your local authority is a Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) charging authority, the number of self-build housing exemption claim applications (CIL Form 7 part 1: Self Build Exemption claim) the authority has received between 31 October 2022 and 30 October 2023. Please provide number of applications and total number of dwellings subject to claim applications. 7 Applications and 16 dwellings. 4. The total number of dwellings for self-build and custom housebuilding, as defined under the Self-build and Custom Housebuilding Act 2015 (as amended), expected to be delivered as a result of site allocations or policies seeking a percentage of such forms of housebuilding on housing sites in an adopted development plan for the local authority area (please provide development plan period). Where your local authority covers more than one area for purposes of planning, please provide data for each area. The two Camden development plans which cover the whole borough are the Camden Local Plan 2017 and the Camden Site Allocations Local Development Document 2013. The adopted Camden Local Plan 2017 (with a period of 2016-2031) does not include any site allocations of any kind or specify a percentage requirement for self-build/ custom housebuilding on housing sites. It does indicate that we will seek to address the need for serviced plots available to people wishing to build their own homes as part of developments with a site area of 0.5 ha or greater. The adopted Camden Site Allocations Local Development Document 2013 (produced under the Camden Core Strategy 2010-2025) does not include any site allocations proposed partly or wholly for self-build/ custom housebuilding. We do not anticipate that these plans will lead directly to delivery of any self-build or custom-build dwellings. Further Information:We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk , Telephone: 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website https://www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Peter Williams Information Rights Officer2025-02-21T00:00:00CAM94612025-02-03T00:00:00submission to StonewallDate: 03/02/2025 Case reference : CAM9461London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 20/01/2025 about submission to Stonewall.   We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council does not hold the information requested: Freedom of Information request - Submission to Stonewall Workplace Equality Index 2023 Please can you supply the Council’ submission to the Stonewall Workplace Equality Index (WEI) made in 2023 together with any feedback received. We do not hold this information.  This is because we did not submit any application for 2023. Further Information We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets. Your RightsIf you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk , Telephone: 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website https://www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Peter Williams Information Rights Officer2025-02-21T00:00:00CAM94632025-02-04T00:00:00parking chargesDate: 04/02/2025 Case reference : CAM9463 London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 20/01/2025 about  parking charges.  We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 / Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Response The council holds the information requested and the answers to your questions are as follows: The request is for information regarding parking prices within your local authority and more specifically whether your council uses emissions-based parking charge structures, or has in place a surcharge for diesel vehicles. I would be keen to get answers and information for the following questions. 1. Does your council currently use emissions-based parking charges for a. parking permits – Yes b. on-street parking - Yes  c. council car parks? We do not have council car parks. d. If you do, could you indicate when emissions-based parking rules were first brought in? 01 October 2024 2. Could you please provide any links to the pricing structures (emission-based or non-emission based) for  a. parking permits - b. on-street parking - This information is already publicly available: fees-and-charges-2024-25-november-13 c. council car parks – please see the response above. 3.) Do you currently use a diesel surcharge for diesel vehicles for  a. parking permits, an Air Quality Surcharge is used b. on-street parking an Air Quality Surcharge is used c. council car parks?  – please see the response above. d. If so, how much? This information is already publicly available: fees-and-charges-2024-25-november-13 4) Could you give a breakdown for how much in total the council has made through parking charges and permits across the last five financial years eg) 19/20, 20/21, 21/22, 22/23 and 23/24 This information is already publicly available in our Annual Parking Report Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting datasets.Your Rights If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to foireviews@camden.gov.uk or post: Information and Records Management Team, London Borough of Camden, Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE. Please quote your case reference number. If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at icocasework@ico.org.uk , Telephone: 0303 123 1113, live chat https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/live-chat/ or webform https://ico.org.uk/global/contact- us/. The ICO website https://www.ico.org.uk may be useful. Yours sincerely, Peter Williams Information Rights Officer2025-02-21T00:00:00CAM94642025-02-10T00:00:00LGA & London Councils membershipDate: 10/02/2025 Case reference : CAM9464 London Borough of Camden Information and Records Management Judd Street London. WC1H 9JE e-mail: foi@camden.gov.uk Dear Requester Thank you for your request for information dated 20/01/2025 about LGA & London Councils membership. We have dealt with this under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response The council holds the information requested and the answers to your questions are as follows: Request 1:  Please advise: 1. Is your Council a member of the Local Government Association? We are a member of the LGA. 2. If so, has it served notice of its intention to resign? We have not served notice of our intention to resign from the LGA. 3. What was the total amount of any membership subscription your Council paid to the Local Government Association in the financial year 2023/24? £42,685.604. What was the total amount of any other payments your Council made to the Local Government Association in the financial year 2023/24? £15,201.26 5. What is the total amount of any membership subscription your Council is due to pay to the Local Government Association in the current financial year? £40,489.20 6. What is the total amount of any other payments your Council is due to pay to the Local Government Association in the current financial year? £12,319.62 Request 2: Please advise: 1. Is your Council a member of London Councils? We are a member of London Councils. 2. If so, has it served notice of its intention to resign? We have not served notice of our intention to resign from London Councils. 3. What was the total amount of any membership subscription your Council paid to the London Councils in the financial year 2023/24? £237,086.20 4. What was the total amount of payments your Council made to the London Councils Grant Scheme in the financial year 2023/24?£207,038.00 5. What is the total amount of any other payments your Council made to London Councils in the financial year 2023/24? £1,945,405.94 5. What is the total amount of any membership subscription your Council is due to pay to the London Councils in the current financial year? £218,020.80 6. What is the total amount of any payments due to be made to the London Councils Grant Scheme in the current financial year? £196,790.40 7. What is the total amount of any other payments your Council is due to pay to London Councils  in the current financial year? £1,967,050.80 Further Information: We do not give our consent for any names and contact details provided in this response to be sent marketing material. Any such use will be reported to the ICO as a breach of General Data Protection Regulations and the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. Why not check our Portal Open Data Camden before making a new request as your question may already be answered by a previous FOI response or in one of our many useful and interesting