Leisure and Sport - Freedom of Information Requests

Disclosure Log - Leisure, Sport and Culture

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Sport
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2024

August

Reference: 3544828

Subject:

How many applications have you received to open new padel tennis clubs? (please provide figures for each of the following years - 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024 year to date)
How many applications have you approved to open new padel tennis clubs? (please provide figures for each of the following years - 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024 year to date).
How many applications have you received to convert existing tennis courts to padel tennis courts? (please provide figures for each of the following years - 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024 year to date).
How many applications have you approved to convert existing tennis courts to padel tennis courts (please provide figures for each of the following years - 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024 year to date).
Has your authority converted existing tennis courts it owns to padel tennis courts? (please provide figures for each of the following years - 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024 year to date).

Response date: 08 August 2024

Response: Response to this request - 3544828.

January

Reference: 2569539

Subject:

How many pieces of artwork (valued over £200) does the council own?

Of these, which pieces are on public display?
What is the total value of the artwork owned by the council?
What is the value of the pieces of artwork on public display (please detail the artist and name of any pieces worth over £10,000)?

Response date: 19 January 2024

Response: Response to this request - 2569539.

2023

December

Reference: 2543837

Subject:

How many artworks have been purchased by the local authority in 2020-21, 2021-22 and 2022-23?
How many artworks are in the possession of the local authority?
What is the estimated value of the artworks?
How many artworks are on public display?

Response date: 8 December 2023

Response: Response to this request - 2543837.

October

Reference: 1854434

Subject:

How many multi-use games areas (MUGAs) available for public use were there in your local authority area during the financial year:
1. 2019/20
2. 2022/23
How many netball courts available for public use were there in your local authority area during the financial year:
1. 2019/20
2. 2022/23
How much financial support (grants/funding) was given to netball clubs during the financial year 2022/23.

Response date: 19 October 2023

Response: Response to this request - 1854434.

September

Reference: 1842809

Subject:

The total number of works of art owned by your local authority.
The estimated total value.
The number of works currently on display.
How many works of art have been donated by the local authority over the past five years?
How many works of art have been leased by the local authority over the past five years and the total revenue.
How many works of art have been sold by the local authority over the past five years and the total proceeds from any sales.
The cost to the local authority of maintaining your art collection for the financial year 2022/23. Please include any costs for security, conservation and insurance.

Response date: 25 September 2023

Response: Response to this request - 1842809.

Reference: 1843114

Subject:

Please list all council-funded public swimming pools that provide 'women only' or 'ladies only' (or similarly described) swimming sessions in your local authority.

Which of the listed facilities that advertise 'women only' or 'ladies only' (or similarly described) swimming sessions, provide an environment that is exclusively single sex, i.e., for females only, and which facilities provide a session that is mixed sex, i.e., do not exclude males who identify as a woman?

Please send me a copy of the council policy or policies that cover the provision of 'women only' or 'ladies only' (or similarly described) swimming sessions.

Please tell me, do the council-funded leisure centres and sports facilities provide single sex changing rooms and showers in your local authority?

Response date: 1 September 2023

Response: Response to this request - 1843114.

August

Reference: 1834538

Subject:

How many libraries were run and staffed by your council in the last financial year (2022/2023)?

How many libraries, that were once part of your council’s statutory provision, were run exclusively by volunteers in the last financial year (2022/2023)?

How many swimming pools were operational and run directly by your council in the following financial years?

a) 2010/2011
b) 2022/2023

How many swimming pools were operational but run by another organisation under contract to your council in the following financial years?

a) 2010/2011
b) 2022/2023

Response date: 14 August 2023

Response: Response to this request - 1834538.

Reference: 1820898

Subject:

I am after information relating to arts and culture funding provided by your authority.

In particular, are you able to provide me with:

How many job roles at the Council are dedicated to arts and culture policy today?

How many roles were dedicated to arts and culture policy on this date in 2013?

Please confirm your budget dedicated to providing art and culture for each financial year stated below:

2013-2014
2018-2019
2023-2024

How many venues dedicated to hosting arts or cultural events have closed since 2013?

Response date: 02 August 2023

Response: Response to this request - 1820898.

July

Reference: 1822460

Subject:

How many council owned, public football pitches do you currently operate (latest figures available)

How many council owned, public football pitches were sold, or closed, from the financial year 2017/2018 to the present date?

Response date: 28 July 2023

Response: Response to this request - 1822460.

June

Reference: 1802468

Subject:

I am interested in issues of gender and sexuality in the authority area, particularly with regard to libraries and museums.

Response date: 23 June 2023

Response: Response to this request - 1802468.

April

Reference: 1084011

Subject:

The number of local authority-owned or -operated football pitches in your council/borough in each year from 2000 to 2022 inclusive.

Response date: 24 April 2023

Response: Response to this request - 1084011.

Reference: 2636103

Subject:

A list of "Community Venues" defined as facilities the Council owns that can be hired for community use. This may include Community Centres, Community Halls, Libraries, Town Halls, Pavilions and any other facilities that can be booked for community use.

Please provide a table with the following columns:

Name of venue
Number of bookable spaces
Total venue income from bookings last financial year (£)
Does the venue have an online booking system*

*Online booking system is defined as the ability for a customer to book and pay online.

Response date: 5 April 2024

Response: Response to this request - 2636103.

March

Reference: 1071562

Subject:

This FOI request arises out of a report that a washing-machine-sized data centre is being used to heat a Devon public swimming pool. I understand the Exmouth pool uses ~222,000 kWh of gas to heat the pool a year. Deep Green provides ~139,284kWh a year of heat for free from its data centre. This equates to 62% of the heating needs of the pool.

This translates to a cost saving of £20,391 a year for the pool and a carbon saving of 25.8 tonnes

Please advise:

Whether you use similar technology in any swimming pools you own, fund or manage and if so any estimates you have of annual financial and carbon savings as a result.
Whether you have any plans to use similar technology in any swimming pools you own, fund or manage and if so any estimates you have of annual financial and carbon savings you expect to achieve as a result.

Response date: 22 March 2023

Response: Response to this request - 1071562.

2022

December

Reference: 973008

Subject:

How many play parks have been closed in the area in the last 10 financial years?
How many complaints have been received about the general state of play parks in the area in the last five financial years?
How much has been spent on the upkeep and/or refurbishment of play parks in the last five financial years?
How many reports of vandalism in play parks have there been in the last five financial years?
How many injuries have been reported in play parks in the last five financial years, and what were the nature of those injuries?

Response date: 1 December 2022

Response: Response to this request - 973008.

September

Reference: 943300

Subject:

Please may you provide me with data on: 

The total amount of money that the Local Authority plans to spend on Christmas lights in 2022, and how much was spent in 2021, 2020, 2019.
The total amount of money that the Local Authority plans to spend on Christmas decorations in 2022, and how much was spent in 2021, 2020, 2019.
The cost of energy used to run Christmas lights in 2021

Response date: 29 September 2022

Response: Response to this request - 943300.

Reference: 951279

Subject:

Please could you provide the following information for the financial year 2019/20:

how many children’s playgrounds did your authority manage?
how much did your authority spend on children’s playgrounds, including inspection, maintenance, repair and replacement?
how much did your authority spend on the creation of new children’s playgrounds?

For clarity, I am interested in children’s playgrounds located in public and semi-public spaces such as parks, open spaces, housing estates and adventure playgrounds. I am not interested in school playgrounds.

Response date: 27 September 2022

Response: Response to this request - 951279.

August

Reference: 935537

Subject:

How many pieces of art, broadly defined, do you currently have in storage that are not on display? I use 'storage' as loosely defined too.
please provide the name of and price of the most expensive piece of art that is council-owned and not on display
Do you have any Banksy art (authenticated or not)
How many pieces of art have you sold since 2017-18. Please provide a breakdown for the last five full financial years
How much money did the council receive from the selling of this art?

Response date: 31 August 2022

Response: Response to this request - 935537

Reference: 923167

Subject:

The number of children’s playgrounds in your area in 2022
The number of accidents reported at children’s playgrounds in your area in 2022 so far, 2021, 2020 and 2019
The name of the playground where the most reported accidents have occurred in this timeframe (and total number between 2022 and 2019 here)
The number of complaints made in relation to the safety of equipment at playgrounds in your area in 2022 so far, 2021, 2020 and 2019
The name of the playground which has received the most complaints in relation to the safety of its equipment, in this timeframe (and total number between 2022 and 2019 here)
Any details on playground closures or equipment that has been removed due to safety complaints or reported accidents since 2019

Response date: 15 August 2022

Response: Response to this request - 923167.

July

Reference: 899915

Subject:

What was you annual net spend on public sports and leisure facilities and pitches for the 2012/13 financial year, compared to the 2021/22 financial year please?
How many school playing fields were there in May 2012 compared to May 2022?
How many free-to-use public sports fields were there in May 2012 compared to May 2022?

Response date: 1 July 2022

Response: Response to this request - 899915.

May

Reference: 874339

Subject:

What is the council's set budget for expenditure on sport and leisure facilities for the following two years:

2012 (so the 2012/2013 budget)
2022 (so the 2022/2023 budget)

How many of the following facilities (see the list below) were owned by the council in the below two years:

2012
2022

List of facilities:

Public leisure centres (so in 2012 and 2022)
Public swimming pools (so in 2012 and 2022)
Public athletics tracks (so in 2012 and 2022)
Public cycling tracks/velodromes (so in 2012 and 2022)

Response date: 17 May 2022

Response: Response to this request - 874339.

2021

October

Reference: A1345Oct01

Subject: Information requested for change in provision of leisure site between September 2010 and September 2021 in Rushcliffe.

Response date: 18 October 2021

Response: Response to this request - A1345Oct01.

August

Reference: A1345398

Subject: Information requested for playgrounds in Rushcliffe.

Response date: 3 August 2021

Response: Response to this request - A1345398.

April

Reference: A1345123

Subject: Full list of all main contractors, consultants, sub-contractors & suppliers (including postal address/postcode and office telephone number details which are already in the public domain so if not effected by GDPR) that are or have been involved on the Chapel Lane, Bingham - Leisure Centre, Community Hall & Offices.

Response date: 23 April 2021

Response: Response to this request - A1345123.

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