Response A1346610

Response to request for information

Response date

11 April 2022

Request

1. What is your Council's policy for inspecting premises that serve food to the public such as bars, restaurants , hotels and takeaways in your area. Ie: How often do you aim to visit such premises to inspect food hygiene standards? As per the Food Standards Agency risk rating following the premises current inspection, for example 6 months for category A, 12 months for Category B etc
2. For each calendar year for the past 3 years from Jan 2017 to present, please supply the following information in relation to Food Hygiene inspections:
   1. How many such premises were/are licensed by your Council to serve food and were/are subject to food hygiene inspections by your Council.
      • 2017
      • 2018
      • 2019
      • 2020
      • 2021
   2. How many complaints did you receive from members of the public about licenced premises suspected of poor hygiene or causing food poisoning or the like?
      • 2017
      • 2018
      • 2019
      • 2020
      • 2021
   3. How many routine food hygiene inspections did your authority carry out?
      • 2017
      • 2018
      • 2019
      • 2020
      • 2021
   4. How many inspections were overdue compared to your policy in question 1?
      • 2017
      • 2018
      • 2019
      • 2020
      • 2021
   5. As it stands today, 14th March 2022, for premises that are currently trading and were identified in Q1 (that are subject to food hygiene inspections in your Council's area) how many have not been inspected for:
      • Over one year
      • Over two years
      • Over five years
      • Over ten years
      • Have never been inspected.
      • For each of the five hygiene ratings awarded to premises (1 -5) how many premises were awarded each rating upon their last inspection?

Response

1. What is your Council's policy for inspecting premises that serve food to the public such as bars, restaurants , hotels and takeaways in your area. Ie: How often do you aim to visit such premises to inspect food hygiene standards? As per the Food Standards Agency risk rating following the premises current inspection, for example 6 months for category A, 12 months for Category B etc
2. For each calendar year for the past 3 years from Jan 2017 to present, please supply the following information in relation to Food Hygiene inspections:
   1. How many such premises were/are licensed by your Council to serve food and were/are subject to food hygiene inspections by your Council.
      • 2017 – 745
      • 2018 – 765
      • 2019 – 777
      • 2020 – 767
      • 2021 – 824
   2. How many complaints did you receive from members of the public about licenced premises suspected of poor hygiene or causing food poisoning or the like?
      • 2017 – 13
      • 2018 – 21
      • 2019 – 15
      • 2020 – 12
      • 2021 – 25
   3. How many routine food hygiene inspections did your authority carry out?
      • 2017 – 365
      • 2018 – 345
      • 2019 – 387
      • 2020 – 376
      • 2021 – 402
   4. How many inspections were overdue compared to your policy in question 1?
      • 2017 – 3%
      • 2018 – 2%
      • 2019 – 1%
      • 2020 – 21%
      • 2021 – 15%
   5. As it stands today, 14th March 2022, for premises that are currently trading and were identified in Q1 (that are subject to food hygiene inspections in your Council's area) how many have not been inspected for:
      • Over one year - nil
      • Over two years - nil
      • Over five years - nil
      • Over ten years - nil
      • Have never been inspected. - 54
      • For each of the five hygiene ratings awarded to premises (1 -5) how many premises were awarded each rating upon their last inspection?
        • 5 – 604
        • 4 – 92
        • 3 – 53
        • 2 – 9
        • 1 – 10