FOIs received and answered – September 2013 FOI 5268 Q&A 1. How many properties in your local authority area have been sold under the ‘Right to Buy’ scheme since May 6th 2010? - 121 2. How many social homes for rent have been built in your local authority area since May 6th 2010? - 213 3. How many social homes for rent to be built in future have, at this point in time, both planning permission and financing in place? - 201 FOI 5269 Q 1. The total number of full-time equivalent (FTE) social worker posts in your local authority as of 2 September 2013, including filled and unfilled posts. Figures relating to part-time staff should be rounded up and included within the overall figures for FTE staff. Please do not provide a headcount. 2. The number of vacant FTE social worker posts in your local authority as of 2 September 2013. Vacant posts are defined as ‘unfilled’ posts, i.e. not filled by any member of staff, including agency staff. 3. The number of FTE social worker posts filled by agency staff as of 2 September 2013. FOI 5269 A Total number of

social worker posts (filled and unfilled)

Number of posts filled by agency social workers

Number of vacant posts (not filled by anyone, agency or otherwise)

Children’s services 83 25 0 Adult social care 50.8 8 0 FOI 5270 Q Car Park ADJ 9, The Grove, Slough, BA Reference:00701100009021 I would be grateful if you could confirm the following information for the property shown above: 1) Who were the rate payer of the above assessment in the financial year 2007/2008 prior to the reconstitution? FOI 5270 A I can confirm that the rate payer was Slough Borough Council FOI 5271 Q 1. Out of the 10 members of staff off work due to sickness code 'ST' (stress) from November 2012 how long was each member of staff absent from work before their pay was reduced to statutory sick pay? 2. How many of these members of staff had their pay reimbursed at a later date as a result of any internal or external action such as grievance or employment tribunal? 3. How many of these members of staff had valid sick certificates from their GPs at the time of their pay being reduced to statutory sick pay. 4. How long was each member of staff off sick before they had their first occupational health meeting? FOI 5271 A 1. This is different for all the staff on the list. It is dependent on the persons entitlement and how many days sick they have had in the rolling year on their current sickness record. For a copy of the attachment please email foi@slough.gov.uk quoting the reference number above 2. 0 3. All staff members are required to have proof of any sickness over 7 days. 4. Information not available in this format, council target is 6 days FOI 5272 Q

Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 I write to request the following: The names of all Public Health Funerals/ bona vacantia estates passed or in the process of being referred i.e. pending referral to The Treasury Solicitor ( BV ) Department or Duchy of Lancaster within the last 4 weeks. FOI 5272 A Please be advised, there have been no public health funerals in the last 4 weeks. FOI 5273 Q Please could you provide the details of your current contract that you have for the provision of your banking services, its expiry date and when you will begin the tendering process for a new contract? FOI 5273 A Co-operative Bank, commenced 1st April, 5yr term so retendering will start 2016 FOI 5274 Q 1a - The number of people carrying out work experience placements in Slough Borough Council who are claiming Job Seekers’ Allowance (JSA). And I would like these numbers for each scheme you are involved in. For example, the schemes involve: Mandatory Work Activity, Job Centre Work Experience Scheme, Sector-Based Work Academies, Work Programme work experience placements (both voluntary and mandatory schemes). 1b – I would like to know the length of a placement on each scheme you are providing placements for (as these can vary greatly in length) 1c – I would like to know the Slough Borough Council departments where each placement was carried out. 1d – I would like to know how many people were given jobs in Slough Borough Council at the end of their placement. 1e – I would like to know any fees paid to Slough Borough Council for hosting these placements. 2 – I would like the answers to all parts in question 1) again but for people claiming Employment and Support Allowance (ESA), and not JSA as in question 1 FOI 5274 A SBC can confirm that we have not taken any work experience placements who are claiming Job Seekers Allowance or Employment & Support Allowance. At the moment the Council only take on individuals that are student age. FOI 5275 Q We are currently carrying out a value for money bench marking exercise with all Unitary Authorities in England to help us obtain an overall picture of how we are performing within the customer contact areas of Web services, Local Links (face to face) and Telephone. We would be grateful if you could complete our attached questionnaire to share your data for the financial period 12/13. FOI 5275 A This FOI request was answered via an attachment. If you would like a copy please email foi@slough.gov.uk and quote the above reference number. FOI 5276 Q I am contacting you today in the hope of obtaining the backlog of all signed traffic orders relating to movement (i.e. Speed limits & height, weight, width etc. restrictions) for Slough dating back to 2010, excluding experimental, temporary or proposed TRO's. FOI 5276 A The council implemented a new system regarding the Road Traffic Order procedure this year and now have electronic copies of all orders from 2013. Previous to this the orders were in hardcopy form only and the council had no central system for collating the orders.

Following consideration of your request it has been determined that the activities needed to locate, retrieve, extract and scan the information you have requested would exceed the appropriate cost limit of £450 (18 hours) for all signed traffic orders from 2010 – 2012. Section 1(1) does not oblige a public authority to comply with a request for information if the authority estimates that the cost of complying with the request would exceed the appropriate limit. The reason that these activities would exceed the appropriate limit is that the information request is not held centrally therefore to gather the information requested for all signed traffic orders for the past 3 years would place an undue burden on the council and take this request over the 18 hours allowed under Freedom of Information regulations. Please accept this email as a notice of refusal under S12 (cost limit) of the FOIA. However because of the new system we have been able to supply you with copies of the signed orders for 2013. You will notice that some of the order numbers are missing. This is because we have made a notice of proposal in relation to these orders but have not signed/sealed the orders yet. For a copy of the attachments please email foi@slough.gov.uk quoting the reference number above. FOI 5277 Q&A 1. If the council has appointed a SIRO - Yes 2. How long the current SIRO has had the role – 2 months 3. What position the SIRO holds within the council (CEO, Deputy CEO, Information officer etc). - Director 4. To whom the SIRO reports – Chief Executive 5. The name of the SIRO – Roger Parkin 6. When the council was last audited by the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) – N/A 7. Whether or not the council is currently or has been subject of an ICO investigation following a breach of the DPA - Yes 8. The number of breaches of the DPA the council has identified – 6 since 2010 9. How often, if at all, the council has found it necessary to report a breach of the DPA to the ICO – Twice FOI 5279 Q Does Slough have any plans (either final or in consideration) to operate a) "split shifts" in primary schools (for example, one group of pupils going to school in the morning and another in the afternoon)? b) reduced length school weeks for pupils in primary schools? If so, please give full details. FOI 5279 A There are no plans to operate split shifts or reduced length school weeks. FOI 5280 Q I request a list of all the (permanent) traffic light signal sites in Slough. Can you give for each: a site reference; location/intersection (including ward if possible); type (junction, roundabout, puffin etc.) - and, for junctions, whether a crossing facility is integrated; responsibility (e.g., council, Highways Agency). Can you also tell me what other categories of data you hold on each site; e.g. signal timings, vehicle flows, air quality (I'm not requesting details on these, just a brief idea of the types of information held). FOI 5280 A I have attached a spreadsheet saved in “.csv” format; it lists all our current traffic signal sites including a site reference, address and junction type. We are the Highway Authority for all roads within Slough, therefore all traffic signals with the exception of the M4 Motorway and the traffic signals at Junctions 5 & 6.

Unfortunately I do not hold data relating to which Ward a site is located in. The attached sheet also shows which sites have ped facilities 0= not required e.g. associated ped site, single track road with footway, 1=they do, blank=they do not. For most sites we would hold the controller configuration and a site drawing from which timings could be deduced, temporary data sheets, some sites have Factory &/or Site Acceptance Test results but we do not hold air quality or vehicle flow data (although other colleagues may hold vehicle count data for temporary count sites between junctions). For a copy of the attachment please email foi@slough.gov.uk. FOI 5281 Q 1. Please produce SBC's policy on acting lawfully at all times. By lawfully we mean obeying the laws fully, not attempting to conceal illegal activity and reporting illegality to the appropriate authorities promptly upon discovery. If SBC lacks such a policy would SBC like to explain why? 2. What is SBC's policy, if any, on reporting its personnel to the appropriate authorities when it discovers they have been deliberately concealing illegality at SBC? If SBC lacks such a policy would SBC like to explain why? 3. Who at SBC is ultimately responsible for ensuring the organisation reports illegal activities to the appropriate authorities and what is the name and job title of that person? 4. Please itemise for the last 5 years all instances when SBC failed to obey the law and all instances when SBC concealed unlawfulness at SBC. 5. What excuses does SBC wish to give for actively conspiring in the perpetuation and concealment of unlawful activity? FOI 5281 A 1. As a legal entity the Council does not need such a policy and therefore none exists. However, the Council does have Constitution which sets out the processes of authorization. The link to the Constitution can be found here: http://www.slough.gov.uk/council/councillors-committees-and-meetings/constitution.aspx 2. If the Council is a victim of crime then the Council would report such to the relevant authorities. 3. The Council's Monitoring Officer, Kevin Gordon and Sc 151 Officer Joseph Holmes have responsibility to ensure lawfulness of the Council decision making. If the Council is a victim of crime then the Council would report such to the relevant authorities. 4. This is not an FOI question. The Council can be challenged by way of Judicial Review against unlawful actions. This can relate to any of the Council's functions and duties. The Council has not been convicted of any offences in the last 5 years." 5. This is not an FOI question, SBC hold no written information that falls within the scope of your question. FOI 5282 Q I write to request a list of Ltd Companies and PLC's, their addresses and name of rate payers that have become liable for NDR from the 1st August - 31st August 2013 throughout your authority area please. I would also like to know the dates that they became liable. FOI 5282 A This FOI request was answered via an attachment. If you would like a copy please email foi@slough.gov.uk and quote the above reference number. FOI 5283 Q & A 8) For the last 3 years state:- (a) the quantity of FOI requests fully satisfied within 3 working days of receipt. (b) the quantity of FOI requests fully satisfied within 5 working days of receipt. (c) the quantity of FOI requests fully satisfied within 15 working days of receipt. (d) the quantity of FOI requests fully satisfied within 21 working days of receipt. (e) the quantity of FOI requests fully satisfied later than 20 days working days of receipt. By 'of receipt' I mean receipt by the respondent during the course of a normal working day. The FOIA states that FOI requests should be responded to within 20 working days of receipt. The ICO guidance states that day one is the first full working day after receipt.

Slough Borough Council only keeps records of the number of FOI requests received and of those how many were responded to within the statutory timeframe. I can confirm the following: Year Number received Number responded to

within 20 day timeframe 2010 758 662 2011 895 767 2012 959 826 (9) For the last 3 years supply a comprehensive itemised list of every entity ever to have been included, even for a short period of time, on the respondent's press releases distribution list. By 'press release' I mean media statements, 'photo opportunities' and similar announcements. The respondent's written assertion that the list is a complete and truthful list is invited. Please see the reply that was sent to you on the 15/10/12 SOLA 011057. I can confirm that there has been no change to that list since that date. (10) Whilst records exist supply all documents (in the Civil Evidence Act meaning) sent and received by the respondent relating to me, Slough Times, Slough Info on the topic of press releases (including other words used to describe the same thing) – There is no central record that exists on this matter, therefore without further details of who you have been corresponding with on this matter I would not be able to search for this information. (11) Produce a copy of the respondent's policy which prohibits me, Slough Times, Slough Info and anything else I am associated with, receiving the respondent's press releases by email. There is no written information that the council holds that falls within the scope of your question above. FOI 5285 Q In your previous reply you stated: "However in line with the Local Government Ombudsman guidance, in some cases where complaints have not been responded to in a timely manner or to apologize for any inconvenience the council may have caused a time and trouble payment is occasionally offered." 1. For the last 3 years please give (a) the annual quantity of payments made; and (b) the annual amount of payments made. 2. May we have a copy of the relevant council policy on these payments. 3. Who authorised these payments? 4. Which budget(s) fund these payments? FOI 5285 A Q1 Date Stages 1-2 Amount 24/11/11 Business Rates £217.77 09/02/12 Children & Families £500 21/12/12 Benefits £100 15/01/13 Adult Social Care £250 26/02/13 Customer Services £50 29/05/13 Benefits £753.92 03/06/13 Benefits £50 19/08/13 Customer Services £174.43 2 There is no written policy, decisions are made on a case by case basis 3 The relevant Senior Manager of the service concerned 4 The relevant budget of the service concerned FOI 5286 Q&A

1. Whether the local authority had definitely secured sufficient places for every disadvantaged two year old who became eligible for free nursery education in September of this year (please answer with a ‘Yes’ or ‘No’). - Yes 2. If the answer to Question 1 is ‘No’: a. how many places the local authority were expected to secure by the Department for Education; b. how many places the local authority had secured by 1 September, and; c. when the local authority expects the target number of places to be met. 3. Whether the local authority expects to have secured a sufficient number of places for every two year old who will become eligible for free nursery education in September 2014. - Yes 4. How much capital funding the local authority had allocated to childcare providers to increase capacity in pursuit of meeting its two year old offer target as of 1 September 2013. - The LA has met the sufficiency target for September 2013. The capital funding will be allocated to secure the required places to meet the September 2014 target FOI 5287 Q 1 How many children in care of the authority, and care leavers, were in higher education in: 2010/11, 2011/12, 2012/13 2. What was the total amount of financial support provided for children in care, and care leavers in higher education in: 2010/11, 2011/12, 2012/13 3. How many children in care at the authority, and care leavers, were in further education in: 2010/11, 2011/12, 2012/13 4. What was the total amount of financial support provided for children in care, and care leavers in further education in: 2010/11, 2011/12 , 2012/13 5. How many children left the care of the authority in: 2010/11, 2011/12, 2012/13 6. How much did the authority pay out in total in setting up home grants (care leaver grant) in: 2010/11, 2011/12, 2012/13 FOI 5287 A 1. 2010/11 – 7 at University 2011/12 – 9 at University 2012/13 – 9 at University 2. 2010/11- £28,327.14 2011/12 – £25,848.89 2012/13 – £31,770.11 3. 2010/11 – 87 (16-21 year old in College or 6th form) 2011/12 – 75 (16-21 year old in College or 6th Form) 2012/13 – 81 (16-21 year old in College or 6th Form) 4. 2010/11 – £429,099.46 2011/12 – £683,060.35 2012/13 – £757,509.69 5. 2010/11 - 78 2011/12 - 102 2012/13 - 99 6. 2010/11 – £13,552.91 2011/12 – £10,694.51 2012/13 – £12,779.22 FOI 5288 Q What was the purpose of the hotel stay at the Hilton Heathrow Airport Terminal 5 which cost £758? Why was a cheaper hotel not used? FOI 5288 A

The £758 was for room hire and car parking for a meeting that took place at the Hilton Hotel Heathrow. The meeting was arranged by Lea Nursery. The Council do not hold any more information. FOI 5289 Q I would like to know details of anyone who has died with no known next of kin from 1/6/2013 to the day of your reply. Please also supply a list of any Public Health Act Funerals carried out from the above date (also known as Welfare or Environmental Health Act funerals) if this does not form part of your reply to the above. This should include funerals carried out by the council or on behalf of any third party. Please include details of any cases that either have been referred to the Treasury Solicitor or are awaiting referral to the Treasury Solicitor or cases where it is undecided if referral is to be made at this stage. FOI 5289 A I can confirm that Slough Borough Council has dealt with one public health funeral that falls within the dates detailed in your request FOI 5290 Q Please provide the ratepayer’s names in respect of the properties and associated periods listed on the attached spreadsheet. FOI 5290 A This FOI request was answered via an attachment. If you would like a copy please email foi@slough.gov.uk and quote the above reference number. FOI 5291 Q How much money in grants over £70,000 was paid to the Slough/Chalvey YMCA since 1996/2013? Please give yearly amount and who was the Director of the YMCA at the times. FOI 5291 A Slough Borough Supporting People started contracting with Slough YMCA from 01/04/2003 annual contract values listed below, we are unable to provide information from 1996 as we were not contracting with them, you can approach Slough YMCA directly and they will be able to provide this information. Please note that the YMCA does not have a Director the Lead Officer is the Chief Executive details below and currently the Board of Trustees Chairman is Edward Weiss.

Year Supporting People Annual Contract Value Chief Executive

01/04/2003- 1/03/04 £125,143.43 Kate Kimpton

01/04/04-31/03/05 £125,143.43 Kate Kimpton

01/04/05-31/03/06 £125,143.43 Claire Fox

01/04/06-31/03/07 £149,330.19 Jackie Adusie

01/04/07-31/03/08 £178,682.25 Jackie Adusie/Ron Dunning

Year Supporting People Annual Contract Value Chief Executive

01/04/08-31/03/09 £178,682.25 Ron Dunning

01/04/09-31/03/10 £178,682.25 Russell Martin

01/04/10- 31/03/11 £169,918.12 Russell Martin & Colin Young

01/04/11-31/03/12 £169,918.12 Colin Young

01/04/12-31/03/13 £169,918.12 Colin Young

FOI 5292 Q 1. Existing Supplier: If there is more than one supplier please split each contract up depending on the number of suppliers. 2. Total Contract Value: The total value of the contract. 3. Annual Average Spend on Telephone Maintenance (3 years if possible): 4. Number of Users: 5. Hardware Brand: The brand of the telephone system. 6. Application(s) running on PBX/VOIP systems: Applications that run on the actual PBX or VOIP system. E.g. Contact Centre, Communication Manager. 7. Contract Duration: please including any extension periods. 8. Contract Expiry Date: Please provide me with the day/month/year. 9. Contract Review Date: Please provide me with the day/month/year. 10. Contract Description: Please provide me with a brief description of the overall contract. 11. Contact/job title responsible for this contract (Full Contact Details contact name, actual job title, direct contact number and direct email address. FOI 5292 A 1. Managed centrex and VOIP service from Virgin Media 2. Details not available. The initial contract was awarded to Telewest and Virgin took over Telewest. Because of the funding mechanism across departments and split budget codes used across the years, this historic information is not readily available. 3. There is no individual cost associated with telephone maintenance. It is included within the fully managed service cost. 4. Circa 1500 5. Unknown – managed service 6. Unknown – managed service 7 Initial Telewest contract was awarded in November 2002 8. Now expired 9 Currently under review 10. Fully managed VOIP and centrex service 11. Contract is responsibility of AD Procurement – however this post is currently vacant. Any further communication can be sent to me. FOI 5293 Q Please provide us with the number of young people who have been released from detention with electronic tagging at the mid-point of their Detention and Training Order (DTO) under supervision of your youth offending team or equivalent, in the past twelve months. FOI 5293 A Please be advised that we have not had any young people who have been released from detention with electronic tagging at the mid point of their DTO. FOI 5294 Q 1. How many "In Year School Admission Application Forms" (the form may have a slightly different name depending on the local authority) did the local authority receive in the academic year 2012/2013 (or the most recent year the LA has records for)? 2. Do parents/carers give a reason on the form for the need for a change of school? 3. Please supply a breakdown of the reasons parents/carers gave in the forms received by the local authority in the last academic year (or the most recent year the LA has records for). FOI 5294 A 1. 836 – this is the number received by the local authority and does not include those that would have been received and processed by schools 2. Applicants can supply supplementary information on the form should they wish 3. We do not record or analyse the supplementary information supplied, therefore we are unable to supply a breakdown FOI 5295 Q

I would be grateful if you could please provide me with the following information regarding contracts or frameworks with Capita: 1 a. The name of the subsidiary (if applicable) 1 b. Details of services rendered 1 c. The start date and duration (including details of potential extensions) 1 d. The annual value of the contract/framework This includes service agreements, joint venture companies, shared services and annual tenders. FOI 5295 A Housing: 1 a. Capita Software Services 1 b. Housing Software Solution, this includes all functions for housing management, allocations, letters, voids, housing asset management, call centre, rent accounts, rent arrears. 1 c. 31 March 2008, 5 year contract, now rolling for the first year. This contract is due to be taken over by Arvato, subject to a managed service contract agreement. Additional modules added as part of the 2008 agreement include interfaces to other systems, which are addendums to the original contract. 1 d. The annual value for the contract is: We currently pay annually £30,764 for maintenance and support. They may find exact figures for all the payments to Capita Software Services in our weekly disclosure of figures over £500. School Services: Contract Name Capita Subsidiary Start date and

duration Annual value

Capita SIMS.net annual maintenance

Capita Business Services

01/04/13 – 1 year 55,787.60 exc. VAT

Capita SIMS.net support

Capita Business Services

01/04/13 – 3 year (+1,+1)

134,652.28 exc. VAT (2013/14 cost)

Capita ONE annual maintenance

Capita Children’s Services

01/04/13 – 1 year 101,146.50 exc. VAT

Capita ONE PSP support

Capita Children’s Services

01/01/2013 – 1 calendar year

71,400 exc. VAT

FOI 5296 Q The number of parking tickets issued for vehicles parked outside of a bay for each of the following years 2008/9; 2009/10; 2010/2011; 2011/2012; 2012/13. The monetary value of this penalty charge. The amount of money received by the council in each of these years for vehicles parked outside of a bay. The number of tickets issued for vehicles parked outside of a bay, broken down by vehicle make for each of the five years. FOI 5296 A The number of Penalty Charge Notices (PCNs) issued for being parked out of the bay markings on and off street in 2008/2009: 329 2009/2010: 430 2010/2011: 779 2011/2012: 2112 2012/2013: 2643 The charge for a PCN issued for being parked out of bay is £50, it is discounted to £25 if paid within the 14 days from the date it is issued. The amount of payment received for PCNs issued out of bay in 2008/2009: £777 2009/2010: £10557 2010/2011: £25233 2011/2012: £48719 2012/2013: £58393 In line with the Data Protection Act and Traffic Management Act I can not provide you with individual vehicle details relating to PCNs we have issued.

FOI 5297 Q (1) Please have I have computer readable text copies of all documents in the legal definition from and to Ted Plenty and (a) Joe Carter (b) Gillian Ralphs (c) Ruth Bagley (d) anyone else at the council for the last 6 months which relate to the Harrow, road, roundabout, traffic topic. FOI 5297 A Several attachments were sent in response to this request. If you would like to receive copies please email foi@slough.gov.uk and quote the above reference number. FOI 5298 Q I would like to know in the last academic year (September 2012 to August 2013) how much did the council pay out to firms/suppliers, for home to school transport or any transport for children in slough to attend school. A list of the companies/suppliers and a total amount how much each was paid by the council for the academic year please. FOI 5298 A Under Section 21 of the Freedom of Information Act, we are not required to provide information in response to a request if it is already reasonably accessible to you. The information you requested is available on the Council’s website under http://www.slough.gov.uk/council/performance-and-spending/payments-to-suppliers.aspx. For your information, the Home to School Transport team have provided a list of relevant suppliers below: Arrow Transport & Solutions Ltd Cabs Direct Express Taxis Sher Hands SLK Services Slough Comm.Transport. Five Star Cars LHR New Sovereign Cars Apple Coaches SBC Community Transport Cippenham Jnr School St. Josephs School First Great Western First Group Bus Passes FOI 5299 Q We write to request the following information. A list of all public health funerals performed in the last 8 weeks which have been or are in the process of being referred to either the Treasury Solicitor or Duchy Solicitor. We request 1) Full name of deceased 2) Date of death 3) Date of birth 4) Last known address 5) Approximate value of estate FOI 5299 A Slough Borough Council’s Neighbourhood Enforcement Team has dealt with one with public health burial within the time-frame that you have indicated in your request. Next of kin have been contacted. FOI 5300 Q

Could you please tell me the contact details for the person(s) who oversee your Extra Care services. FOI 5300 A Head of Service is Vicky Cooper, Service Manager is Daryl Reading and the Assistant Service Manager for each of the schemes are : Northampton Place – Karen Chapman and The Pines – Yvonne Edwards. FOI 5301 Q 1) What was the total cost of administering the blue badge service in the last financial or calendar year for which figures are available, excluding any payments for assessments by Occupational Therapists (please note the time period this relates to)? 2) How many phone calls in relation to blue badge administration were received in the same period as detailed in Q1 3) How many blue badge applications were processed in the same period as detailed in Q1. Please break this down by successful and unsuccessful applications. FOI 5301 A 1 01/04/12 to 31/03/13 approved applications 1482 x £5.52 = £8180.64 Badge Fulfilment per badge £5.52 including VAT 2) This information is not available as we don’t have a dedicated line 3) See table below

Automatic First 159

Automatic Renewal 514 673

Discretionary First 374 Processed

Discretionary Renewal 546 920

1593

Desk based Approved 615

Desk based Declined 101

Referred to Mobility Assessor 235

951

Mobility Assessor Approved 194

Assessment

Mobility Assessor Declined 42

236

1187

Appeals 22

Approved 1482

Totals For Year

Total

Declined 143

1625

FOI 5302 Q Can you please tell me how much housing benefit has been paid to the following limited companies in the last financial year: 1. Daejan Holdings plc FOI 5302 A Daejan Holdings are not on our system therefore I can confirm that we have not paid them any monies. FOI 5303 Q Back in the 90's the slough carers working for social services, that provided the elderly with care, signed a deal to have equal pay along with the male counterparts. In 2011/12 the slough carers found out they were never paid this money.

None of them had been informed that they could claim this money, only alerted by a small clipping in a local newspaper some 100 miles away. A slough solicitor was approached to claim this money for some of the carers,13 before the closing date. Other carers were offered £500 as a settlement instead of what they were owed and what they had worked for. So how many carers that did not receive their back pay that they worked for were offered £500 pounds in full and final settlement. How many got the whole of their wages backdated from the local solicitor's office BT who represented them. FOI 5303 A After scrutinising your request very carefully I am afraid we are still at a loss to understand what recorded information you are seeking from Slough Borough Council. The FOIA provides access to recorded information held by public authorities. Recorded information includes printed documents, computer files, letters, emails etc. Your email contains a number of assertions and the FOI route not a process for the authority to engage in discussions or explorations of past events. Please limit your request to clear items of recorded information in line with the ICO guidance that you were sent with the previous response. FOI 5304 Q Please provide a list of all compensation payments made by the council since April 1, 2010. For each payment please provide the date and what incident the compensation relates to. Please include all incidents that could legitimately be classed as 'compensation', such as workplace injuries, complaints from residents over things such as potholes, money to drop complaints etc FOI 5304 A One attachment was sent in relation to this FOI request. For a copy please email foi@slough.gov.uk FOI 5305 Q I hereby request a list of Business Rate accounts that meet the following criteria: 1. Current overpayment/credit shown if credit balance hasn’t been carried forward 2. Accounts where a ‘write on’ has been used since 1st April 2000 to cancel an overpayment which has not since been reversed FOI 5305 A Unfortunately I cannot provide information on “write-ons”, because of the way our computer system holds these records it has not been possible within the office to isolate these accounts. We simply do not have the knowledge of the systems to be able to write a programme to obtain this information accurately. FOI 5306 Q&A Q1 how many tenants on your allocations/waiting list in a 1 bed private rental property are overcrowded? - 17 Q2 how many tenants on your allocations/waiting list in a 1 bed social housing property are overcrowded? - 1 Q3 how many tenants on your allocations/waiting list in a 2 bed private rental property are overcrowded? - 298 Q4 how many tenants on your allocations/waiting list in a 2 bed social housing property are overcrowded? - 50 FOI 5307 Q I am looking to obtain maps and schedules for the following orders Highways Act S117-Perth Avenue Highways Acs S117-Colndale road FOI 5307 A

Colndale Road was stopped up on 13/07/12 and Perth Avenue was stopped up on 26/11/12. Please refer to the stopping up plans attached has requested. For a copy of these attachments please email foi@slough.gov.uk quoting the above ref. FOI 5308 Q It emerged from the Overview & Scrutiny meeting on Tuesday 10th September 2013 that the cost of transactional services contract with private firm ARVATO was miscalculated leading to a £2.7 million gap within the existing budget requirement for the contract. It was stated in the Slough Observer, 13 September 2013 that the officers responsible for this error no longer work for the council. Cllr Strutton would thereby like to submit the following FOI request: 1. Who were these officers? 2. Why did they leave the council? 3. Did they receive any form of payout from the council? FOI 5308 A Your FOI request below has been considered and I can respond as follows: ICO guidance states that any recorded information held by public authorities that identifies individuals will constitute personal data. The Council therefore considers that the information you have requested below is the personal data of a 3rd party and as such is exempt under S40 (2) and S40 (3) (A) (i) of the FOI Act. To disclose this information to the public would be unfair and would therefore contravene the first DPA principle. As S40 (2) is an absolute exemption there is no additional public interest to consider. FOI 5309 Q 1 - The total budgeted ICT expenditure (capital and revenue) for your organisation for 2013-14 and 2014-15. 2 - A breakdown of the actual / budgeted or estimate for 2013/14 and 2014/15 according to the following categories for your organisation Hardware Software licences Service outside of outsourcing contracts Services under IT outsourcing contracts Comms Staff 3 - What percentage of the total figures provided to question 1 and 2 relate to ICT spend for the central/corporate ICT team only (e.g. excluding spend by departments such as housing, social care). 4 - Please provide a list of public sector organisations (either organisations which you fund, or shared service partners) that are included within the total ICT spend you have provided. FOI 5309 A 1. The IT budget for 2013-14 consists of 800k revenue staffing budget, 1.2 million revenue hardware/software/licences budget, and 500k capital funding (mainly infrastructure refresh). The budget for 2014-15 will be similar. 2. Unfortunately, it is not easy to retrieve data in the taxonomy requested. However, I can confirm that for “as a service”, we have one contract for Oracle CRM on demand with a value of circa 50k per annum. For “services outside of outsourcing contracts”, we have a contract with Savvis for the hosting of the Council’s data centre (500k per annum). We currently have no “services under IT outsourcing contracts”. However, for next year, the bulk of the spend is likely to move to “IT outsourcing contracts” as we are currently in the processing of outsourcing the service. 3. The figures quoted relate purely to corporate IT spend and does not include any figures relating top software/project spend by individual departments. 4. There are no shared services with other public sector organisations included within the figures provided. FOI 5310 Q

Please could you supply me with information on the gender of all of the people in the top three tiers of managements in all of your departments that have responsibility for adults' or children's social care. This will involve the director of children's services or director of adult social services (tier one), the people in the next tier of management who report directly to the director (tier two), who are likely to have the job titles assistant or deputy director, and the people in the rung below that (tier three). Could you supply the information in the following form: Department name (e.g. department of adult social services) Job title (e.g. Director of adult social services) Gender (M or F) Job title Gender Job title Gender etc Please list all job titles (with gender) until all job titles in the first three tiers are completed, then please provide the same information for any other department with responsibility for either children's or adults' services. FOI 5310 A This FOI request was answered via an attachment. If you would like a copy please email foi@slough.gov.uk and quote the above reference number. FOI 5311 Q & A When assessing adult social care needs with service users does Slough Borough Council (SBC) take into account the cultural, religious and lifestyle needs for the service users that come under the following two categories: · Physically frail/Physically disabled. · Sensory impaired. Yes, we take the cultural, religious and lifestyle needs of service users into account throughout assessment, care planning and care provision. Does SBC adult social care offer services, which are sensitive to the service users cultural, religious and lifestyle needs for the following two categories: · Physically frail/Physically disabled. · Sensory impaired. If yes what are these services? The services we provide directly or commission from others take appropriate steps to meet the personal needs of service users including their cultural and religious beliefs. If not why? Are there currently any adult social care services in place that meet the cultural and religious needs of the service users for the following two categories: · Physically frail/Physically disabled · Sensory impaired. If yes what are these services? We ensure these needs are taken into account when designing/procuring care services in accordance with our statutory obligations, we also carry out equality impact assessments as part of the service development and then implementation. I have to say however, we have no specific services that focus on religious or cultural needs, we expect those needs to be picked up through the care plan assessment process. For un-regulated services we would expect those needs to be picked up through support planning and we check whether those needs are met through annual quality assessment reviews. If not why? Is SBC adult social care considering services, which meet cultural and religious needs of the service users for the following two categories: · Physically frail/Physically disabled · Sensory impaired We ensure these needs are taken into account when designing/procuring care services in accordance with our statutory obligations, we also carry out equality impact assessments as part of the service development and then implementation. I have to say however, we have no specific services that focus on religious or cultural needs, we expect those needs to be picked up through the care plan assessment process. For un-regulated services we would expect those needs to be picked up through support

planning and we check whether those needs are met through annual quality assessment reviews. If not why? If yes what type of services are being considered? We ensure these needs are taken into account when designing/procuring care services in accordance with our statutory obligations, we also carry out equality impact assessments as part of the service development and then implementation. I have to say however, we have no specific services that focus on religious or cultural needs, we expect those needs to be picked up through the care plan assessment process. For un-regulated services we would expect those needs to be picked up through support planning and we check whether those needs are met through annual quality assessment reviews. What are SBC’s adult social care service standards? The Council has a set of values incorporating respect, responsibility, results and taking pride. We provide information to the public in terms of who qualifies for Adult Social Care, Assessment and Reviewing processes and Personal Budgets. All Health and Social Care qualified workers are registered with their role specific regulatory bodies who have a set of professional standards for each profession. Does SBC adult social care have a budget or allocated spend for cultural and religious needs? There’s no allocated budget or monies specifically for ‘cultural and religious needs’. If yes what has this been for the following financial years: 2008/2009 2009/2010 2010/2011 2011/2012 2013/2014 Does SBC adult social care record service users religion and culture at any point? Yes, we record service users’ religion and ethnic background. I will supply the numbers for religion, gender and client group. If yes, how many service users does SBC adult social care have who have declared their religion as the following: For current open cases: 1. Christian 1,090 2. Muslim 320 3. Sikh 161 4. Hindu 91 And who fall into the following two categories: · Physically frail/Physically disabled · Sensory impaired Physically frail/ Physically disabled Sensory impaired Christian 682 22 Muslim 145 11 Sikh 88 4 Hindu 47 1 N.B. this relates to the Primary category of need ascribed to each service user. Of the above 4 how many are recorded as male? Males only

Physically frail/ Physically disabled Sensory impaired

Christian 254 8

Muslim 62 4

Sikh 28 3

Hindu 16 1

Who is the main contact for SBC adult social care commissioning? Ian Davis, Interim Head of Service, Care Group Commissioning or Su Gordon-Graham, Strategic Commissioning Manager How often do you hold focus group/personalisation meetings? Focus group/personalisation meetings are held twice a year.

When is the next one scheduled and who is the main contact for this? The next focus group/personalisation meeting is scheduled early 2014. FOI 5312 Q&A 1. What is the current total number in your local authority area of: a) Unstaffed playgrounds, play areas and play spaces? - 75 b) Staffed playgrounds, play areas and play spaces including adventure playgrounds? - 0 2. How many of the following facilities have closed since 2010: a) Unstaffed playgrounds, play areas and play spaces? - 1 b) Staffed playgrounds, play areas and play spaces including adventure playgrounds? – N/A 3. Play provision revenue budget: What amount in pounds have you spent on staffed play provision in the following years (NB – only for the provision of play specifically, not early years or youth provision): a) 2010/2011 - £35k b) 2011/2012 - £31K c) 2012/2013 - £24K d) planned spend for 2013/2014 - £10K (play provision) 4. How many play worker or play development posts does this budget represent for the same years: a) 2010/2011 - 2 b) 2011/2012 - 2 c) 2012/2013 - 1 d) planned for 2013/2014 - 1 5. Play provision capital budget: What amount in pounds have you spent on play provision in the following years (NB – only for the provision of play specifically, not early years or youth provision): a) 2010/2011 - £247k b) 2011/2012 – 70k c) 2012/2013 - £220k d) planned spend for 2013/2014 – 50k 6. Play provision maintenance budget: What amount in pounds have you spent on play provision in the following years (NB – only for the provision of play specifically, not early years or youth provision): a) 2010/2011 - £35k b) 2011/2012 - £157k c) 2012/2013 - £157k d) planned spend for 2013/2014 - £157k 7. If you would like to provide any further comment on this spending and how you support play in your local area, please do include this in your response – N/A FOI 5313 Q We know local councils have a responsibility to remove roadkill from UK roads, and it would be extremely valuable to us if we could work with you somehow to get a list of any roadkills removed. These data would be highly valuable to our research and we would appreciate any records that you have. FOI 5313 A After consideration of our data records I am afraid that we currently do not hold any information or list of any roadkills removed by Slough Borough Council. FOI 5314 Q & A 1. Please provide your policy and procedures documents that cover arrangements concerning receipt of a request for an appropriate adult; attendance at the police station; addressing disposals (including youth cautions); Youth Justice Board remand management guidance; arrangements for accommodation usually of an emergency nature under section 21(2)(a) and(b) Children Act. Slough AA policy and flow chart available – see attached 2. (i)Please provide details of policies and procedures concerning children making complaints including standard documentation that I given to children. (ii)Please describe if and how these

are made available to children detained at the police station who are not accommodated as required by section 21 Children Act? For example, are such complaint procedures made available at the police station or by the YOT at court; to the child or to the child’s legal representative? The YOT does not provide complaint procedures at court, only with interventions. 3. (i)Please provide policies and procedures concerning the schedule 2 duty under the Children Act to avoid the need for criminal proceedings (e.g. diversion from a decision to charge and to avoid the use of secure accommodation (including requests for it) insofar as they apply to children allegedly in conflict with the law. (ii)Please provide the same concerning the provision for a section 17 assessment to be conducted at the same time as undertaking duties under any other enactment. We do not have such a policy but under LASPO it states ‘risk of offending no longer grounds for remand 4. Please provide any other policy or protocol you are party to concerning arrangements for children under the Police and Criminal Evidence Act and sections 17, 20, 21 and 25 Children Act in relation to children allegedly in conflict with the law. Appropriate adult (AA)arrangements. We do not have any other policy 1. Please describe your arrangements in terms of service delivery method and provider type; availability; person specification criteria; status in terms of whether a volunteer, sessional worker or local authority full time employee; arrangements for supervision and management. 2. (i)How many appropriate adults do you or your service provider have available within your local authority area? Not sure about LA but if it helps the YOT has approx 26 (mix of YOT staff, YOT volunteers and 2 external providers) (ii)Over the last three month period what percentage have attended the police station on: Less than five occasions; 5 – 10 occasions; more than 10 occasions? 80% on more than 10 occasions (external providers) 3. If you or your service provider have a job that fulfils the role of an appropriate adult coordinator please provide the job description and person specification and details of how, when and where the post was last advertised. N/A 4. (i)Please provide specific details of the training that was delivered to your last cohort of appropriate adults who were recruited together with a summary of ongoing training. (ii) Who delivered this? (iii) How an in what way was the Children’s Services training department/officer engaged in this? (iv) Is the program validated or accredited in any way and, if so, with whom? YOT staff etc were trained by Volunteer Co-ordinator and Police Officer using YOT/TVP package The question is asking for a specific curriculum or training program. This will provide an important element of the follow-up study which will also consider relevant custody officer training and that for accredited police station representatives with relevant agencies in the process of providing detailed information. 5. Please provide details of written material provided to or available to appropriate adults. This may include legislation including secondary legislation, text books such as a primer on criminal law etc. Not applicable – see above 6. If not included in the above, what training do your appropriate adults receive concerning the Children Acts 1989 and 2004 and thresholds for action most recently referred to in Working Together 2013? Not applicable – see above Statutory national standards and Youth Justice Board Guidance. 1. (i)Over the last three months how many requests have been received by the local authority under section 38(6) PACE and section 21(2)(b) Children Act 1989? Please break down these requests between secure accommodation and non-secure accommodation. None

(ii) How many such children have been accommodated by the local authority and how many have been left in police cells? None (iii) In relation to those transferred to local authority accommodation how many have failed to appear in court or committed offences before doing so? None (iv) In how many of these cases did the local authority provide the appropriate adult through: the YOT or an externally provided service? There will be some cases where neither of these apply. None (v) Distinguishing between those left in police cells and those moved to local authority accommodation (it may be that there is no distinction if all were dealt with in one way or another) what were the remand outcomes at court on first appearance? None (vi) On how many occasions has a member of the YOT (as opposed to a volunteer or contracted out person) attended the police station in relation to the above cases and advocated for bail or made arrangements for a child detained under section 38(6) PACE to be transferred to local authority accommodation a required by law? None (vii) How does your YOT apply in practice the Youth Justice Board guidance pasted below? Slough YOT has a dedicated Bail and Remand Worker who works in line with YJB National Standards. (viii) Has the issue of children detained in police cells under section 38 been drawn to the attention of your Local Safeguarding Children Board and to what effect? Please provide minutes or links that relate to this. No For a copy of the attachments please email foi@slough.gov.uk quoting the above reference. FOI 5314a Q 1. Has the council dipped into Reserves to finance the Arvato blunder? 2. What is the current financial status of Reserves i.e. how much Reserves does the council have at present? FOI 5314 A In respect of the first question, as per the Cabinet report, the Council received additional Government grant compared to the anticipated level when the budget was set and this is anticipated to mitigate the funding gap for the contact in 2013-14 so planning not to utilise the need for utilising reserves. Going forward a growth bid will be required for the 2014-15 budget to adjust for the funding gap. Slough Borough Council General Fund Balances 2008/09 – 2013/13 Period £ 2008/09 5,135,029 2009/10 5,388,490 2010/11 6,383,634 2011/12 8,119,399 2012/13 8,142,161 FOI 5315 Q a) If the local authority operates a mutual absence insurance scheme for schools to join so they can receive benefits when their staff are absent from work in return for an annual premium. b) If so the number of schools which are participating this year and also the number not participating. c) Whether a scheme will be operated next year for schools. d) The amount of surplus or loss incurred in each of the past 3 years. FOI 5315 A Slough Borough Council does not operate such a scheme.

FOI 5316 Q Could you please e-mail the complaints you received about the parking in Victoria Road, SL2 5ND: 1. From the pedestrians before the new parking system was put in to place and? 2. The complaints you have received after the new parking system has been in place? FOI 5316 A We understand that parking capacity has been reduced slightly in the area; however the locations where yellow lines have been implemented were subject to obstructive parking. The main function of the pavement is to accommodate the passage of pedestrians, and the carriageway to accommodate the passage of vehicles. We will only provide parking capacity where it is safe to do so, which is what we have done with the new scheme. If you have any suggestions as to where we can create an additional parking capacity, whilst maintaining our minimum pavement and carriageway widths and visibility splays then we would be happy to take these on board. If you have any complaints about safety/crime in the area please contact the neighbourhood enforcement team and/or the police. Unfortunately, we cannot give you information on the number of complaints received from the public concerning restricted access on the pavements and parking, as previously advised the reason this scheme has been implemented isn’t due to the number of complaints received, but it is an item on the Labour Manifesto from when the party was re-elected in Slough. Labour vowed to tackle inconsiderate and obstructive pavement parking in Slough. We have had representations about the scheme from four residents since the scheme has been implemented. We are not currently carrying out site visits. The scheme has now been implemented under an experimental traffic regulation order, which means that for the first 6 months of its implementation we will accept representations from the public on how the scheme is working, and whether they support or object to the scheme. I have accepted your email as an official representation, and your points will be considered upon review of the scheme. You are invited to add any further points within this period. FOI 5317 Q Please provide details of the names and email addresses of person or persons responsible for the training and continual professional development of playworkers or other workers in the children’s workforce who work with children and young people aged 4+ in out of school provision. Please also provide details of the budget for the training and CPD of staff who work in such provision in the financial years 2012-2013 and 2013-2014. FOI 5317 A Rachel Cartwright, Interim Manager, Quality, Care and Learning Team Rachel.Cartwright@slough.gov.uk Hazel Thorpe, Workforce Development Co-ordinator, Quality, Care & Learning Team Hazel.Thorpe@slough.gov.uk The Quality, Care & Learning Team organises and delivers training and CPD for practitioners who work with young children in a range of settings. There is no specific remit, nor allocated budget, to provide training and CPD for practitioners who work with children in out of school provision. FOI 5318 Q 1. Contract Type: Maintenance, Leased, Hire 2. Who is the supplier of this contract? If there is more than one supplier please can you split all the information out below including annual spend, contract description and contract dates. 3. A small description of the contract. 4. The expiry date of each individual contract. 5. The contract review date. 6. Can you please send me contact details of the individual within the organisation responsible for this contract? Can you please send me two contact one from the fleet management (or equivalent) and the other procurement or purchasing preferably the category manager.

7. If the contract above was awarded within the last six months could you please provide me with the suppliers that where shortlisted? 8. I understand that the FOI Act is for recorded information but if you could be so help please include notes into what the organisation tends to do for future procurements, extending contract, going to tender etc. FOI 5318 A Please find below the information relating to the Housing Directorates fleet and the Mayors car. An attachment was also sent relating to all other vehicles within the Council – for a copy of this please email foi@slough.gov.uk Housing: 1. Lease with maintenance, tyres recovery – no replacement vehicle 2. Days Contract Hire: 60months 12 vehicles Vans contract commenced 21.8.2013 3. 12 Vans for caretaker use for period of 60 months lease 4. 60 months from 21.8.2013 5. 60 months from 21.8.2013 6. Head of Housing Management 7. not aware of supplier as procurement team conducted process. The Authority (SBC) under the recommendation and guidance from its Corporate Procurement department were able to use an existing local authority Framework Agreement with Halton Housing Trust so it did not go out to tender directly itself as potential suppliers were pre-determined by the Framework Agreement. 8. not expecting to undertake any vehicle procurement for 60 months Mayor’s Car: 1. Leased 2. Windsor Vehicle Leasing Ltd, Goswell House, Shirley Avenue, Windsor, Berkshire SL4 5LH 3. Monthly rental @ £350 plus VAT. Non-Maintenance Lease/Annual mileage 5000/Excess Mileage: 6p per mile for the first 10% over contract. 12p per mile thereafter. 4. 48 months from 27/09/11 5. As 4 above 6. Catherine Meek, Head of Democratic Services 7. N/A FOI 5319 Q I need the following information from your council, do you have: ‐ Master vendor/neutral vendor solutions ‐ PSLs (preferred supplier lists) ‐ SLAs (service level agreements In place for the purpose of supply teaching agencies/recruitment agencies that provide teaching and support staff. I also need: ‐ Names of the companies/agencies they have the agreements with and what dates these agreements came into force. Expiry dates (or are they on going). Dates/times when they are reviewed (when do they look at re-tendering). FOI 5319 A For all agency/temporary staff we have a Neutral Vendor with Matrix SCM, we don’t currently hold a preferred suppliers list. Our agreement with Matrix is contract based so don’t hold an SLA. We do not employ school staff/support staff to schools. As stated above we have a contract with a Neutral Vendor called Matrix SCM which started in January 2013 running for 5 years. FOI 5320 Q&A 1. According to the most recent available figures, the number of people within your local authority area who have been impacted by the removal of the spare room subsidy, also known as the ‘bedroom tax’ - 703 2. The total amount of discretionary housing payment funding awarded to your local authority to date this financial year - £678,526

3. The total amount of discretionary housing payment funding spent by your local authority to date this financial year - £265,996.46 4. The total amount of discretionary housing payment spent on ‘removal of the spare room subsidy’ cases this financial year - £75,603.81 5. The number of tenants who have received some discretionary housing payment funding to date specifically for help dealing with the impact of the removal of the spare room subsidy - 142 6. Any official guidance which sets out the councils approach to deciding awards of discretionary housing payment - Please see the guidance found on this link: https://www.gov.uk/search?g=discretionary+housing+payment FOI 5321 Q 1. The number on your housing register in overcrowded conditions as of 1/4/13 - as defined as one or more bedrooms below bedroom standards - and the current figure. 2. The number of your housing register in severely overcrowded conditions as of 1/4/13 - as defined as two or more bedrooms below bedroom standards - and the current figure. 3. The number of your properties vacated since 1/4/13 by those affacted by the under occupancy Housing Benefit penalty. 4. The number of cases in your area that were affected by the under occupancy charge as at 01 April 13 and that are no longer in receipt of Housing Benefit. FOI 5321 A We are unable to answer questions 1 & 2 because we do not hold / record this data and the answer to both questions 3 and 4 is 75. FOI 5322 Q Please could you send me, in the form of an excel spreadsheet, a list of state nurseries (I.E. nurseries attached to a state primary school) in your area with the following information for each entry: - number of nursery places currently catered for (i.e. the number of places potentially available) - the number of current pupils in the nursery - the number of 'vacant' places in the nursery - total devolved funding for this nursery (current) - total devolved funding for this nursery (2010) - does this nursery charge parents for extra time beyond the 15hrs/week free funded by the government (Y/N)? - if Yes above, how many parents are currently paying for extra time Please also provide in the body of your written response a brief definition of a 'nursery place' (i.e. 'one student attending 3hrs/day') FOI 5322 A An attachment was sent in response to this FOI. For a copy please email foi@slough.gov.uk quoting the above ref FOI 5323 Q ‐ For each of the past five years, how much has the local authority spent on CCTV enforcement vehicles? ‐ How many CCTV enforcement vehicles have been purchased and what is the total size of its fleet? ‐ What revenue from fines for parking and traffic contraventions has the council generated in each of the last five years? FOI 5323 A 1. For the past five years, Slough Borough Council has not spent any money on CCTV enforcement vehicles. 2. For the past five years, Slough Borough Council has not purchased any CCTV enforcement vehicles.

3. Can you please confirm if you would like the amount of revenue received from Penalty Charge Notices (PCNs) issued by a CCTV enforcement vehicle only, or also served by a Civil Enforcement Officer? FOI 5324 Q&A a) The number of current employees on payroll that are earning the national minimum wage - 7 b) The number of current employees on payroll that are earning less than the London living wage - 33 c) The number of contract workers earning less than the London living wage - 0. FOI 5326 Q What are your current arrangements for discharging your welfare provision in respect of furniture and electrical items? Do you have a provision for clothing? What is your spend (£) for the current financial year to date? What is the budget for the current financial year and for the next financial year? How long do you expect to have this provision in place? Please give details of any retailers (High Street, Online, Charity etc.) that you currently use to support your provision. Please give the name of the Budget holder /Scheme Manager and email contact details. FOI 5326 A Requests for furniture and electrical items are currently supported through cash payments, however we are currently in negotiations with Argos as a potential provider for these goods. We have found through experience, that the cost of goods purchased through charity shops are not always favourable. We have cash provision for clothing Current year spending is just over £64,000 to the end of October. We are seeing an increase the second half of this year as the welfare reforms further impact residents. The current year budget is £272,000 with the same again for next year. The current agreement is in place for 2 years from April 2012, this would be subject to review We are currently in negotiations with Argos for support with furniture and electrical goods, Sainsbury’s (vouchers redeemable against food items only). We also have an agreement with the Slough Food Bank who provide food bank vouchers and Pay point (vouchers, transferable to the key meter for gas and electric support) Tina Hancock, Customer Service Operations Manager FOI 5327 Q a) numbers of Carers' Assessments undertaken in 2011 and 2012/ward throughout SBC b) numbers of Carers opting for Direct Payments/ward in 2011 and 2012/ward c) numbers of Carers who received a Carers' grant (respite) in 2011 and 2012/ward d) numbers of Carers receiving services from adult social care in 2011 and 2012/ward FOI 5327 A a) Carer's assessments conducted between 1st January and 31st December each year, by address of carer where the carer lives within Slough. Ward 2011 2012 Baylis and Stoke 27 23 Britwell 32 23 Central 24 18 Chalvey 21 13 Cippenham Green 20 18 Cippenham Meadows 14 23 Colnbrook with Poyle 11 3 Farnham 27 14 Foxborough 18 12

Haymill 22 13 Kedermister 28 26 Langley St Mary's 16 18 Upton 15 13 Wexham Lea 26 27 b) Again, this is restricted to the periods between 1st January and 31st December each year, and wards determined by address of carer where the carer lives within Slough. Carer’s opting for DP’s 2011 2012 Baylis and Stoke 21 5 Britwell 21 3 Central 19 2 Chalvey 13 1 Cippenham Green 11 4 Cippenham Meadows 15 3 Colnbrook with Poyle 6 1 Farnham 20 6 Foxborough 19 2 Haymill 21 3 Kedermister 26 2 Langley St Mary's 8 0 Upton 6 2 Wexham Lea 13 4 c) Figures have not been maintained in a away that will permit a breakdown by ward, but in 2011/12 this was provided to 116 carers; in 2012/13 to 52 carers. d) Again, this is restricted to the periods between 1st January and 31st December each year, and wards are determined by address of carer where the carer lives within Slough. Carer’s opting for DP’s 2011 2012 Baylis and Stoke 68 52 Britwell 80 54 Central 63 52 Chalvey 46 28 Cippenham Green 58 39 Cippenham Meadows 42 29 Colnbrook with Poyle 25 18 Farnham 76 50 Foxborough 51 34 Haymill 69 41 Kedermister 74 56 Langley St Mary's 42 32 Upton 41 32 Wexham Lea 66 55 FOI 5328 Q 1) Dates of all safety inspections undertaken to the highway in the previous 24 months preceding 21st September 2013. 2) Dates of all carriageway defects identified during all inspections in the previous 24 months preceding 21st September 2013.

3) Details as to the methodology as to how carriageway safety inspections are carried out. 4) The intended frequency of carriageway safety inspections. 5) Details of all complaints and/or enquiries relating to the highway in the last 24 months preceding 21st September 2013. 6) The hierarchy classification. 7) The road/section number. 8) The defect intervention criteria adopted in relation to identification of all categories of carriageway defects. 9) The time period(s) adopted between identification and repair (temporary and permanent) of all categories of carriageway defects. 10) Whether or not Slough Borough Council has formally adopted all or part of the standards contained within the national code of practice for highways maintenance management. FOI 5328 A 1 & 2) Please refer to the attached document which shows the street safety inspection for Farnham Road and identified defects during inspections as requested. For a copy of this attachment please email foi@slough.gov.uk quoting the above ref. 5) Please refer to the attached document which shows recorded enquiries as requested. For a copy of this attachment please email foi@slough.gov.uk quoting the above ref. 4 & 6) Farnham Road is classed as a category 1 road within the inspection regime and is inspected on a monthly basis. 7) The USRN for Farnham Road is 34900329. 8) The intervention level for carriageway defects is 50mm. 9) The table below shows the priority for works orders for repair. Out of Hours 1 hour Emergency 2 hours Non-Urgent 28 days 3 & 10) The Council has not formally adopted national code of practice highway maintenance. However Slough Borough Council is a unitary authority and safety inspections are undertaken in accordance with the Well-maintained Highways Code of Practice for highway maintenance. Please find below a website link to the guidelines outlining regularity, frequency and relevant intervention criteria with standing instructions for highway inspections -Well-maintained Highways Code of Practice for Highway Maintenance Management. Website link - http://www.ukroadsliaisongroup.org/liaison/practice.htm FOI 5329 Q Since January 1, 2010 (to the date of this request), I would like to know every incident of a child being involved in a sexual act in a school, recorded as a separate item. It is important the notes DO NOT contain the name of the people involved, or the name of the school involved. Providing either of these details might risk identifying someone potentially involved in criminal behaviour. However, the council should provide the year the incident happened, and the vague details of the accusation. It is also crucial that the age and sex of the children involved are disclosed, along with any other details relating to the outcome of any disciplinary process which may have followed (for example suspension). Incidents could involve children accessing pornographic websites, or engaging in some sort of sexual activity with another. FOI 5329 A 1. 2013. Allegation against teacher of sexual misconduct. Female Child 16 years. Pending criminal enquiry. 2. 2013. Allegation against teacher of sexual misconduct. Female Child 15 years. NFA Unsubstantiated. Data about incidents where staff were not involved is not reflected in this data the enquirer would have to go direct to schools FOI 5330 Q

1. From your answer to my original question No.1, the logical deduction is that Slough Borough Council does not have a trained and designated officer with a defined responsibility to help victims and potential victims of FGM and to educate potential offenders. Also Slough Borough Council has not developed a Joint Action Plan with Thames Valley Police to combat this crime. Could you please confirm that these deductions are valid? 2. From your answer to my original question No. 2, the logical deduction is that Slough Borough Council does not have a trained and designated officer with a defined responsibility to help victims and potential victims of Forced Marriage and to educate potential offenders. Also Slough Borough Council has not developed a Joint Action Plan with Thames Valley Police to combat this crime. Could you please confirm that these deductions are valid? 3. From your answer to my original question No. 3, the logical deduction is that Slough Borough Council does not have a trained and designated officer with a defined responsibility to help victims and potential victims of Child Trafficking. Also Slough Borough Council has not developed a Joint Action Plan with Thames Valley Police to combat this crime. Could you please confirm that these deductions are valid? 4. Your answer to my original question No. 4 does not answer my question at all. As I have pointed out before, research commissioned by the last Labour Government indicated that the number of vulnerable children "Outside the System" was probably four times greater than the number of vulnerable children known to all the agencies. Both Governments have called upon Local Authorities and their partners to adopt a pro-active approach to identify vulnerable children "Outside the System". Could you please let me know whether Slough Borough Council has developed specific policies to determine, identify or estimate the number of vulnerable of vulnerable children "Outside the System". Could you also please let me know how many vulnerable children, if any, have been identified by these specific policies, if any? 5. From your answer to my original question No. 5, the logical deduction is that Slough Borough Council has not developed specific policies and procedures to improve partner liaison, improve partner co-ordination and communication, and promote joint partner training. You indicate that these responsibilities have been left to Slough Local Safeguarding Board. As evidenced in a succession of enquiry reports many vulnerable children who have been the victims of horrific ill treatment over extended periods could have been rescued if authorities had "not left matters to someone else" and if partner liaison, co-ordination and communication had been more effective. Could you please confirm that my deductions are valid? 6. In response to my original question No. 6 you indicate that SBC has taken action to improve statistical and research interpretation and that : "The Council has new arrangements in place for managing contacts and referrals an to improve the consistency of decision-making." and that: "We analyse an interpret data on a regular basis". Could you please let me know when these overdue new arrangements and improvements were introduced, and also what form they take? 7. In response to my original question No. 7 you state that: " SBC and TVP work together to identify children at risk of sexual exploitation". My original question was broader. I asked if: "SBC accepts and recognises that there will be no evidence of child trafficking and child exploitation unless determined efforts are made to collect evidence in co-operation with TVP and other joint partners". From your answer it would seem that SBC has not prepared an action plan to encourage SBC officers to become pro-active and that no training programmes have been introduced to improve awareness, response and investigation techniques. Could you confirm that this is correct? Could you also please let me know the identities of the partners supplying the initial evidence that formed the basis on which prosecutions were brought during the past two years. FOI 5330 A 1 The Council can confirm that, Slough Borough Council and Thames Valley Police have joint guidance for staff and officers about FGM and how to respond. Guidance has also been issued to Slough schools. The Berkshire Multiagency Children’s Safeguarding Procedures identify FGM as abuse, a crime, and are clear about how professionals should respond to abuse and raise concerns. The TVP and Council do not have a dedicated officer specifically and solely recruited to respond to FGM or forced marriages. The Slough LSCB executive have agreed that FGM, Forced Marriages and related issues will be the focus of the

annual conference in spring 2014 and are planning the detail and outcomes to be achieved from that event. 2. See answer to question one 3. The Council can confirm that TVP and the Council have dedicated officers who work together as a team on CSE and this includes a FTE social worker. The Council, Police and partners have a joint programme of work that is being implemented, the progress against which is regularly reported to Education and Children’s Scrutiny Panel. The partners are recruiting to a new CSE coordinator post to implement specific work streams of the plan. 4. The Council can confirm that it operates within a statutory framework and undertakes assessments under the 1989 Children Act legislative framework; and compares well to statistical neighbours on the number of referrals to children’s social care per 10,000 children. In addition the council has strategies to support the most vulnerable of children, such as children missing from school. 5. This is not a FOI question, however, the Council can confirm that SBC and TVP are members of Slough LSCB and all other strategic and operational partnership arrangements. Both agencies have signed up to the Children’s Plan and the LSCB Business Plan – which set out the strategic and operational priorities for agencies in Slough, this includes joint procedures, joint working arrangements, and joint training. 6. This is not information that is documented in a readily accessible form. 7. This is not a FOI question, however, the Council can confirm that the Council works with TVP and other partners to collect and share intelligence and information about children who may be at risk or need, and that includes children at risk of child exploitation. The council can confirm that it has an annual training programme that includes training held jointly with partners, and training on awareness, response and investigation. This is not information that is held by Slough Borough Council. FOI 5331 Q We would be grateful if you could please provide the name of the limited company and/or charity who have been the business rates payers of Sovereign Square, Brunel Way, Slough SL1 1XW during the last 2 years. Please can you also provide the lease commencement dates and end dates in respect of each occupation. If the property has been vacant over the past 2 years and the landlord has been responsible for the business rates, please confirm these actual dates also. FOI 5331 A Segro Administration Ltd liable to 17.2.13 - Occupied Almus Consulting Ltd liable 18.2.13 to 13.4.13 - Occupied Segro Administration Ltd liable 14.4.13 ongoing - Empty FOI 5332 Q We would be grateful if you could please provide the name of the limited company and/or charity who have been the business rates payers of 117-119 Whitby Road, Slough SL1 3DR during the last 2 years. Please can you also provide the lease commencement dates and end dates in respect of each occupation. If the property has been vacant over the past 2 years and the landlord has been responsible for the business rates, please confirm these actual dates also. I believe this information request is available under the Freedom of Information Act. FOI 5332 A Segro Administration Ltd liable to 5.8.12 - Unoccupied All Counties Logistics liable 6.8.12 to 29.9.12 - Occupied Segro Administration Ltd liable 30.9.13 to 7.2.13 - Unoccupied SEM Associates Ltd liable 8.2.13 to 17.4.13 - Occupied Segro Administration Ltd liable 18.4.13 onwards - Unoccupied FOI 5333 Q Please could you let me know how many abandoned cars have been removed by the local authority in your area from public places in the following timeframes:

a. Jan 1 to Dec 31 2010 b. Jan 1 to Dec 31 2011 c. Jan 1 to Dec 31 2012 d. Jan 1 to June 31 2013 FOI 5333 A a 70 b 119 c 82 d 65 FOI 5334 Q & A 1. a. Jan 1 to Dec 31 2010 446 b. Jan 1 to Dec 31 2011 397 c. Jan 1 to Dec 31 2012 394 d. Jan 1 to May 31 2013 145 2. How many applications have been appealed by other homeowners in the following time frames: a. Jan 1 to Dec 31 2010 n/a b. Jan 1 to Dec 31 2011 n/a c. Jan 1 to Dec 31 2012 n/a d. Jan 1 to May 31 2013 n/a 3. From which specific road have you received the most home extension applications in the following time frames: a. Jan 1 to Dec 31 2010 Langley Road b. Jan 1 to Dec 31 2011 Burnham Lane c. Jan 1 to Dec 31 2012 Langley Road d. Jan 1 to May 31 2013 London Road 4. How many applications did you receive from the road given as an answer to the following questions: a. 3a 9 b. 3b 11 c. 3c 10 d. 3d 6 5. From which specific road have you received the most home extension appeals in the following time frames: a. Jan 1 to Dec 31 2010 n/a b. Jan 1 to Dec 31 2011 n/a c. Jan 1 to Dec 31 2012 n/a d. Jan 1 to May 31 2013 n/a 6. How many appeals did you receive from the road given as an answer to the following questions: a. 5a n/a b. 5b n/a c. 5c n/a FOI 5335 Q 1. What was the total number of days lost for your organisation due to sickness absence over the last 2 years? For guidance and to help expedite the response, I would like to clarify my request. Last 2 years defined as financial years 2011-12 & 2012-13 and may I request, that your reply be broken down to reflect the organisations structure of Directorates, (as I have no idea of your organisations structure) I have used Birmingham Council structure purely as an example (Adults & Communities), (Children, Young People & Families), (Corporate Resources), (Development),(Environment & Culture), (Homes & Neighbourhoods). 2. What is the Total number of employees (headcount broken down in to the organisational structure and also covering the same time period as requested in question 1). 3. What is the FTE (full time equivalent) broken in to the organisational structure and also the same time period as requested in question 1.

Year 2011-12 Year 2012-13 Department Name Working Days Lost to sickness Department Name Head Count Department Name Average FTE 4. During the last financial year April 2012 to March 2013 what percentage of your organisations “return to work meetings” are held and documented on: (A) The day employee returns (B) The week employee returns but not on first day (C) RTW interview held outside the week employee returned or not held RTW meeting Held % of RTW Day employee returns to work RTW meeting held in first week but not on day employee returned RTW interview held outside of first seven days or not held at all FOI 5335 A An attachment was sent in response to this FOI request. For a copy please email foi@slough.gov.uk quoting the ref above. FOI 5336 Q & A Please can you respond to the following questions on local authority public health expenditure Name of Authority – Slough Borough Council How much has the LA PH allocation for the financial year 2013/14 - £4.9m How much of the above allocation is spend in the following areas Substance misuse – £1.86m Alcohol – In 2a above Smoking Cessation – £0.361m - £0.7m Sexual Health – £1.65m How much of your allocation is spend in the following areas: Nutrition – £0.111m Physical Activity – £0.024m How much of your allocation is spend in the following areas: Tier 2 Children’s weight management services - £0.024m Tier 3 Children’s weight management services – Yet to be commissioned across Berkshire Tier 4 Children’s weight management services – Yet to be commissioned across Berkshire Tier 2 Adult weight management services - £0.024m Tier 3 Adult weight management services – £0.11m FOI 5337 Q I am looking to obtain maps and schedules for the following orders Highways Act -S116-Highway at Slough Railway Station Forecourt Highways Act S116-Highway at Brunley Way FOI 5337 A An attachment was sent in response to this FOI request. For a copy please email foi@slough.gov.uk quoting the ref above. FOI 5338 Q I should be grateful if you would provide me with the following information in respect of each domestic gas boiler installation reported to the Council's Building Control Department, through the Competent Persons Scheme, pursuant to the Building Regulations 2010 for the period from 1st April 2012 to 30th June 2012; Address where the boiler was installed Notification of boiler installation FOI 5338 A

An attachment was sent in response to this FOI request. For a copy please email foi@slough.gov.uk quoting the ref above. FOI 5339 Q FOI request received by letter requesting data regarding supported living an domiciliary care from 2002 – 2010. FOI 5339 A Following consideration of your request it has been determined that the activities needed to locate, retrieve, extract, analyse and compile the information you have requested would exceed the appropriate cost limit of £450 (18 hours). Section 1(1) does not oblige a public authority to comply with a request for information if the authority estimates that the cost of complying with the request would exceed the appropriate limit. Please accept this email as a notice of refusal under S12 (cost limit) of the FOIA. FOI 5340 Q Please send me details of all properties within your Billing Authority area with a credit held on the account FOI 5340 A This FOI request was answered via an attachment. If you would like a copy please email foi@slough.gov.uk and quote the above reference number. FOI 5341 Q In accordance with the provisions specified within the above Act we hereby request that you provide the following information. Required Information;- The business names of the parties liable for the following Business Rates assessment between the dates shown. Please omit all personal information, if the ratepayer is an individual please just note ‘individual’. Please provide the following information- a. The name of the ratepayer liable for the dates shown. If there is more than one organisation please list all parties and dates of liability b. Confirm whether the property was classified as vacant or occupied for the same period. The attached Excel spreadsheet details the properties for which I require the above information. FOI 5341 A This FOI request was answered via an attachment. If you would like a copy please email foi@slough.gov.uk and quote the above reference number. FOI 5343 Q Please can you provide details of all current empty commercial properties within your authority which should include Shops, Office and Industrial premises. FOI 5343 A Your request for information has now been considered and it has been decided that it is not possible to meet your request. I can confirm that the council does hold some of the information, although not necessarily in the same format of that which you have requested. However it is considered by the council that the public interest in withholding the information outweighs the public interest in disclosing it. Therefore in accordance with the Freedom of Information Act 2000 this letter acts as a Public Interest Refusal Notice. The exemption applied is S31 (1) of the freedom of information act 2000 - prejudice to the prevention or detection of crime In applying the public interest test the council has considered both reasons for and against disclosure. For disclosure the council considered the argument that releasing this information into the public domain may lead to a reduction in the number of empty properties; however, we do not believe there is sufficient evidence to back this up.

The council then considered reasons to withhold this information - In Slough in recent years there have been a large number of cases of people squatting in both residential and commercial properties. With one squatter claiming that they obtained details of the empty property from a website and was paying rent to the agency running the website. The Council is satisfied that on the evidence available that disclosure of empty properties would be likely to have a significant negative impact on the prevention of crime. We have found that empty properties are often associated with criminal activity from organised local gangs and as you may be aware squatting is now a criminal offence and is often associated with other criminal activity. We believe that disclosure of this data could be of use to squatters and would, on a balance of probability, lead to significant harm in the form of criminal activity. We also find that it is likely that organised gangs will use the information for criminal purposes. We certainly view the level of prejudice as real, actual and of substance. Therefore, having taken all the above into consideration it is the view of the council that this exemption applies because to release details to the public of empty buildings could have an adverse effect on the economy of the borough. The council believes this to be true as empty properties are more likely to be targeted for theft and vandalism and the time and money spend to evict trespassers from empty properties or money spent to clear up the after effects of any “rave” etc held in vacant commercial properties would not be in the public interest. FOI 5344 Q 1. The number of people with substantial needs (under FACS criteria) who received council adult care services in 2010/11 2. The number of people with critical needs (under FACS criteria) who received council adult care services in 2010/11 3. The number of people with substantial needs (under FACS criteria) who received council adult care services in 2011/12 4. The number of people with critical needs (under FACS criteria) who received council adult care services in 2011/12 5. The number of people with substantial needs (under FACS criteria) who received council adult care services in 2012/13 6. The number of people with critical needs (under FACS criteria) who received council adult care services in 2012/13 FOI 5344 A Although we assess and record FACS Eligibility on individual cases it is not possible to extract these and report on service use as the questions have been put. Our systems are not designed to do this. I attach a spreadsheet which details the numbers of service users in 2010-11, 2011-12 and 2012-13 broken down by age and primary client group of individual users as well as by service type. One set of tables for each year provides the service type in a simpler classification (Community-based services, Residential care or nursing care); the second set for each year breaks down the ‘Community-based services’ into more detail. For a copy please email foi@slough.gov.uk quoting the ref above. FOI 5345 Q 1. How many miles of road are you responsible for? (et 1,010 miles). 2. How many miles of public rights of way (footpaths) are you responsible for (eg 1,500 miles) 3. How much have/will you spend in 2011/12, 2012/13 and this year (per annum) on in-house or external contractors in carrying out maintenance of your highway network, including roads, footpaths and structures? (Combined total figure eg £5.5M, £5.5M, £5.0M) 4. Over the same years how much did you spend improving your highway network for projects such as promoting cycling, bus accessibility, safety remediation schemes, junction improvement etc. (Combined total figure OK eg £2.1M, £2.6M, £2.3M) 5. Over the same 3 year period, including in-house staff and any consultants, approximately how many equivalent staff do you estimate you employed and will employ managing the network, carrying out improvements, undertaking transport planning and in general management of your highway authority responsibilities? (105, 100, 95) FOI 5345 A 1. 190.7 miles

2. 19 miles 3. Approximately 2011/2012 - £4.25M 2012/2013 - £4.25M 2013/2014 - £4.10M 4. Approximately 2011/2012 - £863 K 2012/2013 - £684 K 2013/2014 - £1913 K 5. Please note we do not hold information relating to number of consultants involved, the figures provided are estimated in-house staff only 2011/2012 - 36 2012/2013 - 36 2013/2014 - 36 FOI 5346 Q Can you please supply me with the full list of job titles, email addresses and telephone numbers for each member of Southampton’s Health and Wellbeing Board. FOI 5346 A An attachment was sent in response to this FOI request. For a copy please email foi@slough.gov.uk quoting the ref above. FOI 5347 Q 1) How many two-year-olds within your local authority area are currently eligible for the “free early education for two-year-olds from lower income households” offer (most recent figures)? 2) How many two-year-old places are available within your local authority area (most recent figures)? 3) How many places have been taken up by eligible two-year-olds (most recent figures)? FOI 5347 A 1) Between September 2013 – August 2014, 490 children are eligible for the ‘free early education for two-year-olds’ according to data from the DWP. 187 during term 1 130 during term 2 173 during term 3 2) 483 (sourced from Early Years Service audit of provision in Slough) 3) 223 (sourced from Early Years Service audit of take up in Slough) FOI 5348 Q&A 1). What was the value of the Leaving Care Grant in your authority for the year 2012-13? Namely, how much money were children leaving care in 2012-13 given by the authority to start their new life and set up home? N.B. If this amount differs from the current value of the Leaving Care Grant, please provide the current value. The total amount of leaving care grant actually paid for 2012-2013 was £12779.22 2). Does your local authority support looked-after young people, other than those with special needs, to remain living with their foster carers beyond their 18th birthday? No 3). If yes, how many young people aged 18 or over are currently looked-after by your local authority? N/A FOI 5349 Q & A How many parents of looked after children are on your Blacklist? I can confirm that SBC have no such "Blacklist" therefore the answer to your question is Nil. Of the parents that are on your Blacklist how many have criminal records, or addictions? N/A

How many that don't but, are on your list for raising severe failings within the social services department? N/A Have any of the parents in Slough been informed that they are on your Blacklist for speaking out? N/A What is the criteria that you say someone fits your Blacklist and can you send the details. N/A As you have not answered in full any of my questions it would seem I am on your Blacklist is this true? N/A Slough Borough Council, should not be putting Labels on people for speaking out about failings that are in the publics interest? This is not an FOI question The freedom of information act is a Law that should be upheld by everyone so please tell me after repeated question about failings within your social services department you think you are above the LAW of this country? This is not an FOI question FOI 5351 Q Q1A. Please provide a copy of Slough Borough Council's Telecare Strategy Q1B Has this Telecare Strategy been before the necessary senior management team or any democratic processes? and has it been approved through this process? Q1C Have the Council's Elected Members or other officials (including Health and Tenant groups) approved this strategy? If so, please demonstrate how this has been publicly communicated. Q1D How has the Telecare strategy been communicated to the public? Is it on the Slough BC website/ printed document/ leaflet etc.? Q1E Does Slough Borough Council have a Telecare Strategy Board or Implementation Group? Who are the members of the Telecare Strategy Board or Implementation Group? (if you cannot provide staff names of borough employees, please provide job titles) Q1F Does Slough Borough Council work with any other local authorities in relation to Telecare delivery, if so, please provide further details Q1G What is Slough Borough Council's charging policy for Telecare related equipment and monitoring services and how would a resident of Slough obtain access to these services Telecare Finance Q2. What is Slough Borough Council's Adult Social Care proposed spend in £ on Telecare/ Telehealth/ Telemedicine in: 2013-14, 2014-15, 2015-16, 2016-17, 2017-18 Telecare Equipment Q3. The Berkshire Community Equipment Service (BCES) contract was awarded to NRS (as shown on their website). What is the predicted or contracted spend by Slough Borough Council for using this provider to deliver Telecare products and services over the contracted years? 2013-14, 2014-15, 2015-16, 2016-17, 2017-18 Telecare Savings Q3B What are the predicted or contracted savings to be delivered to Slough Borough Council for using this provider (NRS) to deliver Telecare products and services over the financial years? 2013-14, 2014-15, 2015-16, 2016-17, 2017-18 and Q3C. Of the local authorities that are jointly working within the BCES, how many have: A. Formally commissioned NRS to provide their Telecare/Telehealth goods & services? and what LA's are they? B. Informally commissioned NRS to provide their Telecare/Telehealth goods & services? and what LA's are they? C. Not yet commissioned NRS to provide their Telecare/Telehealth goods & services? and what LA's are they? D. Please detail the process where a LA will join or withdraw from this BCES consortium agreement? E What local authorities are party to the BCES consortium? Q4. What is Slough Borough Council's policy and procedure for advertising, interviewing and recruiting consultants? Q4B. How many consultants have been recruited to work on Telecare Strategy and /or implementation in Slough? When were they recruited? How long are their contracts?

Q4C. Please provide a copy of any employed, retained or commissioned Telecare consultants or advisors' Job Description(s) and Person Specification(s) Q4D. What is Slough Borough Council's proposed spend on Telecare consultants over the periods: 2013-14, 2014-15, 2015-16, 2016-17, 2017-18 Q6. What is Slough Borough Council's proposed spend on full-time staff working on Telecare commissioning / delivery for the following periods: 2013-14, 2014-15, 2015-16, 2016-17, 2017-18 Q7 The Slough Borough Council - Commissioning Strategy for Adult Social Care 2010 shows: 6.4 Programme Plan 6.4.1 6.4.2 A detailed plan is being developed which sets out the actions needed in relation to all existing externally purchased services, including where new contracts are required. Please provide a copy of the up to date detailed plan mentioned above Q8 The Slough Borough Council - Commissioning Strategy for Adult Social Care 2010 states: 4.08.2010 Commissioning Strategy for Adult Social Care Page 3 of 15 Introduction 2.1 Purpose of the New Commissioning Strategy 2.1.1 Slough Borough Council is committed to following a Strategic Commissioning approach to achieve better outcomes for residents and improved value for money for the council. Q10 Please demonstrate how Slough has achieved better outcomes for residents and how they have improved value for money? Please provide independent evidence how both improved outcomes and savings have been delivered Q11 Please provide an up to date copy of the Slough Borough Council "Fair Access to Care Services (FACS) policy Q12 How does Slough Borough Council audit the Adult Social Care commissioning strategy and agreed actions? Q13 In a recent procurement process, Slough Borough Council commissioned a 24/7 Non Emergency Responder Service. How many providers submitted bids for this work and what organisation was awarded the contract? Q13b With regard to the 24/7 Non Emergency Responder service, what will be the annual spend on this service and how much will this service cost Slough Borough Council residents/ those receiving this service? Q14 What was Slough Borough Councils proposed spend on Supporting People services in 2012-13, 2013-14 and 2014-15? FOI 5351 A One attachment was sent in relation to this FOI request. For a copy please email foi@slough.gov.uk quoting the reference above. FOI 5352 Q Please send me the full results of SBC consultation: 33 - Garrard Road 20mph Consultation / Garrard Road Consultation FOI 5352 A One attachment was sent in relation to this FOI request. For a copy please email foi@slough.gov.uk quoting the reference above. FOI 5353 Q 1. Does your Council currently offer a deferred payment scheme to help people fund their residential care fees? 2. If so, do you charge interest? If yes, at what rate of interest? 3. How many care home residents in your area currently have a deferred payment arrangement with the council to pay for their residential care fees? FOI 5353 A 1. Yes

2. Yes. We have never actually charged anyone interest so far but the policy and agreement document does allow it to be done 56 days after the date of the death of the resident. The rate of interest is expressed in the agreement as follows: the average borrowing rate 3.56%, plus base rate of 0.5%, making 4.6% To charge interest on the Deferred Payment at an annual rate equivalent to the Slough Borough Council Corporate Rate from time to time in force from the day after the date that the Exempt Period ends. This interest shall be capitalised each year, which means that if the Deferred Payment has not been paid for the first year after it becomes due the interest that accrued will be added to the Deferred Payment and interest will then be charged on the total sum and this capitalisation will be repeated each year until such time as the debt is repaid. 3. We currently have seven people on deferred payments and two more pending. FOI 5354 Q What arrangements take place when a death occurs of someone who lives within the council area and there are no funeral arrangements made by family? Does the council take on the role for arranging a funeral? If the council is unable to locate the family, who would normally attend the funeral? Are these people paid to attend the funeral? What are the factors for deciding whether the funeral should be a cremation or burial? Are there any other types of funerals provided by the council? If the funeral is a cremation, what is the name of the cremation centre that is used by the council? If the funeral is a burial, what is the name of cemetery that is used by the council? Are the funeral costs inclusive of the costs of the people attending the funeral? For the funerals that the council have dealt with since the beginning of the year 2013: Was the funeral a cremation, burial or other? (please specify if other) What information is collated to decide what type of funeral needs to be take place? Who attended the funeral? Did family members attend the funeral? How much did the funeral cost? How long did it take to arrange the funeral from the time of death? Between the time of death and time of funeral where is the body of the deceased kept? Give name of person in charge and/or address of location. Does it charge the council to keep the body of the deceased in between the time of death and time of funeral? How much did it cost? Are these costs included in 'funeral costs'? What is the maximum length of time that the body can be kept elsewhere while funeral arrangements are being made? What is the name of the deceased? What is the date of death and date of birth of the deceased? What is the residential address? Has the information been sent to other governing bodies? What is the name of the governing body/bodies? Has the information been sent to Treasury Solicitor, Duchy, Queen's & Lord Treasurer's Remembrancer, National Ultimus Haeres Unit (or the equivalent of)? FOI 5354 A Thank you for your request for information dated 30th September 2013. Slough Borough Council’s Neighbourhood Enforcement Team has dealt with 7 public health funerals since January 2013. Deaths are usually reported to Slough Borough Council by the Coroner at Wexham Park Hospital, Slough. Next of kin are initially contacted by the Coroner at Wexham Park Hospital to inform them of the death. The bodies are kept at Wexham Park Hospital until the date of the funeral. The Mortuary Manager Nick Smith can be on 01753 633222. The Morgue does not charge Slough Borough Council for the storage of the bodies. Please contact the morgue with regards to maximum time lengths for storage of bodies. The Neighbourhood Enforcement Team make contact with the next of kin / family to discuss if they are able to make arrangements and pay for the funeral. If not, the Neighbourhood Enforcement Team will do this and inform family of the funeral details so that they can attend if they wish. If friends are known, they are also informed of the funeral details. The officer

arranging the funeral, the funeral director and the priest will attend the funeral. No-one else is paid to attend. Funerals are usually burials unless immediate family request a cremation. All funerals take place at Slough Cemetery & Crematorium. Stoke Road Slough, Berkshire SL2 5AX. Phone: 01753 523127 or 01753 520702 Slough Borough Council does not refer the cases to any other Governing bodies. FOI 5355 Q Under The Freedom of Information Act 2000 I request the following details : 1. From July 2013 to any pending please provide details of any deceased persons you have dealt with who have no known next of kin (or you cannot find next of kin). 2. Date of Death and Date of Birth. 3. Last known address. 4. The date passed onto TSOL or The Duchy Solicitor (plus any pending). 5. The Value of estate if known (approximately). 6. Please email your response. FOI 5355 A Thank you for your request for information dated 30th September 2013. Slough Borough Council’s Neighbourhood Enforcement Team has dealt with three with public health burials within the time-frame that you have indicated in your request. FOI 5356 Q & A 1. Contract Type- Household Waste Recycling Centres, Refuse Recycling Street Cleaning, Bulky Waste and Recycling Collection Services. Integrated service delivery partnership contract with Slough Enterprise (now Amey) MRF (Materials recovery facility) & Waste Disposal Landfill Integrated service delivery partnership contract with Slough Enterprise (now Amey) and Grundon waste management 2. The supplier of the recycling or waste contract Slough Enterprise (now Amey) and Grundon waste management 3. The annual average spends for the supplier. £13.3 million (2013/14) 4. A brief description of what the contract entails. Please to specific to the services provided under these contract(s). Street Cleansing, Ground Maintenance, Bulky Waste Collections, Waste Collection & Waste Disposal. 5. What is the contract duration of the each of the contract? 15 years 6. What is the start date of each contract? November 2002 7. What is the expiry date of each contract? November 2017 8. When does the organisation intend to review this contract? All waste disposal and collection elements will be considered within the forthcoming Waste Strategy 2013 – 2028. Street cleansing and ground maintenance will be reviewed from April 2014 onwards. 9. Who is responsible for reviewing this contract please send me their full name, actual job title, contact number and their direct email address. Street Cleansing / Grounds Maintenance: Ian Coventry, Environmental Services Manager, ian.convetry@slough.gov.uk, 01753 87 5212 Waste Collection / Waste Disposal: Nicholas Hannon, Waste & Environment Manager, nicholas.hannon@slough.gov.uk, 01753 87 5272 FOI 5357 Q Please supply the name of the electronic Educational Management Information System that is being used to report Schools Census data, record admissions, and Attainment within Education or Children Services?

Could you also confirm the name, job title, direct telephone number and email address for all of the following individuals within the Council that are either responsible for or hold the job title of: The person(s) responsible for management and maintenance of the above system (this is usually the Education or Children Services IT systems Manager)? The Data Quality Manager for the above system? As well as; The individual responsible (usually Head of Service and/or AD for Education) who would have overall responsibility for ensuring the Autumn 2013, Winter 2013/14 and Summer 2014 School Census data is submitted? The person responsible, usually a Service Manager or Information Manager, who ensures the School Census data is collected from schools and submitted to the performance team? The individual who manages the Performance team that develops these Reports within Education? The Head of Performance for Education and Children Services? The individual/s responsible for extracting the data and creation of reports? Could you also confirm the individuals who manage the following teams or functions, their job title, name, email address and direct line? · Admissions, Pupil Placement and Transfers · SEN (Special Educational Needs) · Children Support Services · Attainment · The Education Improvement Manager / Officers · School Transportation Manager FOI 5357 A School census data is reported to the DfE using their Collect portal. It is not recorded in a central LA system. Admissions data/processes are undertaken using the Capita One system. Attainment data is recorded and analysed in KEYPAS and EPAS and later uploaded into the Capita One system All other functions mentioned sit within Cambridge Education (with some buy in from Slough Borough Council staff e.g. for performance reports). These services are headed up by Robin Crofts, Lead Officer for Education. Contact can be made via paula.doneghan@slough.gov.uk or tel: 01753 875769. FOI 5358 Q A full breakdown of the number of fraudulent school applications detected over the last three years. FOI 5358 A 2013 2012 2011 Primary 1 Primary 2 Primary 2 Secondary 0 Secondary 2 Secondary 2