EIR Request - Local Access
Request 101002879159
Please provide the following data throughout the period of 2016/17 to 2020/21, breaking the results for each question down by year.
1. How many Full Time Equivalent (FTE) access officer your local authority employed
2. How many FTE non-seasonal rangers you employed .
3. How many seasonal rangers you employed. If possible, please list this as an FTE figure. If not possible, please provide what detail you are able to.
4. How many times your Local Access Forum met.
5. The total length (in km) of core paths in each financial year.
6. The total Section 11 orders issued to exempt land from access rights for less than 6 days.
7. The total Section 11 orders to exempt land from access rights for 6 days or more with confirmation by Scottish Ministers.
8. The total Section 14 notices issued to a land owner requiring obstructions to be removed.
9. The number of times the landowner complied and did not comply with Section 14 notices.
10. The number of Section 21 path agreements issued.
11. Total access authority capital expenditure on paths.
12. Total matched capital funding for paths.
13. Capital funding from other sources related to paths.
14. Maintenance expenditure on core paths.
15. Maintenance expenditure on non-core paths.
Response 24-09-21
Qs 1. to 3.: There are no previous employees of the council who have had those job titles. We currently have two seasonal Rangers who are new in post.
2016/2017 = 0
2018/2019 = 0
2019/2020 = 0
2020/2021 - 2 (employed from 12/07/2021 - 31/10/2021)
4. How many times your Local Access Forum met.
16/17 four times
17/18 four times
18/19 four times
19/20 none due to Covid 19
20/21 none due to Covid 19
5. The total length (in km) of core paths in each financial year.
Every year to 2021 the Core Paths length has stayed the same at 482km.
6. The total Section 11 orders issued to exempt land from access rights for less than 6 days.
No s11 orders issued during the period.
7. The total Section 11 orders to exempt land from access rights for 6 days or more with confirmation by Scottish Ministers.
No s11 orders issued during the period.
8. The total Section 14 notices issued to a land owner requiring obstructions to be removed.
No s14 notices issued during the period.
9. The number of times the landowner complied and did not comply with Section 14 notices.
No s11 notices.
10. The number of Section 21 path agreements issued.
None issued during the period.
11. Total access authority capital expenditure on paths.
Lands and Parks was approx. as follows:
16/17 - £15k
17/18 - £20k
18/19 - £12k
19/20 - £10k
20/21 - £10k
12. Total matched capital funding for paths.
No external capital funding.
13. Capital funding from other sources related to paths.
No other sources.
14. Maintenance expenditure on core paths.
For Lands and Parks maintenance costs on core paths were approx. as follows:
16/17 - £30k
17/18 - £30k
18/19 - £20k
19/20 - £15k
20/21 - £15k
15. Maintenance expenditure on non-core paths.
For Lands and Parks maintenance costs on non-core paths were approx.as follows:
16/17 - £5k
17/18 - £5k
18/19 - £3k
19/20 - £3k
20/21 - £2k