FOI Request - Vermin in Schools

Request 101003253705

I am looking for the number of incidents of vermin found in Moray Council schools, and the costs of dealing with the problem.

1. Can you tell me how many schools experienced incidents of vermin between January 1 and December 31 for the following years?
a) 2022
b) 2021
c) 2020
d)2019
e) 2018
2. For the dates in question 1, can you tell me the name of any school experiencing an incident of vermin, how many incidents there were at each school and the kind of vermin involved eg ants, cockroaches, mice, rats etc?
3. For the dates in question 1, how many days was each school closed because of vermin?
4. For the dates in question 1, what was the cost per school of dealing with vermin?

Response 21-03-2023

1. & 2. The response to your request can be found here.

3. None - not held. No schools were closed due to pests/vermin in the last 5 years. Information that is not held falls under Section 17 of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 - Information not held.

4. Not held. Not broken down to be cost per school as set up as service level agreements. Information that is not held falls under Section 17 of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 - Information not held.