FOI Request - Carbon Reduction
Request 101003794380
1. Organisational Profile (Contextual Data)
a) Does the authority contract out services for the collection of waste and recycling?
b) Which political party currently holds overall control of the authority?
c) What is the current total number of employees in the organisation?
d) What is the approximate size of the population served by the authority?
2. Policy and Governance
a) Does the authority have a formal carbon reduction plan or strategy?
b) In what year was this strategy adopted?
c) What is the authority’s declared net zero target date?
3. Technical and Infrastructure
a) What percentage of the fleet were EV or hybrid vehicles in each financial year from 2019/20 to 2024/25?
b) What was the total number of fleet vehicles (diesel, petrol, hybrid, and electric) in each financial year from 2019/20 to 2024/25?
c) Has the authority implemented the use of low carbon fuels (e.g., HVO)? If so, what year did this begin?
d) What percentage of the fleet used low carbon fuels in each financial year from 2019/20 to 2024/25 since implementation, if applicable?
4. Financial and Economic Implications
a) What was the total capital expenditure on low/zero-emission (EV/hybrid) fleet vehicles in each financial year from 2019/20 to 2024/25?
b) What was the level of financial reserves (in £) held by the authority in each financial year from 2019/20 to 2024/25?
c) Has external or grant funding been used to purchase low carbon or zero carbon vehicles, or implement EV charging infrastructure?
Response 19-06-2025
1.a) No
b) The information requested is published and available on the Moray Council website. This information is therefore exempt under section 25 of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002, information otherwise accessible. For ease of reference please find a link to the web page here: http://www.moray.gov.uk/moray_standard/page_1244.html
c) This information is published and available on the Moray Council website. This information is therefore exempt under section 25 of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002, information otherwise accessible. For ease of reference please find a link to the web page here: http://www.moray.gov.uk/moray_standard/page_161249.html
d) This information is published and available on the Moray Council website. This information is therefore exempt under section 25 of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002, information otherwise accessible. For ease of reference please find a link to the web page here: http://www.moray.gov.uk/moray_standard/page_161933.html
2.a) Yes
b) 2021
c) The strategy is currently under review with the instruction for the new strategy to adhere to the Scottish Government net zero target of 2045
3.a) Note: answered using the fixed fleet size of registered vehicles and used the total number of any EV or hybrid vehicles registered with the fleet that specific year.
2019/20 – 2.04%
2020/21 – 6.10%
2021/22 – 8.77%
2022/23 – 9.75%
2023/24 – 14.97%
2024/25 – 18.87%
b) Note: answered based on the base fleet size of registered vehicles, the actual number will change day by day as vehicles are procured, go through a decommissioning process or are spot hired for short periods.
2019/20 - 540
2020/21 - 541
2021/22 - 536
2022/23 - 523
2023/24 - 521
2024/25 - 514
c) No
d) Not applicable
4.a)
2019/20 - £93,412.48
2020/21 - £423,061.27
2021/22 - £434,443.96
2022/23 - £97,097.32
2023/24 - £781,195.84
2024/25 - £369,509.38
b) Note: this is the total usable reserves, including General Services revenue and capital and HRA reserves.
2019/20 30.675m
2020/21 53.195m
2021/22 59.043m
2022/23 59.848m
2023/24 50.506m
2024/25 41.954m
c) Yes