Public sports and leisure facilities spend 2012/13 and 2021/22
Case reference FOI2022/00741
Published 1 July 2022
Request
Under the Freedom of Information Act, can you please let me know the following? Please don't send links to council reports - I am only after the below information.
Q1. What was your annual net spend on public sports and leisure facilities and pitches for the 2012/13 financial year, compared to the 2021/22 financial year please?
Q2. How many school playing fields were there in May 2012 compared to May 2022?
Q3. How many free-to-use public sports fields were there in May 2012 compared to May 2022?
Response
Q1. What was your annual net spend on public sports and leisure facilities and pitches for the 2012/13 financial year, compared to the 2021/22 financial year please?
2012/2013 budget - £90,000
2022/2023 budget - £25,000
Please note that Herefordshire Council's Leisure Facilities were commissioned to Halo in 2003 and the council does not support with Budget with the exception of 2 community dual use leisure facilities (Kington and Wigmore).
Public Sports Pitches:
2012 - figures are only available from 2014/15 - £96,405.11
2022 - £36,287.79
Q2. How many school playing fields were there in May 2012 compared to May 2022?
Secondary schools only:
2012 - 10
2022 - 10
Q3. How many free-to-use public sports fields were there in May 2012 compared to May 2022?
2012 - 9
2022 - 9
Documents
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