Pest control services in Herefordshire
Case reference FOI2025/01914
Received 1 October 2025
Published 4 November 2025
Request
Please provide the following information for the period 1 April 2020 to 31 March 2025, broken down by financial year:
1) Total expenditure by the council on pest control services, including both in-house provision and external/contracted services.
2) If any services are contracted out, please provide the supplier name(s) and the contract value(s).
3) The number of call-outs/treatments by species category (e.g. rats, mice, pigeons, gulls, foxes, grey squirrels, wasps, bedbugs, cockroaches—please use your own categories if recorded differently).
4) For any lethal control commissioned or carried out by the council, the number of animals killed by species and, where recorded, the method used (e.g. trapping, poisoning, shooting).
5) A copy of any policy, guidance, or standard operating procedure relating to the council’s pest control service or contractors. Please also provide the information in CSV, Excel, or another machine-readable format where possible.
Response
Please provide the following information for the period 1 April 2020 to 31 March 2025, broken down by financial year:
1) Total expenditure by the council on pest control services, including both in-house provision and external/contracted services.
Answer: 1 April 2020 – 31 March 2021- £65,229
1 April 2021 – 31 March 2022 - £71,956
1 April 2022 – 31 March 2023 - £78,347
1 April 2023 – 31 March 2024 - £90,018
1 April 2024 – 31 March 2025 - £93,473
2) If any services are contracted out, please provide the supplier name(s) and the contract value(s).
Answer: Please see attached spreadsheet.
3) The number of call-outs/treatments by species category (e.g. rats, mice, pigeons, gulls, foxes, grey squirrels, wasps, bedbugs, cockroaches—please use your own categories if recorded differently).
Answer: Please see attached spreadsheet, named ‘Q3 Call out treatments’
4) For any lethal control commissioned or carried out by the council, the number of animals killed by species and, where recorded, the method used (e.g. trapping, poisoning, shooting).
2020 – 2021 = 170 moles trapped
2021- 2022 = 76 moles trapped
2022 – 2023 = 36 moles trapped
2023 – 2024 = 101 moles trapped
2024 – 2025 = 102 moles trapped
5) A copy of any policy, guidance, or standard operating procedure relating to the council’s pest control service or contractors.
Answer: Please see attached document names that begin with ‘Q5’.
Please also provide the information in CSV, Excel, or another machine-readable format where possible.
Documents
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